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    <title>Oppositions</title>
    <updated>2026-09-25T09:52:59.981Z</updated>
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    <subtitle>The nights a planet stands closest and brightest: dates, distances and how much difference opposition really makes at the eyepiece.</subtitle>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Neptune at Opposition: the Planet You Can Only Find With a Chart]]></title>
        <id>56</id>
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        <updated>2026-09-25T06:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[On 26 September Neptune reaches opposition, 4.32 billion kilometres away: its light takes four hours to reach us. At magnitude 7.8 it is beyond the naked eye and within reach of any binoculars, provided you aim at the right spot below the Circlet of Pisces and come back two nights running. The full method, and why the exact date of opposition does not matter at all.]]></summary>
        <author>
            <name>Jérôme Musialak</name>
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