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Welcome to my Star Stream! This is a continuous posting stream of my Star Sightings that anyone and everyone can enjoy. Every day, I will give;

An update on the stars in the sky above, the moon and it’s phases and other planets, satellites and other bodies of mass above our head, thanks to SkyView, an Augmented Reality app that is a pleasure to use*. If you are interested in star gazing and such, read my next post and I can give some helpful pointers!

A rating on what I thought that night’s experience was. I do check on the ratings I receive regularly,so if you do see this, or checkup on it regularly, thank you and please leave an honest rating over what you thought. I value your responses to improve!

I only update when it’s not daylight savings as it’s easier to find the stars without being up late. Also keep an eye out for my special colour-coded posts;

Green Posts are for sightings that I think are special. These might include things like blood moons, satellite sightings and rare, once a year kind of space-related notes

Pink Posts contain fun facts about galactic space and human discoveries, and usually are themed/posted after a green post, so you can understand exactly what I said and how that came to be in simple, easily understandable language, most likely to have a photo attached which is what the event looks like. All used photos are not guaranteed to be my own, but are photos I  have found on the internet that has no copyright and is free for me and you to use

Yellow Posts contain notices referring to the stream

*Note that for best use, use the paid version of SkyView (not SkyView Lite). I mentioned this app because it is my preferred app, not for advertising reasons

Thank you, and may many happy sightings of natural wonders meet your eyes, even if they’re in your dreams.

Charlotte P

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If you are interested in star gazing like me, I highly recommend to you SkyView- an AR app that is worth the money. Find an open area on a clear night and search to sky. Key points of view is Polaris (The North Star), Crux (The Southern Cross), our Moon, Planets and other unnatural satellites (like the ISS)

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Sometimes I will type things like the casuals were out, and this is like a definitions post, so you know exactly what I mean.

Posted Terms

The Usuals or Casuals

By the term ‘usuals’ I refer to seeing Sirius, Canopus and Rigel. I will refer to most sightings as the standards or the usuals as these are the stars most likely to be seen from my perspective

Minor Stars

When I see minor stars, it means I spot stars that aren’t casuals or usuals, but I don’t find out what they are due to the fact that I’m likely to see 10-50 minor stars on a clear night

Clouds.

This, quite simply means ‘There were clouds, so no sightings were made.’

Rain

This translates as ‘There was rain, so I couldn’t go outside to stargaze.’

Star Referral Terms

Crux

Crux is the official name for the Southern Cross, Australia’s special Star. It is the smallest of the 88 constellations of the Southern Hemisphere, but one of the most distinctive, due to its bright star, Acrux. An interesting fact is that all of Crux’s stars end in ‘crux’. The stars are Acrux, Becrux, Decrux and Gecrux.

Watch this space... more definitions are added whenever they might be needed. Keep your eyes peeled

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Tonight it was cloudy, so I didn’t manage to see the moon in its ‘Full Moon’ phase. Venus was hidden too. Better luck tomorrow!

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Tonight was clearer and we were able to see stars such as Sirius, Canopus and Rigel. Venus was still out of view. Tonight felt like a very special night for stargazing because of the Super Moon! I saw it over my neighbour’s roof, and whilst it was still a bit cloudy, it was definitely a new and beautiful experience for me!

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Last night, a super moon made its way to our skies and was tipped to be the biggest one this year in the Southern Hemisphere. It was just 356,907 km away and was noted to be a pink super moon due to being closer to the Earth because of its elliptical orbit. A super moon is a full moon/new moon that looks bigger than usual and may have a slight pink hue and will be brighter, but is hard to notice with the naked eye.

Interesting Facts about Super Moons are;

No place on Earth is closer to the moon compared with others during a super moon due to the moon’s elliptical orbit of Earth

In order for a full/new moon to be classified as a super moon, the moon has to be within 361,885 km of the Earth, measured from both centres of mass

The closest the moon will get to Earth this year is 356,907km on the 8th of April and the furthest away it will get is 406,692km on the 31st of October, which will be 49,131km further away than tonight’s moon

Some astronomers don’t like the name super moon. They like to call them Hype instead, but their special, not hype, so many people use the term super moon instead

Before they were named super moon, they were know as Perigean Full Moons or Perigean New Moons. Perigee just means near Earth. Apogee is the opposite, and thus means The point of an orbit of a moon or satellite when it is furthest from Earth.

Because the moon is the reason we have tides, the waves will be much bigger, and much smaller during the period before, during and after the moon passes your part of the Earth’s Equator

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Tonight was very clear and the stars were out early. I realised just how big of a difference your surrounding lighting can be. What I saw changed as soon as the sensor light in my backyard went off. Tonight I spied Sirius, Canopus and Rigel. I didn’t have the right timing to see the moon. Too bad!

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Today, was Good Friday, but tonight didn’t seem good as it  was another cloudy one. They seemed thick and blocked out all light like curtains.

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Tonight was hazy in patches of the sky. The average stars were coincidentally hidden behind the random clouds. I won’t be able to find Venus for a while whilst it is behind a neighbour’s roof

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Due to Easter Sunday that has just occurred, I didn’t have time to go stargazing tonight. However I will be back tomorrow with my daily updates so stay tuned!

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Tonight the usuals were out. Nothing exciting was going on up there. I tried finding Rigilkent with no luck. The sky tonight was patched with clouds and it seemed darker than usual.

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One week into my stream, and I’m feeling good! I came stargazing out later by an hour, yet the sky was patchy with clouds (again), so the usuals were not to be seen. I tried finding two satellites as a one week special, but I had no luck finding C-Z4 Rocket Body (2006-046C), which was behind my roof and CZ-2C Rocket Body (2007-010B), which was behind a tree

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I suspected that it was cloudy. Not even Sirius, the brightest star one could see was hidden under the foggy, vast (dark navy/ dark grey) unknown mists of space. Hopefully I have better luck tomorrow with the weather, and that the clouds are gone by tomorrow evening!

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Tonight was an amazing night, so please pardon the late postage. I saw hundreds of stars with no clouds in the star. I saw the consolation Crux (also known as the Southern Cross) and lots of other stars including the usuals, as well as Arcturus, the brightest star in the consolation Boötes. I could spend a good 8 paragraphs describing and labelling all the stars I saw tonight, but to keep it simple, I saw lots. And if you are a fellow stargazer, I hope you saw some too!

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Tonight was average. Most of the casuals were out and about, but Canopus and Rigilkent were both out of my view. Some minor stars were seen, but I’m not sure which ones. That’s all for tonight! I’ll be back 7:30pm tomorrow!

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Not much to report today, the clouds decided to make an appearance.
*Sigh* When will the sky become less cloudy?

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Clouds.

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My patience has paid off! Cloud there were, but not many! Tonight I spied with my little eye stars such as Rigilkent and Canopus and consolations like Leo and Crux. Not bad!

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Tonight was another wonderful night for stargazing. I spotted Sirius and Canopus, as well as Crux and sone other constellations that I couldn’t name.

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Clouds made an appearance. I didn’t mind as much today, you have to make the cloud:star ratio even!

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Clouds.

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Tonight I was sleepier than usual, so I forgot to check out the sky. Sorry!

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Clouds.

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Clouds - How they can change our perspective 

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Tonight was great! I saw Crux and the usuals as well as countless other stars and constellations. Overall, great gaze!

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Ideal night tonight. There was little amounts of cloud and big amounts of stars. I found the average stars, as well as Crux. I tried of identifying the multiple other constellations with no luck.

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Rain.

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I got out early and saw the usuals in the dark blue-purple sky before it started bucketing down. Lucky!

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Clouds.

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I was tired, so I forgot to check out the sky. Don’t worry, I’ll be back tomorrow!

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I had birthday celebrations tonight, which didn’t leave me time to stargaze. Sorry!

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One month of postage! Here’s a special post about my favourite type of star, the neutron star!

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The clouds were patchy in places. Nothing else to report.

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Clouds showed up in patches. No sightings.

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I saw the casuals, and I got confused with where positioning of certain stars such as Crux were, and I believe I caught a sight of a neutron star. It was an enjoyable gaze and I’ll be back again tomorrow!

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Due to Coronavirus, I have and haven’t had as much time to stargaze as I’d want. Sorry for the inconvenience, and I’ll try to update all of the past nights as soon as possible.

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The sky was muffled

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Clouds.

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The clouds were out with no sightings of the stars or moon

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Welcome to my Star Stream! This is a continuous posting stream of my Star Sightings that anyone and everyone can enjoy. Every day, I will give;

An update on the stars in the sky above, the moon and it’s phases and other planets, satellites and other bodies of mass above our head, thanks to SkyView, an Augmented Reality app that is a pleasure to use*. If you are interested in star gazing and such, read my next post and I can give some helpful pointers!

A rating on what I thought that night’s experience was. I do check on the ratings I receive regularly,so if you do see this, or checkup on it regularly, thank you and please leave an honest rating over what you thought. I value your responses to improve!

I only update when it’s not daylight savings as it’s easier to find the stars without being up late. Also keep an eye out for my special colour-coded posts;

Green Posts are for sightings that I think are special. These might include things like blood moons, satellite sightings and rare, once a year kind of space-related notes

Pink Posts contain fun facts about galactic space and human discoveries, and usually are themed/posted after a green post, so you can understand exactly what I said and how that came to be in simple, easily understandable language, most likely to have a photo attached which is what the event looks like. All used photos are not guaranteed to be my own, but are photos I  have found on the internet that has no copyright and is free for me and you to use

Yellow Posts contain notices referring to the stream

*Note that for best use, use the paid version of SkyView (not SkyView Lite). I mentioned this app because it is my preferred app, not for advertising reasons

Thank you, and may many happy sightings of natural wonders meet your eyes, even if they’re in your dreams.

Charlotte P