Hello Tony,

On Friday July 27 2018 06:59, you wrote to me:

 MvV>> Unfortunately you need a bit of open space to enjoy it becaue Mars
 MvV>> is not all that far above the horizon. There is a reason the street
 MvV>> where I live is called "Bossstraat". The trees are blocking my view
 MvV>> on Mars.

 TL> Depends where you are, Mars gets up pretty high in the sky here ATM.

Of course. It is winter in your neck of the woods. In Summer the sun is high in
the sky and the moon is low. In winter it is the other way around...

 TL> I've been seeing it not that long after sunset, and seeing it again in
 TL> the morning before sunrise.  Not normally out late, but it would come
 TL> close to going overhead, as the Ecliptic at night would pass within 20
 TL> degrees of zenith at midnight this time of year.  Winter is a great
 TL> time for astronomy - clearer skies, longer nights and some key objects
 TL> like planets being higher in the sky. :)

The Netherlands is not such a great place for astronomy any more. If there are
no clouds, there is lots of scattered light, and lots of "light noise" from
aircraft. In te 60ties it was still bearable. Now you are lucky if you can see
the Pleiades.


Cheers, Michiel

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