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Palomar

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Re: Spica & Luna: December 25th || Occultation for some

*If you're up around 5:30 a.m. local time you'll see the Moon very close to the bright alpha star of Virgo:  Spica.  According to the info at spaceweather.com, the Moon will also occult Spica for some viewers:

Occultation information

My area won't see an occultation, unfortunately.  Darn.    I probably will be up at that hour, on the 25th.  ::sigh:: 

Otherwise, here's a Sky Map

All links courtesy spaceweather.com.

--Cindy

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