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Want to learn more about the night sky? Iain Todd shares six amazing sights you can spot with your naked eye <\/p>

By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Thursday, 07 November 2024 at 15:49 PM<\/p>

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There\u00a0are\u00a0plenty\u00a0of amazing\u00a0things\u00a0to see\u00a0up\u00a0in the dark skies,\u00a0and there are plenty of amazing scientific mysteries just waiting to be observed –\u00a0once you know where to look!<\/strong><\/p>

Do aliens exist?<\/a><\/li>
Stargazing guide: Britain’s dark sky sites, best places to stargaze, plus how to get started<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>
Just use a star chart or a smartphone app to help you find them\u00a0(remember to turn your phone\u2019s screen red).<\/p>
6\u00a0things you can see with the naked eye from any dark-sky site.<\/h2>
Solar system planets<\/strong><\/h3>
Getty video <\/figcaption> <\/figure>
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and even \u2013 technically \u2013 Uranus can all be seen with the naked eye.\u00a0Find out when\u00a0Mars, Jupiter Saturn and Uranus are at \u2018opposition\u2019 and use a mobile phone app to help you locate them<\/p>

How to find planets in the sky<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>
Meteor showers<\/strong><\/h3>
Perseid meteor shower. Getty images <\/figcaption> <\/figure>
Meteor showers<\/a> occur at the same time every year, because they\u2019re caused by Earth passing through the debris stream of comets (and sometimes asteroids) on its journey around the Sun. The Perseid\u00a0(in August) and Geminid (in December)\u00a0meteor showers are particularly active<\/p>

How to see the Orionid meteor shower.<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>
The Milky Way<\/strong><\/h3>
Getty video <\/figcaption> <\/figure>
Believe it or not, you can see the bulge of our galaxy\u00a0with your own eyes, appearing as a thick band of stars stretching across the night sky.<\/p>

How to see the Milky Way<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>
Bright stars<\/strong><\/h3>
Orion the hunter. Getty video <\/figcaption> <\/figure>
There are many prominent, bright stars to be\u00a0seen. During winter, look out for red star Betelgeuse, the left should of Orion the hunter<\/a>. The North Star<\/a>, Polaris, is visible all year round in the Northern Hemisphere. Or try and find Aldebaran<\/a>, the red \u2018eye\u2019 of Taurus\u00a0and bluish star Vega<\/a> in \u00a0the\u00a0Lyra \u00a0constellation.<\/p>
The Pleiades<\/strong><\/h3>
Getty video <\/figcaption> <\/figure>
The Pleiades<\/a> is a beautiful, blue star cluster that can be seen high in the sky\u00a0with the naked eye\u00a0during winter.\u00a0You can find it\u00a0up and to the right of the\u00a0Orion constellation and it looks spectacular even through modest binoculars.<\/p>
The Andromeda Galaxy<\/strong><\/h3>
The most distant thing that can be seen with the naked eye is the Andromeda Galaxy<\/a>, our nearest major galaxy located 2.5 million lightyears away.\u00a0But you\u2019ll need good eyesight and very dark skies to see it.\u00a0<\/p>
The Moon<\/strong><\/h3> $\"\"$
Getty images <\/figcaption> <\/figure>
It might sound obvious, but when was the last time you really looked up at the Moon? A full Moon is big and bright and\u00a0spectacular, but\u00a0observe it when it\u2019s in its crescent or gibbous phases and the \u2018terminator\u2019 (the line dividing the lit and unlit portions of the Moon) will accentuate the mountains and craters on the lunar surface.<\/p>

How the Moon affects wildlife<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>

Moon names: your month by month guide<\/a><\/li> <\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n
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