Features
14 Watching planets of other stars Niall Deacon
20 A telescopic revolution? Jan Drozd
30 The king’s treasure house Martin Griffiths
Regulars
4 Editorial Robin Scagell
AstroNews Amber Hornsby
Record solar prominence Nikki Zabel
The glow from a kilonova Ben Coughenour
First quadruple asteroid system discovered Theo Nicitopoulos
Over 5,000 exoplanets confirmed Amber Hornsby
The mystery of ORCs Amber Hornsby
9 An Astronomer’s View Stuart Atkinson
Weather Woes
10 Telescope Topics Ian Morison
Electronically assisted astronomy part 2
12 Amateur Scene Peter Wade
Encouraging dark-sky tourism / A look at ourselves /
Lancashire’s circle of sundials / Celebrating the Herschels /
Sunderland’s eyes on the skies / Out and about
17 How to Dave Eagle
How to observe small bodies
22 Young Stargazers Rachael Wood
From the Chief Stargazer Lucie Green
Constellation spotting: Boötes Rachael Wood
Star birth / Balloon Solar System Rachael Wood
How I became an astronomer Emily Charles
26 Book Reviews
Stars of Orion Linda Sadiq
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know Emma Rigby
About the Universe
27 Space Exploration Paul Sutherland and Team Webb fine-tunes mirror alignment Eleni Tsiakaliari
ExoMars is grounded by crisis in Ukraine Paul Sutherland
Business as usual on the ISS Paul Sutherland
IXPE targets a supernova remnant Paul Sutherland
Solar storm dooms Starlink satellites Emma Foxell
NASA’s Moon rocket unveiled Paul Sutherland
34 What’s up? Robin Scagell
May and June 2022
Focus on Coma Berenices / Coma gallery
36 Section Reports
Variable Star Matthew Barrett
Solar
Planetary Alan Clitherow
Meteor Mark McIntyre
Deep Sky David Finnigan
43 The Society Pages
Forthcoming SPA London meetings
Report of online SPA meeting, 29 January 2022 Neil Waby
The Comet Interceptor Mission by Prof Geraint Jones
SPA Meetings
44 Sky Diary
Moon data /Occultation notes / Mandy Bailey / Mell Jeffery
Total lunar eclipse, 16 May / Planets / Robin Scagell / Alan Clitherow
Variable Star notes / Meteor notes Matthew Barrett / Mark McIntyre
46 SPA contacts
47 Showcase