View all the planets in 12 hrs 13'th 14'th Jan 2015

[Guest Tweedledum]

From SGL :---

 

 

if conditions permit, and you have good views of the SW horizon, then January 13th/14th 2015 gives an opportunity to view all the planets and Comet Lovejoy.

On January 13th just after 1700 Mercury and Venus will be close together and VERY low on the SW horizon. Next move up a little to Mars and Neptune also in the SW. Then onto Uranus in the South and as an aside have a look for Lovejoy in the SE. Lovejoy will make a nice triangle with Alderbaran and the Pleiades.

Jupiter rises later in the evening followed by the Moon and Saturn before dawn.

This can be repeated over the next 3-4 days, before Mercury starts to fall below the horizon.

[+RonC]

Thanks for the 'heads up', hope it stays clear!!

[Doc]

Now that would be a night to remember.

[Tweedledee]

Cheers Damian.

 

Mercury and Venus should be a nice sight at only 1 degree apart, both with negative magnitudes.

 

By 7pm on the 13th you could see them all apart from the moon and Saturn!

[Daz Type-R]

Nice, bet there will be one thing that spoils it.............

[Guest Tweedledum]

Yeh, my wife's birthday!!!!

[catman161]

Oh how I miss my telescope

[BAZ]

You never know what the future holds Felix, it looks like you haven't scratched the itch yet!

 

Happy New Year to Katie and yourself, have a good 2015.

[catman161]

Thanks Martyn-you're right. I may win the lotto yet and be able to do all the expensive hobbies I seem to be attracted towards happy new year to you both too