Skills

This image of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31, shows you the quality and detail that can be achieved with a CMOS camera. Credit Gary Palmer

Astrophoto guides

A guide to CMOS deep-sky astrophotography

Meteor fireballs over the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile © Wikimedia Commons

Meteor showers Everything you need to know to spot a shooting star

A Solar System Distance Bracelet that helps put across the scale of the Solar System to visually impaired astronomers. Credit: Astro Cymru

Accessible astronomy: stargazing for people with disabilities

Taking the time to carefully compose your astro images will help you create something both scientifically interesting and artistic. YouraPechkin / Getty Images

Astrophotography

Colouring the cosmos: how to create artistic astrophotos

The planet Mercury will get brighter and easier to see in the morning sky throughout August 2019. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide The brightest planets to see in August's night sky

A Perseid meteor photographed with light from a bright Moon in the sky. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Perseid meteor shower 2019 When it is and how to see it

Mercury passing in front of the Sun captured in 2006 by the Solar Optical Telescope. Credit: Hinode JAXA/NASA/PPARC

Transit of Mercury, 11 November 2019: what it is and how to see it

A view of the Apollo 11 landing sites in Mare Tranquillitatis. Credit: Pete Lawrence

How to find Apollo 11’s landing site on the Moon

The partial lunar eclipse of 16 July 2019. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Partial lunar eclipse, 16 July 2019

Astronomy camping during Salisbury Star Party, August 2010. Credit: Jon Hicks

What to bring on an astronomy camping trip

Astronomy dictionary © Getty Images

Astronomy Dictionary

Making astronomy fund for children. Image: Inez Bazdar/Alamy Stock Photo, Vladans/iStock/Gettyimages

Stargazing for kids: how to inspire young astronomers

Noctilucent clouds. Credit: Adrien Mauduit

Astrophotography

How to capture and process images of noctilucent clouds

A view of noctilucent clouds captured over Tallinn, Estonia. Credit: Arsty/iStock/Getty images

Noctilucent clouds: what they are and how to see them

A set of LRGB filters allows the capture of full colour images of celestial objects using a sensitive mono camera. Read our review of the Astronomik L-RGB Type 2c Colour Filter Set here. Credit: First Light Optics

An astronomer’s guide to filters