Year of the Comet
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

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Go deeper into the stories of Astronomy magazine. These online features bring you additional research, interviews, photos, and more our editors turned up while creating the stories for this issue.
September 2005
The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) in Auriga
Astroimager Daniel B. Phillips, featured in Astronomy's September issue, has produced a lot more images than we could show in the magazine. Here's a selection of some of his best.
Published: July 25, 2005
Computer simulations reveal how normal galaxies get transformed as they fall under each other's gravitational spell.
By Richard Talcott // Published: July 25, 2005
Deep Impact mosaic
On July 4, 2005, a comet and a NASA probe collided. Did astronomers find what they were looking for under the comet's surface?
By Liz Kruesi // Published: July 25, 2005
The Full Moon
How much do astronomers have left to discover? A little statistics suggests a startling answer: lots.
By Robert Burnham // Published: July 25, 2005
Rocky lava outcrops
In addition to many images in the magazine, here are more images of our South Pacific adventure.
Published: July 25, 2005
Resources
Learn more about topics from the September 2005 issue.
Published: July 25, 2005
Go on the prowl for dark nebulae.
By Phil Harrington // Published: July 25, 2005
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