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Messier 2 is probably the best globular cluster of the late-summer/early autumn sky, being a big and bright telescopic target that can also be swept up through […]

NGC 488 in Pisces is an oval-shaped face-on spiral galaxy that’s a bit of a hidden gem.

Longer autumnal nights are taking over from more balmy late-summer evening. Behold the grand appearance in September’s late-evening southern sky of the Great […]

For the next month or so you can see the return of periodic comet 2P/Encke (Encke’s Comet).

Venus is now a brilliant ‘morning star’ seen for a short time in the pre-dawn eastern sky.

Planetary nebulae are arguably the most popular of all deep-sky objects.

Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) was discovered by on August 11 by Hideo Nishimura of Japan. It’s currently in the pre-dawn sky and visible through large […]

Superb Cygnus (the Swan) owns the summer nights. It is a constellation overloaded with bright deep-sky objects, including some exceptional nebulae.

The amazing ringed world Saturn, the jewel in the Solar System’s crown, comes to opposition on 27 August. 

Barnard’s ‘E’ in Aquila is formed from the dark nebulae Barnard 142 and 143 (B142/143). At