Australian Sky & Telescope

Australian Sky & Telescope is a world-class magazine about the science and hobby of astronomy.  Combining the formidable worldwide resources of its venerable parent magazine with the talents of the best science writers and photographers in Australia, Australian Sky & Telescope is a magazine produced specifically for the Southern Hemisphere’s astronomers.

Welcome to the Webb of wonders

Australian Sky & Telescope

TAMWORTH ASTRONOMY EXPERIENCE

New telescope array for Australia • GOTO will hunt for the origins of gravitational wave events.

X-ray flash from white dwarf fireball observed

The solar cycle restarts

IN BRIEF

Other astronomers we should remember • Galileo we all know, but what about Fabricius, Harriot and Scheiner?

First light • Here’s what the first science images from the James Webb Space Telescope show us.

Flying with Ingenuity on Mars • It’s thanks to bold creativity and tenacity that a small rotorcraft is now exploring the Red Planet.

Seeing Saturn’s ring spokes • Discovering these mysterious features was a 20th-century triumph for 19th-century observing techniques.

SMASH & Nudge • This year, the DART mission will make humanity’s first perceptible impact on the motion of a celestial body. The result might help us someday avert our potential annihilation by asteroid.

SETI’s BIG Boost • New instruments and data-analysis tools are opening more sky to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

COMING UP EMPTY

A tail of two clusters

USING THE STAR CHART

Crash as trash • When should we start thinking about cleaning up our space junk on Mars?

VISTAS

Jove rules the September nights • It’s prime viewing time for Jupiter as it reaches opposition (Neptune, too).

Prepare to be swarmed • There’s a chance for a Southern Taurids meteor swarm in 2022.

An old friend continues to charm • Comet C/2017 K2 is on a long, steady journey southwards.

Getting all aquiver about R Aquilae • A red giant star on the wing of the Eagle.

Of ghosts and graveyards • Scan the lunar seas for rim islands and buried craters.

A lingering Jovian mystery • What caused a bright flash on Io in 1983?

A new, old Jupiter • September is a good time to explore the Solar System’s biggest planet.

Neptune and Juno at their best

What is the Ecliptic?

Understanding focal ratios • This important optical parameter can help you produce better astrophotos.

NEW PRODUCT SHOWCASE

Astrophotography’s NEXT BIG thing • Deep sky astrophotography is rapidly evolving, and in some ways the future is already here.

Nightscaping with Sequator • This handy software adds the power of image stacking to landscape astrophotography and more.

Over-under binoculars • You don’t need prisms to make a great pair of binoculars.

Plans available

On the stellar shortlist • Three Aussies are in the running in the world’s biggest astrophoto contest.

Diego Colonnello

READERS’ GALLERY

The search is on • Might you be the one to spot the first galactic supernova in more than 400 years?

“Here, dad, take a look” • I really didn’t think stargazing with my son one night would bring me almost to tears.