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THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE
Can you beat Sirius's glare to identify its faint companion the Pup Star?
BINOCULAR TOUR With Steve Tonkin
This month we're off to a dog show, finding the best in class in Canis Major
STAR OF THE MONTH
Muscida, the nose of the Great Bear, Ursa Major
COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
Fingers crossed for comet C/2022 E3 ZTF reaching naked-eye visibility this month
Fra Mauro
Fra Mauro is a quintessential example of a walled plain. Measuring 96km in diameter and 800m in depth, its ancient form can be located east of 300km Mare Cognitum, the sea that has become known’.
Jupiter
Jupiter is rapidly losing ground to the evening twilight, appearing 29° above the southwest horizon under deep twilight conditions at the start of the month, but reaching only 12° above the western horizon by the time we reach the end of the month.
Favourable southwest lunar libration
BEST TIME TO SEE: 9-16 February
Venusian encounters
BEST TIME TO SEE: From 15 February, after sunset
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF
BEST TIME TO SEE: 8-23 February
Chelyabinsk 10 years on
In 2013 Ezzy Pearson visited the site of a massive meteor explosion. A decade later she looks back at what we learned from the event
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
FIELD OF VIEW
When the cosmos changes history, Jonathan Powell tracks celestial events that have altered world affairs
CBeebies Stargazing
There is no episode of The Sky at Night in February, but there is a wealth of astronomy and stargazing content on the BBC iPlayer that's suitable for children and young astronomers.
Looking back: The Sky at Night
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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
Expansion leads to increased tension
JWST observations seem to confirm cosmology's biggest conundrum
JWST reveals active exoplanet atmospheres
The telescope has found evidence of atmospheric reactions above an exoplanet
Japan heads to the Moon
Hakuto-R, a commercial lunar lander from Japanese company iSpace, launched on 11 December and entered lunar orbit three days later.
Early galaxies lack cold hydrogen glow
A missing radio signal narrows down theories about infant galaxies
Splashdown for Artemis
The Orion capsule successfully splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on 11 December at 9:40 am PST Pacific Standard Time), completing Artemis the first test flight in a programme to return humans to the Moon's surface.
Are extended cycles shaping sunspots?
Twin 17-year solar cycles could be controlling the Sun's activity
Previously unknown minerals identified in meteorite
The discovery could help geologists to uncover conditions deep inside growing planets
Concern grows over bright satellites
Astronomers have called for more protections of our night sky
STAR RING ROLE
Towards the centre of a spiral galaxy, a ring of stars circles a black hole, VERY LARGE TELESCOPE, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY
A huge solar prominence
Artemis I takes aim at the Moon
Efforts to get the test mission off the ground hit last-minute snags
THE CARTWHEEL IN SPACE
Another stunning image from the largest space telescope ever launched shows just what this new observatory can do
Betelgeuse's spectacular blow-out
A mass ejection larger than the Moon caused the star's dimming in 2019
Astronomy X Photographer of the Year
BBC Sky at Night Magazine is proud to reveal the 2022 winners of the world's biggest astrophotography contest.
Our experts examine the hottest new research CUTTING EDGE
Tide lines show Moon's move