Mars in daylight opportunity?

[Outbackmanyep]

This arvo, after 5pm, Mars "might" be a naked eye object about 3 degrees North of the moon, i think i'll try closer to 6pm.

Bins would help immensely, but im wondering if it can be seen unaided!?
:shrug:

[Jen]

:thumbsup: cool im going to try and remember to go check that out :thumbsup:

[gary]

Thanks for the heads-up.

It will definitely be worth a try. :thumbsup:

[Lester]

Just had a look with 7x50 binos and didn't see Mars.

[M54]

I just looked with 8x40's and couldn't see it.:shrug:

[Jen]

:rolleyes: nope couldnt see a thing till it got dark and woohoo there it was :thumbsup:

[mithrandir]

Couldn't see it until around 19:00 AEDT, at which time the sky was still reasonably bright, about 4 deg from the Moon.

[michaellxv]

I was down at the beach about 7:30 watching the sunset. Saw Venus for the first time in a while and Mars just near the moon. The pointers were just coming out too.

Not really daylight, but certainly not dark either.

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Caught it about 19:00. Faint but there. High cloud in the west might have helped?

[Outbackmanyep]

I tried at 6:30 with 7x50 B's and couldn't see it but i did find Sirius!