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August 2004 |
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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 By
Jean-Charles Cuillandre The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope atop Mauna Kea produces some of the most stunning astronomical images ever seen. Find out how the images are created, and experience the beauty of these celestial objects for yourself. |
pg. 34 |
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Robert Zimmerman More than one hundred extrasolar planets like Jupiter have been discovered, but what everyone really wants to find are "exo-Earths" orbiting other stars. Any day now, say astronomers. |
pg. 42 |
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Bruce Dorminey NASA's fourth and final Great Observatory, the Spitzer Space Telescope, is opening astronomers' eyes to planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies by zeroing in on the infrared radiation they emit. |
pg. 48 |
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Michael E. Bakich A 1927 atlas and catalog by famed observer Edward Barnard helped astronomers discover that dark patches in the Milky Way are interstellar dust, not "holes in the sky." |
pg. 70 |
Extreme imaging By
Lisa Johnston, John Sefick Braving the elements and high altitude, a pair of amateur astrophotographers journeyed to the summit of Mauna Kea in pursuit of dark skies and returned with spectacular images. |
pg. 80 |
A League of its own By
Jackie Beucher Since 1941, the Astronomical League has been the spearhead for amateur astronomers in the United States. Take a behind-the-scenes look with the organization's executive secretary - you might be surprised at the number of areas in which the League is active. |
pg. 84 |
Celestron's Advanced Series telescopes By
Phil Harrington The telescopes used by amateur astronomers today are as good as they've ever been. Can these telescopes really be made any better? Celestron says yes, and after testing their newest Newtonian and Schmidt-Cassegrain models, so do we. |
pg. 88 |
Departments This month in Astronomy Color imaging as good as it gets Letters Bob Berman's strange universe Glenn Chaple's observing basics The Ring Nebula and Summer Triangle |
Interview Xiaohui Fan, assistant professor of astronomy, University of Arizona News — Cassini: Saturn, Titan in sights
— A probe to hit the Moon
— An impact that nearly ended life
— A distant star with Sun-like activity
— Slabs of rock on Mars The sky this month Ask Astro New products — Software Bisque's "TheSky6"
— Smart Astronomy's tripod case
— FAR Laboratories' Helio Pod
— Celestron's Power Tank 17 Book reviews — Spacecraft Films' Apollo DVDs
— The Transits of Venus
— An Introduction to the Solar System Coming events Advertiser index Resources Reader gallery
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