Posted on 05 July 2008 · 339 views · 112 words.

Tonight, July 5, look west and you’ll see a temporary “Belt of Three Stars”. Saturn, Mars and the star Regulus are sitting by Leo in a chance alignment that literally will only happen tonight. Very cool.
Thanks to the ‘What’s Up’ blog at Discovery for this tip.
Discovery News: What’s Up?: A Line of Planets
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