A Clear Night!

After all the weather we've been having it was a pleasant surprise when the sky cleared on Saturday night.

So, the first image was a rather unusual cloud formation which I'm told is called Cirrus Radiatus...



Then it was time to catch Venus before it set - Venus is now moving towards the Earth and as it does so it moves closer to the Sun in the sky and forms a crescent as we are looking at it from behind with only a small proportion being sunlit...



I waited and searched for Noctilucent Clouds but no worthwhile display was forthcoming so I had a go at capturing the new comet in the sky. This is called Comet C/2006 VZ13 LINEAR and is currently almost directly overhead at midnight in the constallation of Draco. I was lucky enough to be able to capture the comet and a passing meteor in the same shot! The comet is the turquoise fuzzy object just below centre in the right third of the frame, opposite the meteor...



Then there was the Moonrise, amazingly orange...



A good night!