December 2005
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
The music of the spheres
Space is alive with the “sound” of solar flares, black holes, and even the Big Bang.
In search of the first stars
Detecting the first stars will help astronomers unlock secrets of the infant universe.
The man who doubled the sky
In 1833, John Herschel’s family name took him to South Africa to map the southern sky, and his determination made him a legend.
Odd worlds
From near Earth to beyond Pluto, binary asteroids are everywhere in the solar system.
Comet’s tale
Astronomy takes you from a comet’s nucleus to the complex interactions in its dust and gas tails.
Explore winter’s overlooked nebulae
Glowing gas clouds scattered along the Milky Way offer challenges for backyard observers.
Around the universe with a 3-inch scope
Under a dark sky, even a small telescope reveals the wonders of the cosmos.
The eyepiece that changed observing
Tele Vue’s introduction of the Nagler eyepiece 25 years ago started a revolution in high-quality optics.
Follow the daytime star
Set up this simple solar viewer, and you’re sure to attract a crowd.
Departments
This month in Astronomy
Beautiful universe
Letters
Bob Berman’s strange universe
Glenn Chaple’s observing basics
News
The sky this month
New products
Book reviews
Coming events
Advertiser index
Resources
Reader gallery
