Looking good for tonight

[mike.brightmore]

Venus at almost half phase. Jupiter flanked by Io and Gannymede with Callisto just above the North Pole and Europa hidden behind the disk and a lovely thin crescent moon - all in a nearly straight line. Still 9 degrees C outside, low relative humidity and a clear sky with a bit of a breeze to keep the dew at bay. Here's hoping.

[Black Knight]

Hope you have a good 'un. Absolutely no chance here

[Dave Smith]

Thanks for that. Your post made me look out of the window so quickly set up a scope on an alt-az mount and enjoyed the views of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter. A quick look at M42 and then cloud. It hadn't occured to me to look out as I'm going to be busy most of the evening. Still very enjoyable.

Dave

[Marki]

My view to west is pretty restricted, so missed getting set up in time to still get Venus but managed a good view of Jupiter so far - not too much detail - tube needs to cool some more really, but dinner calls!

Hopefully it'll stay clear here for a good Mars later .

Clear skies all!

[Donwendy]

Got some wonderful views of that alignment but was disappointed not to get Mercury in as well, too much cloud around the horizon. Still it was great seeing 3 of our neighbours lined up so neatly.

[Irvine6]

Clear viewing for me to managed to get jupiter and venus, was trying out my new 2x barlow.

wasnt as clear as i thought, maybe a bad atmosphere?

[Donwendy]

Yeah, the atmosphere was definitely making things a little fuzzy last night for me.

[cotterless45]

Managed an evening with the local club. However after a reasonable start the clouds rolled in. It was great to show newies Orion,Jupiter, Mars and Venus.

My mate went very quiet with an 8" Dob, he managed to track the ISS and saw some details, including main shape, narrow to wide bit and the panels arangement.Nice.