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Equipment

Explore Scientific 305mm Ultra Light Dobsonian: A heavyweight Ultra Light Dobsonian

23 June 2022 Ade Ashford

Ade Ashford takes this mid-range truss-tube Dobsonian for a test drive and discovers its planetary viewing prowess.

Picture This

NGC 2217, is a galaxy in transition

23 June 2022 Keith Cooper

NGC 2217, in the constellation of Canis Major and located about 65 million light years away, is a galaxy in transition.

Equipment

SharpStar 76EDPH refractor and F/4.5 (0.8×) full-frame reducer

21 June 2022 Ade Ashford

Ade Ashford reminisces while evaluating a versatile 76mm, f/5.5 photovisual refractor and reducer-flattener.

Observing

Observe the best of Ophiuchus’ splendid bunch of Messier globular clusters

21 June 2022 Mark Armstrong

It’s exciting to observing the multitude of bright globular clusters, incredibly dense balls of stars that provide striking viewing with even a modest optical aid, that are on show at this time of the year.

Equipment

StellaLyra 153mm, f/12 M-CRF classical Cassegrain telescope

17 June 2022 Ade Ashford

Ade Ashford explores this modern implementation of a revered telescope design.

Picture This

NGC 1792: A beautiful tapestry of contrasting colour

16 June 2022 Keith Cooper

This dense, swirling spiral galaxy is NGC 1792, located 34.6 million light years away in the constellation of Columba, the Dove.

Picture This

Moon ring shines bright over the VLT

15 June 2022 Keith Cooper

A stunning Moon halo shines in the sky above the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile.

Observing

The Double Double: Detach Lyra’s multiple-star gem

13 June 2022 Mark Armstrong

Epsilon (ε) Lyrae is a showpiece multiple star for double star enthusiasts, famously coined the ‘Double Double’.

Equipment

Explore Scientific two-room pop-up observatory tent

10 June 2022 Ade Ashford

Ade Ashford goes camping to test a compact and easy-to-set-up telescope shelter designed for trips to dark, rural skies.

News

Micrometeoroid dings James Webb mirror segment

9 June 2022 Astronomy Now

A micrometeoroid hit one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror segments last month, causing “marginally detectable” degradation.

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  • Micrometeoroid dings James Webb mirror segment

    9 June 2022
  • Milky Way’s supermassive black hole shines in stunning first portrait

    12 May 2022
  • Webb optical alignment complete and virtually perfect

    9 May 2022
  • Ingenuity zooms over Mars rover’s discarded parachute and backshell

    2 May 2022
  • The largest comet ever seen has been measured – and it’s a whopper

    14 April 2022
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