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Kieron Vernon, Coventry, UK, 11 July 2020. Equipment: Sony a7III camera, Sigma 24-70mm lens, ISO 800, 20x6”.

Observing guide What comets and asteroids are in the sky tonight?

build artificial star

Build this ‘artificial star’ to test the quality of any telescope or lens

Mars passing across the Beehive Cluster in October 2011, imaged through a f/3.3 reflector. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

See and photograph Mars meeting the Beehive star cluster

Chart showing the location of star Diadem.

Can you spot star Diadem, a trinket in a queen’s hair?

Image of a telescope silhouette pointed at the full Moon

Focal length explained

Installing the right lighting around your home and garden can make all the difference to your stargazing sessions. Credit: Source/Alamy Stock Photo

Best outdoor lighting to minimise light pollution

Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales. Credit: Andy Ward

Stargazing at Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors Dark Sky Reserves

Illustration showing the lunar occultation of Jupiter on 17 May 2023. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Jupiter occultation See the gas giant disappear behind the Moon this week

Lunar occultation Jupiter 17 May 2023

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph (and see) this week’s lunar occultation of Jupiter

image processing edge on galaxies

Astrophotography guides

Bring out beauty and detail in your images of edge-on galaxies

The 8 November 2022 lunar eclipse captured by Anupam Naskar from Kolkata, India. Equipment: Nikon D 7500 camera, Sigma 150-500 mm lens. 6 frames taken in shutter speed 1/50 to 1/125 sec & f 6.3 with ISO 160 to 1250

How to see the 28 October partial lunar eclipse

An annular solar eclipse captured from Lubbock, Texas in 2012. Credit: Willoughby Owen / Getty Images

Eclipses 2023 This year's solar and lunar eclipses

Phases of Venus by Pete Lawrence

Observe Venus’s phases as the planet approaches 50% illumination

M35. Credit: Manfred Wasshuber.

See Venus next to beautiful star cluster M35 this week

Artist’s impression of the red supergiant star Antares. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

4 of the biggest stars in the Universe and how to see them for yourself