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Astronomically nothing to do with gardening but someone might know.

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I can see Mars in the SSE soon after dark

    Billericay - Essex

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  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190

    This is the chart that I use:

    https://www.heavens-above.com/skychart2.aspx?lat=53.45&lng=-2.88 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I can identify the obvious to a rank amateur constellations so I'll see if I can spot one tonight. It might give me a clue. 
    If I remember rightly, the plough was to the left but higher as I faced north.
    I like your map @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool. Is the violet line the horizon at the time?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    The line passing through the Sun and Regulus is the ecliptic, the path of the Sun round the sky over the year. The horizon is the circular edge of the map.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Ok thanks Alan
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Could be Mars, enjoy it, it will be gone soon and we probably won’t ever see it this bright again. 
    I’ll have a look at 9pm tonight. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    It's Capella if you are facing north.  Screenshot from one of my astronomy programs:

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited October 2018
    It's there again, I think I can see Cassiopeia so it's probably Capella  :/ maybe :/
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    We actually have a clear night, so Cassiopeia it is.
    You  can see Mars directly West at this time.  Still looking red. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Mars is actually in the South, very low down.
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