March 2022 – Page 2 – Astronomy Now

NGC 4565, a showpiece galaxy

7 March 2022 Mark Armstrong

NGC 4565 also has the advantage of being easy to find and it sits high in the sky from UK shores, tracing a wide arc that enables it to be observed right through the night during March.

Webb primary mirror alignment proceeding smoothly

7 March 2022 Astronomy Now

Engineers continue making good progress aligning the 18 segments making up the James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror.

NASA opening a 50-year-old vacuum-sealed moon sample

6 March 2022 Astronomy Now

NASA is in the process of carefully opening a vacuum-sealed rock-and-soil sample collected during the Apollo 17 mission 50 years ago.

Futuristic astronomy: Vaonis Stellina ST80 observation station

4 March 2022 Ade Ashford

Do you wish to capture deep-sky images from your back garden without the steep learning curve of traditional astrophotography? Stellina may be all you need, writes Ade Ashford.

Remote imaging with Telescope Live

1 March 2022 Astronomy Now

Fed up with cloudy nights spoiling your astro-imaging fun? Nik Szymanek gives the lowdown on the Telescope Live remote-observing facilities that allow imagers to capture objects in the southern celestial hemisphere without even stepping outdoors.