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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                   2022 April 9   
      
                              Mars-Saturn Conjunction   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Damian Peach   
      
      Explanation: Fainter stars in the zodiacal constellation Capricornus   
      are scattered near the plane of the ecliptic in this field of view. The   
      two brightest ones at center aren't stars at all though, but the   
      planets Mars and Saturn. Taken on the morning of April 4, the   
      telescopic snapshot captured their tantalizing close conjunction in a   
      predawn sky, the pair of planets separated by only about 1/3 of a   
      degree. That's easily less than the apparent width of a Full Moon. Can   
      you tell which planet is which? If you guessed Mars is the redder one ,   
      you'd be right. Above Mars, slightly fainter Saturn still shines with a   
      paler yellowish tinge in reflected sunlight. Even at the low   
      magnification, Saturn's largest and brightest moon Titan can be spotted   
      hugging the planet very closely on the left.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: in the shadows   
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