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Just now, can see it through thin could. Won’t be this big for a long time (30 yrs) so go and have a peek. East, and orange. 

In reply to mick taylor:

Thanks for the reminder... looks great.

In reply to Wimlands:

I'd rather have a Bounty 

(actually, I wouldn't :  too yukky)

In reply to mick taylor:

Thanks for that Mick. Took Robo dog out for a gander, found east and there was one faint star, I thought it was kind of reddish but maybe it was my imagination. Anyway I saw a Tawny so it was definitely worth the trip. Going to check again later and see if the clouds cleared a bit.

In reply to mick taylor:

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said

this is how it starts...

<shudders>

Yes spotted it the other night. Jupiter pretty bright in the southern sky, and Saturn just east of it. Kids were quite impressed...

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

My spotting scope has just enough magnification (x36) to be able to see Saturn's rings - as a couple of "handles" with a gap between them and the planet.

If you've got an astronomical telescope then views of Saturn must be pretty good - it's receding now from its closest point a month or so ago - will be 17 (?) years until it's this close again.

In reply to Michael Hood:

Taking my setup to Galloway this week hoping for some dark skies . (120 mm  f5 Skywatcher). Planets should be good but my main aim is to increase my distance score, at the moment resting at 12 million light years ( live viewing, not imaging)

In reply to Tom Valentine:

...and I thought I was "sad" 😁

In reply to Michael Hood:

It is not only the distance, but also the angle under which the rings can be seen is great right now.

CB

In reply to Michael Hood:

Sad? My other ticklist is English funicular railways......

In reply to mick taylor:

Mars may be looking big but is it as big as Uranus?

In reply to mick taylor:

Had me fooled a couple of weeks ago.  Camping in Perthshire under a rare sky so clear that horizon objects could be seen easily, I was wondering who was about beyond the trees to the east. A flickering (foliage) orange light at what could have been ground level. 

Rust never looked so good.

In reply to Michael Hood:

I had good views of Saturn and Jupiter towards the end of September with my spotting scope. The only drawbacks were the field of view isn't that big so they were a bit difficult to find and being low down the view was through a lot of the atmosphere, but both were good to see.

As you say the gap between the rings and Saturn was visible.

I find this site - https://in-the-sky.org/ useful for info on coming events. It can be linked to your location and notes if you need naked eye, binoculars or a telescope to see things.

Stellarium - http://stellarium.org/ - which is free to download is also handy.

Dave

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

What time?

In reply to Graeme G:

For the War of the Worlds?

i think our malevolent extraterrestrial overlords start raining fire and death down on us about half past seven, just after the end of the One Show...

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

Thanks, hopefully I’ll see the view before the end arrives. 

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

Does our Venusian overlord on the hoverboard (in No. 10) know?

In reply to mick taylor:

It must look pretty big to Starman, who just made his closest approach.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1313974379999494144/photo/1

In reply to Tringa:

If you have an Android phone, there's also an amazing free app called 'Daff Moon'.

In reply to deepsoup:

Probably devised by a Frasier fan.....

In reply to Christheclimber:

Someone had to didn't they ;

In reply to mick taylor:

I was tempted to suggest to Chris that "A Mars would fit in Uranus easily" but decided that there was a slim chance Marianne Faithful or our Mick might be browsing UKC and decide to get a bit pedantic about things.