Milky Way core gets prime viewing under May 16 new moon
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Updated · Space.com · May 8
Milky Way core gets prime viewing under May 16 new moon
8 articles · Updated · Space.com · May 8
In the Northern Hemisphere, the best viewing runs from midnight to dawn, with the galaxy's bright centre visible low in the southern sky.
Observers are advised to seek dark-sky locations, where the core arches past Aquila, Scutum, Sagittarius and Scorpius.
May offers a longer viewing window than June, when twilight near the summer solstice cuts further into darkness during the annual February-to-October core season.
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