January 1998
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
Come Play with Us
Join us in celebrating the 25th anniversary of ASTRONOMY by participating in any of four reader competitions.
The Way Things Were – 1973
Astronomers have learned a lot in the last 25 years.
Sharpening the Stars
Adaptive optics promise to deliver images nearly as detailed as those from space.
Red Rover Red Rover
Find out the latest from Mars’s surface, where Pathfinder and Sojourner battle the elements to stay alive.
NASA’s Next Space Observatories
First there was Hubble, then the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. Next up: observatories to explore the X-ray and infrared skies.
Celestial Navigator
Robert Burnham Jr. reached the heights with his Celestial Handbook, but his life later spun out of control.
How Stars Shine
Until the 1930’s astronomers and physicists had little idea as to what powered the sun and other stars.
Turning Familiar into Fantastic
Bored after viewing the moon or Jupiter a thousand times? Here’s how to rekindle your inital excitement.
Ask Astro
ASTRONOMY answers your questions about the universe.
In the Eyepiece of the Beholder
In a wide range of viewing challenges, Pentax’s new line of eyepieces holds its own against its competitors.
Take Me to a Star Party
Check out 1998’s star parties, which combine great observing with daylight activities for the family.
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Talking Back
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