6 degrees of sky, see diagram at right, peolpe in Adelaide and Sydney should add na extra handspan, Brisbnae and Alice Springs an extra two and rfom Darwin Mars is 6 handspans high). ... Binoculars. Mars is not visible as a disk with 10 x 50 binoculars and alrger this opposition. However, watching Mars appraoching the Beehive cluster (in February an latre in April) is best done with bnioculars telesocpes just cant get ...