March 1999
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
Forging a New Solar System
With innovative techniques and an inventive mind, Gerard Kuiper led the rebirth of planetary astronomy.
Passing the Bar Exam
Our galaxy isn’t the simple spiral we’ve thought all these years: New studies prove it has a large bar running right through its center.
Neutron Stars with Attitude
When a supercharged blast of high-energy radiation washed over Earth last August, it heralded a massive starquake wracking the surface of an exotic “magnetar.”
King of the Mountain
Europe is building a huge telescope in the Chilean Andes that’s destined to be the finest in the world.
Mile-High Astronomy
While the Rocky Mountains dominate the scenery, Colorado offers wonderful skies and great astronomy destinations for the interested visitor.
Reborn Classic
Celestron’s 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope gets a face-lift, but it still provides first-rate optics in an affordable package.
Descent into Darkness
Fiery red prominences and a wispy corona will dazzle those adventurers who chase the moon’s shadow to Europe or Asia this August.
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