September 2017
This month's features:
- Wild Astronomy - how to have an astro adventure in remote rural locations
- Diving into the Depths - looking back at the highlights of the Cassini mission
- Buzz Aldrin - the moonwalker on his ambitions to get humans to Mars
- 40 Years of Voyager - celebrating four decades of humanity's landmark exploratory mission
- The Right Stuff - a first look at BBC Two's new astronaut training show
Equipment reviews
PrimaLuceLab Airy APO 65F apochromatic refractor
iOptron SkyGuider Pro tracking mount
QHYCCD QHY367C CMOS colour camera
Online Bonus Content
Maggie and Chris explore the outer regions of the Solar System in The Sky at Night
We speak to NASA scientist Mark Hofstadter about his proposed mission to return to Uranus and Neptune
Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel guide us through September's night skies in the Virtual Planetarium.
Download a PDF chapter of The Planet Factory, a new book on the hunt for exoplanets by Elizabeth Tasker
Also this month
Getting to grips with altaz mounts in The Guide
How to build a rolling telescope platform
Image processing - Elevate your solar eclipse astrophotos
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 September Sky Guide featuring Venus and M44, and Mercury meeting Mars.
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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