Mars meets Pleiades: Rare celestial event to light up UAE skies tonight
Web report/Dubai
Astronomers claim it will not happen again until 2038.
A rare astronomical sight will occur today, March 3, after sunset.
Mars will move into its closest position to a spectacular star cluster called Pleiades tonight - a phenomenon that has not occurred in 30 years.
Separated from the star cluster by no more than 2.6 degrees, the Red Planet will become visible in UAE skies with the naked eye.
The last time Mars was in such close conjunction to Pleiades was in 1991 - and the next time it is expected to achieve such proximity will only be in 2038.
Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium curator Mark Rigby retires but stargazing will never end
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Mark Rigby has been fascinated by the stars since he was a child.
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After 36 years at the helm of the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, well-known curator and passionate space enthusiast Mark Rigby is retiring.
Throughout his career under the cosmic skydome at Mount Coot-Tha, Mr Rigby presented about 15,000 shows, inspiring an estimated audience of 1 million people.
Dubbed the Star Man by his colleagues, Mr Rigby said in later years his attention had turned towards Earth. I must say that over those 36 years, as we ve looked out, towards the end I m looking more back, towards our own planet and the need to look after it, he said.
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