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Telescope-Buying Tips for the Holiday Season
Telescopes are popular holiday gifts. But buyer beware: a telescope should not be bought on impulse. If you get one that can't be aimed or focused, it'll collect more dust than starlight.
Mars Looms Big and Bright as It Swings Close to Earth
October 18, 2005 Contacts: Alan MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality graphics; see details below. Look east late these evenings and you'll see a big, fiery yellow "star" shining much…
Earth's Shadow to Dent the Moon on October 17th
The full Moon will undergo a partial lunar eclipse on October 17th for observers in western North America and around the Pacific.
Don't Get Snookered by Internet Mars Malarkey
August 7, 2006 Contacts: Alan M. MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by two publication-quality graphics; see details below. If no one has asked you about it yet, they probably will. A…
Kelly Beatty Honored for Service to Planetary Science
September 7, 2005 Contact: Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by a publication-quality photograph; see details below. J. Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky magazine and executive editor of Sky & Telescope magazine, has been honored with…
Don't Get Snookered by Mars Malarkey
August 23, 2005 Contacts: Alan M. MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Richard Tresch Fienberg, Editor in Chief 855-638-5388 x144, [email protected] Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by several publication-quality graphics; see details below. If no one…
Astronomers Date Ansel Adams's Autumn Moon
August 22, 2005 Contacts: Don Olson, Texas State University 512-245-2131, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, Sky & Telescope 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is being simultaneously issued by Sky & Telescope and Texas State University. Digital images suitable for print publication are available; see details below. No single person…
Watch the Two Brightest Planets Kiss in Twilight
August 19, 2005 Contacts: Alan MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality illustrations and a broadcast-quality animation; see details below. Anyone who looks low in the west early on a clear…
Perseid Meteors to Peak August 11–13, 2005
August 4, 2005 Contact: Alan MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality illustrations and broadcast-quality animations; see details below. The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial event beloved by millions of…
Perseid Meteors to Peak August 11 and 12, 2006
August 7, 2006 Contact: Alan MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality illustrations and broadcast-quality animations; see details below. The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial event beloved by millions of skywatchers…
Mars Looms Big and Bright as It Nears Record-Breaking Close Approach
Late in August the planet Mars will pass closer to Earth than it has done in nearly 60,000 years. Already Mars is blazing big, bright, and fiery yellow-orange in the late-evening sky.
How to See NASA's Comet Crash in the Sky
June 28, 2005 Contacts: J. Kelly Beatty, Executive Editor 855-638-5388 x148, [email protected] Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by two publication-quality illustrations; see details below. When NASA's Deep Impact slams an 800-pound projectile into Comet Tempel 1…
Three Planets Bunch Up in Twilight
June 17, 2005 Contacts: Alan M. MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality illustrations and a broadcast-quality video; see details below. Gaze low to the west into the deepening twilight…
Moon to Take a Bite Out of the Sun on April 8th
April 1, 2005 Contacts: Alan M. MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality graphics and broadcast-quality videos; see details below. Solar eclipses are grand cosmic events that no nature-watcher wants…
Spring Begins with Equinox on March 20th
March 15, 2005 Contacts: Alan M. MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy L. McCreary, VP Marketing & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality illustrations and broadcast-quality animations; see details below. The long, cold, snow-laden winter of 2004-05 officially comes to…
Moon to Uncover a Bright Star
On Thursday morning, March 3rd, early risers across much of North America have a chance to see the last-quarter Moon pass in front of the bright orange-red star Antares.
A Winter Comet Glows in the Evening Sky
January 3, 2005 Contact: Alan MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Bus. Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by high-quality graphics; see details below. It won't knock your eyes out — in fact you'll probably need binoculars to see…
Perseid Meteors to Peak Late on the Night of August 11th
Circumstances will be nearly ideal for watching the annual Perseid meteor shower at its predicted maximum late on the night of August 11–12.
Perseid Meteors to Peak on August 12th
The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks in a moonless sky on Monday, August 12th, with European and North American observers positioned for the best show.
Get a "Ringside Seat" for Saturn Spectacular
January 6, 2005 Contact: J. Kelly Beatty, Editor, Night Sky 855-638-5388 x148, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Bus. Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by high-quality graphics and a video clip; see details below. Taking a peek at Saturn through a telescope is…
