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CONTENTS
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO ASTRONOMY
January 2019
VOL. 137, NO. 1
FEATURES
16 Space Missions in 2019
Cover Story:
18 The Great American
Lunar Eclipse
January’s “disappearing” Moon is
wonderfully timed for skywatchers
in the Americas. By Joe Rao
Astronomers are watching dozens of
cosmic timepieces for signs of space-
time ripples passing through.
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OBSERVING
41 January’s Sky at a Glance
By Robert Naeye
28 Hot Products 2019
Binocular Highlight
By Mathew Wedel
43
By the Editors of S&T 44 Planetary Almanac
Astronomers are compiling a census
of the nearest stars. By Keith Cooper
62 Suburban Stargazing:
The Wintry North
Cassiopeia and southwestern
Camelopardalis are treasure-troves
for bright-sky observers.
By Tony Flanders
68 400 Thalers or 50 Pounds
Who was the fi rst professional
woman astronomer?
By Gabriella Bernardi
ON THE COVER
45
Under the Stars
By Fred Schaaf
46 Sun, Moon & Planets
By Fred Schaaf
48 Celestial Calendar
By S. N. Johnson-Roehr
52 Exploring the Solar System
By Sean Walker
54
Deep-Sky Wonders
By Sue French
58 Going Deep
By Howard Banich
PHOTO: SE A N WA LK ER
2
Spectrum
By Peter Tyson
6 From Our Readers
7
75, 50 & 25 Years Ago
By Roger W. Sinnott
10 News Notes
14 Cosmic Relief
By David Grinspoon
72 Astronomer’s Workbench
By Jerry Oltion
74 Gallery
83
Event Calendar
84 Focal Point
By Pat Plunkett
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