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That’s exactly what I said to my neighbour who gave us the heads up. I owe him a beer as I now don’t need to take the wife to IcelandGot a couple off the actual camera not just the phone....
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life event ticked off from back garden without spending £1000's getting to Iceland!
Never thought we’d see it from our own house. Amazing!
You could always send her on her own!That’s exactly what I said to my neighbour who gave us the heads up. I owe him a beer as I now don’t need to take the wife to Iceland
Never thought we’d see it from our own house. Amazing!
Berwick-upon-Tweed
We went to Skye to see the phenominominom, and didn't, not too bad for the republic of Walsall...
Too cloudy in Northampton.... I'll look again later
Some sky visible my side of Northampton. No sign of any auorae, but Mars is clearly visible.
Sywell side is clear now
Incredibly I can see Uranus from here too... I had to say it, I'm such a diptard.
On a more serious note using "Stellarium" on my tablet to get my eye in and looking south Jupiter just above Orion with Mars easily visible to the left and further down with Neptune apparently right of Jupiter and low to the horizon have been visible for the last couple of weeks.
In all honesty I can't really see Neptune but then even the Pleiades are a blur to my noob pensioner eyes, did take a picture last week at 3AM after doing the wee walk, surprised how bright it was out.
That bright star is Procyon... I think
On a more serious note using "Stellarium" on my tablet to get my eye in and looking south Jupiter just above Orion with Mars easily visible to the left and further down with Neptune apparently right of Jupiter and low to the horizon have been visible for the last couple of weeks.
In all honesty I can't really see Neptune but then even the Pleiades are a blur to my noob pensioner eyes, did take a picture last week at 3AM after doing the wee walk, surprised how bright it was out.
That bright star is Procyon... I think
With a helf decent set of binoculars you can make out some of Jupiter's moons too.Incredibly I can see Uranus from here too... I had to say it, I'm such a diptard.
On a more serious note using "Stellarium" on my tablet to get my eye in and looking south Jupiter just above Orion with Mars easily visible to the left and further down with Neptune apparently right of Jupiter and low to the horizon have been visible for the last couple of weeks.
In all honesty I can't really see Neptune but then even the Pleiades are a blur to my noob pensioner eyes, did take a picture last week at 3AM after doing the wee walk, surprised how bright it was out.
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That bright star is Procyon... I think
I've got some huge Argos cheapy Celestron binoculars but struggle to hold them steady so most objects zig zag in and out of view.
Mars loses it's redness if I can hold it in view long enough but the edges of the moon and the fact you can see the crater sides in 3D and get an idea of their height is pretty fantastic.
I think this year we'll try and get to a "dark skies" campsite as I'd love to definitively know I've seen the Milky Way.
Mars loses it's redness if I can hold it in view long enough but the edges of the moon and the fact you can see the crater sides in 3D and get an idea of their height is pretty fantastic.
I think this year we'll try and get to a "dark skies" campsite as I'd love to definitively know I've seen the Milky Way.
I've got some huge Argos cheapy Celestron binoculars but struggle to hold them steady so most objects zig zag in and out of view.
Mars loses it's redness if I can hold it in view long enough but the edges of the moon and the fact you can see the crater sides in 3D and get an idea of their height is pretty fantastic.
I think this year we'll try and get to a "dark skies" campsite as I'd love to definitively know I've seen the Milky Way.
Kielder Campsite · Hexham
Basic, clean, nice site in the middle of Northumberland dark skies region. All van pitches have hard standing (awning on grass) Close to watersports, cycling and hiking if that's your thing. Kielder observatory (below) very close. We saw Milky Way most nights
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