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Now in its fifth year, the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival brings together a variety of events to celebrate the fabulous starry skies above Exmoor Dark Sky Reserve. Events range from […]

Noctilucent (night-shining) clouds can be seen during the months of June and July. They are an exceptional phenomenon that occurs between sunset and sunrise. Look towards the north for electric-blue […]

Solarcan is a pin-hole camera that captures the Sun’s path across the sky over a period of days, months or years (you decide!). The images they form can be spectacular! […]

A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the United Kingdom on the 10th of June, 2021. The Moon will pass in front of the Sun, partially blocking it — […]

We were thrilled to have BBC Sky at Night presenter Chris Lintott give a talk to our Go Stargazing community! Chris gave us a fascinating update as to where astronomers […]

The dark skies above the North York Moors offer a lot to celebrate and a variety of stargazing events taking place as part of this half-term festival offers lots of […]

Image used with kind permission from Darren Musgrove When is the best time to see comet NEOWISE? Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, to give its full designation, will be visible in […]

It’s the beginning of June 2020 and the noctilucent cloud season has started! If you were asked in a family Zoom pub quiz to think of some famous arch-enemies who […]

The coronavirus pandemic has hit businesses hard, in particular tourist destinations and accommodation providers. So we want to share some ideas about how Astro-tourism could be of significant help to […]