On Wednesday July 17th a bright red star will be seen to the right of the Moon, this is the satr Antares the brightest star in the constellation of the Scorpion

On July 15th 1965 the Mariner 4 spacecraft flew past Mars and showed that it was not a place where tundra plants, ice pools, streams and small rodents might exist. It was as dead as the Moon

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy. There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the A-Z of Constellations .  

 The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live on line at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103.5 FM

The supernova of 1054 which today is known as the crab nebula was seen in China, Japan, Korea, Arabia but not in Britain. Why? Maybe because it did not fit in with the teaching of the most intellectual people of the tie, the monks.

The Earth in JUly is at its furthest point from the Sun in July this is known as Aphelion. When at its closest in January the point is known as Perihelion.

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy. There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the A-Z of Constellations

The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live on line at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103.5 FM

On June 30th 1954 an eclipse of the sun was visible over the island of Unst the most northerly of the Shetlands Islands and the northern part of the Island of Yell.

Join me, Martin Lunn MBE tonight and every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the Astronomy Show, probably the only regular astronomy show on any radio station in the country.   I will take my weekly look at the night sky and look at all the latest news in astronomy. There will be the astronomical anniversaries this week plus the A-Z of Constellations 

 The Astronomy Show every Monday evening only on Drystone Radio live on line at www.drystoneradio.com DAB radio in Bradford and East Lancashire, or 102 and 103.5 FM

The June Bootid meteor shower which occurs o the night of June 27/28 each year is normally a very feeble affair with only 1 or 2 meteors seen each hour. Some times it can spring suprises. The last was a massive outburts of meteor activity in 1998 when over 100 meteors per hour were seen. what will happen this year?

The full moon in June is known as the Strawberry Moon