Sky & Telescope - USA (2020-06)
skyandtelescope.org • JUNE 2020 19 16-inch at the same power I described this lenticular as being bright with a very bright nucl ...
Pinwheel Perfection 20 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy-Hop Around M101 Object Type Mag(v) Surface Brightness Size RA Dec. ...
skyandtelescope.org • JUNE 2020 21 Remarkable Shapes, etc.” The galaxy was obvious at low power during the star-hop. NGC 5109 is ...
IMAGING TARGETS by Ron Brecher 22 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE Sharpless Catalog of the Treasures NEBULOUS SPLENDOR The Sharp ...
ALL IMAGES ARE BY THE AUTHOR skyandtelescope.org • JUNE 2020 23 L ike most astrophotographers today, my imaging adven- tures beg ...
24 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE Imaging Targets SOME REFLECTIONS The vast majority of nebulae that made the Sharpless list ar ...
skyandtelescope.org• JUNE 2020 25 neatly combined the individual segments of NGC 6960, NGC 6992, NGC 6995, NGC 6974, NGC 6979, I ...
Imaging Targets 26 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE CLUSTERED GROUPING This image features four distinct nebulae near the border ...
skyandtelescope.org • JUNE 2020 27 mix of emission, refl ection, and dark nebulosity that makes for a wonderful multi-hued image ...
Imaging Targets 28 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE For a more formidable challenge, aim your rig at the similarly sized and very ...
skyandtelescope.org • JUNE 2020 29 Select Nebulae of the Sharpless Catalog Object Common Name Constellation Size RA Dec. Sh 2-49 ...
S&T Test Report by Ken Hewitt-White ALL PHOTOS ARE BY THE AUTHOR pThe Explore FirstLight 8′′ Dobsonian is an easy-to-use sta ...
mirror and its paper donut center mark using my peep-sight collimator inserted into the scope’s focuser. The primary mirror is s ...
32 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE S&T Test Report I needed “both hands on the wheel” to reduce any jerky azimuth motion. Th ...
skyandtelescope.org • JUNE 2020 33 In my icy driveway on a frosty Febru- ary night, the electronics-free Dobso- nian suffered no ...
SPACE EXPLORATIONby Andrew Jones 34 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE I n July 2020 at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the ...
XIAO CHEN skyandtelescope.org • JUNE 2020 35 China Launches to Center Stage A bold series of successful and proposed missions ar ...
Space Exploration 36 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE six-wheeled Yutu 2 rover on the surface. The Chang’e 4 lander is equipped w ...
skyandtelescope.org • JUNE 2020 37 Rather than a direct sample return like the last such mission, the 1976 Soviet Luna 24, Chang ...
Space Exploration 38 JUNE 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE Chinese scientists have opened a call to both domestic and international in ...
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