I have rarely seen it so clear. Stunning

[lancerde]

Its minus 2 here and so clear it has taken my breath away. The milkyway is very well defined even standing a few meters from the street lights. Cassiopeia is almost lost in the star field.  I have just been outside with my cheap binos and it was stunning. The pleiades were beautiful and M31 clearly visible. There is also a lot of meteor activity. One in particular was spectacular. Very bright and falling slowly to the south east horizon. Just thought I would share. Truly beautiful. 

JC

[JohnC64]

Think you have made a lot of people very jealous :-)

Enjoy the evening
John

[cyborg421]

Its minus 2 here and so clear it has taken my breath away. The milkyway is very well defined even standing a few meters from the street lights. Cassiopeia is almost lost in the star field.  I have just been outside with my cheap binos and it was stunning. The pleiades were beautiful and M31 clearly visible. There is also a lot of meteor activity. One in particular was spectacular. Very bright and falling slowly to the south east horizon. Just thought I would share. Truly beautiful. 

JC

You have just described the wonder of astronomy in a few words...... It's why we do it.

Simon

[dick_dangerous]

It's........ cloudy here. Bum. I gather tomorrow morning might be clear so I might pop out to the doorstep and have a look for Comet Lovejoy again.

DD

[cotterless45]

Set up and aligned at 5, then it slowly went downhill, now it's clearing again.

Just seen what appear to be 2 small fireballs at 8.45 hurtling down parallel , one after another . Low in the north , was looking at ST1044 in Lynx at x48, right down the fov with wide smokey trails,

Old Nick.

[Marki]

Just popped outside after reading JCs post - clearing up nicely - and now my scope is cooling (and how!) - will be out after Jim al Kalili

[nightfisher]

i might even get a scope out for ten minutes tonight but still looking a little murky

[JamesF]

Had to get some stuff done this evening for the accountant, but I'm just about to go out and set up.  It's pretty chilly out there tonight.

James

[nightfisher]

had a look at Jupiter, but conditions not so good here, of to bed as work tomorrow

[JamesF]

Looks quite nice here.  The Milky Way is visible from Cygus low in the north-east through Cassiopeia and down into Auriga.  M31 is naked-eye too.  I've not looked at anything through a scope yet, but after three months of almost unbroken cloudy nights I shall not be complaining (not unless a load of cloud arrives, anyhow

James

[kirkster501]

Very nice in Nott's too tonight.  A most unexpected bonus.  This was not forecast, but who's complaining?

[Gilez]

I've just managed to catch 15 mins outside to look at a very clear Jupiter and, i think, 2 of its moons. Conditions fairly clear here in Birmingham.

My first time out with the scope in a few months and I am looking forward to the cold clear nights!

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[SnakeyJ]

Hope you get a good night JC and good luck to everyone who's up and out - looks like the sky may be clearing down in these parts.

...eternally optimistic

[Paul73]

Berkshire crystal clear now. Scope out cooling. Hoping that this gap in cloud lasts.

M31 to limber up and off we go!

Paul

[JamesF]

Just seen a fantastic meteorite heading south-east-ish from the lower half of Orion.  Beautiful red/orange colour with a lovely tail.  It appeared to break up before it burnt out, too.

James

[John]

Very nice here in North Somerset as well 

I've managed to spot E & F Trapezium with my 4" refractor which is a sign that viewing conditions are pretty good. Just waiting for Jupiter to clear a pesky conifer 

[JamesF]

I've just called it a night because things were starting to freeze up and I was having a few equipment niggles.  Not to mention the fact that I have a couple of conference calls tomorrow morning.  The seeing does indeed seem to have been pretty good though.

James

[SnakeyJ]

I just caught the same meteor James - nice end to the night for me, everythings working now but no great capture on Jupiter.

[Marki]

Not bad here too. Using my 6" f10. Managed to get the E component of the trapezium. Jupiter was looking fantastic at x214 (at least now its got higher - not so good earlier this evening), had a great view of Ganymede going behind it. Could even see a hint of a yellow tinge to Io. Could make out colours in the sigma orionis group too, and was able to split Rigel. A nice productive and enjoyable night, but too cold to wait for Sirius to get high enough from my garden to try split that! Frost on the tube when I brought it in. Anyone have any tips for not fogging up my eyepieces when I breath? Even wrapped a scarf round my mouth to try to stop it happening. Otherwise I kept having to turn away from the ep!

[John]

 Anyone have any tips for not fogging up my eyepieces when I breath? Even wrapped a scarf round my mouth to try to stop it happening. Otherwise I kept having to turn away from the ep!

Keep the eyepieces warmer than the outside temperature if you can Mark. That seems to work.

[cotterless45]

Any hint of heat helps, even gripping an ep in the hand will give it enough heat.

A splendid night with plenty detail on Jupiter and some lovely splits including a Cepheus triple and another in Andromeda.

Ice on the scope, then demon cloud at 11.30,

Old Nick.

[chiltonstar]

Half the sky was clear here by 11:30; Lovejoy fuzzy centre with a halo (15x70s). By 03:00 (had to get up to let the cat out), the sky had cleared and Lovejoy was now clearly visible as a fuzzy centre with a more fan-shaped tail. Stunning, even with the Moon.

Chris

[lardy]

  30 degrees and 97% humidity with random thunderstorms, think Singapore might be the worst place to try and do any observing.