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.

Seeing beyond our line of sight

Australian sky & Telescope

Stellar streams are revealing their secrets

DID A PIECE OF THE MOON BECOME A QUASI-SATELLITE?

Did astronomers find a planet in another galaxy?

TAMWORTH ASTRONOMY EXPERIENCE OCTOBER 2022

AN ‘OUMUAMUA ANALOGUE?

The true nature of Proxima Centauri’s candidate ET signal

THE ROOTS OF THE GREAT RED SPOT RUN DEEP

Light in the darkness • The Dark Ages didn’t deter astronomers from studying the cosmos.

Webb’s journey of discovery begins • With the unfolding of its primary mirror, the James Webb Space Telescope has passed its most critical milestone.

ROCK ON • Planetary scientists are sending robotic emissaries to unmask the secrets of asteroids throughout the Solar System.

GET INVOLVED

DART

The Planets That Aren’t What They Seem • Super-Earths and mini-Neptunes abound in the galaxy, but astronomers are still working out what these worlds actually look like.

WHY WERE MINI-NEPTUNES AND SUPER-EARTHS SUCH A SURPRISE?

THE INBETWEENERS • Discoveries of brown dwarfs and exoplanets are complicating our definitions of which is which.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

NEIGHBOURS

The first deep sky atlas • Can a classic star atlas still work for modern observers?

USING THE STAR CHART

Voyage of discovery

The other gems of Gemini • The celestial Twins are more than a famous pair of bright stars.

VISTAS

The March of the planets • The five brightest planets gather together in the morning sky.

See the Puppids pop up • Southerly meteor showers for autumn

SKY PHENOMENA

LUNAR PHENOMENA

Comet Leonard steals the show • No one was quite prepared for how amazing this comet would be.

The value of visual observing • Doing science with binoculars and your eyeballs.

Chang’e 5 and the age of lunar lavas • Does China’s sample return mission change our understanding of lunar chronology?

Punching a hole in the sky • The reflection nebula NGC 1999 harbours a dark secret.

SMALL WORLD

A fuzzy face in space • A tiny celestial treasure lies nestled in one of the arms of the Gemini twins.

NEW PRODUCT SHOWCASE

NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN CONVENTION OF AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS

Tamworth’s Astronomy and Science Centre • A new $1.8 million facility in northern NSW has some amazingly unique telescopes.

ASTRO EXPERIENCE

Ultra-deep imaging • Dedicating multiple nights to a single target can lead to surprising results.

Mars-M USB3.0 mono camera (IMX290) Neptune-C II USB3.0 colour camera (IMX464)

Player One planetary cameras • We test two new high-speed video cameras.

A wooden refractor • Optical tubes don’t have to be round.

Astrofests on the agenda • Astronomy events will span Australia in 2022.

Roger Groom

Astrophotos from our readers

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES

Bursts from space • Help scientists get to the bottom of fleeting cosmic radio signals.

Touching the cosmic scale • How an astrophysicist gets his head around enormous stretches of space and time.