In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Mercury appears before dawn...
- Meteor Activity: Leonids and Taurids
- Comet C/2013A1 Siding Spring passes Mars
- Rosetta Comet Chase: Update
- November 2014 Sky Charts
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Mars and Saturn very low, Uranus and Neptune visible with a scope, Jupiter and Mercury visible to early risers...
- Comet Watch: Comet C/2013A1 Siding Spring in a near miss with Mars
- Meteor Watch: Tail end of the Piscids
- October 2014 Sky Charts
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Autumnual equinox, Mars and Saturn in the evening, Jupiter and Venus in the dawn sky, and Comet C/2012K1 PANSTARRS becomes a binocular object near Jupiter - maybe...
- Meteor Watch: Tail end of the Piscids
- September 2014 Sky Charts
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Mars and Saturn are visible in the evening sky, with Mars drawing ever closer to Saturn as the month progresses. The planetary highlight of the month is however to be found in the dawn sky...
- Meteor Watch: The peak of the Perseid meteor shower this year coincides with an almost full moon...
- August 2014 Sky Charts
- UPDATE Mega Moon: details of the Mega Moon on August 10th!
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Mercury all visible this month, as well as two asteroids (Ceres and Vesta)
- Meteor Watch: Capri-Cornids, Alpha-Cygnids and Delta-Aquarids visible this month
- July 2014 Sky Charts: a view of the constellations in July's night sky
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In this month's edition
- Planetary Skylights
- June Meteors
- Summer Solstice
- Noctilucent Cloud
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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on the 6th, but will be best seen on the night of the 5th around midnight [Read more about May Meteors ]
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Having been so prominent over the last 5 months or so, Jupiter is finally dropping lower down into the west and so is best observed telescopically earlier in the month. The moon lies nearby on the 4th and again on the 31st [Read more about Planetary Skylights-May 2014]
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Planetary Skylights
Jupiter remains the brightest planet in the night sky high up in Gemini and although Mars may well be the centre of attention in April. [Read more about The Celestial Ocean - April 2014]
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The date of the Vernal Equinox and officially the start spring in the northern hemisphere falls on March 20th this year. This is when the Sun's path - the ecliptic, first crosses the celestial equator on its apparent journey northwards into the sky. [Read more about The Spring Equinox ]
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Today's Astronomy Times
Whitby, 1 Jun 2025 - 01:10
| Sun | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | 04:33 | 21:27 |
| Civil Twilight | 03:40 | 22:20 |
| Nautical Twilight | 02:07 | 23:53 |
| Astronomical Twilight |
| Moon | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| 10:15 | 01:35 |