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Night Sky Highlights - February 2026

Explore what you can see in the night sky this February, including the Pleiades and the four biggest planets in our Solar System.

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition

Key dates, prizes and details on how to enter ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Fierce Queens: Unframed, Unstitched... Unapologetic!

Join our fierce queens, kings and everyone in between to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month at the Queen's House

A history of the Royal Observatory in six objects

Explore 350 years of the world-renowned institution and the people who worked there through six intriguing objects

Visitor highlight

Turner’s ‘The Battle of Trafalgar’

See J.M.W. Turner’s largest painting on display at the Queen's House

The lost Gainsborough

A long-lost portrait by Thomas Gainsborough has been discovered in Royal Museums Greenwich’s collections

Queen's House and Glasgow School of Art: celebrating our Armada Activity Partnership

In the Armada Portrait, Elizabeth I is adorned with multiple strings of pearls, sumptuous velvets, silk ribbons and gold embossed designs. It is a painting packed with symbolic meaning - and Renaissance bling!

Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation 2021: Astronomy Photographer of the Year

See the stunning winning and shortlisted images in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation category

The Manju Mehrotra Family Trust Prize for Best Newcomer 2021: Astronomy Photographer of the Year

See the stunning winning and shortlisted images in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 The Manju Mehrotra Family Trust Prize for Best Newcomer category

Planets, Comets and Asteroids 2023 - Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023

See the stunning winning and shortlisted images in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 Planets, Comets and Asteroids category