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Look at the moon tonight.....

Hastingsaddick
Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
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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.
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  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,269
    What moon?
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,133
    Its Mars
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,133
    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
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,512
    Astronomy not Astrology
    : - )
  • Beckboy
    Beckboy Posts: 1,685
    If its at the bottom its Uranus ;-)
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,326
    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
    WSS Posts: 25,120
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,199
    Very cool!
  • UrbanChupacabra
    UrbanChupacabra Posts: 541
    Taken from the sky view app #ipadtugger
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,206
    UrbanChupacabra said:

    Taken from the sky view app #ipadtugger

    Who's the bird stuck in the sky?

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  • floydroadfaithfull
    floydroadfaithfull Posts: 4,778
    Been a bright sky at night all weekend
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Guna rinse the battery if someone doesn't turn it down
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    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
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    stackitsteve said:

    Its Mars

    Clever Mrs Hastings then, she thought it was but wasn't 100%.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,964
    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
    MSE7 Posts: 1,345
    floydroadfaithfull said:

    Been a bright sky at night all weekend

    Let's hope it's shining bright tonight after we beat Barnsley.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,287
    So is Mars still going to be viewable tonight, with the naked eye ?
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    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
    HarryLime Posts: 1,295
    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
    Covered End Posts: 52,287
    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 ? :-)

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    image
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,042
    I have enjoyed this thread and last night viewed Mars.

    Interesting stuff.
  • Phantom_User
    Phantom_User Posts: 655
    ForeverAddickted said:

    UrbanChupacabra said:

    Taken from the sky view app #ipadtugger

    Who's the bird stuck in the sky?
    Lucy.... ?
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    UrbanChupacabra said:

    Taken from the sky view app #ipadtugger

    Siddarn!
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    Will the iss put in a show tonight?
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,650
    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
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,661
    edited April 2014
    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
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,661
    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
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,106
    If only the constellations looked like their names!
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    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!

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