Mars Is Ready For Its Close-Up: Red Planet Easy To Spot This Weekend

[EspressoBuzz]

Look up one night this weekend!

 

Mars Is Ready For Its Close-Up: Red Planet Easy To Spot This Weekend

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/20/478865020/mars-is-ready-for-its-close-up-red-planet-easy-to-spot-this-weekend

 

Sometimes astronomy can be challenging, but spotting Mars this weekend should be a breeze.

Step 1: Head outside right after sunset and look toward the southeastern sky.

Step 2: Find the full moon. (So far, so good, right?)

Step 3: Look up and to the right, and find what looks like a bright red star.

That's Mars, our planetary neighbor — getting up close and personal.

[DirtTime]

Maybe it will help the turkey population get more vocal.

[EspressoBuzz]

Dogs howl at the moon, turkeys gobble at Mars?

[DirtTime]

Who knows. Maybe Mars will get them talking. LOL

[wooly]

Anyone know the next time a full moon and Uranus will be visible...?

 

 

[DirtTime]

Anyone know the next time a full moon and Uranus will be visible...?

It's Friday, people are drinking.........I would say that will happen every 18 minutes and 12 seconds. Going by the amount of members on line of course.

[wooly]

It's Friday, people are drinking.........I would say that will happen every 18 minutes and 12 seconds. Going by the amount of members on line of course.

 

Those are some ass-tronomical odds!

[DirtTime]

Those are some ass-tronomical odds!

Add gas to that and it could be explosive. Just sayin'.

[grampy]

I know nothing about uranus, and prefer to keep it that way.

[wooly]

I know nothing about uranus, and prefer to keep it that way.

 

You can't see it with the naked eye grampy.

It just appears as a black hole,lol

 

[ATbuckhunter]

Thanks for posting Espresso! Its pretty cool to be able to see mars. 

[grampy]

LOL.....wooly