Features
14 Dark Sky Wales – A bright tale Katrin Raynor-Evans
24 Pro-Am Collaborations and NASA’s Juno Mission Leigh N. Fletcher/John H. Rogers
31 Mysteries of the ancients Simon Perks
Regulars
4 Editorial Osnat Katz
4 AstroNews Amber Hornsby
A galaxy-scale fountain of cold molecular gas pumped by a black hole Gaargi Jain
Roses are red, (some) asteroids are blue Amber Hornsby
Blackbody stars: perfectly lighting up the night sky Abigail Frost
Supermassive black holes merge in obscured galaxies Emma Foxell
Tranquil and serene? Not in this dwarf galaxy Kerry Hebden
9 Citizen Science Alice Sheppard
Meteors and Meteorites
10 Telescope Topics Ian Morison
Everything about refractors: Part 1 − their objective lenses
12 Amateur Scene Peter Wade
Jodrell dish listed / Raising the profile of physics /
Triton discoverer’s resting place/
Team effort at Beijing Olympiad /
New challenges for the Federation of Astronomical Societies /
Alice Grace Cook: East Anglia’s pioneer / Out and about
17 How to observe deep-sky objects Dave Finnigan
20 Young Stargazers Cardiff University
From the Chief Stargazer Lucie Green
Augmented reality: the inner planets Faulkes Telescope Project
Hot stuff: mission to Mercury blasts off Space Scoop
A flash in the night sky Space Scoop
28 Space Exploration Jane MacArthur
Landing site selection for the ExoMars rover and Mars 2020/
Cassini results from the final ultra-close orbits of Saturn /
Dust storms on Titan
34 Centaurus A ESO / NASA image
35 Section Reports
Variable Star Matthew Barrett
Planetary Alan Clitherow
Deep Sky David Finnigan
Solar Geoff Elston
40 Errata
41 The Society Pages
Leslie Green / SPA meetings /
100 Hours of Astronomy /
How we’ll live on Mars Keith Moseley
44 Sky Diary
Moon data Mandy Bailey
Occultation notes / Meteor notes Mell Jeffery / Paul Sutherland
Planets / Variable Star notes Alan Clitherow / Matthew Barrett
46 SPA contacts
47 Showcase