Mars: Brightest Object in the Sky

[Rick]

If your outdoors at night, Mars is gonna be nearest to Earth for, oh, a really long time. Saw it last night; thought it was Venus, in the wrong direction. It actually looked red. Look southeast (well if you're in the Northern Hemisphere. It was near Scorpio last night around 9:00 pm CDT).

[MammaStar]

It's raining tonight! I can't see it! :(

That would've been so cool to show my son. They visited the H.S. planetarium last friday, and he's become very interested in astronomy. He wants a telescope, but we told him he has to wait for it. Meanwhile, while we're out, my boyfriend (who LOVED astronomy class in H.S.) and I point out different things to him. Sighting Mars would've been very neat.

[Wyrdsister]

Thanks for the tip, Rick! I'll be sure to check that out. :)

Wyrdsister

[Lucidia]

oh darn... to much cloudyrainyness. i like rain though.

one of these days... i'm gonna catch that crazy elusive red planet.... one of these days...

[Emerald Sky]

Yup, I saw it last night and tonight. Unfortunately, I don't have a telescope yet. :( But I did take a peek at it with my binoculars... it was better than the naked eye, but not much. :cool:

[Rick]

Don't remember how long it's gonna stay that way, but I'm sure it will be a week or two...