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A simulation of planets Uranus and Mars as they appeared through 7x50 binoculars on 2 August, 02:00 BST (01:00 UT). The variable runaway star 53 Arietis is close by. Credit: Pete Lawrence

See Mars meet Uranus and the Pleiades this weekend

NGC 6910 and Sadr by Bill McSorley, Leeds, UK. Equipment: SW150P, EQ5 Mount, QHY8L OSC camera.

A guide to star Sadr

Best mounts and tripods for binoculars

Best mounts and tripods for binoculars, 2022

Celestron Omni XLT AZ 102 Refractor/basic mount

Best beginners' telescopes

Aquila Constellation

A guide to the constellation Aquila

Eta Aquilae, captured by the Digitised Sky Survey (https://archive.eso.org/dss/dss)

A guide to star Eta Aquilae

Complete space party supply set

Best space themed party supplies, 2022

Common astrophotography mistakes. Credit: Dan Mirica / EyeEm / Getty Images

Astrophotography guides

12 common astrophotography mistakes, and how to avoid them

A Perseid Meteor by John Short, Dumfries, UK. Equipment: Sony A7s, Samyang 12mm fisheye

Perseids 2022 How to see this month's meteor shower

Lunar mountain shadows make excellent subjects for timelapse studies

Track moving shadows on the surface of the Moon

Couple with red light head torches at sunset

Best red light head torches, 2022

Chart showing the location of the radiant of the southern delta aquariid meteor shower 2022

Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this week

LRGB Saturn 23.05.2011 by Piotr Maliäski, Warszawa, Poland.

Saturn See the ringed planet reach opposition in August

Double Star Albireo. Credit: BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Best telescopes for viewing double stars

A Venus Moon captured on 26 February 2014. Credit: Mary McIntyre

See the Moon meet the planets of the Solar System this month