An Astronomical Treat

[Tomliner]

I’ve just looked outside and I can’t see them
EricT

[TSR2]

Cheers Kevin, I’ll climb up the hill at the Rising Sun, should get a good view from there.

[Nigel H-J]

t's not a photo, Nigel. It's a screenshot from the Stellarum program.

Fooled again!!

If the cloud disperses not only might I get a chance in seeing them

Regards
Nigel.

[Kevin Farnell]

Another treat tonight (or more correctly yesterday) at around 19:45 GMT.
A great view tonight of the crescent Moon, with Venus just below it. The remainder of the disc of the Moon is just visible as a phenomena known as 'earthshine'. This is sunlight reflected off the Earth, back onto the Moon and then back to Earth.
Having a look at the excellent freeware 'Stellaruim' (I can't recommend this software highly enough!) , I found that it replicated the 'earthshine' exactly as I saw it (note - this is a screenshot from the software, and not a photograph).



Kevin

[Airspeed]

A peek at the dark side of the Moon, eh, Kevin?
It was brightly sitting in our sky this evening.

[GHD]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65061818

[Kevin Farnell]

A peek at the dark side of the Moon, eh, Kevin?

Pink Floyd got it wrong! There is no 'Dark Side of the Moon'' it's the ''Far Side of the Moon'. The Moon is tidally locked to the Earth, meaning that the same face is always seen. That doesn't mean that the other side never sees sunlight.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65061818

Scarily close!

Kevin