With lockdown in full swing across the world, most of us have been struggling to fill the time with activities to keep our minds active. Housework leads to garden work, which leads to looking at the sky as the sun is setting and, in clear conditions, especially around this time of year, astronomy and stargazing in general, could offer the escape from reality that some of us may be looking for. But we don't all have telescopes and binoculars, and we don't always know where to look to see the things of wonder. But you need to know what you are looking at, and you can begin your journey into astronomy without a telescope or even any knowledge at all of star positions or constellations because we have the moon. The moon is visible during the day just now, and also becomes apparent as the sun sets. We use the moon as a guide, and a glance at the moon can lead to wonder and inspire a closer look at her, creates and even triggers ideas that you may not even know you have. Some objects passing the moon may surprise you, and you may even bear witness to a few meteoric objects burning into our atmosphere for your brief efforts of observation. Just tilt your head, moonward, and observe in a relaxed position. This is the beginning of your journey into the cosmos. You may also get a chance to observe a comet this month with the naked eye. May the 13th is the date to mark on your calendar for your chance to see the comet swan. If the weather holds up this month and skies remain clear, then yes. There is every likelihood that comet swan will be visible to the naked eye on the 13th. You'll want to look out for a bluish tail with a green tint as the comet passes 75 million miles away from our atmosphere. Ever by the Soho spacecraft in March, the object will reach perihelium on May 27th, but before that, observers and sky watchers may get lucky on the 13th with Earth based visibility stretching from the 12th May to the 14th May. At the start of May, it was estimated to be a fraction brighter than magnitude plus 6, putting it within naked eye territory. By late May, preliminary estimates suggest it may brighten to around magnitude plus 3. Serving it will be a juggling act, though due to where the comet is located in the sky, as opposed to the onset of evening, morning and summer twilight. The theory here is that it will become visible in mid-May. One hour and a half, either side of the sun setting, gives us a 3 hour observation window on May 13th for those of us in the UK, US and European observations. On the morning of May 12th, the waning gibbous moon will appear below Jupiter. On the next morning, the moon will appear to the lower left of Saturn. The morning of May 15th, the waning crescent moon will appear to the lower left of Mars. Although Jupiter and Saturn will appear about 5 degrees apart throughout this lunar cycle, they will appear at their closest to each other the morning of May 18th, just something to watch out for those of us with an interest. In late December 2019, the asteroid terrestrial impact last alert system, Atlas, detected a comet that looks like it might put on a good show in May 2020. However, it appears comet C 2019 Y4 broke up in late March and now the pieces are not expected to be visible without a telescope. Well, there you go guys, a few easy things to look out for from your garden or your front door or even your window. These things are relatively easy to follow and we just wanted to show you guys that you don't need to generate spectacular images to penetrate the atmosphere. We can observe these things close to the earth and begin to draw on an understanding of the things that may interest us but seem to be daunting to tackle. We will be back just shortly but in the meantime remember, we may not have the answers but we do have the questions and we do intend to go forward in our questioning of very ancient things. Comment below and as always, thank you for watching guys.