The Amateur Astronomy Thread

[figbat]

I believe they reverted to the historic name bumholey

They went for Urectum.

 

[gbb]

A stream of Starlink satellites went over earlier tonight, maybe 30 or more that I saw.
Very clear skies as well, lots of stars visible so early.

 

[stephec]

A stream of Starlink satellites went over earlier tonight, maybe 30 or more that I saw.
Very clear skies as well, lots of stars visible so early.

I missed them but had a quick look at Jupiter, then just as I pointed at the moon I saw the sillouette of a plane cross straight across the centre of it with it's red light flashing.

I'm easily pleased. 😂

 

[MontyVeda]

High aurora activity predicted last night, coupled with plenty of cloud cover... it's always the same.

Saying that, a few weeks back i woke up to see an aurora photo on FB taken from Heysham, when the predicted activity wasn't particularly high.

 

[stephec]

Our north facing garden has some high bushes and a house in the way, but I could just about see a glow low in the distant sky, first time I've ever seen the aurora.

 

[stephec]

The Pleiades, Jupiter, and the moon, should all be lined up tonight, so I got the telescope out.

After setting up and sorting out the collimation can you guess what happened?

 

[MrGrumpy]

The Pleiades, Jupiter, and the moon, should all be lined up tonight, so I got the telescope out.

After setting up and sorting out the collimation can you guess what happened?

Cloudy as tonight round our way , last night was clear but I wished I’d gone out for drive up the hill a bit a the aurora was on show !

 

[stephec]

Cloudy as tonight round our way , last night was clear but I wished I’d gone out for drive up the hill a bit a the aurora was on show !

How many times do you get clouds when it's only 3 degrees?

I started in clear daylight and when I'd finished I looked up and there was a thick blanket. 😂

 

[Drago]

Got a good photo of last night's lunar halo.

 

[Drago]

Well, bought some beefy new nackernoculars on a whim. They have a tripod adaptor, and I already have a tripod, so sorted there.

So I guess I'll point it at the sky if it ever stops raining.

 

[wheresthetorch]

Well, bought some beefy new nackernoculars on a whim. They have a tripod adaptor, and I already have a tripod, so sorted there.

So I guess I'll point it at the sky if it ever stops raining.

Cool. What type? Can we see a photo?

 

[Drago]

Celestron. I will sort out a photo at some point in the near future.

 

[Drago]

 

[wheresthetorch]

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Nice - perfect for sweeping the star clusters of the summer Milky Way.

 

[Drago]

Mars and Saturn visible tonight, so will be outside in the cool air and me nackernocukars.