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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, July 2018

5th July 2018 Tony Webster 1 Comment Astronomy, Meteor Showers, Planets, Total Lunar Eclipse

In July’s Night Sky, there is a Total Lunar Eclipse on the 27th of July. Venus shines brightly in the

Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, June 2018

7th June 20188th June 2018 Tony Webster 1 Comment Astronomy, Earthshine, June's Night Sky, Noctilucent Clouds, The Great Red Spot

In June’s night sky Venus is prominent in the west and Jupiter in the south. Saturn also rises in the

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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, March 2018

2nd March 20182nd March 2018 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Blue Moon, March Night Sky, Mons Piton, Mountains of the Moon, Planets

In the night sky over Belper, Venus appears low in the twilight sky this month, pairing with Mercury on the

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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, February 2018

5th February 20187th February 2018 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Night Sky Belper, Seas of The Moon, Sirius, The Pale Blue Dot

The brightest object in the night sky this month (apart from the Moon) is the star, Sirius. Jupiter and Mars

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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, January 2018

7th January 20187th January 2018 Tony Webster 0 Comments Alan Pickup, Astronomy, Belper night sky, Blue Moon, supermoon

No bright planets in the evening sky this month, but we can enjoy views of Jupiter and Mars if we

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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, December 2017

6th December 201715th December 2017 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, December Night Sky, Geminids, supermoon, The Planets

There are no bright planets on view in the night sky over December. The highlight of the month will be

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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, November 2017

6th November 20176th November 2017 Tony Webster 1 Comment Andromeda Galaxy, Astronomy, Leonids Meteor Shower, Space, Taurids Meteor Shower

If you want to see a planet in November you are going to have to get up early. Night time

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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, October 2017

8th October 20179th October 2017 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, belper astronomy group, Draconids Meteor Shower, October Night Sky, Orionid Meteor Shower, The Crescent Moon

October brings a thin crescent Moon, the Orionid meteor shower, and Venus is the morning star in the east. The

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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, September 2017

8th September 20178th September 2017 Tony Webster 1 Comment Astronomy, Belper, Harvest Moon, Planets, September Night Sky

This September we may have missed the Harvest Moon- or have we? In the early morning, Mercury, Mars and Venus

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Space is the Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, August 2017

6th August 20176th August 2017 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, August night sky, Belper, Great American Eclipse, Perseids, Summer Triangle, The Planets

The night sky in August brings us the Summer Triangle, the annual Perseid meteor shower and a last chance to

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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, July 2017

10th July 201710th July 2017 Tony Webster 1 Comment Astronomy, Belper, July Night Sky, Perseids, Star Gazing

July’s night sky brings more chances to observe the planets Jupiter and Saturn. For early risers Venus continues to shine

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Space Is the Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, June 2017

6th June 20176th June 2017 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Belper, June, Night Sky, Planets, Summer Solstice

We have now reached the summer months and, in these months, the night sky is never really dark. However, warmer

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Space Is The Place: Viewing The Night Sky Over Belper, May 2017

5th May 20175th May 2017 Tony Webster 1 Comment Astronomy, Belper Astronomy, Comet Johnson, May Night Sky, Planets

In May’s night sky Jupiter is resplendent. Saturn’s ring system is easily seen through a small telescope. Venus shines in

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Space is the Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, April 2017

4th April 20176th April 2017 Tony Webster 0 Comments April Night Sky, Astronomy, Belper, Lyrid Meteor Shower

April’s night sky is dominated by the bright planet Jupiter. There are still opportunities to view Mercury at the beginning

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Viewing The Night Sky Over Belper: March 2017

8th March 20178th March 2017 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Beehive Cluster, belper astronomy group, Night Sky, Venus

March brings more chances to view Venus before it disappears from our evening sky: Jupiter will take its place as

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Viewing The Night Sky Over Belper: February 2017

3rd February 2017 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Belper, Comet 45p, Mars, Night Sky, Uranus, Venus

Belper seems to have spent most of January under a blanket of cloud and fog, let’s hope that February gives

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The Night Sky Over Belper: January 2017

7th January 20178th January 2017 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Belper, Night Sky, Planets, Pleiades Cluster

January started off nicely with a pleasing alignment of Venus, Mars and the crescent Moon on the 2nd of January.

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The Night Sky Over Belper: December 2016

6th December 201612th December 2016 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Belper, Geminids, Meteor Shower, Night Sky, Orion, Stargazing, supermoon

In December we can look forward to the Geminid and the Ursid meteor showers, another supermoon on the 13th /

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The Sky Over Belper: November 2016

4th November 20164th November 2016 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Star Gazing, supermoon

November brings meteor showers from the Taurids and the Leonids (which this year will be competing with bright moonlight); a

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The Sky Over Belper: The Orionid Meteor Shower

19th October 2016 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, belper astronomy group, Orionid Meteor Shower

Late October has a number of astronomical events of interest to the casual astronomer, in particular a chance to see

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Belper Astronomy Group: Space is the Place

2nd October 2016 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, Belper Astronomy Society, meeting, Queens Head, Space, Star Gazing

The Belper Astronomy Group had its first meeting in the Top Bar of the Queens Head on Thursday 15th September.

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The Sky Over Belper: Satellites Are Spinning

7th September 2016 Tony Webster 0 Comments Astronomy, International Space Station, NASA, Nasa’s, Satellite, Space, Star Gazing

Unfortunately cloud cover prevented observers in Belper from seeing the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. This was a pity

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Belper Astronomy Society To Be Formed

3rd September 2016 Claire Meese 5 Comments Astronomy, Belper Astronomy Society, stargazer

Are you an amateur stargazer? Do you want to learn more about the universe? A new astronomy society is being

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The Sky Over Belper: The 2016 Perseid Meteor Shower – 17th July to the 24th of August

9th August 201611th August 2016 Claire Meese 4 Comments Astronomy, Belper, Meteor Shower, Meteors, Perseids, Sky, Tony Webster

The Perseid meteor shower is predicted to peak between the hours of midnight on Thursday the 11th of August and

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Transit of Mercury: A Good Day for Solar Observation in Belper

11th May 20163rd June 2019 Admin 0 Comments Astronomy, Big Energy Project, Mercury, Transit of Mercury

Belper Transition and the Big Energy Project had a successful viewing of the transit of Mercury on Monday the 9th

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The Transit of Mercury or Spotting the Spot

7th May 20163rd June 2019 Admin 1 Comment Astronomy, Mercury, Star Gazing, The Transit of Mercury

As previously mentioned in Nailed a transit of Mercury will be taking place on Monday, May the 9th. First contact

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The Transit of Mercury: Monday 9th of May 2016, 11.45 am Onwards.

25th April 20163rd June 2019 Admin 0 Comments Astronomy, Mercury, Strutts Community Centre, Tony Webster, Transit

The planet Mercury will transit the Sun on Monday the 9th of May. Planetary transits of the Sun are relatively