Loony for Luna: Clavius in 3D
If you enjoyed Jerry Oltion's article with Cindy Krach's marvelous illustrations, you've likely found your way here searching for the stereo image of Clavius crater. And here it is! Just click on the image for a larger version. STEREO MYSTERY Clavius sports a perfect arc of diminishing craters. Cindy captured…
Finder Chart for Barnard's Star in the May 2024 Issue of S&T
If you found your way to this page, it must mean that you enjoyed reading Contributing Editor Howard Banich's article on Barnard's Star in the May 2024 issue of Sky & Telescope. What you'll find below is a printable, black-and-white version of the finder chart that appears on page 63…
Finders for Going Deep in the October 2023 issue of S&T
If you arrived at this page it must mean you read and enjoyed S&T Contributing Editor Steve Gottlieb's Going Deep column in the October 2023 issue of the magazine on the Milky Way's dwarf spheroidal companions titled "The Milky Way and the Seven Dwarfs." The images below should help you…
Finder Chart for September Ramble Through the Milky Way
The cover story of the September issue of Sky & Telescope features an article by Contributing Editor Mathew Wedel on fun targets for your binoculars. If you're a regular reader of the magazine, you've likely read Wedel's monthly Binocular Highlight column. Well, this article is a beefed-up version of that…
Finders for Williamina Fleming's Deep-Sky Discoveries
If you arrived at this page it must mean you read and enjoyed S&T Contributing Editor Steve Gottlieb's article in the August 2023 issue of the magazine on Williamina Fleming's myriad discoveries. Gottlieb's article not only touches upon the fascinating history of Harvard College Observatory in the late 1800s, he…
Nebulae of Monoceros - March 2023
The March 2023 issue of Sky & Telescope ran an article by Richard P. Wilds on the nebulae of southern Monoceros. If you read it, you'll have seen that it featured labeled images that serve as finder charts. Here you'll find the table of data of the objects discussed in…
Find Your Way to Planetary Nebulae in Cassiopeia
If you found your way to this webpage, you've likely read the December 2022 issue of Sky & Telescope and enjoyed Scott Harrington's article on planetary nebulae in Cassiopeia. Well, you've come to the right place to access finder charts for the targets discussed in that article. For each of…
Enjoy Cosmic Triplets
If you've just read Jerry Oltion's article "Seeing Triple" in the September 2022 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine and are wondering where to find a table of data and charts, you've come to the right place. Below are the accompanying finder charts that will give you an overview of…
Sky & Telescope Errata 2022
Despite every effort to make every issue error free, mistakes occasionally make their way into print. Here's a list of known ones for 2022.
Let's Get Together: Finder Charts
If you enjoyed Steve Gottlieb's article on merging galaxies in the June 2022 issue of Sky & Telescope, you might be in search of finder charts for the targets. Look no further: They're handily grouped here, starting with an overview of where the targets are located in the sky, followed…
Observing Calendar 2022: Algol Minima (and errata)
Listed below are the updated minima for Algol. Only those dates and times tabulated in the 2022 Observing Calendar are noted — for other times, you can visit our Minima of Algol calculator, or see the Celestial Calendar and / or Sky at a Glance columns in the print issues.…
Markarian's Marvelous Chain: Tables for the Eastern and Western Extensions
If you've read the April 2022 issue of Sky & Telescope and enjoyed Howard Banich's article on Markarian's Chain, you may be in search of tables of data for the Eastern and Western extensions of the Chain. You've come to the right place. You can also download the tables in…
Sky & Telescope Errata 2021
Despite every effort to make every issue error free, mistakes occasionally make their way into print. Here's a list of known ones for 2021.
Sky & Telescope Errata 2020
The editors of Sky & Telescope make every effort to provide accurate information, but errors do sometimes slip through. We correct all mistakes online as well as printing corrections in the magazine. So if you see something questionable in the magazine, check below to see if it's a known problem.…
King Clusters: Table of Cluster Data
Here you'll find a table of cluster parameters to accompany Al Lamperti's and Frank Colosimo's article on observing the King Clusters that appeared on page 60 in the November 2019 issue.
Nebulae in Perseus: Target Coordinates
If you're looking for the coordinates and other data on the targets covered in October's Bright & Dark Clouds in Perseus you've come to the right place.
Billion-Light-Year Club: Further targets for Going Deep May 2019
Did you enjoy chasing down targets billions of light-years away after reading Going Deep in the May issue? Here are more targets for your enjoyment.
Deep-Sky Wonders: The Jewels of Spring
The colors of stars are often compared to those of precious gemstones, with the coolest stars as our rubies and the hottest as sapphires. But how red or blue do they really look? In the May 2019 issue, Sky & Telescope Contributing Editor Sue French offers a look at some…
Galactic Cirrus: Shimmering Clouds
Galactic cirrus (clouds of interstellar dust) is challenging to observe, but Mel Bartels shows us how in the April 2019 issue of the magazine.
Sky & Telescope Errata 2019
The editors of Sky & Telescope make every effort to provide accurate information, but errors do sometimes slip through. We correct all mistakes online as well as printing corrections in the magazine. So if you see something questionable in the magazine, check below to see if it's a known problem.…