Here’s what you’ll find in the April 2019 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — on sale March 7!

FEATURES:

• Titan’s veil — Saturn’s largest moon has all the chemical ingredients for life as we know it.
• The Ultima Thule flyby — The leader of NASA’s New Horizons mission describes its historic New Year’s Day encounter.
• Spinning through space — Space observatories that spin have made some of the greatest discoveries.
• Placing the Pleiades — Data from the Gaia mission solves a controversy about the distance to this famous star cluster.
• Explaining Algol — How John Goodricke and Edward Pigott discovered and interpreted a new variable star.
• Starfish & stragglers — Recreate Charles Messier’s historic discovery of a striking star cluster.
• The Herschel hunt — Are you up for the ultimate deep sky observing challenge?

OBSERVING & EXPLORING:

• Binocular highlight — Spot this star cluster that’s fit for a queen.
• Under the stars — Sail with the Argonauts in the sky, as we explore three constellations.
• Planets — Watch as the Moon ‘swallows’ Saturn on April 25.
• Meteors — The old faithful Eta Aquariids meteor shower is back.
• Variable stars — Four easy and fascinating stars to find in the same field.
• Comets — Tales of cometary anti-tails and shadows.
• Deep sky — Get to know the Hydra I Galaxy Cluster.
• The Moon — Spot the lunar volcanic features reveal our neighbour’s ancient history.

REGULAR FEATURES:

• Test report — Explore the Sun with Daystar’s Solar Scout 60C hydrogen-alpha telescope.
• Astronomer’s workbench — Make a simple telescope out of plastic buckets!
• Night life — Plenty of events and activities for astronomy enthusiasts.
• Telescope care — In part 1 of our series on how to take care of your Newtonian, we show you how to wash and clean mirrors.

…and much more.

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