Download this month’s binocular and deep-sky tour charts. The charts are printed in black on white so they can be viewed under red light at your telescope.
Record your observations of Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and the Sun with our handy printable forms.
If you observe the Sun, remember NEVER to look at it with your naked eye; either project it through your telescope or use a solar filter on your telescope’s front lens.
North America and Pelican Nebulae Keith Bramley, Pilling, Lancashire, September & October 2019. Equipment: Atik 383L+ CCD camera, Sky-Watcher EQ6 mount
Venus at sunset Darshna Ladva, Mallorca, 16 October 2019. Equipment: Nikon D5500 DSLR, Altair 60EDF doublet refractor, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
NGC 55 Fernando Menezes, Brazil, June & July 2019. Equipment: QHY16200A mono CCD camera, Sky-Watcher Esprit 150ED apo triplet, iOptron CEM60-EC mount
Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae Justin Young, Northern Territory, Australia, 22 August 2019. Equipment: Canon 800D DSLR, William Optics RedCat 51 apo refractor, iOptron SkyTracker mount
IC 342 Jim Hunt, Alnwick, Northumberland, 26 October 2019. Equipment: Altair 183c Pro Tec camera, Altair 72 EDF refractor, Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro mount
Moon mosaic Hugh Bellamy, Aberkenfig, South Wales, 21 September 2019. Equipment: ZWO ASI 120MC camera, Sky-Watcher 254mm Newtonian, EQ6 Syntrek mount
The Swan Jaap Spigt, Dordogne, France, August 2019. Equipment: Canon EOS 60Da camera, AstroTrac mount
Milky Way Abolfazl Arab, Sistan, Iran, 30 July 2019. Equipment: Nikon D7200 DSLR
Uranus Ralph Smyth, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, 24 October 2019. Equipment: Nikon D5300 DSLR, Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED refractor, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount
Meteor moment Julie Winn, Hexham, Northumberland, 24 October 2019. Equipment: Nikon D3400 DSLR
Mercury transit Neil Allen, Norwich, 11 November 2019. Equipment: iPhone 8, Sky-Watcher Equinox 80 apo refractor, TS Optics solar prism
Sadr Region with Butterfly Nebula IC 1318 Paul Moyers, Ty-Newydd Farm Campsite, Gwynedd, Wales, 29 October 2019. Equipment: Canon EOS 1200D DSLR, Altair 60EDF refractor, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
NGC 7822 Nikola Milicev, Serbia, 4 August 2019. Equipment: Canon EOS 1300D DSLR astromodified, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
M27 Nebula Ivor Trueman, Leeds, 27 October 2019. Equipment: Canon EOS600D (astromodified), Sky-Watcher 200DPS Newtonian, Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT Pro mount
IC 1396 Marià Sole, Catalonia, Spain, 6 December 2018. Equipment: Sony Alpha 7s DSLR, TS Optics 80/480 apo refractor, Sky-Watcher HEQ5 mount
The Moon Pete Strange, Bournemouth, 15 October 2019. Equipment: ZWO ASI 385MC camera, Sky-Watcher 130/900 Newtonian
Melotte 15 Christopher Harvey, Loughborough, 24 October 2019. Equipment: Altair GPCAM3 290C colour camera, Explore Scientific ED 102mm apo refractor, Sky-Watcher EQ5 Pro mount
M42 Chris Platkiw, Derbyshire, 27 October 2019. Equipment: Canon 5DMkII (astromodified) camera, William Optics RedCat 51 apo refractor, Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro mount
Mercury transit SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 Credit: NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams
Radio Milky Way MURCHISON WIDEFIELD ARRAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2019 Credit: Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (ICRAR/Curtin) and the GLEAM Team
Orion A HERSCHEL AND PLANCK SPACE OBSERVATORIES, 18 NOVEMBER 2019. Credit: ESA/Herschel/Planck; J. D. Soler, MPIA
NGC 6285 and NGC 6286 HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 25 NOVEMBER 2019. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Larson et al.
Phoenix black hole CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY, HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, VERY LARGE ARRAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2019. Credit: NASA/CXC/MIT/M.McDonald et al; NRAO/VLA; STScI