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VENUS continues to be a brilliant evening object. Both its brilliance and its eastern elongation are still increasing. Mars passed through opposition on April 6, and is now an evening object. It will be stationary on May 19. The planet is very conspicuous in the southern sky just before midnight. Mars has been very close to Y Virginis during the last week in April. This star is worth examining with a small telescope as it is a double star which is easily resolved, the two components, whose magnitudes are 3m 65 and 3m 68, being six seconds of arc apart. Jupiter is in opposition on May 10. The planet is rather far south of the equator. Saturn is still a morning object. The moon will occult the bright star 8 Geminorum on May 7. Both disappearance and reappearance will be visible at Greenwich, taking place at 21h 59m and 22h 56m G.M.T. respectively.
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The Sky in May. Nature 135, 651 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135651a0
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