https://hgastro.github.io/categories/planet/Recent content in Planet on Suburban Backyard Astro SightsHugo -- gohugo.ioenhgastroblog@gmail.comhgastroblog@gmail.comAll images and content on this website © 2025 Howard GramsWed, 07 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-10-07-mars/Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-10-07-mars/<p>The planet Mars was closer to earth on October 6 than it will be anytime in the next 15 years. The closer it is, the larger it appears and the more detail can be seen. Close also means bright &ndash; if you go out in the evening just after dark these days, you will see Mars as the really bright red object in the southeast, brighter and redder than any other star or planet,</p>https://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-09-15-jupiter/Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-09-15-jupiter/<p>Now for something completely different! Normally I spend my time observing &ldquo;faint fuzzies&rdquo; as amateur astronomers call dim distant objects. But today I decided to share some images of the planet Jupiter, its Great Red Spot and its equatorial belts that I made on Labor Day weekend.</p>