May.15, 2021

Sky Notes - June 2021

In this month's edition:

  • Planetary Skylights 
  • Strawberry Super Moon
  • Partial Solar Eclipse
  • June Meteors  
  • Noctilucent cloud season 
  • June 2021 Sky Charts
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By Mark D
May.19, 2021

Tidings from Mars

It’s almost becoming crowded on Mars with yet another rover arrival, the first from China. The Zhurong rover is already sending its first images back to Earth. Meanwhile, NASA's helicopter drone Ingenuity has now completed 6 flights, just! Percy starts to rove doing real science... [Read more about Tidings from Mars ]

By Mark D
May.29, 2021

Online Night Scenes - Part 2 July-Dec available shortly

The next instalment of Paul Money's Night Scenes almanac will shortly be available, again on PDF or Kindle e book format only. Details are as follows..

 
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By Mark D
May.29, 2021

The Northern Crown - Corona Borealis

Located high to south in the northern celestial sky during the summer months, a small and pleasing circlet of stars to the west of Bootes (highlighted by Arcturus), marks the distinctive northern crown of Corona Borealis. It normally contains only one reasonably conspicuous star and no obvious deep sky objects. It does however harbour two of the more remarkable variable stars in the heavens.  [Read more about The Northern Crown - Corona Borealis ]

By Mark D