6.30pm, Sunday 21st April 2024. Image: SkySafari, SkySafariAstronomy.com. It’s comet hunting time! Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is also known as the Devil Comet because of how, in some images, the comet’s tail looks forked, like two devilish horns. Comet...
Use planet Mercury to guide you to the Beehive! A few months ago it was planet Mars that appeared close to the Beehive star cluster. This month, it’s Mercury’s turn. The Beehive open cluster of stars is otherwise known as Praesepe. If you can view it...
For natural cosmic phenomena, you don’t get more remarkable than a Total Eclipse of the Sun! For a total solar eclipse to occur, the Sun, Moon and Earth need to be perfectly aligned in their orbits, with the Moon in the middle. As the Moon travels between the...
After sunset on 13th September, there’s quite a sight in the west. The red planet, Mars will appear right alongside Spica which is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo. Use the above image as a guide. Astronomical images provided by SkySafari, a...
The waxing crescent moon makes a close approach to the Pleiades star cluster below the constellation of Taurus in the north-western sky from sunset. Until about 9.30pm, the moon and the Pleiades (also known as the Seven Sisters) are close enough to fit within the view...
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