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Cherie
31-07-2018, 03:14 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6010171/Look-tonight-Mars-bigger-brighter-night-sky.html

Look up tonight! Mars will appear three times bigger in the night sky as the red planet orbits closer to Earth than it has for the last 15 years
Mars will be just 35.8 million miles (57.6 million kilometres) from Earth tonight
The red planet will appear bigger and brighter than usual in the night sky tonight
Mars is visible to the naked eye, but those with telescopes will get the best view
Known as 'perihelic opposition', the phenomenon occurs when Mars reaches its closest point to the sun at the same time as the Earth is lined-up between the two
Nicky91
31-07-2018, 03:16 PM
oh, so we can see a bit more of the red planet tonight wow
Ashley.
31-07-2018, 03:16 PM
Mars was invisible to amateur stargazers

Oof.
Cherie
31-07-2018, 03:17 PM
I would take it as a sign that Man U are going to do very well this year.
Crimson Dynamo
31-07-2018, 03:17 PM
Such an attention seeking planet
user104658
31-07-2018, 03:21 PM
We shelled out £400 on a telescope a couple of years ago and the only interesting thing I managed to see was Jupiter :hmph:. The solar system is so rubbish.
Marsh.
31-07-2018, 03:22 PM
Thought I was being fat shamed for a sec. :umm2:
Ashley.
31-07-2018, 03:23 PM
The telescope adds ten pounds!
Cherie
31-07-2018, 03:25 PM
The telescope adds ten pounds!

:joker:
Cherie
31-07-2018, 03:25 PM
Thought I was being fat shamed for a sec. :umm2:

:hehe:
Parmy
31-07-2018, 03:37 PM
Thought I was being fat shamed for a sec. :umm2:

Lucky i have my glasses now, i thought cherie had been for an arse implant
Cherie
31-07-2018, 03:56 PM
Lucky i have my glasses now, i thought cherie had been for an arse implant

:joker:
kirklancaster
31-07-2018, 03:57 PM
How much bigger will Bounties appear or Cadbury's Flakes?
user104658
31-07-2018, 06:40 PM
"MARSH to appear three times bigger in just five weeks with this totally herbal supplement. Adds two inches overnight, with no painful pumping!"
Marsh.
31-07-2018, 06:40 PM
:joker:
user104658
31-07-2018, 06:41 PM
How much bigger will Bounties appear or Cadbury's Flakes?All chocolate bars get smaller every year :fist:. Malteasers used to be the size of a grapefruit.
Jordan.
31-07-2018, 06:42 PM
Not Mars getting ready to snatch Earth as the main pop planet

https://78.media.tumblr.com/29db68df925d4fef8aaccb6d2e65c3bf/tumblr_p85r9vHobF1qcl99po6_250.gif

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Parmy
31-07-2018, 06:42 PM
Dont forget twixes...put them both together now and they dont measure up to one original.
Cherie
31-07-2018, 07:02 PM
How dare you drool chocolate all over my thread :fist:
bots
31-07-2018, 07:31 PM
can't see a bloody thing with the curtains closed :fist:
LaLaLand
31-07-2018, 07:32 PM
No doubt it'll be thick cloud again, like the blood moon... They do it on purpose.
kirklancaster
31-07-2018, 08:11 PM
No doubt it'll be thick cloud again, like the blood moon... They do it on purpose.

:laugh: Way to go, Jonnii.
Ashley.
31-07-2018, 08:11 PM
can't see a bloody thing with the curtains closed :fist:

:joker:
Jordan.
31-07-2018, 09:07 PM
I can only see one star in the sky right now so I'm saying it's Mars
Cherie
31-07-2018, 09:22 PM
Very clear, loads of stars tonight, no moon though :suspect:

When Mars and Earth are close to each other, Mars appears very bright in our sky. It also makes it easier to see with telescopes or the naked eye. The Red Planet comes close enough for exceptional viewing only once or twice every 15 or 17 years.
Parmy
31-07-2018, 09:24 PM
Very clear, loads of stars tonight, no moon though :suspect:

When Mars and Earth are close to each other, Mars appears very bright in our sky. It also makes it easier to see with telescopes or the naked eye. The Red Planet comes close enough for exceptional viewing only once or twice every 15 or 17 years.

I was at my mates simons house peering at it through his telescope....15 yrs ago.
Cherie
01-08-2018, 04:02 PM
https://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2018/07/nasa_urges_people_to_get_outsi.html

NASA urges people to get outside as Mars won't be this close again for 269 years
Ammi
02-08-2018, 06:23 AM
...maybe Earth got 3 times smaller and no one has realised it yet...
user104658
02-08-2018, 08:42 AM
...maybe Earth got 3 times smaller and no one has realised it yet...But then we would all live closer together Ammi and surely that can only be a good thing :love:.
Cherie
02-08-2018, 09:48 AM
But then we would all live closer together Ammi and surely that can only be a good thing :love:.

No it wouldn't

Did you get your expensive kit out to view?
Ammi
02-08-2018, 10:02 AM
But then we would all live closer together Ammi and surely that can only be a good thing :love:.

...hmmm yeah it could be a good thing..:love:...but that depends if you Scottish people stick with us English people through the Brexit years to come and don’t go for that independence again...I believe the rules of that if you do..?...is you won’t be part of planet Earth anymore and you’ll have to go find your own new planet...which could only be a bad thing, surely TS....:sad:...