Table Of Contents

January/February 2007

Volume 3.  Number 1.  Issue 21

COVER STORY

Top 10 Space Science Moments In 2006

The past year has seen some great moments in space.

By Glenn Dawes

NEWS & FEATURES

News Notes

• 16 New Planet Candidates

• Australia Makes SKA Shortlist

• Astronomer Wins National Prize

and more...

Spotlight On...Stardust in the Large Magellanic Cloud

A new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope highlights the role played by dust in the life cycle of stars.

By Richard Tresch Fienberg

The Great Milky Way - Andromeda Collision

The two biggest galaxies in the Local Group - the Milky Way and Andromeda - are on a collision course with each other.

By John Dubinski

Robert Evans: Supernova Champ

Meet the Australian amateur who has visually discovered the most supernovae.

By Edwin L. Aguirre

Sleep and the Amateur Astronomer

A professional astronomer and a photobiochemist share their tips for staying awake while observing at night - and for getting restful sleep once your head hits the pillow.

By Daniel B. Caton and Joan E. Roberts

The Incredible Lightness of Being

Could you lose weight just by moving around on Earth?

By Phil Plait

OBSERVING & EXPLORING

Southern Binocular Highlight

Beta Pictoris Plus

By Les Dalrymple

Sun, Moon, and Planets

Catch Saturn At Opposition

By Greg Bryant

Tonight's Sky

The River Of The Night

By Greg Bryant

Deep Sky Delights

Summer Globulars

By Les Dalrymple

Exploring The Moon

Concentric Fractures And Craters

By Charles A. Wood

Comets

Comet McNaught's Prospects Improve

By David Seargent

Celestial Calendar

Majestic Saturn

By Steve Massey

Looking Ahead To 2007's Occultations

By Steve Kerr

Meteors For January And February

By Adam Marsh

PRODUCTS & REVIEWS

Test Report

Filters For Sun-Watching

By Alan MacRobert

Test Report

Celestron's SkyScout

By Dennis di Cicco

Books & Beyond

• Ten Years Of Life On Mars

• Beyond the Multiverse

ACTIVITIES & PEOPLE

The Astronomy Scene

A Grazing Occultation Of Antares

By Dave Herald, Steve Russell, and Dave Gault

Amateur Telescope Making

Evolution Of An Observatory

By Justin Tilbrook

Discoveries

Ceres Fills A Gap

By David Ellyard

For Beginners

My Top 10 Questions

By Ed Ting

Ask AS&T

• Schmidt-Cassegrain Focal Ratios

• Professionals At The Eyepiece

• Clearing The Neighbourhood?

Activities

Gallery

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectrum

Funding Astronomy

By Greg Bryant

Letters

• Newcomb's Legacy

• There's Planets Everywhere

Star Trails

What Is A Planet?

By David Levy

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Focal Point

Stop Renaming The Sky

By Mark Allison

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