Ahhh, the e-mail that I got left out one very important detail:
"...at a modest
75-power magnification!!"
So it's less ridiculous now because 25" x 75 = 0.52 degrees in the eyepiece. Still not moon size, but only off by a factor of two now. And with a telescope of course.
But it still is baloney isn't it? I thought that a year or two ago, Mars was the closest that it would be for ages.
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