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See the moon shine with famous red star Antares in the southern sky on June 9

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The waxing gibbous moon will shine close to the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on June 9 .

Antares is a red supergiant 700 times greater than our sun and is known to shine roughly 10,000 times brighter.

Viewers in southern hemisphere countries will see the moon slide in front of Antares , blocking its light in an 'occultation'.

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