Newtons Notes
As the Summer nights draw in and the days get longer, it gets darker later into the month. So what is up? Venus: Continues to grace the western sky at dusk, always a delight to view either with the naked eye, binoculars, or small telescope. Though larger telescopes may be required to view the phase of Venus. Mars: Not in view at the moment Jupiter: Rises after Venus sets, look for it in the Eastern Sky shortly after sunset it is low in the sky in the constellation of libra. Use the above map to find it starting with Leo. Jupiter is always a delight through a small telescope. Spot the pale brown belts and the 4 Galileon Moons. There are apps which will help name them. Saturn: Rises much later in the early hours of the morning around 02:30
The above is a wider view chart of the one on the front page. I have added this to draw your attention to a few nice spring / summer objects to view. M13: Is a nice globular cluster, easily visible through bincolars or a small telescope. It is one of the most imaged objects in the spring/ summer sky. Certainly one of the brightest of the Globular clusters. So much so its poor neighbour, M92, is often overlooked. M92, is a smaller less bright globular cluster, also in the constellation of Hercules. Well worth stopping by to see if you can see and sketch it. Leo Triplet: As the name suggestions, there are three galaxies in the constellation of Leo. M66, M65, and NGC 3628. These can, on dark nights, be seen as faint fuzzies through a small telescope. You can see where they are on the chart on the first page. This short sky diary was bought to you by www.KidetsAcademy.co.uk The aim is to keep you informed regarding planetary positions and 3 hand picked objects you can view in the night sky. If you have found this useful, you might also enjoy
GCSE (9-1) Astronomy There is still plenty of time to enrol onto our GCSE (9-1) Astronomy program for examination in 2020. The year is open until mid October 2018 before we move to 2021. Please note our fee’s do NOT include exam or centre fee’s and cover access to the resources, a course advisor, and the forum. Special offer of £70 for the Maths for GCSE Astronomy Existing students The study planner for Year One 2019 and 2020 for Year two has now ended, however do please use the time to revise and above all ensure your observational tasks are completed.
SpaceCamp 2018 Don’t forget there is the SpaceCamp taking place at Sacrewell Farm in Peterborough this September. still time to get your pitch! www.SpaceCampUk.org
Richard Murtagh The name of this newsletter was inspired by the late Richard Murtagh who sadly passed away earlier this year. Richard Murtagh was an amateur Astronomer who maintained the Newtons Notepad blog which has served as a valuable resource in the recent year to our students. As well as being an avid Amateur Astronomy and general science enthusiast he was also training to be a Barrister after having obtained a Batchelors in Law from the Open University then his Masters from the University of Birmingham. He went on to pass his Barr exams and gained a pupilage as a Barrister with Birmingham Crown Prosecution Service. Sadly he