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What’s up in the sky for Sep 13-19 – WRAL.com
Venus cozies up to the crescent moon, ISS passes. and spacey and buggy events online throughout the week.
By Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador
You may have read that the planet Uranus is visible with the naked eye this week. This might be possible from a very dark location with very good eyesight, but for most of us this seventh planet from the Sun lost will be lost in the light pollution. Uranus is about 175 times dimmer than Mercury.
Thursday’s new Moon begins a new month for lunisolar calendars including the eighth month of the Chinese calendar, the second month of the Islamic calendar (Safar), and t…
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