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Never Again In Your Lifetime Will The Red Planet Be So Spectacular! (August, 2003)
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Posted on 08/05/2003 9:37:11 PM PDT by webber
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To: scott7278
A guy posted his webcam shot of Uranus on USENET - alt.binaries.pictures.astro yesterday. Interesting.
Pluto is about 3X the Mars-Neptune distance from Mars, too.
FWIW.
To: webber
To: Calvin Locke
Can't forget about Pluto (+13.8), can we? Poor Pluto.
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posted on
08/05/2003 11:01:02 PM PDT
by
scott7278
("If I'm not back by dawn -- call the president.")
To: scott7278
Can't forget about Pluto Depends on whether you consider it a "planet" per se, or a really big captured (and broken) "dead" (used? expired?) comet.
To: Calvin Locke
Or a Kuiper Belt Object.
To: Calvin Locke
"A guy posted his webcam shot of Uranus..." Geez...he promised he wouldn't do that.
To: Nick Danger
I can't believe nobody's posted this link yet! It's a great java program that shows positions of all of the sky's treasures in great detail.
Stig's Sky Calender
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:53:18 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
("There are worse things than crucifixion...There are teeth.")
To: webber
At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.This is a sloppy sentence.
Does anyone know the closest approach of Venus?
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:00:45 AM PDT
by
js1138
To: webber
I got out my 4.5" Newtonian and I was able to see a polar cap and the dark equatorial regions. This, despite living on the outskirts of the city with substantial light pollution and on a hot, humid night with a turbulent atmosphere. Very nice.
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:02:17 AM PDT
by
Brett66
To: webber
Mars is often called "the most disappointing planet" by amature astronomers.
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:07:35 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
(Spose to be a Chrisssssssstian)
To: webber
Mars is often called "the most disappointing planet" by amature astronomers.
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08/06/2003 6:07:36 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
(Spose to be a Chrisssssssstian)
To: New Horizon
Don't you just hate Klingons?
To: RandallFlagg
To: webber
Oh, sure. Nobody will ever see Mars so close.
Somebody is going to see it a lot closer and within the lifetimes of many living today. They'll either land on Mars or one of the two moons Phobos or Deimos. Could be within 20 years, could have been 20 years ago. Just a matter of time and inclination.
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posted on
08/06/2003 10:52:33 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: webber
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Frosty white water ice clouds and swirling orange dust storms above a vivid rusty landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic planet in this sharpest view ever obtained by an Earth-based telescope.
View a more detailed caption. |
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08/06/2003 11:09:34 AM PDT
by
wolficatZ
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To: BenLurkin
Is that one of those new "Stretch Camels"...
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08/06/2003 8:05:33 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(FReepin Awesome...)
To: wolficatZ
WOW!!! Thanks for posting this shot of Mars-----that is the best shot I have ever seen of this planet....I am going to be watching the night skys this month, for sure!
Big ol Mars bump!
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08/06/2003 8:08:45 PM PDT
by
Republic
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To: hellinahandcart; MeekOneGOP
viking kitty time????????
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04/17/2004 11:48:31 AM PDT
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Gabz
(Stress out Streisand.............................DONATE MONTHLY)
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