February 2018
This month’s features:
– Winter Star Cluster – 12 of the best clusters winter has to over, in a tour that can be completed in one night
– TRAPPIST-1 – the latest from one of the most exciting exoplanetary discoveries ever made
– Return to Mercury – looking ahead to this year’s BepiColombo mission
– IAPY 2018 – how to enter the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018 competition
– Imaging for Science: Part 5 – how to take scientifically useful images of space rocks
Equipment reviews
Altair 60 EDF doublet refractor
Explore Scientific Exos2 PMC8 Wireless Go-To mount
Atik 16200 cooled mono CCD camera
Online Bonus Content
Watch our video interview with Michaël Gillon, leader of the team who found the TRAPPIST-1 system
We speak to asteroid expert Tim Spahr about the science of space rocks, and whether they are a threat to Earth.
The Sky at Night team focus on fleeting cosmic events that happen in the blink of an eye
Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel guide us through December’s night skies in the Virtual Planetarium
Also this month
The importance of eyepieces in The Guide
How to build a stomp rocket launcher
Image processing – making the best of bad images
Monthly Bulletin pages bring you up to date with all the latest astronomical news, as well as Cutting Edge revealing the highlights from brand new research
Our February Sky Guide featuring thin-Moon hunting, Mars and Antares, Jupiter’s moons
Our Scope Doctor answers your technical kit questions
Interactive: your letters, tweets, forum posts and readers’ scopes
Gear – a round up of the latest astronomical accessories
What’s On listings – find out what astronomy events are on near you
Hotshots – this month’s pick of your very best astrophotos
Beautiful new images from space in Eye on the Sky
The latest astronomy books reviewed
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