The planet Mercury is at its best for the year in May, higher than Venus in the evening sky for most of the month.
The Sky Above You – May 2021
Moonrock 2021
In anticipation of the Chang’e 5 returned sample analysis, Duncan Lunan reviews what we have learned to date.
Astronomy Beginner’s Guide Part 4: The Moon
Part 5 of Duncan Lunan’s Guide looks at The Moon
Amateur Involvement in Astronomy: Part 1 of Our Beginner’s Guide
To be an amateur astronomer on any level involves learning the constellations of the night sky.
The Tidal Pull of The Moon on Arctic Gas ‘Burbs’
The moon controls one of the most formidable forces in nature – the tides that shape our coastlines. Tides, in turn, significantly affect the intensity of methane emissions from the Arctic Ocean seafloor.
The Sky Above You – December 2020
” The winter solstice is on December 21st, also the date of a close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.”
Moonrise – Sunset And Wideford In The Middle
“Four o’ Clock – Thursday 26th November 2020 – sitting at my computer – and this is what I saw out of the window –”
Thomas Harriot #OnThisDay
On 26th of July 1609 English mathematician and astronomer Thomas Harriot drew the first map of the Moon by observing it through a telescope.
The Sky Above You – June 2020
The Moon will be Full on June 5th, with a faint penumbral lunar eclipse, and it will be New on June 21st, on which there will be an annular solar eclipse, visible from central Africa, northern India and China.
Moon Portal
Thursday 7th May 2020. 10 pm. Moon over the Bay of Hinderayre, Orkney.
