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    THE BIG THREE

    May 21, 2020 3 minutes

    DON’T MISS

    Lunar occultation OF VENUS

    BEST TIME TO SEE: 19 June from 08:20 BST (07:20 UT) until 10:00 BST (09:00 UT)

    Venus has been a dramatic object in the evening sky so far for all of 2020, but this month it’s notable because of its absence. The reason for this is that it is passing around a part of its orbit which is closest to Earth. As it does so it lines up with the Sun in the sky to reach a position known as inferior conjunction; inferior simply indicating that Venus is between Earth and the

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