This Issue's Table Of Contents

November 2005

Volume 1.  Number 11

COVER STORY

Putting the bang in the Big Bang

Does a 25-year-old cosmic theory called "Inflation" hold the key to understanding the Big Bang?

By Steve Nadis

NEWS & FEATURES

News Notes

• Back to the Moon

• The Other Big Bang

• A Planet After All?

• Black Hole Blues?

• World First for NZ

• Two Gyros Are Better Than None

and more...

Spotlight On...

A Swan Song in Aquarius

By Karen B. Kwitter

All Systems Go!

Fancy a holiday in orbit?  It's getting closer, but you'd better start saving your money now.

By Colin Burgess

Visions from the VLT

Spectacular celestial imagery from the behemoth of European telescopes.

By Jonathan Nally

Discovery Among The Discs

Unprecedented views in ultraviolet light reveal what may be a new generation of stars.

By Barry F. Madore and Armando Gil de Paz

OBSERVING & EXPLORING

Southern Binocular Highlights

A Cluster in the Wrong Spot

By Les Dalrymple

Sun, Moon, and Planets

Ready for the Red Planet?

By Jonathan Nally

Tonight's Sky

Migrating South

By Greg Bryant

Deep Sky Delights

Cloudy Nights, Part 2

By David Frew

Exploring the Moon

Mysteries of the Eastern Limb

By Charles A. Wood

Celestial Calendar

Pole Position

By David Seargent

Celestial Calendar

Red Giant Hides Behind Moon!

By Steve Kerr

Celestial Calendar

Solved: The Mars Crater Mystery

By Rodger W. Gordon and William Sheehan

PRODUCTS & REVIEWS

AS&T Test Report

Made in Russia

This range of optics could be just what you have been looking for.

By Steve Massey

AS&T Test Report

Canon's ESO 20Da

Will Canon's new digital SLR camera launch the next revolution in astrophotography?

By Alan Dyer

Books & Beyond

• Year of the Comets

• The Hunt for Planets

ACTIVITIES & PEOPLE

The Astronomy Scene

An international team of amateurs finds more than 100 supernovae.

By Edwin L. Aguirre

The Astronomy Scene

Amateur astronomy has come a long way in the last 30 years.

By Steve Lee

First Light: For Beginners

Illuminated finders make pointing a telescope easy and foolproof,

By Ed Ting

Ask AS&T

• Solar Eclipses on Other Planets

• From 1950 to 2000

and more...

Activities

Gallery

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectrum

How Far We've Come

By Jonathan Nally

Letters

• Image Spiked?

• SETI a wate

• Will the Real 10th Planet Please Stand Up?

and more...

Mission Update

By Jonathan McDowell

Subscription Offer

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Data Pages

Focal Point

The Computer Age

By Eddie Trimarchi

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