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  • 14-08-2003 9:56pm
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    John mac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,120 ✭✭✭


    Hi Can anyone tell me what the plannet is next to the moon? is it Venus?
    If it is Can you tell me where i can find Mars.
    Thanks J.


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    D-Generate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭D-Generate


    If it is the one doing an arc at the south at the moment than it is mars, last night i looked out and it was just next to the moon so perhaps it was the same for both of us.


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    albertw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 395 ✭✭albertw


    It was Mars, Venus is very close to the Sun right now and not visible. Mars will be bright and low down in the south/south-west for the next couple of months. For folks with telescopes, Uranus and Neptune are around there also (mag 5.7 and 7.8 respectivly)

    I've uploaded http://groups.yahoo.com/group/irishfas/files/mars-skymap-150803.pdf

    which plots where everything was at midnight last night.

    Cheers,
    ~Al
    --
    IAS


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    John mac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,120 ✭✭✭John mac


    Thanks for that i have just won the bet !


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    Lukin Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Lukin Black


    Even with all the news reports about the proximity of Mars, I was surprised that many people had bothered to go out and look on the night in question (Wednesday was it?). I was rather amused when the day after, when I commented on Mars again, some of the same people were astonished it was still there. They thought it just made an appearance that night! :rolleyes:


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