lyf tim view.Mars n Moon togthr_August10
Dear friends,
Next month, 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 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.
So, guys wrt above info , I think QL’rs who are interested in capturing this event thru cameras and telescope shud plan a trip in exterior's of Doha where there is no light pollution.
Let me know if anyone is interested and has any plan where we can go for the shoot and awesome view thru telescope. We will be missing Rbab, I don’t know who else is owning a telescope.
Hope to c some concrete plan's coming up!
Cheers!
WOF
no problem wings of fire.... small small mistakes remains very very small in ths big big world...
for all the traumatized QLers to regain your credibility
:-)
you have misled us Wings of fire
Sorry guys..
wish i cud confirm it b4 posting..
feels like such an @#$@#$@#@$%#@..i hope mods remove this thread with wrong info!
Ny ways gudone and Visper better luck next time.
Swine flu ..u caught me ... yes i cht alot with my frnds.
(and there ppl dont use vowels while writing) :-)
:(
it's fine.. Just witnessed partial lunar eclipse last month.. so it's fine..
ohh i thought i cud c it...
not only his style. Lot of people using this kind of style and from this style u can understand that he always visits chat site.
I just confirmed it on NASA web it is hoax!
My apologies for passing the wrong information!
I shud have confirmed over net!
(Mods pls delete the forum!)
http://search.nasa.gov/search/search.jsp?nasaInclude=mars+and+earth+closest+when%3F
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/07jul_marshoax/
saadm:-hard luck buddy!
Thanks Birdie for enlightening :-)
ny ways have a nice day guys!
hi Birdie,
dont tell me it is not true!
I was very much excited abt it!
ny ways i have already asked one of my frnds who is into astronomy,waiting for his reply.
Thanks for the inputs Birdie... :-) (i really hope it is not true!)
Yes Afrinnabees..lifetime confusion!
lyf time confusion?????????????????????/
....... every six months such hoax emails are circulated,and people just cut & paste in social networking sites.
Click the below link :
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mars-earth-close.html
it is a HOOOOOAAAAAXXXXX
the content of email changed since 2003. some time Mars & Earth, sometime Mars & Moon, sometime two Moons !!!!
TFS. hope to see this event. :-)
i am so excited for this day... ;)
lyf tim against lifetime which is one word. If you removed the date, you could have save a lot of characters.
Anyway, if that's your style, fine!
Flor:- Subject line spacing is only 45 chr.. ;-)
thats y.
kuquels:-yes it wud be a great exp.hope to capture it this time.
"lifetime" and opted for "lyf tim"? Really could not understand the difference!
thanks for the info! this is interesting to capture through the lenses. :)
Thanks for sharing this WOF.. :)