On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:44:04 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:13:29 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

is absoutely stunning tonight. I've got some of the clearest viewing
in quite a while.

It's beautiful.

You beat me to it. I just took a walk down the dock a few minutes ago
and there it was, just about due east, low in the sky and very
obviously red.

I had the Celestron out on the back deck just star gazing and I
noticed Mars was really bright. It was so clear tonight, you could
pick out details. Really good viewing.

Any idea how far away it is right now? I assume it must be at one of
its closer approaches.

I think it's average opposition. This year, it's closet approach is
December 24th when Mars leaves constellation Scorpius and enters
Ophiuchus.