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Old 04-08-2012, 05:17 PM
Barrykgerdes
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Install Stellarium

Select Mars
press ctrl G to fly there
Select Earth (turn the ground off if necessary)

select an ocular and a telescope (pick a combination that will give you about 400x magnification
and see what mars would look like from earth

Press shift/alt ] to advance the time by a month at a time and watch its size wax and wane and see it disappear at its closest approach.

Barry
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