Night skies

I was bicycling home last night, pretty deep in thought. Then I suddenly saw these bright lights on the western sky. Whooa! What's that? I dont think that I've ever seen anything quite so bright before.

The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on 16/6/12 at 20.45

As it turns out, this mid-March is brilliant time of the year to go and crane your neck upwards. For four hours after the sunset one can see the conjunction on Venus and Jupiter above the west horizon. Go check it out, it's pretty awesome. I first thought it must be one of those cranes from one of the constructions sites nearby. But no no, the lights are just sitting there, with no strings attached =) Also other planets are quite visible at the moment.

Easyjet to London, right on schedule at 20:58 =)

BTW. I found this cool site on the web for finding out what actually is up there: It's called Astroviewer and you can set up your location and time to find out the names of constellations, stars, planets and other stuff.
 

Looking south 21.15: bright Sirius and hunting Orion