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Originally Posted by bigjoe
Certainly will be Bob..
Dawn on Sunday January 7, 2018 ; view Mars and Jupiter in the Eastern sky, with the red Planet Mars passing only 0.25° south of Jupiter..NOW THATS CLOSE!
And thats only one of the close encounters to happen..and not far from ZUBENELGENUBI!
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Zubenelgenubi, Lol, there's a name that I had not heard before.
I had a look this morning with my Ranger using a 7mm Delite EP. What can I say, Mars looked small and its brightness overflowed a little against the black-sky background. I looked again about an hour later during trilight and the disc of Mars was then far more distinct against the brighter background.
Jupiter looked equally good with its two bands on both viewings, although its moons were more prominent earlier. There was a star nearby and a novice could have been forgiven for thinking that he/she had seen five moons.
I saw a bright (Mag 0), little (only went about 3 degrees) meteor when sighting Jupiter, which I though was amazing because I barely looked at the sky when setting up.