{"id":26737,"date":"2024-05-01T15:37:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=26737"},"modified":"2024-05-01T15:37:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:37:29","slug":"night-sky-highlights-for-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=26737","title":{"rendered":"Night sky highlights for May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the night sky this month, May 2024. Here are videos highlighting the top sights to observe.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>What&#8217;s Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NASAJPL\/videos\">NASA JPL<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>What are some skywatching highlights in May 2024?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>0:00 Intro <\/em><br \/>\n<em>0:15 Moon &amp; planet highlights<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1:06 Moon occults Antares<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1:53 eta Aquariid meteor shower<\/em><br \/>\n<em>3:54 May Moon phases<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What&#8217;s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/skywatching\/home\/\">https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/skywatch&#8230;<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZxJdX9x6jyU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Tonight&#8217;s Sky: May 2024<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCQXVf-94-RV7NVTOhVCNTiQ\">Space Telescope Science Institute<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/hubblesite.org\/resource-gallery\/learning-resources\/tonights-sky\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Tonight&#8217;s Sky<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>About this Series &#8230; \u201cTonight\u2019s Sky\u201d 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\u2019s Universe of Learning. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes\u2014and other astronomy videos\u2014at <a href=\"https:\/\/hubblesite.org\/resource-galle...\">https:\/\/hubblesite.org\/resource-gallery\/tonights-sky<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qeRSwy8PkM8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>What to see in the night sky: May 2024<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNXzteckwM7bKNNLwWu5OLw\">BBC Sky at Night Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>00:00 Intro<\/em><br \/>\n<em>00:21 Solar System planets<\/em><br \/>\n<em>04:39 Eta Aquariid meteor shower<\/em><br \/>\n<em>05:29 The Moon<\/em><br \/>\n<em>10:52 Minor planet (2) Pallas opposition<\/em><br \/>\n<em>11:16 Noctilucent Clouds<\/em><br \/>\n<em>12:39 Lunar occultation of M4<\/em><br \/>\n<em>14:03 Arcturus and Bo\u00f6tes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>17:45 Corona Borealis<\/em><br \/>\n<em>19:47 Keystone asterism in Hercules<\/em><br \/>\n<em>21:05 Globular cluster M13<\/em><br \/>\n<em>25:19 Spica<\/em><br \/>\n<em>26:00 Virgo<\/em><br \/>\n<em>27:17 Antares<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ECVwDfQIRCU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**<strong> Sky &amp; Telescope&#8217;s Sky Tour Podcast \u2013 May 2024 | Full Moon and the Swiss Army knife of the Sky<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SkyTelescopeMag\/videos\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky &amp; Telescope Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>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\u2019s #lunar phases, track down three #planets before dawn, keep alert for bits of #Halley\u2019s #Comet, and get to know the Swiss Army knife of the #night #sky.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Listen and subscribe to this podcast at <a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/observing\/\">https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/observing\/<\/a> and don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to S&amp;T&#8217;s YouTube channel to get alerts about new videos, including this monthly podcast<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Learn more about #observing and #stargazing on our website, <a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/\">https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/<\/a> and subscribe to our monthly magazine at <a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/subscribe\">https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/subscribe<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See also<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/observing\/astronomy-podcasts\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast: Upcoming Celestial Events | Sky &amp; Telescope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/observing\/interactive-sky-chart\/\">Interactive Sky Chart | Map Your Night Sky &#8211; Sky &amp; Telescope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/communities\/online-gallery\/\">Astronomy Pictures: Sky &amp; Telescope&#8217;s Online Gallery Archives | Sky &amp; Telescope<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong>Night Sky Notebook May 2024<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_z2YYPcRqZcMa9HC0afxMg\/videos\">Peter Detterline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AxIi3NC_p7A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**<strong> See also<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/stories\/blog\/astronomy\/night-sky-highlights-may-2024\">Night Sky Highlights &#8211; May 2024 | Royal Museums Greenwich<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/astronomy-essentials\/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury\/\">Visible planets and night sky guide for May | EarthSky.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmersalmanac.com\/may-night-sky-guide-may-2024\">May Night Sky Guide (May 2024) | Farmers&#8217; Almanac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16149-night-sky.html\">Night sky, May 2024: What you can see tonight [maps] | Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpointscientific.com\/astronomy-hub\/post\/night-sky-news\/whats-in-the-sky-this-month-may-2024\">What&#8217;s in the Sky This Month? May 2024 | High Point Scientific<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nightskyonline.info\/observing\/2024-events-and-planet-finder-charts\/may-2024-events-and-planet-finder-charts\/\">May 2024 \u2013 Events and Planet Finder Charts | Nightskyonline.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/astronomy\/night\/\">Night Sky Map &amp; Planets Visible Tonight | TimeAndDate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>===<\/em><strong><em> Amazon Ads <\/em><\/strong><em>===<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3s5FzWk\">Celestron<br \/>\n70mm Travel Scope<br \/>\nPortable Refractor Telescope<br \/>\nFully-Coated Glass Optics<br \/>\nIdeal Telescope for Beginners<br \/>\nBONUS Astronomy Software Package<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B001TI9Y2M&amp;asins=B001TI9Y2M&amp;linkId=c88f187e241a5a7e679c00f7925df91f&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>==<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07WT67R9V\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07WT67R9V&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=88f1262794d8b9648817973b5a8b51ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stellaris: People of the Stars<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B07WT67R9V\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B07WT67R9V&amp;asins=B07WT67R9V&amp;linkId=ffe62db4e21f9e37316bb98a4665c79d&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the night sky this month, May 2024. Here are videos highlighting the top sights to observe. ** What&#8217;s Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA\u00a0&#8211; 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=26737\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Night sky highlights for May 2024<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-space-participation","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-6Xf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26661,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=26661","url_meta":{"origin":26737,"position":0},"title":"Night sky highlights for April 2024","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the night sky this month, April 2024. 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