One of my āup thereā memories. August 12th. Just finished a marche nocturne and called with two of our friends. Sat outside until 1.30am watching the sky. Amazing warm, balmy evening with no light pollution, 2 lovely friends and the man I loved.
sounds idyllicā¦ 
OK Iāll buy in - what is āa slightly gibbous moonā?
An unusual word. It is said to derive (Google) from a word than meant hump-backed. Gibbering, giblet, gibbet. Like gob, gobble, gobby and goblet, not a very attractive onomatopoeic word as I know to my own cost. 
Can we have confidence in a map that describes the Moon and Mars as stars?
This forum is fast turning into a pedants paradise
No serious astronomer would make that mistake.
You can take from the siteā¦ whatever you likeā¦ I only offer the info of what to see in the skiesā¦ if one cares to take a lookā¦
If you are a serious astronomerā¦ I can understand your moodā¦
but for the general publicā¦ stars are what we seeā¦ twinkle twinkle little starā¦ has a lot to answer forā¦ 
stars appear to twinkleā¦
planets appear to have solid lightā¦
but as my eyes are ropeyā¦ thatās not always much helpā¦
But you didnāt get that from Professor Brian Coxās website! 
Is this any betterā¦ adjust for your own hometown
nopeā¦ I donāt know that gentlemanā¦
the twinkly difference was explained to me by a childā¦
Perseids this coming week too (peak viewing Wednesday night) - we take the sunbeds from the pool onto the back lawn, lie back andā¦
Nothing nicer than reclining in the sunloungerā¦ in the middle of the back fieldā¦ and gazing upwards to watch the shooting stars, this time of year.
A source of wonder for meā¦ ever since I was littleā¦ possibly because they are bright enough for me to really noticeā¦ 
ā¦ flaming-arrowsā¦ marvellousā¦
I like this siteā¦ because it makes me really work at my Frenchā¦
(even if they do translate planetsā¦ as starsā¦ 
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Never mind Stella, I still think youāre a star! 
no probsā¦
my little brother became interested in starsā¦ them things up in the skyā¦
at around 7 years of ageā¦ poor thing, he tried to teach meā¦ but totally failed.
His lifeās work was what went on āup thereāā¦
Now heās dead, I find myself gazing upwards more and moreā¦ how I wish I had taken it all in, when I had the chanceā¦
this heat is getting to everyone I reckon, one way or anotherā¦
cheersā¦
But it was a fun article that Stella posted. It isnāt meant to be serious astronomy