This week is a great opportunity to spot Lacus Mortis, the Lake of Death, on the lunar surface. Find out how you can see this for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 10 to 16 June 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-10-jun-2024

Patrick Moore on the Summer Triangle: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/summer-triangle

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Both comet Comet C 2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and 13P Olbers continue to make their way across the night sky. Find out how you can see these for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 3 to 9 June 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-3-jun-2024

See the Moon’s libration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f_21N3wcX8

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Noctilucent, or nightshining clouds, sparkle from the edge of space on the twilight sky. Find out how you can see these for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 27 May to 2 June 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-27-may-2024

How to photograph a comet: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/astrophoto-tips/how-to-photograph-a-comet

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Remember the Winchombe meteorite, a sample of which landed in a front garden in Gloucestershire, UK in 2021? Since that time, scientists have been analysing samples of the space rock using high-tech instruments. Dr Luke Daly reveals what we know so far and how meteorites help scientists piece together the story of the Solar System.

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The Hamburger Galaxy is well placed in the sky this week, while Comet C 2023 A3 Tsuchinchan-ATLAS makes an appearance amongst the stars. Find out how you can see these for yourself as well as our usual stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 20 to 26 May 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-20-may-2024

How Patrick Moore Mapped the Moon: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/patrick-moore-mapping-the-moon

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Catch the Milky Way this month before it disappears into the twilight. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 13 to 19 May 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/star-diary-13-may-2024

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Challenge yourself to find the 1% crescent Moon as it passes by Jupiter and the Pleiades. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 6 to 12 May 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-6-may-2024

Make you own craters: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/make-moon-impact-craters

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See the Moon sit inside the Teapot asterism this week, as well as a quartet of asteroids moving across the night sky. Find out how to catch these and more stargazing highlights in this week’s podcast guide, Star Diary, 29 April to 5 May 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-29-apr-2024

Listen for meteors on your FM radio: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/how-hear-meteors-fm-radio

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The full Moon will wash out some of the dimmer meteors, but fortunately there are plenty of other stargazing highlights in this week’s stargazing podcast guide, Star Diary, 22 to 28 April 2024.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-22-apr-2024

Record a meteor shower for science: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/observe-and-record-the-geminid-meteor-shower 

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Astronomer Stefano Facchini reveals how he and his colleagues found water vapour at a Sun-like star where planets could already be forming.

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