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12 Astrophotography Pitfalls (and How to Avoid Them)
Expert astrophotographer Will Gater runs through the common mistakes even experienced photographers make and how to ensure your next imaging session is free of them
Drive me to the Moon
Artist Oliver Jeffers on creating the Our Place In Space sculpture trail
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
On the July episode of The Sky at Night, Marina Hui takes the reigns as director for the first time, transforming the show into 'The Sky at Day'
APY Masterclass - Capturing Venus and the Moon
Lighting Venus's crescent and the lunar limb evenly is no small feat
Q&A WITH A MOON RECYCLER
With frequent lunar missions on the horizon, focus is turning toward the sustainable use and reuse of the materials that will be left on the surface
Curiosity, 10 years exploring Mars
NASA's car-sized Red Planet rover has set new standards in planetary exploration
An astronomer at the BOTTOM OF THE WORLD
Georgina Dransfield has just returned from months at the South Pole, working to expand our understanding of exoplanets - and dreaming of a pair of jeans
Tiangong the Chinese Space Station
China is taking its place among the heavens as it puts the finishing touches to its first long-term space station
From possible planets to STRANGE NEW WORLDS
With 5,000 exoplanets now confirmed and another 5,000 waiting to follow suit, Ezzy Pearson takes a look at how a deluge of tantalising data is revealing intriguing new worlds every day
A parade of PLANETARY NEBULAE
Stuart Atkinson seeks out six of the loveliest examples of these deep-sky objects for you to track down in the late-summer skies.
THE DARK HEART of our Galaxy
Jane Green looks into how eight telescopes came together to capture the shadow of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
Where are all the aliens? ROSWELL AT 75
Nick Pope looks at back at the most famous UFO story of all, and why more people are reporting strange sights in the sky
VENUS in a new light
Has the Parker Solar Probe solved the mystery of the Ashen Light? Paul G. Abel assesses the evidence
Removing stars from a deep-sky nebula target
Use a Photoshop plug-in to eliminate stars in an image of the Statue of Liberty Nebula
Photograph the Milky Way
Image the misty glow of our home Galaxy as it crosses the sky during the summer months
How to build a webcamscope
Construct a simple and cost-effective imaging device for capturing bright targets
Close up on THE SUN
Together, Solar Orbiter and the Parker Solar Probe are giving us our closest ever look at the Sun. With both now in their science phases, Ezzy Pearson updates us on what we've already learned and what's still to come
Meteorites, messengers from other planets
Stuart Atkinson takes a look at five of the most famous 'celebrity meteorites'
From city lights to deep space
In this second part of a series that looks at urban stargazing through four seasons, Rod Mollise reveals the wonders you can discover in the summer night sky...
Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ 5.1-inch Newtonian reflector
A manual telescope that can be easily aligned via an adaptor and free smartphone app
Seeing the Solar System's future
Recent observations offer clues about whether the planets will survive our Sun's far-off fate of swelling out into the Solar System as a red giant. Colin Stuart investigates
Drones used to hunt for meteorites
Using drones could improve ve our odds of finding 'fresh' meteorites
HOPE: one year at MARS
After 12 months spent observing the Martian atmosphere with its Hope probe, the United Arab Emirates has released a global map of the planet
Freeware EXPLORED
There's a wealth of free astronomical software available online to enhance your observations. Pete Lawrence looks at some of the best on offer
Balmy nights of brilliant sights
Astronomer Will Gater picks out the celestial targets that will keep both observers and imagers enchanted on clear, June nights
Imaging NLCs on your smartphone
Coax your phone's camera into low-light mode and catch ethereal noctilucent clouds
THE BIG THREE
The top sights to observe or image this month
Spend a month with the Moon
Scott Levine follows Earth's natural satellite and jumps off to spot nearby targets
What's it like to be a PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMER?
Understanding the cosmos takes the work of thousands of people. Ezzy Pearson spoke to astronomers across the world to look at the many different roles that go into observing our Universe
WideSky 80 f/6.25 ED refractor
An all-round telescope that works well for visual astronomy and astrophotography