Whats in the night sky, July 2024

What's in the night sky tonight? Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel talk us through July 2024's night-sky highlights, including noctilucent clouds, Ceres and Pluto at opposition, Galilean Moon transits and deep-sky objects in the Milky Way.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Inner planets
03:38 Outer planets
08:10 Noctilucent clouds
12:20 Ceres at opposition
12:45 Galilean moons transit
13:14 Pluto at opposition
16:39 Milky Way and deep-sky objects
19:50 Summer Triangle

[@sjbastro]

Wonderful summary of the month's events as usual chaps. We can definitely say that June was a good one for noctilucent clouds, so hopefully July will be good too. Also, thanks for using my noctilucent clouds star trails image in the video! Much appreciated. Clear skies everyone 😃

[@bbcskyatnightmag]

Cheers Steve! Thanks for you kind words! 🙂

[@kevanhubbard9673]

It went well in June for Noctilucent Clouds! Although I didn't see them as described as they were across the whole sky one night and in the north east the other.

[@cloud_congestus]

can confirm, one night they stretched from northwest all the way across and another night, a really bright display low in the northeast.

[@Nottsboy24]

Lunar observations at the school before they break up for the summer holidays 🔭

[@bbcskyatnightmag]

That's nice to hear!

[@k.h.1587]

I could see the ring in my first 80mm f11 refractor

[@k.h.1587]

In parts of the US, it is the 2nd most famous double double, the first being the in n out double cheeseburger

[@k.h.1587]

Pluto is not quite a disc in a 12". The only way to really observe it is to blink images as you described

[@jonwek4332]

Any news update on the blaze star please ?

[@leoncorns1450]

No change yet.