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30 Apollo 11 – a giant leap

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The extraordinary story of how we first walked on the Moon

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36 Return to the Moon

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A new space race is about to begin, with new players on board

60 Secrets of Apollo

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Uncover Apollo’s unsung items that helped us land on the Moon

65 How to crush the Moon

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landing conspiracies

We give you the rebuttals to silence the Apollo naysayers

68 The Great British

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How a dedicated network of UK cameras is tracking meteorites

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BBC Sky at Night Magazine August 2019

Regulars 6 Eye on the sky 10 B u l l e t i n 16 Cutting edge 18 Inside The Sky at Night 20 Interactive 25 What’s on 27 Field of view 28 Subscribe to BBC Sky

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at Night Magazine 72 E x p l a i n e r 74 DIY Astronomy 98 Q&A: the Lunar Geologist Astrophotography 76 Capture 78 Processing 80 Gallery

Reviews 86 William Optics Zenithstar

126 apo refractor 90 CEM40 centre-balancing equatorial mount 94 Books 96 Gear

The Sky Guide 44 Highlights 46 The big three 48 The planets 50

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August’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 August at a glance

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