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Eye on the Sky

Keep your eye on the night sky this month with our handy table of stellar and planetary phenomena. If you require precise lunar and planetary positions from your UK location for any date and time between 2000 and 2008, be sure to visit our Solar System page and its interactive planetary data table.

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EYE ON THE SKY

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2010 Yearbook
Our latest 132-page Astronomy Now special edition is an extravaganza of astronomy for the year ahead, with a complete 30-page guide to observing the planets, moon, meteor showers, two solar eclipses, and the deep sky in 2010.
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Hubble Reborn
Hubble Reborn takes the reader on a journey through the Universe with spectacular full-colour pictures of galaxies, nebulae, planets and stars as seen through Hubble's eyes, along the way telling the dramatic story of the space telescope, including interviews with key scientists and astronauts.
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3D Universe
Witness the most awesome sights of the Universe as they were meant to be seen in this 100-page extravaganza of planets, galaxies and star-scapes, all in 3D!
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Infinity Rising
This special publication features the photography of British astro-imager Nik Szymanek and covers a range of photographic methods from basic to advanced. Beautiful pictures of the night sky can be obtained with a simple camera and tripod before tackling more difficult projects, such as guided astrophotography through the telescope and CCD imaging.
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Starry Night
Explore the Universe with these new versions of the award-winning Starry Night Software. Available now from the Astronomy Now Store.
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Exploring Mars
Astronomy Now is pleased to announce the publication of Exploring Mars. The very best images of Mars taken by orbiting spacecraft and NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers fill up the 98 glossy pages of this special edition!
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Mars rover poster
This new poster features some of the best pictures from NASA's amazing Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
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How to use the interactive Sky Chart
Use the pull-down menus above the star chart to select, in turn, the period of observation (either early or late in the month), the desired month, and the time of the chart to be drawn. Note that the checkbox labelled 'Summer Time?' should have a tick in it if British Summer Time is in effect for the date in question. Clicking the 'DISPLAY CHART' button will then calculate how the sky will look for you. Obviously, if you select a chart showing the sky for the early evening in June, then the Sun will still be up!

Finding your way around
Find a place to stargaze, preferably away from the glare of artificial lights. Look south (the Sun sets approximately to your right). By holding the sky chart with north at the top in front of you, the lower half of the map will represent the part of the sky you are facing. Looking north, turn the map upside down, so that south is at the top; again, the lower half of the map will represent the part of the sky you are facing. And so on for other points of the compass. The centre of the chart always represents the point overhead, or the zenith.

What's up this month?

Keep your eye on the sky each month with our handy table of stellar and planetary phenomena. If you require precise lunar and planetary positions from your U.K. location, be sure to visit our Solar System page and its interactive planetary data table.

Weekly guide

For an in-depth look at Solar System and Deep Sky objects each week, check out our new weekly guide to the night sky.

 
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