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News from Astronomy Now magazine

• Omegon’s Advanced X N 152mm Dobsonian
  A new series of Dobsonians are now available from Omegon. Steve Ringwood took the 152mm-aperture model for a spin, and found that as an all-rounder, it handled expertly.
  Steve Ringwood
• Euclid Unveils a Breathtaking Einstein Ring
  The ESA’s Euclid telescope captured a stunning Einstein ring around NGC 6505’s core, formed as the galaxy bends and magnifies light from a distant background galaxy through gravitational lensing.
  Astronomy Now
• The Sun’s magnetic field is about to flip
  The Sun’s magnetic field flips every 11 years, marking solar maximum, its most active phase, with intensified solar events, unlike Earth’s relatively stable magnetic field.
  Astronomy Now