THIS map is for 9pm on the 15th and will cover most of the evening's major events over Moray. The nights are really closing in now, and with the sun setting before 4.30pm make sure you wrap up nice and warm before venturing out.

WELCOME to what is happening in the skies above Moray this October. This map is for 9pm on the 15th and will cover most of the evening's major events.

TO help with your own special Sky at Night look over Moray in August, this midnight map covers all the major events for the 15th.

WELCOME to what is happening in the skies above Moray in May. This map is for 11pm and will cover all the evening's major events.

WELCOME to what is happening in the skies above Moray this April. The nights are now shortening rapidly, and with the introduction of BST on March 29 there seems to be very little dark sky.

THE nights are now shortening rapidly. On March 20 the Sun crosses the equator coming north, and after that the days will be longer than the nights. Add to that the clock change on the 29th, and the nights will really seem to disappear.

THE evening sky is dominated by Venus, the brightest of the planets, and is visible from 5pm in the south-west. Also, you may notice that the nights are now shortening much faster as the sun races towards the Equinox.

WINTER Solstice is on the 21st at 12.04, which means the sun is as far south as it can go. After that the nights will get shorter, but very slowly at first.

THE Summer Triangle, consisting of Altair in Aquila, Vega in Lyra and Deneb in Cygnus, is now moving into the west.

THE map is for Sunday, October 26, at 9pm and shows the Summer Triangle – consisting of Altair in Aquila, Vega in Lyra and Deneb in Cygnus – which is now moving into the south-west.

SEPTEMBER is the month when the sun crosses the equator heading south.

BEFORE I cover the night sky, a rare event is occurring on the 1st. Millions of people in Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia and China are going to witness a total eclipse of the sun.

WE are now past the solstice, but only the brightest objects can be seen by the naked eye and the northern horizon is light all the time.