Now we can make all them damn 'northenors' jealous.
We can see the Southern Cross right guys!
there is a least one S. African here I know so let's the two of us get together and bogie!
And for those of us on the other half of the planet:
==== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ===
Comet 73P is now visible to the unaided eye under dark skies. The comet is at its brightest by the end of this week, but bright moonlight will make it difficult to see without binoculars. The best time to see 73P is around 3-4am this week. The Full Moon is Saturday May 13. In the early evening, ruddy Mars is in Gemini, not far from Saturn, which is easily spotted in the northeastern sky as a pale gold object, within binocular range of the Beehive cluster. Jupiter rises in the late evening and is the brightest object above the eastern horizon. Now is a good time to beg or borrow a small telescope to watch it. In the dawn sky bright Venus is readily seen above the eastern horizon. On the late evening/early morning of May 14-15 the bright red star Antares will be covered by the Moon. For comet spotting maps and occultation times see:
http://home.mira.net/~reynella/skywatch/ssky.htm
