This Issue's Table Of Contents

November/December 2007

Volume 3.  Number 6.  Issue 26

COVER STORY

Spotlight On... An Evening Lunar Eclipse

A long drought in total lunar eclipses was broken in August.

By Mike Salway

NEWS & FEATURES

News Notes

• Mars Rovers resume

• Amazing Iapetus

• Strangers in the Night

and more...

The Hunt for the Missing Dwarf Galaxies

Minigalaxies of dark matter ought to be everywhere, says the best theory of how the universe came to be.

By Robert Naeye

Dark Beasts of the Trans-Neptunian Zoo

The count of dwarf planets and state-size icebergs out beyond Neptune now tops 1,000. And they don't seem to want us to figure them out.

By Mark Littmann

Showtime at Swinburne Spaceworks

Coming out of Victoria are a popular series of 3D astronomy movies. Come behind-the-scenes to see how they're made.

By Christoper Fluke

Project Moonwatch: Satellite Tracking at the Dawn of the Space Age

When Sputnik 1 roared into orbit and into history, amateur astronomers proved they had the "right stuff".

By Christine Pulliam

Taking Science Back to the Moon

It turns out that the lunar surface is a good place to conduct astrophysics research.

By Ray Villard

Discoveries

Time Zones and GMT

By David Ellyard

OBSERVING & EXPLORING

Binocular Highlight

Perfect Galaxy NGC 300

By Les Dalrymple

Tonight's Sky

A Christmas Mars Opposition

By Greg Bryant

Your Telescopic Guide to Mars

By Alan MacRobert

Sun, Moon, and Planets

By Greg Bryant

Exploring The Moon

A Trio of Lunar Mysteries

By Charles A. Wood

Deep Sky Delights

Spring's Magnificent Seven

By Les Dalrymple

Celestial Calendar

The Lion at Dawn

By Steve Kerr

Will Comet LONEOS Survive Perihelion?

By David Seargent

PRODUCTS & REVIEWS

Test Report

A New Planetary Camera

The Imaging Source's DMK 21AF04.AS monochrome webcam is tailor-made for capturing sharp images of the Sun, Moon, and planets.

By Sean Walker

Books & Beyond

• Space Oddities

• A Practical Orientation

ACTIVITIES & PEOPLE

Ask AS&T

• Black-Hole Control

• Endless Halley Watch

• Twirling Windbags

Telescope Workshop

Telescope String Theory

By Gary Seronik

How to Choose Binoculars for Stargazing

Portable and powerful, these indispensable tools for the amateur astronomer will bring more of the universe within reach.

By Gary Seronik

Community News

By Mike Salway

Queensland Astrofest 2007

By David Hough

Gallery

2007 CWAS AstroFest

By John Sarkissian

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectrum

A Better View

By Greg Bryant

Letters

• What Happened to ATM?

• Sydney Moonwatch

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Manufacturer & Dealer Directory

Focal Point

Maintaining Relevance

By Thomas T. Watson

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