Stars

M44 - Behive Cluster (

Gallery Beehive Cluster

Double Cluster by Jaspal, London, UK. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ85, Ioptron 45 pro, QHY9s CCD, Chroma Filters.

Gallery Perseus Double Cluster

NGC 7789 Caroline's Rose by Mark Griffith, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Equipment: Teleskop service 12

Gallery Caroline's Rose Cluster

The Pleiades Stephen Tolley, Liskeard, Cornwall, 19 January 2020 Equipment: Nikon D600 DSLR, Tamron 150-600mm lens, Celestron AVX mount

Gallery The Pleiades

A star-forming region 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud, including star cluster NGC 346. Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Nota (ESA/STScI, STScI/AURA)

What can young stars tell us about the Universe?

M13 Great Hercules Cluster by Mark Griffith, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Equipment: Teleskop service 12

Gallery Hercules Globular Cluster

Star Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus

Astronomy explained What is the brightest star?

Zeta Reticuli (left), the constellation Reticulum and the Large Magellanic Cloud, captured in 2013 by Pete Lawrence from Paranal, Chile. Credit: Pete Lawrence / BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

Astronomy explained The Zeta Reticuli double star

What are stars? Credit: Eric Lowenbach / Getty Images

Astronomy explained What are stars?

How do astronomers name stars and catalogue the night sky? Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

How do astronomers name stars?

The night sky over Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. Credit: Nigel Killeen / Getty Images

Astrophotography

Astrophotography guide How to photograph the stars

5 star clusters to see with the naked eye. Credit: Bryce Crage / Getty Images

Observing guide 5 star clusters to see with the naked eye

Globular cluster NGC 3201, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. What makes stars twinkle? Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Sarajedini et al.

Astronomy explained Why do stars twinkle?

Two Herbig-Haro objects can be seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image, catalogued as HH46 and HH47. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Nisini

Eye On The Sky Hubble spots Herbig Haro stellar shockwaves

With four other Plough stars, Merak is a member of the Ursa Major Moving Group, as shown by the blue arrows. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide Spot star Merak at the bottom of the Plough