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February 1997 |
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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 Seeking Rogue Comets By
S. Alan Stern If theories about how planets form are right, up to 50 trillion interstellar comets may exist between us and the nearest star. |
pg. 46 |
Toward a New Hubble By
John Sibley, Richard Talcott NASA's heading back to the Space Telescope to install two new science instruments and update its technology. |
pg. 54 |
Young, Bright, and Blue By
Patricia A. Kurtz Globular clusters rank among the oldest objects around, but a few new-borns show some may still be forming as galaxies collide. |
pg. 60 |
Sky Almanac By
Martin Ratcliffe, Rick Shaffer Three bright planets hug the predawn horizon, but Mars and Comet Hale-Bopp are this month's top events. |
pg. 64 |
Hale-Bopp Takes Center Stage By
Patricia A. Kurtz The long-awaited comet approaches its peak appearance. |
pg. 74 |
Get a Grip on Sharper Seeing By
John Shibley Beat the air's attempt to run the images in your telescope. |
pg. 80 |
Stabilize Your Bino-Eyes By
David Hudgins Build a portable viewer for binoculars for less than $50. |
pg. 82 |
In Search of Faint Galaxies By
William A. McLaughlin CCD cameras can capture some forgotten gems. |
pg. 86 |
Collecting This Century's Last Eclipses By
Alan Dyer If the Caribbean in February sounds enticing, just wait til you hear about the spectacular total solar eclipse coming there next year. |
pg. 90 |
Departments Behind the Scenes Go Ahead and Prove It Letters AstroForum Russian Space Memories AstroNews - Hubble Spots Mars' Dust Storm
- Swiss Find 10 New Brown Dwarfs
- More Evidence for Martian Life?
- Ask an Astronomer: A Call for Questions
- Nova Flares in Virgo Galaxy
- Beast in the Core of our Galaxy
- A New Pulsar Planet? Amateur News - Ideas Spice Up Astrofest
- Star Party Called the Hardy AstroBytes - RealSkyCD
- Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the
Universe
- NGC/IC Project Astronomy Books The Case for Mars New Products - Australian Deep-Sky Atlas
- Compact Laser Collimator
- Herschel 400 Logbook
- 4.5-inch Motorized Reflector Telescope Resources & Photofacts Meetings and Events Advertiser Index Reader Reports Get Connected with Mars Ultimate Exposure
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