April 2006
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
X-treme stars of the cosmos
Get to know the galaxy’s biggest, hottest, and most distant stars.
Live fast, die young
Astronomers don’t understand massive stars — rare beasts with short lives but lasting impact. These 10 questions rank among the most baffling.
Meet the neighbors
The nearest stars hide secrets that could help astronomers learn more about our Sun’s place in the galaxy.
All about the North Star
Polaris, navigators’ guiding light, is evolving right before astronomers’ eyes.
Explore the Virgo cluster
Challenge yourself and your equipment by targeting some faint but fascinating galaxies.
High Moon
This month, the Moon climbs farther north than at any time since 1987 and offers observers great views.
Eye on the southern sky
From film to digital imaging, this Chilean amateur astronomer does it all.
Two scopes in one
Starmaster’s new go-anywhere scope is a quick-change artist with two mounting options.
Departments
This month in Astronomy
Beautiful universe
Letters
Bob Berman’s strange universe
Glenn Chaple’s observing basics
Astro news
The sky this month
Book reviews
New products
Coming events
Advertiser index
Reader gallery
Resources
