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2004 astronomy magazine index discoveries about Saturn’s radiation belts, 11:28 consuming other galaxies, 1:27 Subject index images of Saturn, 10:38–43 early lives of, 10:28 mission to Saturn, 1:34–41 mini-galaxies, 7:28 A Phoebe fl yby, 9:46–49 oldest and farthest known, 5:30 absolute zero, 2:18 Cassiopeia A (supernova remnant), jets in, 12:30 Galilei, Galileo, 1:73 Alaska tour, Astronomy’s, 1:76–78 Cassiopeia (constellation), 11:15 gamma-ray bursts Altair (star), 8:16 CCD (charge-coupled device) cameras general information, 1:42–47 amateur telescopes. See names of specifi c amateur amateur discoveries using, 6:78–82 low power, 11:28 telescopes; telescopes, amateur images, 2:84–89 mass extinction possibly caused by, 1:28 Andromeda Galaxy, 10:14 Celestron, advanced series telescopes, 8:88–91 nearby, 9:26 Apollo 11 (spacecraft), mission accused of being a Centaurus A (galaxy). See NGC 5128 and supernovae, 10:44–49 hoax, 7:48–53 CFHT (Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope), 8:34–41 and X-ray fl ashers, 2:30 Aram Chaos (Mars), 11:30 Chandra X-ray Observatory, elements found on gamma rays, source of glow, 6:26 archaeoastronomy, 11:18 Moon (Earth’s) by, 1:27 Ganymede (Jupiter’s moon), water below surface Arcturus (star), 2:73 charge-coupled device. See CCD (charge-coupled of, 7:34–41 Argyre impact basin (Mars), 10:30 device) cameras Geminga (neutron star), 10:26 artwork, astronomical Chicxulub (crater on Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico), Genesis capsule, 10:24 artist Russell Crotty, 12:90–91 8:28 GHZ (Galactic Habitable Zone), 4:22 evolution of space art, 7:78-81 Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146), 2:12–13 Gingerich, Owen, 5:22 types of, 7:78-81 colors, of celestial objects, 2:72–73 globular clusters what space art is, 7:78-81 comets in Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), 10:26 asteroids history of, 5:36–41. See also names of specifi c possibly remains of destroyed dwarf galaxies, See also names of specifi c asteroids comets 11:28 collisions with Earth, 12:38–43 nitrogen found in, 1:30 Gould’s Belt, star formation in, 9:40–45 Don Quijote mission, 10:28 Comet Temple 1, Deep Impact probe encounter gravitational lenses, multiple images produced inside Mercury’s orbit, 2:42–46 with, 12:32 from, 3:72 reddening of, 8:32 Comet Wild 2, 3:30 gravitational microlensing, 7:30 showers of, Earth struck by, 11:24 Comet Wild 2, Stardust fl yby, 4:24 Gravity Probe B space mission, 3:28 astrology, 12:50–56 cosmology, uncertainty in beliefs, 7:16 Astronomical League, 8:84–87 Crotty, Russell, 12:90–91 H Astronomy’s tours. See tours, Astronomy’s Hartmann, William, 6:16 astrophotography D Hawaii tour, Astronomy’s, 1:79–81 25 greatest photos, 2:34–41 Deep Impact probe, encounter with Comet Temple HD 44179 (Red Rectangle) (nebula), 8:30 aurorae, photographing, 3:84–88 1, 12:32 HD 81809 (star), 8:30 of Bill and Sally Fletcher, 9:74–79 Deneb (star), 8:16 heat shields, infl atable, 1:26 CCD images, 2:84–89 Don Quijote (asteroid mission), 10:28 Hellas impact basin (Mars), 10:22 colors in, 2:72–73 Dunham, David W., 3:80–83 Hermes (asteroid), 1:30 at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, 8:80–83 dust, denseness of, 7:77 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) mistakes, 4:74–78 dust disks, commonness of, 6:28 deepest images of cosmos taken, 6:26, 7:70–73 astro-shed, building, 11:72–73 dust jets, near solar system, 6:24 lack of replacement for, 11:46–52 Atlas 8 amateur telescope, 5:86–89 dwarf stars. See black dwarf stars; white dwarf stars; why can’t fi x using International Space Station, atoms, temperature at which stop moving, 2:18 brown dwarf stars 8:70–75 AU Microscopium (star), 11:32 human space-fl ight plan, 5:48–51 aurorae, viewed during Astronomy’s Alaska tour, E 1:76–78 Earth, tilt of, 2:73 I Aveni, Anthony, 11:18 eclipses, lunar Aziz, Ra’ad Ali Abdul, 12:80–83 of October 27, 2004, 10:50 what would look like from MNoon, 4:66 Iapetus (Saturn’s moon), 8:28 B education, astronomy, 11:82–85 IC 5146 (Cocoon Nebula), 2:12–13 Barnard, E. E., 8:70–75 Egypt, observing Venus transit of Sun from, infl atable heat shields, 1:26 Big Dipper (asterism), temperature of stars in, 6:71 10:76–81 intelligence, on Earth, 9:18 binoculars, Japan Telescope and Binocular Show, Einstein, Albert, reference frames concept, 5:18 International Space Station (ISS) 2:80–83 elements, origin of heavier elements, 5:68–69 cupola built for, 12:30 black dwarf stars, time takes for white dwarfs to Entabeni, South Africa, observing Venus transit of force required to reach, 6:71 turn to, 12:74–75 Sun from, 10:76–81 why can’t fi x Hubble Space Telescope using, 8:78 black holes Epsilon Indi B (brown dwarf star), 1:28 interplanetary travel, history of desires/dreams in center of Milky Way, imaging of, 7:30 eSTAR (“intelligent agent” computer program), about, 1:48–52 cloaked by gases, 2:32 2:27 interstellar space, Voyager 1 (spacecraft) entering, clouds of dust around, 11:24 Eta Carinae (star), 2:24 2:27 jets shot from poles of, 11:24 Europa (Jupiter’s moon), water below surface of, Iraq, amateur astronomy in, 12:80–83 smallest known, 4:25 7:34–41 ISS. See International Space Station supermassive, 3:36–41 expeditions, to observe astronomical events, 8:14 Blue Moon, frequency of, 12:75 extrasolar planets. See planets, extrasolar J Tycho Brahe, 1:73 extraterrestrial life J1004+4112 object, 4:26 brown dwarf stars, 10:26. See also names of specifi c See also SETI Japan Telescope and Binocular Show, 2:80–83 brown dwarf stars and intelligence on Earth, 9:18 jets Bug Nebula (NGC 6302), 8:26 long vs. short messages to, 12:36 in Cassiopeia A (supernova remnant), 12:30 Bunge Crater (Mars), 12:34 whether shape nebulae, 3:29 F Jim’s Mobile, Inc. (JMI) RB-66 binoscope, 2:90–93 C Fan, Xiaohui, 8:20 Jupiter C153 (spiral galaxy), 4:26 Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) core of, whether solid, 10:67 C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) comet, 5:70–74 satellite, 9:26 loss of spots possible, 7:28 C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) comet, 5:70–74 fi reballs, 5:76–79 observing, 4:70–73 Caldwell Catalog, 10:72 Fletcher, Bill and Sally, 9:74–79 Callisto (Jupiter’s moon), water below surface of, FUSE (Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer) K 7:34–41 satellite, 9:26 Konus’ Maksutov Cassegrain Motormax-130 HM Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), 8:34–41 amateur telescope, 4:84–86 Cancer (constellation), 3:76–79 G Kuiper Belt, migration with Neptune, 3:29 Canis Major dwarf galaxy, 2:32 Galactic Habitable Zone (GHZ), 4:22 Canon 10D digital camera, 9:84–87 galactic winds, 4:26 L careers in astronomy, areas of study for, 11:71 galaxies Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cassini (spacecraft) See also names of specifi c galaxies globular clusters in, 10:26 approaching Saturn, 7:26 closest to Milky Way, 2:32 halo of RR Lyrae-type variable stars, 1:26 Leo (constellation), 4:16 Blue Moon, frequency of, 12:75 Red Rectangle (HD 44179) (nebula), 8:30 Leonid meteor shower, November 14, 1833, 9:66–67 elements found on via X-ray observation, 1:27 reference, frames of, 5:18 Levy, David, 4:18 Mare Tranquillitatis, 7:82–83 right ascension, 10:66–67 light pollution, 6:38–43 Montes Alps, 11:74–75 robotic-controlled telescopes, 5:80–83 LMC. See Large Magellanic Cloud Montes Apenninus, 1:82–83 rockets, sounding, 11:26 Lodriguss, Jerry, 2:20 names of surface features, 12:84–89 RR Lyrae-type variable stars, halo of in LMC, 1:26 loneliness, combating, 7:17 orbit of, 12:16 Lowell Observatory (Flagstaff, Arizona), 6:84–87 origin of, 7:42–47 S lunar Alps (Montes Alps), 11:74–75 plans to send probes to in 2008-2009, 6:24 Saturn Lunar Orbiter missions, digitizing photos from, moons, differentiating from stars and planets, See also names of moons orbiting 6:25 3:72–73 Cassini (spacecraft), 1:34–41, 7:26 Luxor, Egypt, observing Venus transit of Sun from, Motormax-130 HM amateur telescope, 4:84–86 approaching Saturn, 7:26 10:76–81 discoveries about Saturn’s radiation belts, LX200GPS-SMT telescope, Meade, 7:88–91 N 11:28 N44F (star-forming region), 12:28 images of Saturn, 10:38–43 M NASA, human space-fl ight plan, 5:48–51 mission to Saturn, 1:34–41 M33. See Pinwheel Galaxy near-Earth objects, tracking, 12:75 Phoebe fl yby, 9:46–49 M42. See Orion Nebula nebulae, whether jets shape, 3:29 core of, whether solid, 10:67 M64 (galaxy), 5:30 Neptune new moons discovered, 11:28 M67 (star cluster), 3:70–71 core of, whether solid, 10:67 observing, 1:88–92 M81 (galaxy), 5:20 difference in appearance from Uranus, 5:30 radiation belts of, 11:28 M82 (galaxy), 5:20 new moons discovered, 11:28 wind speed on, 11:71 M87 (galaxy), 8:28 neutrinos, 3:49–53 X rays detected from, 6:26 Maíz-Apellániz, Jesús, 10:14 neutron stars, frequency of collisions/merging, 3:30 Sayh al Uhaymir 169 (meteorite), 11:26 Maksutov-Cassegrain amateur telescopes, 4:84–86, Next Hubble Space Telescope.
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