And, plus... a close conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Friday morning.

tiger roach · Jan 15, 2015

Should be a cool sight. Plus, a crescent moon and Saturn are both top-notch objects in their own rights, and you don't need pristine dark skies to observe them.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/game-dawn-conjunction01142015/

Punchy · Jan 15, 2015

Damn, I'm gonna be headed to work (driving west, of course) by the time that's up I think.

nuke_diver · Jan 15, 2015

Saturday morning...

FAIL

:P

tiger roach · Jan 16, 2015

Well I got up, managed a decent look at the conjunction through some light fog, and went back to bed. :tongue:

It was a close one... kinda cool.

Seems weird to see Scorpius coming up when it's in the 30s.

Punchy · Jan 16, 2015

Caught the slightest glimpse of it on the way out of the canyon this morning, through the trees and fog

Stomias · Jan 16, 2015

Was leaving for work at 6:30 and had to run back in and grab my camera upon seeing this....

Stomias · Jan 16, 2015

Caught all the stars on that Sky and telescope graphic too

nuke_diver · Jan 16, 2015

Nice Stomias, you can kind of see the rings on Saturn :thu:

Or there's a smug on my monitor :shrug: