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echo: fidonews
to: BJRN FELTEN
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2018-07-26 12:59:00
subject: Re: Lunar eclipse

Hi Björn,

On 2018-07-26 12:33:08, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> Huh? Mars is always visible with the naked eye! (When it's not
 WvV>> behind the horizon, or clouds)

 BF> That depends of course on your eye sight.

Of course, but that falls in the same category as the obvious, do I even need
to specify that: "When it's not behind the horizon, or clouds" remark. ;)

 BF> Let me put it this way: it's being the closest to Earth, and therefore
 BF> brightest, that it'll ever be for another 15 years or so.

That's a totally different statement than:

 BF> Add to that, that July 31 planet Mars will be visible with the naked
 BF> eye -- last time that happened was 15 years ago.

;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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