When to use this chart 1 Feb 00:00 AEDT (31 Jan, 13:00 UT) 15 Feb 23:00 AEDT (12:00 UT) 28 Feb 22:00 AEDT (11:00 UT) The chart accurately matches the sky on the dates and times shown for Sydney, Austr

Our astronomical adventure in the hills of mid-Wales starts on an unlucky note. The autumnal sunshine of earlier has been swept away by a persistent drizzle rolling across the valleys and hilltops of

The interstellar comet or spacecraft, 3I/Atlas (FT465:27) excited the world of ufology in 2025. Despite Avi Loeb’s best efforts, most experts regarded it as an unusual object but not a 33-billion-ton

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These four Nagler Type-7 eyepieces are based on Tele Vue’s much-loved limited-edition Apollo 11 eyepiece created for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings (indeed, Tele Vue’s founder Al Nagler des

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