The spring sky is heavy with galaxies. As the stars of winter rotate westward, they drag the winter Milky Way with them, leaving us to gaze out into deep space at right angles to the plane of our home

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 22 DECEMBER 2025 Spiral galaxies MCG-02-05-050 (right) and -050a (left) are together known as Arp 4. That means they feature in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, compile

Our first target is the Little Pinwheel Galaxy, NGC 3184, positioned 48 arcminutes west of mag. +3.0 Tania Australis (Mu (μ) Ursae Majoris). This spiral galaxy has an apparent magnitude of +10.1 but i

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

Fashion is shooting for the stars this season. Susie Lau explores how the celestial is capturing the hearts of us all, including the industry’s key players

Ron Brecher, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 22 November 2025 Ron says: “I used a colour camera and two Optolong filters to capture SII, Ha and OIII emissions, then processed them in the Foraxx palette. I’m