The 2021 Noctilucent Cloud season is now well underway, and in the past two weeks there have been several displays of these electric blue "night shining clouds" that were visible to the naked eye.

None of them were particularly dramatic, and apart from one they all looked much more impressive on camera than they did to the naked eye, so we're still waiting for The Big One to grace our skies so we spot it ourselves

So, if you see the sky is clear around midnight on any night between now and the start of August make sure you look to the north, in case there is a display in progress, you don't want to miss it!

If you're not sure what you're looking for, NLC appear as swirls, curls and streamers of silvery/blue cloud low in the northern sky.

Most displays are quite modest, though pretty, but occasionally a huge display rears up and covers the sky from the north west to the north east with beautiful tendrils and webs of light that look totally unlike anything else in astronomy, it's out of this world, literally.

These clouds move slowly, almost like an electric fog, and a major display can be bright enough to cast shadows. So please, keep an eye on the northern sky late at night - you really don't want to miss such an amazing experience that doesn't come often so get your binoculars at the ready and those eyes peeled.

As far as planets are concerned, Venus - the "Evening Star" - is now visible low in the sky after sunset.

Look to the north-west around 10:30pm and you'll see Venus as a golden-coloured "star" low in the sky.