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VIDEO: Sky-Watcher USA at NEAF 2015
Sky Watcher product specialist Kevin LeGore gives an overview of the company’s latest offering of telescopes.
VIDEO: Software Bisque at NEAF 2015
Learn the history of Software Bisque, from its introduction of TheSky planetarium software in the 1980s to its evolution of state-of-the-art robotic telescope mounts.
"Behind the Scenes" with New Horizons
Thanks to NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, we're about to see Pluto up close for the first time. Here are candid snapshots of the scientists and engineers who'll make it possible.
Tidal Effects: The Planets vs. the Pebbles in Your Yard
So when astrologers talk about tides linking us to the planets, they're babbling pathetic woo.
Inside the June 2015 Issue
The June 2015 issue of Sky & Telescope celebrates Hubble's legacy, explores the science of Jules Verne's fiction, and offers a Sun-photography project that anyone can do.
The Herschel Sprint
Experience Herschel’s “Night of Discovery” for yourself! Follow this guide to recreating William Herschel's amazing night covering 73 deep-sky delights.
Inside the May 2015 Issue
Fight to save dark skies, find a hidden agenda in craters on the Moon, learn how century-old plates are enabling new science, and more in the May 2015 issue of Sky & Telescope.
Isolated Triplets of Galaxies
S&T contributor Steve Gottlieb has made available data distilled from the Karanchentseva catalogue and his own observations to assist you in your observations of isolated triplets of galaxies.
My Night in the Stratosphere
What's it like to fly on SOFIA — a repurposed Boeing 747 with a huge rectangular hole in its side and a state-of-the-art telescope peering out through it?
Tele Vue’s 3-Inch Paracorr
Learn how Dennis di Cicco modified a LightBridge Dobsonian reflector to use Tele Vue's new Paracorr coma corrector - and take some spellbinding images!
Inside the April 2015 Issue
April is the month when heading out at night gets a little less chilly and a lot more fun, so it's the perfect month for some sky pilgrimages.
Inside the March 2015 Issue
PURCHASE PRINT ISSUE | PURCHASE DIGITAL ISSUE | DOWNLOAD BACK ISSUES | SUBSCRIBE Beyond the Edge Spiral galaxies stun the viewer, yet they have even more visual power when serendipitously aligned to our line of sight. Ted Forte leads a tour of a variety of edge-on galaxies in March's cover…
How to Use the WorldWide Telescope
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT), featured in the April 2015 issue of Sky & Telescope, isn't just another piece of planetarium software. Its incredible breadth and depth of data allow users to explore the universe in an interactive way. Coauthors Curtis Wong (Microsoft Research) and Alyssa Goodman (Harvard University and Harvard-Smithsonian…
Sky & Telescope Errata: 2015
Spotted a goof in the magazine? Check here for a list of known errata in 2015 issues of Sky & Telescope. If you don't see the error you found, send us an e-mail and alert us.
App-Powered Astronomy
In our March 2015 issue, we ask noted amateur and professional astronomers to highlight the astronomy apps they use most. These are apps that every astronomer should have in their back pocket, ranging from practical planetarium and weather apps, such as Scope Nights and Sky Safari 4, to science guides,…
Inside the February 2015 Issue
Challenge yourself to observe the solar system's minor moons, find out how the science of nothing is teaching us the fate of the universe, and discover how astronomy influenced the work of H. P. Lovecraft in the February 2015 issue of Sky & Telescope.
Our 2015 Observing Calendar Is Here!
Calendars help us plan our lives. And for amateur astronomers, no plan is complete unless it includes sky events.
Flying Through Cosmic Voids
In the February 2015 issue of Sky & Telescope, author Marcus Woo walks readers through the science of cosmic voids. Here, videos demonstrate a sense of cosmic perspective, taking the reader on flights through the universe both theoretical and observed.
Inside the January 2015 Issue
PURCHASE PRINT ISSUE | PURCHASE DIGITAL ISSUE | DOWNLOAD BACK ISSUES | SUBSCRIBE Big Scopes, Hot Products, & Observing Treats We live in the age of Big Astronomy, where it seems every new telescope is bigger, and supposedly better than the last. But January's cover story issues a cautionary tale.…
Generating an Ephemeris
Terry N. Trees show us how to create an ephemeris, a table showing a celestial object's calculated positions for a given time period, using JPL HORIZONS data.
