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Meteor showers and winter stars: the night sky in December
The solstice on 21 December marks the start of astronomical winter. The Sun will be at its lowest in the sky, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year with over 16 hours of darkness....
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2024 highlights and winter sights: the night sky in January
Happy New Year! 2024 hosts several fascinating night sky sights so why not wrap up warm and head outside to see if you can spot them. The European Space Agency’s ‘Euclid’ mission has captured this...
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Orion nebula and winter stars: the night sky in February 2024
The Orion Nebula lies around 1,400 light years away and is the brightest nebula in our night skies. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space...
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A partial penumbral lunar eclipse and the Pons-Brooks comet: the UK night sky...
Wednesday 20 March marks the spring or ‘vernal’ equinox, one of two days in the year where the Sun is directly over the equator, and neither hemisphere of our planet is leaning closer to the Sun. The...
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Passing comets and meteor showers: the UK night sky in April 2024
While the spring night skies still have a chill in them, it is a wonderful time for some stargazing. Comet Pons-Brooks will be visible in the first half of the month and April provides a great...
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Meteor showers and the Milky Way: the UK night sky in May 2024
The shorter nights of May provide a great opportunity to see meteors and the star-dense core of our Milky Way galaxy. There’s also a chance to see spectacular Noctilucent Clouds and find several...
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Noctilucent Clouds and meteor showers: the night sky in July 2024
With two meteor showers, the star-packed band of our Milky Way Galaxy arching overhead and the chance of seeing Noctilucent Clouds, July is a great month for a night of stargazing. The core of our...
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Meteors galore and a planetary conjunction: the night sky in August 2024
August nights bring one of the best meteor showers of the year, a chance to see a conjunction of Mars and Jupiter, and watch our Moon pass in front of ringed-planet Saturn. Look high overhead this...
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The night sky in September
September is an exciting month for UK stargazers. There’s a chance to see a partial lunar eclipse and several of our Solar System’s planets. The autumn constellations make a return to our evening skies...
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Visiting comets and autumnal meteors: the night sky in October 2024
The longer nights of October provide more time to see the autumnal skies before the nights get chiller! It’s a great month for meteors, seeing the closest and brightest galaxy in our skies, and later...
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