Author: Clive Jackson

Welcome to the May night sky. This is the time of the year of sunny days and dark clear nights, at least in southern Europe. The three most easily visible

Welcome to the April night sky. Now we have moved past the Equinox, the days are getting longer and the nights shorter. The only planet easily visible in the evening

On July 30, 2020, an Atlas rocket from the United Launch Alliance lifted off from Cape Canaveral on its seven-month journey to Mars. Its payload was the Perseverance Mars rover

Welcome to the February night sky. This is one of the coldest months of the year in the northern hemisphere and we also have a shortage of bright planets visible

Welcome to the January night sky. Although this is one of the coldest months of the year in the northern hemisphere, the planet Earth is at its closest point in

Welcome to the December night sky. This is the month of the winter solstice when the Sun is at its lowest point in the Heavens as viewed from the northern

Welcome to the November night sky. This is the month of the first night frosts in temperate northern hemisphere countries, and the appearance of the brightest star in the night-time

Welcome to the October night sky. We are now well into the autumn of the northern hemisphere and the nights are getting longer and colder. As darkness falls, the great

Welcome to the September night sky. This is the month of the Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere as the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south. It happens on

Welcome to the August night sky. As darkness falls this month, the summer Milky Way will be on full display starting from the southern horizon with the rich constellations of