Whew — it’s been a minute! Ironic, then, that this post is probably right on the cusp of being too late. The Sky & Telescope for a given month is on newsstands the month before the cover date, and it usually hits newsstands a week or so before that. So I’d expect the October S&T to appear on newsstands at the end of this month, but I’ve already seen it out in the wild. Which means the September issue is about to get yanked.
ANYWAY, I have a feature article in the September issue, and although some of my previous feature articles have gotten a notice on the cover, this time my piece is the cover article, which is a first for me. It’s a binocular tour of the late summer Milky Way, but it should be fun for telescopic observers, too. Go check it out, if it’s not too late! (And if it is, the issue will be in S&T online shop before long.) There’s also a finder chart for the article online, which seems to be a free download here.
10 Minute Astronomy 