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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                   2023 June 10   
      
                               Mars and the Beehive   
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri   
      
      Explanation: This month, bright Mars and brilliant Venus are the   
      prominent celestial beacons in planet Earth's western skies after   
      sunset. Wandering through the constellation Cancer the Crab, the Red   
      Planet was captured here on the evening of June 3 near the stars of   
      open cluster Messier 44. Recognized since antiquity this nearby,   
      naked-eye star cluster is also known as the Praesepe or the Beehive   
      cluster. A swarm of stars all much younger than the Sun, the Beehive   
      cluster is a mere 600 light-years distant. Seen with a yellowish hue,   
      Mars is about 17 light-minutes away. On June 12/13 Venus will take its   
      turn posing next to the stars of the Beehive cluster. But the dazzling   
      light of Venus will make the Beehive stars difficult to see by eye   
      alone.   
      
                    Tomorrow's picture: the spectrum of the Sun   
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