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Mars is still an evening object until 10 pm. It moves from the Golden Gate, between Aldebaran and the Pleiades, all the way through Taurus. |
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Jupiter transits at dawn. |
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Venus is further east and does not rise until 5 am during dawn. |
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Saturn is 26 degrees east of Jupiter, the closest since 2001. |
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Mercury races with Venus. The first half of April, it is slower than Venus, so Venus catches up to 5 degrees distance. Then is faster and gets slowly further away from Venus until it disappears after the 28th. |
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The minor Planet (2) Pallas is 8th Magnitude and high up in Bootes. |