[EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope it is visible in light-polluted NYC! Amy Mars - never again in our life times
> The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! > This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that > will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded > history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way > Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be > certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but > it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again. > > The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within > 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in > the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of 2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc > seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification . > > > Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. > Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the > east at 10p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. By the end of August when > the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its > highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something > that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at > the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter > throughout the month. > > Share this with your children and grandchildren. > > NO ONE ALIVE TODAY > WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h5uusea/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123048902/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
