UK Astronomy Events

03/10/2026

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02/10/2026

Tonight we had a quick go at a wide mosaic of the area around the star Sadr, which is the body of the swan Cygnus. Flying right through the milkyway you can see just how many stars and clouds of gas there are in this area.
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24/09/2026

Quick snap of tonights moon after work inspired by a friends earlier snap, using the dwarf3😀👍

18/09/2026

Last night we had a go at LDN 935 The Gulf of Mexico Nebula, from our garden in Milton Keynes using our dwarf3 smart scope. This was the result of around 300 stacked images, with street light pollution and a rising Moon.

This dark nebula is located in the constellation Cepheus but is more closer to Cygnus the swans tail, it is around 500 light years from us.

Meaning we are seeing it from when Henry 8th was married to Catherine of Aragon, its an awesome cloud of gas and dust which is collapsing under its own gravity forming new stars.

15/09/2026

Here are a few of the objects we looked at yesterday at Sherwood Observatory including another object not shown here but well worth a look. Cygnus the swans head, Albireo which is a cool double star one being golden the other blue. A lovely contrast of colours, so why not pop out while the skies are clear and have a go at viewing or snapping these fun objects. You can find more guides here: https://www.ukastronomy.org/guides.php when looking at Polaris see if you can spot the ring of stars around it, creating the engagement ring asterism, with Polaris as the shining diamond.

14/09/2026

The guests have watched the space station go over, with another pass around 9.50pm. We are all set up ready for stargazing 🔭👍 Sherwood Observatory with Wil Photography

14/09/2026

UK Astronomy are proud to announce that last years winners pictures from our photo competition are up on show at Sherwood Observatory . So why not pop see the guys, grab a coffee or cake, watch a show and admire your pictures. Tonight we are helping them and Wil Photography with the stargazing part of tonights event, with clear skies forecasted 🔭

13/09/2026

Our new constellation visual guides are up on our website for you to save and enjoy. Hosting some of our favourite objects that have been seen or captured, so the next clear sky why not have a look and see what you would like to explore. Find all our guides here: https://www.ukastronomy.org/guides.php

12/09/2026

UK Astronomy have been hard at work this past year writing up so far 128 visual guides for you to pop out and see in our skies. All taken with a Dwarf3 smartscope, we hope to post more guides of each and how you can possibly see them and capture them. Helping more people to get out looking up at all the wonders of our sky. Clear skies.

28/08/2026

UK Astronomy are back at the jaw dropping Stowe House with our planetarium, a full day of shows and talks.. weather looking rubbish? bored or got nothing to do today? there are still some tickets avail for after lunch shows. Grab yours and be inspired to look up in wonder: https://www.stowehouse.org/whats-on/