Astronomy - USA (2020-08)

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A fresh look at

our home star

Solar Orbiter will soon explore

what shapes and powers the

solar wind. BEN EVANS

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Excavating

cosmic fossils

Like dinosaur bones, tiny

micrometeorites reveal

much about the ancient past.

ILIMA LOOMIS

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Sky This Month

Outer planets on display.

MARTIN RATCLIFFE AND

ALISTER LING

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Star Dome and

Paths of the Planets

RICHARD TALCOTT;

ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROEN KELLY

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Don’t miss the Perseids

This annual meteor shower will

put on a great show in 2020.

MICHAEL E. BAKICH

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Mine Aquila’s

deep-sky gems

Star clusters and planetary

nebulae will keep you looking

at the Eagle all night long.

MICHAEL E. BAKICH

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Life on the wide side

How to breathe new life

into old astrophoto targets.

STEVE CANNISTRA

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Observe Jupiter and

Saturn at their best

Catch the two greatest

telescopic planets at opposition

this month and you’ll see

beautiful planetary worlds!

STEPHEN JAMES O’MEARA

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Meet an easy-to-use

imaging scope

This clever device will capture

celestial portraits even

through light-polluted skies.

RAYMOND SHUBINSKI

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Ask Astro

Interstellar visitors.

IN EVERY ISSUE

From the Editor 6

Astro Letters 8

Advertiser Index 65

New Products 69

Reader Gallery 72

Breakthrough 74

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AUGUST 2020

VOL. 48, NO. 8

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QUANTUM GRAVITY

Everything you need to

know about the universe

this month: ATLAS

breaks up in the sky,

how COVID-19 affects

the world’s telescopes, a

Moon map, and more.

COLUMNS

Strange Universe 16

BOB BERMAN

For Your Consideration 62

JEFF HESTER

Secret Sky 64

STEPHEN JAMES O’MEARA

Observing Basics 66

GLENN CHAPLE

Binocular Universe 68

PHIL HARRINGTON

CONTENTS 44

ON THE COVER

The European Space Agency’s

Solar Orbiter should retool our

understanding of how the Sun

works. ESA/ATG MEDIALAB; ESA/AOES

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