09-04-2018, 07:39 PM
Last night was part of a series of clear nights we've been having in the area, so I did some stargazing, using an app to find some constellations/stars easily. Mars was bright. Looking at it with my very low-powered telescope, you could really pick up on the reddish-orange color and I could see the shadowed curve of the sunlight. Crazy stuff.
Turns out, this week is a good week to see planets, as they are in formation one on side of the solar system (as opposed to scattered in their orbits). So the planets will be visible during nighttime hours.
A horrible photo I took of Mars last night:
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Turns out, this week is a good week to see planets, as they are in formation one on side of the solar system (as opposed to scattered in their orbits). So the planets will be visible during nighttime hours.
A horrible photo I took of Mars last night: