Night Sky Guide – April 2014
Night Sky Guide – April 2014
Tonight’s Sky: April 2014
Your guide to constellations, deep-sky objects, planets and events, Tonight’s Sky, Highlights of the April Night Sky (more…)
International Space Station – UK ISS Passes April 2014
UK ISS Pass details for April 2014
ISS Long Exposure photo of a visible ISS pass Credit: Mark Humpage
The International Space Station (ISS) is back over UK skies with some great passes during April 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…)
Night Sky Guide – March 2014
Night Sky Guide – March 2014
Tonight’s Sky: March 2014
Your guide to constellations, deep-sky objects, planets and events, Tonight’s Sky, Highlights of the March Sky (more…)
Night Sky Guide February 2014
Night Sky Guide February 2014
Tonight’s Sky: February 2014
Your guide to constellations, deep-sky objects, planets and events, Tonight’s Sky, Highlights of the February Night Sky (more…)
International Space Station – UK ISS Passes February 2014
UK ISS Pass details for February 2014
Long Exposure photo of a visible ISS pass Credit: Mark Humpage
The International Space Station (ISS) is back over UK skies with some great passes during February 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…)
Night Sky Guide January 2014
Night Sky Guide January 2014
Tonight’s Sky: January 2014
Your guide to constellations, deep-sky objects, planets and events, Tonight’s Sky, Highlights of the January Sky (more…)
Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2014
Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2014
Quadrantid Meteor Shower Credit: NASA
The Quadrantid Meteor Shower ushers in 2014 with its peak on the 3rd of January.
The Quadrantids can be an impressive meteor shower with rates of up to 120 meteors per hour at peak (under perfect conditions) and have been known to produce up to 200 meteors per hour. The peak is quite narrow lasting only a few hours, however there will be plenty of meteors to look out for either side of maximum. (more…)
International Space Station – UK ISS Passes December 2013
UK ISS Pass details for December 2013
ISS image taken December 22nd Credit: Mark Humpage
