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Jupiter Opposition 2021 Prabhu, Mleiha, UAE, 19 August 2021 Equipment: ZWO ASI462MC camera, Celestron 11-inch EdgeHD Schmidt-Cassegrain

Jupiter opposition See the gas giant at its best this week

Astrophotography a beginner's guide. Credit: Bento Fotography / Getty Images

Astrophotography

Astrophotography A beginner's guide

How to create an animation of Jupiter

Astrophotography guides

How to make a planetary animation of Jupiter

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

LRGB Saturn 23.05.2011 by Piotr Maliäski, Warszawa, Poland.

Saturn See the ringed planet reach opposition in August

Waning Crescent Moon by Fernando Oliveira De Menezes, New York. Equipment: Esprit 150 ED, Zwo asi 1600mm cooled

Observing guide How to observe the Moon

A 200mm or larger telescope will reveal surface features on Mars. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide See Mars in the night sky, July 2022

Ben Gadsby-Williams took this image of a meteor shower on 12 August 2016 from Brograve Mill in Norfolk, showing the importance of a good location to astrophotography. Ben says:

How to photograph a meteor shower

how to photograph the milky way

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph the Milky Way

photograph noctilucent clouds smartphone

Astrophotography guides

Photograph noctilucent clouds with a smartphone

A photo of the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around Earth.

Observe Hubble Space Telescope targets with your own telescope

Illustration showing how Venus's altitude after sunset drops rapidly throughout June 2023. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide One last chance to see Venus as it fades from our sky in June

How to detect an exoplanet

How to detect exoplanets from your back garden

AR2565 / AR2567 by Ewan Hobbs, Hastings, UK. Equipment: AZEQ6GT Mount,152mm TecnoSky Refractor, 135mm Baader D-ERF,Daystar Quark Chromosphere & Point Grey IMX174 camera.

How to see sunspots on the surface of the Sun