The Night of the Stars begins Friday evening and will last until Sunday evening.

The opportunity to take stock of what it will be possible to observe in the sky, and under what conditions, with Olivier Las Vergnas, president of the French Astronomical Association, guest of Europe 1.

INTERVIEW

It is one of the traditional meetings of the summer.

The 31st Nuit des Étoiles begins on Friday evening.

Until Sunday, you will have to look up to indulge in stargazing.

But what exactly can we see there?

Guest from Europe 1, Friday, Olivier Las Vergnas, president of the French Astronomical Association, tells us more.

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A stargazing online, in case of cloudy skies

"This year, we are lucky to have the beginning of August with a new moon", enthuses Olivier Las Vergnas, explaining that this will prevent the observation of shooting stars from being hampered by the light of the Moon. "We will have a very beautiful show, if we are far from parasitic lights, with a black sky and the possibility of seeing the stars, and even large planets: Saturn and Jupiter, which are very easily visible, and Venus at the beginning. line".

The Moon will not disturb the show but what about the clouds?

The weather being bad, the French Astronomical Association has planned everything so that no vigil is canceled under the pretext of capricious weather.

"There is also the possibility of downloading online a vigil in the stars to organize your own vigil yourself, all next week and even the week after", affirms Olivier Las Vergnas.

"Even if in some places, it may be covered some evenings, we will be able to make our own observations with family, close to home."

The stars, some planets, and the Milky Way

Because the Night of the Stars is also the time to learn about astronomy.

Even as a great novice, the palette of what can be seen in the sky is very wide.

We can "simply see the stars with the naked eye", but also "the planets which are very bright", or even "discover the Milky Way", lists the president of the French Astronomical Association.

"It's really a spectacle that can be shared without difficulty," he says.

And if we equip ourselves a minimum, a small telescope, or a small telescope, "we can quickly discover the rings of Saturn, the satellites of Jupiter which project their shadows on the planet, and its gas bands . "