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 The January 1998 issue of Astronomy Now is now available from all good newsagents. We start the new year with a guide to the day-to-day operations of the Hubble Space Telescope, how to observe the outer planets, CCD astronomy from Portugal, the Milky Way and other galaxies, our regular look at the night sky this month, a review of the Konus Vista-80 contact refractor and detecting meteors by radio. This month's Focus section covers the pioneering work of early women astronomers. Other regular features include: News Update, Society News, Book Reviews and the Picture Gallery.
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European AstroFest '98 The man behind the Mars Pathfinder camera system is among the speakers at European AstroFest '98. The conference programme will also cover the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), cosmology, astronomy history, prospects for a Leonid storm and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Moon probe arrives The Lunar Prospector spacecraft, NASA's first mission to the Moon since the Apollo era, slipped into Lunar orbit Sunday morning. The low-cost probe is to spend a year orbiting the Moon analysing the surface composition and looking for signs of frozen water at the poles.
Future Mars missions
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Our Moon is too often overlooked, but there is much to see on Earth's satellite that will delight both beginners and experienced astronomers. Read Brian Hall's March 1995 article