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Mars will appear as a red dot near the moon – archive image
The astronauts of the Arab world, after sunset on Saturday and Sunday, can look at the red planet "Mars", which will be a red dot close to the moon in the sky.
"The moon will be close to Mars, but that does not mean that they are nearby," the association said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. "This convergence is done only in the sky, but they are not in space."
"The Moon is close to Earth, only a quarter of a million kilometers away, while Mars is about 500 times farther away, and that is why we see the moon as big in the sky as it looks like at a luminous point. "
She explained that the closest distance from Earth to Mars on August 27, 2003 was also a bright point of light that did not appear as big as the full moon.
March is now more relaxed than it was six months ago when he outperformed all the stars, and he's brighter, but it's still easy to see him on Saturday and Sunday nights, has said the association.
At this time of year, the sky is adorned with constellations of Gemini stars, many shining stars of hair and Dabran, as well as star cluster Thuraya and others, thus offering the perfect opportunity to photograph the moon near Mars, as well as star clusters decorating the winter nights.
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