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posted by martyb on Monday February 11 2019, @01:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-all-know-you're-out-there dept.

If you look at the moon tonight about six degrees below and to the right of the moon you will see the red planet shining.

Mars is actually a great planet to see in the night sky all month, according to NASA.

"Look west in the first couple of hours after sunset all month long to spot reddish Mars," agency officials said.

An image showing the Feb 10th view

This isn't the only close encounter Mars will appear to share with another celestrial [sic] object. On Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), Mars can be found near the position of the asteroid Bennu, where NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample-return probe is currently in orbit. Bennu is too small to see without a telescope, but at least you'll know where it is, NASA said.

More on OSIRIS-REx here

At least you don't have to stay up until two in the morning for this :-)


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 11 2019, @11:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 11 2019, @11:50PM (#799842)

    Long eye-relief eyepieces. Of course, if you can't put the scope on the target, that hardly matters. You need a finder, or a finder scope, and learn how to align them, and collimate the scope itself. First, sacrifice two chickens. Then, . . .