Mars is visible tonight with just your eyes 7/29/2018

[Equinox Moon]

Look to the Southern sky and you can see the red planet. Very cool!

Just to the right is Saturn.

Very cool!

Go out and look!

[kimbutgar]

1. Not in my foggy bound San Francisco

It’s chilly tonight 52 degrees. Brrrr.

[MontanaMama]

2. Mars is brilliant tonight!

I am camping on the shore of Flathead Lake, Montana this weekend. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus are crazy bright this evening. What a view. 😍💫

[Equinox Moon]

3. Very cool time to be camping with the spectacular celestial show!

Plus, a nearly full moon that just eclipsed yesterday!

Wow!

[MontanaMama]

4. Yes. You're right.

We didn’t get any of the eclipse but the Blood Moon was gorgeous last night and again tonight. We had thunderstorms this afternoon and water too rough to take the boat out. Tonight, however is clear, calm with a diamond filled sky. So glad someone else is looking up,

[yonder]

10. I've been watching Mars for the last few weeks. Hell, it looks like a Japanese lantern.

I don't think I've ever seen it so bright. The rest of the planets you mentioned, fairly evenly spaced apart, have been like a big clockworks in the sky. So far, the smoke from all the fires hasn't been too bad here.

Several years ago we were camping on the southwest side of Flathead Lake, 10-20 miles from Polson. I was watching the sky late and sure enough, the Aurora's started up. Pretty soon they were much brighter and folks started waking up hootin and ahollerin. The next few nights they gradually got dimmer. It was a great memory for all of us.

[MontanaMama]

17. What a treat that you've seen

Mars putting on a show this summer. I live in a small valley surrounded by mountains and Mars doesn't show itself often. If it does, it is usually really late at night.

I wondered about the auroras last night....stayed up only till 11 or so and didn’t see anything start up. We’re coming back next weekend so maybe I’ll get lucky. I know they’ve seen them near Glacier Park this summer. Thanks for the reminder!

[roamer65]

20. Yeah, I sat out the other night and just looked up at all of them across the sky.

Made me think how small our problems really are in the universe scope of things.

[Puzzler]

5. Nice! If you don't mind me adding this factoid;

Mars, is almost always visible to the “naked” eye (depending on its orbital position in relation to the Earth). It’s just that Mars is much closer, so it’s extra-brilliant

The “new and improved Mars for the summer of 2018” kinda thing

Anywayzzzzzzzzzzzz

-Puzzler

[Equinox Moon]

8. Okay. I'm not used to seeing the bright red, full moon, saturn and jupiter

It is a celestial whammy tonight!

[Puzzler]

16. Oh yeah ... for sure!

Mars is so cool, a beautiful deep dark red. Especially right now

(Didn’t mean to be a jerk ... I’m an expert at that as my GF reminds me almost daily!)

Cheers




- Puzzler

[Demovictory9]

6. went it out and looked. It was super easy to find. to the right of the moon.

[Equinox Moon]

9. Awesome!

[roamer65]

7. It's at is closest point to Earth since 2003 on July 31st.

[Alea]

11. I've been looking at it through a pretty good telescope a friend has

It's amazing. Saturn and Jupiter too. They're sort of all lined up from East to West right now with Saturn in the middle passing through the Milky Way near Sagittarius. That darn moon needs to get out of the way though!

[Equinox Moon]

12. So funny, "That darn moon needs to get out of the way"

You are the lucky one with access to a telescope.

[roamer65]

18. Saturn's rings have a really nice tilt right now.

Actually that is more scenic than Mars, if you have a telescope.

Mars is just an orange dirt ball...lol.


Jupiter is always fun because you can see the major moons around it with a telescope.

[roamer65]

19. Also in the western early evening sky is Venus.

So within a very short period of evening time, you get to see 4 planets.

[LeftInTX]

13. Looks super red, despite being next to a street light

Not used to seeing Mars so late a night. Seems to always set early.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. Mars is usually visible to the naked eye.

Although if you live in a large city with lots of light pollution, you may not see it as readily.

The truly sad thing is that so many of us never see a dark night sky.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

15. I am seeing a blurr OC red in a triangle shape. can that be more than Mars?

Not seeing many other stars because if marine layer.

[roamer65]

21. Thank you for posting this topic.

It is so refreshing to get away for the current political debacle even for a brief moment.