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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Mon Jul 30, 2018, 10:42 PM Jul 2018

Mars closest to Earth in 15 years

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Mars closest to Earth in 15 years (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jul 2018 OP

Awesome! Marcuse Jul 2018 #1

With large lens 10x50 binocs you can see mars pretty clearly as a shiny Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #2

That's great! PJMcK Jul 2018 #3

Marcuse

(7,473 posts)

1. Awesome!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2018, 11:32 PM

Jul 2018

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

2. With large lens 10x50 binocs you can see mars pretty clearly as a shiny

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2018, 11:38 PM

Jul 2018

red object. Ive seen faint moons around Venus (or was it Saturn?) w the same binoculars. Faint, but, you can see them if you hold it still.

PJMcK

(22,025 posts)

3. That's great!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2018, 12:42 AM

Jul 2018

Thanks, yuiyoshida.

However, space is really big. Dr. Tyson makes an interesting and humorous observation about the distance between Earth and Mars in this short video:

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Thanks for your post. I love everything Hubble!

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