Mars and Saturn Conjunction 31/03 and 01/04

[Littleguy80]

Mars and Saturn are in conjunction the next couple of mornings. Well worth getting up for if you have clear skies. You only need a small part of the sky to be clear to observe it  

[maw lod qan]

As always, thanks for the heads up. Off to work early tomorrow, but off the next 3 days so I'll be out!

[Littleguy80]

Managed to see it this morning. Just posted a small report on it

[Neil H]

You Hi can you give a newbie a clue of were to look is it South , South West 

[Littleguy80]

6 minutes ago, Neil H said:

You Hi can you give a newbie a clue of were to look is it South , South West 

Screen shot below shows it as being almost bang on South East. Jupiter should be bright and obvious. Just go down and left from there. Picture in my post above shows all three planets.

 

Edited March 31, 2020 by Littleguy80

[Neil H]

Thank you these are the 2 , I most want to see it may not be good as light pollution in that direction, I see it shows 5 am so I will get up at 4 and set up 

Edited March 31, 2020 by Neil H

[Littleguy80]

11 minutes ago, Neil H said:

Thank you these are the 2 , I most want to see it may not be good as light pollution in that direction, I see it shows 5 am so I will get up at 4 and set up 

No problem. These are bright planets so light pollution shouldn’t be too much of a problem. The main thing you’ll need is a clear horizon as they’re quite low. Jupiter is first to rise around 4 followed by Saturn and then Mars just before 4:30. The picture above was taken at 5:30 to give an idea of how high they’ll be when. 

[Neil H]

Thanks for the info they may be to low as I have houses in that direction but I will give it a go

[Littleguy80]

38 minutes ago, Neil H said:

Thanks for the info they may be to low as I have houses in that direction but I will give it a go

Jupiter was still visible at 6am so I'm sure you'll at least get that

[Neil H]

Ok that will be nice to see ,as I am new there are lots of WOW moments

[Littleguy80]

13 minutes ago, Neil H said:

Ok that will be nice to see ,as I am new there are lots of WOW moments

My first one seeing Jupiter was the thing that got me properly hooked on astronomy. The views I’ll be improve as it gets higher so stick with it. You don’t need dark adaptation for observing the planets in fact it’s better to not be dark adapted. Dusk and dawn with the lighter skies can often be the best times to see them, with the exception of Uranus and Neptune. 

[Neil H]

That sounds great can't wait for that WOW moment 

[Neil H]

Well got up at 4am set up , well I could see the wall of a house behind me , looks like my WOW moment will have to wait for now 

Edited April 1, 2020 by Neil H

[Littleguy80]

7 minutes ago, Neil H said:

Well got up at 4am set up , well I could see the wall of a house behind me , looks like my WOW moment will have to wait for now 

Sorry to hear that. They'll all be rising a bit higher over the coming months so the WOW moment will come!

[Neil H]

That sounds great I don't mind not having the WOW moment, just love this hobby