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Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

If you're in the country, away from the city lights, the heavens offer a nice view this week. Look at the moon around 8 PM. Venus, nice and bright is nearby. If it's flat terrain, you can even spy Mercury in the southwest just after sunset. Can't see it in DF.

Mars is up a little later in the evening as well...big and red. If you get up early for class, apparently Jupiter can be seen by the naked eye before dawn.

MO39 · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:46 am Post subject:

I think I saw Venus shining brightly to the southeast of the moon (also shining brightly) in the Saturday evening sky in the heart of the D.F.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Ah yes, I saw it too. Go see Mars right now in DF, over the US embassy from your point of view MO, 1/3 of the way up to the middle.

sickbag · Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 155 Location: Blighty

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

I saw it last night rising fairly low in the...northeast or east (maybe?) around 7:00 PM. By 8 and 9 it was high enough up. Got binoculars? There's a ragin dust storm all over Mars right now.

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

This is my favourite website for figuring out what those thingies are I can see when I look up at night..

The Mexico City map is here

some waygug-in · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 339

If you want to see Mars a bit closer up, here's a site for you.

http://www.marsunearthed.com/Contents/Contents.htm

I don't have any red/blue glasses handy, but the cross-eyed pics are really cool. They can give you a headache if you stare too long though.

Enjoy

Peace