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... rising , and Her- cules is just up . Along the Ecliptic , Libra is just rising , Virgo is midway , Leo is on the meridian , Cancer is past , next Gemini , and lastly Taurus just setting . In the South , stretching east and west of the ...
... rising , and Her- cules is just up . Along the Ecliptic , Libra is just rising , Virgo is midway , Leo is on the meridian , Cancer is past , next Gemini , and lastly Taurus just setting . In the South , stretching east and west of the ...
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... rising , Sagittarius ( the Archer ) is next , Scorpio , with its long tail swinging along the horizon , is directly south , Libra is past the meridian , Virgo midway , and Leo has almost reached the horizon . In the Southwest , the ...
... rising , Sagittarius ( the Archer ) is next , Scorpio , with its long tail swinging along the horizon , is directly south , Libra is past the meridian , Virgo midway , and Leo has almost reached the horizon . In the Southwest , the ...
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... rising . Along the Ecliptic , Gemini is just rising , Taurus is nearly midway , next Aries , Pisces is on the meridian , then Aquarius , and lastly Capricornus , far in the southwest . In the South , east of the meridian , is Cetus ...
... rising . Along the Ecliptic , Gemini is just rising , Taurus is nearly midway , next Aries , Pisces is on the meridian , then Aquarius , and lastly Capricornus , far in the southwest . In the South , east of the meridian , is Cetus ...
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