May 2018
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This month’s features:
– A New Jupiter – how the Juno mission is showing the gas giant in a new light
– An Insight Inside Mars – NASA’s latest mission aims to delve deep into the Red Planet
– Have Scope, Will Travel – how to make the most of stargazing on holiday
– Islands of Astronomy – how the Canary Islands have become a top destination for astronomers
– Remembering Stephen Hawking – the amazing life of one of the most inspirational cosmologists of our time
Equipment reviews
Bresser AR90/500guiding kit
Altair Starwave 70 EDQ-R quadapo
Omegon Panorama II eyepieces
Online Bonus Content
Watch our video interview with Bruce Banerdt, principal investigator of NASA’s new Insight mission to Mars
Download excerpts from audio books on the Red Planet
Patrick Moore explores the life of 18th century astronomer Charles Messier, in a classic episode from 1979
Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel guide us through May’s night skies in the Virtual Planetarium.
Also this month
Did Galileo really discover the Galilean moons?
How to build a right-angled polarscope adaptor
Image processing – combining landscapes with dark skies
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 May Sky Guide featuring Jupiter’s moons, noctilucent clouds and Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner.
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
Authors
Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Staff Writer. He fell in love with the night sky when he caught his first glimpse of Orion, aged 10.
