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WE ASKED: What are you most looking forward to about the return of longer nights?

I look forward to the darker September evenings, as the Milky Way is at its best and there are great deep-sky objects, including the Dumbbell and Ring Nebulae.

Lynda McCaughey

Orion is my favourite constellation; I love the long, dark nights for stargazing.

Bob Kelly

It’s more convenient to see the morning sky, as the time of sunrise heads later and later towards the shortest day of the year.

Kriss Starman

From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Pleiades, to the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter on 21 December.

Danny Castro

The clouds; they are the only thing visible in Scotland regardless of the time of year.