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Spring is in the air.
With bare heads and light jackets we take our last fond looks at the bright lines of winter constellations marching down to the western horizon. The rest of the April evening sky is now swarming with the star patterns of spring. Meanwhile, three planets put on a show in the west at dusk. First let's survey the spring stars. In the northeast the upside-down Big Dipper hangs high, pouring its imaginary contents down onto the bowl of the fainter Little Dipper.