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Apparent Moon-Mars 'collison'
Hey, if anyone is still up, look out to the south...if you have clear
skies. The moon is rapidly closing on Mars....from 42 N Lat, 80 W. longitude, they are currently (0630 GMT) only 0.5 degree apart....I believe Mars gets occulted by the Moon farther south, in just a few hours from now....maybe sooner. From our latitude, looks like the moon will miss by 0.25 degree south of Mars. FWIW, Tom W. |
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Nice Pict Dave...
that's just the way it looks right now (0800 GMT) out my back window, due south.. Mars is about 0.2 degree sitting on top of the waning gibbous moon....Cool (and fairly rare) sight, even naked-eye. Thanks for sharing. Clear Skies, Tom W |
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"bwhiting" wrote in message ... Hey, if anyone is still up, look out to the south...if you have clear skies. The moon is rapidly closing on Mars....from 42 N Lat, 80 W. longitude, they are currently (0630 GMT) only 0.5 degree apart....I believe Mars gets occulted by the Moon farther south, in just a few hours from now....maybe sooner. From our latitude, looks like the moon will miss by 0.25 degree south of Mars. FWIW, Tom W. Tom, Thank you for posting this message. I had forgotten about this conjunction, but had set the alarm to get up at 0430 Eeastern time. I got up and decided not to have a go but just read some messages and go back to bed. I read your post and immediately went out and got a lifetime view of Mars and Luna. Here in MD, the closest point of appraoch was only 4 arcminutes, which I was able to see. I had a wonderful view of Mars and the moon even at 375x (13' TFOV). Best view was with the my st80 "finder". So, good thing you posted or I would've missed it. Thanks. Clear skies, Tom |
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bwhiting wrote in message ...
Hey, if anyone is still up, look out to the south...if you have clear skies. The moon is rapidly closing on Mars....from 42 N Lat, 80 W. longitude, they are currently (0630 GMT) only 0.5 degree apart....I believe Mars gets occulted by the Moon farther south, in just a few hours from now....maybe sooner. From our latitude, looks like the moon will miss by 0.25 degree south of Mars. FWIW, Tom W. I watched the moon slide past Mars this morning. Swoosh... Yup. It made a swooshin' sound. I heard it. Sounded just like a jet airplane. By the way, Astronomy magazine said the moon would pass 0.3 degrees NORTH of Mars. 'Taint what I saw. The moon might have eventually moved farther north than Mars, but not while they were close together, or at the time Astronomy specified, 4:00A.M. My guess is that the moon was (from its center) about 0.4-0.5 degrees SOUTH of Mars (viewed from southern Indiana) at closest point. In a 100x eyepiece I could see Mars and most of the moon. The Martian disc easily showed the polar cap and some surface features in that view. I wish I could have photographed it. |
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Here's how it looked in Wisconsin...
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p...620951&size=lg (Canon 10d w/ Tak FS-102) Good Morning, Dave Werner bwhiting wrote: Hey, if anyone is still up, look out to the south...if you have clear skies. The moon is rapidly closing on Mars....from 42 N Lat, 80 W. longitude, they are currently (0630 GMT) only 0.5 degree apart....I believe Mars gets occulted by the Moon farther south, in just a few hours from now....maybe sooner. From our latitude, looks like the moon will miss by 0.25 degree south of Mars. FWIW, Tom W. |
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Doogie, check Dave Werner's picture below at:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1620987 I don't think they get much better than that. Clear Skies, Tom W. Doogie Hoosier wrote: bwhiting wrote in message ... Hey, if anyone is still up, look out to the south...if you have clear skies. The moon is rapidly closing on Mars....from 42 N Lat, 80 W. longitude, they are currently (0630 GMT) only 0.5 degree apart....I believe Mars gets occulted by the Moon farther south, in just a few hours from now....maybe sooner. From our latitude, looks like the moon will miss by 0.25 degree south of Mars. FWIW, Tom W. I watched the moon slide past Mars this morning. Swoosh... Yup. It made a swooshin' sound. I heard it. Sounded just like a jet airplane. By the way, Astronomy magazine said the moon would pass 0.3 degrees NORTH of Mars. 'Taint what I saw. The moon might have eventually moved farther north than Mars, but not while they were close together, or at the time Astronomy specified, 4:00A.M. My guess is that the moon was (from its center) about 0.4-0.5 degrees SOUTH of Mars (viewed from southern Indiana) at closest point. In a 100x eyepiece I could see Mars and most of the moon. The Martian disc easily showed the polar cap and some surface features in that view. I wish I could have photographed it. |
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Tom Hole
"bwhiting" wrote in message ... Hey, if anyone is still up, look out to the south...if you have clear skies. The moon is rapidly closing on Mars....from 42 N Lat, 80 W. longitude, they are currently (0630 GMT) only 0.5 degree apart....I believe Mars gets occulted by the Moon farther south, in just a few hours from now....maybe sooner. From our latitude, looks like the moon will miss by 0.25 degree south of Mars. FWIW, Tom W. Tom, Thank you for posting this message. I had forgotten about this conjunction, but had set the alarm to get up at 0430 Eeastern time. I got up and decided not to have a go but just read some messages and go back to bed. I read your post and immediately went out and got a lifetime view of Mars and Luna. Here in MD, the closest point of appraoch was only 4 arcminutes, which I was able to see. I had a wonderful view of Mars and the moon even at 375x (13' TFOV). Best view was with the my st80 "finder". So, good thing you posted or I would've missed it. Thanks. Clear skies, Tom You're welcome...actually I had forgotten about it too, Tom, until I looked out my window from the computer room, and there is was up there. Tw. |
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I managed to shoot it with my MiniDV camcorder, but the Moon washed out all
detail due to brightness. You can tell Mars is orangeish-red in a few seconds of the tape, though. Very cool. Clear Skies! Reece Watkins "bwhiting" wrote in message ... Hey, if anyone is still up, look out to the south...if you have clear skies. The moon is rapidly closing on Mars....from 42 N Lat, 80 W. longitude, they are currently (0630 GMT) only 0.5 degree apart....I believe Mars gets occulted by the Moon farther south, in just a few hours from now....maybe sooner. From our latitude, looks like the moon will miss by 0.25 degree south of Mars. FWIW, Tom W. |
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"Dave Werner" wrote in message
... Here's how it looked in Wisconsin... http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?p...620951&size=lg (Canon 10d w/ Tak FS-102) Good Morning, Dave Werner Yup, and as I've been telling people who are preparing for the public star party deluge of people, it's clear that Mars is not even as large as the crater Copernicus. And it isn't going to get much bigger; only 25% more. So be prepared to either pump that magnification to Schwartzenegger (sp?) proportions, or prepare your audience for the "experience." :-) Clear and Steady Nights ! --- Dave |
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