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| IN THE FEBRUARY 2009 ISSUE > |
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Featured Articles |
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NASA / ESA / S. Beckwith / STSci / HUDF Team
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Going Over the Dark Side If dark energy is Einstein's cosmological constant, the universe will expand forever at an accelerating rate. If it's not, all bets are off. By Richard Panek Living with Light Pollution Don't let city lights squelch your love of stargazing. By Tony Flanders S&T Test Report: Orion's StarShoot Pro This single-shot color CCD camera sets a new benchmark for value in the world of deep-sky imaging. By Johnny Horne |
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Beyond the Printed Page |
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Is Dark Energy Bad for Astronomy? Let us know what you think about the mystery of dark energy. Also, S&T editor in chief Robert Naeye talks to author Richard Panek about the cutting-edge research he describes in his article. read more > By Robert Naeye Discussing Urban Observing S&T's senior editor Alan MacRobert and associate editor Tony Flanders talk about theory and practice of urban observing, skyglow, and well-designed lights. read more > By Alan McRobert & Tony Flanders Rate Your Skyglow Find out how to measure the skyglow at your observing site. read more > By Tony Flanders Catch Ceres at Its Closest The largest asteroid (and nearest dwarf planet) won't be this close to Earth for another 2,000 years. Here's how to glimpse it. read more > By Alan MacRobert The 50 Best Sights in Astronomy Contributing editor Fred Schaaf offers celestial highlights from his latest book. read more > |
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S&T: J. Kelly Beatty
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Also in This Issue |
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Celestial Calendar An Eclipse of Epsilon Aurigae By Alan MacRobert Suburban Star-Hop Cruising the Orion Beltway By Ken Hewitt-White Telescope Workshop Keeping a Dob Running Smoothly By Gary Seronik Table of Contents See what else February's issue has to offer. read more > |
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