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.

Welcome • Ready to shoot the night sky with a ‘proper camera’?

Sky at Night – lots of ways to enjoy the night sky…

This month's contributors

Extra content ONLINE

STAR RING ROLE • Towards the centre of a spiral galaxy, a ring of stars circles a black hole

Concern grows over bright satellites • Astronomers have called for more protections of our night sky

Previously unknown minerals identified in meteorite • The discovery could help geologists to uncover conditions deep inside growing planets

Are extended cycles shaping sunspots? • Twin 17-year solar cycles could be controlling the Sun's activity

Splashdown for Artemis I

NEWS IN BRIEF

Early galaxies lack cold hydrogen glow • A missing radio signal narrows down theories about infant galaxies

Japan heads to the Moon

JWST reveals active exoplanet atmospheres • The telescope has found evidence of atmospheric reactions above an exoplanet

Expansion leads to increased tension • JWST observations seem to confirm cosmology's biggest conundrum

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT • In The Sky at Night’s last episode of 2022, Douglas Vakoch looked into how humanity could reach out and contact other worlds

Looking back: The Sky at Night 18 February 1976

CBeebies Stargazing

INTERACTIVE

SCOPE DOCTOR

Sky at Night

SOCIETY IN FOCUS

WHAT'S ON

PICK OF THE MONTH

When the cosmos changes history • Jonathan Powell tracks celestial events that have altered world affairs

First date with a DSLR • Taking nightscapes and star trails with a DSLR camera is a great way to get started in astrophotography. Stuart Atkinson gives his best tips for beginners

Processing your first image • A Little experimentation can give great results

Astronomy Photographer of the Year • The world-class competition returns in 2023, seeking the best astronomy image of the past year

Chelyabinsk 10 years on • In 2013 Ezzy Pearson visited the site of a massive meteor exptosion. A decade later she looks back at what we learned from the event

Defending the planet • Meteors pose a risk to our planet, but humanity is ready to fight back

Bringing space rocks home • Meteorites and samples taken directly from asteroids are valuable to planetary science

FEBRUARY 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

THE PLANETS • Our celestial neighbourhood in February

The planets in February • 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-FEBRUARY • Explore the celestial sphere with our Northern Hemisphere all-sky chart

MOONWATCH • February's top lunar feature to observe

COMETS AND ASTEROIDS • Fingers crossed for comet C/2022 E3 ZTF reaching naked-eye visibility this month

STAR OF THE MONTH • Muscida, the nose of the Great Bear, Ursa Major

BINOCULAR TOUR • This month we're off to a dog show, finding the best in class in Canis Major

THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE • Can you beat Sirius's glare to identify its faint companion the Pup Star?

DEEP-SKY TOUR • We have our head in the clouds as we look for nebulosity in...