Astronomy - USA (2022-02)

WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 33 RISING MOON I The mountain above the pole WHERE’S THE BEST PLACE on the Moon for a solar power station? Tha ...

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2° E N 25 CETUS ARIES PISCES Menkar Hamal Uranus Feb. 1 5 10 15 Path of Comet Borrelly 20 Alrescha M74 ο ε ε ρ π δ σ θη β γ ι χ ...

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MEET Throughout history, innumerable people have made valuable contributions to astronomy. But since we’re short on space, here’ ...

WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 41 The Crab Nebula (M1) — the first entry that Charles Messier recorded in his famous catalog of deep-sky obje ...

42 ASTRONOMY • FEBRUARY 2022 Cecilia Payne- Gaposchkin MAY 10, 1900 – DEC. 7, 1979 In 1923, English-born Cecilia Helena Payne to ...

Williamina Fleming MAY 15, 1857 MAY 21, 1911 Scottish astrono- mer Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming discov- ered the first whit ...

Harlow Shapley NOV. 2, 1885 – OCT. 20, 1972 American astronomer Harlow Shapley was instrumental in popularizing the idea that Ce ...

Hipparchus CIRCA 190 B.C. – CIRCA 120 B.C. When you talk about the greatest ancient scientist, there’s little doubt that you mea ...

DEC. 27, 1571 – NOV. 15, 1630 Kepler’s importance to astron- omy is so great that the final exam of my History of Astronomy cour ...

Galileo Galilei FEB. 15, 1564 – JAN. 8, 1642 As I stood in the science museum of Florence (now known as Museo Galileo) gazing at ...

Trekking out to your favorite observing spot requires a little extra planning this time of year. But the views are totally worth ...

WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 49 As for boots, go for the best you can get that will let you drive your vehicle. I usually wait until I reac ...

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WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 51 currents in your telescope by looking for circular motions inside the image. If your out- of-focus star has ...

52 ASTRONOMY • FEBRUARY 2022 Equipped with a premium back-illuminated CMOS chip built by Sony, this powerful device features ult ...