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  2. Why the moon shines so bright overhead in winter - AOL

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    To find the moon’s height in Tallahassee at the solstice, subtract from Tallahassee’s latitude 23.5 degrees (30 - 23.5 = 6.5 degrees). ... (“Rival of Mars”) in Scorpius before sunrise. 9th ...

  3. Messier 4 - Wikipedia

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    Messier 4 or M4 (also known as NGC 6121 or the Spider Globular Cluster) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764. [9] It was the first globular cluster in which individual stars were resolved. [9]

  4. Scorpius - Wikipedia

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    Scorpius is a zodiac constellation located in the Southern celestial hemisphere, where it sits near the center of the Milky Way, between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east. Scorpius is an ancient constellation whose recognition predates Greek culture; [ 1 ] it is one of the 48 constellations identified by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy ...

  5. Antares - Wikipedia

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    Antares is the brightest and most evolved stellar member of the Scorpius–Centaurus association, the nearest OB association to the Sun. It is located about 170 parsecs (550 ly) from Earth at the rim of the Upper Scorpius subgroup, and is illuminating the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex in its foreground.

  6. Sagittarius (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    The June full moon appears in Sagittarius. In classical antiquity, Capricorn was the location of the Sun at the December solstice, but due to the precession of the equinoxes, this had shifted to Sagittarius by the time of the Roman Empire. By approximately 2700 AD, the Sun will be in Scorpius at the December solstice.

  7. Australian Aboriginal astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The Aboriginal "Emu in the sky".In Western astronomy terms, the Southern Cross is on the right, and Scorpius on the left; the head of the emu is the Coalsack.. A constellation used almost everywhere in Australian Aboriginal culture is the "Emu in the Sky", which consists of dark nebulae (opaque clouds of dust and gas in outer space) that are visible against the (centre and other sectors of the ...

  8. Can you still see comet A3 in New Jersey? When, where ... - AOL

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    The tail is faint but visible under ideal conditions, and if it’s clear enough, it could stretch across about 5 degrees of the sky—which is roughly the same amount of sky the full moon covers ...

  9. Scorpio (astrology) - Wikipedia

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    Scorpio (♏︎; Ancient Greek: Σκορπιός, romanized: Skorpiós, Latin for "scorpion") is the eighth astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Scorpius. It spans 210–240° ecliptic longitude.