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Bake a Heart Nebula cheesecake this Valentine's Day

Bake a Heart Nebula cheesecake this Valentine’s Day

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Under instruction

The Celestron CGX-L EQ 1100 EdgeHD Schmidt-Cassegrain

The challenge of clear skies

The International Astronomy Show: an opportunity to get view the latest equipment on the market. Image Credit: BBC Sky at Night Magazine

The (astronomy) show must go on

Pictured: our first ever Prima LuceLab review is their incredible AIRY APO120 refractor.

Refracting telescopes: room for improvement

This is one of the last images of Saturn’s rings taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, on 13 September 2017. Data from the mission is enabling scientists to learn more about the planet, its moons and its rings. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

The Story of the Solar System: Inside the rings of Saturn

SolarMax II 90 solar telescope

Solar sleuths

A sturdy mount ad tripod is vital for astronomy and astrophotography

The benefits of a tripod

Pay tribute to the summer asterism with Katharine's stellar cookies. Image Credit: Katharine Kilgour

Astrobaking: Summer Triangle cookies

Orion SkyQuest XX16g Dobsonian review

A Universe of possibilities

A video showing the solar atmosphere, by Mark Garlick.

The Story of the Solar System: The Sun

JUPITER PIX 2

The Story of the Solar System: Earth compared to Jupiter

A fitting tribute to Annie Maunder's solar work, AMAT's dedicated hydrogen-alpha telescope can capture dynamic activity in the Sun's broiling atmosphere.
Credit: Royal Observatory Greenwich AMAT (c) National Maritime Museum, London

The Story of the Solar System

Callisto's anti-Jovian hemisphere imaged in 2001 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft

The Story of the Solar System: Ice spires on Callisto

Voyager 2's view of Triton. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

The Story of the Solar System: Geysers on Triton