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Is anyone looking at Mars at night?
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Bumping this back up top, since this is the week it is brightest and closest!
Mars is so bright, we've seen him a few times in the past week or so. Wish I had a telescope, I read on CNN this AM that if you have even an amateur scope, you can see the Martian polar ice cap this week.
Mars is so bright, we've seen him a few times in the past week or so. Wish I had a telescope, I read on CNN this AM that if you have even an amateur scope, you can see the Martian polar ice cap this week.
We had a "Mars" party last Saturday night and got a lot of our city friends to come out to the country to view it without the light pollution. Folks brought 2 telescopes for viewing and we all had fun. Of course most of our friends spent more time playing with Muddy, Koko, Scarlett and Stumpy than viewing Mars, and who can blame them?
Someone did report that Mars will glow either yellowish or reddish depending on where the dust storms are on the planet. If it glows yellowish, the dust storms are in the atmosphere. If reddish, the dust storms on closer to the planet. We haven't confirmed this, but it made sense.
Someone did report that Mars will glow either yellowish or reddish depending on where the dust storms are on the planet. If it glows yellowish, the dust storms are in the atmosphere. If reddish, the dust storms on closer to the planet. We haven't confirmed this, but it made sense.
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I walked outside last night, and it was the first thing I saw in the sky. Spectacular!
In case you missed it, keep an eye on the History Channel this week for their latest documentary on th history of NASA's Mission Control, called "Failure is Not an Option". I watched it on Sunday night, and then tuned in for a live chat with former NASA Flight Director Gene Krantz. When they reran it last night, it was folllowed by a show on space shuttle Columbia and one on Mars.
In case you missed it, keep an eye on the History Channel this week for their latest documentary on th history of NASA's Mission Control, called "Failure is Not an Option". I watched it on Sunday night, and then tuned in for a live chat with former NASA Flight Director Gene Krantz. When they reran it last night, it was folllowed by a show on space shuttle Columbia and one on Mars.
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Mars was spectacular last night from my front doorstep! Mike found his old telescope and we sat outside, propping it on each other's shoulder (he couldn't find the stand) and took a good long look at this phenomena.
if anyone here knows how to take pics of it with your telescope or special camera, feel free to post it here! I can't see Mars till 5:30am and I'm way too sleepy to look for a red dot in the sky. Here is a website where one photographer posted a pic:
http://www.skychasers.net/
http://www.skychasers.net/
