BBC Sky at Night Magazine | January 2021
Winter’s constellations: Get to know the stars during the longest nights of the year | Pick up a bargain: The guide to buying astro equipment second hand | 2021’s milestone missions: The year in human spaceflight and planetary exploration | Apollo 14: the 50th anniversary of the mission which put the Moonlandings back on track after the Apollo 13 rescue | New Year fireworks: Welcome 2021 with the Quadrantid meteor shower | Solar awakenings: Predicting the strength of the Sun’s new cycle | Kuiper Belt weigh-in: How to measure the mass of distant asteroids | PLUS Extra online: Video interview with NASA astronaut Terry Virts on life in zero-G | Watch The Sky at Night: the episode that takes a closer look at the discovery of phosphine on Venus | Watch the virtual planetarium, a video guide to the month’s top night sky sights.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in BBC Sky at Night Magazine January 2021.