SUNSET: 
The 51st Comet McNaught
Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) promises to be visible in small telescopes and possibly binoculars in June 2010.
The Pocket Sky Atlas
Compact, convenient, inexpensive, yet amazingly detailed, Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas is a runaway favorite among stargazers.
Sky & Telescope January 2010
FEATURED ARTICLES NASA Sets Its Sights on the Sun The Solar Dynamics Observatory will reveal new details about the Sun's powerful magnetic storms.By Laura Layton and Dean Pesnell Finding the First Galaxies Hubble has imaged the most distant galaxies yet. But to see the first galaxies, astronomers need to go…
Missing Pages in January, 2010 Sky & Telescope
Due to an error at the printing company in Kentucky, pages 87 to 94 are missing from the January issue. These pages include the Market Place ads and Focal Point. In addition, the Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart was not printed on the normal, thick paper. We apologize to our readers…
Is the End of the World Coming? Not Quite
Will the world end on Friday? Probably not. Noted archaeo-astronomer E. C. Krupp explains the cause of Maya mania in a free download.
And in another free download, Editor in Chief Robert Naeye explains the absurdly unlikely possibilities of the world ending on December 21, 2012 after all.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Best Starter Telescopes
In the December 2005 issue of Sky & Telescope, Gary Seronik reviewed a collection of telescopes costing less than $200. It's quite likely that if we were to conduct the same survey today, we would still pick the same 5 as our top scopes.
Good Times at ALCON 2009
Astronomers converge for a meeting of minds at Hofstra University in New York on August 7th and 8th.
The Impact on Jupiter!
There's compelling evidence that an asteroid or comet crashed into Jupiter around July 18th, leaving a dark mark that's readily visible through amateur telescopes in good seeing.
Shoestring Supernova Scripts
In the article "Searching for Supernovae on a Shoestring" in the July, 2009, issue of Sky & Telescpe, Thiam-Guan Tan mentions several scripts that he wrote to generate a list of target galaxies, slew his telescope to each one, and take images throughout the night. Click here to download a…
Asteroid to Occult Star on Morning of Friday, Jan. 9
On the morning of Friday, Jan. 9, from 10:55 to 11:06 UT, asteroid 1963 Bezovec occults the 8.3-magnitude star HIP 64220 in a narrow path from Baja California through Texas to New England and Nova Scotia.
International Year of Astronomy 2009
Professional and amateur astronomers around the world are gearing up for a year-long celebration of understanding and enjoying the cosmos.
Sky & Telescope November 2008
FEATURED ARTICLES Totality 2008: First Look Reports from far-flung expeditions by those lucky enough to be within the shadow of the Moon.By Sean Walker X Rays Mark the Spot For the first time ever, astronomers were able to catch a supernova in the act of exploding.By Alicia Soderberg Building Planets…
Gregg Dinderman
Gregg Dinderman (Illustration Director) joined the staff of Sky Publishing in 1995. With bachelor degrees in design and philosophy, and graduate study at the Rhode Island School of Design, he has worked in publishing for more than 30 years, winning nine awards for technical art. Gregg assisted Roger Sinnott with…
Tony Flanders
S&T Dennis di Cicco Tony Flanders has been fascinated by astronomy longer than he can remember, but he only started telescopic observing late in life, in 1997. That's when he bought a 70-mm refractor and set out to observe all the Messier objects. His first sightings were from his home…
Erratum: Jupiter's Moons for May 2008
The Galilean-satellite events published in Sky & Telescope's May 2008 issue are incorrect. Here's the correct listing.
Robert Naeye Appointed S&T's New Editor in Chief
New Track Media, Sky & Telescope's parent company, announced today that Bob Naeye will succeed Rick Fienberg as the magazine's editor in chief.
Sky & Telescope May 2008
FEATURED ARTICLES Reunion with Mercury January's flyby of this fire-and-ice world was the first in more than three decades.By J. Kelly Beatty To the Point with mySKY Enjoy your own personalized planetarium show under a starry sky with this clever bit of electronic wizardry from Meade. By Dennis di Cicco…
Comet Holmes Starting to Fade
Moonlight aside, conditions remain good for seeing Comet Holmes. But the fuzzy new “star” in Perseus been enlarging and losing surface brightness, and this week it's so close to the star Alpha Persei (Mirfak) that the star interferes with its visibility. Use binoculars.
Your Comet Holmes Photos
When Comet Holmes suddenly brightened by nearly a million times, it became a snap to spot with just your eyes. It is also a snap to shoot with a camera. Check out amateur images of the comet — and submit your own!
See Comet Holmes Tonight!
In late October 2007, Comet Holmes suddenly brightened by nearly a million times and was easy to spot with just your eyes. Now it's fading, but you can still track its doings with binoculars.
