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Space Object of the Month: Fucking Mars

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illustrated drop cap for the letter EEach Friday, the folks at Preachy will offer you something of a reflection for your weekend. This Friday, we present a Space Object of the Month, in which a Preachy co-editor invites you to learn how to use his telescope (with him):

Items I will try to find: Fucking Mars

Why?: Because I want to see a planet that looks like a planet (that isn’t Saturn)

When: February 27. 2022

There is a conjunction of Earth’s Moon and Mars on February 27. This, I’m hoping, will give your intrepid hobbyist a chance to see Mars — like, really see Mars — as it looks in those super fun space pictures. Look, I know patience has got to be a thing for small-time backyard astrobuffs such as your’s truly. But I really — really — want to look through my own eyepiece and see an object that resembles the thing in my head.

Like, I am still wow’ed every time I look through my telescope. Seriously! It’s just, ya know…I’d like to think I can really and truly get to space in my backyard.

Wish me luck!