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Originally Posted by Tinderboxsky
I had hoped to observe this event over several nights to watch Mars travel between the two. The weather had other ideas!
However, I did manage to get out early this morning with clear skies to observe Mars just past the M8 - M 20 paring.
I was using binoculars with a true 9 degree FOV and the view was quite special. The Lagoon and Trifid nebulae were very faint but obvious, with Mars nearby and Saturn out wide on the other side of the FOV with the rich star filed completing the scene.
I am disappointed the weather did not allow me to observe this over previous days where I would have seen Mars approach then enter and finally leave the gap between the Lagoon and RFID nebulae. I enjoy observing these transient events.
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Something special those events..though MARS SATURN AND M22 CONJUNCTIONS are coming up on the 1st,2nd April.
Weather has been appalling here in Sydney Steve, and a lot of my planned observing cancelled , though I did see a lovely Ganymede and Red Spot Transit fleetingly recently...Blue Festoons and brick Red Spot in the 130mm TS Triplet, and Tak 6mm, and also Taks Superlative TOE 3.3mm EPs.
Cheers bigjoe.