Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Yesterday, 05:30 pm Mars and the full Moon pair up to provide a grand celestial spectacle on Friday night. The Red Planet, now 62 million miles from Earth, will be at its brightest this year as it lines up opposite the Sun. At around 9pm, Mars will be above and to the left of the Moon, about the length of an outstretched fist away. A standard SLR camera fitted with a telephoto lens is all you need to capture the scene, says Robin Scagell, from the Society for Popular Astronomy. " Mars is looking really quite red and impressive at the moment, and the Moon will be full, he said. " It's going to be a great sight and rather fun to look for. " A telescope has too close a field of view, but with a 100mm telephoto lens you'd just about get them both in the picture, and you'll be able to see details on the Moon. " A pair of binoculars and a clear out-of-town sky will reveal an added bonus - the " beehive " star cluster - between the two objects, said Mr Scagell. Mars is at its most spectacular when close to the Earth at opposition. In 2003 the planet was just 35 million miles away as it faced the Sun, and more than four times brighter than it will be tomorrow night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Mars is attacking the Sun! alert the media! heartwerk Jan 29, 2010 2:57 AM Mars and Moon in heavenly show Yesterday, 05:30 pmMars and the full Moon pair up to provide a grand celestial spectacle on Friday night. The Red Planet, now 62 million miles from Earth, will be at its brightest this year as it lines up opposite the Sun.At around 9pm, Mars will be above and to the left of the Moon, about the length of an outstretched fist away.A standard SLR camera fitted with a telephoto lens is all you need to capture the scene, says Robin Scagell, from the Society for Popular Astronomy."Mars is looking really quite red and impressive at the moment, and the Moon will be full, he said. "It's going to be a great sight and rather fun to look for."A telescope has too close a field of view, but with a 100mm telephoto lens you'd just about get them both in the picture, and you'll be able to see details on the Moon."A pair of binoculars and a clear out-of-town sky will reveal an added bonus - the "beehive" star cluster - between the two objects, said Mr Scagell.Mars is at its most spectacular when close to the Earth at opposition.In 2003 the planet was just 35 million miles away as it faced the Sun, and more than four times brighter than it will be tomorrow night. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 It didn’t look that big to me. Luckily we had a clear sky. Jo On Behalf Of fraggle 29 January 2010 15:41 Re: Mars and Moon in heavenly show Mars is attacking the Sun! alert the media! heartwerk Jan 29, 2010 2:57 AM Mars and Moon in heavenly show Yesterday, 05:30 pm Mars and the full Moon pair up to provide a grand celestial spectacle on Friday night. The Red Planet, now 62 million miles from Earth, will be at its brightest this year as it lines up opposite the Sun. At around 9pm, Mars will be above and to the left of the Moon, about the length of an outstretched fist away. A standard SLR camera fitted with a telephoto lens is all you need to capture the scene, says Robin Scagell, from the Society for Popular Astronomy. " Mars is looking really quite red and impressive at the moment, and the Moon will be full, he said. " It's going to be a great sight and rather fun to look for. " A telescope has too close a field of view, but with a 100mm telephoto lens you'd just about get them both in the picture, and you'll be able to see details on the Moon. " A pair of binoculars and a clear out-of-town sky will reveal an added bonus - the " beehive " star cluster - between the two objects, said Mr Scagell. Mars is at its most spectacular when close to the Earth at opposition. In 2003 the planet was just 35 million miles away as it faced the Sun, and more than four times brighter than it will be tomorrow night. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 I was able to see it after it was pretty high in the sky and it didn't look unusually large to me, either. I also saw Mars.Patricia--- On Fri, 1/29/10, jo.heartwork <jo.heartwork wrote:jo.heartwork <jo.heartworkRE: Mars and Moon in heavenly show Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 4:30 PM It didn’t look that big to me. Luckily we had a clear sky. Jo On Behalf Of fraggle 29 January 2010 15:41 Re: Mars and Moon in heavenly show Mars is attacking the Sun! alert the media! heartwerk Jan 29, 2010 2:57 AM Mars and Moon in heavenly show Yesterday, 05:30 pm Mars and the full Moon pair up to provide a grand celestial spectacle on Friday night. The Red Planet, now 62 million miles from Earth, will be at its brightest this year as it lines up opposite the Sun. At around 9pm, Mars will be above and to the left of the Moon, about the length of an outstretched fist away. A standard SLR camera fitted with a telephoto lens is all you need to capture the scene, says Robin Scagell, from the Society for Popular Astronomy. "Mars is looking really quite red and impressive at the moment, and the Moon will be full, he said. "It's going to be a great sight and rather fun to look for. "A telescope has too close a field of view, but with a 100mm telephoto lens you'd just about get them both in the picture, and you'll be able to see details on the Moon." A pair of binoculars and a clear out-of-town sky will reveal an added bonus - the "beehive" star cluster - between the two objects, said Mr Scagell. Mars is at its most spectacular when close to the Earth at opposition. In 2003 the planet was just 35 million miles away as it faced the Sun, and more than four times brighter than it will be tomorrow night. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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