If you go out tonight, after 1 AM, Central Daylight Time, and you look to the north-northeast, into the constellation of Taurus, you will see Mars. It will rival Aldebaran in brightness, and might be confused with it, by some.
2007-09-02 16:06:25
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answered by Boots McGraw 5
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Depends on where you live.
Tonight, September 2, 2007, on the east coast of the USA, Mars rises in the east at 23:53 EDT and sets in the west at 14:38 - since that is the daytime it that means Mars will be high in the south when the sun rises.
Look for a fairly bright orange star.
2007-09-02 23:07:17
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answered by I don't think so 5
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Mars is visible in the sky for more than half the year - the only time its 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 after local midnight - its a bright reddish star that doesn't twinkle. Each night it rises a little earlier in the night.
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).
So you can go out any night this fall and see Mars.
2007-09-02 23:02:41
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes, Mars rises in the East around midnight, and is best seen just before early morning twighlight when it is highest in the sky (nearly overhead in the Northern Hemisphere). Mars will be at its brightest for this calendar year in late December, when it will be at opposition, and it will then rise at sundown and set at sunrise, approximately.
2007-09-02 23:08:30
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answered by Sciencenut 7
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if you had gon ouside on the west coast at areund 12:00 midnight on septemer 27th it was biger than the moon!
2007-09-03 00:26:41
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answered by Anonymous
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