UK Stargazing Tonight: Live Sky Tools, Guides and Equipment Reviews
What you can see from Britain tonight, how to see it, which kit is worth the money, and evidence-led UAP research.
WatchTheStars.co.uk is a UK astronomy site written by Ian Clayton: stargazing guides for British skies, live tools for tonight, equipment reviews based on real kit, and evidence-led UAP research. Updated most days; the sky tools update every time you load them.
Live tools for tonight
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Euclid Data Release: 900 Million Galaxies and a New Look at M81
Euclid's first big data release maps 900 million galaxies and 15,000 cosmic lenses. One of its new images, M81, is up all night from the UK.
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1950s UFO files from the Pentagon's Release 7, checked against the sky. Catalina's 'Jupiter' was likely Sirius; most cases have plain answers.
Best telescopes and binoculars for UK stargazers
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