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HAPPY NEW YEAR! IT S THE SPRING EQUINOX.

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THANKS FOR WATCHING STAR GAZERS 
-- AND MARCH 20 IS THE VERNAL

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EQUINOX -- WHEN OUR SUN IS DIRECTLY OVER 
THE EQUATOR AND DAY AND NIGHT ARE EQUAL.

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FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE EQUINOX MARKED 
THE START OF A NEW YEAR. MAKES SENSE,

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SPRING MEANS REBIRTH, FERTILITY, NEW LIFE!

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THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO THE SUN WOULD RISE IN 
THE CONSTELLATION ARIES ON THE VERNAL EQUINOX,

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BUT TODAY IT RISES IN PISCES! 
THIS IS BECAUSE OF PRECES-SION.

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PRECESSION IS THE WOBBLE OF EARTH S AXIS. LIKE A 
TOP, WE RE FLOPPING BACK AND FORTH AS WE SPIN AND

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ORBIT. OVER TIME, THE STARS ACTUALLY MOVE -- ABOUT 
A PINKY ON AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM, EVERY 72 YEARS.

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IN 26,000 YEARS VEGA WILL BE THE 
NORTH STAR NOT PO-LARIS! WILD!

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TO FIND VEGA, HIT THE SKIES JUST AFTER 
MIDNIGHT THIS WEEK AND LOOK NORTHEAST,

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VEGA S BLUISH HUE WILL BE ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST.

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ENJOY YOUR NEW SPRING, I M TRACE, KEEP LOOKING UP!