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KNOW YOUR OBSERVING CONDITIONS

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Inner-city sky

The Milky Way is not visible, while the Pleiades Cluster (Messier 45) is invisible to all but the most experienced. Only constellations with bright stars are visible, and they are missing fainter stars. Clouds

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