Sky & Telescope April 2024 Magazine

In the April 2024 issue of Sky & Telescope, it’s showtime! The total solar eclipse that we’ve been anticipating for years, maybe even as far back as 2017, is finally here. Now, we’re providing information on when, where, and how to observe the eclipse. We also have a guide to listening to the eclipse through an AM radio (an especially useful project if it’s cloudy!) as well as the story about the eclipse that ignited the discipline of solar physics. And if you’re interested in other stars besides our own Sun, we’ve got loads of those, too! From interesting individual stars to entire galaxies full of them, a smorgasbord of sights awaits you in Leo, the Lion. Also in this issue, we follow the life cycle of a neutron star and map our local area of the Milky Way.