1 posted on
08/05/2003 9:37:11 PM PDT by
webber
To: webber
Sitting in my hammock with a mint julep watching the night sky BUMP!
2 posted on
08/05/2003 9:40:13 PM PDT by
strela
("Each of us can find a maggot in our past which will happily devour our futures." Horatio Hornblower)
To: webber
Bump to myself...Kids and grandkids are already checking it out each clear night...amazing that we have this opportunity...
3 posted on
08/05/2003 9:40:37 PM PDT by
Judith Anne
(O, ICURAQT. IMAQT2. ;-D)
To: webber
5 posted on
08/05/2003 9:43:29 PM PDT by
Nick Danger
(The views expressed may not actually be views)
To: webber
8 posted on
08/05/2003 9:54:23 PM PDT by
agitator
(Ok, mic check...line one...)
To: webber
Right now, as of 11:54pm CDT, the apparent magnitude is -2.5 with a phase of 97.1%. So we're getting pretty close as it is.
Fascinating!
9 posted on
08/05/2003 9:57:40 PM PDT by
scott7278
("If I'm not back by dawn -- call the president.")
To: webber
SPOTREP
To: webber
I guess it's time I broke the telescope out. I looked at it the other night with 8x56 binoculors and it resolved a disk. I can probably make out the ice caps with my 4.5" Newtonian.
12 posted on
08/05/2003 9:59:51 PM PDT by
Brett66
To: webber
So mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. I gazed upon Mars last night from the porch of my home in the Rocky Mountains where there are no city lights.
I couldn't believe how bright (and orange) it was. Pretty cool!
13 posted on
08/05/2003 10:01:48 PM PDT by
Drew68
To: webber
If only we could get this close a look . . .
15 posted on
08/05/2003 10:04:25 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is slavery.)
To: webber
2287- that ain't so long. Isn't anyone else planning to stick around that long?
I saw Mars out camping last week, in the heart of the Idaho outdoors- incredibly bright and beautiful. Well worth waking up the kids to see this.
17 posted on
08/05/2003 10:11:33 PM PDT by
frodolives
(Moose bites can be pretti nasti)
To: webber
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?
29 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.
30 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.
31 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.
32 posted on
08/06/2003 6:07:36 AM PDT by
biblewonk
(Spose to be a Chrisssssssstian)
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.
35 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. |
36 posted on
08/06/2003 11:09:34 AM PDT by
wolficatZ
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Willie Green; Mo1; ..
ping. Mars will be seen in Pa.
45 posted on
04/17/2004 4:33:48 PM PDT by
Tribune7
(Vote Toomey -- appeasement doesn't work)
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