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Astronomy - November 2013 (Special issue on Comet ISON)
English | PDF | 80 pages | 18.4 mb

FEATURES
24 COVER STORY - The science of comets
Scientists have sent 12 missions to explore comets. Here’s what they’ve learned about these relics from the early solar system. MATTHEW KNIGHT
30 Comets: From superstition to science
For thousands of years, scientists thought comets lived within Earth’s atmosphere, and nearly everyone believed these celestial visitors delivered death and destruction with their tails. GARY KRONK
36 The Sky this Month
ISON at its brightest. MARTIN RATCLIFFE AND ALISTER LING
38 StarDome and Path of the Planets RICHARD TALCOTT; ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROEN KELLY
44 Illustrated: Anatomy of a comet
Slip into a coma, sweep up a dust tail, and brace yourself against the solar wind. SARAH SCOLES; ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROEN KELLY
46 20 bright comets of the past 50 years
Each of these cosmic visitors of the past half-century told a unique story and captured the attentions of observers and imagers. KARRI FERRON
52 Ask Astro - Predicting a comet’s path.
54 Comet ISON blazes into glory
This frozen ball of gas and dust puts on a show in the predawn sky. RICHARD TALCOTT
60 Totality crosses Africa
An eclipse shadow, exotic locations, and safaris will lure travelers to this event November 3. JOEL K. HARRIS
64 A field trip to the stratosphere
Associate Editor SARAH SCOLES takes a ride with SOFIA.

ON THE COVER
A bluish tail of ionized gas and a yellow-white dust tail highlighted Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. Observers hope Comet ISON puts on a similarly dazzling show this month.

COLUMNS
Strange Universe BOB BERMAN 10
Observing Basics GLENN CHAPLE14
Secret Sky STEPHEN JAMES O’MEARA18

QUANTUM GRAVITY
Snapshot 9
Breakthrough 11
Astro News 12

IN EVERY ISSUE
From the Editor 6
Letters 10, 14
Web Talk 22
New Products 67
Advertiser Index 71
Reader Gallery 72
Final Frontier 74

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