BBC Sky at Night

Sky at Night magazine is your practical guide to astronomy. Each issue features the world’s biggest and best night sky guide complete with star charts, observing tutorials and in-depth equipment reviews to ensure that amateur astronomers never miss those must-see events.

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CONSIDER THE LOBSTER • This spectacular image marks 10 years of Cerro Tololo Observatory's dark-energy-hunting camera

DART successfully impacts asteroid • NASA's planetary defence strategy takes a step forward

The missing moon of Saturn • The moon could explain two of the planet's biggest mysteries – its tilt and its rings

Artemis I returns to VAB again • It was sheltering from a storm, but snags continue to plague mission

JWST takes its first direct exoplanet image

NEWS IN BRIEF

Spiralling stars give window into early Universe • Swirling rivers of gas could create a boom in star formation

Asteroid Ryugu had distant beginnings

Starlinks still shine bright • Few solutions for the impact that Space X's mega-constellation has on astronomers

A galaxy full of Orions • A distant galaxy discovered by Stargazing Live viewers turns out to be a key to the early Universe

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT • October's Sky at Night was a Q&A special. Panel member Nial Tanvir tells us five questions he's frequently asked about cosmic explosions

Looking back: The Sky at Night 10 November 1986

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Dear diary… I saw fire in the sky • Jonathan Powell dusts off eye-witness stories of ancient astronomicaf events

A history of the Moon in EIGHT FEATURES • The Moon bears the scars of its long and violent past. Astronomer Will Gater looks at eight features that reflect its extraordinary history that you can see for yourself

VERA RUBIN OBSERVATORY • Govert Schilling visits the revolutionary new observatory in Chile that's set to lift the lid on the mysterious, invisible dark matter that dominates the Universe

The view from space

The name game • The observatory is named after pioneering astronomer Vera C Rubin

Interview: J Anthony Tyson • Tyson first proposed the observatory that would become Rubin in 1996, directed the project for 15 years and is now its chief scientist

REMEMBERING FRANK DRAKE • Drake's work transformed the hunt for alien civilisations from a fringe interest into a legitimate field of scientific inquiry

The Drake equation • Drake's eponymous 1961 equation is a formula for assessing the likelihood of advanced civilisations in the Milky Way, and has shaped SETI ever since

NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS • Your guide to the night sky this month

Family stargazing

NEED TO KNOW • The terms and symbols used in The Sky Guide

THE BIG THREE • The top sights to observe or image this month

Leonid meteor shower

THE PLANETS • Our celestial neighbourhood in November

The planets in November • The phase and relative sizes of the planets this month. Each planet is shown with south at the top, to show its orientation through a telescope

THE NIGHT SKY-NOVEMBER • Explore the celestial sphere with our Northern Hemisphere all-sky chart

MOONWATCH • November's top Lunar feature to observe

COMETS AND ASTEROIDS • 324 Bamberga is well-placed all month as it reaches opposition in Perseus

STAR OF THE MONTH • Electra (17 Tauri),...