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August 1994
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The world's best-selling astronomy magazine offers you the most exciting, visually stunning, and timely coverage of the heavens above. Each monthly issue includes expert science reporting, vivid color photography, complete sky coverage, spot-on observing tips, informative telescope reviews, and much more! All this in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level. |
Features Chiron: Interloper from the Kuiper Disk? By
Alan S. Stern A handful of distant asteroids have shown astronomers a new part of the solar system. |
pg. 26 |
Big Ears By
Robert Bunge Two new radio telescopes will reach farther into the universe and show it in vastly greater detail than ever before. |
pg. 34 |
A Brightening Star Reveals Dark Matter By
Wallace H. Tucker When a few stars in a nearby galaxy brightened unexpectedly, they provided the first direct evidence of dark matter. |
pg. 40 |
Sky Almanac By
Deborah Byrd, Rick Shaffer While Venus and Jupiter dominate the evening sky all month, the Perseids light up the predawn sky on August 12. |
pg. 46 |
Seeking the Speedy Geographos By
Richard Talcott Armed with binoculars or a small telescope, you can spot the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos as it zips past our planet in late August. |
pg. 58 |
Working in the Digital Darkroom By
Richard Berry Three special computer routines let you convert digitized astrophotos into great images. |
pg. 62 |
A Stormy Perseid Forecast? By
Philip M. Bagnall This year's Perseid meteor shower promises a great show, with an outside chance of a meteor storm. |
pg. 68 |
The End of the Line By
David J. Eicher Here's the latest on what observers will see when Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashes into Jupiter. |
pg. 72 |
Departments Behind the Scenes Watching Astronomy Change Letters Viewpoints Imagining vs. CCD Imaging AstroNews - Milky Way Is Devouring Nearby Galaxy
- Pulsar Planets Confirmed
- Supernova in the Virgo Cluster
- Mars Dunes Tell of Dynamic Climate
- Binary Pulsar Discovered in SMC Amateur News - A Cosmic Close Enough to Touch
- Of Starspots and Virtual Skies
- Europeans Hold CCD Confabs Reader Reports Supernova in the Whirlpool Astronomy Books Universe in Living Color New Products - Beginner's Reflectors
- Carl Zeiss-Jena Binoculars
- SSP-14 Solar Spotter AstroBytes Guide to the Sky Readings and Credits Meetings and Events Advertiser Index
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