aerohound73 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Can anyone tell me when the next time mars will be in opposition from earth?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvaz Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Unfortunatly that will be April 2014. It was on opposition just early this year.You can chech this table: http://spider.seds.org/spider/Mars/marsopps.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 According to Solar Walk April next year.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk. "Go out, look up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Sorry not next year, 2014. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk. "Go out, look up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshane Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Mars has a two year orbit which is a shame as it's my favourite planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hex Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Mars has a two year orbit which is a shame as it's my favourite planet.Me too, its the reason I sold my Newton and bought another refractor.Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshane Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 ha ha don't start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hex Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul schofield Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Should be worth the wait. I have only ever seen a pink dot. Looking forward to some polar cap action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Should be worth the wait. I have only ever seen a pink dot. Looking forward to some polar cap action.2014 will be slightly better than the last Martian opposition in that the apparent planetary disk will get to just over 15 arc seconds in diameter. 2018 will be much better though with the disk reaching 24 arc seconds in apparent diameter. For comparison, Jupiter's disk is currently around 48 arc seconds in diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ags Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 True, but for northern hemispher observers, the 2012 opposition was favorable in terms of elevation - no point in having a big disk if the planet is skimming the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 True, but for northern hemispher observers, the 2012 opposition was favorable in terms of elevation - no point in having a big disk if the planet is skimming the horizon.Yes, quite true.With one or two exceptions it's not a great period for planetary viewing at the current time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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