July 2002
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
Moving Right Along
The discovery that dark energy is causing the universe’s expansion to accelerate has turned cosmology on its head.
Classrooms Look to the Stars
The Telescopes in Education program is bringing big-time astronomy to thousands of students across the United States.
Edward and Mina
Harvard College Observatory scientist Edward C. Pickering had to look as far as his maid to find the perfect astronomical computer – Williamina Fleming.
Two for One Messier Viewing
Get a bonus as you track selected bright deep-sky objects and find obscure, challenging, and amazingly distant objects lined up beside them.
The Scoop on Italian Scopes
A quartet of stylish telescopes from Konus offers portability and power for deep-sky and planetary observers.
Close Encounters with Satellites
Strange tales of things that go streak at night are explained clearly by extraordinary Earth satellites.
Celestial Portraits: Hercules and Serpens Cauda
The Hercules Cluster and Eagle Nebula frame two star groups that also hold many galaxies.
Departments
Behind the Scenes
Sky Gem
Talking Back
AstroNews
Sky Show
Astronomy 101
The Savvy Astronomer
Strange Universe
Star Stuff
Looking Ahead
Advertiser Index
Hot Shots
Ultimate Exposure
