2007-08-27 10:09:08 · 5 answers · asked by chadderz8988 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Perhaps you could tell us where on the planet earth you are located...It might help us answer your question.
Bring binoculars or a small telescope.
2007-08-27 10:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by erikfaraway 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course, tonight is nothing special (unless there are clouds).
Mars is visible in the sky for more than half the year - its only not visible when its orbit makes it appear to be close to or behind the sun (from our perspective).
Mars is one of the planets known and observed by the ancient Greeks and Romans, so its visible to the naked eye to us (if we bother to look up at night).
Right now, Mars rises in the east around local midnight - its a bright reddish star that doesn't twinkle.
By December it will be its brightest (it will be at opposition) and will be visible a few hours after sunset for most of the night (just like Jupiter is right now and has been for a few months).
2007-08-27 13:12:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will rise after midnight and be high in the southeast just before dawn. It will look like an ordinary star; an extra star in the constellation Taurus. If you do not know the stars of Taurus, then you will probably not be able to identify which star is really Mars.
Mars will not look as big as them Moon tonight. It never, ever does that.
2007-08-27 10:19:25 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will just like normal, and it will not be the size of the moon which is what i am sure you are refering to
2007-08-27 11:29:50 · answer #4 · answered by Lexington 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, like most other nights.
2007-08-27 10:17:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋