Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, probably by the time it's this close again if we are still here I think there's a good chance we will have got there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

i think its like in 79 years

Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

Nope wont be here!

Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

79 years? Well, maybe if you're young right now and live a long life, you just might be around the next time...

I missed Halley's Comet in 1986. It won't be back again until 2061. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

well, i went out, looked. couldn't see it. the radio said something about an observatory open to the publc, so maybe...

Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

Went out on a boat Last night, so there was no light pollution, but even from the beach Mars appears bright orange to the naked eye. My father in law has a small telescope, I really ought to try to get to use it this week.Actually, my gf has a pair of old binoculars somewhere, that would be better than nothing, surely...

Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

So, tomorrow night is the big day. Let's hope for a clear sky...

Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

saw something that might be mars, but it wasn't bright orange. nothing else bright south, though. unless the houses are blocking my view.

Re: Close Encounter with Mars
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Quite possible- it was really low to the horizon when I saw it.

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I saw it, but I wasn't really expecting too. I thought this was all pretty much hype, but it really was bright. Much brighter then I am used to seeing things in the sky. So bright that at first I thought it was a plane until I looked again and it hadn't moved.