Buying a Telescope or Binoculars?

Find out what happened when Izzie Clarke and Dr Robert Massey used a 12 tonne telescope at an observatory in Herstmonceux, Sussex. Plus, Dr Becky Smethurst explains the benefit of using space telescopes and takes on your questions. 

With special to Dr Sandra Voss at The Observatory Science Centre in Hertsmonceux: https://www.the-observatory.org/

Get The Year In Space for a month-by-month guide to the night sky: https://geni.us/jNcrw

If you have a question for the team, email podcast@ras.ac.uk or tweet @RoyalAstroSoc. 

The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production by Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham.