That's a great image of the wispy clouds Simon. I went for a walk this morning just before sunrise and noticed Jupiter to the West and watched it as it was...
Hi Simon, ... I was outside at that time and saw a lump of cloud directly over the house that seemed to be illuminated but I couldn't tell from where. My...
For the last month I've been looking for them on the way to bed. I had to check last night with the images www.spaceweather.com to confirm that they were...
Lydia,  Jupiter is currently low down for us in Sagittarius along with some splendid deep sky objects!  I've never observed the deep sky objects in...
Hi Simon, I have seen the ghost of Jupiter I love the blue colour, Saturn nebula, Orion, Omega Centauri the Coal Sack to name a few at local viewing sites as...
Hello, Tonight looks like a fairly decent night for NLC's. (Well, it does down here in Houghton... :) ) I will leave my e-mail system switched on for the rest...
Hello, Jules spotted something near Cygnus at about 2300 BST, a diffuse patch of cloud, illuminated but we can't see where from. I have a picture, which I'll...
Hello, Here's a link to the unusual cloud spotted over Houghton-le-Spring last night. http://www.newcastleastronomical.org.uk/images/nlc04jul0823bst_thumb.jpg ...
David, Â At the time the sun was 6 degrees below the northern horizon, Cygnus was 50 degrees above and NLCs are at an altitude of 80km. Could the sun have...
  Two interesting fact about NLCs:-  1) The first conclusive observation was by T.W. Backhouse in Sunderland 1884  2) The optimal viewing location is...
... I think it's great - good work! My Sky at Night subscription normally covers most of my monthly reading, it will be nice to supplement this with another...
Hi David, Thanks for the newsletter. I like the way it is set out. Plenty of space between words and lines, and relevant pictures. I hope we get good viewing...
Hi All, a great viewing on the 14th with the occultation of Antares by the Moon. I took a few pics with my canon powershot A400 through my Tasco 2 and half...
Lydia,  Thanks for sharing these. In July/August  full moon skirts above the southern horizon for us - its quite strange to see.  I came across this free...
A few bright ISS passes over the next 10 days. Add 1 hours for BST! Â Â Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. 18 Jul ...
... Missed it. The film on Five, "Anger Management", overran. Sod it. Now I need anger management myself. ;) I will try for the next one at about 0040 hours. ...
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