orion is up :) 5am

[Daniel-K]

up for work yesterday morning at 5 and there was orion in the dawn sky quite low but still above the roofs didnt manage a peek but its a good sign hopefully this autum/winter will be colder and clearer ! than last year

[Kai]

Yup saw it this morning along with Venus , Jupiter

[The Sailor]

Far too early for me, getting to bed around 2ish these nights and being dragged out at too early hours still half asleep. Will be nie to see Orion again though, but in a few more weeks .

Jim

[Ant]

It's come around really quick this year

I watched M45 rise the other evening, before I went to bed and it really too me by surprised!

Ant

[JamesF]

Too late for me to stay up, and too early for me to get up

James

[lifeonmars]

This will be my first winter observing and I`m really looking forward to it,apart from cold extremities!!!! that is

[The Sailor]

This will be my first winter observing and I`m really looking forward to it,apart from cold extremities!!!! that is

Survival gear lad, survival gear .

Jim

[paul schofield]

I was watching Orion rise a bit earlier than that, around 04:00 am roughly a week back with my bino's at work. I could see Betelgeuse & thought it was Mars until I saw Rigel too, (how silly did I feel). That has got to be the silliest mistake I think I will ever admit to, on here anyway. I blame the red ha ha. Whoops!

[laser_jock99]

Been watching the Pleiades get slowly higher these last few weeks in the early hours. It's a joy to know Orion is not far behind.

[pel]

Brilliant, I have missed Orion and the Pleiades too.

[Si W]

I don't know what it is about Orion, but when I see it for the first time in late summer early autumn, just get a buzz. I must say I haven’t seen it yet.

[kirkster501]

I think the first view of Orion of the season is sssoooooo exciting ! Yet to see it myself yet. Can't wait !

[Stu]

Saw M45 after 3am the other night and the first few stars of Orion but needed to go to bed! Looking forward to it too

Stu

[Black Knight]

Like several others, I saw M45 for the first time this week. 'Twas beautiful!

[stellawolf]

yep i saw it aswell acouple of mornings ago when i let the

dogs out to do what dog do an all that about 5.15

[Monty]

Its like an old friend coming home

[jason.p]

For a beginner like me it's one of the most recognisable formations to get your bearings. When I start star hopping it will no doubt be one of my landmarks (or is that skymarks ). Got up at 4am to see if cloud had cleared, but it was raining Oh well, maybe tonight.

[Dunkster]

Tis the sign winter is a coming!

Was up last night for a quick squint at Jupiter and of course the Pleiades were riding high, although some thin cloud out east didn't do the Sisters justice. Trees obscured my view for Betelgeuse/Rigel but by the time I went back in I could see Venus and the Twins rising.

Happy days follow dark nights

[FarSide]

I'm really looking forward to getting my new Tak targeting Orion this year for some AP. Bring on the winter.

[leemanley]

All hail the great sword !!!!

Can't wait to get stuck into orion with my new set-up, bring on the cold !!!!!!!!!!!

[Qualia]

Been following Jupiter for around a month now (Venus tagging on tail); stunning transits and occulations and fascinating to see how the observable surface changes really quite rapidly.

[Marine Bio]

Yay! Orion is by far my favourite constellation, ever since I was a small child. Saw the Pleiades again last week and it fills me with excitement for the winter observing season. Can't wait!

[laser_jock99]

Yep Orion is coming here's a dawn twighlight M42 from last week to prove it.

Tip Of The Day- don't take a picture and calibrate PHD guiding software at the same time!!

[ely_ellis]

Orion is one of the few that I remember from being a kid out on the back lawn looking up at the sky. Don't know why but it has always stuck with me.

40 years later and I now have a telescope and that was the first thing I pointed it at early in the year.

Nice to see its return.

[ronaldo999]

A sign maybe that the clearer skies are coming???