Reply To: Module 3 – Stars, Space and Aliens

[Frances McCarthy]

Shauna,

for night time observing I’d suggest waiting until December, since the sky will then be dark early enough that they could do this before 6pm.

You could share sky maps of the month (a great free source is here, but they only publish a few days before the start of each month. August is not yet available.) and then they really could spot the constellations. In Cork, we reckon to have 50 clear nights per year, so you may have to schedule this in late November and keep your fingers crossed!