Derekscope

A red supergiant is about 76,000 times more luminous than our Sun that appears as a bright reddish dot to the naked eye; to easily find Antares in the sky in your exact location, use the Moon following upper right to spot the bright reddish dot.

Great opportunity for astrophotography – two of Jupiter’s moons appearing just below the planet’s edge ~ really a fantastic sight in a pair of binoculars or telescope view.

Great opportunity for astrophotography that Main-Belt asteroid, 8 Flora passed in the front of the galaxy, NGC3286 in the constellation Leo.

Three rising planets in the twilight morning are Venus, Mercury and Saturn in the eastern sky with Venus being brightest and servicing as a guide to find the dimmer Mercury and Saturn.

Tonight the Moon, in its first quarter phase, will appear near Mars, with the Moon lying approximately 1.6 degrees south of Mars. 

The Moon and Jupiter will have a close approach, visible to the naked-eye above the west-northwest.

There is a lunar occultation of the Pleiades star cluster (Messier 45) visible from the UK tonight, as the Moon passes in front of the cluster.
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How to sign occultation in BSL?

Change your clocks
Spring forward

In the United Kingdom at 1am
when you put the clocks forward one hour
from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to
2am British Summer Time (BST).

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This adjustment is intended to make better
use of daylight can make stargazing tricky, as
the later sunsets and shorter nights reduce the
window of darkness needed for observations.
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Rare partial solar eclipse of Sun was visible across the UK this morning, the next one will be on on Wednesday 12th August 2026 in the evening duration for one hour and 49 minutes from 6pm.

Eclipse Watch (Lunar & Solar) – find out what a eclipse is in the UK will occur between 2025 and 2027.

2025 Solar Partial Eclipse all over in the UK
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People across the UK will be treated
to the captivating sight of a
partial solar eclipse on Saturday 29 March 2025.
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The Moon will pass across the disc of the Sun
during a two-hour period, beginning shortly
after 10am GMT and ending at about 12 noon.
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Without any solar filters aids
never attempt to point
a pair of binoculars or a telescope
at an object close to the Sun.
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Doing so may result
in immediate and permanent blindness.
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My last previous photography of 2022 Partial Solar Eclipse, now it is back on this Saturday – best time for maximum eclipse at 11am.

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Begins at 10:07am
The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact at 10.07am.
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Maximum eclipse at 11am
The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden at 11:03pm.
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Partial eclipse ends at 12 noon
The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun at 12.01pm