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Like a Pumpkin in the Sky
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Friday, October 28, 2005
10:08:00 AM EDT
Hearing Longing/Love -- George Winston
Okay, maybe I'm carrying the "pumpkin" imagery too far. But if you want to get a really close look at the planet Mars, the next few days is when to do it:
Mars' latest rendezvous will not match its record-breaking approach to Earth in 2003, when it hovered from 35 million miles away. But more skygazers this time around can glimpse the fourth rock from the sun because it will glow above the horizon.
"This is the best we're going to see Mars, so we should strike the iron while it is hot," said Kelly Beatty, executive editor of Sky & Telescope magazine.
On Saturday, Mars' orbit will bring it 43.1 million miles away from Earth, with its closest pass scheduled for 11:25 p.m. EDT. The two planets, normally separated by about 140 million miles, will not be this close again until 2018.
The magazine suggests looking for Mars glaring low in the east after 8 p.m. and says it will appear as a "big, fiery yellow 'star' shining much brighter than any other." Later each evening, Mars climbs higher into better view and shifts over to the southeast, the magazine says.
Sadly, this is as close as any human might get to Mars for a long time. Enjoy it while you can.
Space.com has a downloadable .pdf to give you more details and an idea where to look in the night sky.
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10:08:00 AM EDT
Hearing Longing/Love -- George Winston
Like a Pumpkin in the Sky
Okay, maybe I'm carrying the "pumpkin" imagery too far. But if you want to get a really close look at the planet Mars, the next few days is when to do it:
Mars' latest rendezvous will not match its record-breaking approach to Earth in 2003, when it hovered from 35 million miles away. But more skygazers this time around can glimpse the fourth rock from the sun because it will glow above the horizon.
"This is the best we're going to see Mars, so we should strike the iron while it is hot," said Kelly Beatty, executive editor of Sky & Telescope magazine.
On Saturday, Mars' orbit will bring it 43.1 million miles away from Earth, with its closest pass scheduled for 11:25 p.m. EDT. The two planets, normally separated by about 140 million miles, will not be this close again until 2018.
The magazine suggests looking for Mars glaring low in the east after 8 p.m. and says it will appear as a "big, fiery yellow 'star' shining much brighter than any other." Later each evening, Mars climbs higher into better view and shifts over to the southeast, the magazine says.
Sadly, this is as close as any human might get to Mars for a long time. Enjoy it while you can.
Space.com has a downloadable .pdf to give you more details and an idea where to look in the night sky.
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i see a witch's broom but no witch in that photo. hmmm ...
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oh wow..thanks for the info!
Gem :-) -
Dear John,
It looks beautiful! Thanks for the heads up about 830 tomorrow night! Thanks for the article about NASA's financial woes... sheesh hugs, natalie -
It looks like the neglected orange I had that was sitting in the fruit bowl a little too long... Julie :)
10/28/05 6:05 PM