See Mars meet Uranus and the Pleiades this weekend - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

See the Red Planet meet Uranus in the sky from 19 - 23 August.

Mars has had some interesting encounters this month, passing close to Uranus and the Pleiades. On 2 August, mag. +0.2 Mars sat just 1.3º south of mag. +5.8 Uranus. Mars slowly drifted east from Ura… [+1846 chars]

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