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The Planets: an interview with Brian Cox

Live stream the 2 July 2019 total solar eclipse

Interview: the science of space rocks

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A guide to Chile’s best stargazing sites

Latest articles

Stargazing for beginners

New to astronomy? Get started with our newcomers' guides.

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10 common astronomy mistakes

Olli Reijonen sent in this image of a Perseid, top right of the picture, that he managed to capture while photographing noctilucent clouds and aurora at Lake Päijänne in Finland. Olli used an Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera and Panasonic Lumix G 200mm lens.
Credit: O. Reijonen

Summer astronomy: what to observe during the lighter months

Close up of eyepiece of telescope with man's hand. Telescope tuning

Eyepieces: the basics

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Astronomy equipment reviews

The latest telescopes, cameras, binoculars, mounts and accessories tried and tested.

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Vixen R200SS Newtonian reflector plus Corrector PH review

Fornax 10 LighTrack II mobile tracking mount

Fornax 10 LighTrack II mobile tracking mount review

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ZWO ASI174MM mono high frame rate camera review

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Opticron Adventurer II WP 10×42 binoculars review

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Omegon ProDob N 203/1200 telescope review

Space science

Milky Way above the Chilean Atacama Desert. It is here, that ESO'c Very Large Telescope (VLT) is located

What is the Milky Way?

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A guide to galaxies

Aurora header Credit: Pete Lawrence

Flying to the Northern Lights

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When are the next eclipses?

Astronomy guides

Ansiaume (1729—1786) - Stoyan R. et al. Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky. — Cambridge: Cambridge Univercity Press, 2008. — P. 15.

The making of Charles Messier’s famous astronomy catalogue

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How to collimate binoculars

In this comparison image the photo at the top was taken by Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in 1995 and shows the spot at a diameter of just under 21 000km; the second down shows a 2009 WFC3 photo of the spot at a diameter of just under 18 000km; and the lowest shows the newest image from WFC3 taken in 2014 with the spot at its smallest yet, with diameter of just 16 000km.

How to measure Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

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How to sharpen your eyesight for astronomy

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Astrophotography

Guides and galleries to help you get imaging the night sky

Beautiful track star image during a night in Tuscany. Trajectories of aircraft and shooting stars in the sky. Long exposure for trails of stars.

Astrophotography

A beginner’s guide to astrophotography

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How to build a multi-camera mount

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How to create time-lapse star trails

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How to photograph the Moon with a digital camera

Imaging deep-sky objects, like the globular cluster M13, captures the beauty of distant space

Astrophotography guides

Introducing deep-sky photography

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Astrophotography

Shooting the stars

Astrophotography galleries

Galaxy NGC 1398, Very Large Telescope, 1 January 2018. Credit: ESO

Astrophotography

The best astro images of 2018

Zdenek Bardon,
Sumava mountain, Czech Republic. Equipment: Nikon D810A, Takahashi FSQ106/530, tripod.

Astrophotography

In pictures: total lunar eclipse, 27 July 2018

Dave Walker

Nashville, Tennessee

Equipment: Canon EOS 600D DSLR camera, Skywatcher Star Adventurer, Canon 100-400 IS lens.

In pictures: the 21 August 2017 total solar eclipse

$Andromeda Galaxy, Charles Thody, Pembrokeshire, 8 September 2015. Equipment: Modified Canon EOS 40D DSLR camera, Sky-Watcher Equinox-80 ED apo refractor, Sky-Watcher NEQ6 PRO SynScan mount.$

Readers’ images: top galaxy astrophotos

Star trails at La Silla
Zdenek Bardon, La Silla Observatory, Chile, 14 March 2018
Equipment: Nikon D810A DSLR camera, Zeiss Milvus 2.8/18 lens.

Astrophotography

Hotshots: top readers’ images of 2018

Podcasts

An artist's impression showing the orbital path of asteroid 2014 JO25. Credit: NASA

Podcast: marsquakes, asteroid impacts, secrets of the Solar System

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Lunar eclipses, 2019 space missions and green stars

The annual bluedot festival is three days of music and science at Jodrell Bank Observatory in rural Cheshire.
Credit: Jody Hartley

Podcast: Bluedot Festival 2018 special

'How to' guides

How to build a rolling telescope dolly

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How to thermally optimise your telescope

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How to star test a telescope

Planetary exploration

Get the latest news from humanity's spacefaring probes

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Apollo 8: 50 years on

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New Horizons gets to the heart of Pluto

An illustration of the TESS spacecraft observing an M dwarf star with orbiting planets. TESS is expected to move the hunt for exoplanets into the next era. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

TESS to impress

01 - Lovell Telescope

60 pivotal moments of the Space Age

In the magazine

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March 2019

February 2019

Inside this month’s new-look issue:

November 2018

November 2018

October 2018

October 2018