Milton Keynes Astronomical Society

Next meeting 8:00pm on Friday May 25: Astromeet and Preparing for the last Venus Transit in your lifetime (Don't miss it!)

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

May Observations:

The sky over Milton Keynes as calculated by YourSky at FourmiLab

The Sun

SDO HMI continuum	Lasco C3	EIT 195	Magnetogram

The Moon

May 06

May 12

May 20

May 28

Planets

Mercury In the morning sky again but very low down so difficult to see.

Venus Nice and bright in the west after sunset but rapidly closing on the Sun ready for the Transit on June 6th (be up early).

Mars Well past opposition on March 3rd. Fading quite quickly now as the Earth "overtakes" on the inside.

Jupiter Jupiter is heading to the far side of the Sun and is out of view till July when it returns to the morning sky.

Saturn Saturn was at opposition on April 15th. Its on its way down the ecliptic south of the celestial equator so its the beginning of a long spell of oppositions that are not favourable for us in the northern hemisphere.

Meteors : Eta Aquarids are due for the 5th but a nearly-full moon will be around

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