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 over Minnesota in the next few weeks. Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars will all grace our late-evening skies this fall. 

Our crisp clear fall nights make for some of the best stargazing of the year. Over the coming weeks watch for this sting of planets across the sky from the southwest into the east or from right to left in the sky after 10 p.m. 

Other planets will be visible in the early morning sky. 

Also look for the bright and prominent winter constellation Orion rising in the east near Mars. Orion rules the winter skies over Minnesota. 

I’ve always saluted Orion for the winter weather he brings to Minnesota each year. When Orion the hunter becomes visible in the fall, you know winter is coming. When he sets in the March sky just after sunset, you know spring is close at hand.

Get out there and enjoy our beautiful night sky show in the next few weeks.

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It’s a planetary sky show this month over Minnesota.

Fall sky watch: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars ready to shine Tuesday night

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