I can't see Uranus 👀

Yeah, I made the joke. Childish, yes. 🤣 If you expected more of me by now, I don't know what to tell you 😉

But really, I can't see Uranus. 

Instead, I can see Jupiter and Venus

It's a shame the telegraph pole is in the way, here you can see them clearer. 

We have perfect clear skies tonight (and temperatures of -6°C to match) to see stars and even planets. 

So I got my app to check what I am looking at.. I was correct, Jupiter and Venus 😊 But look there too is Uranus just some distance away..  I can't see it in the sky though.. 

I can however also see Mars, from the other side of my house, there with a hint of red, and near to Orion's belt. 

I messaged my Dad. We are cut from the same cloth, and he right away sent back a photo too of Jupiter and Venus, from his house an hour away. It's nice to know we are a while away but can look at the exact same thing at the same time. 

Maybe some of you here can post some photos in the coming days of what you can see in your night sky. 

I am sure @mmk will let us link the posts together as a little library of our own, a stargazing journal. 

If you need help, I recommend this app:

It does contain some ads, but you can calibrate it to your own location and see live movement of satellites, and even place the visual over your own camera like a filter to check what you are looking at. There are also options to look at the sky live, and check what is visible for you tonight, and the best windows to see it. 😊

Enjoy! And come back and show me what you find 😊