From Our Gardens 2025

[Mark Tooze]

New thread about things you can see from your garden but are not actually in your garden!

Interesting article on the BBC website yesterday about rare alignment of planets visible (weather permitting) over the next few days:-

Seven planets align in UK skies this week for last time until 2040

The best chance to see as many as possible will be after sunset on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

So last night I went to try and replicate the pictures from Sutton Coldfield using a fisheye lens:-
On this one you can see Mars (10 o'clock), Jupiter (centre) and Venus (on the edge at 4 o'clock) - Saturn and Mercury had already vanished by the time cloud had cleared - you can also see the constellations of Orion and the Pleiades:-


A close up of Mars, Jupiter and the Pleidaes:-


And 2 wider angle shots including the constellation of Orion:-

 

[Donbogen]

New thread about things you can see from your garden but are not actually in your garden!

Interesting article on the BBC website yesterday about rare alignment of planets visible (weather permitting) over the next few days:-

Seven planets align in UK skies this week for last time until 2040

The best chance to see as many as possible will be after sunset on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

So last night I went to try and replicate the pictures from Sutton Coldfield using a fisheye lens:-
On this one you can see Mars (10 o'clock), Jupiter (centre) and Venus (on the edge at 4 o'clock) - Saturn and Mercury had already vanished by the time cloud had cleared - you can also see the constellations of Orion and the Pleiades:-
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A close up of Mars, Jupiter and the Pleidaes:-
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And 2 wider angle shots including the constellation of Orion:-
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Fantastic

 

[Mark Tooze]

Slightly better view last night -Mercury was just about visible but too dim in the twilight to photograph - but we can see Mars / Jupiter / Venus in a line from top left to bottom right, with Orion in the picture as well:-


And now for the out-take - £$%^&* aeroplane got in the shot:-

 

[Brummie a long time ago]

Had a visitor this morning. He (yes, he showed us as he jumped off the cill) has seen the constant bird traffic and wanted a piece of the action. Unfazed by me being up against the window. I was close enough to shake his paw. Bird regulars were a bit annoyed having to wait in the bush.


Thats going to be an uptick in the seed bill.

Andrew.

 

[mikejee]

You are so lucky

 

[pjmburns]

How lovely - agree with Mike - you are so lucky.

 

[Mark Tooze]

Last night we had an interloper into the planetary parade - a gorgeous thin crescent moon:-


The red glow on the trees is a bonfire 2 houses down....