January 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
Top 10 astronomy stories of 2005
Spacecraft explored two planets and touched an asteroid,
while astronomers puzzled over an errant space rock, larger galaxies, and a titanic explosion in space.
while astronomers puzzled over an errant space rock, larger galaxies, and a titanic explosion in space.
A fugitive from the galaxy’s edge
A century ago, a runaway star helped astronomers uncover the Milky Way’s structure.
The woman who cracked the stellar code
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin laid the foundation of stellar astrophysics, fusing astronomy and the world of atoms.
A field guide to other worlds
From hot Jupiters to pulsar planets, the Milky Way brims with strange planets.
View the sky’s greatest nebula
On a brisk winter night, the Orion Nebula’s secrets beckon astronomers and observers alike.
Saturn spectacular
The ringed planet is now at its best until 2029, so make the most out of your time at the eyepiece.
American skygazer
Jack Horkheimer talks about bringing the universe into millions of living rooms.
Eyes wide open
Say goodbye to eye fatigue by adding the Denkmeier Binoviewer to your observing kit.
Departments
This month in Astronomy
Letters
Beautiful universe
Bob Berman’s strange universe
Glenn Chaple’s observing basics
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The sky this month
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