MARS AND JUPITER.
OBSERVATION THIS EVENING,
If the sky ie as clear this evening as it was yesterday, observers will have another opportunity to identify two of the major planets, for at about 7.30 p.m. the moon will be the apex of an equilateral triangle in very close proximity to Mars and Jupiter. Mars, the red star, and Jupiter, the brightest star, will form the base of the triangle, Jupiter being the higher in the eky. Neither is so bright as Venus, the latter being at present so bright that it is plainly visible in broad daylight, if one knows where to look for it, but it is only on days like laet Saturday, when the moon was alongside it all day, that even Venus can be located in daylight by amateur observers.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 185, 7 August 1935, Page 9
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