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February 1992
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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 Will Supernova 1987A Shine Again? By
Laurence A. Marschall, Kenneth Brecher The brightest supernova of the last 400 years has faded from sight, but for how long? |
pg. 30 |
NASA's Never-Ending Mission By
John Williams Some of the greatest discoveries of the space program have yet to be extracted from mountains of data stored on Earth. |
pg. 38 |
Shedding Light on Dark Matter By
Richard Monda The fate of the universe is controlled by matter impossible to see and difficult to find. |
pg. 44 |
Galileo Views Gaspra By
Richard Talcott Last October, Galileo gave us our first close-up look at an asteroid. |
pg. 52 |
ASTRONOMY Sky Almanac Celestial Seeing: Three Imaging Technologies By
Richard Berry Amateurs now have three great ways to capture the sky. |
pg. 68 |
Flares! By
Richard E. Hill Here's how to beat the odds and see rare outbursts on the Sun. |
pg. 74 |
A Personal and Permanent Journey through the Universe By
Gregory L. Zentz Enjoy a great night of observing even years later. |
pg. 80 |
Moonlighting By
Robert Reeves Capture stunning deep-sky photos with the Moon in the sky. |
pg. 83 |
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