Astronomy fans

supersonic

Quite a lot going on in the sky at the minute - possible aurora tonight, and a lot of planets visible. Venus and Jupiter are really close together in the south western sky:



Also Orion is up high:



Orion belt, sword and nebula:



And finally just a shot to the north to see if any aurora was visible. Too much light here: but caught an aeroplane lol, and what looks to be a satellite or small sporadic meteor to the right:



All taken on my cheapo Fuji S1500!

concorde

Would love to see the Aurora. It's on the to do list. Nice photos. Can't see much where I am at the minute, light pollution is a shit. Can see the space station often though.

supersonic

Light pollution is a huge a problem, and can easily be seen in my longer exposure shots.

bartimaeus

Jupiter and Venus... in the West?

supersonic

South west at sunset, moving to the west as they drop below the horizon.



Edit: realised I put east in my first post!

supersonic

Low moon tonight:

bennett_346

That moon shot is awesome. We were out on a night ride once and the moon was low, big and bright orange (from dust or something i imagine?).

supersonic

The orangeness is usually dust: though it actually is the same size, just looks bigger because is easier to compare to houses and trees!

bennett_346

supersonic wrote:

The orangeness is usually dust: though it actually is the same size, just looks bigger because is easier to compare to houses and trees!

Would i be right in saying it's technically further away when it appears lower in the sky? If so that would definately prove it was an illusion size wise.

supersonic

The distance doesn't really change that way.

bicyclepirate

Great shots, I must remember to take my camera out with me on my next night ride.