MunkyHeed
Striker
Pretty low down in the sky now I think. Southwards at around midnight iirc. I use Sky Guide app to find ‘em.Where and what am I looking for there then, apart from two git bright dots in the sky like.
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Pretty low down in the sky now I think. Southwards at around midnight iirc. I use Sky Guide app to find ‘em.Where and what am I looking for there then, apart from two git bright dots in the sky like.
Look for two bright ‘stars’ that don’t twinkle and that’s your boys.Where and what am I looking for there then, apart from two git bright dots in the sky like.
Think they're so close they look like 1 (to the nude eye) at the moment.Look for two bright ‘stars’ that don’t twinkle and that’s your boys.
Getting closer and closer. I think it is 21st December for a conjunctionYep. Looks great at the moment. Saturn & Jupiter are virtually on top of each other at the moment too.
Heavens Above report it as mag 9.1 at the minute which is way too dim for the eye.Theres a comet heading up through the constellation of Orion at the moment (easy constellation to find) but I think you will need a scope or binoculars to really see anything.
Where and what am I looking for there then, apart from two git bright dots in the sky like.
I don't, something popped up on a newsfeed the other day which I rememberedHeavens Above report it as mag 9.1 at the minute which is way too dim for the eye.
There is another one slightly brighter near Saturn and Jupiter:
Where do you go to for news of comets? I check here occasionally, but missed Neowise until it hit mainstream media.
I tried downloading one before n it was hopeless.Download Skymap for your phone, or skyview free, it'll help with the general direction
I thought you had found a secret source of knowledgeI don't, something popped up on a newsfeed the other day which I remembered
it'll be 24hr light for about 2 weeks won't it?Whenever it does finally go, it'll be sod's law that it goes in the summer and we miss the show.
I thought you had found a secret source of knowledge