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emma


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insomniacfolder wrote:
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January can usually be depended upon to be properly cold, which I really like - I melt for most of the year.
I genuinely also like the tax deadline - it's done. Until April I don't have to start worrying about it again.
This January in particular has been a good one for astronomy too, with the good conditions that winter brings, clear nights, and in 2015, a bright comet, a rare simultaneous triple transit of Jupiter's moons, and 6 planets all visible in the night sky.

oh, that's interesting about the planets, are they all still visible or have I missed it?  keep meaning to go to the local observatory so maybe I will next month.

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Yes, all still visible. Though to see them all in one night you'd need a clear view to all horizons and be out from about 18:00 to 03:00 - Mercury & Venus appear early, Mars & Jupiter later, and Saturn & Uranus later still. You can see all but Uranus with a pair of average Binoculars - Mercury is a bit tough because it's very low in the sky.

They won't all be visible by Mid February though.

 thanks insomniacfolder its interesting. 

 



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Oakland2002 wrote:

January also very good for the Hong Kong challenger that Kyle is quietly ripping up. Thread-less
 

 

http://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t59481133/week-4-challenger-50000-hong-kong-hard/



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I keep meaning to find out so much more about our galaxy and the universe beyond. I'll see programmes on the subject, be fascinated and then forget about it.

The good thing about this January is the exchange between IF and Emma, getting my interest again, and within the next couple of weeks I will find out a bit more and I will go out looking for the planets one night.

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I keep meaning to find out so much more about our galaxy and the universe beyond. I'll see programmes on the subject, be fascinated and then forget about it.

The good thing about this January is the exchange between IF and Emma, getting my interest again, and within the next couple of weeks I will find out a bit more and I will go out looking for the planets one night.

 

 awe that's good Indiana, yes the natural world is fascinating.  having lived in London for 18 years, not seeing very much at all of any stars, its really nice now to be able to see the milky way on clear nights and of course the planets.  its just a matter of trying to work out where they are.  its easier when the planets are near the moon as Venus and Jupiter quite often are.



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Bob in Spain wrote:

OK. I'll bite.

Being a complete bah-humbug type of person, January coming around means that we've got that Xmas rubbish out of the way and we can all get on with life again.

 I'm with you on this one. The sooner this country stops shutting down the whole of life for two weeks at Xmas, the happier I'll be. It a ridiculously antiquated religious holiday, now just used for commercial reasons, an excuse to do naff all, and eat and drink too much.



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