What's next to the moon?

top gear have made another attempt at launching their own space ship. this ones an austin Allegro
 
Was Looking at these through my telescope. The moon looked awesome but sadly couldnt see anything but a large white dot for venus. I saw jupiter and 4 of its moons though ! :cool:
 
Damn that Prof Brian Cox and making me have an interest in Astronomy. I even brought an £80 quid telescope to look at things but it's rubbish :(
 
gregster said:
Damn that Prof Brian Cox and making me have an interest in Astronomy. I even brought an £80 quid telescope to look at things but it's rubbish :(
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That's the same as buying a computer for £80 and complaining because you can't play Battlefield 3. :P
 
gregster said:
Damn that Prof Brian Cox and making me have an interest in Astronomy. I even brought an £80 quid telescope to look at things but it's rubbish :(
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You should be able to get decent views of the moon as well as Jupiter and her moons. However depending on where you live light pollution may be an issue.

I started with a cheap(ish) 5" Newtonian and at first thought it was rubbish but after I learned to use it I got some good images. Stick with it and if the bug bites you'll be spending hundreds (or thousands!) on better 'scopes.
 
Definitely Venus :p

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Saw this as I finished work earlier tonight and walked across the car park to my car - I was wondering if it was Venus or not?

Tried Skyview free on the I Phone which failed - it seems to report the bright object next to the moon as Aldebaran :confused:
 
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