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Old December 7th 18, 07:22 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Paul Schlyter[_3_]
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Default Mars 2.2 mins apart from Neptune

On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 22:15:11 -0800 (PST), StarDust
wrote:
On Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 9:15:49 PM UTC-8, RichA wrote:
Not visible from N. America but maybe someone can get a shot

elsewhere?

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/12/mars-tonight


What's not visible from N. America?
Mars?
I see it every day from N. 38 parallel!


Mars and Neptune when they are nearest one another in the sky is not
visible from North America. And not from South America either, nor
from Europe or Africa. But from Asia, you'll be able to see it.