After writing that post last night, I happened to notice that rarest of things; clear skies!
Spurred into action, I dragged my li'l old reflector telescope outside and managed to see Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter - and all four Jovian moons!! -, Mars, and Venus. Score.
Saturn and Venus weren't in great position, but Jupiter was on fine form [and I've not had all four Jovians for a while, I can tell you] and getting Neptune at all [and at the same time as Uranus] was very nice. Uranus found first and by pure fluke, I just landed on it. I am - as you may guess from my name - very old-fashioned in my astronomy and don't even have a sight [yes, even cable ties are too much for me....], let alone a computer-controlled aiming mechanism, so getting on stuff is not easy. Though it does make succeeding much more satisfying.
Today I tried the Nose after work, hoping East winds and the fact they've started arriving would get me a Wheatear. They did not. I barely saw anything, it was so foggy.!
Oh well.
We persevere.
Be Seeing You...
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