# The Milky Way is looking spectacular tonight

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**Created:** [September 19, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-way-is-looking-spectacular-tonight/698922 "2014-09-19T12:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-milky-way-is-looking-spectacular-tonight/698922/1 "2014-09-19T12:19:17Z")

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It’s a clear, chilly spring evening and I’ve been out in the garden star-gazing: Mars and Antares are confronting each other, to a backdrop of Scorpius and Sagittarius and the stunning Milky Way.