The Planets Tonight

@offbeat Said

Here's something for all you star gazers out there. If you look towards the South tonight, quite low in the sky, you will see a very bright star and a less bright star to the left of it. The bright star is Jupiter and it's neighbour is Saturn. With a small telescope or a pair of binoculars it is possible to see 4 of Jupiter's moons and 7 of Saturn's. Amazing when you consider that Jupiter is over 400 million miles away and Saturn is about a billion miles away. Enjoy.

@Jennifer1984 Said

Thanks for that tip. I'm not sure if this will be visible from South West England, but I'll call the Royal Observatory at Greenwich later and ask them. It'd be worth a trip to the clifftops looking out over the South Western approaches for a look.

Better to go to the cliffs for skywatching because there is less light pollution looking out to the south over the open sea.

Sunset isn't until 2100 here at this time of year but my daughter is still off school due to Coronavirus lockdown here and she won't mind staying up a bit late to go out do something interesting.

Again, thanks for the tip.