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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