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Don't forget "Independence Day" is this week.
Some night sky sights for June 28 – July 6 (click here)
...Thursday, July 4 Watching the fireworks
tonight? As you're waiting for them to begin, point out to people some
sky sights. The two brightest stars of summer, Vega and Arcturus, are
high overhead toward the east and southwest, respectively. Far below
Arcturus are the planet Saturn and, to its lower right, Spica. Nearly
that high in the southeast is the orange-red supergiant Antares, amid
fainter stars of upper Scorpius....