mars
Mars is at its closest to the Earth ever (within the last 56 000 years or so, at least) today, so look up at that sky and take a picture for me! Why? Because it's cloudy; a summer of no rain, no clouds, and then a planetary event comes along - BOOM! Clouds! Grrrr.
For those who care - it's passing through Aquarius; to Northern hemispherons, it will appear toward the south, being higher in the sky the further south you are. You should be able to see surface details with a low power telescope, or high end binocs. In the vain hope that our skies clear, I may dig out my telescope and have a peek this weekend; the planet should still be pretty hefty for the next few weeks.
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It was/is cloudy here too. I was disappointed/sad/annoyed. So much for enjoying/watching/looking forward to seeing/photographing/observing Mars through the planetarium's telescope. Bah.
Hmm... a distinctly lack of posting... am I missing out on something fun? Careful, you'll have your blogosphere membership revoked... ;)
I didn't realise that the community was that fickle! I've been house-sitting in London again, this time without my laptop, so I wasn't in much of a position to be online and posting.