Mars And The Moon Will Be Kissing Late Saturday Into Sunday Morning

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Mars And The Moon Will Be Kissing Late Saturday Into Sunday Morning

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I will be staying up late for this. It will be the first time for me. Hope the weather cooperates. Right click the images.
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Thanks for the heads up; that's certainly a close conjunction! Even for me they'll only be about a degree apart.

Hope you get some clear skies & pics :D

All the best,
Mark

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This should be a fun conjunction to observe. Enjoy!
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Could not do it to my satisfaction with the telescope. My widest eyepiece is a GSO SV 30mm. With this eyepiece I could get the upper part of the Moon with Mars. So got it done with my duo binoculars. Nice observation. Right click the image.
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Pretty cool.
-Michael
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