By: Joe Roa
On: Discovery News
If you were outside yesterday evening, you would have seen a triangle formed by the moon, the star Regulus and believe it or not, Mars. A month ago, Mars came to it's closest distance from Earth, 62.6 million miles (100.7 million kilometers). After that, Mars was getting further from us.
Yesterday, Mars was 70.7 million miles from Earth ( 113.8 million km). Still, it will be shining brightly. In the chart of the brightest stars in space,Moon, Venus, Jupiter and and stars Sirius and Canopus. If you look closer, you will see that the planet is more orange-yellowish than red.
The star, Regulus is the first magnitude star in the constellation of Leo, the Lion. it is the 21st in the ranking of the star brightness. It is only one-sixth the brightness of Mars.
The star and Mars are separated by 5 degrees, and the moon is 10 degrees beneath the star and Mars. To measure the size of the triangle, it is equal to one fist.
Mars is currently in a backward motion. It is traveling toward the west. The consequence of this is that it is getting closer to the Regulus, the star. This will end in less than two weeks though. It's retrograde path will come to an end and continues traveling toward the East. If you look at the sky at 10:30 pm, you will see Mars at it's highest point. It will be more than 60 degrees above the southern horizon.
Mars was not the only thing worth searching for. Venus passed the western skies on the same night. This is the order of the triangle at 9:00 pm.
I think this is amazing happening, but I am sad that I missed it. It would be a great adventure to see something like this. It was a clear night, so you could have seen the triangle
On: Discovery News
If you were outside yesterday evening, you would have seen a triangle formed by the moon, the star Regulus and believe it or not, Mars. A month ago, Mars came to it's closest distance from Earth, 62.6 million miles (100.7 million kilometers). After that, Mars was getting further from us.
Yesterday, Mars was 70.7 million miles from Earth ( 113.8 million km). Still, it will be shining brightly. In the chart of the brightest stars in space,Moon, Venus, Jupiter and and stars Sirius and Canopus. If you look closer, you will see that the planet is more orange-yellowish than red.
The star, Regulus is the first magnitude star in the constellation of Leo, the Lion. it is the 21st in the ranking of the star brightness. It is only one-sixth the brightness of Mars.
The star and Mars are separated by 5 degrees, and the moon is 10 degrees beneath the star and Mars. To measure the size of the triangle, it is equal to one fist.
Mars is currently in a backward motion. It is traveling toward the west. The consequence of this is that it is getting closer to the Regulus, the star. This will end in less than two weeks though. It's retrograde path will come to an end and continues traveling toward the East. If you look at the sky at 10:30 pm, you will see Mars at it's highest point. It will be more than 60 degrees above the southern horizon.
Mars was not the only thing worth searching for. Venus passed the western skies on the same night. This is the order of the triangle at 9:00 pm.
I think this is amazing happening, but I am sad that I missed it. It would be a great adventure to see something like this. It was a clear night, so you could have seen the triangle
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