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April 1996

  1. Hyakutake, Big Dipper, and Observatory Dome 1
  2. Atlantis Approaches Mir 2
  3. A Lucky Lunar Eclipse 3
  4. The Keyhole Nebula Near Eta Carinae 4
  5. The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies 5
  6. Andromeda Nebula: Var! 6
  7. Uranus’s Moon Umbriel: A Mysterious Dark World 7
  8. Uranus’s Moon Oberon: Impact World 8
  9. A Spiral Galaxy Gallery 9
  10. Comet Hyakutake and a Tree 10
  11. Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake 11
  12. Man Enters Space 12
  13. The Compton Observatory Turns Five 13
  14. The Rotating Jets of Comet Hyakutake 14
  15. NASA Mission to MAP the Universe 15
  16. Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula 16
  17. NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula 17
  18. Hyakutake, Venus, Orion, and Pond 18
  19. The Virgo Cluster: Hot Plasma and Dark Matter 19
  20. Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation 20
  21. A Supernova in the Whirlpool 21
  22. At the Edge of the Helix 22
  23. Comet Hyakutake on a Starry Night 23
  24. Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images 24
  25. In the Center of the Whirlpool 25
  26. A Giant Globular Cluster in M31 26
  27. Apollo 14: Rickshaw Tracks Across the Moon 27
  28. The Sun Sets on Comet Hyakutake 28
  29. Saturn’s Rings Seen Sideways 29
  30. Uranus’ Ring System 30