Author: Clive Jackson

Welcome to the August night sky. At nightfall this month, Jupiter is the only bright planet visible, still close to the red giant star Antares in the constellation of Scorpius.

This is the month of the Autumn Equinox, when on September 22, the Sun crosses the celestial equator on its journey south. This marks the end of summer and the

This is the month that really signals the end of warm nights in Portugal and the arrival of the cold damp nights of the winter season. On the first of

This month starts off with a coming together of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter, and also the thin crescent Moon. This will all happen low on the southwestern horizon.

Welcome to the May night sky. This is the time of year when things start to warm up a bit and the nights are noticeably less chilly and hopefully the

Welcome to the June night sky. This is the month that has the longest days and shortest nights of the year. This is simply due to the position of the

After the clocks have been put back an hour and as the Sun is lower in the heavens, night comes much sooner than the previous month. Over on the south

Welcome to the January night sky. This month is named after the god Janus who had the ability to look forwards and backwards at the same time. This ability could

Welcome to the April night sky. We are now officially into springtime and the constellations of winter like Taurus, Orion and Canis Major are all sinking in the west at

Welcome to the July night sky. Since the Summer Solstice in June the temperatures have been rising and the cold wet spring is far behind us. The nights are ideal