Table Of Contents

July 2005

Volume 1.  Number 7

COVER STORY

Putting Einstein to the Test

Astronomers are pursuing new ways to test Einstein's general theory of relativity.

By Amanda Gefter

NEWS & FEATURES

News Notes

• Saturn's 12 New Moons

• World's First Solar Sail Set to Fly

• Is Phoebe Related to Pluto?

and more...

Spotlight On...Sagittarius' Stellar Playgrounds

By Greg Bryant

Back to the Future

The US has new plans to go back to the Moon and then on to Mars.  Will it ever happen?

By Colin Burgess

Hubble Turns 15

To celebrate its birthday, we present some of the best of Hubble's recent images.

By Jonathan Nally

Hidden in Plain Sight: Finding Martian Landers

NASA's missing-in-action spacecraft, Mars Polar Lander, may have finally been found.

By Michael C. Malin

OBSERVING & EXPLORING

Binocular Highlight

The Southern Pointers

By Les Dalrymple

Tonight's Sky

Pointers to the Night's Diversity

By Greg Bryant

Sun, Moon, and Planets

A Month of Meetings

By Jonathan Nally

Exploring the Moon

Polar Pleasures

By Charles A. Wood

Deep Sky Delights

Chasing the Bird of Paradise

By David Frew

Celestial Calendar

The Moon meets the Pleiades

By Steve Kerr

Celestial Calendar

Stand by for Impact

By David Seargent

PRODUCTS & REVIEWS

AS&T Buyer's Guide

German Equatorial "Go To" Mounts.

By Sean Walker

Books & Beyond

• Astronomy's State of the Art

• Repackaging Astronomical History

Digital Astronomy

This Software Club Wants You

By Stuart J. Goldman

ACTIVITIES & PEOPLE

First Light

Bad Astrology

By Phil Plait

First Light

Star Names

By Tony Flanders

Ask AS&T

• Can you get sharper images by stopping down?

• Five one-minute exposures or one five-minute exposure?

• How is Uranus' north pole defined?

Astrophotography

Capturing the Colours of the Moon

By Filipe Alves

Amateur Telescope Making

Automate Your Backyard Observatory

By Robert Capon

Activities

Gallery

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectrum

Relativity Under the Microscope

By Jonathan Nally

Letters

• The Good Old Days

• Feeling the Heat

• The Southern?

Mission Update

By Jonathan McDowell

Focal Point

A Close Encounter

By Roger Davis

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