Milton Keynes Astronomical Society

Next meeting 8:00pm on May 9th

Guest Speaker Martin Lunn : Great Comets in History

All our meetings are open to the public and visitors are always welcome.

May Observations:

The Sun

MDI continuum	Lasco C3	EIT 195	Magnetogram

The Moon
May 5th,    May 12th,    May 20th,    May 28th.   

Planets
Mercury : Nice view of Mercury near the north west horizon after sunset for most of May.

Venus : Out of sight probably till early August and even then it will be low down.

Mars : Tricky daylight occcultation by the moon on the 10th at about 13:15, then from 22nd to 25th Mars passes across the Beehive cluster in Cancer.

Jupiter : Still rising before dawn this month, but all year will be very low down.

Saturn : Compared with being nearly overhead recently, Saturn is sinking to the west by the time it gets dark now.

Meteors : Eta Aquarids are due for the 5th - and no interferance from the new moon.

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