Author: Clive Jackson

Welcome to the May night Sky. This is the month when the temperatures at night get a little more comfortable and hopefully the April showers are behind us! The ringed

Welcome to the March night sky. This month, winter officially ends at the spring equinox and it will happen on March 20. What exactly determines the date is the position

Welcome to the June night sky. This is the month of the summer Solstice, when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky, staying above the horizon for

Welcome to the December night sky. The bright planet Venus is still well visible low in the south west, just after sunset. For the first half of the month, Venus

Welcome to the November night sky. Just after sunset we have two brilliant planets visible in the rapidly darkening heavens. By far the brightest is Venus visible low in the

Welcome to the October night sky. This month starts off in daylight with an annular Eclipse of the Sun, but only a deep partial visible from the Algarve. It happens

Welcome to the July night sky.This month gets off with a ‘bang’, as on July 4, NASA will try to blow a hole in a comet! This attempt is called

Welcome to the February night sky. This is the month of the grand constellation Orion shining brightly high in the south. This constellation sits on the Equator of the sky

The month of the giant ringed planet The New Year starts off with a comet called Macholz, named after its discoverer Don Macholz, who saw it in August 2004. This

After several months without any bright planets in the evening sky, we now start to see the majestic planet Saturn rising soon after sunset, low in the east-northeast. This planet