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October 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 A Swirl of Moondust By
Bridget Mintz Testa What's black and white and intensely magnetized? Scientists have yet to solve this riddle concerning a few enigmatic lunar features. |
pg. 28 |
Where Have All the Black Holes Gone? By
Barry Parker They're everywhere, astronomers used to say. But no more. Despite extensive searches, astronomers have turned up only three promising stellar candidates. |
pg. 36 |
Death of a Comet By
David J. Eicher Like volleys from a super-powered machine gun, the fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 riddled Jupiter with explosive force. |
pg. 40 |
Sky Almanac By
Deborah Byrd, Rick Shaffer Binoculars and rich-field telescopes will provide stunning views of the Red Planet as it slides through the Beehive star cluster. |
pg. 46 |
What Is That Thing in Your Backyard? By
Dave Bruning ASTRONOMY's readers share their ideas and designs for building a great backyard observatory. |
pg. 56 |
Snatching Beauty from the Deep Sky By
Martin C. Germano What's the best way to record detail in your favorite deep-sky objects? Shoot with super-sharp black and white film. |
pg. 62 |
Bright Lights, Deep Sky By
Michael Porcellino Just because urban light pollution floods your backyard, don't think distant galaxies, clusters, and nebulae are out of reach. |
pg. 68 |
Under the Southern Sky By
Jim Barclay Eta Carinae, the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Coal Sack, and more. These are just some of the treats awaiting observers who tour the sky from "down under." |
pg. 72 |
Departments Behind the Scenes 1994's Great Comet Crash Letters Viewpoints Eighty South: An Antarctic Odyssey AstroNews - Broken Promise
- Russians Say Mars Can Wait
- The Biggest and best Model of the Universe
- Weighing Omega Centauri
- Clementine Maps Moon's Topography
- Stellar Mystery Solved
- Dusty Birth Announcement
- Dust Bubbles Around AG Carinae
- SERENDIP Hopes for Lively Reruns Amateur News Rendezvous at Riverside Reader Reports Golden Eclipse Memories Astronomy Books Treading the Telescope Minefield New Products - 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
- ST-5 CCD Imaging Camera
- Weatherproof Binoculars Readings and Credits Meetings and Events Advertiser Index
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