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I always enjoy listening to these programmes with Jim Al-Khalili. This weeks broadcast was from the RAS in London, with Mike Edmonds from Cardiff University - very entertaining! 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yhzp

What an unexpected treat of an Aurora display tonight!  Captured the magenta Aurora glow from the garden with iPhone. 

Also managed to catch a lovely Aurora glow with iPhone -  glad it was clear for us tonight! 

Comet 12P has put on a good show and another Halley-type comet is on its way! 13P Olbers is in Taurus and should be observable in binoculars throughout the summer months -  perihelion on 30th June with a magnitude of around 7. It's about 10th mag. now and up by the Pleiades, so reasonably placed in the evening. 

Very low down this evening, visible in binoculars as a hazy patch after 9. This shows the comet around 9.20 just above the mountain line between house and tree, with a bright Jupiter.  

Same for me, very poor conditions and haze just showing in 8x42 close to the right of Hamel. Managed a poor shot through trees and amazed to think been watching this comet since Nov. when it was high up in a dark sky!  

I watched Mercury setting this evening, from around 7 til 7.30 -  fairly bright naked eye. iPhone image with a bright Jupiter and Mercury just on the skyline beside the trees. Always enjoy a view of the elusive planet.  

I had a view of Comet 12P in 8x42s this evening. It's coma is bright, almost stellar like with perhaps a hint of an elongation. Not the best of conditions though, but looking rather good. I also caught a nice pass of the ISS, very bright tonight even through the clouds! 

An image of Comet 12P taken this evening with my iPhone 12.

Yes agree, I had a look about 7.30 before it got to low -  in 8x42 binoculars it's a bright object. M31 was not far above so it was a good guide scanning between the two. I also took an image of the area with my iPhone, and it shows up well !

This might be worth a watch. Live broadcast of the Intuitive Machines 1 landing of Odysseus from 10pm UK. Looking outside at the bright moon seems to give a sense of anticipation for the event - hope all goes well.

https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/intuitive-machines-1-lunar-landing/

Just caught the end of the BBC news, a piece on a very bright meteor spotted in Lincolnshire yesterday In daylight.  Hope someone here managed a view - wonder if it made land? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-lincolnshire-68345843

33 minutes ago, Pixies said:

and here's the very faint Leo1 galaxy next to Regulus:

clue:

33 minutes ago, Pixies said:

and here's the very faint Leo1 galaxy next to Regulus:

clue:

That galaxy 'smudge' image is about the closest depiction I've seen that represents how many DSO and diffuse comets appear visually in my small telescope! 

After showers , it's cleared to a lovely night to reveal a splendid crescent moon taken with  iPhone 12.

Clear view of the ISS this evening over the garden. 

Good record on here of event with footage, quite a spectacle. 

https://www.imo.net/2024-bx1-8th-predicted-earth-impact/

Two passes of the ISS this evening, both in part obscured by bright cloud. 

Epic trip, exciting just reading your experiences.

iPhone image of a bright Geminid meteor.

I noticed a sun dog late this afternoon, taken from a window at work. It seemed better to the eye though, nice to see. 

This should have been posted in what did you see tonight section, can you move please.

Low pass of the ISS this evening, caught just behind the tree!

Great piece of community work, hopefully first of many more. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67941824

Clouds were low down in the area of Mercury, but lovely view of Venus and crescent moon. 

I saw it in binoculars around 7.40, although skies to bright for visual view by then.