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February 1989
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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 Searching for the 'Real' Triton By
Richard Berry Scientists await Voyager 2's view of Neptune's moon. |
pg. 20 |
Barnard's 'Dark' Dilemma By
Gerrit L. Verschuur Did Barnard understand the dark nebulae he discovered? |
pg. 30 |
Supernova Aftermath By
Laurence A. Marschall The death of a star produced an expanding shell of gas. |
pg. 40 |
An Uphill Battle for Comet Research By
Lys Ann Shore Astronomers take on winter to study comets. |
pg. 46 |
ASTRONOMY Sky Almanac Equipped for Safe Solar Viewing By
Richard E. Hill Safety is the key when choosing equipment for solar observing. |
pg. 66 |
Eclipse Prospects for the 1990s By
Jay Anderson Get ready for the last eight total eclipses of the century. |
pg. 71 |
A Picture-Perfect Lunar Eclipse By
David J. Eicher Capture this month's unusual lunar eclipse on film. |
pg. 78 |
Legendary Faint Galaxies By
Steve Lucas These deep-sky objects will test your observing skills. |
pg. 80 |
Sharpen Images with a Cardboard Mask By
M. Leon Knott Use a stop-down mask on your large-aperture reflector. |
pg. 84 |
Working against the Grain of Fast Films By
Larry Myers Reduce the grain in your photos with this printing technique. |
pg. 88 |
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