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December 2004 |
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Features By
Bill Cooke If you think NASA has a plan to save Earth in case an asteroid is discovered on a collision course, you’re in for a surprise. |
pg. 34 |
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Wil Tirion Today, amateur astronomers use detailed and accurate star maps to locate celestial objects. Four hundred years ago, charts were less accurate, but they were much more beautiful. |
pg. 44 |
Astrology: fact or fiction? By
Michael E. Bakich How’s this for a horoscope? This article may cause you to doubt fortune-tellers. |
pg. 50 |
A deep-sky universe of galaxies, nebulae, colorful stars, and beautiful clusters is accessible with a small telescope and this seasonal guide. |
pg. 76 |
Wartime astronomy By
Matt Quandt An amateur astronomer in Iraq masters a technique for observing the night sky amid blackouts and bombings. |
pg. 80 |
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Robert A. Garfinkle Scattered across the Moon’s nearside, craters carry names associated with the mid-1800s Franklin expedition, Arctic exploration’s grimmest disaster. Tour these lunar features by telescope. |
pg. 84 |
Drawing the universe By
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Many of us sketch nightly observations in logbooks. One California-based artist uses his sketches as starting points for unique drawings of the cosmos. |
pg. 90 |
25 great accessories By
Michael E. Bakich If you want to enhance your observing dramatically, nothing beats a few well-chosen telescope extras. |
pg. 92 |
Departments This month in Astronomy Are we helpless from space rocks? Letters Bob Berman's strange universe Glenn Chaple's observing basics Interview Michael Paolucci, SLOOH News — Star carves hollow in gas cloud
— Jets shoot out of a supernova remnant
— Tiny telescopes find a big exoplanet
— Slithering Mars dunes
— Send ETs a message-in-a-bottle The sky this month Ask Astro White and black dwarfs, Blue Moons, finding asteroids New products — Celestron’s NexImage
— Imaginova’s Starry Night
— Orion’s Waist Case
— The Year in Space 2005 calendar Book reviews — The Privileged Planet
— Atlas of the Constellations
— Measuring the Cosmos
— Building Moonships Coming events Advertiser index Resources Reader gallery
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