November 1990

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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

Hubble's Optical Fix

HST's optical problems are severe but they won't stop the Hubble Space Telescope from doing remarkable science.

pg. 30

Optical Astronomy Looks to the Future

By Barney Magrath

Telescopes once considered impossible are not only being planned, they're being built.

pg. 34

An (Optical) Revolution in Chile

By Joel K. Harris

For astronomers at the New Technology Telescope, the future is here now. The NTT provides the sharpest images of any telescope on Earth.

pg. 44

ASTRONOMY Sky Almanac

ASTRONOMY Reviews the NGC-MAX

By Alan Dyer

It's a compact but powerful computer that attaches to your telescope and can guide you to thousands of deep-sky wonders.

pg. 62

Mars Shows Its Stuff

By Russ Sampson

Mars is now as close to Earth as it will get until the 21st century. Here's your guide to what you can see during November's close encounter with the Red Planet.

pg. 66

Telescopes for Astrophotography

By Alan Dyer

Buying a telescope? Do you plan to take pictures with it? We show you have to shop for a scope designed for astrophotography.

pg. 72

Magnificent Orion

By Alan Goldstein

From the brilliant spectacle of the Orion Nebula to the challenge of M78, Orion contains targets for every telescope.

pg. 78

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