the biggest Mars you'll ever see on Tuesday night

Reminds me of the time someone recounted the time he met Colin Pillinger (he of Beagle 2 fame) - the person being interviewed said when he met him he had a small piece of Mars in his pocket and I immediately wondered why he was carrying a piece of a chocolate bar around with him (shows how my mind works!)

Mars has been visible for the past couple of weeks, really clearly here in the North West. Our back door is east facing, Mars is there shining brightly through the window. It is beautiful
If you turn 90 degrees to the right you will also see Jupiter and Venus, Jupiter being the very bright one. Also Uranus will be just to the left of Mars but hard to spot. I do like looking at stars.

Thought chocolate, then cholesterol and then red planet. Hope the clouds clear.

Great! Saw it the other night (while looking for meteor birthdays) and thought it had a hint of red.

Is it just my eyesight but for a long time now Mars looks as though it’s split into two, like Saturn and looks more conical than round.

Thank you, will take a look but not going by my satellite dish which faces the other way!

Darn it. It’s really cloudy here tonight.

Clear and bright here in Portugal and good to put a name to some of the myriad stars we can see.

Too drizzly and cloudy in my neck of East Anglia to see anything.

We looked last night. It was cloudy, not a star to be seen....except one, shining really brightly through the clouds. It was Southeast of our house, and had a slightly orange glow. Made me feel quite emotional.