Fwd: Mars Watch 2003 - 2 Moons

Thu Aug 21 12:09:39 UTC 2003

Another opportunity to marvel at God's awesome creation; and respond with praise.....Watching Mars this coming 27 Aug, below is the time table.       Sun Set & Mars Rise Times for August 27-28, 2003                 for cities in Asia & the PacificBelow you will find sunset times, Mars rise times (when Mars rises above the local horizon) and Mars transit times (when Mars is directly overhead) for several cities in Asia and the Pacific. The times are for the evening of August 27, 2003, and the early morning of August 28, 2003. If your city is not listed, you can use the city closest to your location. The best time to start viewing Mars through a telescope is a couple of hours after Mars rises above the horizon.|---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Australia           | Sun Set  | Mars Rise| Mars Transit       || City, State         | (August  |          | (Overhead)         ||                     | 27)      | (August  | (August 28)        ||               
      |          | 27)      |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Baku, Azerbaijan    | 8:21 pm  | 8:49 pm  | 1:56 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Beijing, China      | 7:54 pm  | 8:23 pm  | 1:31 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Canton (Guangzhou), | 7:49 pm  | 8:09 pm  | 1:43 am            || China               |          |          |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Chengdu, China      | 8:33 pm  | 8:56 pm  | 2:20 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Chiang Mai, Thailand| 7:43 pm  | 8:01 pm  | 1:40 am            ||                     |          |          |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Chittagong,         | 7:14 pm  | 7:34 pm  | 1:09 am            || Bangladesh          | 
         |          |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Da Nang, Vietnam    | 7:04 pm  | 7:20 pm  | 1:03 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Dacca, Bangladesh   | 7:21 pm  | 7:41 pm  | 1:14 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Donetsk, Ukraine    | 8:20 pm  | 8:54 pm  | 1:44 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Hiroshima, Japan    | 6:44 pm  | 7:09 pm  | 12:27 am           ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Ho Chi Minh City,   | 7:06 pm  | 7:20 pm  | 1:09 am            || Vietnam             |          |          |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Hong Kong           | 7:45 pm  | 8:05 pm  | 1:39 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| In Chon, South Korea| 8:10 pm 
 | 8:38 pm  | 1:50 am            ||                     |          |          |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Irkutsk, Siberia    | 9:03 pm  | 9:41 pm  | 2:19 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Kawasaki, Japan     | 6:16 pm  | 6:42 pm  | 11:59 am           ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Kazan, Russia       | 8:52 pm  | 9:33 pm  | 1:59 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Kiev, Ukraine       | 8:54 pm  | 9:30 pm  | 2:13 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Kobe, Japan         | 6:33 pm  | 6:59 pm  | 12:16 am           ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Kuala Lumpur,       | 8:20 pm  | 8:31 pm  | 2:29 am            || Malaysia            |          |          |                   
 ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Kyoto, Japan        | 6:31 pm  | 6:57 pm  | 12:13 am           ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Manila, Philippines | 7:11 pm  | 7:28 pm  | 1:12 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Minsk, Belarus      | 9:13 pm  | 9:52 pm  | 2:25 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Moscow, Russia      | 8:37 pm  | 9:19 pm  | 1:45 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Nagasaki, Japan     | 6:52 pm  | 7:17 pm  | 12:37 am           ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Nee Soon, Singapore | 7:10 pm  | 7:21 pm  | 1:21 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Pusan, South Korea  | 7:58 pm  | 8:24 pm  | 1:40 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------||
 Pyongyang, North    | 8:16 pm  | 8:44 pm  | 1:53 am            || Korea               |          |          |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Seoul , South Korea | 8:09 pm  | 8:36 pm  | 1:48 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Singapore, Singapore| 7:10 pm  | 7:21 pm  | 1:21 am            ||                     |          |          |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Surabaya, Indonesia | 6:28 pm  | 6:36 pm  | 12:45 am           ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| St. Petersburg,     | 9:18 pm  | 10:06 pm | 2:14 am            || Russia              |          |          |                    ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|| Suva, Fiji          | 6:58 pm  | 7:01 pm  | 1:23 am            ||---------------------+----------+----------+--------------------|Hello
 everyone,It's going to be a rare sight so remember -  don't miss the opportunity to view 2 moons in the sky -> 27 AUGUST 2003Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular!This month, the Earth is catching up with Mars,an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs itsorbit,astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come thisclose to Earth in the last 5,000 years but it may be as long as60,000 years.The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes towithin 34,649,589 miles and will be (next to the moon) thebrightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of-2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide.At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as thefull moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At thebeginning of August, Mars will rise in the east
 at 10p.m. and reachits azimuth at about 3 a.m. By the end of August when the twoplanets are closest, Mars will riseat nightfall and reach itshighest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenientwhen it comes to seeing something that no human has seen inrecorded history. So mark your calendar at thebeginning of Augustto see Mars grows progressively brighter and brighter throughoutthe month.Share with friends, children and grandchildren and with everyoneyou know, as No one alive today will ever see this again.--- End forwarded message ---


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