Heads up - Saturn, Mars and Antares alignment tonight (24th August 2016)

[Stu]

Should be worth a look, and a good widefield photo op.

http://astronomynow.com/2016/08/24/see-the-triple-lineup-of-antares-mars-and-saturn-tonight/

[Knighty2112]

Thanks Stu. Nice and sunny here at the moment, with blue skies too. Just hoping those clouds stay away until much later on so I can have a looksie at this.  

[daz]

Excellent - the blue skies here are scheduled to last until about 8pm, and then the rain sets in!!!

Hurrumph!

[Stu]

4 minutes ago, daz said:

Excellent - the blue skies here are scheduled to last until about 8pm, and then the rain sets in!!!

Hurrumph!

How annoying!! It has clouded over here now, having been lovely all day.

[John]

Clouded here too after a mostly fine day - would have been worth finding an uncluttered horizon to view that if not for the clouds !

 

[Pig]

Nice one Stu  The forecast is a tad better here and is showing cloud after 10pm so I may get a little peep if I am fortunate enough.

[bejay1957]

Think we'll be clouded (and rainded) out here

[Dave1]

Ah would have loved to have seen that through my tele, but it started raining here about 3.30pm and still is, better luck next time I guess.

[Stu]

Well, that's that one up the swanny, it's now thundering!!!  

[Dave1]

Yep we had three claps of thunder, and the rain has remained ever since.

[Gina]

Cloudy here too.

[impactcrater]

Really wonderful here 'downunder'   as Mercury Venus Jupiter Mars and Saturn all visible just after sunset . My first sighting of Mercury and it was a wow moment.