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Robert Lea

The moon and Mercury meet in the bright red 'eye of the bull' early Friday morning

night sky June 2023

The moon and elusive Mercury will be close to the glowing red "eye" of The Bull, the Taurus constellation, early Friday morning (June 16). 

The two celestial bodies will appear by the constellation's bright red star, Aldebaran, also known as Alpha Tauri. The moon and Mercury will also be in an arrangement astronomers call a conjunction, meaning they share the same right ascension, the celestial equivalent of longitude.

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