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27 June 2026

Celestron StarSense Explorer 254mm Dobsonian

6 December 2023 Steve Kelly

Ade Ashford evaluates the first Dobsonian telescope to use your smartphone for real-time star alignment and object location. How does it work? Brilliantly!

Ignite Auriga’s Flaming Star Nebula

4 December 2023 Steve Kelly

IC 405, the colourful Flaming Star Nebula, is a prime target in the northern sky.

Go to the edge with NGC 891

26 November 2023 Mark Armstrong

NGC 891 in Andromeda is one of the finest edge-on spiral galaxies in the northern heavens.

William Optics Redcat71

21 November 2023 Steve Ringwood

The RedCat71 from William Optics is the new kid on the block aiming to serve this need, and courtesy of First Light Optics, I looked forward to seeing if it delivered.

Look out for the Leonids!

16 November 2023 Mark Armstrong

The annual Leonid meteor shower peaks on the morning of 18 November

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Uranus at its best for the year

13 November 2023 Mark Armstrong

Remote and endlessly fascinating, Uranus is now peaking in accessibility, offering the best observing chances this year.

Buyers’ guide: The best equatorial mounts

6 November 2023 Astronomy Now

Before looking at a sample of equatorial (EQ) mounts on the market, we should answer three questions: what are they, why are they important and what makes some of them so astonishingly expensive?

Unistellar return with a sequel to the original eVscope

30 October 2023 Ade Ashford

Headquartered in the sun-drenched Mediterranean coastal city of Marseille in southern France, Unistellar manufactures technologically advanced telescopes that eschew conventional optical designs in favour of a hybrid opto-electronic approach.

Antlia ALP-T 5nm dual-band filter

27 October 2023 Astronomy Now

Nik Szymanek tests a new dual-passband filter from Antlia that allows imagers to simultaneously capture narrowband data in hydrogen-alpha and oxygen-III light.

Messier 74’s face-on beauty in Pisces

16 October 2023 Mark Armstrong

Messier 74 (NGC 628) is a spiral galaxy out of the top-drawer. This far-flung island universe yields awe-inspiring images, its sweeping spiral arms being presented in the ‘grand-design’ manner.