Four or five people have written to tell me that on August 27th Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. I have written each to say that is impossible.
Later I looked at the statement they made. It is printed on two lines in different styles of type, to make a misleading, exciting statement, that is flat out not true.
Look at the way they wrote it>>
At a modest 75-power magnification
Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
See the difference. If you look at Mars through a telescope it will look as big as the Moon does to the naked eye.
There are going to be a bunch of disappointed people on August 27th expecting to see an amazing Mars. Sorry, folks, it will just be a bright star.
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AND, apparently not until October. Check out snopes.com
Last year it was supposed to be extra big and extra close, so we stood in line for hours on a hot evening to see it from the scope atop Flandrau Plantarium. Big letdown. With my vision, it was a tiny, blurry white thing.
Karen
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