On 21 Jun 2005 at 11:30, Jack Davis wrote: > Rob, > I read that on Aug 27th, of this year, Earth and Mars > will experience their closest proximity in many > centuries. > Article states that Mars should appear Moon like in > size at 34.6MM and that this distance relationship > "may" not happen again for 60,000 years. > Get your TCs ready to stack onto the 300mm f2.8.;-] > In 60K years photo resolution will be such that a > Pentax 50mm lens will render resolution to allow one > to simply pull up the image in PS to examine the > planet's surface.
Hi Jack, Thanks for the info. I actually use a little free Windows application to check "Planetary, Lunar, and Stellar Visibility", it's worth a try and can be found at: http://www.alcyone.de/PVis/english/ProgramPVis.htm Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
