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From: jimc@haddock.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: A very bright star recently
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 00:10:42 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 26 00:10:42 1985
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Nf-From: haddock!jimc    Feb 25 13:09:00 1985

There has lately been an especially bright star or planet in the
west-by-southwestern sky.  It is far brighter than any other celestial
body I have seen in the past few weeks, with the exception of the
Sun and the Moon, of course.  In fact, it is so bright that I see it
on evenings that the clouds have concealed all the other stars in the
sky. Is this merely the planet Venus, or is it something else?

				Jim Campbell
				INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
				Boston