July 1998

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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

Ask Astro

We answer your questions about the sky and the universe.

pg. 34

Eyes on the Universe

Much of what we know about planets, stars, galaxies, and the cosmos stems from the contributions of these 25 landmark telescopes and observatories

pg. 40

To the Edge of Space and Time

By Martin Rees

With gravity so strong it warps the very fabric of space-time, a black hole is nature at its most exotic.

pg. 42

A Beast in the Core

By Marcia Bartusiak

Nearly every big galaxy seems to harbor a huge black hole - a fossil, perhaps, of an earlier quasar phase.

pg. 48

Ruling the Rings

By Neil F. Comins

Saturn may have the prettiest, but all the gas giants have rings. Stark differences among these magnificent systems clue us in on how they form and evolve.

pg. 54

Planet Hunters

By Sally Stephens

Astronomers Geoff Marcy and Paul Butler have discovered more planets than anyone else.

pg. 58

Seeing Red

By Bob Berman

Far from the black-and-white canvas it appears to the naked eye, the sky glows with glorious pastel shades.

pg. 82

It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's a Satellite

By Nancy L. Hendrickson

On a good night you can spot a dozen or more satellites, if you know where and when to look.

pg. 90

Strike a Pose

By John Shibley

Celestron's new 9-1/4-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope boasts a bigger mirror, smarter tracking, and a sturdier mount than the standard 8-inch SCT.

pg. 94

Departments

Behind the Scenes

That Asteroid Caper

Talking Back

AstroNews

- Unmasking the Face on Mars
- Astronomers Smash Distance Record
- Hubble Catches the Youngster Stingray
- Amateur Studies Starburst
- Blue Dwarf Galaxies Not Infants
- New Dust Ring for Jupiter
- Dinosaur Killer Sheds Light on Mars

Sky Show

The gas giant Neptune glows at its brightest this month, but the star of these warm summer nights is Saturn and its shadowed rings.

Star Stuff

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Books
- Questioning the Millenniur. A Rationalist's
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Looking Ahead

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