![How To See Mars, Jupiter And Saturn Up Close In A Virtual Telescope During 'National Astronomy Week' How To See Mars, Jupiter And Saturn Up Close In A Virtual Telescope During 'National Astronomy Week'](https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/5fabc3157c43873d2154f742/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=1200)
How To See Mars, Jupiter And Saturn Up Close In A Virtual Telescope During 'National Astronomy Week'
![Took my personal best shot of Mars this week with a backyard telescope, after waiting 2 years for the perfect celestial alignment. [OC] : r/space Took my personal best shot of Mars this week with a backyard telescope, after waiting 2 years for the perfect celestial alignment. [OC] : r/space](https://i.redd.it/zivvy2m9wcs51.jpg)
Took my personal best shot of Mars this week with a backyard telescope, after waiting 2 years for the perfect celestial alignment. [OC] : r/space
![Andrew McCarthy on Twitter: "Mars is at it's closest to Earth. Here's a photo I captured of it last night using a 14" telescope. You can clearly see the northern polar ice Andrew McCarthy on Twitter: "Mars is at it's closest to Earth. Here's a photo I captured of it last night using a 14" telescope. You can clearly see the northern polar ice](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi1ATP_VQAIs0R9.jpg:large)
Andrew McCarthy on Twitter: "Mars is at it's closest to Earth. Here's a photo I captured of it last night using a 14" telescope. You can clearly see the northern polar ice
![I pointed my telescope at Mars for 3 hours in the early hours of Sunday morning to capture its rotation. Watch closely and you can see it spin. : r/space I pointed my telescope at Mars for 3 hours in the early hours of Sunday morning to capture its rotation. Watch closely and you can see it spin. : r/space](https://preview.redd.it/76ec2gx7nfl51.gif?format=png8&s=263d70c03f84db087a8e630e6f6279cbbd77deef)