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SOHO: World’s Greatest Comet Finder
December 29, 2010 | The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a spacecraft that’s spent 15 years staring at the Sun, recently recorded its 2,000th comet. > read more
February Digital Edition Available
December 23, 2010 | The digital edition of the February 2011 S&T is now available. > read more
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Saturn’s New Bright Storm
December 27, 2010 | A massive new storm in the ringed planet’s northern hemisphere is bright enough to see in small telescopes. > read more
Eclipses in 2011
December 30, 2010 | It will be a busy year for eclipse-watchers in the Eastern Hemisphere, but North Americans will have to wait until mid-December to see the Moon covered by Earth’s shadow. > read more
Meteor Showers in 2011
December 26, 2010 | Sky & Telescope predicts that 2011’s best meteor showers should be the Quadrantids in January and — maybe — an unusual outburst by the normally meek Draconids in October. > read more
Tour January’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
November 30, 2010 | The New Year opens with a partial solar eclipse, a great meteor shower, and a canopy of bright stars and planets overhead. > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
December 31, 2010 | Orion is up in the evening with Lepus under his feet, while Jupiter sinks in the southwest. Venus blazes before dawn, when Saturn in a telescope displays its rapidly evolving new white spot. > read more
 S&T: Craig Michael Utter
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Help for New Scope Owners
December 26, 2009 | Thousands of telescopes are given and received as gifts during the holidays. But once you’ve assembled your new treasure, then what? The editors of Sky & Telescope have created a special section of easy-to-grasp introductory skywatching articles just for you! > read more