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    Asteroid 14 Irene: see the main-belt body at opposition

    What you need to know when buying a secondhand telescope or other astronomy equipment. Credit: BongkarnThanyakij / iStock / Getty Images, Steve Marsh
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    Buying a secondhand telescope: what you need to know

    A Quadrantid meteor appears in the night sky along with the Milky Way and the Aurora over Banff National Park, Canada, 3 January 2009. Credit: Stocktrek Images / Getty Images
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    The famous dark nebula known as the Horsehead Nebula, captured by Rafael Compassi from Presidente Lucena, Brazil.
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    Horsehead Nebula: how to see the famous dark nebula in the night sky

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    An image of the Andromeda Galaxy by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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    Observing guide 12 Christmas astronomy targets

    Arrange your lunar phase images side-by-side in day order to show the change in apparent diameter of the Moon. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    Neptune is located in a triangle formed by Phi (ϕ) Aquarii, 96 Aquarii and HIP 115257
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    Observing guide How to see the planets, December 2020

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