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Observer’s Challenge: the Moon and Venus in the evening sky

Your last opportunity to see the Moon and Venus together in this evening apparition of the planet

26 February 201716 March 2022 Dawson 0 Comments

Damian Peach discusses the impact atmospheric dispersion can have on planetary imaging and strategies to compensate for it

Mars and Uranus sidle up to each other in the evening sky

Fragment shining 10x brighter than main comet

Why not try your hand at observing this rare event?

“An up to date tutorial on the latest Quickmap has subsequently been published and can be found here.” There are

Asteroid 2017 BH30 passes to within 45,480 km of us

Show your neighbours the space station

Young Astronomer Awarded the 2016 Sir Patrick Moore Prize A young astronomer from Coventry received the 2016 Patrick Moore Prize

9 January 201716 March 2022 Dawson 0 Comments

Stewart Moore looks at the parameters that should be considered when choosing binoculars for astronomy.