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A buyer’s guide to telescopes: choosing your first scope

What is the Milky Way?

Readers’ images: top galaxy astrophotos

Apollo10

The story of Apollo 10

Latest articles

Stargazing for beginners

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

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A buyer’s guide to telescopes: getting the most from your equipment

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A buyer’s guide to telescopes: astronomy accessories

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

Astronomy equipment reviews

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Altair Starwave ASCENT 102ED F7 refractor telescope review

£549 Price correct at time of review

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DayStar Quark Magnesium I b2 solar filter review

£1199 Price correct at time of review

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ToupTek G3M-224-C colour camera

£269 Price correct at time of review

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Space science

This image combines many exposures of different durations taken to reveal aspects of the widely-viewed total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017, which was visible from the United States. In the centre the faint circle of the Moon can be seen, with its surface features dimly illuminated in light reflected from the Earth. Around the edge red prominences can be seen and further out the white glow of the corona is sculpted by the Sun's magnetic field.

The astronomers’ eclipse: looking ahead to 2 July 2019

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A tale of two eclipses

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Interview: the science of space rocks

Weak-lensing

Dark matter – the ‘missing’ Universe

Astronomy guides

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Understanding optical aberrations

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Things new stargazers should know

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How to turn your iPhone screen red for astronomy

Celestial coordinates

A guide to celestial coordinates

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Astrophotography

Guides and galleries to help you get imaging the night sky

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Astrophotography guides

How do you take photographs of the aurora?

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Astrophotography guides

A guide to astrophotography stacking

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Astrophotography

How to fine tune star trail images

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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Astrophotography

Imaging with the Great Lick Refractor

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Astrophotography

Astrophotography With A Smartphone: Zoom Lenses

Astrophotography galleries

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Astrophotography

10 mesmerising Milky Way images

Scintillating Sirius
Steve Brown (UK)

Location: Stokesley, North Yorkshire, UK, 11 January 2016

Equipment: Canon EOS 600D DSLR camera, 250mm lens, Star Adventurer tracking mount.

Astrophotography

Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year: 2017 shortlist revealed

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

Readers’ images: top galaxy astrophotos

Mariusz Szymaszek, Garðskagi lighthouse, Iceland, 2 February 2016. Equipment: Sony A7S camera, Samyang 14mm lens.

Astrophotography

Beautiful images of the aurora

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

The Apollo 7 crew R. Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele and Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr. We look back at this incredible mission 50 years on, in our October 2018 issue.

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Ice on the Moon and Apollo 7

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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.
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Podcast: Bluedot Festival 2018 special

'How to' guides

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Make a portable sundial

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Create a protective shield for your telescope pillar

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How to build an astronomy accessories case

Planetary exploration

Get the latest news from humanity's spacefaring probes

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NASA’s InSight to study Mars interior

A view of Saturn, captured by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Mission end: Cassini’s final moments

Carey Lisse, an instrument scientist on the New Horizons science team reacts after the team received confirmation from the spacecraft that it has completed the flyby of Pluto, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Interview: New Horizons’ Kuiper Belt encounter

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Juno captures the Great Red Spot

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