Author: Clive Jackson

Welcome to the August night sky. This month is great for seeing planets in the early evening. Over in the west, the planet Venus is still visible high and bright

Welcome to the July night-sky. The gas giant planet Jupiter is still well visible high in the southwest in the late evenings. It can be seen shining with bright steady

Welcome to the June night sky. This is the month of the summer solstice when the Sun is as far north in the sky as it can ever get and,

Welcome to the May night sky. Over in the west, shortly after sunset, the brilliant planet Venus can still be seen high in the rapidly darkening sky. This planet stays

Welcome to the April night sky. Soon after sunset, over in the west, the brilliant planet Venus is easily visible low on the horizon, and on the evening of the

Welcome to the March night sky. This month we have no bright planets in the evening sky, but at dawn, visible in the south, is Saturn, Mars and Jupiter, all

Welcome to the February night sky. During this month, unfortunately, there are no bright planets visible in the evening sky. At around 2am, the gas giant planet Jupiter can be

Welcome to the January night sky and to the new year of 2018. This month we have two full moons – the first was on January 2 and the second

Welcome to the December night sky. This is the month of the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. The Earth is now close to the point in its orbit where

Welcome to the November night sky. This is the month in Northern Europe of the first night frosts as winter approaches. Visible over in the east as darkness falls, the