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New Dust Storm on Mars Viewable with Telescopes

Posted by Zonk on from the we'll-be-able-to-see-the-space-zombies-coming dept.

starexplorer writes "Space.com is reporting that a large dust storm has just began on Mars, just as the Red Planet has gotten in prime viewing location this weekend with a decent sized backyard telescope. An amazing stroke of luck for everyone this weekend! Three PDF Viewing Guides, movies and more available to help get you started."

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  1. Viewable with My Telescope? by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got a Meade 125-ETX, I wonder how visible this will be. The last time Mars was close and I lugged the scope out It was mostly a brown smudge.

    Mars will be 43,137,071 miles from Earth at around 11:25 p.m. ET Saturday.

    That's 13,803,862,720 rods for the anti-science crowd.

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  2. Re:Mars Dust Bad! by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    While this is exciting for amateur astronomers to see a process like this happening on Mars, it's also very forboding and ominous. Mars has a bad habit of becoming engulfed in planet wide dust storms which almost totally hide the surface features of the planet.

    Also plays havoc with tracking giant sand worms and collecting spice.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  3. Lucky? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    An amazing stroke of luck for everyone this weekend!

    Not if you live on Mars.