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WELCOME TO the December night sky and to the cold clear nights of winter. On December 21, the Sun is at its lowest point in the heavens and this gives

By CLIVE JACKSON WELCOME TO the November night sky. This is the month when the winter constellations start to appear in the evening night sky and the long dark nights

By CLIVE JACKSON WELCOME TO the October night sky. This is the month when we really notice the nights lengthening and the constellations of summer are replaced by those of

Clyde Tombaugh was only 24-years-old when he discovered Pluto, while working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1930. He had spent six gruelling months examining images of the sky,

WELCOME TO the September night sky. This is the month of the autumnal equinox, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator or, in other words, takes its journey southwards. It

WELCOME TO the August night sky. This is the month when much of Europe is on holiday and people have more time to spend outside during the warm summer nights.

By CLIVE JACKSON WELCOME TO the July night sky. This month begins with the giant planet, Jupiter, with a volume 1,300 times larger than our Earth, visible high in the

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