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April 2007
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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 Black holes: seeing the unseeable By
Steve Nadis New technology will reveal the event horizon - direct evidence that black holes exist.
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Michael E. Bakich Animation shows the energetic region near a massive object''s point of no return. |
New Horizons flies past Jupiter By
S. Alan Stern Bound for Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft gets the closest look at Jupiter and its moons in 4 years. |
pg. 32 |
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Francis Reddy Follow NASA''s New Horizons mission as it whisks past Jupiter. |
The Big Bang + 1 second By
Steve Nadis Scientists are trying to find the torrent of neutrinos unleashed following cosmic genesis. |
pg. 38 |
Explore a dozen must-see galaxies By
Steve Gottlieb Venture off the beaten path to observe twelve extragalactic gems Messier missed. |
pg. 54 |
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Laura Layton Northern California observer Steve Gottlieb lists more than a dozen targets awaiting you at the eyepiece. |
Observe the sky's most colorful double stars By
James Mullaney You'll have no problem seeing these celestial beauties through a small telescope, even through haze and light
pollution. |
pg. 62 |
An easy guide to astro-speak By
Michael E. Bakich If you've ever wondered about some of the terms astronomers use, here's an illustrated guide. |
pg. 66 |
Orion's new 4-inch powerhouse By
Phil Harrington The 100ED EQ-G's high-quality optics provide plenty of great sky views at a price that doesn't break the bank. |
pg. 70 |
Departments This month in Astronomy New faces at Astronomy Beautiful universe Letters Bob Berman's strange universe Glenn Chaple's observing basics Phil Harrington's binocular universe Stephen James O’Meara’s secret sky News Stardust turns the table on comet formation; Black hole, big appetite; NASA announces lunar architecture; and more The sky this month Ask Astro New products Coming events Advertiser index Resources Reader gallery
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