Re: The Outer Space thread

[Zarniwoop]

Yes, Orion is starting to get lost in the evening twilight now.

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The next appearance is expected in the western skies at 10:55 tonight.

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[Fangirl Three]

You can see it with the naked eye if you know where to look. At magnitude 3.4 it's not a difficult spot*. It doesn't look like it does in that photo of course, it's just an oval blur.

Magnitude primer for the uninitiated:

6 Theoretical limit of naked eye visibility (on a very dark night right out in the country)
5.5 Dimmest star I've ever managed to see with the naked eye
5 Visible on a dark night from your back garden if you get well night-adapted
4 The stars you're seeing when you think 'Ooh it's a starry night' but aren't particularly trying
3 The best you'll do on a hazy night with suburban light pollution. All the stars in the Plough are mag 3 or brighter
2 The Pole Star
0 The first stars you'll see coming out in the evening
-1 Sirius, the brightest star in the sky
-4 Visible in daylight - Venus at its brightest
-12 the Full Moon
-27 the Sun

*Yes, I agree that a galaxy spread out over several degrees will look dimmer than a star of the same magnitude concentrated into a point. But you can still see it

[Zarniwoop]

Noctilucent clouds over Fanchester at 3 AM this morning, not pin sharp as hand held 1 to 2 second exposures.

[Fangirl Three]

Splendid stuff Zarni. They're a lot more common nowadays I believe.

What's the bright object - Jupiter?

[Nightjar]

I'd like to see some much larger images.

Can you upload them in higher resolution?

[Zarniwoop]

Splendid stuff Zarni. They're a lot more common nowadays I believe.

What's the bright object - Jupiter?

Not Jupiter, photo is taken looking North it may be Capella. I would have known once but I am outer touch with outer space.

[Zarniwoop]

I'd like to see some much larger images.

Can you upload them in higher resolution?

They were 1 meg jpgs, I will try a 9meg PNG but they are pretty noisy.

[Zarniwoop]

Oh....looks the same.

[Nightjar]

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When they installed LED streetlights in Sheffield, the council said we'd be able to see the stars better.

It has made no difference.

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Mars in 4K:

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Betelgeuse is getting dimmer.

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It's so serious that I'd say it repeatedly but we all know that if you say its name five times, it appears in your house.

[Zarniwoop]

I think that is an old vid, last I heard was that it is getting brighter now.

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I blame James Dyson Spheres.

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