Diverd4777 wrote:

starman wrote:

New Years Eve at 0000-UTC (7:00-pm EST) is one of the few times in the
year when the BBC airs all twelve chimes of Big Ben. Start listening at
one minute before the hour (2359-UTC or 6:59pm EST).

Thanks for the head's up;
misseds it;
- anyone record it perchance??

- Saturn is so close you can see tha rings !

Time to get the 10-inch out.

- Got a pair of 80 x 20 Binoculars , which do clearly showed the rings;
- May try with the 4 1/4 inch Mead later today..

& Orion is now on the eastern horizon; Forgot what the neblua in the sword
looked like;
Quite spectacular.!.