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Here's Huygens

Here's Huygens

Update: 2025-08-17

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Three naked eye planets greet morning sky watchers. Saturn rises earlier in the evening. The moon reaches northern lunistice. And let's learn about Christiaan Huygens and how he leveled up from Galileo's work.

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Here's Huygens

Here's Huygens

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