In August Mars will be closest to earth in centuries even could be closest since the recorded history . Mahesh Patel sent me a power point presentation where it shows in the pictures as Mars being as big as Moon.
Lucky for us it will be visible for most of the month of august but one will have to coordinate the dates for night time visibility and for comparison have the dates where moon and mars will be visible at the same time.
We have an observatory in Providence Brown University . A fun viewing gathering can be held with a guide.
thanks again.
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There are actually 4 observatories in little rhody.The information on the web says that three of them are open tuesdays,friday and saturday to the public.Fun part is that they have knowledgeable care takers.I have visited only Ladd may be 20 years ago.
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