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'Patriotic' Celestial Triangle to Shine in Monday Night Sky

published Sun, Aug 19 2012 09:05 GMT
As soon as it gets dark on Monday night (Aug. 20) — say about an hour after sunset — look low toward the southwest horizon and you will see something rather striking: three "stars" forming an equilateral triangle, tilted a bit to the left. What will make this a rather eye-catching sight is that the three objects forming the triangle are of similar brightness, but of contrasting colors. 

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