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| Guide to the bright planets | | | By far the most-viewed post at EarthSky this week. People around the world must have spied dazzling Venus shining in the east before sunup … and wondered what it was. Learn more. | | | | | New NASA video on return to moon and Mars | | This post had one of the best discussions of the week in its comments section. Watch the video, and tell us what you think of these words: "We're returning to the moon, preparing to go beyond to Mars. We are going. We are NASA."
 Kenny Noble Cortes caught Venus on the morning of November 13, 2018 … “while ascending to 38,000 feet out of Seattle, roughly 6:30 in the morning. There was a layer of stratus that sandwiched the sunrise between Earth and it. Venus shining brightly above.” | | | | | | | | | |
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|  | | A 1st glimpse of the Magellanic Clouds | | Gilbert Vancell caught these 2 dwarf galaxies - satellites to our Milky Way - from Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Indonesia, home to active volcanoes. Read more. | | | | | |
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 | | Summer Triangle in northern autumn | | In late November and early December, look west in the evening for the Summer Triangle. It's made of the 3 bright stars - Vega, Deneb and Altair - in 3 different constellations. Read more. | | |
