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08-04-2003, 08:23 PM

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mazdaspeed101

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im confused so is it supposed to be easy to see or not! knowing our luck out here it will raining as usual or cloudy, damn korea!

08-05-2003, 12:48 PM

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BigTurbo74

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i just got back from camping. seein the stars is very different than from the cities... i thought noticed a planet that was pretty bright....

08-05-2003, 12:49 PM

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Baldy

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Originally Posted by BigTurbo74' date='Aug 5 2003, 01:48 PM

i just got back from camping. seein the stars is very different than from the cities... i thought noticed a planet that was pretty bright....

I think I was reading in a Discover magazine, that 2/3 of the world's population can't even see the Milky Way. That fact blew me away.

08-05-2003, 12:52 PM

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UniqueTII

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It says at 75X magnification it will appear as large as the moon.

08-05-2003, 12:54 PM

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wraith

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Originally Posted by 88IntegraLS' date='Aug 4 2003, 03:54 PM

I am an astronomer and have observed mars for a few years. There is no way that Mars (which is no larger than any star to the naked eye) could suddenly swing such a close orbit to Earth to have an angular image size large enough to even show up as a disc, let alone occult the moon.

what they said was that at 75 times magnification it will appear the size of the moon.

08-05-2003, 12:56 PM

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Joe Flo

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Originally Posted by UniqueTII' date='Aug 5 2003, 09:52 AM

It says at 75X magnification it will appear as large as the moon.

Hahaha....im into that stuff a little bit also. I have a bad *** telescope and have studied mars a little bit. I knew it wasnt gonna get that big. But I am sure it is gonna look pretty neat. I have an adapter that connects my camera to the telescope. Ill see if I can snap a few pictures for yall