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34 CONTENTS = on the cover C Features @ T H E S H E D _ , L AW R E N C E P E T E , I M A G E S I S T O C K /G E T T Y O V E R S N A P/ : PA G E I S T H . G A R L I C K M A R K : I M A G E C O V E R I M A G E S/J A X A / I S T O C K /G E T T Y C O B A LT 8 8/ , L I B R A R Y/A L A M Y T O P H O I E N C E G A R L I C K /S C M A R K , I O T O S T U D P H O I M A G E S I S T O C K /G E T T Y WA C K E R H A U S E N / J A C O B , I Z O N A O F A R I T Y I V E R S N A S A /J P LC A LT E C H/U N 28 The planets return C They’re back! All the planetary events you won’t want to miss 34 Season of the supermoon C Everything you ever wanted to know about our Moon 40 Particle physics 101 Supersymmetry – what is it and does it solve everything? 60 10 strangest things in our Solar System Weird and wonderful phenomena on our cosmic doorstep 66 Bringing back pieces of a Mars moon C Read how Japan aims to land on and sample the moon Phobos Regulars 6 Eye on the sky 10 Bulletin 16 Cutting edge 18 Inside The Sky at Night 20 Interactive 25 Field of view 26 Subscribe to BBC Sky C C at Night Magazine 72 Explainer 74 Skills for stargazers: How to C ‘discover’ a comet or asteroid 98 Q&A: a black hole detective Astrophotography 76 Capture 78 Processing 80 Gallery Reviews 86 Ursa Major multicoated flatfield eyepieces 90 Vaonis Hestia smartphone- based telescope 95 Gear 96 Books C C 16 -PAGE CENTRE PULLOUT The Sky Guide 44 Highlights 46 The big three 48 The planets 50 September’s all-sky chart 52 Moonwatch 53 Comets and asteroids 53 Star of the month 54 Binocular tour 55 The Sky Guide challenge 56 Deep-sky tour 58 September at a glance 4 BBC Sk y at Night Magazine September 2024

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CONTENTS

= on the cover C

Features

@ T H E S H E D _

,

L AW R E N C E

P E T E

,

I M A G E S

I S T O C K /G E T T Y

O V E R S N A P/

:

PA G E

I S

T H

.

G A R L I C K

M A R K

:

I M A G E

C O V E R

I M A G E S/J A X A /

I S T O C K /G E T T Y

C O B A LT 8 8/

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L I B R A R Y/A L A M Y

T O

P H O

I E N C E

G A R L I C K /S C

M A R K

,

I O

T O S T U D

P H O

I M A G E S

I S T O C K /G E T T Y

WA C K E R H A U S E N /

J A C O B

,

I Z O N A

O F A R

I T Y

I V E R S

N A S A /J P LC A LT E C H/U N

28 The planets return

C

They’re back! All the planetary events you won’t want to miss

34 Season of the supermoon

C

Everything you ever wanted to know about our Moon

40 Particle physics 101

Supersymmetry – what is it and does it solve everything?

60 10 strangest things in our Solar System

Weird and wonderful phenomena on our cosmic doorstep

66 Bringing back pieces of a Mars moon

C

Read how Japan aims to land on and sample the moon Phobos

Regulars 6 Eye on the sky 10 Bulletin 16 Cutting edge 18 Inside The Sky at Night 20 Interactive 25 Field of view 26 Subscribe to BBC Sky

C

C

at Night Magazine 72 Explainer 74 Skills for stargazers: How to

C

‘discover’ a comet or asteroid 98 Q&A: a black hole detective

Astrophotography 76 Capture 78 Processing 80 Gallery

Reviews 86 Ursa Major multicoated flatfield eyepieces 90 Vaonis Hestia smartphone-

based telescope 95 Gear 96 Books

C

C

16 -PAGE CENTRE PULLOUT

The Sky Guide 44 Highlights 46 The big three 48 The planets 50 September’s all-sky chart 52 Moonwatch 53 Comets and asteroids 53 Star of the month 54 Binocular tour 55 The Sky Guide challenge 56 Deep-sky tour 58 September at a glance

4 BBC Sk y at Night Magazine September 2024

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