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Our resident volunteer star and planetary watcher has sent some what-to-do this month. Use your binoculars to help your sightings and bring out your planisphere ..... (wiki) During May, there is a meteor shower falling on May 5/6th (look East-Southeast) which is the remains of tiny fragments of...

Our starwatching volunteer has some more tips for you. For those with a planisphere . April’s sky projects includes how to use your starfinder chart. Remember that we are now in BST (British Summer Time) so when you are using your planisphere remember to subtract 1 hour. i.e. if it...

Our stargazing volunteer, Bob, suggests ..... using a ‘ Planisphere ’ this month. Looking West to South and then to East, try to find in the night sky, the Astronomical horoscope signs of ... (from the West) Taurus (the star Aldebaran ), Gemini (the stars Castor and Pollux ), the star...

Pan-STARRS comet , having moved through the southern hemisphere is now being seen in our night skies. During this month, using your binoculars, look low towards the west. Later in the month it should rise higher. But as comet watchers say – comets are like cats. They both have tails, but...

Our volunteer stargazing enthusiast Bob Evans has sent us these notes of the January event (before the snow came) ..... The sky was cloudy during the day and the team were thinking of cancellation – but their positive nature kicked in and they decided to wait. As it was, the clouds cleared and...

Despite frozen toes, feedback from our ‘Date with the Stars’ event on Saturday evening has been glowing. I know it left me on a stargazing high for the rest of the weekend and I reckon many of those who came would agree. Arranged to coincide with BBC Stargazing LIVE, this was first...