Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, November 2022
In November’s Night Sky: Notes from the Partial Solar Eclipse, Artemis 1 and Virgin Orbit Launches, Jupiter and Mars, November
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The Planets
Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, July 2022
In July’s Night Sky Over Belper: You will have to get up early to see the planets this month. There
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, June 2022
In June’s Night Sky: All the planets appear in the early morning sky. The Summer Solstice is on the 21st.
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, May 2022
In May’s Night Sky: A Total Lunar Eclipse at dawn, Cosmological sounds, the Hercules Cluster and a Happy Birthday to
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Space Is The Place, The Night Sky Over Belper, March 2022
In March’s Night Sky: Notes on the CPRE Star Count. The Vernal Equinox and clocks go forward. The Beehive Cluster.
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, January 2022
In the Night Sky Over Belper: Space Missions for 2022 – everybody is going to the Moon. Jupiter shines in
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, August 2021
In the Night Sky Over Belper. August brings: the Perseids meteor shower, the Summer Triangle, first looks at Jupiter and
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, July 2021
In the Night Sky Over Belper: A report on the partial eclipse of the Sun, NLCs, July meteors, notes on
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, June 2021
In the Night Sky Over Belper: A partial eclipse of the Sun on the 10th June, NLCs, Summer Days, the
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, April 2021
In the Night Sky Over Belper: The CPRE Star Count results. Finding the Beehive Cluster. The Lyrid Meteor Shower. April
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, December 2020
In the Night Sky Over Belper. December brings: The Geminids meteor shower, the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter. Mars still
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, October 2020
In October’s Night Sky: A very good month to view Mars; Jupiter, Saturn and Venus are all bright and visible;
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, September 2020
In September’s Night Sky. A good month to view: Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. Venus shines bright in the early morning.
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, August 2020
In August’s Night Sky: Comet NEOWISE is fading. The Perseids meteor shower peaks on the 12th / 13th. Jupiter, Saturn
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, July 2020
In July’s Night Sky Over Belper: Jupiter and Saturn appear in the evening, Venus moves to the morning. Another Comet?
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, June 2020
In the June Night Sky Over Belper: The 3 stages of twilight, noctilucent clouds, the summer solstice, the Moon and
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, March 2020
In the Night Sky Over Belper, March brings: A Supermoon on the 9th. The Vernal Equinox on the 20th. Venus
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, December 2019
In the December, Night Sky Over Belper: The Geminids meteor shower. A full Moon on the 12th. Venus appears as
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, November 2019
November brings: The Transit of Mercury and the Leonids Meteor Shower. Venus returns to the night sky and Mars can
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, October 2019
In the Night Sky Over Belper: The Orionids and Taurids meteor showers. Observe the full Moon on the 13th to
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, September 2019
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, August 2019
In August’s Night Sky Over Belper: Start looking out for Perseid Meteors, Jupiter and Saturn are on view, Mercury may
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, April 2019
April’s night sky brings lighter nights, some meteors (patience needed). Mars is still prominent in the evening, pairing up with
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, February 2019
February brings: a line-up of planets, Comet Iwamoto (binoculars needed), Mars is still visible in the evening; use it to
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, October 2018
In October’s night sky: The Draconids Meteor Shower may be a good one this year. Moonlight will spoil the Orionids
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, September 2018
September’s night sky brings a Harvest Moon. Mars, Saturn and Jupiter are all close to the horizon and can be
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Space Is The Place: The Night Sky Over Belper, August 2018
In the Night Sky Over Belper: The Perseids Meteor shower provides the highlight for this month, Mars is very bright,
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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, 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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