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Tetrachloride

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4. Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune need a binoculars or telescope usually

Reply to Backseat Driver (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 11:02 PM

Mar 2023

I have been able to see Saturn with bare eye, but only because not too much city light and no cloud and i had a sky map. I knew fairly closely where to look.

Venus and Jupiter are bright.

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A planet parade will appear in the night sky next week. Here's how to see it. [View all] elleng Mar 2023 OP

Thanks for posting this bdamomma Mar 2023 #1

I love cosmic events--but it's not often possible to see them here in March. Backseat Driver Mar 2023 #2

Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune need a binoculars or telescope usually Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #4

I have been following this story. Saturn is now setting before the sun does. John1956PA Mar 2023 #6

I will be sure to look for this, thanks, elleng! Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #3

I may have to bring out the big telescope. Ilsa Mar 2023 #5

To see a map of the sky from one's locale (one can change the time, and locale) progree Mar 2023 #7