The sky was strangely obscured last night, with a soft haze that trapped an awful lot of street lighting and made "seeing" (the quality of the view) poorer than I had hoped. Jupiter delivered however, with lovely views of the cloud belts, and a nice wide display of all four moons. We were also able to do a bit of star-cluster gazing, enjoying good views of the Pleiades cluster.
Last night's session was very sparsely attended, and I wonder if these messages get through in time for you to act on the invitation. Therefore, I would like to invite everyone to an observing night on Friday 20th January, from 8.00pm onwards. There will be no Moon, but Jupiter remains a good target, and we can do some binocular astronomy for interesting winter sky objects. It would be very helpful if you could send me an email to say that you are coming and as ever, check this site on the evening to see if the weather is going to let us go ahead.
