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Clear until midnight, took Arcturus with pixel 4a 23.40

23.40bst

Clear sky until midnight 

Arcturus from the garden + Lilac tree with pixel 4a  

Brilliant pano

What are the cluster of stars/nebula to the right of the prancing horse? 

Could the trees be coppiced or trimmed down? 

You must of felt very proud and excited when you finished building such a grand observatory. 

Is there going to be another observatory to replace the dismantled one? 

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Aurora levels are through the roof

What size is the core of comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS i haven't seen any information. 

4 hours ago, Arnav said:

Hey there! Arnav from India here. We are recently experiencing cloudy/rainy weather over here. Was anybody able to capture pictures of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks. It recently had its perihilion on 21st April

There's a lot of 12P Pons-Brooks pictures in the widefield Special Events section 😉

3 hours ago, dd999 said:

I've seen the last thread post was two weeks ago - am I too late to the party on this one now?

From the UK it's not possible to see Pons-Brooks anymore. 

The comet is now visible in the southern hemisphere. 

There might be another comet visible from the UK in October. 

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/comet-c-2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas

11 hours ago, PeterStudz said:

Hale-Bopp is the only comet that I’ve seen naked eye. I wasn’t into astronomy back then, but even in a light polluted areas it was clear, with a tail, like drawings and paintings of comets I’d seen. You couldn’t miss it. 

So far I can remember Comet Wirtanen as just naked eye visible. Neowise was clearly visible by eye, and I could just about see 12P Pons- Brooks at the end of March. 

Comets are fascinating and scary too. 

Hale-Bopp C/1995 O1 during 1997 was amazing , was lucky to be around for that one. Before Hale-Bopp I hadn't seen a Comet. I can't remember Comet West in 1976, i may of seen it by chance...

More info on Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS 

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/comet-c-2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas

4 hours ago, Mr Spock said:

Just took in half a dozen bright and familiar doubles. Back to the moon now:-

Have you two weather stations? 

Another slight show from the Aurora, it was very active earlier before dark, ok for the Southern hemisphere. 

Dodgy phone pic

About 23.30 

Phone

Just noticed 13P Olbers on stellarium while checking the altitude or 12P Pons-Brooks. 

Then checked SGL for any info. 

Prolly too feint for untracked DSLR shots. 

1 hour ago, Nyctimene said:

Just came in from a short (30 mins) observation of the nice triangle: thin crescent moon - Jupiter - comet Pons-Brooks. The APM 16x70 MS ED gave crisp views in the clear evening sky; Moon and Jupiter fitting in the same field of view (4.1°). A tad to the W, the comet's coma and star-like false nucleus came into view. Brightness of the coma around 5.0 (a tad brighter than the defocussed Pi Ari (5.3 mag) close by). Tail visible for 15-20 arc min, but several times, especially during moving the tripod-mounted binos, even longer in averted vision, up to 1.5°(?). Three totally different objects of the solar system, almost in the same field of view; fascinating.

Stephan

Cloud and drizzle over the UK 

 Would of loved to get a photo of those three.

Sinking into the murk yesterday evening April 9th.  Probably the last chance to photograph it.

The crescent moon will be in conjunction with the comet tonight, the weather forecast is not good though hereabouts.

Mostly clear skies yesterday evening.

The Comet is harder to photograph now as it sinks lower at dusk. 

Saturday April 6th 

A gap in the cirrus for 5 mins allowed a couple of shots this evening. It wasn't really dark enough, but the clouds thickened up again before dark. Thin clouds and a bit of editing on the phone has bloated Jupiter. 

zoom at 120mm APSC

A brief clear gap Wednesday 3rd from the backyard with phone

Seems to be having another outburst again. 

https://earthsky.org/tonight/12-p-comet-pons-brooks-outburst-millennium-falcon-bright-2024-eclipse/

https://www.spaceweather.com/ (April 4th Archive) 

Another phone pic from Yesterday 3rd March 

The skies were a bit "mucky" in East Anglia yesterday evening (Monday 1st April). 

Just to see what happened I tried to pick up comet 12P with my phone, It wasn't great but it shows in the photos. 

Saturday 30th March 

A couple more from the backyard. Single 20s exposures ISO 1600-6400 

5 hours ago, inFINNity Deck said:

Tonight had had another chance. Again weather was not quite cooperative. First I had to wait for the clouds to disappear, then, 10 minutes after imaging started, fog started to form. Luckily my observatory is 7 metres above ground level, so not too much issue there for the first five minutes, but it kept me from shooting luminance. Same processing as above. The bright star is Hamal.

Nicolàs

 

Awesome 🧐

Awful news 

I really enjoyed his vlogs , and WITNS on YouTube. 

He did come across as slightly thin/frail at times.

He lived for his passion of the night sky. 

RIP Alyn