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  1. Walshie79
    Just caught it again, bright twilight so less easy to judge but still seems noticeably fainter than Aldebaran, though again brighter than Bellatrix. And I can see Sirius! In August, never done that before.
  2. Walshie79
    It's back! Caught it just now, and although it's now clearly brighter than Bellatrix and Alnath, it still seems to be fainter than Aldebaran though not by a huge amount. It's not as bright as I was expecting. I'd still go with the last estimate of 1.2 I posted back at the end of March. Will keep an eye on it as it gets higher in the sky...
  3. Walshie79
    Back to first magnitude now. About equal with Aldebaran and Pollux, clearly brighter than Bellatrix, still fainter than Procyon. Estimate 1.2, at its faintest I had it around 1.9
  4. Walshie79
    Also it is definitely closer to Castor than Pollux in terms of brightness
  5. Walshie79
    I had a good look earlier; it seems to have dimmed even more compared to 2-3 weeks ago. If brighter than Bellatrix only by 0.1 mag or so, much fainter than Pollux, not noticeably brighter than Elnath or Castor. It looks more 2nd than 1st magnitude. I'd guess 1.6- it's unfortunate that Adhara (epsilon CMaj), which is about 1.5, doesn't rise more than a few degrees as it would be a good comparison.
  6. Walshie79
    And just now I could briefly see Betelgeuse and Regulus simultaneously; I think Betelgeuse is fainter. Also Betelgeuse is not visible through thin clouds that keep swirling around in front of the stars while the other bright stars nearby (Rigel, Procyon, Sirius) are. I'd put Betelgeuse at around 1.4 at the moment
  7. Walshie79
    Just been out for a look, first clear night since I heard about this. It's much dimmer than "normal". I've known it be as bright as Rigel, but now as I see it's: Clearly fainter than Aldebaran Slightly fainter than Pollux Still brighter than Bellatrix, but not by much Will compare it to Regulus when that rises to a decent altitude.
  8. Walshie79
    Just popped outside where I am and it's a bit hazy but visible. Could see a red tinge to the umbra and a nice thick "crescent" at the lower part.
  9. Walshie79

    Just a quick peek with the bins at some late winter objects- M46/47 looking good, M93 easily seen which means good transparency, M44 coming into view nicely. Finally a nice clear night!

  10. Walshie79

    Venus and Saturn looking nice together.. and a star that must be Antares.. and how old is that Moon?

  11. Walshie79

    Went out at 7.20 and saw a bit of clear sky! Too light to go spring Messier hunting by then but dark enough for a look at Jupiter and the moons

  12. Walshie79

    Think I just saw a bright fireball low in the NW

  13. Walshie79

    Visible just now: Ursa Major, the whole Summer Triangle, Fomalhaut and Orion. The Four Seasons Sky!

  14. Walshie79

    Finally that pesky streetlight decides not to work and yet cloud refuses to clear off

  15. Walshie79

    Wow that's the darkest lunar eclipse I've ever seen..

  16. Walshie79

    What a clear night. Never knew M39 could be a naked eye object before!

    1. MarsG76

      MarsG76

      so thats where all the clear skies went... mate, I found your clouds, they're here in Australia and you can have your clouds back... :-)

    2. Walshie79

      Walshie79

      No please keep them :-)

    3. kenny k

      kenny k

      What! clouds in Australia.Try living in Manchester Uk

  17. Walshie79

    Nice to see you again, Mr. Orion...

    1. ronin

      ronin

      I noticed the Pleiades a few night s back, only about 1:30am guess Orion, or bits of, makes an appearance about 2 hours later.

    2. Gutross

      Gutross

      I cant wait to stare at the belt!

    3. Walshie79

      Walshie79

      At 5am could pick out Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Rigel and the belt in the gathering dawn. Too light to see M42 though.

  18. Walshie79

    Sky seems abnormally bright at the moment even for midsummer; impossible to see any objects below about mag 7 in binocularseven well away from the moon...

  19. Walshie79

    First properly clear night in 3 weeks and the moon is drowning everything! Hopeless trying to look at Sagittarius, had to make do with the brighter globs like M3, M5, M13, M92

  20. Walshie79

    First time able to see anything for 2 weeks- not great with moon and summer twilight but picked up M3, M51 and Albireo

  21. Walshie79

    Finally caught Venus in daylight. Been trying for weeks

  22. Walshie79

    2 faint stars in Cancer posing as extra Jovian moons very well

    1. ronin

      ronin

      The odd star or five tends to do this at times, equally there is enough of them behind Jupiter at most bits of the sky. So there are post asking what is that other moon I can see?

  23. Walshie79

    Is that Aldebaran really close to the Moon? Must be very close to being occulted

    1. Scooot

      Scooot

      Yes it was. Just wound the clock back on sky safari, at 12.30am it was very close but didn't quite cover it. Good spot!

  24. Walshie79

    Finally a nice clear, transparent night, forgotten what they look like!

  25. Walshie79

    Now I see where Mr Messier was coming from. Just sweeping with the bins and wondered what a globular cluster was doing near Almach. Then realised it was Lovejoy...

    1. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      It does look like a bright globular, doesn't it

    2. Walshie79

      Walshie79

      An absolute ringer!

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