Algarve Skies

Welcome to the June night sky. This is the month of the summer solstice when our sun will pass at its highest point in the daytime sky in the northern

Welcome to the May night sky. This month, all the bright planets are only visible in the pre-dawn sky. These planets are Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The brightest of

Welcome to the April night sky. This month we still have no bright planets visible in the early evening sky, except for the elusive planet Mercury. This planet is never

Welcome to the March night sky. This is the month of the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, and this year it falls on Sunday, March 20 at 3.33pm in

Welcome to the February night sky. During the cold clear nights of this month, the grand constellation of Orion “the Hunter” dominates the early evening sky. The three stars that

Welcome to the January night sky. Also welcome to 2022. On Christmas Day, the James Webb Space Telescope was successfully launched from French Guiana. This incredible and ambitious project, when

Welcome to the December night sky. The dark cold nights of this month are ideal for observing the many meteor showers we have in December. I am aware of at

Welcome to the November night sky. Now with the end of summertime and the clocks going back, the long dark and cool nights of autumn are truly here. As the

Welcome to the September night sky. Now that the long hot nights of summer are coming to an end, we are approaching the autumn in the northern hemisphere, with the

Welcome to the August night sky. This is one of the best months of the year for night sky-watching as we have warm nights and noticeably more hours of darkness