OT: If you're a star gazer

[PineGroveBully]

there's a great view of Mars tonight. You can't miss it. It's the bright "star" just below and left of the moon. You'll be able to see it in the same place for the next week or 2. Best viewable between 10 and midnight. It really shines with binoculars. It's bright red. It's as bright as I've ever saw it

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Thought this was a crootin' thread...

 

[BigMotherTucker]

Thr little girl and I were out looking. Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter were all visible tonight. I love seeing her wonder at the planets.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

I saw Mars last night bringing the kids back from swimming. What makes me shake my head is the story going around that Mars is going to appear as large at the moon in a 1 in 35,000 year event. Blows my mind that people actually fall for BS like this. PSA for anybody that may happen across this post and beleive stories like that...If the first and only place you have seen an incredible story is Facebook then that's a pretty good hint the story is an nonexistant as Ole Miss ethics. Yesterday I happened across that story and the 750lbs catfish caught in some lake. Come on people.

 

[Dawg1976]

Can Mars dunk a basketball? If not.....I'm not interested.

 

[RocketDawg]

I saw Mars last night bringing the kids back from swimming. What makes me shake my head is the story going around that Mars is going to appear as large at the moon in a 1 in 35,000 year event. Blows my mind that people actually fall for BS like this. PSA for anybody that may happen across this post and beleive stories like that...If the first and only place you have seen an incredible story is Facebook then that's a pretty good hint the story is an nonexistant as Ole Miss ethics. Yesterday I happened across that story and the 750lbs catfish caught in some lake. Come on people.

But it's true!! ** When that happens, we'll be able to send a manned mission there with ease. Only about a 6 day trip. We'll find out what all those megalithic ruins that Curiosity keeps showing are. **

 

[Dawgbite]

I saw Mars last night bringing the kids back from swimming. What makes me shake my head is the story going around that Mars is going to appear as large at the moon in a 1 in 35,000 year event. Blows my mind that people actually fall for BS like this. PSA for anybody that may happen across this post and beleive stories like that...If the first and only place you have seen an incredible story is Facebook then that's a pretty good hint the story is an nonexistant as Ole Miss ethics. Yesterday I happened across that story and the 750lbs catfish caught in some lake. Come on people.

You really shouldn't let Mars take your kids swimming, I mean what do you really know about him?

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Where did you guys see Tom Mars?

 

[Shmuley]

Damn, I bet we will almost be able to see Mark Watney’s leftover potatoes and maybe even that ******-*** low bidder produced synthetic fabric that caused the Hab airlock to blow his *** up.

 

[Digging dog]

Jupiter is off to the right of the moon as well.

 

[BlueRidgeMtns]

There's a Uranus joke somewhere in all of this

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

We went out and looked Wednesday night and Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter were super bright. Wish I had my old telescope I got for Christmas one year.

 

[patdog]

Mars is about as close to the Earth as it ever gets right now. I think the last time it was this close was in 2003. It won't be this close again until 2035. The "Mars will be as large as the moon" comes from a story Bob Berman wrote years ago where he said it would appear as large as the full moon through a telescope. Of course, the last part got dropped off when people repeated it.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Me too, I got a nice one when I was 12-13, I got it and Apollo 13 for Christmas , been fascinated with space since.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

You really shouldn't let Mars take your kids swimming, I mean what do you really know about him?

I know Mars can piss the hell out of some bears and make them soil themselves on demand.