Inside:
Click on cover (left) to see complete table of contents for the July/August 2010 issue of SkyNews, The Canadian Magazine of Astronomy and Stargazing.
 OB ASSOCIATIONS OF THE SCORPION
Summer’s celestial arachnid hosts two young stellar groups that you can observe with binoculars and even the unaided eye. CHART AND ARTICLE BY GLENN LEDREW
OTHER WORLDS
Never-Ending Demolition Derby Around Saturn. BY RAY VILLARD
SCOPING THE SKY
Swan Anatomy: In a hobby beset by numbers, backyard astronomers find it easier to
remember deep-sky objects by their popular names, but observers can get carried away with names BY KEN HEWITT-WHITE
PRODUCT REVIEW
Sigma’s Super-Wide-Angle LensesTested on Night Sky: Gathering massive chunks of sky in a single shot can produce breathtaking images, but only if the lens is up to the task. BY TERENCE DICKINSON
EXPLORING THE NIGHT SKY
Perseids Peak and Planets Meet: Three planets converge in the lingering twilight of summer,while the Perseids promise a fine shower of meteors. BY ALAN DYER
…and much more! |
