Jamie Carter

Recent articles by Jamie Carter

How to see the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, 21 December 2020. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide See the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, 21 December 2020

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13 things new stargazers should know

Star trails over Sad Hill, Contreras, Spain, 25 July 2020. Photo by Samuel de Roman / Getty Images

6 of the best places to stargaze in Spain

An annular solar eclipse, 15 January 2010 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images.

Ring of fire annular solar eclipse, 21 June 2020: all you need to know

Photographer takes pictures of blowing snow on a sunny, windy day at Union Glacier.

Observing guide How to see the polar solar eclipse of 4 December 2021

Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah. Credit: NPS/Jacob W. Frank

10 US National Parks perfect for stargazing

Observing the Milky Way from Grand Canyon National Park. Credit: Carlos Fernandez / Getty Images

Stargazing at Grand Canyon Dark Sky Park

Buzz Aldrin speaking at the Humans to Mars Summit, 22 April 2014 at George Washington University in Washington DC. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Moving to Mars: Buzz Aldrin’s vision of Martian exploration

Credit: Jesse Beaman / Stargazing Scotland

The best places to stargaze in Scotland

A conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the moon from February 2019, taken using an iPhone 7. Credit: Jamie Carter

Best gadgets to turn your smartphone into an astrophotography camera

The solar corona visible during the total solar eclipse on 2 July, 2019, captured from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Totality will strike again in 2020. Credit: P. Horálek/ESO

2020 solar and lunar eclipses: an eclipse-chaser’s guide

An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon's shadow cone doesn't quite reach Earth's surface. Credit: Bairi from Pixabay.com https://pixabay.com/illustrations/annular-solar-eclipse-eclipse-2003461

How to see the ‘ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse this Christmas

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

Croatia’s Petrova gora-Biljeg is home to a war monument that’s become a mecca for astronomers and astrophotographers. Credit: Boris Stromar

The best places in eastern Europe for stargazing

Hotel SaharaSky, Morocco. Credit: Hotel SaharaSky

African astronomy: where to stargaze on the continent