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December 1996 |
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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 To Kill a Galaxy By
Ken Croswell The Milky Way is ripping apart a small companion galaxy. |
pg. 36 |
The Lone Astronomer: Gerard de Vaucouleurs By
Robert Tindol Meet a man who helped shape our ideas about the size and age of the universe, and the Milky Way Galaxy's place in it. |
pg. 42 |
Wish Upon a Star By
S. Alan Stern The Space Station could play a big role in astronomy research. |
pg. 48 |
WIYN Is a Winner By
Robert Naeye Its 3.5-meter mirror may not be the biggest in the world, but this new telescope really delivers. |
pg. 56 |
Sky Almanac By
Martin Ratcliffe, Rick Shaffer Geminid meteors peak under a dark sky, highlighting a month that sees Comet Hale-Bopp grace the evening sky. |
pg. 64 |
Star Maps Are a Gazer's Best Friend By
Mark J. Coco Find your way around the sky like an old pro with the right atlas. |
pg. 76 |
Observing Hickson Galaxy Groups By
David Higgins Hunt down these compact groups with a modest-sized scope. |
pg. 82 |
Piece-by-Piece Astrophotography By
Gregory Terrance, Ray Ciccariello CCD cameras capture only tiny pieces of the sky, but mosaicking lets you easily create beautiful wide-field images. |
pg. 84 |
Exploring Sinus Medii By
Robert Burnham A small region offers big rewards for lunar observers. |
pg. 90 |
The Galaxy from Within By
David J. Eicher A stunning fish-eye photo captures the Milky Way's glory. |
pg. 92 |
Catch a Fleeting Asteroid By
Richard Talcott Toutatis brightens to magnitude 10.5 as it speeds past Earth. |
pg. 96 |
Departments Behind the Scenes Our Killer Galaxy Letters AstroForum Moon Over Marathon AstroNews - Come Together
- Collisions in the Kuiper Belt
- Shocking Conditions Excite Masers
- Ground Zero for ALH84001?
- Carbon Monoxide Crashes the Party
- Homespun Jupiter has Bands
- Hubble Detects Egg-Shaped Stars
- Eros has Earth's Number Amateur News - Telescopes and Comets at Stellafane
- Dreams Come True at Starfest '96 Astronomy Books Raisin Cakes, Microwaves, and the Universe AstroBytes - Skygazer - Guide to the Heavens
- Amazing Universe
- The Ultimate CCD Collection Meetings and Events Resources & Photofacts New Products - Atlas for Small Telescopes
- Atmospheric Phenomena Detector Advertiser Index Reader Reports Of Shooting Stars and Faint Fuzzies Ultimate Exposure
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