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Index to Advertisers Adorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Ash Manufacturing Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Astro Haven Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Astro-Physics, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Astrodon Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Astronomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Bob’s Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Camera Bug, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Celestron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 17, 19 CNC Parts Supply, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Diﬀraction Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 DiscMounts, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Equatorial Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Explore Scientiﬁc - Bresser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Finger Lakes Instrumentation, LLC . . . . . . . 17 Fishcamp Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Focus Scientiﬁc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Foster Systems, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Glatter Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Goto USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hands On Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Hotech Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Hubble Optics Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Hutech Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 International Dark-Sky Association . . . . . . . 79 Into the Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 InSight Cruises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35, 59, 71 iOptron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 JMI Telescopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Khan Scope Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 82 Knightware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Kson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 KW Telescope/Perceptor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lunatico Astronomia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Meade Instruments Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 88 Northeast Astronomy Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Oberwerk Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Observa-Dome Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Oceanside Photo & Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Oﬃcina Stellare s.r.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Optic-Craft Machining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Optic Wave Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Peterson Engineering Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 PlaneWave Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 PreciseParts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Quantum Scientiﬁc Imaging, Inc. . . . . . . . . 59 RTMC Astronomy Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Santa Barbara Instrument Group . . . . . . . . . 3 ScopeStuﬀ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Sky & Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Society for Astronomical Studies . . . . . . . . . 42 Software Bisque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Southern Stars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Springer US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Starizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Starlight Xpress, Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 StarQuest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Stellarvue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Technical Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80, 82 Tele Vue Optics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Teleskop-Service Ransburg GmbH . . . . . . . 81 Texas Nautical Repair, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 The Observatory, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 83 The Teaching Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 University of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Van Slyke Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Willmann-Bell, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80, 82 Woodland Hills Telescopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BOTTOM: MICHAEL COVINGTON; TOP: NASA / GSFC / ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY SkyandTelescope.com 800-253-0245 IN THE NEXT ISSUE NASA’s New Moon The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned spectacular science and images from Earth’s nearest neighbor. 1761’s Transit of Venus In the ﬁrst major international scientiﬁc eﬀort, astronomers traveled around the world to observe 1761’s transit of Venus. See Cities of Stars The Northern Hemisphere’s late spring is a great season for globular clusters. DSLR Astrophotography Getting started in DSLR astrophotography is easier than you think. SkyandTelescope.com 800-253-0245 On newsstands May 1st! Find us on Facebook & Twitter http://www.SkyandTelescope.com http://www.SkyandTelescope.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Sky and Telescope - May 2012

Sky and Telescope - May 2012
Table of Contents
Spectrum
Letters
75, 50 & 25 Years Ago
News Notes
Saturn’s Raging Superstorm
Stars Above, Earth Below: Astronomy in National Parks
The Remarkable Case of Comet Lovejoy
In This Section
May’s Sky at a Glance
Binocular Highlight
Planetary Almanac
Northern Hemisphere’s Sky
Sun, Moon, and Planets
Celestial Calendar
Exploring the Solar System
Deep-Sky Wonders
Going Deep
S&T Test Report
New Product Showcase
Telescope Workshop
Planetary Imaging with Your DSLR Camera
Gallery
Focal Point

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