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September 2010 |
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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 The next great space telescope takes shape By
Francis Reddy Once it launches, the James Webb telescope will explore distant galaxies, stellar nurseries, and exoplanet atmospheres in detail no ground-based observatory can touch. |
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Richard Talcott Once the James Webb Space Telescope reaches its final orbit, the complex process of deploying the massive instrument will begin. |
Welcome to the Galaxy zoo! By
William Keel Ordinary people classifying galaxies makes one of the world's most enjoyable citizen science projects also one of the most successful. |
pg. 30 |
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Bill Andrews Despite the scientific advances thanks to Galaxy Zoo's simple classifications, galaxies are actually a little more complicated than that. |
Letter to Galileo - How astronomy has changed over the past 400 years By
Chris Impey If Galileo could see us now, what would he think about our study of the cosmos? |
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Liz Kruesi You could call it "astronomy's birthday party." |
The king of planets reigns in September By
Michael E. Bakich With the giant planet bigger and brighter than it's been in more than a decade, let the cry go forth: It's Jupiter time! |
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Michael E. Bakich Enjoy great shots from planetary imagers we've received through the years. |
Astronomy's first annual Star Products By
Phil Harrington Amateur astronomers take note: You might want to add these 35 products to your holiday wish list. |
pg. 52 |
A night at Granite Gap By
Michael E. Bakich Astronomy, geology, history, and much more are converging in a big way in southwestern New Mexico. And amateur astronomers will benefit the most. |
pg. 60 |
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Michael E. Bakich One of these three sites on the Arizona-New Mexico border may be the future home of your observatory. |
Departments This Month in Astronomy Letters Web Talk Bob Berman's Strange Universe Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics Engaging astronomy's teens |
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Andrew Fraknoi Engaging students with humor can lead to a lifelong interest in the stars. |
Stephen James O'Meara's Secret Sky By
Bill Andrews The Red Region is a great resource for red and orangish stars, but with a whole sky to scour, it's only the beginning. |
David H. Levy's Evening Stars Astro News The Sky this Month Ask Astro Associate Editor Liz Kruesi |
Advertiser Index New Products The Cosmic Grid Tony Hallas' Imaging the Cosmos Deep-sky Showcase Reader Gallery
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