Where is Mars in Night Sky?

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Kilgore Trout said:
Mars today, (Mon. March 5/12) is at it's closest approach to earth. (62.6 million miles).

So, just wondering, - does anyone knows where to look for the red planet over the GTA tonight.
North/South/East/West or does where you look depend on whether it's 9PM or 1AM or some other time.
Gracias.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/03/mars-moves-to-opposition-on-march-3_n_1318006.html
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Best guess, at approximately 5:30 pm almost due east (90°15') just about 15° above the horizon. find the moon, then go down to the horizon and to the left at about the level of end star of the big dipper handle (Ursus Major). It should follow a line to about 60 due south by ~12:15 am then begin to sink in the sky to a point due East at about ~7:00am following the moon's path that set at ~5:00 am.
 
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blackrock13 said:
Best guess at approximately 5:30 pm almost due east (90°15') just about 15° the horizon. find the moon, then go down to the horizon and to the left at about the level of end star of the big dipper handle (Ursus Major). It should follow a line to about 60 due south by 12:15 am then begin to sink in the sky to a point due East at about ~7:00am following the moon's path that set at ~5:00 am.
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Seems a little vague even for a best guess! :confused:
 
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One way to tell once you have located Mars is to know that Planets look much like stars but planets don't twinkle like a star so look for the star looking object that isn't twinkling.
 
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Fairly simple to find in the sky right now in the GTA along with a couple of other planets.
If you are in the GTA stand outside around 7pm on a clear night and face south.
Look to your left and a little above the horizon you will see a reddish looking object - This is Mars. Currently the Moon is in the same area of sky and makes a good point to start looking from.
Look to your right and you will see a very bright object with a slightly dimmer object higher in the sky to the south at an approx 45 degree angle.
The lower, brighter object is Venus, the other Jupiter.
A little later into the evening - around 10:30pm, Mars will move higher into the sky and to your left, Saturn will begin to appear above the horizon in the same area Mars was a few hours earlier as a bright yellowish object. With reasonable binoculars or a telescope that gives approx 20x magnification, you should be able to observe the rings.
 
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Kilgore Trout said:
If you raise your right arm in the air to the south and splay your fingers apart, - I think if you point your baby finger at the moon, your index finger will be pointing at Mars. Is that correct?
If that is Mars it is only very slightly red. Rest of planets or stars are very pale white in appearance.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4599312...ce-space/t/look-moon-mars-meet-eastern-skies/
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Close enough but not just applicable to due south, but also for the most of the path of the Moon and Mars.
 
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Aardvark154 said:
Supposed to be really good aurora tonight, but the moon will probably wash it out.
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Not so sure about that. I've seen aurora borealis on nights brightly lit by the moon and they were still visible. For tonight, they are saying that even the folks in Toronto should be able to see the aurora because of the intense solar flare activity.
 
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