Here’s what you’ll find in the July 2019 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — on sale now!

FEATURES:

• Parkes and the Apollo 11 moonwalk — Australia’s very own ‘dish’ played a vital role in bringing the first footsteps on another world to television screens around the globe.
• The science of Apollo — Rocks brought back by the astronauts revolutionised our understanding of the Moon.
• Constant controversy — Astronomers can’t agree on the value of the Hubble constant — the number that describes the expansion rate of the universe. A solution is nowhere in sight.
• Lighting a cosmic fuse — Type Ia supernovae — the cosmic mileposts that helped prove the universe is accelerating — are not as uniform as astronomers once thought they were.
• The allure of Betelgeuse — Astronomers are itching to know when this red supergiant will go supernova, but a clear answer eludes them.
• Voyager 2 — Remembering NASA’s longest-running deep space mission.

OBSERVING & EXPLORING:

• Binocular highlight — Open star clusters to see in Centaurus
• Under the stars — Find the coloured stars of winter
• Planets — Saturn shines bright in Sagittarius
• Meteors — Duelling winter meteor showers
• Variable stars — Three stars to target in Scorpius
• Comets — Meet a most intriguing comet
• Deep sky — Finding non-NGC star clusters
• The Moon — Exploring a ghostly lunar feature
• Eclipse — Don’t miss July’s partial lunar eclipse

REGULAR FEATURES:

• Imaging — Great deep sky imaging begins with well-tracked images. We show you how to track like an expert.
• Test report — Could the DSI-IV be the best astronomical camera yet offered by Meade?
• Astronomer’s workbench — 3D print your own binocular telescope!
• Night life — events and activities for astronomy enthusiasts

…and much more.

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