What does the night sky look like on Mars?
January 26, 2021 at 10:00 am
What would a future visitor to Mars see during a night’s stargazing? What do the stars look like on Mars? What does the Sun look like? Would Mars even be a good place to do amateur astronomy?
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At first glance the answer to this last question would be a resounding ‘yes’. For a start there are very few cloudy nights on Mars.
We know it does have some clouds because they have been photographed by every orbiter, rover and lander that has ever been there, and occasionally Mars dust storms brew up that can cover the whole sky for months.