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Featured Articles |
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Capella shines above Mount Everest. Babak A. Tafreshi
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Star Trails from the Top of the World TWAN ambassadors host star parties and photograph the night sky in Nepal's High Himalaya. By Babak A. Tafreshi Photometry for All in the Digital Age You can make valuable scientific contributions to astronomy with an off-the-shelf digital camera. By Brian Kloppenborg and Tom Pearson Stellar Winds Above Atlantic Clouds On a cold mountaintop in the Canary Islands, amateurs work with pros on a hot-star research project. By Thomas Eversburg |
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Beyond the Printed Page |
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Exploring Exoplanet's Host Stars Listen to a podcast interview with Caltech astronomer John Johnson talking about the implications of his research on the kinds of stars that host planets. read more > By John Johnson Lunar Librations for April 2011 There wasn't enough room to run our usual lunar libration diagram in the April 2011 issue. Click here to download it in PDF form. read more > By The Editors of Sky & Telescope |
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John Johnson
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Also in This Issue |
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A Classic Wooden Tube This easy-to-build tube will give your scope a touch of 18th-century class. By Tim Parker Autoguiding Breakthrough: Celestron's NexGuide A stand-alone autoguider for $300 that really works! Can it be true? By Alan Dyer The Backyard Sky: Spring Explore the season's well-known and lesser-known deep-sky showpieces. By Rod Mollise Table of Contents See what else April's issue has to offer. read more > |
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