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The night sky in October
As the darker evenings and longer, autumn nights return, October’s night sky has plenty of exciting celestial objects for you to see, without the need for any equipment. The planets of our Solar...
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The night sky in November
The Autumn night sky has many distinctive features, such as the Pleiades (top right) and the constellation of Orion (centre). The bright star in the bottom left is Sirius – more on that in the coming...
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The night sky in December
The longest nights of the year fall in December, allowing astronomers plenty of time to get out and enjoy the night sky - and there’s plenty to see this month! Jupiter - Saturn conjunction December...
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The night sky in January
Happy New Year! 2021 brings a host of exciting celestial sights, so join us each month to find out what you can see in our night skies. Sirius (bottom left), Procyon (top left) and the constellation of...
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The night sky in February
Bottom middle: Bright summer stars Vega and Deneb setting in the north-west just after dark. The Andromeda Galaxy (top left) sits among the autumn constellations that set later, around midnight. You...
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The night sky in March
Credit: NASA. One of the first photos from Jezero crater, Mars. Much of the terrain in Jezero crater has previously been considered too hazardous to risk a landing attempt there, but with new...
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The night sky in April
The brighter part of our Milky Way galaxy can be seen in spring and summer from the northern hemisphere. Following last month’s equinox, the nights are now shorter than the days, but there’s still...
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The night sky in May
While there may be fewer stars visible in the lighter summer night skies, there’s a chance of seeing the beautiful electric blue glow of noctilucent clouds over the next couple of months. The tilt of...
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The night sky in June
The Milky Way Core. The centre of our galaxy lies around 25,000 light years away, in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius. You can use the star map below to identify the stars and...
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The night sky in July
The ‘Summer Triangle’, visible in the centre of this photo is made up of bright star Vega (top), Deneb (centre-left) and Altair (above the large tree). These stars are now high in the south-east after...
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The night sky in August
This is a photograph of Comet Neowise, a 2.5km (1.5 mile)-wide comet that graced our skies in July last year, photographed when it was around 110 million kilometres (70 million miles) from Earth. The...
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The night sky in September
Credit NASA/JPL. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has performed amazingly well on Mars, successfully completing its eleventh flight last month, scouting out the terrain that the Perseverance Rover will...
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The night sky in October
The evenings have taken on an autumnal chill in recent days, and having passed the equinox last month, there is now more night-time than daylight, perfect for a night of stargazing! The south-eastern...
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The night sky in November
The eastern sky after soon after dark (Credit Stellarium.Org/) The night-time temperatures have dropped noticeably in recent days, but don’t let that deter you from venturing out to look at the stars....
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The night sky in December
Our Moon, 380,000km (240,000 miles) away. Space agencies around the world - including the UK Space Agency - are collaborating to prepare for a number of lunar missions in the coming years. The Winter...
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The night sky in January
This month’s full ‘Wolf Moon’ will appear around 10% smaller than the full ‘Super Moon’ in July! Happy New Year! 2022 brings a host of exciting astronomical events and the long winter nights provide an...
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The night sky in February
High overhead as darkness falls, the beautiful winter constellations of Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus and Taurus (captured here over LLanthony Priory in Wales) dip towards the western horizon later in...
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The night sky in March
The winter constellations of Orion, Taurus, Auriga and Gemini still dominate the southern sky in the early evening. You can use the star-map below to make out the constellations. Although March sees...
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The night sky in April
The distinctive shapes of the spring constellations Ursa Major, the Great Bear (top left) and Leo the Lion (centre right), high in the south after dark. Look for the small but distinctive ‘Beehive...
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The night sky in May
This month provides a lively meteor shower, a total lunar eclipse, and a conjunction of the planets, as well as the usual array of wonderful astronomical sights that spring brings. Those with...
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