Breaking News: Major dust storm on Mars visible w/ backyard telescopes.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20051028/sc_space/breakingnewsmajorduststormonmarsvisiblewithbackyardtelescopes

Robert Roy Britt, Senior Science Writer, Space.com, Friday Oct. 28, 3:00 PM ET

Off-topic? Frivolous?

[still_one]

1. actually very cool

[malaise]

2. Damn, it's too overcast

to see anything this weekend.

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4. Mars will cross our sky

from about 21:00 MT till about dawn. Maybe it'll clear up. Check that site if you don't know it already: http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/

[malaise]

6. No

Sadly we'll have rain all weekend. Ah well, I'll have to wait for 2018.

[jobycom]

3. Why am I thinking "Night of the Comet" just in time for Halloween?

[cliss]

5. Not off topic at all,

thanks for posting. If you are one of the millions of people who believe in astrology, this is big news. Actually, it's not considered to be a good thing, but maybe we'll escape unscathed.

For the rest of the people who enjoy astronomy, it's a pretty cool thing.

[bigbrother05]

8. What does it mean?

details please, interested.

[drfresh]

7. a picture of the storm

more up at www.space.com

[bigworld]

9. near the rovers?

Is this storm anywhere near the two rovers, which I take it are still up there putting around?

[NMDemDist2]

10. yup, DH was planning on a Mars view tonight anyway, he's stoked

about this big time LOL

he'll be out there tonight and hopefully it will still be visable when we have our star party next Saturday.....

[bluestateguy]

11. Guess I'll have to cancel my vacation

Mars just isn't as much fun when there are big dust storms.

[chelsea0011]

12. I wish I could see it. It's friggin' snowing here!

My grandest sight by telescope was Shoemaker-Levy crashing into Jupiter. I couldn't believe I could see that. Mars would be tough though. I don't get a close view of surfaces.

[MisterP]

13. dang, I'll have to get the cottage there repainted...