The Night Sky

[giraffe]

And as usual that won't open on my laptop. Grrrrrr.

[Bunnylump]

OK try this

Hold this up so that the direction you're looking in is at the bottom of the chart. The bottom edge will then be th real horizon and the centre is the point directly above you. This chart works for the UK in January.

[giraffe]

Thanks, that's great. (Now to hold laptop up upside down on a clear night)

[Bunnylump]

Or you could print it out...cheeky moo...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia ... 65909a.jpg

[chazzie]

Thanks from me as well Bunnylump - love the plough being highlighted in red to make life easier for us non-star recognisers!!

[giraffe]

But printing it would involve going to the other computer, where I could have opened the original version, if I hadn't been too lazy.

[Bunnylump]

You can really go off some people...

[LAT]

and thanks from me too. I shall print it out at work if I remember.
Mind you, it might be easier to see on a laptop rather than a piece of paper outside in the dark.

[Bunnylump]

SEE, Giraffe?

[giraffe]

I'm surprised you didn't just suggest I went to look in the right direction so I could hold the laptop the right way up

[Bunnylump]

All I can say is, if you do try that, please could one of your lovely progeny video you doing it and post it on you tube?

[Bunnylump]

I had a fabulous view of Mars last night btw - we had a really clear sky and a very cold night- as I walked back from my friend's house in the wee small hours. It was quite big and a lovely orangy red, even to the naked eye. Sadly, the binoculars we had have disappeared down to Cornwall with my son (well, I suppose he's using them for real things like birdwatching), but nevertheless it was wonderful to see. Unfortunately it was so cold I couldn't stand still and gaze for too long for fear of freezing to the spot. (It was one of those nights when the cold hurts your chest to breathe in.)

[giraffe]

I had a fabulous view of Mars last night

That made me laugh! (You sound like Firenze from HP) ....Okay, so perhaps I'm just weird.

[MBH]

I had a fabulous view of Mars last night

I saw it Friday night - I was told about it by the gang on my bus at work that morning, and saw it above and to the left of the Moon. Very impressive. I wasn't quick enough to get on this thread and tell everyone else though

Clear (but cold). Lovely stargazing weather if you're dressed right for it.

[clvrlad]

I had a fabulous view of Mars last night btw

me too although mine was covered in dark chocolate
btw noticed on the label it said
dark chocolate contains vegetable fats as well as cocoa solids
isnt that what the American food standards agency decided made it non chocolate?

[Bunnylump]

So...Giraffe, I remind you of a CENTAUR? Right...

[giraffe]

Maybe I just read it in a centaur voice?

[Bunnylump]

And there was me thinking you were a giraffe. Now I discover you are a centaur impersonator who can't identify rabbits...

[Bunnylump]

Anyway, I can think of someone who looks far more like Firenze...

[MBH]

Thank You Sis - laughing out loud at that.


They tend to speak in cryptic terms as well, don't they?