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February 2000 |
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Features Scoping out the Monster Star By
Robert Zimmerman Normal stars don't double in brightness in a year's time, but then Eta Carinae is no ordinary star. |
pg. 38 |
Raising Lunar Prospects By
Robert Irion When Lunar Prospector crashed last July, it ended a 19-month mission that mapped the moon's gravity, probed its interior, and spotted signs of water ice. |
pg. 44 |
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Carolyn C. Porco Gene Shoemaker, who deduced that impacts helped to shape our solar system, wanted to be the first scientist to visit the moon. Now his ashes have made it there. |
pg. 52 |
As Time Goes By By
Bob Berman Some may say that space is the final frontier, but those in the know think its kissing cousin - time - plays just as big a cosmic role. |
pg. 56 |
Capture the Sky on a CCD By
Gregory Terrance In the first of a series about digital imaging, ASTRONOMY explores what you need to know to get started in this exciting field. |
pg. 72 |
Celestial Portraits: Puppis By
Tom Polakis Rich starfields peppered with brilliant open clusters and colorful planetary nebulae help make the stern of the great ship Argo a deep-sky observer's delight. |
pg. 80 |
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