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MESSAGE OF THE MONTH
This month's top prize: two Philip's titles
The ‘Message of the Month’ writer will receive a bundle of two top titles courtesy of astronomy publisher Philip's: Nigel Henbest's Stargazing 2023 and Robin Scagell's Guide to the Northern Constellations
Winner's details will be passed on to Octopus Publishing to fulfil the prize
Off to a great start
I just wanted to share with you my first deep-sky astrophoto, which I took by following the excellent guide to photographing the Orion Nebula with a DSLR camera on your website, written by Pete Lawrence and David Tolliday (bit.ly/M42DSLR). The exposure time and ISO settings advice was very useful. I used a WideSky 8OS ED refractor telescope on a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi mount, with a
