P615 CJEFAX 615 Mon 27 May 00:44/42 1/3 THE SKY AT NIGHT ££££ £ ££ £ ££ £ THE PLANETS VENUS is brilliant in the south-west after sunset during May. Through a telescope it can bj seen as a crescent. Inferior conjunction - when Venus is between the Sun and Earth - is reached on 10 June. MARS is out of view during this pjtiod. JUPITER is now on view in the morning sky. Many interesting results have conj back from the Galileo probe. July's Sky at Night will feature the latest news of the planets. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Lifeline BBC1 TV BBC2 TV SkyP615 CJEFAX 615 Mon 27 May 00:44/02 2/3 THE SKY AT NIGHT £ £ £ The MOON is new on 16 June; First Quarter on 25 May and 24 June; Full on 1 June; Last Quartet on 8 June. NEWS NOTES The Hubble Space Telescope has once again provided new information about the Helix Nebula. The latest pictures from HST show the nebula's outer layers being blown off; the remnants look a little like tadpoles! Although Comet Hyakutakj has left our skies now - not to return for 15,000 years - it was the first comet to bj identified as an X-ray source. The discovery was made by the Rotas satellite. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Lifeline BBC2 TV BBC2 TV SkyP615 CEEFAX 615 Mon 27 May 00:36/22 3/3 THE SKY AT NIGHT The Sky at Night Information Line keeps you up-to-date with the latest astronomical news. The numbjt is 08:1 800 330; calls cost 39p pet min cheap rate; 49p per min at other times. FUTURE PROGRAMMER Sunday 23 June BBC1 (rps Thursday 27 June BBC2) A new radio all-sky survey is soon to conj into opjtation. The first of its kind. Sunday 14 July BBC1 (rps Thursday 30 July BBC2) - News of the planets including Pluto and Jupiter. The timings and dates of the repeats can alter. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Lifeline BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Sky