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Sky Guide May 2017
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6 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2017
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Podcast episode
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Download Episode! What to look out, and up, for in May. Jeni's abandoned us this month in favour of research-grade instrumentation so only Paul and Ralph pick their highlights for this month’s skies; starting with the planets on offer to observers and imagers: The planets Jupiter in the evening and Saturn in the morning Three meteor showers peaking this month A pair of comets to observe with amateur telescopes or binoculars Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year: Ralph – The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Paul – The Globular Cluster Messier 5 in the constellation Serpens And we finish this sky guide with May's moon phases.
Released:
Apr 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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