Mars will shine at it's brightest on XMAS eve


	Mars will shine at it's brightest on XMAS eve

dfiskey

12-23-2007 10:36 PM

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dfiskey says:

i've been doing a solar system puzzle about 15 times a day with my daughter, so i'm into the planets these days...seems pretty cool!!!

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12-24-2007 8:21 PM

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Mars is at Right Ascension 6h 12m and Declination 26.8 degrees. Tonight its magnitude is -1.6 and it is about .594 Astronomical Units from the earth (earth is 1 AU from the sun) In Toronto it rose at 4:18 pm and will set at 8:13am EST
You should be able to find it a little above the moon. It will have a slight redish tinge.
The last time I saw it this bright I was in Egypt and I was visiting the temple at Luxor. Go to my website to see the photo.

http://www.imagesofthejourney.com/photos/113235016-S-2.jpg

12-24-2007 11:10 PM

egoldstein

Busted out a telescope tonight to check out the moon and mars. Definitely had Mars in my sights. Awesome!

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