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Featured Articles |
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NASA, S. Gezari (JHU), and J. Guillochon (UCSC)
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Star-Shredding Black Holes Dormant black holes turn into ravenous beasts when renegade stars wake them from their slumber. By Suvi Gezari The Chelyabinsk Super-Meteor Scientists are piecing together the story of the largest asteroid impact with Earth since 1908. By Daniel D. Durda The Story of Einstein's Telescope A telescope made specifically for the iconic physicist was long forgotten, but it has recently been brought back to life. By Eden Orion The Determined Observer's Guide to M101 Few galaxies show as much detail as this dim, gigantic spiral does when viewed under dark skies. By Howard Banich Image Processing with CCDStack2 Improve your deep-sky images with this innovative program. By Bob Fera |
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Beyond the Printed Page |
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Star-Shredders in Action Watch what happens when a supermassive black hole rips an unlucky star apart. read more > By Monica Young Roundup for Russian Meteor The meteoroid that exploded over Russia this past February won't be forgotten anytime soon. read more > By The Editors of Sky & Telescope Einstein's Telescope: A Gallery View a gallery of images of the historic telescope that belonged to science's most iconic figure. read more > By Robert Naeye Color Balance with eXcalibrator Follow step-by-step instructions for beautifully balanced images. read more > By Bob Fera Lunar Librations Librations and other lunar data for June 2013 read more > By Sean Walker |
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Eden Orion
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Also in This Issue |
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Mercury Dances with Venus The innermost planets appear together in twilight for most of June. By Fred Schaaf Sighting the Solstice Can you track the sunset point as well as your prehistoric ancestors did? By Alan MacRobert The First Plowman Boötes is home to one globular cluster and many great galaxies. By Sue French Table of Contents See what else June's issue has to offer. read more > |
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