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December 1997 |
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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 On the Trail of Rogue Planets By
Peter Catalano A few scientists believe that most galaxies harbor a thousand trillion planets unattached to any star. |
pg. 36 |
Vulcan Chasers By
William Sheehan, Richard Baum Why does Mercury travel a different path than Newton's laws predict? For several decades, many astronomers believed an inner planet was at fault. |
pg. 42 |
Digging for Gold By
Jeffrey S. Kargel A near-Earth asteroid just one kilometer across could prove to be a gold mine for precious metals. |
pg. 48 |
Astronomy's Feisty Old Man By
Frederic Golden Despite half a century as the greatest living observational cosmologist, Allan Sandage remains an outcast for his views on the size and age of the universe. |
pg. 54 |
The Triumph of Hipparcos By
Amy Adams How can the most ancient stars appear older than the universe itself? Recent results from the European Hipparcos satellite may finally solve this mystery. |
pg. 60 |
Raising Astronomers By
Steve Olson It's not hard to get kids hooked on astronomy. All it takes is some innovative classroom programs - or a crystal-clear night under the stars. |
pg. 78 |
Touring a Stellar Graveyard By
Alan Goldstein A colorful group of compact planetary nebulae awaits backyard observers who crank up the power. |
pg. 84 |
Getting the Right Start By
Glenn Chaple Looking for a good, low-cost scope? This 4.25-inch reflector you build from a kit could do the trick. |
pg. 90 |
Ask Astro The editors of ASTRONOMY answer your questions about the sky and the universe. |
pg. 96 |
Departments Behind the Scenes Making the Sky Clear Talking Back AstroNews - Pathfinder Keeps Rolling Along
- A Pair of Colliding Supernovae
- HST Spies Bare Black Hole
- Tipsy-Turvy Earth
- Iapetus's Split Personality
- More Kuiper Belt Objects
- Hubble Finds Big Crater on Vesta
- Seeing Double with Mira Sky Show The cool evening skies of December offer a number of planetary targets, but the best event should be the moon passing in front of Saturn. New Products - Home Planetarium
- Europa Newtonian Reflectors
- e-wipe
- Astronomical Calendar 1998
- Meade 155 Telescope for Beginning
Stargazers
- The Hubble Space Telescope Poster Astronomy Books - Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged
Edge of the Solar System
- Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling
in the Galaxy
- Bright Galaxies, Dark Matters AstroBytes - Life in the Universe
- Views of the Solar System Looking Ahead Resources Advertiser Index Hot Shots 50 Years of Meteors Ultimate Exposure
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