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2003 magazine index

Catchall (Martian ), 11:30 observing Mars from, 7:32 , 10:28 Subject index CCD (charge-coupled device) cameras, planets like, 6:48–53 (), 10:72–75 3:84–87, 5:84–87 seasons of, 3:72–73 A CCD techniques, 9:100–105 tilt of axis, 2:68, 5:72–73 I accidents, space-related, 7:42–47 Celestron C6-R (refractor), 11:84 EarthExplorer web site, 4:30 Achernar (), 10:30 iceball, found beyond , 1:24 Celestron C8-N (reflector), 11:86 eclipses India, plans to visit , 10:29 Advanced Camera for Surveys, 4:28 Celestron CGE-1100 (amateur telescope), in (2003), 4:80–83 ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array), survey, 8:31 11:88 lunar integrating , 4:24 3:36 Celestron NexStar 8 GPS (amateur telescope), of 2003, 5:18 Amalthea (’s moon), 4:28 interferometry 1:84–87 of May 15, 2003, 5:60, 80–83, 88–89 techniques for, 7:48–53 Amateur Achievement Award, 9:32 Celestron NexStar 8i (amateur telescope), solar VLT interferometer, 2:32 11:89 of May 31, 2003, 5:80–83, 88–89 International Space Station, 3:31 picture of, 2:12–13 A (NGC 5128) galaxy Edgar Wilson Award, 11:30 young in, 9:86–89 Internet, virtual observatories on, 9:80–85 1,000 Mira stars discovered in, 10:28 Egg , 8:36 Intes MK67 (amateur telescope), 11:89 Annefrank (asteroid), 2:32 picture of, 10:12–13 elliptical , 8:31 antineutrinos, 4:26 Io (Jupiter’s moon), 3:30 ripped apart galaxy, 2:32 Eta Carinae (nebula), 5:29 ISAAC multi-mode instrument, 4:32 antisolar point, 10:18 Centaurus (constellation), 4:74–77 ETX-90EC (amateur telescope), 11:89 (constellation), 4:74–77 stars, 9:90–91 (Jupiter’s moon), 12:30, 77 aphelion, 6:68–69 Challenger (), 7:42–47 magnetosphere, 11:28 J 1 (), 7:42–47 J002E3 satellite, 1:30 (constellation), 12:80–83 extrasolar planets. See planets, extrasolar Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1:32 (spacecraft) Chandra X-ray Observatory eyepieces, telescope, 9:110–115, 116 accident, 7:42–47 JIMO (Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter), 7:33 confirming association of gamma-ray , 3:34 J002E3 satellite from, 1:30 bursts and supernovae, 7:31 (spacecraft), 7:42–47 F Jupiter. See names of specific of monitoring binary SS 433, Fera, Bob and Janice, 11:78–81 Jupiter Aquarian equinox, 4:18 3:34 Arecibo Telescope, 2:28 filters Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter (JIMO), 7:33 reveals high-speed galaxies, 8:32 color, 8:86–89 asteroids remnant, 9:28 See also names of specific asteroids multiple, 4:86–87 K Chicxulub (asteroid), 7:20 solar, 9:106–109 Koshiba, Masatoshi, 1:32 22 Kalliope, 10:32 China, preparations to send to distinguishing size of, 7:69 511 (asteroid), 12:31 Kudo, Tetuo, 4:28 space, 6:28, 10:29 Fomalhaut (star), 2:22 observing with naked-eye, 4:78–79 (constellation), 6:70–74 simulation of falling in ocean, 2:26, 28 clouds, black, 12:50–51 L triggering volcanoes, 7:30 G Lagrangian points, 6:31 CMEs (coronal ejections), 6:27 Gagarin, Yuri, 4:32 astronauts, 1:72 dust, 2:22 (LMC) astronomers, amateur galaxies high-mass stars dying in, 8:30 color filters, 8:86–89 See also names of specific galaxies appreciating beauty and organization of Columbia (constellation), 2:70–74 supernova explosion in, 10:30 , 1:100–101 elliptical, 8:31 Lasik surgery, 7:68 Columbia (space shuttle), 7:42–47 high-speed, 8:32 Edgar Wilson Award for discovery of (constellation), 5:76–79 (constellation), 2:70–74 comets, 11:30 how evolve, interact, and grow, 4:46–51 libraries, astronomy-related, 12:90–93 Comet C/2002 Vi, 6:28 merging of, 5:52–53 inspiring sights to observe, 9:22 Comet C/2002 X5, 4:28 light, under influence of gravity, 4:73 neophyte, 1:104–105 revealed by , 4:28 limiting visual , 1:72 Comet Halley, 12:34 shredded by other galaxies, 5:29 observing Mars, 8:80–85, 92–95 comets Little , 2:24 observing , 10:20 spiral, 5:33 LMC. See Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) See also names of specific comets without stars, 11:28 observing Uranus and Neptune, 7:86–87 Edgar Wilson Award for discovery of, (), 11:38–43 punctuality of, 12:18 , Galilei, 4:72–73 Lovell Telescope, 3:34 11:30 Galileo (spacecraft) Russ, Tim 10:78–81 passing , 6:69, 10:26 lunar eclipses. See eclipses, lunar astronomy (in general), stupid questions end of mission, 10:36–41, 12:34 (constellation), 8:76–79 seeking, 1:74–77 up-close planetary views from, 9:36 about, 9:20 Committee on the Status of Minorities in Lyman alpha forest, 7:33 Astronomy magazine (), 5:65 Astronomy (CSMA), 5:55–58 gamma-ray bursts history of, 9:40–47 Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, 12:32 M 30 of, 9:48–51 associated with supernovae, 7:31, 10:29 M17 (nebula), 12:31 computers discovery of from, 12:31 , 7:78–81, 9:52–59, 12:94–97. astronomy desktop for, 8:34 M33 (galaxy), 11:72–75 See also cameras discovery of birthplace, 2:48–52 M65 and M66 (stars), 5:65 cosmic acceleration and dark energy link with high-energy cosmic rays, 12:32 Astrophysical Virtual Observatory, 4:32 calculation, 3:42–47 M74 (galaxy), 10:28 Astro-Physics 130mm Starfire EDT refractor, understanding through High Energy M82 (galaxy), 5:29 Transient Explorer (HETE), 4:24 11:82–84 See also names of specific constellations magnetic field of , 8:72–73 Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), (Jupiter’s moon), 8:30 MapQuest, 4:30 best of, 2:94–95 Garden Sprinkler Nebula, 9:30 3:36 references for pronunciations, 10:68–69 Marcy, Geoff, 5:18 atomic clocks, 1:32 gases, in , 12:31 Mare Nubium, 10:76–77 Coronado MaxScope 70 (amateur solar gas jets, 9:30 Australia, eclipse in, 4:80–83 telescope), 11:84 Mars Geminga (), 11:29 amateur astronomers observing, 8:80–85, Coronado’s NearStar (amateur telescope), North telescope, 3:34 B 6:86–90 92–95 B1957+20 (pulsar), 6:30 Gemini VIII accident, 7:42–47 ancient climate of, 3:48–53 coronal mass ejections (CMEs), 6:27 geologic age measurements, 11:68–69 Baikonur Cosmodrome accident, 7:42–47 (constellation), 3:75–78 astronomers ideas about, 8:40–45 Barnard 68 (), 6:31 Giacconi, Riccardo, 1:32 Canada’s plans to visit, 3:35 cosmic acceleration, 3:42–47 Gillett, Fred, 3:34 binary black holes. See black holes, binary cosmic green, 3:20 Catchall crater, 11:30 binary stars, 1:78–82, 7:14–15 global warming, 8:36 channels from lava, 12:30 cosmic jets, 1:26, 28 globular clusters, 5:29 binary systems, 3:73 cosmologists, 11:18 climate of, 12:34 , 4:92–97, 5:94–98, 12:20 globular star clusters collecting samples with Canadrill robot, , 1:24, 26 differences in, 11:48–53 black clouds, 12:50–51 Crater (constellation), 3:75–78 3:35 black holes, binary how survive, 10:68 crater in Newton basin, 1:28 , 9:14–15 NGC 6397, 11:28 GRO J1655-40, 3:30 (constellation), 6:70–74 east and poles, 8:32 in NGC 6240 (galaxy), 3:36 uniqueness of , 2:28, 30 erosion on, 11:30 SS 433, hot gas lobes extending from, golden ratio, 4:52–57 geological feature on, 11:30 D gravity waves, 10:32 3:34 dalmatian terrain effect, 10:30 greenhouse gases on, 7:36–41 intermediate-size, 1:32 Greeks, and equinoxes, 11:68 launched missions to, 9:32 dark energy, 3:42–47 greenhouse gases, 7:33 mid-size, 7:31 mission, 12:32 search for golden ratio, 4:52–57 green stars, 1:72–73 observing, 3:80–83, 7:32, 8:18, 20 challenge to theory of, 2:26 GRO J1655-40 (black hole binary), 3:30 in skinny , 8:34 in elliptical galaxies, 8:31 spacecraft planned whether formed before/after galaxies, searching Lyman alpha forest for, 7:33 mission to, 11:29 5:30 Davida (asteroid), 12:31 H regions of, 3:48–53 why hard to prove, 8:73 Hauschildt, Peter, 8:22 preparing to visit, 1:46–51 Davis, Raymond, 1:32 HD 179949 (star), 11:28 X-ray jets from, 1:26, 28 of equinoxes, 11:68 rovers for, 8:52–57 Boomerang Nebula, 6:27 Heinze 3-1475 (nebula), 9:30 Schiaparelli basin on, 10:30 DEM L 106 (nebula), 3:36 Helfand, David, 10:48–53 Brahe, , 12:52–57 robot, 9:28 seasons on, 3:72–73 budget for space research, 5:46–51 , 8:32 south pole, 10:30 DGM Optics OA-3.6ATS off-axis reflector, , 9:28 10:82–85 surface of, 8:46–51 Hester, Jeff, 3:18 swirling layers of rock on, 12:30 C Dobsonian telescopes. See names of specific high-energy cosmic rays, 12:32 (constellation), 9:92–95 Dobsonian telescopes topography of, 5:15 cameras High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE), 4:24 water on, 11:26 , 4:12–13 high-speed system, 5:84–87 CCD (charge-coupled device) cameras, drawing , 1:88–91 Mars Global , 9:36, 11:30 3:84–87, 5:84–87 Hilo Operations Facility, 3:30 Mars , 10:30 software and connections, 3:86–87 Holland, Wayne, 2:22 matter, visible, 11:44–47 E Hubble Deep Field, 4:32 Meade LXD-55 Schmidt-Newtonian and telescope, astrophotography Earth with, 10:86–89, 92 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) telescope, 8:96–100, 102 global warming, 8:36 10 years of, 12:36–43 Meade LX90 telescope, 2:82–85 Canada, plans for visit to Mars, 3:35 greenhouse gases on, 7:36–41 Canadrill robot, 3:35 accident with, 7:42–47 Meade 152ED refractor, 11:84–85 magnetic field, 8:72–73 images of , 12:28 Meade 12-inch LX200 GPS telescope, Cassini Division, 11:76–77 Mars simulation on, 1:46–51 Cassini (spacecraft), 2:32 revealing galaxies, 4:28 11:89–90 Mercury, 4:20 extrasolar measurements of, 3:36 galaxies without, 11:28 V meteors and meteorites, 7:69, 12:84–87 orbiting metal-rich stars, 5:36 green, 1:73 V838 Mon (supernova), 3:29 MIDI (MID-infrared interferometric instru- transit method of finding, 5:36 hiding behind shrouds of gas, 8:28 Variable filter system, 4:86–87 ment), 4:24 view of universe from, 1:37–43 high-mass stars dying in Small Venus Galaxy and Nebula, 10:42–47 Magellanic Cloud, 8:30 atmospheric pressure, 12:76 appearance from planet in Large speed of, 8:73 in Milky Way Galaxy, number of, 2:68 greenhouse gases on, 7:36–41 Magellanic Cloud, 5:73 Sun-like metal contents on, 11:29 models of, 7:32 (VLT), 2:32 filaments in, 5:32 Pluto newborn, 1:26, 10:32 VFS-1.25 system, 4:86–87 history of, 11:32 atmosphere of, 11:28 in Omega Nebula, 12:31 video system, high-speed, 5:84–87 number of stars in, 2:68 iceball found beyond, 1:24 and , 10:42–47 (galaxy cluster), 4:72 traveling toward Virgo Cluster, 4:72 observing, 6:76–77 references for pronunciations, 10:68 virtual observatories, 9:80–85 minorities, 5:55–58 polarized light, 8:36 Stephan’s Quintet (NGC 7317-7320) (galaxy), visible matter, 11:44–47 Mira (white dwarf star), 7:68–69, 10:28 Population I, II, and III stars, 2:22, 24 9:32 Vladimir accident, 7:42–47 molecular hydrogen, 10:28 PortaBall 8 (amateur telescope), 11:86 Stern, Alan, 4:16 VLT ANTU telescope, 4:32 Monard, Berto, 12:31 space STS-107 space shuttle mission, 5:33, 6:6 (constellation), 12:80–83 Moon (Earth’s) initiative, 7:33 Submillimeter Array (SMA), 3:30 volcanoes, 7:30 See also eclipses, lunar protoplanetary disks (proplyds), 5:30, 10:28 Sun Voyager I & II (spacecraft), 9:36 craters on, 6:27, 10:76–77 (star), 3:30 comet passing, 10:26 differences when full, 10:69 PSR B1257+12 (pulsar), 10:28 coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from, W phases of, 5:22 pulsars 6:27 webcams, 12:94–97 returning to, 6:42–47 See also names of specific pulsars imaging, 6:78–81 Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe why only see one side, 9:91 gravity waves limit spin of, 10:32. and Neptune light emission, 1:72–73 (WMAP) data, 7:30 Moon Race II, 10:29 pinpointing distance to, 12:31 solar filters, 9:106–109 winds Morrison, David, 12:22 speed of planets orbiting, 8:72–73 carrying gas from two , 7:31 Wilson Observatory (California), Q surface of, 10:30 newborn stars exposed by, 10:32 9:60–65 quantized time, 9:30 tadpole images, 8:31 WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Mt. Stromlo Observatory, 5:28 quantum-gravity theory, 9:30 using to push spacecraft, 11:32 Probe) data, 7:30 (constellation), 6:70–74 quasars, 2:34–41 where formed, 3:72 W. M. Keck Observatory, 4:38–45 See also names of specific quasars whether object would sink or float on, women, first in space, 6:30 N winds carrying gas from, 7:31 5:72 naked-eye observing, 4:78–79 Questar 3.5-inch Standard, 11:90 Sun Finder, 3:99 Superior 10-inch reflector, 11:87 X nanotubes process, 8:36 XMM-Newton (X-ray observatory), 11:29 NearStar (amateur telescope), 6:86–90 supernovae R See also names of specific supernovae X-ray jets, 1:26, 28 nebulae radial keratotomy, 7:68 X-ray radiation, 4:22 See names of specific nebulae radio jets, 5:33 association with gamma-ray bursts, Neptune radio signals, 1:73 7:31 light emission from, 1:72–73 RCW 38 system, 4:22 explosion in Large Magellanic Cloud, Y observing, 7:86–87 10:32 Yosemite National Park, 9:96–99 research projects, 5:46–51 Yuri’s Night, 4:32 spring on, 9:32 Rigel Systems Quickfinder, 3:94 gamma-ray bursts powered by, 10:29 neutrinos, 4:26 robots, 11:29 in M74 (galaxy), 10:28 neutron stars, 3:54–59 rockets, 2:69 oxygen/other elements dispersed in, 9:28 newborn stars, 1:26, 10:32 Rubin, Vera, 6:18 Author index Newton basin, 1:28 Russ, Tim, 10:78–81 T NexStar (amateur telescope), 3:90–93, 11:89 Takahashi CN-212 (amateur telescope), 11:90 A NGC 300 (nebula), 8:12–13 Takahashi Mewlon 250 (amateur telescope), Adler, Robert S Naked elliptical galaxies, 8:31 NGC 869 (), 4:12–13 S/2003 J1 (Jupiter’s moon), 7:31 11:90 NGC 884 (star cluster), 4:12–13 (black hole), 5:32 TDRS-1 (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite), NGC 1275 (galaxy), 9:26 Sagittarius (constellation), 7:71–76 8:32 B NGC 1705 (galaxy), 7:32 Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG), TEC 6 (Telescope Engineering Company), Baird, Laura NGC 3370 (spiral galaxy), 12:34 9:100–105 11:91 Comet awards, 11:30 NGC 4319 (), 1:30 telescopes, amateur Bakich, Michael E. NGC 4395 (skinny spiral galaxy), 8:34 night vision on, 4:30 See also names of specific amateur Amateur beats pros, 12:31 NGC 6027 (galaxy collection), 4:24 orbiting S/2003 J1 (Jupiter’s moon), 7:31 telescopes Build an astro library, 12:90–93 NGC 6240 (galaxy), 3:36 Saturn and cameras, astrophotography with, Get ready for Mars, 8:80–85 NGC 6369 (nebula), 2:24 Hubble Space Telescope images of, 12:28 10:86–89, 92 Last century not so hot, 8:36 NGC 6397 (), 11:28 observing Cassini Division, 11:76–77 equipment review, 11:82–91 Solar ejections, 6:27 NGC 6888 (nebula), 9:14–15 telling origin of, 4:32 eyepieces for, 9:110–115, 116 Solar tadpoles, 8:31 NGC 7293 (nebula), 9:28 launch vehicle, 1:30 optics of, 3:88–89 Supernova in M74, 10:28 NGC 7317-7320 (galaxy), 9:32 SBIG cameras, 3:85–86 telescopes, professional Super scope buyer’s guide, Nobel Prize winners, 1:32 SBIG (Santa Barbara Instrument Group), See also names of professional telescopes 11:82–91 (constellation), 8:76–79 9:100–105 size of glass, 5:38–44 Baliunas, Sallie Nozomi space probe mission, 12:32 Schiaparelli basin, 10:30 Tele Vue NP 127 refractor, 11:85–86 View from the mountaintop, nuclear matter, 3:54–59 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes (SCTs), Tele Vue Ranger refractor, 11:85 9:60–65 3:90–93 Tele Vue Sol Searcher, 3:99 Bartusiak, Marcia O SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey), 5:29 Tele Vue Starbeam, 3:96–97 Great balls of fire, 11:48–53 observation, astronomical, 10:20 SETI program, 1:73 Telrad Finder, 3:94 turbulent world of compact galaxy asteroids, 4:78–79 (constellation), 3:75–78 TerraFly system, 4:30 groups, The, 4:46–51 Cassini Division, 11:76–77 Sextet galaxy collection, 4:24 THEMIS (Time History of Events and Bell, Jim double stars, 7:20 Shostak, Seth, 9:24 Macroscale Interactions during Blazing a new path, 8:52–57 finding bearings, 3:22 (star), 9:90 Substorms) project, 7:32, 10:30 Berman, Bob from car, 6:20 Skypointer Green Laser, 3:99 3C 445 (radio jet), 3:34 antisolar point, The, 10:18 inspiring sights, 9:22 SkyQuest XT8 (amateur telescope), 11:87 Titan (Saturn’s moon), 2:30, 4:32 Aquarian equinox, 4:18 in 3-D, 6:82–85 SMA Hilo Operations Facility, 3:30 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-1), Astronomy from a car?, 6:20 Mars, 7:32, 8:18, 20, 80–85 Smalley, Kyle, 9:32 8:32 Best constellation is..., 2:94–95 10 top observation sites, 2:76–81 (SMC), 8:30 Trailblazer lunar orbiter, 5:32 Big eye on the universe, 4:38–45 Uranus and Neptune, 7:86–87 SN2002dc (supernova), 8:36 transit method, of finding extrasolar planets, Color of a summer night, 7:18 with binoculars, 4:92–97 SN2002dd (supernova), 8:36 5:36 “F” in science, 9:20 observatories solar filters, 9:106–109 Transitsearch.org, 1:54–58 Handling Mars, 8:18 See also names of specific observatories solar systems, 1:88–91, 3:31, 6:68 (constellation), 10:72–75 Left in the dark, 11:18 virtual, 9:80–85 solar tadpoles, 8:31 Turner, Michael, 11:22 Lunar eclipses, 5:20 (constellation), 12:80–83 Soyuz 5 accident, 7:42–47 22 Kalliope (asteroid), 10:32 No astronomers at all?, 1:100–101 Odyssey I (amateur telescope), 5:90–93 Soyuz 11 accident, 7:42–47 Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), 8:31 No time to lose?, 12:18 off-axis reflector, 10:82–85 spacecraft, using Sun to push, 11:32 outsider, The, 10:48–53 O’Keefe, Sean, 3:31 space imaging, 4:30 U Space emeralds, 3:20 Omega Centauri (globular cluster), 2:28, 30 Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), UKATC (United Kingdom Astronomy Trial by fire, 7:42–47 Omega Nebula, 12:31 12:30 Technology Centre), 2:22 Boyle, Alison Orbital Space Plane project, 4:26 space nuclear power initiative, 7:33 United States Geological Survey (USGS), 4:30 Ghostbusting the universe, Orion 9x50/6x30 (corrected-image finder), Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator United States space program, 9:36 12:44–49 3:98–99 robot, 9:28 universe Burnham, Robert Orion EZ Finder II, 3:96–97 spiral galaxies, radio jets of, 5:33 cosmologists questions about, 11:18 Comets take on the Sun, 10:26 Orion Nebula, 10:42–47 accident, 7:42–47 early, 6:26 Dirt makes mounds on Europa, 12:30 Orion SkyView Pro 120 achromat, 11:85 SS 433 (binary ), 3:34 expansion of, 2:69 Galileo mission ends in , ST4 CCD autoguider, 9:100–105 formation of, 5:30 12:32 P StarBlast (amateur telescope), 11:87 offering clues to other dimensions, Gravity waves limit pulsar spin?, Paramount GT-1100 ME (amateur telescope), (spacecraft), 2:32 12:44–49 10:32 4:88–91 Star Hill Inn, 7:82–85 origin of, 9:28 Hubble Space Telescope images perihelion, 6:68–69 Starlight Xpress MX916 camera, 3:86–87 view from extrasolar planets, 1:37–43 Saturn, 12:28 A (galaxy), 9:26 Starmaster 14.5-inch telescope, 11:88 visible matter in, 11:44–47 It’s crowded in here, 11:28 Perseus spiral arm, 1:14–15 Starmaster 20-inch telescope, 11:88 University Optics 8x50 Amici Finder, 3:97–98 Keck shoots minor planet, 12:31 Phoenix lander (spacecraft), 11:29 stars Uranus M17’s champagne X rays, 12:31 , 11:72–75 See also binary stars; globular star observing, 7:86–87 Magnetic star acts up, 10:32 Plait, Phil, 10:22 clusters; names of specific stars rings of, 4:28 Misfit minor planet, 10:32 planets colors of, 6:24 (constellation), 9:92–95 New maps show water near beyond reach of nearby stars, 6:36–41 death of, 3:14–15 USSR (United Soviet Socialists Republic) surface of Mars, 11:26 earthlike, 6:48–53 eruption of, 4:92–97 space program, 9:36 new type of martian landslide, A, explosion of, 2:42–47 11:30 NGC 3370: giant spiral, 12:32 Phoenix: to Mars’s polar regions, Broken symmetry makes helium, L Q 11:29 8:32 Laughlin, Greg Quandt, Matt Pluto’s atmosphere, 11:28 Burst revealed, 4:24 Join the hunt, 1:54–58 ALMA given the go, 3:36 Pulsar distance links to remnant, Catch a celestial tango, 5:52–53 Laws, Chris Bent light, 4:28 12:31 Chicxulub revisited, 7:28 Planets prefer metal-rich hosts, Excellence, 9:32 Straight Wall, The, 10:76–77 cluster’s mixed-up start, A, 5:36 Explorer silenced, 6:30 Sun’s surface is rough, The, 10:30 2:28–30 Ling, Alister Hilo groundbreaking, 3:30 investigation, 3:36 Diamonds in the rings, 11:76–77 HIPASS, 5:30 C cosmic coincidence, A, 1:30 Gunning for the gas giants, HIRES improved, 5:32 Carroll, Michael Evaporating proplyds, 5:30 7:86–87 Lost in space? Check the map, long goodbye, The, 10:36–41 Fast formation, 3:31 Livio, Mario 8:31 Castellano, Tim Forensic astronomy, 6:27 Searching for the golden ratio, Lovell gets a face-lift, 3:34 Join the hunt, 1:54–58 Forming globulars, 5:29 4:52–57 Make way for MIDI, 4:24 Chaple, Glenn Giant iceball found beyond Pluto, Lubick, Naomi NEAT online view, 6:28 Attention holiday shoppers, 11:20 1:24 ’s big three, 7:30 Next explorer ready, 7:32 Beginner’s luck, 9:22 High-energy connections, 7:31 Goldilocks and the three planets, Tracking at 20, 8:32 Beyond the Milky Way, 10:20 Hot stars hide behind shrouds of 7:36–41 Upside-down telescopes, 4:30 Binocular benefits, 12:20 gas, 8:28 Hunting in the forest, 7:33 Virtual observatory sees first Cosmic adventures for the How not to erupt, 7:30 light, 4:32 neophyte astronomer, Infrared Deep Field South, 4:32 M 1:104–105 Jets from a black hole, 1:26, 28 Macdonald, Lee T. R Double vision, 7:20 jetting spiral, A, 5:33 Sketching the solar system, Ratcliffe, Martin Mars revealed, 8:20 Killer asteroids make big splash, 1:88–91 Eclipse extravaganza, 5:80–83 Mercurial sightings, 4:20 2:26, 28 McFee, Maggie Reddy, Francis Phase transitions, 5:22, 6:24 Lobed monster in Sagittarius, 5:32 Fast and furious, 12:32 Through Andromeda, deeply, SkyQuest: easy exploring, 5:90–93 Mars: look now, go now, 7:32 McGovern, Jeremy 9:86–89 This way up, 3:22 Mass star death, 8:30 Gemini North named to honor Ringwald, Fred Chester, Geoff Mt. Stromlo observatory destroyed in Fred Gillett, 3:34 Seeing double, 1:78–82 Martian chronicles, 8:40–45 fires, 5:28 McKee, Maggie Croswell, Ken Neutrino mass, 4:26 Not just in dusty places anymore, Night-vision satellite, 4:30 S black cloud, The, 12:50–51 10:28 Schilling, Govert of a new color: V838 Mon, Pulsar planet pair, 10:28 3:29 Mars on Earth, 1:46–51 D Supernova-GRB link, 10:29 Stalking cosmic explosions, Danner, Rolf Optically visible radio jets, 3:34 Mullaney, James other lord of the rings: Uranus, 2:48–52 Seeing sharper, 7:48–53 View the universe in 3-D, 6:82–85 Schomaker, William Dorminey, Bruce The, 4:28 Rated X due to X-ray emission: Stephan’s Big glass, 5:38–44 star without heavy elements, A, N Hauschildt, Peter, 8:22 2:22, 24 Quintet, 9:32 Rings in space, 9:28 Nadis, Steve Hester, Jeff, 3:18 Dunn, Matt Big science, 5:46–51 Linde, Andrei, 7:21 Lucky helix placement, 9:28 Running from the scene, 3:30 Saturnian origins, 4:32 Searching digital skies, 9:80–85 Marcy, Geoff, 5:18 Mars rovers away, 9:32 Will dark energy steal all the Morrison, David 12:22 Tubular computing, 8:36 Shredded dwarfs, 5:29 Stellar reality, 7:32 stars?, 3:42–47 Plait, Phil, 10:22 tell-tale cloud, The, 6:31 Naeye, Robert Rubin, Vera, 6:18 E Astronomy in paradise, 9:96–99 Shostak, Seth, 9:24 Edberg, Stephen J. Time won’t be quantized, 9:30 Violence begets new light, 9:26 Lonely planets?, 6:36–41 Stern, Alan, 4:16 Choosing an eyepiece, 9:110–115 Netting, Jessa Forte Turner, Michael, 11:22 Get up-and-go power, 3:90–93 X rays from the young, 4:22 Goldstein, Alan Newborn stars exposed by winds, Shibley, John upgraded classic, An, 8:96–100 10:32 Coronado’s NearStar Scope, Eicher, David J. Exploring the Pinwheel, 11:72–75 Grimes, Ken Newton, Jack 6:86–90 Celebrating 30 years of Astronomy, Basic CCD techniques, 9:100–105 Focus on finders, 3:94–100 9:6 Ghostbusting the universe, α 12:44–49 Imaging the Sun in H , 6:78–81 Simple skyshooting, 7:78–81 Chasing the shadow down under, Simple telescopic shooting, 4:6 O 10:86–89 Galileo’s end of the road, 10:6 H Test-driving Meade’s LX90, Harrington, Philip Oberg, James Meet the (violent) neighbors, 11:6 Amateur comet, 4:28 2:82–85 New and old faces at Astronomy, All-in-one filter system, 4:86–87 Shubinski, Raymond Eclipse and transits, 5:88–89 China aims men at space, 6:28 12:6 Home on Lagrange, 6:31 lure of meteorites, The, 12:84–87 new Astronomy,The,3:6 Filtering the sky, 8:86–89 Spudis, Paul D. Going global, 1:84–87 Integrating wavelengths, 4:24 New faces, new magazine, 2:6 Mars mission no one knows Harvest the Moon, 6:42–47 quest for big glass, The, 5:6 High-power twin optics, 5:94–98 Off-axis vision, 10:82–85 about, The, 12:32 Red Planet takes center stage, To the Moon or bust, 5:32 T The, 8:6 Star-test your telescope, 3:88–89 Two eyes on the sky, 4:92–97, 100 Moon Race II: China vs. India, Talcott, Richard Seeing other worlds, 1:6 10:29 shreds dwarf, 2:32 tale of three planets, A, 7:6 Hartmann, William K. What is Mars trying to hide?, NASA introduces the orbital Crab’s inner workings, The, 1:24, 30 years: looking back, 9:48–51 space plane project, 4:26 26 What price space flight?, 6:6 8:46–51 Healy, David NASA under O’Keefe, 3:31 Dark matter passes test, 2:26 STV: video camera, CCD, or Orbital ties that bind: U.S.-Russian space Darkness down under, 4:80–83 F autoguider?, The, 5:84–87 relations, 9:36 Find the faintest planet, 6:76–77 Falk, Dan Planets, ho!, 9:36 Hubble’s dazzling decade, rise and fall of Tycho Brahe, The, Testing a CCD trio, 3:84–86 Helfand, David Prometheus provides NASA new 12:36–43 12:52–57 fire, 7:33 Our surprising new satellite, 1:30 Fazekas, Andrew S. Way too cool, 3:54–59 Hond, Bas den Sailing on a sunbeam — at last?, Planets pop up in unusual places, Canada sees Mars in its future, 11:32 2:22 3:35 Io: Brought to you by the moon Ganymede and planet Jupiter, What could be worth the price of Spot a naked-eye asteroid, Critter search, 3:35 a space shuttle crew?, 5:33 4:78–79 Mid-size black holes, 7:31 8:30 Mars’s east & west poles, 8:32 30 years of great stories, 9:40–47 Pancake star, 10:30 P Terrance, Gregory In the wake of Geminga, 11:29 Hughes, Annie Exoplanet magnetosphere found, Palucka, Tim Paramount GT-1100 ME, The, Fera, Bob Finding life with robots isn’t 4:88–91 night with the Feras, A, 11:78–81 11:28 Galaxies without stars, 11:28 easy, 11:29 Thomas, Peter Fera, Janice Parker, Donald Mysteries of the martian poles, night with the Feras, A, 11:78–81 Galaxy history, 11:32 Metals make planets, 11:29 Imaging the Red Planet, 8:92–95 3:48–53 Filippenko, Alexei V. Plait, Philip Thomas, Vanessa When stars explode, 2:42–47 Under alien skies, 1:37–43 Amalthea, a pile of rubble, 4:28 Ford, Tom J Polakis, Thomas black hole, then the stars, The, Happy 1.4 x 1010th birthday, 6:26 James, C. Renee Camelopardalis and Ursa Minor, 5:30 Spaghetti fields, 5:32 Debating origins, 9:28 9:92–95 Crystal-clear supernovae, 8:36 30 great astronomical images, Jayawardhana, Ray Centaurus and Antlia, 4:74–77 Dark heart of a globular, 1:32 9:52–59 Searching for alien , 6:48–53 Coma Berenices, 5:76–79 Early Mars cold, dry?, 12:32 Transit discovery, 5:29 Seeing sharper, 7:48–53 comet seekers, The, 1:74–77 Eta Carinae may have a partner, Unveiling the universe, 5:30 Style & substance, 10:42–47 Corvus, Crater, and Sextans, 5:29 3:75–78 Flexible focus, 6:27 G K Crux, Musca, and Circinus, Halley’s comet caught, 12:32 Gaudi, Scott Karlin, Susan 6:70–74 Hubble picks up a dumbbell, 6:30 Dim future for extrasolar planet Stars on the stars, 10:78–81 Lepus and , 2:70–74 Io erupts, 3:30 searches, 5:36 Lupus and Norma, 8:76–79 It’s crowded in here, 11:28 Gay, Donald Keel, William Octans, Chamaeleon, and Volans, jovian dozen, A, 7:31 Eyeing the world with an active Quasars explained, 2:34–41 12:80–83 Life-giving black holes, 7:31 desktop, 8:34 Knight, Kelley Sagittarius, 7:71–76 Neptune’s signs of spring, 9:32 Gay, Pamela L. Earth calling Seagull, 6:30 Tucana and Hydrus, 10:72–75 Sculpting Titan’s landscape, 2:30 Big measurement, little planet, It’s Yuri’s night, oh what a sight!, visit to Star Hill Inn, A, 7:82–85 SIRTF launched, 12:30 3:36 4:32 Pommier, Rod Sizing up little stars, 3:30 Bite of the pulsar, 6:30 LMC blows bubbles, 3:36 Selecting a solar filter, 9:106–109 Tearing up the dance floor, 4:24 Black hole bullets, 3:34 Troiani, Daniel M. Boogie-ing galaxies leave wakes, Mars — better than ever, 3:80–83 8:32 Turner, Michael S. Debating origins, 9:28 Lobed monster in Sagittarius, 5:32 Rubin, Vera, 6:18 Absurd universe, 11:44–47 Diamonds in the rings, 11:76–77 Lonely planets?, 6:36–41 Running from the scene, 3:30 Dim future for extrasolar planet searches, 5:36 long goodbye, The, 10:36–41 V Dirt makes ice mounds on Europa, 12:30 Lost in space? Check the map, 8:31 S Villard, Ray Double vision, 4:12–13, 7:20 Lovell gets a face-lift, 3:34 Sagittarius, 7:71–76 Order out of , 11:38–43 Lucky helix placement, 9:28 Sailing on a sunbeam — at last?, 11:32 E Lunar eclipses, 5:20 Saturnian origins, 4:32 W Early Mars cold, dry?, 12:32 Lupus and Norma, 8:76–79 Sculpting Titan’s landscape, 2:30 Whitt, Kelly Kizer Earth calling Seagull, 6:30 lure of meteorites, The, 12:84–87 Searching digital skies, 9:80–85 1,000 Mira stars, 10:28 Earth’s atmosphere “just right”,10:16 Searching for alien Earths, 6:48–53 almighty burst, An 8:31 Eclipse and transits, 5:88–89 M Searching for the golden ratio, 4:52–57 Black hole breaks new galactic Eclipse extravaganza, 5:80–83 M17’s champagne X rays, 12:31 Seeing double, 1:78–82 ground, 8:34 Egg’s scrambled light, 8:36 Magnetic star acts up, 10:32 Seeing other worlds, 1:6 sky’s top 10, The, 2:76–81 Eta Carinae may have a partner, 5:29 Make way for MIDI, 4:24 Seeing sharper, 7:48–53 Wiley, Keith Evaporating proplyds, 5:30 Marcy, Geoff, 5:18 Selecting a solar filter, 9:106–109 Imaging with webcams, 12:94–97 Excellence, 9:32 Mars — better than ever, 3:80–83 Shostak, Seth, 9:24 Williams, Laura Exoplanet magnetosphere found, 11:28 Mars’s east & west poles, 8:32 Shredded dwarfs, 5:29 Boomerang’s new look, 6:27 Explorer silenced, 6:30 , 1:28 Simple skyshooting, 7:78–81 Egg’s scrambled light, 8:36 Exploring the Pinwheel, 11:72–75 Mars’s highs and lows, 5:14–15 Simple telescopic shooting, 10:86–89 Gas at high speed, 9:30 Eyeing the world with an active desktop, 8:34 Mars: look now, go now, 7:32 SIRTF launched, 12:30 New tricks for an old galaxy, 7:32 Mars mission no one knows about, The, 12:32 Sizing up little stars, 3:30 F Mars on Earth, 1:46–5 Sketching the solar system, 1:88–91 Fast and furious, 12:32 Mars photojournal, 10:30, 12:30 SkyQuest: easy exploring, 5:90–93 Fast formation, 3:31 Mars revealed, 8:20 sky’s top 10, The, 2:76–81 Title index Filtering the sky, 8:86–89 Mars rovers away, 9:32 Solar ejections, 6:27 A Finding life with robots isn’t easy, 11:29 Martian chronicles, 8:40–45 Solar tadpoles, 8:31 Absurd universe, 11:44–47 Find the faintest planet, 6:76–77 Mass star death, 8:30 Southern skies, 5:16 All-in-one filter system, 4:86–87 “F” in science, 9:20 Mauna Kea matters, 7:16 Space emeralds, 3:20 ALMA given the go, 3:36 Flexible focus, 6:27 Meet the (violent) neighbors, 11:6 Spaghetti fields, 5:32 almighty burst, An, 8:31 Focus on finders, 3:94–100 Mercurial sightings, 4:20 Spend a night on the Keck Telescope, 1:32 Amalthea, a pile of rubble, 4:28 Forensic astronomy, 6:27 Metals make planets, 11:29 Spot a naked-eye asteroid, 4:78–79 Amateur beats pros, 12:31 Forming globulars, 5:29 Mid-size black holes, 7:31 Stalking cosmic explosions, 2:48–52 Amateur comet, 4:28 Misfit minor planet, 10:32 Stardust looks at asteroid Annefrank, 2:32 Andromeda’s starry realm, 2:12–13 G Moon Race II: China vs. India, 10:29 star erupts, A, 7:14–15 antisolar point, The, 10:18 Galaxies without stars, 11:28 Morrison, David 12:22 star’s last gasp, A, 3:14–15 Aquarian equinox, 4:18 Galaxy history, 11:32 Mt. Stromlo Observatory destroyed in fires, Stars on the stars, 10:78–81 Astronomers win Nobel Prize, 1:32 Galileo mission ends in glory, 12:32 5:28 Star-test your telescope, 3:88–89 Astronomy from a car?, 6:20 Galileo’s end of the road, 10:6 Mysteries of the martian poles, 3:48–53 star without heavy elements, A, 2:22, 24 Astronomy in paradise, 9:96–99 Gas at high speed, 9:30 Stellar reality, 7:32 Astronomy’s anniversary, 12:16 Gemini North named to honor Fred Gillett, N Stern, Alan, 4:16 Attention holiday shoppers, 11:20 3:34 Naked elliptical galaxies, 8:31 Straight Wall, The, 10:76–77 Get ready for Mars, 8:80–85 NASA introduces the orbital space plane STV: video camera, CCD, or autoguider?, The, B Get up-and-go power, 3:90–93 project, 4:26 5:84–87 Basic CCD techniques, 9:100–105 Ghostbusting the universe, 12:44–49 NASA under O’Keefe, 3:31 Style & substance, 10:42–47 Beginner’s luck, 9:22 Giant iceball found beyond Pluto, 1:24 NEAT online view, 6:28 Sun’s surface is rough, The, 10:30 Bent light, 4:28 Going global, 1:84–87 Neptune’s signs of spring, 9:32 Supernova-GRB link, 10:29 Best constellation is..., 2:94–95 Goldilocks and the three planets, 7:36–41 Neutrino mass, 4:26 Supernova in M74, 10:28 Beyond the Milky Way, 10:20 Gravity waves limit pulsar spin?, 10:32 New and old faces at Astronomy, 12:6 Super scope buyer’s guide, 11:82–91 Big eye on the universe, 4:38–45 Great balls of fire, 11:48–53 new Astronomy, The, 3:6, 6:16 Big glass, 5:38–44 Gunning for the gas giants, 7:86–87 Newborn stars exposed by winds, 10:32 T Big measurement, little planet, 3:36 New faces, new magazine, 2:6 tale of three planets, A, 7:6 Big science, 5:46–51 H New maps show water near surface of Mars, Tearing up the dance floor, 4:24 Binocular benefits, 12:20 Halley’s comet caught, 12:32 11:26 tell-tale cloud, The, 6:31 Bite of the pulsar, 6:30 Handling Mars, 8:18 New tricks for an old galaxy, 7:32 Test-driving Meade’s LX90, 2:82–85 black cloud, The, 12:50–51 Happy 1.4 x 1010th birthday, 6:26 new type of martian landslide, A, 11:30 Testing a CCD trio, 3:84–86 black hole, then the stars, The, 5:30 Harvest the Moon, 6:42–47 Next explorer ready, 7:32 30 great astronomical images, 9:52–59 Black hole breaks new galactic ground, 8:34 Hauschildt, Peter, 8:22 NGC 3370: giant spiral, 12:32 30 years: looking back, 9:48–51 Black hole bullets, 3:34 Hester, Jeff, 3:18 Night of shooting stars, 4:14 30 years of great stories, 9:40–47 Blazing a new path, 8:52–57 High-energy connections, 7:31 Night-vision satellite, 4:30 This way up, 3:22 Boogie-ing galaxies leave wakes, 8:32 High-power twin optics, 5:94–98 night with the Feras, A, 11:78–81 Through Andromeda, deeply, 9:86–89 Boomerang’s new look, 6:27 Hilo groundbreaking, 3:30 No astronomers at all?, 1:100–101 Time won’t be quantized, 9:30 Broken symmetry makes helium, 8:32 HIPASS, 5:30 No time to lose?, 12:18 To the Moon or bust, 5:32 Build an astro library, 12:90–93 HIRES improved, 5:32 Not just in dusty places anymore, 10:28 Toward a better clock, 1:32 Burst revealed, 4:24 Home on Lagrange, 6:31 Nova of a new color: V838 Mon, 3:29 Tracking at 20, 8:32 Hot stars hide behind shrouds of gas, 8:28 Transit discovery, 5:29 C How not to erupt, 7:30 O Trial by fire, 7:42–47 Camelopardalis and Ursa Minor, 9:92–95 Hubble picks up a dumbbell, 6:30 Octans, Chamaeleon, and Volans, 12:80–83 Tubular computing, 8:36 Canada lends an arm, 9:28 Hubble’s dazzling decade, 12:36–43 Off-axis vision, 10:82–85 Tucana and Hydrus, 10:72–75 Canada sees Mars in its future, 3:35 Hubble Space Telescope, 2:24 1,000 Mira stars, 10:28 turbulent world of compact galaxy groups, Can minorities break astronomy’s glass Hubble Space Telescope images Saturn, 12:28 Optically visible radio jets, 3:34 The, 4:46–51 ceiling?, 5:55–58 Hunting in the forest, 7:33 Orbital ties that bind: U.S.-Russian space Turner, Michael, 11:22 Cassini eyes Saturn for first time, 2:32 relations, 9:36 Two eyes on the sky, 4:92–97, 100 Catch a celestial tango, 5:52–53 I Order out of chaos, 11:38–43 Catchall crater, 11:30 Ikonos satellite, 2:28 other lord of the rings: Uranus, The, 4:28 U Celebrating 30 years of Astronomy, 9:6 Imaging the Red Planet, 8:92–95 Our surprising new satellite, 1:30 UK infrared telescope, 1:26 Centaurus and Antlia, 4:74–77 Imaging the Sun in Hα, 6:78–81 outsider, The, 10:48–53 Under alien skies, 1:37–43 Centaurus A shreds dwarf, 2:32 Imaging with webcams, 12:94–97 Unveiling the universe, 5:30 Chasing the shadow down under, 4:6 Infrared Deep Field South, 4:32 P upgraded classic, An, 8:96–100 Chicxulub revisited, 7:28 Integrating wavelengths, 4:24 Pancake star, 10:30 Upside-down telescopes, 4:30 China aims men at space, 6:28 In the wake of Geminga, 11:29 Paramount GT-1100 ME, The, 4:88–91 Choosing an eyepiece, 9:110–115 Io: Brought to you by the moon Ganymede peculiar galaxy, A, 10:12–13 V cluster’s mixed-up start, A, 2:28, 30 and planet Jupiter, 8:30 Phase transitions, 5:22, 6:24 View from the mountaintop, 9:60–65 Collision investigation, 3:36 Io erupts, 3:30 Phoenix: to Mars’s polar regions, 11:29 View the universe in 3-D, 6:82–85 Color of a summer night, 7:18 It’s crowded in here, 11:28 Plait, Phil, 10:22 Violence begets new light, 9:26 Coma Berenices, 5:76–79 It’s Yuri’s night, oh what a sight!, 4:32 Planets, ho!, 9:36 Virtual observatory sees first light, 4:32 Comet awards, 11:30 Planets pop up in unusual places, 2:22 visit to Star Hill Inn, A, 7:82–85 comet seekers, The, 1:74–77 J Planets prefer metal-rich hosts, 5:36 VLT interferometer passes hurdle, 2:32 Comets take on the Sun, 10:26 Jets from a black hole, 1:26, 28 Pluto’s atmosphere, 11:28 Volcano’s labyrinth, 12:30 Compact galaxy trios, 8:16 jetting spiral, A, 5:33 Prometheus provides NASA new fire, 7:33 Coronado’s NearStar scope, 6:86–90 Join the hunt, 1:54–58 Pulsar distance links to remnant, 12:31 W Corvus, Crater, and Sextans, 3:75–78 jovian dozen, A, 7:31 Pulsar planet pair, 10:28 Way too cool, 3:54–59 Cosmic adventures for the neophyte What could be worth the price of a space astronomer, 1:104–105 K Q shuttle crew?, 5:33 cosmic coincidence, A, 1:30 Keck shoots minor planet, 12:31 Quasars explained, 2:34–41 What is Mars trying to hide?, 8:46–51 Cosmology’s big three, 7:30 Killer asteroids make big splash, 2:26, 28 quest for big glass, The, 5:6 What price space flight?, 6:6 Crab’s inner workings, The, 1:24, 26 When stars explode, 2:42–47 Critter search, 3:35 Will dark energy steal all the stars?, 3:42–47 Crux, Musca, and Circinus, 6:70–74 L R Last century not so hot, 8:36 Rated X due to X-ray emission: Stephan’s Crystal-clear supernovae, 8:36 Left in the dark, 11:18 X Quintet, 9:32 X rays from the young, 4:22 D Leonids, craters, and pillars, 3:16 Red Planet takes center stage, The, 8:6 Lepus and Columba, 2:70–74 Return to the Moon, 9:18 Dalmatian terrain, 10:30 Life-giving black holes, 7:31 Dark heart of a globular, 1:32 Rings in space, 9:28 Linde, Andrei, 7:21 rise and fall of Tycho Brahe, The, 12:52–57 Dark matter passes test, 2:26 LMC blows bubbles, 3:36 Darkness down under, 4:80–83 Risky business, 11:16