Venus is the scorpion's head, Lacerta, and more about Mira and Algol
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This week's astronomical action: Venus passes through the scorpion's head. The moon passes in front of the archer's bow. Jupiter and Saturn keep hanging out in Capricornus.
\\nNaming a new constellation after a reptile turned out to be more popular than naming it after any king.
\\nAnd how did one variable star get the name of something fearsome but another is called wonderful?
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