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Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars on 07 Jul 2018 (observation 126)

Date:	07 Jul 2018 (NZST)
Time:	20:00 (NZST)
Title:	Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars 2018-07-07 20.00 20.30 NZST Used C8 to observe Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars Venus: Sky quite unsteady, a bit low. Gibbous phase visible, about 60% Jupiter: Quite good, 2 bands obvious plus hints of 2 darker areas at poles. Saturn: Rings very open and bright, shadows on/from rings visible. Mars: 22.55 very bright and big, brighter tha Jupiter. No obvious surface detail. Maybe a hint of a dark area near center and one cap, but uncertain.