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Hey sky-gazers, Trace here

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Mars is one of the most fun planets to point
out to friends, because even the most casual

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star-friends can see it s reddish hue. And
through this week and next you get more way

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more Martian bang for your buckazoid because
of a conjunction with TWO star clusters!

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Pop outside around 8pm and
face west -- Mars is there,

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but if you can t quite see it Orion s belt
stars should point right to it! The best part:

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you can look to the RIGHT of Mars and you ll see
the Pleiades, also known as the seven sisters,

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and to the left next to Aldeberan is the
Hyades! These star clusters are groups

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of many hundreds of stars that were all
born recently (astronomically speaking).

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The Hyades contain more heavy metals
than our sun, and the Pleiades are hot,

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young, blue-white giants and subgiant stars. Rawr!

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Watch Mars split the difference between
these clusters, and keep lookin up!