Astronomy
This map unfolds the entire night sky from sunset (at right) until sunrise (at left). Arrows and colored dots show motions and l ...
TAURUS Aldebaran Pleiades Hyades a ¡ Path of Comet PANSTARRS Jan 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 N 2° E Comet PANSTARRS (C/2016 R2) 15" Janua ...
SCORPIUS VIRGO CENTAURUS OPHIUCHUS LIBRA Spica Jupiter January 11, 6 A.M. Looking southeast Mars Moon 10° Antares 1° TAURUS 121 ...
Earth Moon Direction of Earth’s rotation High tide High tide Low tide Low tide Direction of Moon’s motion 44 ASTRONOMY • JANUARY ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 45 Measuring the motions of the stars in a given globular cluster is beyond the capabili- ties of small telesc ...
MUSIC OF THE ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 47 The sky is an endless source of inspiration for artists and composers. Here’s a look back at how the stars ...
Bible story of a super-strong Israelite hero brought low by the treacherous Dalila. Samson’s first act begins with Samson blinde ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 49 Through the end of the 18th century, meteors had been commonly considered a purely atmospheric phenomenon, ...
50 ASTRONOMY • JANUARY 2018 the most inf luential bands of the 1960s. He’s also an enthusiastic — if not always well-informed — ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 51 awesome as the Great January Comet, Halley was still a spectacular sight. It certainly made an impression o ...
52 ASTRONOMY • JANUARY 2018 EXPLORE AURIGA’s DEEP-SKY WONDERS ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 53 objects). Beyond the bright showpiece open star clusters M36, M37, and M38 — which all observers should adm ...
54 ASTRONOMY • JANUARY 2018 direction along the nebula’s 30'-by-20' length while keeping your eyes relaxed and your mind alert. ...
WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 55 About midway between Phi and Nu (ν) Aurigae is a great visual challenge object: the collision site of two g ...
56 ASTRONOMY • JANUARY 2018 The fourth Starmus Festival, a celebration of science and the arts, took place in Trondheim, Norway, ...
1 3 2 StarmusStarmus Garik Israelian, Starmus’ founder and director, describes the effort that went into assembling Starmus IV. ...
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WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 59 Emmanuelle Charpentier describes her groundbreaking work on CRISPR-Cas9, gene editing technology that will ...
This telescope offers top-notch construction and high-quality optics, and is easy to set up and use, as well. text and images by ...
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