May Podcast: The Delightful Dippers

About this episode

This episode explores the Big and Little Dippers and tracks the five bright planets while watching for meteors from Halley's Comet.

This month’s episode showcases the Big and Little Dippers, now placed high in the northern evening sky. We'll also track down all five bright planets and watch for meteors from Halley's Comet. So grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour. The post May Podcast: The Delightful Dippers appeared first on Sky & Telescope .

Topics covered

• Big Dipper
• Little Dipper
• bright planets
• meteors
• Halley's Comet
• night sky
• astronomy

Keywords

• Big Dipper
• Little Dipper
• bright planets
• Halley's Comet
• meteors
• northern sky
• astronomy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Astronomical Society

Books & works: Sky & Telescope

Places: northern evening sky, Big Dipper, Little Dipper

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