Marc wrote:
Personally, I feel that Manchester will lose out yet again. Today we
had cirrus clouds and sunshine, and it wasn't that cold. Tonight,
the skies are clear and the temperature has more or less remained
static at 3C.

Now you see I just can't lose.
The sky was indeed crystal clear about an hour ago so I got the
telescope out and got a cracking view of Jupiter and four of its
moons. :-)

Now if only I had a telescope! Actually, the big advantage of cold, clear skies
is the ability to see the stars and planets together. I noticed that the Moon
and Venus were rather close to each other the other night!

Paul.