Venus & M45 April

Hi Keith, 

Contgratulations on managing to catch sight of Venus and M45 last night. 

And a nice way to describe what you saw.

Clear skies, 

Darren. 

Various weather websites for Dublin are suggesting we are due to have clear skies tonight Saturday 4th April.
So we might observe a continuation of the Venus - Pleiades conjunction.

Clear skies, everybody.

Aubrey.

Good news Aubrey, and Clear Outside is indicating 1% cloud cover from 20:00. ISS to pass over between 8 and 9 also. Here's hoping for the best

Excellent news, John.
I am still of the opinion that Venus has not yet completely cleared M45.
My scope is already set up.

John, I seem to simply look up, and I keep seeing the ISS accidentally quite regularly at the right time.

Clear skies, everyone.

Aubrey.

Hi Darren, yes it was like a 3D view, knowing that the Pleiades was much further away.

I see from the latest satellite that it may be clear until midnight or so for Ireland:

en.sat24.com/en

I use this regular to see what it is going to be like outside, you can switch to Infrared at night, lets hope for a good view tonight !

Keith.

I agree Aubrey, it's still very close. My sky isn't looking good tonight but I've just seen a pic from Eastern Europe where it's now dark and I have to say that tonight's view is compositionally more pleasing than last night's!
Good luck all!
Paul.