Hordle june july22

Clear Skies
Welcome to clear skies, a quick summary
of night sky items for the month that you
can look for from your garden or a suitable
window.
What can be seen in the night sky in the
middle of summer? With the long bright
evenings, there doesn’t seem to be much
about, so let me introduce you to the
Summer Triangle. As twilight deepens, you
should see a lone star due east about 45
degrees up, that is Vega. From here track
left and down a little to another fainter star
Deneb. Then quite some distance to the
south (below Vega) you should find a third
star Altair. These three stars comprise the
summer triangle and once the sky is
completely dark you may notice the milky
way running through the centre of it.
Turning round to the north around midsummer,
still in the deep twilight, you may
see some thin pearly white clouds, like
cirrus clouds hovering over the northern
horizon. These are noctilucent clouds and
are very high clouds that can only be seen at
the end of twilight when the summer sun is
shining on them from below the horizon.
Remember that they are bluely white, not
grey.
The International Space Station is passing
over us in the early morning hours for most
of June and early July. The first pass that will
be visible is on 11 th July around 11.10pm
and also on the 13 th , 15 th and 17 th . On the
12 th July the pass is around 10.25pm and
also on the 14 th , 16 th , 18 th and 20 th .
There is a local astronomical society in the
area, and they operate the observatory on
the top of Toothill. There are no public
evening viewings in June or July, as the
observatory has a summer break until
August.
To find out more information please look at
the facebook page – Solent Amateur
Astronomers. https://www.facebook.com/
groups/906124436125287/?ref=share.
Stephen McCann – Solent
Amateur Astronomers,
http://www.solentastro.org/
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