Posted by KeighleyAstro on Sep 21, 2024 in Main |

The glories of October’s night sky can at best be described as ‘Subtle’. The dull autumn constellations are already being challenged by the brilliant lights of winter. Spearheaded by the beautiful star cluster of the Pleiades. Ursa Major, or the Plough, is to all intents and purposes at its lowest in the North. The ‘W’ of Cassiopeia is not far...

Posted by KeighleyAstro on Aug 30, 2024 in Main |

The September night sky highlights include Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in the morning sky. A dawn appearance by Mercury. A partial eclipse of the Moon and Saturn at its very brightest. This month as the nights become longer and we move towards unsettled weather. The autumn constellations are starting to show. Ursa Major, or the Plough, can be found...

Posted by KeighleyAstro on Jul 30, 2024 in Main |

This month of high summer is a period of lunar and planetary manoeuvrings, though unfortunately most of this action takes place after midnight in the early hours of the morning. First Mars has a close encounter with Jupiter, then the Moon hides Saturn, skims past Neptune and occults some of the stars in the Pleiades. Also we will be treated to a great...

Posted by KeighleyAstro on Jun 29, 2024 in Main |

Thursday 27th June 2024 witnessed a very well attended meeting of Keighley astronomical society. The guest speaker was the ever popular Mr Peter Rea FRAS from the Cleethorpes and district astronomical society. Mr Rea’s presentations are always on his love of the exploration of space. The title of this presentation was ‘The Origins of Planetary...

Posted by KeighleyAstro on Jun 20, 2024 in Main |

The July Night sky On the 6th July the Earth is at it’s furthest from the Sun at just over 152 million kilometres away. On the 3rd of this month we have the first all the four super moons this year. The Moon will be just 357,418 kilometres away and it will be 30% brighter than the faintest full Moon. The full Moon in July is called the Buck Moon as it is...