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Get to know the constellations of autumn

Join our easy, naked-eye tour of the brighter, recognisable constellations that are visible in the September night sky

Although it’s hard to believe, we’re only a matter of weeks from the equinox, on 22 September, and the start of autumn. As the seasons change let’s take a tour of this month’s skies and we’ll see spring and summer’s stars making way for the stars of the dark-sky season. Just

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