September 2012
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
Quest for the most distant objects
The search for the first structures in the universe has baffled astronomers for decades. But telescopes now on the horizon promise to shed new light.
Web Extra: Using radio waves to peer back in time
Astronomers are planning huge radio arrays to investigate the birth of the first structures.
Brian May: A life in science and music
You know him best as guitarist, singer, and songwriter from the rock group Queen, but Brian May is also a Pd.D. astronomer, popularizer of the cosmos, stereophotography enthusiast, and advocate for animal rights.
Black holes in our backyard
Black holes are the most astounding objects in the universe. And at least 19 of them lurk within the Milky Way.
Web Extra: Feeding frenzy of a supermassive black hole
A galaxy’s central black hole roars to life when a normal star ventures too close.
Wander the wonders of the King’s constellation
Cepheus contains enough star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies to keep you observing a long time.
You should observe the Full Moon!
Mountains and lava plains, rays, and a hint of color invite exploring a bright Moon.
Web Extra – Great targets await lunar observers
You’ll see something cool whenever you point your telescope at the Moon.
Astronomy’s third annual Star Products
Get ready to ogle some amazing equipment as we honor the 35 best telescopes, cameras, and accessories produced in the past year.
Departments
The Sky this Month
StarDome and Path of the planets
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This Month in Astronomy
Web Talk
New Products
The Cosmic Grid
Web Talk
New Products
The Cosmic Grid
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