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Basic Data about Mars for telescopic observers:
Apparent visual magnitude: Angular diameter (arcsec):
Distance from Earth (a.u.): Elongation from the Sun (°):
Illumination (%): Central-meridian longitude (°):
Position angle of north pole (°): Opposition 2020 countdown (days):