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cIclops

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Re: Mars - directly

Sky map showing the position of Mars right now (adjust controls to change presentation)

Sky & Telescope update - May 2008

Mars (magnitude +1.2, in Gemini) shines high in the west after dark, left of Pollux and Castor. On May 4th the three form a straight line. After that, watch as the line lengthens and curves day by day. Mars is moving to the upper left in the direction of Saturn and Regulus.

Compare Mars's color to that of Pollux, an orange giant star of spectral type K0 III. In a telescope Mars is a minuscule 5.6 arcseconds wide.

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