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Spectrum
No Laughing Matter By Richard Tresch Fienberg
Skyscape
Short-Lived Sunspot By Jerry Lodriguss
Mission Update
By Jonathan McDowell
50 & 25 Years Ago
By Leif J. Robinson
The Great Mars Chase of 1907
A century ago astronomer Percival Lowell came closer than he ever would in making his case that the Red Planet was inhabited. By William Sheehan and Anthony Misch
Dark Beasts of the Trans-Neptunian Zoo
The count of dwarf planets and state-size icebergs out beyond Neptune now tops 1,000. And they don't seem to want us to figure them out. By Mark Littmann
Destination: Mars
Phoenix is en route to the Red Planet, which in recent years has become crowded with spacecraft. By Kristina Grifantini
S&T Test Report: Traveling Through the Solar System
With Software Bisque's Seeker, the next tour of our solar system is departing from your nearest computer terminal. By Joe Heafner
S&T Test Report: Quick Looks
Atik Instruments ATK-16IC
This multipurpose CCD camera is an entry-level imager and autoguider rolled into one. By Sean Walker
S&T Test Report: Quick Looks
Helio Pod Solar Finder
This little gizmo from FAR Laboratories is an inexpensive and convenient aid to aiming your telescope at the Sun. By Richard Tresch Fienberg
Astronomy Online
Exploring Earth at Night By Stuart Goldman
Rambling Through the Skies
Going Like Sixty By E. C. Krupp
Northern Hemisphere's Sky
Novelties of November By Fred Schaaf
Binocular Highlight
Seeing Stock 2 By Gary Seronik
Suburban Star-Hop
Snowball Sighting By Ken Hewitt-White
Southern Hemisphere's Sky
By Greg Bryant
Sun, Moon, and Planets
A Great Month for Planets By Fred Schaaf
Exploring the Moon
Reading the Moon By Charles A. Wood
Your Telescopic Guide to Mars
Here comes your last chance to see the Red Planet this big for the next nine years. By Alan MacRobert
Celestial Calendar
Watch the Moon Occult Regulus By Alan MacRobert
Deep-Sky Wonders
The Winged Horse By Sue French
Star Trails
Flight to the Future By David H. Levy
Telescope Workshop
ATMentoring By Gary Seronik
Focusing Your DSLR on the Sky
Digital SLR cameras make deep-sky shooting easy, but first you have to focus them at infinity. Here's how. By Alan Dyer
Gallery
Astrophotos from Our Readers
Focal Point
Channeling the Big Bang By Don Lago
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