[AZ-Observing] Re: Mars-Moon Conjunction
- From: "Rotramel, Rick (AZ77)" <rick.rotramel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:03:02 -0700
> Mars and the Moon made a striking pair in a low power field, the
> magnitudes were well matched if the size was a slight bit off.
> Andrew
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I was up late last night doing an emergency auto repair, when I was
finally done cleaning up and ready to go in the house at 12:40 am, was
treated to a very pretty naked eye view of the Moon/Mars conjunction.
I guessed Mars was about 1/3 of a lunar diameter west of the Moon.
Viewing it compared to the ground, Mars was about at the 1:00 o'clock
position to the Moon.
Mars' color was a neat contrast with the Moon. The clouds
cooperated, parting just enough to see the event!
Rick R.
SAC
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