September 27, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Cheese said: This image is absolutely mindblowing. The moon in front of the Earth, taken from 1,000,000 miles away. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/696/from-a-million-miles-away-moon-crossing-face-of-earth/https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/696/from-a-million-miles-away-moon-crossing-face-of-earth/ Wow! Some of the new Juno pictures of Jupiter are amazing too! https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23803
September 28, 20205 yr 8 hours ago, kent_white said: Wow! Some of the new Juno pictures of Jupiter are amazing too! https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23803 Looks a bit breezy on there.
September 28, 20205 yr Japanese craft Hyabusa2 sampling from the surface of an asteroid 200M miles away to grab samples that land back here in December:
September 30, 20205 yr https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/science-environment-54337779?__twitter_impression=true
October 11, 20205 yr Mars at its biggest and brightest on Tuesday https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54483853
November 25, 20205 yr I've never known Mars be visible for quite so long. Fairly sure it's been visible since about June or July.
November 25, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, MickyD said: I've never known Mars be visible for quite so long. Fairly sure it's been visible since about June or July. Happens roughly every two years. Comes really close every 16-17 years.
November 25, 20205 yr Author There’s a decent app called sky view which does this augmented reality thing. Shows you where all the constellations and planets are on the screen of the phone as you look round.
November 25, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, gonzo said: Happens roughly every two years. Comes really close every 16-17 years. Wonder if NASA will coincide there efforts to get there with it being closer?
November 25, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: Wonder if NASA will coincide there efforts to get there with it being closer? Definitely. Theres a bit about it on the NASA website 👍👍
November 25, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, superjohnmcginlay said: There’s a decent app called sky view which does this augmented reality thing. Shows you where all the constellations and planets are on the screen of the phone as you look round. Just dowloaded that and one called star walk 2 The latter seems a bit better. Little lad loved it. Mars is currently directly above the moon.
November 25, 20205 yr Author 29 minutes ago, gonzo said: Just dowloaded that and one called star walk 2 The latter seems a bit better. Little lad loved it. Mars is currently directly above the moon. Will have a look at that 👍🏻
November 26, 20205 yr Both mercury and venus proper visable near the sunrise. Be sharpish for mercury, wont be there long.
November 26, 20205 yr prepare for December 21st - sounds like it needs a bit of planning/timing but would be great through binoculars or a small scope: Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, 21 December 2020 - skyatnightmagazine
November 26, 20205 yr All I get on my roof are bloody pigeons https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/18/man-becomes-millionaire-as-1400000-meteorite-crashes-through-roof-13613820/
November 26, 20205 yr That's some find. Mind you, that one at the end at 40kg would do some bloody damage.
November 26, 20205 yr 14 hours ago, ZicoKelly said: I've got sky map Point it at the sky and it tells you what you're looking at Downloaded that earlier. Looks really good. Hoping for a clear night tonight to properly test it
November 26, 20205 yr On 25/11/2020 at 08:38, MickyD said: I've never known Mars be visible for quite so long. Fairly sure it's been visible since about June or July. this explains all https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/why-is-mars-sometimes-bright-and-sometimes-faint
November 26, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, Dimron said: All I get on my roof are bloody pigeons https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/18/man-becomes-millionaire-as-1400000-meteorite-crashes-through-roof-13613820/ Do you set your dog on them as well?
November 26, 20205 yr I lost one a couple of years ago and he was found after he chased some teenagers across a garden during a barbeque... poor bugger was hungry
December 1, 20205 yr This is awful! https://www.universetoday.com/149029/the-arecibo-observatory-platform-has-collapsed/
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