These are the constellations through which the sun appears to pass as seen from Earth during the course of a year. This annual apparent path of the sun is called the ecliptic. Since Mars' orbit is inclined to Earth's by less than two degrees, as seen from Mars, the sun appears to ...
When seen through a telescope, the planet will show a distinct, salmon-colored disk. Under good conditions and using higher magnification, backyard viewers should be able to see dusky light and dark surface markings and maybe even one of its dazzling white polar caps. By late summer, Mars ...
It is said that such camera is equipped with the biggest telescope that was brought to another planet. A view of Victoria crater, along with Opportunity rover tracks, were reportedly scanned by HiRISE in October 2006. The diversity of landforms on such planet was also seen through the HiRISE...
Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2016.Credit: NASA/ESA/stsci A new photo of Mars shows the red planet in all its rusty, frost-covered glory. The image, taken by theHubble Space Telescopeon May 12, reveals Earth's planetary neighbor as a dynamic world complete with a bright re...
The first person to observe Mars with a telescope wasGalileo Galilei, in 1610. In the century following, astronomers discovered the planet's polar ice caps. In the 19th and 20th centuries, some researchers — most famously,Percival Lowell— believed they saw a network of long, straight canals...
Mars captured using adedicated astronomy camerathrough my telescope. I hope you get a chance to take a look at Mars over the coming months through binoculars or a telescope. It is an extraordinary sight that you won’t soon forget.
I've been lurking on C/N for about 6 months and joined a few weeks ago. I always seem to read people remembering the first time they saw Jupiter or Saturn through a telescope and with good reasons, they're spectacular. A lot of astronomy centric websites make it seem like Mars is di...
The first person to observe Mars with a telescope was Galileo Galilei, in 1610. In the century following, astronomers discovered the planet's polar ice caps. In the 19th and 20th centuries, some researchers — most famously, Percival Lowell— believed they saw a network of long, straight cana...
"The emerging gas, laden with dark dust, shoots up through cracks in the ice in the form of tall fountains or geysers, before falling back down and settling on the surface," according to ESA. The geysers make blotches about 50 yards to a half-mile wide. These patterns — when seen ...
No Telescope? Try this If you've seen Jupiter as a disk through a pair of binoculars, you can try to do the same with Mars. Daniel Costanzo, with theWashington Academy of Sciences, was able to discern Marsas a diskthrough his 8x56 glass. He recommends looking about a half-hourbeforesu...