RE: CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH MARS

[angelsmom10]

 
Just received an email and wanted to share -- Don t hold me to the statistics -- this is from someone else.........  
 
    Never again in your (or my) lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular. This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
 
    Due to the way Jupiter s gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years but it may be as long as 60,000 years.
 
       The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky.  It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
 
       Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. But by the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That s pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history.
 
       So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. Share this! No one alive today will ever see this again.
 

[birol]

 angelsmom10

 

ORIGINAL:  angelsmom10
 
  No one alive today will ever see this again.
 
 

Great, thanks for setting the mood []
 
 Actually thanks for the information, I will keep an eye out. Is it safe to use binoculars to look at it or will it be too bright ?

[AustinBoston]

 birol

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ORIGINAL:  angelsmom10
 
  No one alive today will ever see this again.
 
 

Great, thanks for setting the mood []
 
 Actually thanks for the information, I will keep an eye out. Is it safe to use binoculars to look at it or will it be too bright ?
 

 The only things that are dangerous to look at with binoculars are the sun and Phyllis Diller (sp).
 
 Austin

[birol]

 AustinBoston

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 The only things that are dangerous to look at with binoculars are the sun and Phyllis Diller (sp).
 
 Austin
 

 What is that ??

[angelsmom10]

 AustinBoston

 

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 The only things that are dangerous to look at with binoculars are the sun and Phyllis Diller (sp).
 
 Austin
 

 ooooooo -- low blow[][][]
 

[birol]

 angelsmom10

Phyllis Diller

 
 http://www.wic.org/bio/pdiller.htm
 
 
 

[angelsmom10]

 birol

 

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Phyllis Diller

 
 http://www.wic.org/bio/pdiller.htm
 
 
 
 

Hey- that s a GREAT picture of her.  Usually she looks wilder[][][][]

[birol]

 angelsmom10

 

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ORIGINAL:  birol
 
 

Phyllis Diller

 
 http://www.wic.org/bio/pdiller.htm
 
 
 
 

Hey- that s a GREAT picture of her.  Usually she looks wilder[][][][]
 

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[Turn Key]

 angelsmom10
Guess you haven t been watching.  Mars has been " high and bright"  for the past few weeks.  Two weeks ago last night (Wednesday) I watched as the moon and Mars arched across the sky.  Mars started at about the " 9 o clock"  position about 1"  off the moons surface, as you observed it.  This was at just about 11 PM.  As they both traveled east to west, Mars " moved"  in an arch over the top of the moon to end at about the " 4 o clock"  position by the time the sun s light blotted it out about 8 AM.  Last night, even though we had a pretty fair overcast over North Central Texas and I could see no other bodies, I could still see Mars burning through the clouds!  Very impressive!
 
 If you haven t as yet, take the time to get out at night and have a look!  I m very lucky as the hours I work and the way we live our lives gets me outside at night.  Wouldn t trade my schedule for anything![]
 
 

[birol]

 Turn Key

ORIGINAL:  Turn Key
 
 Guess you haven t been watching.  Mars has been " high and bright"  for the past few weeks.  Two weeks ago last night (Wednesday) I watched as the moon and Mars arched across the sky.  Mars started at about the " 9 o clock"  position about 1"  off the moons surface, as you observed it.  This was at just about 11 PM.  As they both traveled east to west, Mars " moved"  in an arch over the top of the moon to end at about the " 4 o clock"  position by the time the sun s light blotted it out about 8 AM.  Last night, even though we had a pretty fair overcast over North Central Texas and I could see no other bodies, I could still see Mars burning through the clouds!  Very impressive!
 
 If you haven t as yet, take the time to get out at night and have a look!  I m very lucky as the hours I work and the way we live our lives gets me outside at night.  Wouldn t trade my schedule for anything![]
 
 
 

I will start watching starting from tonight ! Sunday morning I have trucking, so I will be up and working at 2 am, good chance to look at it as I get in and out of the minivan.

[Miller Tyme]

 angelsmom10
That close, huh?
 
 Probably explains the little green men checking out my camper.[]
 
 " Close Encounters of the Pop-Up Kind"  - someone get Steven Spielberg![8D]

[birol]

 Miller Tyme

 

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 That close, huh?
 
 Probably explains the little green men checking out my camper.[]
 
 " Close Encounters of the Pop-Up Kind"  - someone get Steven Spielberg![8D]
 

I am hoping, the green marsians will beam the PU from somewhere in MASS to in front of my door [8D]

[angelsmom10]

 birol

 

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ORIGINAL:  Miller Tyme
 
 That close, huh?
 
 Probably explains the little green men checking out my camper.[]
 
 " Close Encounters of the Pop-Up Kind"  - someone get Steven Spielberg![8D]
 

I am hoping, the green marsians will beam the PU from somewhere in MASS to in front of my door [8D]
 

 Now, I think you re pushing it[8D][8D][8D][8D]
 

[birol]

 angelsmom10

 

ORIGINAL:  angelsmom10
 
 
 

ORIGINAL:  birol
 
 
 

ORIGINAL:  Miller Tyme
 
 That close, huh?
 
 Probably explains the little green men checking out my camper.[]
 
 " Close Encounters of the Pop-Up Kind"  - someone get Steven Spielberg![8D]
 

I am hoping, the green marsians will beam the PU from somewhere in MASS to in front of my door [8D]
 

 Now, I think you re pushing it[8D][8D][8D][8D]
 
 

One gotta dream, dream big, dream wild [8D][8D]