Mars...

[coralreef]

paiseh...

[Golden Tooth]

[hoppinghippos]

eerrmm pardon me but AHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA...... I waited for the whole big picture to download, then was going like "ay? only black what... ORRRRRRRRRR that tiny blur thing...." HAHHAHAHAHA..... but anyhow isn't mars supposed to be red? and what telescope and camera combination are you using? any nice pics of the moon?

[Achilles Tang]

Here's a clear pix of Mars instead!

[SpiderOne]

im half expecting a scary female face to pop out with screaming in the background as i concentrate on the dot

[pospeh]

Coral, did you take the photo thru a telescope?

[Sinn]

i went east coast last night to look at mars with a super old 20x telescope..

it didnt seem red,

and i didnt even know whether i saw the caves and canyons on mars or if it was dirt collected in the telescope!

[nleong]

i dun think you will see much red at this time due to its distance with earth. Instead you will see a tinge of red and the planet will look very bright. A bright dot.

A normal bino will give you abt 10c coins size. Quite big compare to normal day.

Those interested to see the one that AT posted, shld head for Sci Ctr this Sat.

Otherwise, just use your eyes. It should still be there for the next few days.

South Eastern direction. Best is 10pm.

[Sinn]

agree abt the timing...

forget abt lookin once it reaches ard 12,

trust me, unless u wanna get a cramped neck

[Sinn]

agree abt the timing...

forget abt lookin once it reaches ard 12,

trust me, unless u wanna get a cramped neck

[pospeh]

I went with some of my friends last night to look at Mars through some of the big telescopes.

Actually, with Mars being so bright and close to earth, the seeing is actually quite bad. It is like staring at the a bright light, so all the details such as the polar ice caps, volcanoes and valleys are drowned out.

Details that I can see 3 months ago were all gone now.

Actually, what is more interesting now is Uranus. It is also at its brightest in many years, and shows up as a small blue disc in telescopes.

[dodo]

how come those pics u guys post are so different from my mars

[coralreef]

i used bino and then use my digital camera and focus...that's the biggest i can get...

[hoppinghippos]

Coral: cool! do you have nice pics of the moon? I've always wanted to try taking pics using telescopes but no money to buy one, personally I like the moon and its craters and all!

[coralreef]

if you can find the moon now for me...haaha

[Chris]

Mars and moon???? Both look same to me. I can only differentiate earth and jupiter. The rest quite similar