The spokesman of the amateur committee of the Iranian Astronomical Society announced: On the evening of Thursday 27th, the planet Mars will be in opposition and will reach its closest distance to the Earth, and the planets Saturn, Venus and Jupiter will be visible next to it.
In an interview with ISNA, Kazem Kokram said: On Thursday, January 27, the planet Mars will be in opposition; In a situation where Mars or any other foreign planet that reaches the position of opposition, i.e. the Earth, is placed between the Sun and that planet.
Kokram emphasized: The meaning of this saying is that that planet is closer to the earth than any other time, and thus on the 27th of January, the planet Mars is closer to the earth than any other time.
The spokesman of the amateur committee of the Iranian Astronomical Society stated: In the current situation, the best possible conditions for observing Mars have been provided for earthlings in the last nights of January and early February.
He added: the closest time of the planet Mars to the Earth is on the 27th of January; But from several nights before and after this date, the planet Mars can be seen at its peak.
Kukram pointed out: When a planet is in opposition, immediately after sunset, we see the rising of that planet, and at midnight that planet is in the middle of the sky, which will be the best time to observe it with a telescope.
This activist in the field of amateur astronomy, referring to the observation of the planet Mars with the naked eye, stated: The planet Mars is seen these nights with a very bright mass and the constellation Gemini. This celestial body with its orange color is completely distinguishable from other celestial bodies.
He emphasized: Accordingly, on these nights, especially on the evening of Thursday, January 27, we will witness the planet Mars in the night sky from the beginning of the night until dawn, and we will have the most ideal conditions for observing the celestial body for the next two years.
Kukram continued: If we observe the planet Mars with a telescope, we can observe details of the surface of Mars such as the polar caps, the great Syrtis plain, but we cannot see the moons of this planet, because the moons of Mars named Phobos and Deimos. They are very faint and very far from Earth and cannot be detected with amateur telescopes.
The spokesman of the amateur committee of the Iranian Astronomical Society pointed out the coordinates of the planet Mars and reminded: to observe the planet Mars immediately after sunset, which occurs in the west, observers need only stand with their backs to the west and facing the east, and the brightest celestial body that is at a low altitude It is on the horizon, they can see the planet Mars.
He added: A little higher than the planet Mars in the constellation of Taurus, the planet Jupiter will be visible brightly.
Kokram reminded: Basically, planets like Saturn, Venus, Mars and Jupiter can be easily seen with the naked eye, and on these nights, we have the planets Mars and Jupiter in the east immediately after sunset, and in the west there are two bright objects, which are full Venus is the northernmost planet and Saturn is next to it.
The head of the Media Relations Working Group of the Amateur Astronomy Committee of the Iranian Astronomical Society pointed out: In other words, these nights we are in ideal conditions to see the 4 bright planets of the solar system, which include Venus, Saturn in the western horizon, and Mars and Jupiter in the eastern horizon immediately after Watch the sunset in the sky.
According to him, the planets Neptune and Uranus are present at night, but we need a telescope to observe them.
The spokesman of the amateur committee of the Iranian Astronomical Society stated: The opposition of the planet Mars happens almost every two years.
He continued: During these nights, the distance of Mars from the Earth is about 96 million kilometers, and gradually as the 27th of December passes, the distance of this celestial body from us will gradually increase, and in the next two months, the planet Mars will no longer be far away from us. We will have land and it will not shine like these nights.
Stating that most of the astronomical groups will organize public programs for observing the planet Mars this week and next week across the country, Kokram reminded: Among these groups, Tehran’s skyline in Mina Dome on Sunday, January 30 from 18:00 to 20:00 He organizes a free educational workshop with the presence of Ali Ebrahimi Saradjed. Observing Mars and Jupiter with the telescope of this observatory is one of the other side programs of this event.
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