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You may have bought this December issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine because you’ve been given – or you’ve treated yourself to – a new telescope for Christmas. And you may be wondering what to do with

In late October, my friend and I took a three-hour drive to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern California. It’s a beautiful place for hiking and for unusual geological formations, and it compl

Cecil Navick and Francis Bozon, captured remotely via Obstech, El Sauce Observatory, Chile, 4 May–28 June 2025 Cecil and Francis say: “We chose NGC 6164 because it’s rarely photographed, plus it’s a t

Bill Lowry, Chiddingstone Hoath, Kent, UK, 2–4 January and 26 March 2025 Bill says: “I wanted to experiment with the Hubble palette by assigning different colours to the standard SHO, and chose NGC 22

Any beginner telescope kit should be easy to use and come complete, with no need for extra purchases. Sky-Watcher’s latest addition to its StarQuest line, the DX130P, offers new astronomers exactly th

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