The March 2008 Night Sky
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
The December 2006 Night Sky
Clear winter nights 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
A month of meteor showers
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
Autumn is on its way
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
The end of summer – By Clive Jackson
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
Pluto’s relegation
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,
August showers – By Clive Jackson
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.
The giant planet
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
The June 2006 Night Sky
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
Seeing into deep space
WELCOME TO the April night sky. This is the month when we lose sight of the winter constellations in the west, such as Orion and Taurus, and replace them in