looking for mars?

Question

lokking to find location of mars and if mars would be changing colors as it gets closerr

Answer 1

Here's an excellent star/planet chart where you can enter the date and it shows the position of all the planets (and stars) on that date and time. Easy to use, on-line, and free.

http://stardome.astronomy.com/stardome/default.aspx

Answer 2

There are many sky maps for a PC. I use "Skymap Pro6". it is older but still very effective. You can most likely find one on the net. When I open it, it is currently running in real time so I can locate an object on it and then go out side and find it there with my scope or (in the case of Mars) with my eyes at that location.
We just came through an interesting period where Mars, Uranus, Venus and Mercury were all grouped together. Nasa has several news letters and other free services that can be of interest too.
Just log on to NASA.gov and try some of them.

Answer 3

Mars is currently low in the west at dusk and will soon be lost in the glare of the Sun. Color in stars and planets is somewhat subjective, but Mars gets a lot brighter when it comes close, and this tends to wash out the color somewhat.

Mars's next close approach (opposition) will be in December of 2007. If you were expecting to see it come close this month, you've been misled. The net hoax making the rounds is a sometimes distorted version of what happened in August 2003.

Answer 4

Injanier posted a great answer. Go with it! This August is not a good time to observe Mars. To scope out a good time this year for Mars viewing, or any other celestial object, I'd recommend this website ==>http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/

Answer 5

look toward the horizon the red object is mars

Answer 6

Sorry was looking for a different galaxy