In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch the Full Moon pass in front of the Red Planet. Astronomers call such an event an occultation. Pretty much anyone in the continental U.S.
As Mars approaches opposition this month, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...
Have you seen it? I’m talking about that super-bright and super-red “star” rising in the east in the early evening. That’s ...
Have you seen it? I am talking about that super-bright and super-red “star” rising in the east in the early evening ...
An occultation of Mars by the Moon last occurred on Dec. 7, 2022. This photo, showing Mars just before it went behind the Moon, was taken during that occultation at PAC’s Paul Castle Observatory in ...