Look at the moon tonight.....

Hastingsaddick

Any idea what that is above it, not to sure if it's just a star, wife seems to think it could be Mars or could it be Venus? I know a few of you are keen on astrology so thought this would be the ideal place to ask.

Solidgone

What moon?

stackitsteve

Its Mars

stackitsteve

Been following these guys.... http://www.meteorwatch.org/uk-iss-passes-april-2014.html

on twitter the past few days as we are in a 12 day cycle of the space station passing overhead each night.

Quite amazing to watch it going over knowing its 260 miles high and going at over 17 thousand mph

Henry Irving

Astronomy not Astrology
: - )

Beckboy

If its at the bottom its Uranus ;-)

AddickUpNorth

I thought this thread was going to be a 'opening words to your best chat-up line' kinda thing.

Guess you'll never know now.

WSS

https://twitter.com/AestheticLondon/status/455802949244289024

ValleyGary

Very cool!

UrbanChupacabra

Taken from the sky view app #ipadtugger

ForeverAddickted

UrbanChupacabra said:

Taken from the sky view app #ipadtugger

Who's the bird stuck in the sky?

floydroadfaithfull

Been a bright sky at night all weekend

JT

Guna rinse the battery if someone doesn't turn it down

Miserableoldgit

AddickUpNorth said:

I thought this thread was going to be a 'opening words to your best chat-up line' kinda thing.

Guess you'll never know now.

Never worked for me ;-(

Hastingsaddick

stackitsteve said:

Its Mars

Clever Mrs Hastings then, she thought it was but wasn't 100%.

AddicksAddict

Star Chart app is excellent for telling you what you're looking at in the sky. On a recent trip to Malta saw Jupiter, Mars and Saturn, the latter for the first time with the naked eye.

MSE7

floydroadfaithfull said:

Been a bright sky at night all weekend

Let's hope it's shining bright tonight after we beat Barnsley.

Covered End

So is Mars still going to be viewable tonight, with the naked eye ?

Brendan_O_Connell

Covered End said:

So is Mars still going to be viewable tonight, with the naked eye ?

If it is I'll be too pissed to notice.

HarryLime

You'll be able to see Mars throughout the summer. It looks like a bright reddish star.
Follow the arc of the handle of the Plough, you'll come to a bright star, do the same distance again and it'll be there. It's towards the SE about 10ish.
Star Gazing = The New Trainspotting

Covered End

HarryLime said:

You'll be able to see Mars throughout the summer. It looks like a bright reddish star.
Follow the arc of the handle of the Plough, you'll come to a bright star, do the same distance again and it'll be there. It's towards the SE about 10ish.
Star Gazing = The New Trainspotting

Can you draw a diagram ? :-)

Brendan_O_Connell

Richard J

I have enjoyed this thread and last night viewed Mars.

Interesting stuff.

Phantom_User

ForeverAddickted said:

UrbanChupacabra said:

Taken from the sky view app #ipadtugger

Who's the bird stuck in the sky?

Lucy.... ?

creepyaddick

UrbanChupacabra said:

Taken from the sky view app #ipadtugger

Siddarn!

creepyaddick

Will the iss put in a show tonight?

carly burn

Watched the. Space station fly over last night. Nothing spectacular about it but it does blow the mind a little when you consider the bigger picture

man_at_milletts

creepyaddick said:

Will the iss put in a show tonight?

Yes, 21.01-21.07 from West to East. Directly overhead too.

man_at_milletts

HarryLime said:

You'll be able to see Mars throughout the summer. It looks like a bright reddish star.
Follow the arc of the handle of the Plough, you'll come to a bright star, do the same distance again and it'll be there. It's towards the SE about 10ish.
Star Gazing = The New Trainspotting

Hmm, I'm getting into this as a new retirement hobby. Quite fascinating what goes on up there.

MrOneLung

If only the constellations looked like their names!

creepyaddick

Just took the kids out to see the ISS that was an incredible feeling knowing there are people up there going round the world in 3 hours or whatever the stats are!