Iain Todd

Science journalist

Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Content Editor. He fell in love with the night sky when he caught his first glimpse of Orion, aged 10.

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Research thoroughly so you know what sort of astrophotography camera is best for what you want to capture. Credit: Misato Nomura / EyeEm / Getty Images

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Binoculars for astronomy

Black Friday 2022 Best binocular deals

Astronomer with telescope milky way

Black Friday 2022 Best telescopes and binoculars

Lego Apollo 11 moon lander

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Leonid meteor in the sky above Arizona, USA. Credit: mdesigner125 / Getty

See the Leonid meteor shower peak tonight

An image of protostar L1527 at the centre of billowing clouds of cosmic gas and dust, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb Telescope captures infant protostar at the centre of a cosmic hourglass

Onlookers captured the moment NASA's Artemis I mission lifts off for the Moon from Kennedy Space Center, 16 November 2022. The launch marks the first step of a new programme that will eventually return human feet to the surface of the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

NASA’s Artemis I lifts off, beginning a new era of lunar exploration

NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft on the launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, 6 November 2022. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

NASA looks set to launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon tomorrow morning

Silhouette of a man adjusting a smartphone on a tripod at dusk

Buyer's guide Smartphone tripods

The total lunar eclipse of 8 November 2022, captured by Michael Shapiro, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA. I would like to submit the attached image for your consideration. The image is comprised of the top 25% of frames from a single 1 minute video at around 6 am EST this morning. Date of capture: 11/8/22 in Gear: Celestron Evolution 8 with f6.3 focal reducer. ZWO ASI 294 MC Pro. Captured using Firecapture. Stacked in Autostakket and processed in Photoshop.

Total lunar eclipse wows viewers in the Americas and parts of Asia

The 16 May lunar eclipse captued by Tomáš Slovinský, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

How to see the 8 November total lunar eclipse

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ESA Explores podcast host Stephen Ennis pictured with with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. Credit: ESA

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