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A little further north than me. It is somewhere I fancy some time. Might even be able to persude the wife to go there. I have suggested Svalbard and she looks at me like I'm an idiot!
If it moves further south, it increases our chances of seeing aurora. I have only seen it once, very faint from York. I live in the south now, so have very little chance, though this picture was taken from near where I live (not by me):
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The Rockies in Alberta/BC is the best place on the planet imo. Shame I live deep in the prairies and about 12 hours from themA little further north than me. It is somewhere I fancy some time. Might even be able to persude the wife to go there. I have suggested Svalbard and she looks at me like I'm an idiot!
what's the best/easiest way to know where venus etc are. My phone is to cheap for apps show me ie its missing a compass thingJust been out with the dogs. Venus is looking very bright in the south west this evening
what's the best/easiest way to know where venus etc are. My phone is to cheap for apps show me ie its missing a compass thing
My old phone didn't have a compass, but it was possible to use the sky map app, just not in the way it's intended. As long as you have a rough idea of which direction you're looking in, you can manually orientate it that way. If in doubt, use the moon or easy to spot constellations to help. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing.I'm not sure sorry. I use the SkyMaps app on my phone but you need a compass for that.
Sometimes sentences really hit home to the point where you go ‘woah’Keep an eye on betelgeuse
Will Bright Star Betelgeuse Finally Explode? A Look at the Dimming Red Giant in Orion's Shoulder
It can't hurt to look up at the night sky just in case.www.space.com
My Dad was desperate for it to go in his lifetime.
Another way is to install Stellarium on pretty much any device. You can’t point it to the sky and say ‘what is that’, if you don’t have the compass or gyroscopes required. If you know roughly what direction you are facing and how high an object is, then you can look it up. It will help to recognise particular parts of constellation and guide you to other things. For example, above venus at the moment is the great square of pegasus, which once you know it, is recognisable. If you can learn that and get a hold of som binoculars then you should be able to find the Andromeda galaxy and see it as a fuzzy blob.what's the best/easiest way to know where venus etc are. My phone is to cheap for apps show me ie its missing a compass thing
It's definitely dimmer and looks a bit more reddish to me at the moment.Sometimes sentences really hit home to the point where you go ‘woah’
“If it were to explode today, you would actually be watching something that happened 600 years ago”
Woah
You could do it the old fashioned way: buy a magazine or subscribe online. Astronomy Now for the UK or Sky & Telescope (US) contain monthly sky charts. They're published one month ahead so you can plan your observing schedule in advance. Print off the star chart and you can take it outside. For viewing the chart outside buy a small torch and cover the end with red plastic, or paint it with red nail varnish. Red light preserves your night vision. The constellations are clearly marked, as is the 'ecliptic': the path in the sky that the sun, moon and planets follow. I've never used a phone app. as I've been doing astronomy for over 40 years: but I imagine the phone may display the map pretty brightly and will lesson your night vision. You don't need a compass. Stand with the North Sea to your right, look up and find the pole star (Polaris. or Alpha Ursae Minoris) in the constellation Ursa Minor. All stars in the northern hemisphere appear to 'rotate' around it. There's still plenty of beginners books to be bought out there and on cloudy nights you can read up on the basics. Once you've learnt a few of the constellations (I'd start with Cassiopeia and Ursa Major as certain stars in the two constellations always point to the pole star), you can figure out where some of the 'deep sky' beauties are such as globular & open star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. Comets are also indicated on the charts (when they turn up). And of course, there's always Sunderland Astronomical Society. Hope this helps.what's the best/easiest way to know where venus etc are. My phone is to cheap for apps show me ie its missing a compass thing
Ta, I'll try some of thisYou could do it the old fashioned way: buy a magazine or subscribe online. Astronomy Now for the UK or Sky & Telescope (US) contain monthly sky charts. They're published one month ahead so you can plan your observing schedule in advance. Print off the star chart and you can take it outside. For viewing the chart outside buy a small torch and cover the end with red plastic, or paint it with red nail varnish. Red light preserves your night vision. The constellations are clearly marked, as is the 'ecliptic': the path in the sky that the sun, moon and planets follow. I've never used a phone app. as I've been doing astronomy for over 40 years: but I imagine the phone may display the map pretty brightly and will lesson your night vision. You don't need a compass. Stand with the North Sea to your right, look up and find the pole star (Polaris. or Alpha Ursae Minoris) in the constellation Ursa Minor. All stars in the northern hemisphere appear to 'rotate' around it. There's still plenty of beginners books to be bought out there and on cloudy nights you can read up on the basics. Once you've learnt a few of the constellations (I'd start with Cassiopeia and Ursa Major as certain stars in the two constellations always point to the pole star), you can figure out where some of the 'deep sky' beauties are such as globular & open star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. Comets are also indicated on the charts (when they turn up). And of course, there's always Sunderland Astronomical Society. Hope this helps.
What time is the launch ?