# mars is unusually bright tonight.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 27, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-unusually-bright-tonight/197912 "2003-08-27T04:45:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-unusually-bright-tonight/197912/21 "2003-08-28T04:57:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by aaaaaarrgg \*  
> \*\*mars is unusually bright tonight. \*\*

Must’ve been eating fish for dinner.

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**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-is-unusually-bright-tonight/197912/22 "2003-08-28T06:07:34Z")

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We went to a presentation by our local amateur astronomy group, and it was PACKED-- several hundred more than they expected, poor geeks. Hoping to avoid the crowds, we brought out our Orion shorttube and parked in the ballfield. It isnt strong enough to resolve any features, but we did get a nice reddish disk in the field, and spotted a bluish Neptune.

We also got drenched when the ballpark sprinklers went on. My SO got hit square in the face with a jet, but fortunately the telescope is just fine. 😃

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