Astronomy, The Sky and Outer Space

Anyone see the moon last night I've never seen it so big it just made me think of these photo and think how insignificant we are here on earth to the rest of the galaxy

Yes Dougie it was one of this year's super moon on the 10th which I did place it on Coventry thread under Coventry Astromony. The next one is in 9 September and 28th September this year. The same day we had the bad weather from Bertha perhaps the super moon had some thing to do with the weather. Yes we are a tiny part of the universe bit like the planets being organs inside our bodies and the earth being the brain and we being tiny cells. If it takes Hayleys comet every 75 years to travel back for us to see, makes you think how big the universe is.

Dougie, small is an understatement. See here for how long it would take a manned space flight to get to the nearest star outside of our solar system - link. It's going to be a long time before we meet up with the Borg.

Dougie, the moon has an elliptical orbit which makes the moon look bigger because it is closest to the earth at the moment.It is called a "perigee" moon. It is now 6% bigger than when it is farthest away.

Hi all I have just witnessed (5.35pm) a very bright meteor travelling from north west to south east direction. So bright that I saw it through thin cloud. It would not surprise me to find that it has landed as a meteorite.

In this link but then again it takes place every year at this time did you know. Shooting Stars

Hi all An explanation of why we have leap year adjustments - Sidereal Time

It may be possible to see comet Lovejoy if the sky is clear tonight. It will be at its closest to the earth today at about 46 million miles away. If you miss it at this visit don't worry as you can catch it next time around in about year 2810 but I don't know the exact date. Norman

Hi all Comet Lovejoy caught on camera above Coventry Should we wait to see it next time

There is a waxing moon tonight, with Mars and Venus very close by

Hi, funnily enough I'm doing a free online course on Futurelearn about the moons of the universe, at present. They do them quite often if anyone wants to study further - the courses last 8 weeks and take several hours a week

Hi all Our moon makes a good map marker as a signpost in our sky. The brightest object near to it is Jupiter. Good binoculars will show at least four of his moons.

Hi all Solar Eclipse March 20th. The time quoted is 9.31 GMT.