OFFish: Mars Rising

[M Holmes]

Keith Barton writes:

> Did anyone check out Mars last night?

I couldn't see it for Murphy's Magellanic Nebula.

I did see it rising from our cottage in the Highlands a couple of weeks
back. Very blood red in a deep blue sky.

> It was in conjuction with Earth and the Sun for the first time in 12
> years.
> With a small telescope you can see the ice cap and surface markings.
> Look low down to the south, you can't miss it and it's getting bigger
> each night!
> It reaches it's closest approach on 21st and 22nd June when it'll only
> be 41million miles away.

If the clouds ever disappear, I'll be getting my Nexstar out.

FoFP