Our April issue has a complete guide to the night sky for the month ahead. Take a sneak peek inside the issue. Get your copy in the shops or order online for home delivery in print or digital download: shop.astronomynow.com/product/an-apr…

5/ Altemus, using a model of the Odysseus lander, shows that they believe it is practically on it side, but slightly elevated on a rock.

That said, he said the solar arrays are being powered and the majority of payloads are in view and they're able to collect science.

A lander built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines touched down near the Moon's South Pole on Thursday. It was the first lunar landing by a US spacecraft in more than 50 years and the first commercially-operated vehicle to successfully reach the surface: astronomynow.com/2024/02/22/com…

A commercial lunar lander is now less than an hour away from touching down near the South Pole of the Moon. The IM-1 Odysseus spacecraft is due to reach the surface at 11:24pm GMT: astronomynow.com/2024/02/22/com…

Celestron’s RASA 8 is a pure astrograph, a photographic telescope that can only focus light onto a camera chip – there is no eyepiece. Read our review: astronomynow.com/2024/02/22/cel…

Callum Potter has headed to Orkney, where he has set up a plethora of cameras designed to capture the the dancing lights of the night sky. Find out more in our March issue. Get your copy in the shops or order online in print or digital formats: shop.astronomynow.com/product/an-mar…

A commercial lunar lander operated by the American company Intuitive Machines successfully entered lunar orbit today and will attempt to land on the surface of the Moon tomorrow. youtu.be/BrR91Uwwbc4

Old photographic plates reveal hundreds of stars that
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There’s a fine astro-photo opportunity tonight when a first-quarter Moon passes under a degree south of Messier 45, the marvellous Pleiades open cluster in Taurus: astronomynow.com/2024/02/14/moo…

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A new commercial lunar mission get's off to a good start with a successful launch this morning. Now for the hard part: landing on the Moon...

SpaceX and Intuitive Machines are gearing up to launch a robotic lander called 'Odysseus' to the Moon in less than two hours.

Our live coverage begins now: youtube.com/watch?v=zazdwj…

This cosmic collision is a coming together of two large spiral galaxies, but if you look carefully you might see two smaller galaxies that are also involved: astronomynow.com/2024/02/14/a-r…

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The launch of the IM-1 mission for Intuitive Machines has scrubbed for tonight. The countdown clock has frozen. We're standing by for more information.

The next available launch time is Thursday, Feb. 15 at 1:05 am.

In our February issue, Allan Chapman tells the story of the first Astronomer Royal, and the creation of the Royal Observatory. Take a sneak peek inside the issue. Get your copy in the shops or order online for home delivery in print or digital download: shop.astronomynow.com/product/an-feb…

On an observing trip to Tenerife the new breed of
harmonic-drive mounts was put to the test. Find out more in our February issue. Get your copy in the shops or order online for home delivery in print or digital download: shop.astronomynow.com/product/an-feb…

Messier 44 in Cancer, better known as the Beehive Cluster, has few rivals as an open star cluster in the entire sky. Read our observing guide: astronomynow.com/2024/02/09/get…

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