Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, July 2018
In July’s Night Sky, there is a Total Lunar Eclipse on the 27th of July. Venus shines brightly in the
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, June 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Image credit: NASA/MSFC/Meteoroid Environment Office/Bill Cooke November brings meteor showers from the Taurids and the Leonids (which this year will
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The Sky Over Belper: The 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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
The planet Mercury will transit the Sun on Monday the 9th of May. Planetary transits of the Sun are relatively
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