Red Planet Viewer’s Guide: Earth and Mars Converge. At its June 13th opposition, it’ll be the closest it’s been in the past 12 years. “At opposition, Mars will no longer be a morning star — it’ll be a dazzling ‘all-nighter’, rising near

sunset and reaching its highest point in the sky at midnight. Modest telescopes will reveal normally

invisible details including Martian clouds and icy polar caps.”