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Alwaysaniron 10:53 Mon Aug 10
Star Gazers

Just a heads up to anybody that has kids or is just keen on a bit of star gazing. With the weather set to be clear down south on Tuesday night then look out for the annual Perseid meteor shower which with clear stars and a dark sky could be quite dramatic. Anything up to 100 shooting stars per hour. Get away from any light pollution if you can for an even better view.

Mike Oxsaw 12:41 Tue Aug 11
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Far Cough 9:08 Mon Aug 10

Are you only making plans for Rigel?

Alwaysaniron 12:12 Tue Aug 11
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Sunset on the south coast is 8.34 so the same approx for anybody hereabouts I'd say. Suggest from 9 pm - midnight will be best as after then the moon rises and will cause more 'light pollution'.

Listen out for the 'cracklers' as they're a bit special.

BRANDED 9:56 Mon Aug 10
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Thanks for the tip. Will be ready

Mr Anon 9:37 Mon Aug 10
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NR

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-stargaze-in-cities.html


Not ideal but you can still get impressive views, using a long hollow tube can work too, but you will look mental.

Kite 9:31 Mon Aug 10
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Thanks for the info Alwaysniron.
Do we know what time this will start and what direction
to look.

Far Cough 9:08 Mon Aug 10
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Any chance of seeing Rigel before it goes supernova?

gph 8:58 Mon Aug 10
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It's Day of the Triffids night tonight?

the exile 7:19 Mon Aug 10
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Is it right that it's best to look north for the best view of the Perseids?

Swiss. 5:28 Mon Aug 10
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Venus at full cycle magnitude -4. 3rd brightest object in sky.

Alwaysaniron 4:48 Mon Aug 10
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Jupiter and Saturn both visible looking SSW at about 11 at night. Jupiter is the brighter of the 2 but they're really close to each other. (well visually anyway... before some pedant tells me they're actually millions of miles apart)

yngwies Cat 3:27 Mon Aug 10
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Venus is the first Stella object visible in the night sky.

Mike Oxsaw 2:35 Mon Aug 10
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I think both Jupiter & Saturn are visible in the late evening (certainly from Muscat, unless Stellarium is telling me porkies). The moon follows shortly afterwards (not so good for shooting stargazers, that).

zebthecat 1:42 Mon Aug 10
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Thanks
Should be good from my back garden as the street lights go off at 11.
Usually in Cornwall for this *sob*

Nurse Ratched 12:48 Mon Aug 10
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W67 - Arf!


I have used a borrowed pair of 10x50s before to look at the sky. Obviously not as good as a high mags telescope, but still worth a good that'sall you have. There was still too much light pollution, but that was a separate issue. I got round the tripod issue by lying on my back on the ground. Far less shake.

yngwies Cat 12:24 Mon Aug 10
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Thanks for this!

Westham67 12:21 Mon Aug 10
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Nurse Ratched 11:03 Mon Aug 10

Did he take them of off a Jap POW after the taking of Iwo Jima ?

ray winstone 12:19 Mon Aug 10
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Off to Scotland on Weds, 60 miles north of Inverness so hoping for a clear night!

Alwaysaniron 12:16 Mon Aug 10
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Dan M 11:50 Mon Aug 10
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Do bins work with meteor showers?

Not unless you've got a tripod. Too much movement really. You'll see plenty with the naked eye though.

Really is a good thing to do, particularly if you've got younger kids.

Dan M 11:50 Mon Aug 10
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Do bins work with meteor showers? Whenever I've watched them I've needed a wide field of vision to spot the streaks and then not enough time to grab anything to look through.

Westham67 11:40 Mon Aug 10
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There was bloke lived near us when I was a kid who had a problem with his neck and was always looking up and my old man used to say there goes old star gazer as he walked past our house

dm 11:29 Mon Aug 10
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And Mars is very prominent in the SE sky after midnight at the moment.

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