Astronomy

CONTENTS

Dave’s

Universe

The inside

scoop from

the editor.

Sky This

Week

A daily digest

of celestial

events.

News

The latest

updates from

the science

and the hobby.

Ask Astro

Archives

Answers to all

your cosmic

questions.

4 ASTRONOMY • DECEMBER 2018

18 COVER STORY

Mission Moon 3-D
Explore the lunar surface as the
Apollo astronauts did, in vivid
stereoscopic detail.
DAVID J. EICHER AND BRIAN MAY

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The historic flight
of Apollo 8
As we celebrate the golden
anniversary of humanity’s irst
trip to the Moon, command
module pilot Jim Lovell recounts
the epic voyage. RICHARD TALCOTT

36

Sky This Month
Venus shines brilliantly.

MARTIN RATCLIFFE AND
ALISTER LING

38

StarDome and

Path of the Planets

RICHARD TALCOTT;

ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROEN KELLY

44

Explore nearby

deep-sky gems

Interested in observing a red

dwarf, supernova remnant, or

galaxy cluster? We’ve got you

covered. ALAN GOLDSTEIN

48

Observe shadow play

on the Moon

he efects of light and dark on

the lunar terminator ofer some

great observing fun.

PHIL HARRINGTON

52

Meet an expert

in remote astroimaging

Mark Hanson admits he was

never a stellar student, but his

photography is out of this world.

58

Astronomy tests

Meade’s new astrograph

his great-looking scope will help

you create even better-looking

images. JONATHAN TALBOT

68

Ask Astro

Supernova signals.

COLUMNS

Strange Universe 12

BOB BERMAN

Secret Sky 62

STEPHEN JAMES O’MEARA

Observing Basics 64

GLENN CHAPLE

Binocular Universe 66

PHIL HARRINGTON

QUANTUM GRAVITY

Snapshot 9

Astro News 10

IN EVERY ISSUE

From the Editor 6

Astro Letters 8

New Products 60

Advertiser Index 65

Reader Gallery 70

Breakthrough 74

FEATURES

DECEMBER 2018

VOL. 46, NO. 12

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ON THE COVER

During Apollo 12, astronaut Alan

Bean descends the Lunar Module

ladder, imaged by Pete Conrad. NASA

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