The night sky for December 2017
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during December 2017.The PlanetsJupiter - Jupiter is now a pre-dawn object rising some 2 hours before the...
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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the northern hemisphere night sky during January 2018. Jupiter. Jupiter is now a pre-dawn object rising some three and a half hours before the...
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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during February 2018.Jupiter - Jupiter rises around 2 am at the beginning of the month and just before...
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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during March 2018.Jupiter.Jupiter rises just before midnight at the beginning of the month and about one...
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Northern HemisphereFiona Healy tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during April 2018.Fiona Healy and Fiona Healy from the Carter Observatory in New Zealand speak about the...
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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during May 2018.The PlanetsJupiter - Jupiter reaches opposition on May 8th, so will be visible all night. It...
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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during June 2018.The PlanetsJupiter.Jupiter reached opposition on May 8th, so will be visible during the...
View ArticleThe night sky for July 2018
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during July 2018.The PlanetsJupiter - Jupiter can be seen due south soon after sunset at the start of the...
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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during August 2018.The PlanetsJupiter - Jupiter can be seen in the southwest soon after sunset at the start...
View ArticleThe night sky for September 2018
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during September 2018.The PlanetsJupiter - Jupiter can be seen in the west soon after sunset at the start of...
View ArticleThe night sky for October 2018
Northern HemisphereThe Night SkyIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during October 2018.The PlanetsJupiter - Jupiter can be seen low in the west soon after sunset...
View ArticleThe night sky for November 2018
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during November 2018.The PlanetsJupiter - Jupiter is now moving towards its superior conjunction behind the...
View ArticleThe night sky for December 2018
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during December 2018.The PlanetsJupiter - Jupiter passed behind the Sun on November 26th and will appear low...
View ArticleThe night sky for January 2019
Northern HemisphereThe Night SkyNorthern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the northern hemisphere's night sky during January 2019.Note the Total Eclipse of the Moon on the morning of...
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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the northern hemisphere's night sky during February 2019.The PlanetsJupiter, starts the month rising around 3:30 a.m. and brightens from...
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Northern HemisphereThe Night SkyNorthern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the northern hemisphere's night sky during March 2019. The Early Evening March Sky The brilliant constellation...
View ArticleThe night sky for April 2019
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during April 2019.The PlanetsJupiter starts the month rising around 1 a.m. and brightens from magnitude -2.3...
View ArticleThe night sky for May 2019
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during May 2019.The PlanetsJupiter, starts the month shining at magnitude -2.5 which increases to to -2.6 as...
View ArticleThe night sky for June 2019
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during June 2019.Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the northern hemisphere’s night sky during June...
View ArticleThe night sky for July 2019
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during July 2019.The PlanetsJupiter, shining initially at magnitude -2.6 and falling to -2.4, reached...
View ArticleThe night sky for August 2019
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during August 2019.Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the northern hemisphere’s night sky during May...
View ArticleThe night sky for September 2019
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during September 2019.The PlanetsJupiter, shining on the 1st at magnitude -2.2 and falling to -2 during the...
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Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during October 2019.The PlanetsJupiter, shining on the 1st at magnitude -2 and falling to -1.9 during the...
View ArticleThe night sky for November 2019
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during November 2019.The Night SkyNorthern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the northern...
View ArticleThe night sky for December 2019
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during December 2019.The PlanetsJupiter, shining on the 1st at magnitude -1.8 and with an angular size of 32...
View ArticleThe night sky for January 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during January 2020.The PlanetsJupiter passed behind the Sun on December 27th, 2019 and will be lost in the...
View ArticleThe night sky for February 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during February 2020.The PlanetsJupiter As February begins, Jupiter rises more than 90 minutes before the...
View ArticleThe night sky for March 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during March 2020.Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the northern hemisphere’s night sky during...
View ArticleThe night sky for Month 4 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the night sky above the world's middle line during Month 4 2020.The PlanetsAs April begins, Jupiter rises some three and a half hours before...
View ArticleThe night sky for August 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during August 2020.The PlanetsJupiter. Visible throughout the hours of darkness and lying up to the left of...
View ArticleThe night sky for September 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during September 2020.Haritina Mogosanu and Samuel Leske from the Carter Science Centre in New Zealand...
View ArticleThe night sky for October 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during October 2020.The PlanetsJupiter Jupiter is now visible, low in the sky, just west of south when...
View ArticleThe night sky for November 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during November 2020.Highlights of the MonthEarly November - still a good time to view Mars. This is still a...
View ArticleThe night sky for December 2020
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during December 2020.The PlanetsJupiter, along with Saturn, still remains visible, low in the sky, west of...
View ArticleThe night sky for May 2021
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during May 2021.The PlanetsJupiter: As May begins and given a low horizon towards the southeast, Jupiter,...
View ArticleThe night sky for December 2021
Northern HemisphereIan Morison tells us what we can see in the Northern Hemisphere night sky during December 2021.The PlanetsJupiter As darkness falls at the start of December, Jupiter, having a...
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