Mars will pass unusually close to Earth - Page 3

GrayMouser · 08-27-2003, 11:55 AM

IT'S HERE!!!

Just been down at a dark, dark beach doing a bit of gazing- Taitung hot summer nights, whole families with their kids lying around in the park at midnight.

They say it's not any brighter than normal to the naked eye but, hey, last time was 60,000 years ago.

Canals, dry ocean beds, ancient dying civilisations...

A big wave to John Carter, Valentine Michael Smith and all the rest of the gang.

Spock · 08-27-2003, 12:29 PM

It's been solid overcast all month for me and so I've not been able to see anything.

........someone said they thought they saw "golden arches" in the northern hemisphere.

gollum9630 · 08-27-2003, 01:49 PM

it has been clear weather all month, the times when i couldnt go out late at night to see mars, and now that i can, abd its at its biggest, there has been clouds all week

***HOBBIT*** · 08-27-2003, 03:24 PM

I have heard reports from the news that it will (would have) been better than I thought it would be......

I heard that you could see the surface with even a small telescope (which I don't have).

I was going to take a look - too bad that this whole week it has been very cloudy

Sorry if I seemed to earlier in this topic be against astronomy - no, I enjoy looking up at the stars, its just that 90% of the time to me, every time they say stuff like this it ends up being almost nothing.

Like this......because its been very very cloudy - can't see a single star.

Sheeana · 08-27-2003, 05:04 PM

Well, I personally find it to be pretty amazing that the last time Mars passed this close, it was during the phase of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. I wonder if they even noticed the small red speck in the sky?

Spock · 08-28-2003, 06:25 AM

I thought I saw a blue police box overhead last night.

Sheeana · 08-28-2003, 06:54 AM

LOL! Was it making the noise of a thousand screetching elephants?

Spock · 08-28-2003, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sheeana
LOL! Was it making the noise of a thousand screetching elephants?

yeah, how did you know?

Lizra · 08-28-2003, 07:54 AM

Mars has loomed very large and bright and red, low in our southeast sky, every evening for quite some time. Everyone in the family notices it! Since we live rural, the stars and planets put on a good display....still, Hale Bop (wasn't that the name of the comet in the late 90's) has been my favorite celestial object!

Spock · 08-28-2003, 07:57 AM

yep that was a great site, the comet.
I still wonder who put the "bop" in the shu bob de bob.

Lizra · 08-28-2003, 07:58 AM

I love to look at our videotape of the comet! Ah....memories!

Bunnie_Queen_1146 · 08-28-2003, 08:31 AM

where I live i can't see it but one early morining my dad said he saw it.and i wanted to see it. asnd wasn't last night the last time you could see it for so many years?

Lizra · 08-28-2003, 09:45 AM

Well it won't just dissappear! It will fade and diminish, I guess!

Spock · 08-28-2003, 11:34 AM

"fade and diminish and pass into the West".

Gee that sounds familiar?

Lizra · 08-28-2003, 12:57 PM

Yes, sad but true, eh!

Aeryn · 08-28-2003, 11:06 PM

Saw it at its closest last night, had an accident and didn't get to look at it for long. No, I did not pee my pants

Anyway, I think it will remain visable for the next 3-4 nights, and then will only be visable early mornings (?) must remember to get the telescope out again.

wahine · 09-03-2003, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aeryn
Saw it at its closest last night, had an accident and didn't get to look at it for long. No, I did not pee my pants

Anyway, I think it will remain visable for the next 3-4 nights, and then will only be visable early mornings (?) must remember to get the telescope out again.

You ho, you finally get on Entmoot when I am not available?

I'm going to hurt you.

Good to see you back!

08-27-2003, 11:55 AM	#41
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	IT'S HERE!!! Just been down at a dark, dark beach doing a bit of gazing- Taitung hot summer nights, whole families with their kids lying around in the park at midnight. They say it's not any brighter than normal to the naked eye but, hey, last time was 60,000 years ago. Canals, dry ocean beds, ancient dying civilisations... A big wave to John Carter, Valentine Michael Smith and all the rest of the gang. __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

08-27-2003, 12:29 PM	#42
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	It's been solid overcast all month for me and so I've not been able to see anything. ........someone said they thought they saw "golden arches" in the northern hemisphere. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-27-2003, 01:49 PM	#43
gollum9630 Canadian Guy. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The true North Strong and Free Posts: 1,513	it has been clear weather all month, the times when i couldnt go out late at night to see mars, and now that i can, abd its at its biggest, there has been clouds all week __________________ "Canadians are so apathetic, but, what are you gonna do about it" -Glen Foster Wierd Harry Potter quotes the old nintendo duck hunt game Lemmings Swron Random Homer Simpson Quotes

08-27-2003, 03:24 PM	#44
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	I have heard reports from the news that it will (would have) been better than I thought it would be...... I heard that you could see the surface with even a small telescope (which I don't have). I was going to take a look - too bad that this whole week it has been very cloudy Sorry if I seemed to earlier in this topic be against astronomy - no, I enjoy looking up at the stars, its just that 90% of the time to me, every time they say stuff like this it ends up being almost nothing. Like this......because its been very very cloudy - can't see a single star. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

08-28-2003, 06:25 AM	#46
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I thought I saw a blue police box overhead last night. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-27-2003, 05:04 PM	#45
Sheeana Lord of the Pants Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,382	Well, I personally find it to be pretty amazing that the last time Mars passed this close, it was during the phase of Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. I wonder if they even noticed the small red speck in the sky?

08-28-2003, 06:54 AM	#47
Sheeana Lord of the Pants Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,382	LOL! Was it making the noise of a thousand screetching elephants?

08-28-2003, 07:54 AM	#49
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Mars has loomed very large and bright and red, low in our southeast sky, every evening for quite some time. Everyone in the family notices it! Since we live rural, the stars and planets put on a good display....still, Hale Bop (wasn't that the name of the comet in the late 90's) has been my favorite celestial object! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

08-28-2003, 07:57 AM	#50
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	yep that was a great site, the comet. I still wonder who put the "bop" in the shu bob de bob. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-28-2003, 07:58 AM	#51
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I love to look at our videotape of the comet! Ah....memories! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats! Last edited by Lizra : 08-28-2003 at 09:43 AM.

08-28-2003, 08:31 AM	#52
Bunnie_Queen_1146 90% angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Unknown>:) Posts: 243	where I live i can't see it but one early morining my dad said he saw it.and i wanted to see it. asnd wasn't last night the last time you could see it for so many years? __________________ Call me BQ orTiny. Since I can't change my user name.lol Don't you remember/ The fizz in a pepper/Peanuts in a bottle/At ten, two and four/A fried bologna sandwich/With mayo and tomato/Sittin' round the table/Don't happen much anymore /Back when a hoe was a hoe/Coke was a coke/And crack's what you were doing/When you were cracking jokes/Back when a screw was a screw/The wind was all that blew/And when you said I'm down with that Well it meant you had the flu/I miss back when

08-28-2003, 09:45 AM	#53
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Well it won't just dissappear! It will fade and diminish, I guess! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

08-28-2003, 11:34 AM	#54
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	"fade and diminish and pass into the West". Gee that sounds familiar? __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-28-2003, 12:57 PM	#55
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Yes, sad but true, eh! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

08-28-2003, 11:06 PM	#56
Aeryn Bank'ress of Sith Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In a hot-hot place, heh Posts: 913	Saw it at its closest last night, had an accident and didn't get to look at it for long. No, I did not pee my pants Anyway, I think it will remain visable for the next 3-4 nights, and then will only be visable early mornings (?) must remember to get the telescope out again. __________________ my new account name feigndeath. This one is deactivated, I think.

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