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Saw Jupiter and Mars, both just looking at sky and through my telescope, and photographed the latter. Did not see the other planets (Uranus and Neptune too faint to see, Venus and Mercury too much clouds).
Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora
If you are not yet a user of Stellarium, let me lure you in, DrM.It's a free, interactive, open-source planetarium. Very handy.I've been using it for years. I use the downloaded version.https://stellarium.org/ There's a web version you can try. Not so good IMO, https://stellarium-web.org/
Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons
It's one of the best pieces of software in the known universe.
Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze
This link is interesting too, Brian - nothing like as useful but a bit different.https://www.stonehengeskyscape.co.uk/
Sad newsUK space launch: Historic Cornwall rocket launch ends in failurehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64218883 Suggestion of a fault in the second stage 'Newton' rocket engine
Originally Posted by: DEW
But there's a lot not visible to many people's naked eyes ...Light pollution: Huge fall in stars that can be seen with naked eyehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64321824
I put my comments on the Environment thread as it gets more clicks than Space, DEW. 😁I certainly find that true from personal experience. I seldom bother to put out my telescope now.Got a dramatic view of ISS rising in the west yesterday evening.Roger
Comet 2022 E3 [ZTF] is currently visible to the naked eye. Whilst it is past it's brightest, it's closest approach to the earth is on 1st February 2023. It's suggested that the last time this green tailed comet would have been visible on earth would have been during the Ice Age ........https://science.nasa.gov/comet-2022-e3-ztf
Originally Posted by: llamedos
A very recently discovered asteroid will pass within 2,200 miles of Earth tonight; that’s extremely close - well inside the orbits of many of our satellites.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64411469
Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White
Venus and Jupiter are moving together towards a conjunction on 1 March. Apparently they should both be viewable through the same telescopic field. Their approach was very apparent this evening.https://sites.rowan.edu/planetarium/blog/2023/03/conjunction-venus-jupiter.html
Originally Posted by: Bolty