My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 03.2019

AD INDEX AAVSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Ash Manufacturing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Astro Haven Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Astro-Physics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Bradford Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 DiscMounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Event Calendar Here’s the info you’ll need to “save the date” for some of the top astronomi- cal events in the coming months. Far Point Astronomical Research . . . . . . . 78 Finger Lakes Instrumentation, LLC. . . . . . 79 Hearing Help Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 February 4–10 June 22–29 International Dark-Sky Association . . . . . . 80 WINTER STAR PARTY GRAND CANYON STAR PARTY Scout Key, FL scas.org/home/winterstarparty Grand Canyon, AZ https://is.gd/GCSP2019 March 31–April 7 June 26–30 Lunatico Astronomia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY WEEK ROCKY MOUNTAIN STAR STARE MallinCam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Everywhere! https://is.gd/darkskyweek2019 Gardner, CO rmss.org April 3–6 June 29–July 3 MIDSOUTH STARGAZE GOLDEN STATE STAR PARTY French Camp, MS rainwaterobservatory.org/events Adin, CA goldenstatestarparty.org April 4–7 July 26–August 4 SOUTHERN STAR SUMMER STAR PARTY Little Switzerland, NC https://is.gd/southernstar2019 Plainﬁeld, MA rocklandastronomy.com/ssp.html April 6–7 July 30–August 3 NORTHEAST ASTRONOMY FORUM TABLE MOUNTAIN STAR PARTY Skyhound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Suffern, NY rocklandastronomy.com/neaf.html Oroville, WA tmspa.com SkyShed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 April 28–May 5 July 30–August 4 Sky-Watcher USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 TEXAS STAR PARTY OREGON STAR PARTY Fort Davis, TX texasstarparty.org Indian Trail Spring, OR oregonstarparty.org May 11 August 1–4 Stellarvue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover 3 ASTRONOMY DAY STELLAFANE CONVENTION Technical Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 79 Events across the continent https://is.gd/AstronomyDay Springﬁeld, VT stellafane.org/convention iOptron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Knightware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Meade Instruments Corp. . . . . . . . . Cover 4 Metamorphosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 nimax GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Optic Wave Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 PreciseParts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 QHYCCD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Revolution Imager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Sky & Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 71, 75 Software Bisque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Stauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Tele Vue Optics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover 2 May 30–June 2 September 19–22 TravelQuest International . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 CHERRY SPRINGS STAR PARTY RTMC ASTRONOMY EXPO Vernonscopes, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Coudersport, PA astrohbg.org/CSSP Big Bear City, CA rtmcastronomyexpo.org Willmann-Bell, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Woodland Hills Telescopes . . . . . . . . . . . 69 • For a more complete listing, visit https://is.gd/star_parties. sk yandtele scope.com • M A RCH 2 019 Observa-Dome Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . 79 83

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