Mars alert
Between now and the end of October, Mars will double in its brightness. It and the moon will be the two brightest objects in the sky. Mars is already brighter than usual during the autumn, but this autumn it is closer to the earth than it will be again for another 13 years. If you can manage it, stay up until midnight a couple of times in the next month—and look up into the sky toward the east and see the bright pumpkin colored planet. On Halloween, Mars will rise just after sunset, so it will be the perfect companion for all the trick-or-treaters. If you happen to have a 10” telescope, you’ll be able to see the blue snow clouds forming over Mars’ north pole. It is a cool sight, by the way. It is bright and startlingly colorful.
If there are no clouds in the sky, you won’t be able to miss it. It’s that bright. Already.
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How cool. I will have to try and remember so the BC can see it on halloween.