VENUS STILL WITHIN THE AREA OF THE PLEIADES TONIGHT - IN ONE WAY PROBABLY BETTER THAN LAST NIGHT

[paulastro]

Venus is still within the area covered by the Pleiades tonight and it will still look excellent.  Perhaps better (than yesterday) in that it is more offset from the centre of the group so less dazzling across the central area of the Pleiades themselves.  Also the weather may be better for many of us!

So, particularly if you dipped out yesterday, don't miss out tonight.

[John]

I got it yesterday and have hopes again today. I'm being greedy

Scope is out.

 

[jock1958]

Cheers for the heads up. For a change the skies are very clear down here 😁

[paulastro]

Your'e welcome Jock, fingers crossed it stays that way for you.

[Stu]

Thanks Paul, just checked and yes it looks to be very close still. I’m going to go for the Genesis tonight for a wider field of view, 3.26 degrees with the 24mm Panoptic or 5.4 with the 40mm.

[heliumstar]

All ready for some wide fields and Venus with a little extra ooomph as well. (went 140x yesterday with Tak fs-60Q - didn't break a sweat).

The little Tak is just amazing. Double stars are always on the menu with nice airy discs. Just beautiful. Looks like we'll be lucky in the next few days. Clear skies!

I do cringe every time when I use Bresser though. I paid £137 on Amazon for it in January (less than I paid and then sold the previous one). The focuser on this 10x less priced telescope is an order of magnitude better than Tak.

 

Edited April 4, 2020 by heliumstar

[Littleguy80]

Quick first look. Learnt the lessons from last night and have gone low power with the 40mm Aero. 

[JeremyS]

Observing. Pretty good conditions

[Barry-W-Fenner]

A pic at my lowest power x48 really wish I had a lower power to take this spectacular view in.

Real chuffed with this shot..

[Mark at Beaufort]

I decided to view this conjunction tonight with my Altair 80mm finderscope. Using a Celestron Ultima Duo 17mm 68 degrrees gives 19.5x mag and a 3.5 FOV. Had a quick look and M45 + Venus fills the FOV - fantastic sight so far. Look forward to it getting darker.

[John]

Very clear here as well. Not that great seeing though ?

Just using 11x70's on Venus at the moment. Nice view though.

[Barry-W-Fenner]

Clear here and seeing is the best for a long time. Just looking at E and F in the trap! Tiny little specs but I got them 😁

 

[Fozzie]

Looking good...

[Stu]

Seeing not fabulous here either John. Lovely low power views in the Genesis though. 8” F8 is on the Moon.

[Littleguy80]

Couple more. I was intending to capture the ISS in the second one but was too slow. I still like it though. 

[Fozzie]

Nice wide field views

[Fozzie]

Photo bombed by the only plane over northern UK..  rare to see one of these currently!

Lol...

[Davey-T]

Can't see it from my garden so would have to  go out, could it be considered as essential ? 😂

Dave

[geordie85]

27 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Can't see it from my garden so would have to  go out, could it be considered as essential ? 😂

Dave

Yep

[Stu]

Best I could manage, not too bad

[Alan White]

Managed to not see this as nodded off on the sofa, ah well.
Enjoyed your pictures though folks.

[Chris]

It's a beautiful thing at an ugly time!

[goodricke1]

1 hour ago, Davey-T said:

Can't see it from my garden so would have to  go out, could it be considered as essential ? 😂

Dave

 

Well yes, unless you can wait 8 more years!

[Paul M]

Well, the clouds were thinner than last night...

I can't remember the last time Venus passed through the Pleiades high in a dark sky, it can't be that rare, can it?

So when's my next chance? 

P.S. I prefer evening elongations, please

[geoflewis]

Had excellent views tonight with my 22x85 binos, which made up for me missing out last night.