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Hold the presses Mars visible to the naked eye !

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romx

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It is visible here just above rooftops around 11pm, only a small orange dot to the eye but visible for about 10 - 30 mins before it goes behind more buildings

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romx

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1 minute ago, xtreemchaos said:

id best get some new glasses then,but i could see it lastnight with these ones ok :icon_biggrin:.charl.

yeah it has been visible for a few days, the article is about it being the best viewing for 10 years on the 30th i believe due to its orbit and being opposite sides to the sun

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romx

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2 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

Wooow wait a minute, if we can see mars naked eye, doesn't that mean that the Martian's can see us naked eye..... best go hide under a desk and wait for it to pass! :unsure:

Quick hide the women and children...wait send them first then there is more time for astronomy :D

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Linda

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This was in a Dutch major newspaper as well. They obviously read eachother's articles and uncritically copy it.

At least it is not untrue. Maybe someone will read it, look at the planet and get bitten by the observing bug. And they will discover that you can actually see it for months.

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ollypenrice

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Perhaps we could generate some thrilling stories to sell to the synidcates and buy ourselves some new toys on the proceeds. No cheating, though, they have to be true. So...

Lincoln Cathedral will be above ground on September 3rd this year.

It will be possible in the last week of August to travel from Liverpool to New York entirely by boat.

At the equinox the earth's rotation when measured against the stars will be almost four minutes shorter than the same day measured against the sun. (This was also true on the day Cortez first observed the Maya at Tulum. Woo Woo.)

On the morning of July 9th the newspapers will be just as worth reading as usual.

Olly

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Knight of Clear Skies

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A special treat for astronomical lip readers, as the close approach gives them the best chance in a millennium of deciphering the secrets whispered by the ancient face of Cydonia. (Perry Lurcival's famous 1908 translation of "Val Doonican talks knobblers" having been called into question by modern Chinese scholars).

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The Independent article isn't completely misleading but it's typical example of the quality of clickbait 'science' articles, written by people who have no idea what they are talking about. From the end of the article:

"The planet can be seen in as part of a triangle that also includes Saturn and the star Antares. The three of them can be picked out by looking low in the sky and trying to find the red of Mars and the relatively bright yellow of Saturn."

... clearly not written by the by anyone who has ever looked by a telescope or tried to locate an object in the night sky. The purpose of the piece is to drive up traffic and increase ad revenue for minimal expenditure of time and money, which is why the standard of editing is so low and why the author didn't bother to contact an actual astronomer. In the internet age newspapers are really feeling the pinch and the quality of reporting has declined.

At least it's better than the 'Mars will be as big as the Moon' hoax that does the rounds on Facebook every year...

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1 minute ago, Knight of Clear Skies said:

A special treat for astronomical lip readers, as the close approach gives them the best chance in a millennium of deciphering the secrets whispered by the ancient face of Cydonia. (Perry Lurcival's famous 1908 translation of "Val Doonican talks knobblers" having been called into question by modern scholars).

Martian_face_viking_cropped.jpg

The Independent article isn't completely misleading but it's typical example of the quality of clickbait 'science' articles, written by people who have no idea what they are talking about. From the end of the article:

"The planet can be seen in as part of a triangle that also includes Saturn and the star Antares. The three of them can be picked out by looking low in the sky and trying to find the red of Mars and the relatively bright yellow of Saturn."

... clearly not written by the by anyone who has ever looked by a telescope or tried to locate an object in the night sky. The purpose of the piece is to drive up traffic and increase ad revenue for minimal expenditure of time and money, which is why the standard of editing is so low and why the author didn't bother to contact an actual astronomer. In the internet age newspapers are really feeling the pinch and the quality of reporting has declined.

At least it's better than the 'Mars will be as big as the Moon' hoax that does the rounds on Facebook every year...

that is annoying, every year I have to tell people its a hoax but sure enough the next yr its all over facebook again

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Tzitzis

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Loooooooool! hahahaha

But people people! there is so much ignorance in public. The only things easily visible here is Jupiter, Mars, Venus, the moon (lol). So when I show the planets to my friends  they are all like " Really? Is that Mars/Jupiter? WOW! I didn't know you can see them without a telescope.." 

Well this is different...We have a newspaper post saying the above... Lol again.

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1 minute ago, Knight of Clear Skies said:

A special treat for astronomical lip readers, as the close approach gives them the best chance in a millennium of deciphering the secrets whispered by the ancient face of Cydonia. (Perry Lurcival's famous 1908 translation of "Val Doonican talks knobblers" having been called into question by modern scholars).

Martian_face_viking_cropped.jpg

The Independent article isn't completely misleading but it's typical example of the quality of clickbait 'science' articles, written by people who have no idea what they are talking about. From the end of the article:

"The planet can be seen in as part of a triangle that also includes Saturn and the star Antares. The three of them can be picked out by looking low in the sky and trying to find the red of Mars and the relatively bright yellow of Saturn."

... clearly not written by the by anyone who has ever looked by a telescope or tried to locate an object in the night sky. The purpose of the piece is to drive up traffic and increase ad revenue for minimal expenditure of time and money, which is why the standard of editing is so low and why the author didn't bother to contact an actual astronomer. In the internet age newspapers are really feeling the pinch and the quality of reporting has declined.

At least it's better than the 'Mars will be as big as the Moon' hoax that does the rounds on Facebook every year...

:grin:

I'm always amazed that the dusty humanoids of the Praying Ghost haven't made it onto the Woo Woo circuit. Why won't NASA admit that they have known for years about two stranded aliens desperatately pleading for help while lost in space on an elephant-like creature with coiled trunk?

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