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I put my comments on the Environment thread as it gets more clicks than Space, DEW. 😁I certainly find that true from personal experience. I seldom bother to put out my telescope now.Got a dramatic view of ISS rising in the west yesterday evening.Roger
Comet 2022 E3 [ZTF] is currently visible to the naked eye. Whilst it is past it's brightest, it's closest approach to the earth is on 1st February 2023. It's suggested that the last time this green tailed comet would have been visible on earth would have been during the Ice Age ........https://science.nasa.gov/comet-2022-e3-ztf
A very recently discovered asteroid will pass within 2,200 miles of Earth tonight; that’s extremely close - well inside the orbits of many of our satellites.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64411469
Venus and Jupiter are moving together towards a conjunction on 1 March. Apparently they should both be viewable through the same telescopic field. Their approach was very apparent this evening.https://sites.rowan.edu/planetarium/blog/2023/03/conjunction-venus-jupiter.html
Yes I just came here to post about this. They were very noticeable low down to the west when I went to put the bins out earlier on.
BBC reporting that the Northern Lights were visible last night as far south as Somerset. Did anyone see them?I noticed last night, late on, how clear it was with a superb display of Orion even in a streetlit city centre, but my aspect is southwards, and didn't think to look the other way.
Images on BBCSpectacular northern lights sighted across UKhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64782372
More tonight? See:https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ https://www.spaceweather.com/ https://uk.yahoo.com/news/heres-exact-time-see-northern-115006403.html
Cheers Roger, as always. 👍Planning to see it this evening/tonight, IF the clouds clear, as I've missed it last night.Currently extremely miserable, cloudy, and showery in Sheffield. 😡Anyway, now receiving red alert on AuroraWatch, so those living in suitable areas, keep an eye out!!
Too much cloud cover here! No stars visible! Anyone luckier?