I think this time of year, late August into September is one of my favourite times of year for stargazing. The nights are getting longer, but are still fairly mild at the end of summer so you don’t get too cold. And you’ve still got a fairly good view of the denser part of the Milky Way up here in the northern hemisphere. Plus if I’m awake early enough I love catching my first glimpse of Orion returning to our skies in the early morning just before dawn.
Speaking of being up early, Jupiter is also coming back into our early morning skies as we go through the rest of August and into September. It’s one of the brightest things in the night sky after the Moon, so you should be able to spot it in the East towards the glow of the sunrise, but if you can’t, don’t worry. Because my beloved toenail Moon will act as a good signpost for where to look swings past on the 8th/9th September in the early morning.
If you don’t want to be up that early, and I honestly don’t blame you, try looking out for Saturn instead, which rises a few hours after sunset at the minute and is around most of the night with its yellowish tinge. This one is harder to spot than Jupiter because its further away so its a little fainter, but the just past full Moon sweeps past on the 30th August.
As always send me any photos you manage to capture of the night sky, because I’d always love to see them, everything from beginner iphone shots, to first deep sky object attempts, to “I can do this in my sleep I’m a pro” – I’d love to see them all.
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
Video edited by Martino Gasparrini: martino.freelance@gmail.com
Video produced by Marina Hui & Dr Becky Smethurst
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👩🏽💻 I’m Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don’t know. If you’ve ever wondered about something in space and couldn’t find an answer online – you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
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