Tonight in UK Skies

[ktlight]

From all over the UK, in the North East, low down, you can point your binoculars at the plough near Ursa Major, find the M101, which is a spiral galaxy, and see a sun that has died at its brightest since the 1950s. Gravity is still there, which crushes the star, which throws off bits from it that will eventually become rocks and planets in about 4bn year's time.

You will definitely need binoculars.

[joedjemal]

Not from here in kent I'm afraid, heavy black clouds obscure everything. Oh well

[shadowstalker]

Ursa Major what is the other name for that , that I may find it. i know they have 2 to 3 other name for these things

[meeradas]

Ursa Major what is the other name for that , that I may find it. i know they have 2 to 3 other name for these things

Big Dipper/ Great Bear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_major)

[shadowstalker]

Ursa Major what is the other name for that , that I may find it. i know they have 2 to 3 other name for these things

Big Dipper/ Great Bear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_major)

Thank you, i dont know if i can see that from austin but i think i can see the little dipper, I guess i need to look hard,
on a side note a have a camcorder that dose 2000x zoom , time to do some experimenting .

[meeradas]

Thank you, i dont know if i can see that from austin but i think i can see the little dipper, I guess i need to look hard,
on a side note a have a camcorder that dose 2000x zoom , time to do some experimenting .

You're welcome!
Go here (http://www.stellarium.org/) and get this nice little program called Stellarium
("is a free open source planetarium for your computer")
- lovely [and you can check beforehand, if a fieldtrip is worth it]

Cool feature, just found out: You can even look at the skies from other planets, or the sun

[shadowstalker]

Thank you, i dont know if i can see that from austin but i think i can see the little dipper, I guess i need to look hard,
on a side note a have a camcorder that dose 2000x zoom , time to do some experimenting .

You're welcome!
Go here (http://www.stellarium.org/) and get this nice little program - lovely [and you can check beforehand, if a fieldtrip is worth it]

Kewl Thank you

[joedjemal]

If you have an android device there's also an app called google sky map if you enable gps it'll tell you what part of the sky you're pointing at and show you the constellations you're looking at.