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Post by mikeyp on Jul 3, 2018 7:43:15 GMT
Saturn in the south around 1.30 this morning was a handy pointer to the great Sagittarius globular M22. At magnitude 5.1 it stands out fairly well and is pretty big too - larger than the full moon allegedly.
M28 at magnitude 6.9 was just visible to the lower right.
The gibbous Moon chasing things around didn't help the visibility which is not good at this time of year anyway.
A look to the west revealed Arcturus shining centre-stage with Cor Coroli the only visible bright star to its right and at the same elevation. Split the distance and there is another fine globular M3 which some say is the finest in the sky.
I had an email from the BAA this morning - NLC's were seen by some last night - anyone see them locally?
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Post by Speed of Dark on Jul 3, 2018 10:19:36 GMT
A few nights ago the clouds were quite bright but so were the aircraft trails, so I presumed it was reflected moonlight rather than over the horizon or is it under he horizon sunlight.
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Post by nighthawk on Jul 4, 2018 13:53:54 GMT
0400 this morning gibbous moon prominent but thin cloud preventing anything much else to be seen from my location so I went back to my pit for a few more ZZZZzzs
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Post by Pembrokeshire Astronomer on Jul 5, 2018 11:46:49 GMT
Last Monday about 2.30/3.00 ish BST I spotted a long strip of NLC out towards North Wales area.
First I've seen from here in Crymych in nearly two years!
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