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For those interested in the sky on Future Learn a course starts soon

In the night sky - Orion

Starts 9th January run by OU

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/orion/3/welcome

held overhead,

Imagine the above diagram is a plate,north is at the top!!!

at 7:20 pm


http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=52.5982&lng=-0.2844&loc=Bretton&alt=21&tz=GMT&satid=25544&mjd=57756.3082287419&type=V

Missed it last night because I was too late :-(

Tonight it's too cloudy ;-)

Edit to say- spoke to soon clear as a bell now :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Google have an excellent night sky app (free) whether you are a beginner or more of a sage.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en_GB

Out with a mobile phone app as a guide you have more chance of actually seeing some of the sky rather than just street lights and aeroplanes. Hint: an easy start is the Ursa Major (the Great Bear) part of which is known as the Plough. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can easily be seen with the naked eye

Sadly most of England is a stargazing desert though you'll really be out of luck not to pick up Venus. It is ez to distinguish Venus from the ISS 'cos (a) as observed Venus transits very slowly while the ISS goes at a good lick across the sky and (b) with clear sky the essential structure of the ISS is discernable.

Good places to go are hills above the lamp line and th few stretch of fairly we have left. The Yorkshire Moors, Sherwood Forest, Morecambe Bay and the New Forest are on the list to be fracked so don't delay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtgIxU8TCyY

The moon won't fall on your head. Honest :-D

A fear is nothing to joke about. Perhaps you have an enhanced creative streak. <3

I am a townie Det but, I don't think it's why the moon gives me the creeps.
I've never liked it.
Those big, low hung moons in early summer are the worst

I can look at the night sky when there is a meteor shower or some sort of eclipse but, I NEED someone to be with me.
I couldn't watch it on my own.
The last full eclipse in 1999 really freaked me out , even though it was on a bright summer day.

Initially OH thought Venus was the International Space Station. When it hadn't moved, we realised it wasn't - LOL

Strange how some things make you curious, isn't it? :-D

Are you a Townie, GlasgowLass??? Some people, who were raised in an area with lots of street lighting, can find the night sky rather threatening. Some years ago there must have been a lot of Saharan sand in the air. The late afternoon atmosphere seemed yellow. Now *that* was creepy!

Yes, we've seen it too Det :-)

But since your Thread, I now know what it is lol :-D :-D :-D :-D

I saw it last night.

It gives me the heebie jeebies !

(I've never liked the moon or the night sky)

Saw it earlier - beautiful :-D

... if you can, go and have a look for Mars and Venus in proximity to the moon. Not only is Venus so bright, you can also identify the reddish hue of Mars.

http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/astronomy/nightsky/Venus-MarsJan17.jpg