This Issue's Table Of Contents

September 2008

Volume 4.  Number 5.  Issue 31

COVER STORY

Polar Prospector

NASA's latest Mars lander has begun digging for water ice just beneath the surface.

By J. Kelly Beatty

NEWS & FEATURES

News Notes

• The Throat of a Black-Hole Jet

• The Milky Way Remapped

• Supernova Caught in the Act

and more...

Spotlight On...So Where's The Chicken?

Star formation and more is visible in this celestial farmyard.

By Steve Crouch

Skyscape

A Historic Descent.

Planetary Peculiarities

Intriguing discoveries keep on coming from the rapidly expanding universe of extrasolar planets.

By Ken Croswell

Insight

Ten things you may not know about the Sun.

Tuning In to the Universe

Coming radio telescopes will tackle big questions like the origin of life and the nature of space and time.

By Joseph Lazio, Michael Kramer, and Bryan Gaensler

Gearheads in Paradise

The Northeast Astronomy Forum brings people and products together like no other place on Earth.

By Dennis di Cicco and Sean Walker

Caesar's Invasion of Britain

A team of astro-sleuths discovers that most historians have misdated this historic Roman amphibious landing.

By Donald W. Olson, Russell L. Doescher, and the Texas State Honours Students

PRODUCTS & REVIEWS

New Product Spotlight

• The SkyX Student Edition

• Sky Quality Meter

• Universal Paracorr

AS&T Test Report

A Bigger Blast for the Buck

With its 6-inch (15-cm) aperture and weighing 10kg, this isn't your kid's StarBlast.

By Gary Seronik

Books & Beyond

• What's the Deal?

• Watching the King

• and more...

OBSERVING & EXPLORING

Binocular Highlight

Messier 15 in Pegasus

By Les Dalrymple

Tonight's Sky

Spring's Milky Way

By Greg Bryant

Sun, Moon, and Planets

September's Spectacular Planetary Trio

By Greg Bryant

Tiny Players on Jupiter's Stage

Jupiter's moons and their shadows perform dramatic telescopic acts almost every night.

By Joseph Maugeri and Alan MacRobert

Celestial Calendar

Vesta in the Whale's Mouth

By Greg Bryant

Celestial Calendar

Quarter Moon Action

By Steve Kerr

Celestial Calendar

Springtime Comets

By David Seargent

Exploring The Moon

Unseen Seas

By Charles A. Wood

Targets

The Graceful Swan

By Sue French

Deep Sky Delights

Eagle Planetaries

By Les Dalrymple

Double Star Notes

Double Stars in Piscis Austrinus

By Ross Gould

ACTIVITIES & PEOPLE

NACAA 2008

This year's National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers was a resounding success.

By Glenn Dawes

Club Profile

Astronomical Society of Albury Wodonga

By David Thurley and Petra de Ruyter

Community News

Astronomy Online

Microsoft's Cosmic Marvel

By Stuart J. Goldman

Telescope Workshop

Milsom's Terrific Travelscope

By Gary Seronik

Ask AS&T

• Focusing a Digital Camera

• The Rotating Moon

• and more...

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectrum

Where's the Green Light on Lasers?

By Greg Bryant

Letters

• A Love Story

• Readers' Impressions

• and more

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Gallery

Manufacturer & Dealer Directory

Focal Point

Red Planet Resolve

By Brent J. Bos

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