Author: Clive Jackson

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 March night sky. This is the month when the Sun moves into the northern hemisphere of the sky, and it marks the beginning of spring for us

Welcome to the February night sky.  Traditionally, this month is cold and damp in Portugal but frost is rare at our latitudes, unlike the rest of northern Europe where subzero temperatures

Welcome to the January night sky. On the first day of the month, just after sunset over in the southwest, the brilliant planet Venus is seen, and it is the

Welcome to the December night sky. This is the month of the longest nights and shortest days of the year. The Sun is at its lowest point in the sky

This is the month when the constellations of summer vanish from view to be replaced with those of the deep dark winter. The first sign of this is when you

Welcome to the November night sky. The nights are now long, dark and much cooler. Over in the east by 9pm, the constellation of Orion the hunter can be seen

This is the month of the giant planet Jupiter. In fact, just after sunset over on the southeastern horizon, Jupiter can be seen rising in the constellation of Capricorn. This

This month we have the longest days and the shortest nights of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This year the summer Solstice falls on the 21st at 6.45am local

On the third of the month, the just after quarter Moon is close to the planet Saturn, this is a convenient pointer as Saturn is not very bright at the