Venus catches us up
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
February, the last full month of the winter: hooray! Sunset is getting later and we are...
Shadows of the Earth
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
Another year has come and gone and we’re all a year older. Happy New Year. The...
Moon’s special effect
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
December, the month of dark, dark days – no, I don’t mean the 12th. The Sun...
Planets in transit
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
November, and the evenings are getting dark now that the clocks have gone back and the...
Bright stars on show
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
October, and we know winter is on the way as the nights start earlier and the...
Bright light sights
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
September, the month of the equinox – which is on the 23rd at 0850, to be...
Giants of the sky
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
August, this year, will be taken over by the two giant planets of our Solar System...
Spot the landing site
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
Imagine a vehicle weighing two thousand tons. A small ship perhaps? Now imagine that this vehicle...
Chaos in the heavens
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
June: a month when, to an astronomer, it never really gets dark. But, there are still...
Can you spot the bear?
Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky.
May, and it’s nearly ten thirty before the sky is really dark enough to see anything....