Re: Looking for the Red Planet
- From: "Mike Warren" <miwaNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:39:22 +1000
Darrell wrote:
> "Vinnie" <Vinnie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F1EDe.7859$je2.739469@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> MARS SPECTACULAR!
>>
>>
>> Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked
>> eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of
>> August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach
>> its azimuth at about 3 a.m.
>>
> Try alt.urban.legend! This statement is pure Bullsh*t, Mars will
> appear as bright as the full moon, not a big as it. It would have to
> come much closer to appear as large as. I haven't had enough coffee
> yet to tackle the math to show how close it would need to be to
> appear as large...
Due to a couple of badly placed line breaks everyone seems
to be reading it wrong.
Quote:
"At a modest 75-power
magnification
Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked
eye. "
Not that I care whether it is true or not since it happened 2 years ago.
-Mike
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