Old Speckled Hen Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Look out for the Geminid meteor shower peaking on Monday night/tuesday morning. For us lot oop North here and Scotland there is a more than normal chance of seeing Aurora tomorrow night and Saturday night. There is a total lunar eclipse on the winter solstice but we'll get only the beginning here as the moon sets but anybody in The States should get a view of 72minutes!!!! of totality with a beautiful blood red moon hanging in the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Wonderful.. The sky here has been crystal clear for the past few nights,so I hope it lasts. Hubby could see Jupiter (I think) really bright & clear at 5am this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Will look out for things then. I love the sunsets this time of year - beautiful pinks & oranges over snowy / frosty fields. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Jupiter has been brilliant for some time now - I was looking at its moons through Phil's telescope. Saw a shooting star last night, but wrong direction for a geminid. I love the winter sky - Orion looks down over my house and somehow everything seems right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Thanks for the alert OSH - I haven't seen the aurora for about 7 years (though it took me a long time to recover from the job of witnessing it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Oh, is it Jupiter in the morning sky? It was so close to the rising sun I just assumed it was Venus I have a lovely picture on my blog too, with the crescent moon, I'd better change the write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I've not seen Jupiter in the morning yet, but it's up there of an evening, rising in the east. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Oh, is it Jupiter in the morning sky? It was so close to the rising sun I just assumed it was Venus I have a lovely picture on my blog too, with the crescent moon, I'd better change the write up Don't change it. It is Venus. Jupiter is an evening planet. Take a look here http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/astronomy/nightsky/#planets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Thats why I said 'I think' As a rule the husband generally doesn't know what he is talking about Although I think he did consult Google Sky maps on his phone...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Assume you are looking thro a telescope? The skies here are lovely - red sky etc means it will be nice tommorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 You can see the moons with decent bins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 We've got lovely clear skies at the moment - hope they continue long enough to see them......we were picking out constellations last night on the way home with grandson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Sorry er being thick "bins" is this dustbins or just a word for glasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 binoculars ...sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Ok,it was Saturn according to sky maps....does that make more sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Yes you're quite right Cinnamon. I never thought of Saturn I found this from Dec 2nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 This is my pic, from 3rd December at around 7am, looking South. Hmm, just looked a bit closer at my pic and there's something to the right and a little higher than Venus, over by the tree, a little dot. Do you think it might be Saturn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Yes I see it. Could be. I wish I knew more about this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I shall ask Phil - he knows his skies... There's a good link here to explain some of the sights - the images are too big to embed here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Probably a plane or UFO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Or a chinese lantern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 I shall ask Phil - he knows his skies... There's a good link here to explain some of the sights - the images are too big to embed here. Good link, thanks Claret, I've bookmarked it. The only trouble with spotting the less obvious constellations is that there aren't those white lines joining the stars in the sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Anyone with a smart phone should download Google Skymap - it is amazing & really fascinating. Its free too,I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I think there's a free apple app called planets that gives a 3D view of the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Or a chinese lantern. They've fooled me before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
