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bohica
coventry
211 of 231  Thu 16th Jun 2022 6:34pm  

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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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212 of 231  Tue 21st Jun 2022 8:12pm  

Nowthen, nowthen, I hopefully will awake with the help of my bedside bleeper, at 4 am tomorrow, to view in an easterly direction, the planets, our moon keeping them company. Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn all easy to see. You need an unobstructed horizon view, particularly for Venus (she's not wearing blue jeans). The difficult one is Mercury, literally near to Venus. Hope my alarm still works, I slept in this morning.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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213 of 231  Fri 5th Aug 2022 7:19pm  

Hi all, Hopefully a clear evening. Not much been going on in the evenings, the planets mostly in the morning show, when we are all fast asleep. Both Jupiter & Saturn are visible in the eastern hemisphere of our sky, before midnight, Saturn rising before Jupiter. Jupiter simply unmistakable because of its brightness. It's a much fresher night tonight so a shirt please if you are decking it with a glass of port. Sat relaxing comfortably, picture the sky as a huge horse race track. All of the horses going the same way, different speeds & always sticking to their lane. The next thing which is so hard. Instead of you being stationary in the viewing stand, you are in your lane going around too. PS. When I say all going in the same direction, that's true, but when planets are going around the far side of the sun to us, they appear in the sky to be going the opposite way. Well! What a pip! That apparent contra motion when it's being plotted on a flat map is called retrograde motion. It can also occur when say we are approaching Mars. Mars is on the outer lane to us, our orbit time much faster than Mars, so we are overtaking on the inside. That produces retro motion, but it's only apparent. It's a good job that there's no galactic police about, hey! Overtaking on the inside lane!
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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214 of 231  Sat 6th Aug 2022 8:27am  

Hi all, At 1am, Jupiter was brilliant, I saw Saturn but rather faint. Mars was rising above the eastern horizon.
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Heathite
Coventry
215 of 231  Sun 7th Aug 2022 7:19pm  

Jupiter this morning, along with a few of its moons. For the 'blue' image, I tried a different setting. I saw Mars, not much to photograph, couldn't see Saturn, too much light pollution.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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216 of 231  Fri 12th Aug 2022 1:47pm  

Hi all, A plead for my sanity! Last evening, post ten pm, I was determined to look for meteors, having seen a few the night before. I was so comfy in Pam's snug. Having enjoyed an earlier evening in, listening to children playing in our cul-de-sac, off-ground tig, as well as hide & seek. It was one of their birthdays. It was so lovely, I wanted to join in! Anyway back to my comfy snug. Yes, I saw one within minutes. That was the last, because I nodded off. At about 2.30am, I thought, I don't recognise that celing paper. Certainly not with Jupiter shining through it.
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Helen F
Warrington
217 of 231  Fri 12th Aug 2022 1:52pm  

Active between 17 and 24 August. This year’s peak will come on the night of Friday 12 August and before dawn on Saturday 13 August.
Non-Coventry - Astronomy, The Sky and Outer Space
PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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218 of 231  Fri 12th Aug 2022 1:56pm  

Hi Helen, There might be high cloud as the anticyclone drifts east. Last night was perfect.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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219 of 231  Sat 10th Dec 2022 7:18pm  

Hi all, Well wrapped, if you go outside now, find the big moon, rising in the north east, then look to the right & up a bit (Berni the bolt), the planet Mars with its orange glow makeup, is simply wonderful. Please don't stay out too long. Brrrrrrr.
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Midland Red

220 of 231  Wed 28th Dec 2022 5:48pm  

Apologies for the fact it's the Daily Mail, but this looks interesting for tonight Thumbs up
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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221 of 231  Wed 28th Dec 2022 6:15pm  

This might help. Night sky info
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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222 of 231  Thu 29th Dec 2022 4:56pm  

Hi all, Until around ten this evening, a clear sky is forecast, so giving a view of the of the planets. Some of the visible planets have been visible for months, Jupiter for most of this year, Mars for several months. Keep warm.
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Heathite
Coventry
223 of 231  Thu 29th Dec 2022 5:38pm  

I don't know if you can see Mars in this image but it is in the top left corner and just about to hide behind the moon. It was taken on December 8th. I thought at first that I'd got dust on the camera sensor but was relieved to discover not so when I properly reviewed the images. I have another, taken about 40-50 minutes later, where Mars is now on the bottom right of the image. I hope you can see Mars. Here's the second/later image.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
224 of 231  Tue 28th Feb 2023 4:35pm  

Have to share this link, even if it's just to view the spectacular Northern Lights. I'd have never believed it was possible to view them this far south. Kenilworth Castle Aurora Borealis
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Helen F
Warrington
225 of 231  Tue 28th Feb 2023 4:41pm  

Cool. Double thumbs up Sadly here I get the aurora Liverpudlia, the aurora Mancunia and the aurora Warringtonia. After that, not much is visible.
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