Hi All...Adam
I have been following your advice re locating Venus, Scorpius, etc...I am embarassed to admit that I have had serious problems...Firstly, it has been about midnight before the skies are clear...then I locate what I think is Venus only to not be able to locate Scorpius...I will try and describe the bright star I have thought was Venus, it appears about a fist length left of the saucepan...I have spent ages trying to make sense/familiarise myself with the skymap (downloaded as you suggested). About a fist from the saucepan is another very bright star (pretty sure it is blue....south of "Venus" is a dense cluster of stars (beautiful with the binoculars)
I now think that I have not actually been looking at Venus...any suggestions as to where I really am...
I have downloaded Nov skymap (and will do this each month) and plan to familiarise myself with the naked eye sightings... just feel I need an identifiable marker/s
I am also finding Thompson's Stargazing and The Southern Sky Guide very helpful...trying to obtain a copy of PC World April 2005 for the Starry Night software...but am having problems with the publisher being able to locate a copy.
anyway, that is where i am....
By the way, is it ok to be asking these type of basic questions here...
thanks
Janine
