SUNSET: 
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.
Astro Image in the News:
Ice Volcanoes Captured
Finally astronomers have the photographic proof they've been looking for — ice volcanoes actively erupting on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Astro News Briefs: October 10–16
No Kuiper Belt Jupiters October 11, 2005 | Astronomers have long wondered whether the solar system might have an unseen giant planet far out in the darkness beyond Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. If so, it must be very far out indeed. Nadia Zakamska and Scott Tremaine (Princeton University) have…
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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.
The October 3rd Annular Solar Eclipse
Parts of Africa will see a "ring eclipse" of the Sun, while Europe, all of Africa, and much of South Asia get a partial eclipse.
Astro News Briefs: September 26 – October 2
Mars Express mission extended and a new comet for Caroline Herschel?
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
S&T Test Reports: Telescopes
No matter what type of telescope you're looking for — refractor, reflector, or catadioptric; alt-azimuth, equatorial, or Go To — you'll find examples among the scopes reviewed here.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
S&T Test Reports: Binoculars
Almost any binocular can be used for astronomy, but if you really like viewing the heavens with both eyes, you'll check out our reviews of binoculars specially designed for stargazers.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
S&T Test Reports: Imagers
Digital cameras, inexpensive CCDs, and sensitive video systems are revolutionizing celestial photography by amateur astronomers.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
S&T Test Reports: Accessories
Getting the most out of your telescope often means adding filters, adapters, or other accessories to improve its optical or mechanical performance.
Freeware from Sky & Telescope
Handy — and free — observing and optics utilities.
New & Improved Shopping at Sky Publishing!
September 15, 2005 | We've been busy creating a new Shop at Sky and Sky & Telescope Magazine Archive to better serve our customers. Both are now open for business! Shop at Sky has been redesigned to make it easier to navigate so you can quickly find what you're looking…
New & Improved!
We've been busy creating a new Shop at Sky and Sky & Telescope Magazine Archive to better serve our customers. Both will open for business in a matter of minutes! Shop at Sky has been redesigned to make it easier to navigate so you can quickly find what you're looking…
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…
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…
