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 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 [...]
Scotland’s Sky in February, 2019
Orion and Winter Hexagon in prime-time view The maps show the sky at 22:00 GMT on the 1st, 21:00 on the 15th and 20:00 on the 28th. An arrow [...]
Scotland’s Sky in January, 2019
Rise early for a total lunar eclipse on the 21st The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, 20:00 on the 16th and 19:00 on the [...]
Scotland’s Sky in December, 2018
Comet sweeps near Earth as meteors streak from Gemini The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, 20:00 on the 16th and 19:00 on the 31st. [...]
Scotland’s Sky in November, 2018
InSight probe to land on bright evening planet Mars The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, 20:00 on the 16th and 19:00 on the 30th. [...]