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Will Finch (Shetan)
08-11-2003, 09:37 AM
MARK AUGUST 27th ON YOUR CALENDER <BR> <BR>MARS WILL APPEAR AS BIG AS THE MOON! <BR> <BR>FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST 5,000 YEARS! <BR> <BR>Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular! <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years but it may be as long as 60,000 years. <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>On August 27, Mars will come within 34,649,589 miles and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August, Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. But by the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history. So mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>Share with your friends, children and grandchildren. No one alive today will ever see this again!
RiverPants (F_U_N_G_U_S)
08-11-2003, 10:27 AM
Right on time for Mr. D's birthday...
The Wizard of Oz (Mike)
08-13-2003, 09:44 PM
Hey! What about the "Negative Energy" that's supposed to be eating our universe. <BR> <BR>Starr, you got any thoughts on it? Dean, has a story idea about it hit you yet?
RiverPants (F_U_N_G_U_S)
08-14-2003, 09:53 AM
Two words for you Mike: <BR> <BR>Taco Bell. <BR> <BR> <BR>'nuff said.
Hungarian Goulash (F_U_N_G_U_S)
09-07-2003, 01:50 PM
Hey, did anybody actually go outside and take a peek at Mars? It was about 1:30am when it happened. We had haze, but it was still obvious which one was Mars, because it had such a huge halo!
Kefla (Kefla)
09-08-2003, 11:24 AM
Mars is still quite visible - appeared larger than I expected in the southeastern sky last night. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">
Hungarian Goulash (F_U_N_G_U_S)
09-08-2003, 01:24 PM
Hmmm... just re-read Will's post, and this kind of struck me: <BR> <BR>"That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history." <BR> <BR> <BR>I smell an interesting Science Fiction story brewing...
The Wizard of Oz (Mike)
09-09-2003, 06:53 PM
Could be the filmmakers on Mars are making movies about us invading them. <BR> <BR>Ok, so Martians are into comedy...? <BR> <BR>Undependants Day: A Martian man gets rid of his leaching relatives. <BR> <BR>Mars Men Are Easy: Earth Amazons lead by Sandra Bullock take over Mars with their secret weapon: the goofball gun.