Mars as Big as the Moon!

First it was an e-mail from a friend saying "Here we go again," and then it was a couple of phone calls asking about the upcoming close appearance of Mars, as detailed in an e-mail they had received. Today it was a call from a senior center that wanted to hold a big party and have some local amateurs show them Mars.

Is this going to happen every year from now on?!!!

I offered to do an astronomy program for the seniors this fall.

Clear skies, Alan

Alan French said:

First it was an e-mail from a friend saying "Here we go again," and then it was a couple of phone calls asking about the upcoming close appearance of Mars, as detailed in an e-mail they had received. Today it was a call from a senior center that wanted to hold a big party and have some local amateurs show them Mars.

Is this going to happen every year from now on?!!!

I offered to do an astronomy program for the seniors this fall.

Clear skies, Alan

It's three so far for me this year. Last year I got a breathless call about it from the director of a nature center for whom I have done programs in the past. She was already scheduling an event around it. Didn't even bother to check it out first, because it had been forwarded to her from a friend who was an airline pilot, so she assumed it was true. Scarey!!!