Check out the night sky this month, May 2024. Here are videos highlighting the top sights to observe.
** What’s Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA – NASA JPL
What are some skywatching highlights in May 2024?
Mars and Saturn tussle with the Moon, Mercury makes a brief a.m. appearance, East Coasters can see red giant star Antares emerge from behind the Moon, and the eta Aquariid meteors peak on May 6th.
0:00 Intro
0:15 Moon & planet highlights
1:06 Moon occults Antares
1:53 eta Aquariid meteor shower
3:54 May Moon phases
Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatch….
** Tonight’s Sky: May 2024 – Space Telescope Science Institute – Tonight’s Sky
In May, we are looking away from the crowded, dusty plane of our own galaxy toward a region where the sky is brimming with distant galaxies. Locate Virgo to find a concentration of roughly 2,000 galaxies and search for Coma Berenices to identify many more. Keep watching for space-based views of galaxies like the Sombrero Galaxy, M87, and M64.
About this Series … “Tonight’s Sky” is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, in partnership with NASA’s Universe of Learning. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at https://hubblesite.org/resource-gallery/tonights-sky.
** What to see in the night sky: May 2024 – BBC Sky at Night Magazine
What can you see in the night sky tonight? Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal the best things to see in the night sky this month, including the Eta Aquariid meteor shower, Asteroid Pallas at opposition, noctilucent clouds and a tantalising lunar occultation of star cluster M4.
00:00 Intro
00:21 Solar System planets
04:39 Eta Aquariid meteor shower
05:29 The Moon
10:52 Minor planet (2) Pallas opposition
11:16 Noctilucent Clouds
12:39 Lunar occultation of M4
14:03 Arcturus and Boötes
17:45 Corona Borealis
19:47 Keystone asterism in Hercules
21:05 Globular cluster M13
25:19 Spica
26:00 Virgo
27:17 Antares
** Sky & Telescope’s Sky Tour Podcast – May 2024 | Full Moon and the Swiss Army knife of the Sky – Sky & Telescope Youtube
Our monthly Sky Tour #astronomy #podcast provides an informative and entertaining 10-minute guided tour of the nighttime sky. Join us for the May 2024 episode where we highlight this month’s #lunar phases, track down three #planets before dawn, keep alert for bits of #Halley’s #Comet, and get to know the Swiss Army knife of the #night #sky.
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See also
- Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast: Upcoming Celestial Events | Sky & Telescope
- Interactive Sky Chart | Map Your Night Sky – Sky & Telescope
- Astronomy Pictures: Sky & Telescope’s Online Gallery Archives | Sky & Telescope
** Night Sky Notebook May 2024– Peter Detterline
** See also:
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- Night Sky Highlights – May 2024 | Royal Museums Greenwich
- Visible planets and night sky guide for May | EarthSky.org
- May Night Sky Guide (May 2024) | Farmers’ Almanac
- Night sky, May 2024: What you can see tonight [maps] | Space.com
- What’s in the Sky This Month? May 2024 | High Point Scientific
- May 2024 – Events and Planet Finder Charts | Nightskyonline.info
- Night Sky Map & Planets Visible Tonight | TimeAndDate
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