What to look at tonight

[Geordie mc]

I have my 200p over in France with me at the moment. Lovely clear skies. Have a friend coming to take a look tonight to see if he fancies getting a scope. I'm at 42 degrees latitude and can only see above 30 degrees to the south because of buildings but pretty good to North, East and West. I can see Jupiter and M44 just above the buildings. M81 and M82 were good last night. I thought maybe M13 too. Any other recommendations? Suggestions much appreciated. Thank you.

[mdstuart]

M51 and M63 next to the tail of the Plough...

[nightfisher]

Clouds!

[andrew63]

SATURN, SATURN, did i mention saturn !

andrew

[nightfisher]

SATURN, SATURN, did i mention saturn !

andrew

Saturn is very low at present, not likely to give good views

[andrew63]

Saturn is very low at present, not likely to give good views

Well it's a good job he's at 42 degrees then.  

andrew

[Geordie mc]

Thanks all. Still really clear here. Will def try the galaxies and will give Saturn a go but fear it will be obscured by buildings

[Geordie mc]

Well, Saturn was too low sadly but M51 looked great. Jupiter was really good with the banding very evident and all 4 Gallilean moons visible, 2 each side. Had M81 and 82 in the same field of view with a 28 mm eyepiece too. Skies are so clear here in Charente and even at midnight, the temperature was still 17 degrees! When can I move here?

[ollypenrice]

Before coming to your thread I posted this casual account of last night at Lat 44 in SE France. http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/241734-well-that-was-a-good-nightboabove-antares/#entry2623455

It's being a stonking week. Our forecast was fairly gloomy a week ago but we're having a ball.

Olly