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OCR: 1 Set the Star Dome to your current location and to 1 hour after nightfall for today's date. Take a look around the Star Dome. Are any planets visible at the time you have set? What about at midnight? If Venus, Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn are visible, can you identify them in the actual night sky? Q1 Do planets look any different from stars? If so, in what way? CLUE: look up ASTRONOMY, PRACTICING and read the GETTING STARTED pop-up from the screen you reach. 2 Using the SEARCH system, find each of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the Star Dome and write down what constellations they are "in." Now change the date to 3 months ahead, look for these five planets again, and note what constellations they are now "in." Repeat this process another three times. Q2 Which planets ...