Table Of Contents

May 2005

Volume 1.  Number 5

COVER STORY

The Final Countdown

NASA's space shuttle is about to lift off again, this time into a very uncertain future.

By Colin Burgess

NEWS & FEATURES

News Notes

• A Galaxy That Thrives On Chaos

• Exoplanet Discoveries

• Galaxy Maps Reveal Long-Sought Waves

and more...

Spotlight On...A Puzzling Polar-Ring Galaxy

By Vera Rubin

The Hubble Crisis

The Hubble Telescope is fighting for its life.  Will it be saved?

By Colin Burgess

Magnetar Unleashes Staggering Superflare

For a split second in December, more than a dozen spacecraft recorded the second-brightest object ever seen.

By Robert Naeye

A Decade of Brown Dwarfs

Straddling the divide between stars and planets, these dynamic objects are writing a new chapter in the history of astronomy.

By Gibar Basri

OBSERVING & EXPLORING

Binocular Highlight

A Jewel Among Jewels

By Les Dalrymple

Tonight's Sky

Modern Star Groups of the South

By Greg Bryant

Sun, Moon, and Planets

Morning And Night Planets

By Jonathan Nally

Exploring the Moon

The Naked-Eye Moon

By Charles A. Wood

Deep Sky Delights

Out of the Milky Way

By David Frew

Celestial Calendar

Dynamic Jupiter: An Observing Guide

By Alan MacRobert

Targets

Catch the Brightest Quasar

By Alan MacRobert

Celestial Calendar

The Comets of Autumn

By David Seargent

Observer's Log

Photographing the Lunar 100

By John Robinson & Arthur Coombs

PRODUCTS & REVIEWS

AS&T Test Report

A Preview of Meade's RCX400

Is this the biggest thing to hit the telescope market in years?

By Dennis Di Cicco

Books & Beyond

• Meeting Astronomy's Great Minds

• The Many Faces of Mars

and more...

ACTIVITIES & PEOPLE

The Astronomy Scene

The Quest for Celestial Fire

By Andrew Wood

Astrophotography

Photograph the Sun Safely

By Peter Ward

Activities

Gallery

Hobby Q&A

• Sphere or paraboloid?

• Why do some stars appear larger in photos than others?

• Why does Titan have a dense atmosphere?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectrum

NASA at the Crossroads

By Jonathan Nally

Letters

• Smitten by the Sun

• The Dream

• Now That's Curious...

Mission Update

By Jonathan McDowell

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Focal Point

Where there's smoke...

By Steve Massey

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