Ingenuity

  • Exploring Mars, Past and Present

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 2. Back in the 19th century there was a focus on the planet Mars. Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli studied the surface of Mars during the opposition of 1877 and believed he saw lines crossing the planet. He called them canali, which means channels. The term was later mis-translated as…

  • Journey to a Red Planet

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Number 16. From time to time if you look up into the night sky, you might see an orangish/reddish object. This most likely is the planet Mars. As well-known as Mars is, it is not a great sight through a small telescope. A telescope with a relatively large aperture is…