If you have a pair of 7x 35 binoculars (or larger), try and spot the planet Neptune the next clear night. I suspect that not many on the block can say they have seen Neptune. The eighth planet from the Sun isn't too hard to find this season, being situated very close to a star visible to the unaided eyes, in the evening sky. Uranus and Neptune are both giant planets, with fascinating stories all their own. They are so distant, however, they never appear like a bright star in Earthen [...]
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