” The Alpha Centauri and Proxima stars are being studied intensively in Breakthrough Listen’s ‘Pale Red Dot’ project”
Planets of Other Stars
The Milky Way
In this article Duncan Lunan writes about The Milky Way
Novae and Supernovae
Duncan Lunan explores Novae and Supernovae. Pictured a Type 2 supernova
The Sky Above You – February 2022
“The Moon will be New on February 1st, and Full on February 16th, near Regulus in Leo that night.”
Stars and Nebulae
“Over the last two thousand years, compilers of star catalogues have gradually become aware that not everything in the northern sky (apart from the Milky Way) consisted of a sharp point of light”
Winter and Spring Stars (2)
“As the Pleiades travel round the Galaxy the gravitational pulls of other stars will gradually draw the cluster apart.”
Winter and Spring Stars
“As winter closes in, look for the Winter Triangle which Betelgeuse makes with Procyon and Sirius.”
The Sky Above You – January 2022
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on the night of January 3rd/4th, and will be well seen this year, with no moonlight to spoil it.
The Sky Above You – November 2021
“There’s an opportunity this month to find Ceres, the largest of the asteroids, as it passes through the V-shaped Hyades cluster in Taurus.”
Beginners Astronomy: Asteroids and Impacts
Read about asteroids and impacts – written by Duncan Lunan
