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June 2003 |
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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 By
Robert Naeye Planetary mass objects, planetars, planemos, sub-brown dwarfs - astronomers can't even settle on a name for these free-floating outcasts, much less explain them. Learn what scientists have gleaned about this new class of objects and what mysteries remain. |
pg. 36 |
Harvest the Moon By
Paul D. Spudis Our only natural satellite will offer a wealth of resources - both scientific and economic - to its next human explorers. |
pg. 42 |
Searcing for alien Earths By
Ray Jayawardhana A new generation of space observatories may answer the ultimate question: Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? |
pg. 48 |
Crux, Musca, and Circinus By
Tom Polakis They may be small, but the Southern Cross, the Fly and the Compasses contain an interesting variety of star clusters, nebulae, and other Milky Way delights. |
pg. 70 |
Find the faintest planet By
Richard Talcott Think observing Pluto is an impossible feat? After reading ASTRONOMY'S handy guide to spotting the most distant planet, you'll change your mind. |
pg. 76 |
By
Jack B. Newton Join the author on a tour-de-force exploration of the Sun as seen through a hydrogen-alpha filter. Get up close and personal with sunspots, solar prominences, and the ever-changing face of our nearest star. |
pg. 78 |
By
James Mullaney Viewing the depth of celestial targets at astronomical distances isn't impossible. The key is recognizing and understanding visual cues provided by the desired object. |
pg. 82 |
Coronado's NearStar scope By
John Shibley Coronado's NearStar solar telescope delivers the Sun as it always was described in science class: rich, majestic, and alive. Incorporating innovative Ha filtering, it optically slices through the photosphere to bring observers spectacular details. |
pg. 86 |
Departments This month in Astronomy What price space flight? Beautiful universe A riot of star birth Letters Bob Berman's strange universe Witness astronomical physics from the comfort of your car. Glenn Chaple's observing basics Professor Chaple's pop, multiple-choice astroquiz question. News - Happy birthday, universe
- Solar explosions
- China aims men at space
- Pioneer falls silent
- The tell-tale cloud The sky this month Goodbye Saturn, hello Mars Ask Astro Ursa Major moving group, calendar tidbits, cometary grain motion New products - Meade 14-inch LX200GPS
Schmidt-Cassegrain
- APM Telescopes' 10-inch f/97 folded TMB
apochromatic refractor
- Tele Vue NP127 refractor
- Tele Vue Bandmate o111 filter Book reviews - Faster than the Speed of Light
- Explaining the Universe
- Celestial Harvest Coming events Advertiser Index Resources Reader gallery
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