Looking at the Sky


The sky at night

The sky at night

You can see lots of stars here, but what do you think the shapes at the bottom are?

Have you ever looked at the sky on a dark, clear night? What did you see?

Most of the tiny white dots that you see are stars. Stars are actually big, hot, bright things like the Sun, but they are so far away that they look small and faint and we can only see them at night.

As well as stars, you can sometimes see the Moon and, if you know where to look, planets as well.

What you can see in the sky changes during the night and through the year. This means that if you want to see everything, you need to look at the sky lots and lots of times!

Find out more . . .
Select Maps of the Sky Tonight.
Select What is a Star?

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