Posted on Sep 11, 2020
APOD: 2020 September 11 - The Reappearance of Mars
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Good Red Friday morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy PIcture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Reappearance of Mars." This past Sunday (Sept 6th), the Moon and Mars appeared together in the Northern Hemisphere (they rose at about 10:45pm). Astronomers call this a conjunction. However, from the Southern Hemisphere the Moon passed in front of Mars. This perspective is called an occultation (e.g. the Moon occludes Mars). This is how the fourth lunar occultation of Mars in 2020 looked from Maceio, Brazil. The fifth occultation will take place on October 3 when the Moon and Mars are both nearly opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky.
APOD: 2020 September 11 - The Reappearance of Mars
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Gustav Holst - The Planets - Mars, the Bringer of War
Performance by James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Album can be found on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001GCZ/ref=as_li_tl?i...
Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Friday, September 11, 2020 entitled "The Reappearance of Mars."
Since Mars is named for the God of war in the ancient Greek pantheon of gods, it seems appropriate for Mars to undertake deception operations :-)
Image: The Reappearance of Mars - Image Credit & Copyright- David Duarte and Romualdo Caldas
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"Explanation: Mars reappears just beyond the Moon's dark limb in this stack of sharp video frames captured on September 6. Of course to reappear it had to disappear in the first place. It did that over an hour earlier when the sunlit southern edge of the waning gibbous Moon passed in front of the Red Planet as seen from Maceio, Brazil. The lunar occultation came as the Moon was near apogee, about 400,000 kilometers away. Mars was almost 180 times more distant. It was the fourth lunar occultation of Mars visible from planet Earth in 2020. Visible from some southern latitudes, the fifth lunar occultation of Mars in 2020 will take place on October 3 when the Moon and Mars are both nearly opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky."
Gustav Holst - The Planets - Mars, the Bringer of War
Performance by James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I
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Since Mars is named for the God of war in the ancient Greek pantheon of gods, it seems appropriate for Mars to undertake deception operations :-)
Image: The Reappearance of Mars - Image Credit & Copyright- David Duarte and Romualdo Caldas
APOD background
"Explanation: Mars reappears just beyond the Moon's dark limb in this stack of sharp video frames captured on September 6. Of course to reappear it had to disappear in the first place. It did that over an hour earlier when the sunlit southern edge of the waning gibbous Moon passed in front of the Red Planet as seen from Maceio, Brazil. The lunar occultation came as the Moon was near apogee, about 400,000 kilometers away. Mars was almost 180 times more distant. It was the fourth lunar occultation of Mars visible from planet Earth in 2020. Visible from some southern latitudes, the fifth lunar occultation of Mars in 2020 will take place on October 3 when the Moon and Mars are both nearly opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky."
Gustav Holst - The Planets - Mars, the Bringer of War
Performance by James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I
FYI Maj Robert Thornton Lt Col Charlie Brown COL Mikel J. Burroughs Sgt (Join to see) PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Denny Espinosa Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreenePO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SGT Denny Espinosa SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan TSgt Joe C.
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Good "R.E.D. Friday" Morning my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price I was up very early this morning - getting ready to head out the dor this week for a big American Legion Riders Event in Buena Vista, CO this weekend with the wife. Thanks for dropping in and posting this awesome APOD Titled: "The Reappearance of Mars" with us today. Have a great day today and weekend Bill.
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