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Discover what to see in May's night sky including the Eta Aquariid meteor shower, the crescent Moon next to the star Pollux, and galaxies in the spring sky.

Discover what to see in April's night sky including Leo the lion, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and the Lyrid meteor shower.

Discover what to see in March's night sky, including the spring triangle, stunning lunar features and Mercury at greatest elongation.

Discover what to see in February's night sky, including the Lynx constellation, some stunning spiral galaxies and a planetary conjunction for those in the Southern Hemisphere.

Discover what to see in January's night sky, including the Quadrantid meteor shower, close lunar encounters of Jupiter and the Pleiades, and a stunning swarm of stars from the Beehive Cluster.

See what cosmic news our young people have found for you!

Learn more about the nocturnal or ‘nocturlabe’, used for centuries to tell the time based on the movement of the stars