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The moon eclipses bright blue star Spica this week. Here's how to see it
The action begins when Spica disappears behind the moon's bright limb. This part of the event will probably require a small telescope, because glare from the moon's sunlit edge will tend to hide ...
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When To See A Bright Star Eclipsed By The Moon With Your Naked Eyes
The 16th brightest star in the night sky, the brightest in the constellation Virgo and about 250 light-years distant, Spica is one of only four stars that can occulted (blocked) by the moon.
Starwatch: Comparing two giants
Saturn and Jupiter. Jupiter comes out as a beacon in the southwest and sets in the west a few hours later. Trailing it is Spica, the ...
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See The ‘Planet Parade’ As Moon And Mars Skim Bright Stars: The Night Sky This Week
Around midnight tonight in the east, a 55%-lit waning gibbous moon will be just a tenth of a degree from Spica, the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and about 250 light-years distant.
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Josefina Torres Redondo, Ph.D.
A et al. Space Science Reviews, doi: 10.1007/S11214-021-00816-9, 2021. "The 4K focal plane unit for SPICA's SAFARI far infrared instrument", Torres Redondo, Josefina et al. SPIE Astronomical ...