IF YOU were one of the 400 or so people who came down to watch the solar eclipse with us at Kendal's Abbot Hall Park, thank you, and our apologies for the cloudy sky. Disappointing, I know, but we'll try again in 2026!
The eclipse might be over but there's still lots to enjoy in the night sky. Silvery-blue Venus still blazes like a lantern in the west after sunset, and Jupiter shines high in the south east as darkness falls. By midnight it dominates the sky, almost overhead in the south.
On March 29 a big, gibbous (not quite full) Moon will be shining very close to Jupiter. Binoculars will show you the craters and dark lava seas on the Moon, and three of Jupiter's 63 moons too, looking like tiny stars close to bulb-bright Jupiter.
Stuart Atkinson
Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal.
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