Astronomers love to see the new phenomenon of 15 years of excitement

On July 31, Mars will approach the closest point in its orbit with the Earth at that time, Mars will look bigger and brighter in the sky, very visible to the naked eye.

Information from the US Agency for Aeronautics and Space (NASA) said, on July 31, astronomers and residents all over the world will have the opportunity to admire Mars in the sky when the Red Planet approaches Earth most, only about 57.6 million km from the Blue planet.

This is the shortest distance between the two planets since 2003. At that time, Mars looked bigger and brighter in the sky, very visible to the naked eye. However, if there are observations with binoculars and telescopes, things will become much more interesting and interesting.

This phenomenon is called perihelic opposition by astronomers, perihelic opposition occurs only once in 15-17 years. The next time Mars reached its maximum, it is expected to happen on September 15, 2035, so this is a special phenomenon and worth waiting for.

Vietnamese people have the opportunity to see Mars with their naked eyes on July 31.(Illustration).

Speaking to the Mother Nature network, Cincinatti astronomer Dean Regas said, the naked eye can see that Mars looks like a bright red spot appearing in the southeast in the sky after Sundown. Mars looks much brighter than stars, compared to Jupiter and near Venus.

However, Mars will gradually decrease its brightness in mid-August when the Red planet and the Earth gradually move apart on the orbit of two planets orbiting the Sun.

Interestingly, the end of July is also the time when the Moon is the farthest place from Earth. It is expected that the maximum eclipse of Mars and Mars will take place around 2 am on July 28 (Vietnamese time). Of course we still need the support of the weather to observe this phenomenon.

It is known that only last month, Jupiter is also located near the Earth with a distance of 650 million km. At that time, Jupiter was the brightest star in the sky and appeared throughout the long night. However, the Mars event closest to Earth will make the Red planet 1.8 times brighter than Jupiter.