Sky Guide May 2017

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What to look out, and up, for in May.


Jeni's abandoned us this month in favour of research-grade
instrumentation so only Paul and Ralph pick their highlights for
this month’s skies; starting with the planets on offer to
observers and imagers:


The planets Jupiter in the evening and Saturn in the morning

Three meteor showers peaking this month

A pair of comets to observe with amateur telescopes or
binoculars



Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for
this time of year:


Ralph – The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Paul – The Globular Cluster Messier 5 in the constellation
Serpens



And we finish this sky guide with May's moon phases.