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historic Mars and Pleiades conjunction, Amr Abdulwahab
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historic Mars and Pleiades conjunction

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historic Mars and Pleiades conjunction

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On March 3, 2021, the red planet Mars and the famous Pleiades star cluster – also known as the Seven Sisters – stage their closest conjunction on the sky’s dome until 2038. Mars swings 2.6 degrees south of the Pleiades, which appears on our sky’s dome as a tiny, misty dipper of stars. They’ll be a lovely sight in the evening sky, one you can just glance upward to see! One caveat. Don’t mistake Mars for Aldebaran, a bright red star nearby. More about that below.

The whole world will see Mars and the Pleiades close together on this night, and on the nights around it. Their conjunction took place 2.6 degrees south of the Pleiades cluster on March 3 at 23:26 UTC.

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historic Mars and Pleiades conjunction, Amr Abdulwahab