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Pairing of Saturn-Mars enthrals sky gazers

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

"The ring-planet Saturn and Mars were seen paired in western skies after sunset," Planetary Society of India Secretary N Sri Raghunandan Kumar said.

The phenomenon is called Conjunction, a term used in positional astronomy which means that as seen from some place (usually the Earth) two celestial bodies appear near one another in the sky.

The two bright non-twinkling objects were seen in the west direction by naked eyes, Kumar said.

  

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First Published: Aug 15 2012 | 7:05 PM IST

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