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four
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02 May 2020 15:14:56

With the help of Stellarium I named some, I would only have known Venus which was almost bright enough to cast a shadow when this was taken at last New Moon.

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Roger Parsons
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02 May 2020 15:57:00

Excellent, four. I am no astrophotographer.

Glad to see you are using Stellarium. If you want a monthly summary of the night sky, try:

http://www.astrospace.co.uk/Astrospace/monthly-sky/monthlynightsky.html

Paul Money writes for Sky at Night magazine.

Roger

Edited by user 02 May 2020 16:00:30 | Reason: + bold

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fairweather
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18 May 2020 15:35:42

With the help of Stellarium I named some, I would only have known Venus which was almost bright enough to cast a shadow when this was taken at last New Moon.

Originally Posted by: four

There is a website called astrometry.net run by NASA. You upload you image and in real time and annotate your stars and Messier objects for you. Takes about 5 minutes usually to get an answer. Incredible resource and it's free.

S.Essex, 42m ASL