What to look out, and up, for in May.
Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month’s skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers:
The ever-brightening Mars Jupiter at opposition on 9th May Venus in the evening sky The Lyrid meteor showerNext up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year.
Ralph – The plethora of summer objects in Sagittarius Paul – Globular Cluster, Messier 5, in Serpens Jen - M57, The Ring Nebula, in LyraAnd we finish this sky guide with May’s moon phases.