Awesome page if your a sky watcher :)

Just add your location: www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/uk/salford

Or you can DL the software :)

www.hnsky.org/software.htm

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Don't need a telescope to see some of these planets either. Venus, Mars and Jupiter are very visible with the naked eye. Venus is the brightest light you'll see bar the Sun/Moon, and Mars looks like a pink star. With even a low level telescope or binoculars you can see the moon's orbiting Jupiter. Look up, there's lots there !

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I took my first proper manual photo the other week of the super snow moon, next full moon it will be warmer and I can adjust the setting to darken the image.

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There are many apps for android and iPhone that show you what stars and planets are in the sky around you using the GPS.

A great and simple way to identify what you are looking at

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Take a pic of the moon when it's not full. You'll be able to see the individual craters and the shadows they cast on the terminator.

Yes i h ave even been able to look at the moon with nothing and see the darker spots where the craters are,etc....

Space is amazing!