In partnership with Raygill Astronomy Club
By the end of April, there will be no planets to observe as Jupiter leaves the skies after brilliantly dominating the evening sky for the past eight months. To compensate three bright stars ride high this month, dominating the major constellations of the spring skies. Leading the way is Regulus in Leo, with Virgo’s leading star Spica to the lower left,...
Read MoreThe March night sky This month will give you a few reasons to celebrate. Spring is on its way. On the 20th we have the vernal equinox. After that date the days become longer than the nights. This is followed on the 31st of March when British summer times starts and it will be around 8 pm before it becomes dark. The Constellations:- The evening sky is...
Read MoreThe guest speaker at the February meeting of Keighley Astronomical society held on Thursday 22nd was the popular Mr Rod Hine from Bradford AS. The subject of his presentation was entitled ‘The Battle for Galaxies’ which Mr Hine went on to explain was to evolve astronomers with strong personalities and big egos arguing about the nature of so-called...
Read MoreThe Herschels were pioneers of the systematic classification and investigation of the heavens. William Herschel was one of the first ‘professional’ astronomers, and discovered infrared radiation. His sister Caroline helped him to develop the modern mathematical approach to astronomy. These two remarkable individuals were the subjects of Dr Sue...
Read MoreOn February evenings, our sky is filed with more brilliant stars than we can see in any other month. The first signs of spring are now on the way, well as far as the night sky in concerned. The winter star patterns, Orion, Taurus and Gemini, are drifting westward as a result of our annual orbit around the Sun. Leo and Bootes are rising higher in the...
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