Scruton Sky at Night
by Peter Williams
Scruton Sky at Night – April 2024
A Total Eclipse of the Sun and a UK Partial Eclipse
Scruton Sky at Night – March 2024
Orion continues its dominance, but Leo begins to dominate in the south.
Scruton Sky at Night – February 2024
Websites recommendations, Constellations, Planets, The Moon
Scruton Sky at Night – January 2024
Light pollution of our sky is measured on the ‘Bortle Scale’, a score of 1 being the darkest sky through to 9 for an inner city. Scruton scores 4.
Sky at Night – December 2023
Clear night skies in December will bring a few things for us to enjoy.
Sky at Night – November 2023
Watch out for the Leonid Meteor Shower throughout most of November (at its peak on the 18 Nov) between midnight and dawn
Scruton Sky at Night – March 2022
Whilst there is always something happening in the night skies, March will be relatively quiet from a viewing point.
Scruton Sky at Night – February 2022
There are planets-a-plenty throughout 2022 and in February, Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, will be visible in the night sky above the first-quarter Moon on the 7th of the month.
Scruton Sky at Night
On 7 January the planet Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation, which means that it appears to us to be in the furthest part of its orbit from the Sun.
Scruton Sky at Night – December 2021
This month there will be a magnificent parade of planets after dark.