Tuesday, November 7, 2023
debris

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...
buzz

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...
earthrise

Reaching for the moon

Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky. December, already? Well, the Christmas ads have been on telly for over a month and the...
stars

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...
stars

Start of winter brings great constellations

Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky. November, the month of fireworks and fun and looking forward to Christmas. We still have the...

Lure of the sky at night

Alvechurch amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss explains what makes him spend so much time staring into the night.

pegasus

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...
jupiter

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...
moons

Red moon on Monday

Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky. Welcome to another year here on planet Earth. Actually, this year marks a special anniversary. It...
helicopter

Mars is star of show

Amateur astronomer Brian Watkiss peers into the Village night sky. September, and we’re halfway between the longest day and the shortest, or between Midsummer and Christmas,...