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
I wonder whether tomorrow's observing evening will be so favoured....
What part of the country we're you in? It was really cloudy and raining in Mottingham :sad:
Clear skies luxury
Nice clear skies here too - Too busy unpacking our camping stuff to do anything about it though.
No rain in Hayes. Imaging M27, always love this object since I 'discovered' it with a pair of 5" binoculars at the "Astronomy Centre".
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?
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?
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
Try the Sky and telescope site at http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1221_1.asp
spendrey is right Carte du Ciel is very good. And it will often have catalogue updates to add new objects.