Perseid Meteor Shower – Perseids 2014
The Perseid Meteor Shower 2014
The Perseid Meteor Shower Image Credit :- Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Perseids are one of the most prolific and best-known of the meteor showers and the Perseid Meteor Shower can be seen in late July and through August each year, with the maximum Perseid meteor activity on or around 12/13 August. (more…)
Night Sky Guide July 2014
Night Sky Guide July 2014
Tonight’s Sky July 2014 Your guide to constellations, deep-sky objects, planets and events, Highlights of the July Sky
International Space Station – UK ISS Passes June 2014
UK ISS Pass details for June 2014
The International Space Station (ISS) is back over UK skies with some great passes during June 2014.
The ISS is the largest Space Station/ laboratory ever built orbiting the Earth, it can be spotted with the naked eye at certain times as it orbits the planet at 17500mph at an altitude of roughly 200 miles.
Spotting the station is very easy and you don’t need any special equipment, only your eyes. (more…)
Meteor Shower/ Storm
Camelopardalids Meteor Shower/ Storm
Meteor Storm Credit: The Abraham Lincoln Observer
Run for the hills a meteor storm is coming! Well that’s what some say and hope.
On the evening of May 23rd/24th Earth will pass through the debris stream of Comet 209P/LINEAR. For a while astronomers have believed this encounter could lead to a very strong meteor shower of possibly 200 to 1000+ meteors per hour – A meteor storm. (more…)
Saturns Rings and Planets in May – How to See Them
The Ringed planet Saturn, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury in May 2014
Saturn Credit: NASA
Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will be visible in night skies this month with tiny Mercury toward the end of May. We are in for a real treat as four of the best planets to see will be on show. Venus shines bright in the mornings just before sunrise. (more…)
