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From: canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Flaming Asteroid)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: A very bright star recently
Message-ID: <1203@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 11:16:59 EST
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> 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 [...]
> [...]  Is this merely the planet Venus, or is it something else?

  It is Venus.
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