November 2001
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
Celebrating the Galactic Millennium
The next 250 billion years will see waves of star formation, a collision with our neighbor in Andromeda, and galaxies disappearing over the horizon.
Nothing Gets Strung Out
Strangely beautiful or nothing short of bizarre – string theory and its eleven dimensions of space-time could hold the key to describing how our universe works.
Magic at Two Microns
Astronomers have completed the colossal task of mapping the entire sky at near-infrared wavelengths, leaving a legacy of thousands of stunning images.
The Milky Way from the Inside
Take 51 deep, wide-angle images of the night sky, combine them with some digital magic, and behold this spectacular color panorama of our galaxy.
Celestial Portraits: Andromeda, Triangulum, and Aries
The biggest, brightest, and best galaxies in the northern sky beckon backyard observers on autumn evenings.
The Simpler … The Better
Tele Vue’s new 4-inch refractor offers superb optics that will give you crisp views of the moon, planets, and favorite deep-sky objects.
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