Tuesday 13 October 2020

Conjunctivitis

This morning, BH leapt out of bed to announce that the much anticipated conjunction of the Moon and Mars was to be seen to the east. Deployed the Outland - more usually used for tweeting - to find (oxymoronically) a waning crescent, on its last legs, to the east, maybe 20° above the horizon, pointing down towards the sun which was about to rise, and a planet to its right, maybe ten moon widths away, also 20° above the horizon.

However, cautious, I checked with reference 2 to find that the planet in question was probably Venus. Mars was indeed said to be visible, but in the West, 180° away, altitude 10°. Into the study to find it was not visible, probably in the trees, in the rough as it were.

Reference 1a: Outland 6 × 30 monocular from Celestron. Not quite the latest model, but pretty much the same.

Reference 1b: https://www.celestron.com/products/outland-x-6x30-monocular.

Reference 2: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/uk/london.

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