stilldellin Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 ^ Plenty bumf here Longdog and yes perfect night out there :- http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lone Wolf Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 ^ Cheers. It's a big almost empty ocean out there tonight, maybe best without the colour :-http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/sdnortseabw.jpg Stunning photograph Stilldellin. I agree, B&W gives it and eerie feeling of emptiness and emphasizes the moonlight better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lone Wolf Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I've found Stellarium very useful for sorting out what's what up there as you can programme it with your own location, put the ground in to give the view some perspective, add in constellations and their names etc. On a dark night it's pretty easy to find many favourites, like the planets, the main stars, Andromeda galaxy, Orion nebula and so on with just a pair of ordinary binoculars. I've even managed to watch a man-made satellite as it tracks across the night sky http://www.stellarium.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 ^ Thanks Lone Wolf, I had never heard of Stellarium, looks most interesting, at the moment my ancient pc will probably expire if I try anything more on it. Cheers for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 It worked on mine, thanx for link... Just need to wind up the spring.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 If you have a tablet or smart phone then get the Google Sky Map app. You can hold your device up to the sky and it will give you a labelled star map of whatever you happen to be looking at. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Kewl pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Saw a few meteors earlier tonight, the geminid meteor shower is supposed to peak tomorrow night, so hopefully be clear skies... The 2012 Geminid meteor shower will peak on the nights of December 13/14 and 14/15, with the nod being given to the former. Meteor numbers intensify as evening deepens into late night. The greatest numbers fall an hour or two after midnight (December 14 and 15) – when the meteor shower radiant point looms highest in the sky – as seen from around the globe. But you might see a Geminid meteor any time this week. That’s because it takes some weeks for Earth to ford this meteor stream in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lone Wolf Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Thanks Crofter, I'll be looking out for them. For non-star gazers, they'll be in the constellation of Gemini (Castor and Pollux - the twins). At about 11pm tomorrow the twins will be SE and about the same height in the sky as Jupiter in the South (the brightest 'star' up there). Simply find Jupiter in the south skies and turn a little to your left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted December 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 They might not have been Geminids. Check here if you're interestedhttp://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/11dec_newshower/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 thanks for that, was thinking it was a bit early, was before 7pm when I saw some last night.Enjoying the google star map app no end with these beautiful clear nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector's House Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 My pooch woke me up at 3am so I went outside to have a peek at the skies - clear as a bell & no wind, so I got the tripod out and took dozens of long exposures. Got to see loads of long, bright trails (seemed to radiate from further north than Gemini?) but as luck would have it, they ocurred just after I'd closed the shutter. every. single. time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Fine clear moonlit night last night but just a quick show of the rising moon tonight before being obscured. Last night :-http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/sdwastvoe.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lone Wolf Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Another good photo, Stilldellin. Constellation of Orion shows the belt, Rigel and the Orion Nebula really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lone Wolf Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 I was reading about Comet Ison, due late next year. Sounds like it could be pretty special with a negative magnitude and at an extreme, even brighter than the full moon http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9767950/Comet-15-times-brighter-than-the-moon-to-be-visible-from-Britain.html# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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