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Monday 15 October 2012

Tuesday night session - latest news

It is now 14:24 on Monday afternoon, and as I sit typing, the sky is grey and overcast over York Minster. Hopefully, it will clear up in time for tomorrow's meeting, but please check in with this website before you set off, just in case.

Highlights for the session might include an appearance from the ISS! It will fly by at 19:07 on Tuesday evening, so make sure you arrive early if you're coming. (Next pass at 20:44).

Jupiter will rise just after 8.07 pm - so we should stick around to see that.

I aim to do a guided tour of the autumn constellations tomorrow, and we'll try to get a glimpse of the Andromeda galaxy, as well as the double cluster in Perseus.