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Noctilucent clouds photographed by Stuart Atkinson in June 2021 from Kendal, Cumbria, UK.

Noctilucent Clouds The 2021 season so far

Venus, Jupiter, Orion and The Pleiades in twilight by Jarrod Bennett, Saint Gregoire, Provence, France. Equipment: Canon 450D.

Observing Take a twilight tour this July

How to make a model of the Milky Way Galaxy for a school or home science project. Credit: Mary McIntyre

DIY Astronomy Make a Milky Way model

BBC Sky at Night Magazine webinar. How to observe the Sun, with Pete Lawrence

Webinar How to observe and photograph the Sun

BBC Sky at Night Magazine Star Diary podcast.

Star Diary Podcast

Star Diary Podcast What's in the night sky, July 2021

Once the 9th planet in the Solar System, Pluto is now classified as a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Observing guide Can you find Pluto in the night sky?

N = R* fp ne fl fi fc fL by Mariusz, London, UK. Equipment: Pentax K-01, Tamron 17-50/2.8, Tripod.

Gallery Star trails and how to shoot them

How to see the planets in the night sky, July 2021. Credit: m-gucci / Getty Images.

Observing guide How to see the planets in the night sky, July 2021

Rich colourful Lagoon and Trifid with IC1274 by Christian vd Berge, Kiripotib, Namibia.

Deep-sky tour 6 objects to spot in Sagittarius

Lunar Eclipse (28/09/2015) by Tom Howard, Crawley, Sussex, UK.

Gallery Lunar eclipses

How to see the annular solar eclipse and the UK partial solar eclipse on 10 June 2021. Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images

Gallery Solar eclipse, 10 June 2021

How to photograph targets close to the horizon. After processing, our final image reveals the details of M6 and M7. Credit: Paul Money

Astrophotography guides

Astrophotography guide Photograph objects close to the horizon

Partial solar eclipse in Iran Omid Qadrdan/Ahmad Riahi Dehkordi, Hengam Island, Iran, 26 December 2019 Equipment: Canon 6D Mark I DSLR

Astrophotography guides

Photograph the 10 June solar eclipse

BBC Sky at Night Magazine Star Diary podcast.

Star Diary Podcast

Star Diary Podcast What's in the night sky, June 2021

Illustration showing a male astronomer pointing his telescope at the Moon, with owls and other nocturnal wildlife surrounding him.

A wild night sitting under the stars