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Something to look for tonight... UK

NIGHTBOY

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NIGHTBOY

NIGHTBOY

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I've had enough of looking at the moon now so I'm wondering if there's anything people are going to be looking for tonight???? I have a good south and west view from my garden..

Any hours tonight as it's not a school night!

Anyone out searching the skies tonight??

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Qualia

Qualia

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Shame you don't fancy a tad more of the Moon, for you could always continue hunting out a little more of the 101. Langrenus and its ancient rays, Mare Crisium and Petavius will reveal majestic sites if only viewed for a few minutes. Anyway, this week I've had a nice time hunting out Neptune and Uranus and splitting doubles. It's another marvelous day today and I fancy heading out tonight but I think I owe my girlfriend a night out (I'll set the alarm for 5am though and have a peek and sketch of Jupiter. Hehehe) :grin: .

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SplintUK

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While you're on, other iPhone apps that I use are:

Polar align

Scope help

Iss visibility

Sky safari (including a nice 'tonight's best' list under the search. And if you pay, will control your mount if you buy either a skyfi or skywire connector)

I like 'sky survey' too as it is an all sky photo rather than artificial star maps - which is nice - but that is best on iPad - it's a bit small on iPhone.

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SplintUK

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I'm going to have a crack at Andromeda tonight, should be visable around 11/12pm if I'm correct???

Andromeda never sets, it just gets a bit low to the horizon. It should be in the eastern sky at sunset, just behind those clouds and straight on for about 2.5 million light years.
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Yes according to Stellarium it should be visible from my back garden around 11/12pm, way above the moon. I've never seen it but I'm told it's pretty cool.

The moon will mostly wash it out tonight. Worth looking at it tonight, then again on a moonless night and compare what you see.
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acey

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If you're looking in the right place and can't see M31 then it means your sky is too bright - from light pollution or the moon or both. Try again on a darker night or at a darker place. At a dark site it's an easy naked-eye object, but in a bright sky it can be impossible. (The sky may look black, but that's only because your eye is dazzled by ambient light - the test is to find your naked-eye limiting magnitude, for example by examining the stars of Ursa Minor).

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