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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in Images, Skies in a Changing Climate, and a Galactic Love Story
In the March 2025 issue of Sky & Telescope, we’re starry eyed over all your images of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Check out this gallery of our favorites and relive the experience of watching this dazzling visitor from the outer solar system cut across the sky. Unfortunately, the sky above the world’s observatories is at risk. The changing climate and frequent wildfires are threatening amateur and professional observatories, star parties, and skywatching in general. So let’s enjoy those clear skies while we have them: Take a deep dive into the Rosette Nebula and imagine what’s hiding under the blue clouds of Neptune.
FEATURE ARTICLES:
Astronomy in a Changing Climate
Professional and amateur astronomers are seeing the impact that a warming world is having on doing astronomy.
By Javier Barbuzano
Launch a detailed exploration of one of the best-known emission nebulae.
By Howard Banich
Bart and Priscilla Bok: A Galactic Love Story
Two astronomers shared a connection with the stars that was both personal and professional.
By Klaus R. Brasch
Comet C/2023 A3 put on a fine display for observers worldwide.
By Sean Walker
The distant ice giant Neptune is a kaleidoscope of cloud activity.
By Heidi B. Hammel
Beyond the Printed Page:
Check out these fun and scientifically useful projects you can do during a lunar eclipse.
Explore this map of the partial solar eclipse on March 29th, which will be visible from northeastern North America, northwest Africa, and Europe.
See the night sky in hydrogen-alpha without a filter.
Watch a video of this 3D model of the supernova remnant SN 1181.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
A little canine makes a big fuss in the sky.
By Stephen James O’Meara
This month, Earth’s umbral shadow covers the Moon for the first time since 2022.
By Bob King
Watch spring unfold in the Red Planet’s arctic.
By Thomas A. Dobbins
Southeaster Leo contains treasures both charming and challenging.
By Ken Hewitt-White
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See what else March’s issue has to offer.
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