Stargazing

[Ymx]

You are deliberately being annoying. However, my kind of annoying …

The sun from Mars is 66% of the size from Earth
The earth from Mars is 36% of the size of Venue from Earth

So the net effect is 55% smaller spec over the sun than that picture.

If we take in difference of diameter of the 2 planets which is negligible, earth a tiny bit bigger.

It is 58%

[Ymx]

However, that would be 58% of the width of the relative speck.

So the impact on the area of the speck is actually 34%

[Ymx]

Homers Venus from Earth (I assume)


And a pretend one of Earth from Mars


Well … that’s useless to illustrate the 58%/34%

In fairness one is fake. The real one has light and Len’s effects impacting it.

[Insane_Homer]

Spectacular Aurora overnight. A shot from my all sky camera from, just inside the M25, North of Woking

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[Insane_Homer]

Aurora over London again last night!

[Enzedder]

Can you see them with the naked eye Homer? We are only seeing it with a long exposure setting on the cameras

[TB63]

Just a very red sky here in South Wales, much better with phone camera, will pop some up later..

[inactionman]

I've seen some great shots taken in Edinburgh, my wife went up to Braid Hills for a half hour but there just a bit too much light pollution.

We're off to the Cairngorms tomorrow and hoping the northern lights re still active, will be a lot clearer from there. I'm also packing the telescope I bought from the Observatory in Dundee, despite my initial reservations it's actually not too bad:

[Biffer]

The NOAA does an aurora forecast, or rather two forecasts. One is a prediction based on solar activity, the other is a thirty minute forecast based on observations from a satellite at the L1 LaGrange point (where the earth and Suns gravity cancel out).

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/a ... perimental

Tonight’s prediction based on activity is not as intense as last night unfortunately, but still might produce a show.

[SaintK]

Nice shot

[TB63]

First view looking north east..



Midway looking north..



At the end looking west..

[Sandstorm]

Tried last night, but too much light pollution here

[Sandstorm]

Increased solar activity at the same time as global warming is not a good thing for the planet.

[TB63]

Increased solar activity at the same time as global warming is not a good thing for the planet.

Hello Marjorie..

[Biffer]

Increase solar activity at the same time as global warming is not a good thing for the planet.

Sigh.

This is not any kind of activity that leads to warming.

[Enzedder]

Someone posted this from Waipapa Lighthouse - bottom of the South Island (last night). According to them it was only a 1.5 second exposure

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