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Featured Articles |
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Avery Broderick (Univ. of Waterloo & Perimeter Inst.) / Abraham Loeb (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
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Einstein's Shadow A planet-wide telescope sets its sights on the well-kept secrets of black holes. By Camille M. Carlisle Lowell’s New Discovery Machine The Discovery Channel Telescope will bring the exploration of the universe to the public on a global scale. By Edwin L. Aguirre & Imelda B. Joson Chasing Light Speed Over the past few centuries, scientists have employed creative techniques for the difficult task of measuring the speed of light. By Tom Gale A Dozen Winter Planetaries These deep celestial flowers are wildly varied. By Ted Forte May’s Great Annular Eclipse The western United States is the place to be for the upcoming eclipse on May 20th. By Fred Espenak & Jay Anderson For All the Night’s Stars A photographer’s dream to image the entire night sky comes to fruition. By Nick Risinger |
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Beyond the Printed Page |
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The Discovery Channel Telescope The partnering of a media company and an astronomical institution raises many questions. Read a behind-the-scenes interview with Lowell Observatory director Jim Hall and see photos not included in S&T's February article. read more > By Edwin L. Aguirre & Imelda B. Joson The Photopic Sky Survey Nick Risinger discusses the Photopic Sky Survey with S&T imaging editor Sean Walker. read more > By Nick Risinger Lunar Librations Librations and other lunar data for January 2012 read more > By The Editors of Sky & Telescope |
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Edwin Aguirre & Imelda Joson
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Also in This Issue |
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A Lunar Volcanic Crater Only one large lunar crater was indisputably created by a volcano rather than an impact. By Charles A. Wood A Rare Flyby of Eros The granddaddy of all near-Earth asteroids brightens to magnitude 8.6. By Alan MacRobert A Junk-Shed Binocular Mount Australian telescope maker Stu Favilla fashioned a binocular mount from junk he had accumulated over the years. By Gary Seronik Orion's Golden Shield Remarkable clusters and nebulae encircle the giant's torso. By Sue French Table of Contents See what else February's issue has to offer. read more > |
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JAXA / Motomaro Shirao
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