This time 40 years ago

[RobertI]

I’ve just ‘rewound’ Sky Safari to 40 years ago to see what the sky was like when I first got into astronomy as a 14 year old. I didn’t realise how lucky I was! Jupiter, Saturn and Mars close together and high in the sky. Must have looked amazing. 

[Captain Scarlet]

This chart plots the altitude of Jupiter at 2300 each night as seen from London. We just have to wait 2-3 years and it'll be superb again...

 

[RobertI]

That’s something to look forward to, I’ll start planning for it!

[Pete Presland]

And Mars is going to be superb later this year

[RobertI]

2 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

And Mars is going to be superb later this year

Even better! 👍