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

Follow a daytime Venus as it reaches its 50%-lit phase and then shrinks

Deep-sky tour

We hunt six stunning planetary nebulae, the beautiful swan song of dying stars

At a glance

How the Sky Guide events will appear in June

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Noctilucent clouds on the rise

What night-shining clouds tell us about our changing atmosphere

Mapping the southern constellations

How it took 150 years of exploration to map the skies of the Southern Hemisphere

Explainer: Solstices and equinoxes

Katrin Raynor explains how we get our seasons from Earth’s orbit around the Sun

DIY Astronomy: Build your own EQ camera mount

A DIY equatorial mount to help you point your camera for astrophotography