In the February 2010 Sky & Telescope

Having recently concluded the International Year of Astronomy, an event that celebrated the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s momentous telescopic observations, it’s perhaps appropriate to look back at another, more recent moment in history — the arrival of the Dobsonian telescope. As I note in this month's Telescope Workshop column, it was 30 years ago that most amateur astronomers first heard of John Dobson’s telescope design. For most ATMs, this is a more significant anniversary.

In Binocular Highlights, we take a tour of Lepus, the Hare. With all the beautiful sights in Orion just to the north, it's no wonder that Lepus gets so little attention. Yet the constellation is home to one of the few winter binocular globulars and a couple of interesting double stars.