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Astronomy => Alerts! Questions? Discussions... => Topic started by: Whitters on Jul 19, 2004, 22:13:00

Title: Last night
Post by: Whitters on Jul 19, 2004, 22:13:00
Was it a good night last night or what!
Once the haze cleared there was even a suggestion of Milky Way.
Finaly got to bed at 2am
Title: Last night
Post by: Rick on Jul 19, 2004, 23:28:00
I wonder whether tomorrow's observing evening will be so favoured....
Title: Last night
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Jul 20, 2004, 01:13:00
What part of the country we're you in?  It was really cloudy and raining in Mottingham :sad:

Clear skies luxury
Title: Last night
Post by: Mike on Jul 20, 2004, 02:42:00
Nice clear skies here too - Too busy unpacking our camping stuff to do anything about it though.
Title: Last night
Post by: Whitters on Jul 20, 2004, 05:55:00
No rain in Hayes. Imaging M27, always love this object since I 'discovered' it with a pair of 5" binoculars at the "Astronomy Centre".
Title: Last night
Post by: Anonymous on Jul 20, 2004, 20:45:00
Sunday night was good.  I was able to find the M27 nebula for the first time with my new 9x63 binoculars. Appeared as a little fuzzy disc.  Able to see the milky way clearly from Sevenoaks.  Does anyone know some decent websites with good charts for Uranus and Neptune?
Title: Last night
Post by: Simon on Jul 20, 2004, 21:00:00
Last message was mine, didn't log in properly.  Are any asteroids also visible thorugh binoculars in the evening sky at the moment.  Do you know know of any finder charts for these?
Title: Last night
Post by: spendrey on Jul 20, 2004, 21:32:00
Cartes du Ciel is a great free application for finding objects in the sky at your current location and time.
It's available as a free download from...

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html

Title: Last night
Post by: Whitters on Jul 20, 2004, 21:35:00
Try the Sky and telescope site at http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1221_1.asp
Title: Last night
Post by: Whitters on Jul 20, 2004, 21:37:00
spendrey is right Carte du Ciel is very good. And it will often have catalogue updates to add new objects.