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[Centaur]

Venus will pass right through the center of the Beehive Cluster (Praesepe, M44) in Cancer during the evening of 2005 JUL 03. Mercury will be nearby skirting the southern edge of the Beehive on JUL 02 and JUL 03. Astrophotographers be ready. It would be great to see some of your pictures posted in this thread.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

This will be a nice sight, but unfortunately with all the additional muck in the air from the 4th of July fireworks going on, it will hamper viewing.

I have no direct western view, let's see what we can come up with here.

Thanks for the notice and the links.