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The Red Planet, now 62 million miles from Earth, will be at its brightest this year as it lines up opposite the Sun on Friday. At around 9pm, Mars will be above and to the left of the Moon, about the length of an outstretched fist away. A standard SLR camera fitted with a telephoto lens is all you need to capture the scene, says Robin Scagell, from the Society for Popular Astronomy.
''Mars is looking really quite red and impressive at the moment, and the Moon will be full, he said. ''It's going to be a great sight and rather fun to look for.
''A telescope has too close a field of view, but with a 100mm telephoto lens you'd just about get them both in the picture, and you'll be able to see details on the Moon.''
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