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 • Safeguarding our dark skies should concern us all

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RASPBERRY SPACE COCKTAIL • When is a nebula not a nebula? When it’s two nebulae in one NICHOLAS U MAYALL TELESCOPE, 19 APRIL 2023

The brightest radiation flash on record • Gamma-ray burst declared a 1-in-10,000-year event

One step forward for Artemis… • The Moon mission’s latest triumph has been followed by a potential new setback

Black hole jet origin seen for first time • New observations hint at causes of powerful jets

JUICE begins its journey

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS IN BRIEF

Double quasar shines brightly • The pair are close to merging into a single giant black hole

Dark skies champion Bob Mizon passes away

Super-Earths wreak havoc • Simulations show the common planet type would cause chaos in our Solar System

Sneezes and wheezes of the Butterfly • New imagery shows the nebula puffing ’like a fire-breathing dragon’

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT • On last month's episode of The Sky at Night, Mary McIntyre explained how basic home CCTV cameras can play a big part in meteor science

Looking back: The Sky at Night • 23 June 1967

The Sky at Night JUNE

INTERACTIVE

SCOPE DOCTOR • Our equipment specialist cures your optical ailments and technical maladies With Steve Richards

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WHAT'S ON

PICK OF THE MONTH

Fighting for the dark side • Battles over a neighbour's floodlight led Stephen Kirkman to propose a new law

Our DISAPPEARING dark skies • Shaoni Bhattacharya looks at what is - and isn't - being done to help ensure everyone can see the stars

Ten-point plan to protect dark skies • The APPG's proposals to tackle light pollution have been knocked back

What can we do about light pollution? • Join the pushback by measuring the sky quality near you

The FIRST WOMEN of space • Ezzy Pearson reveals how Valentina Tereshkova and Sally Ride blazed the trail for womankind

Cosmonaut women • Tereshkova got there first, but few Russian women followed in her footsteps

In it for the long Ride • Sally Ride remained dedicated to space long after her barrier-breaking mission

What happened BEFORE the Big Bang? • Govert Schilling answers your questions on cosmology's most confusing concepts

Universal riddles • Countless cosmic conundrums remain to be solved

BRIGHT SUMMER PLANETARIES • Take our Deep-Sky Tour of the bright and beautiful planetary nebulae on show this month

JUNE 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 June

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

MOONWATCH • June's top lunar feature to observe

COMETS AND ASTEROIDS • Track the heftiest member of an inner-belt family of asteroids as it reaches opposition

STAR OF THE MONTH • Edasich, an orange giant on the dragon's tail

BINOCULAR TOUR • Skirt the edge of Libra, the Scales, and take a peek inside the Scorpion's claws

THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE •...