Scotland’s Sky in November 2019
Mercury crosses Sun as bright planets converge in evening sky
Scotland’s Sky in October 2019
Amateur astronomer discovers first interstellar comet
Scotland’s Sky in September, 2019
Friendly Delphinus the Dolphin wins a place among the stars The maps show the sky at 23:00 BST on the 1st, 22:00 on the 16th and 21:00 on the 30th. [...]
Scotland’s Sky in August, 2019
Giant planets hang low in evenings as Perseid meteors fly The maps show the sky at midnight BST on the 1st, 23:00 on the 16th and 22:00 on the [...]
Scotland’s Sky in July, 2019
A partial eclipse of the Moon next to Saturn on the 16th The maps show the sky at 01:00 BST on the 1st, midnight on the 16th and 23:00 on [...]
Scotland’s Sky in June, 2019
Is Jupiter’s Great Red Spot unfurling before our eyes? The maps show the sky at 01:00 BST on the 1st, midnight on the 16th and 23:00 on the 30th. [...]
Scotland’s Sky in May, 2019
Giant world Jupiter becoming obvious in May’s twilit nights The maps show the sky at 01:00 BST on the 1st, midnight on the 16th and 23:00 on the 31st. [...]
Scotland’s Sky in April, 2019
Galaxy clusters of interest in April’s southern evening sky The maps show the sky at midnight BST on the 1st, 23:00 on the 16th and 22:00 on 30th. An [...]
Scotland’s Sky in March, 2019
Watch earth satellites transit our vernal equinox sky The maps show the sky at 23.00 GMT on the 1st, 22.00 GMT on the 16th and 21.00 GMT (22.00 BST) [...]
Our nearest planet?
The BBC radio4 programme More or Less (broadcast weekly on Fridays; repeated on a Sunday) deals with claims involving numbers or statistics. Unusually, the episode broadcast on 11 January 2019 [...]