Stargazers are in for a treat tonight as Mars is set to appear next to the full moon in an 'extremely rare sight'.
Image: Shutterstock/Artsiom P STARGAZERS ARE IN for a treat tonight as Mars is set to appear next to the full moon in an “extremely rare sight”.Mars comes close to Earth roughly every 2.1 years and will be “exceptionally bright to the naked eye” this evening, according to David Moore, editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine.
“As people stand looking at this marvellous sight in evening skies they can spare a thought that Mars is actually twice as wide as the Moon, but being 200 times further away makes it look just like a bright ‘dot’ compared to the Moon’s huge disk,” Moore said. If you don’t see it tonight, Mars will be visible every evening with the naked eye as an extremely bright ‘star’ from now until well into the New Year.
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