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Here are some of the astronomical and stargazing highlights for January 2024. All times are in your local time zone as reported by your browser.

There seems to be some exciting news about the upcoming Andromedids Meteor Outburst due for December 5th between 9 to 12 p.m UTC.

A few nights ago, I witnessed a train of Starlink satellites moving across the sky. I was quick to grab my camera and record them, but unfortunately, the footage turned out shaky due to the lack of a tripod. This experience motivated me to capture them again, but this time with better equipment. I find that the starlink sattelite trains, while many do complain about them are the most spectacular satellites found in the night sky.

Here are some of the astronomical and stargazing highlights for December 2023. All times are in your local time zone as reported by your browser.

Here are some of the astronomical and stargazing highlights for November 2023. All times are in your local time zone as reported by your browser.

I was in the South Downs, a dark sky site, looking at the night sky and I thought it was a great opportunity to explain how easy it is to find Polaris.

Here are some of the astronomical and stargazing highlights for October 2023. All times are in your local time zone as reported by your browser.

Several nights ago, I tried to see the Perseid Meteor Shower in Charmouth, an idyllic south coast town, but the weather wasn't cooperating. I was also using my DSLR to try and capture some of the fainter meteors. I, however, noticed an unusual object when I was going through the photos later on that I wasn't sure how to identify, so in this article I'll share what I did to identify that object, and maybe this will help you identify objects in the night sky as well that you are unsure about.

Here are some of the astronomical and stargazing highlights for September 2023. All times are in your local time zone as reported by your browser.

Here are some of the astronomical and stargazing highlights for August 2023. All times are in your local time zone as reported by your browser.