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May 2000

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Features

The Ant planetary nebula

A Celestial News Bureau

Three Smithsonian astronomers run a worldwide news service about what is happening overhead

SAAM

Art's Moving Experience

Before works go on tour during a three-year museum renovation, there's lots of sprucing up and packing

Adult tricycle

Bound for Glory

Or maybe not. America's most grueling adult tricycle competition is tough on riders and equipment alike

Portraits on the Plains

Armed with easel, palette and pencil, George Catlin went west in the 1830s to paint the real "Wild West"

For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals

Book Reviews

For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals

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