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In the afternoon, on a blustery winter day in Holtsville, New York, and Frank Melillo¡¯s housebound beagle, Princess, has been barking incessantly for an hour and a half. That¡¯s how long Melillo has been standing in the shadow of his apartment building, his windbreaker zipped up to his Adam¡¯s apple, trying to get a bead on the planet Mercury with his Celestron 8 telescope. Except for a few clouds, the sky is blue and bright, and it seems an odd time for an amateur astronomer to be planet hunting. But Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, shows its face at odd times.
Approximate Word count = 367 Approximate Pages = 1.5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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