Year Month Page Department Title Author 1 Author 2 Author 3 Author 4 1941 11 3 Leonids at Lavorika "Kingsbury, John A." 1941 11 6 Astronomical Anecdotes """The Most Cometary Year"", and Handicapped Astronomers" "Marshall, Roy K." 1941 11 7 Biography -- The SKY "Lockwood, Marian" 1941 11 7 Biography -- The Telescope "Menzel, Donald H." 1941 11 7 "Biography, The Telescope" "Menzel, Donald H." 1941 11 8 Mysterious Mars "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1941 11 9 Friends of Mine (poem) "Mann, Richard Herbert" 1941 11 10 30th Annual Meeting -- A.A.V.S.O. "Witherell, Percy W." 1941 11 10 30th Annual Meeting -- AAVSO "Witherell, Percy W." 1941 11 11 How Distant Is the Sun? "Whipple, Fred L." 1941 11 12 J. S. Plaskett "Petrie, William" 1941 11 13 Letters Letter "Thomsen, J. L." 1941 11 13 Letters Letter "Tuominen, Jaakko" 1941 11 13 News from Abroad "Menzel, Donald H." 1941 11 14 aurora observations "Young, Mary Philips" 1941 11 14 "Auroral Burst Supreme [Sept. 18-19, 1941]" 1941 11 14 "aurora observations (Sept. 18-19, 1941)" "Dietrich, William A." 1941 11 15 Aurora observations "Ryan, William T." 1941 11 15 aurora observations "Witherspoon, Earl C." 1941 11 16 Description of Auroral Forms 1941 11 17 Beginner's Page The Moon "Plachy, George V." 1941 11 17 The Moon: Our Beneficent and Mysterious Satellite "Plachy, George V." 1941 11 18 Gleanings for ATMs "Fitz, Henry -- Early American Telescope Maker" 1941 11 18 Henry Fitz -- Early American Telescope Maker "Bates, Ralph S." 1941 11 19 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1941 11 19 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1941 11 19 Twenty-Inch Operations "Alsing, Carl F." 1941 11 20 Amateur Astronomers Proposed By-Laws of Amateur Astronomers League of America 1941 11 20 Proposed By-Laws of AALA 1941 11 22 Books and the Sky "Biography of the Earth, George Gamow" 1941 11 22 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marshall, Roy K." 1941 11 22 Books and the Sky Book Review "Watson, Fletcher G." 1941 11 22 Books and the Sky "The Story of Variable Stars, Leon Campbell and Luigi Jacchia" 1941 11 24 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1941 11 24 Observer's Page The Path of Uranus "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1941 11 25 The Moon in the Hyades "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1941 11 28 Back-Cover Photo Moon 1941 12 3 Mexico's New National Observatory "Bok, Bart J." 1941 12 5 "Sun-Gazers on Tutujan Hill""""" "Brunton, Foster D." 1941 12 6 News Notes Solar Densities 1941 12 6 News Notes An Important Anniversary 1941 12 6 News Notes Astronomers to Meet in Dallas 1941 12 6 News Notes Astronomy Abroad 1941 12 6 News Notes Astronomy Via Hurricane "Carl, Eugene E." 1941 12 6 News Notes Astronomy via Hurricane "Carl, Pvt. Eugene E." 1941 12 6 News Notes Buhl Dedicates New Telescope 1941 12 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1941 12 7 The Forgotten Planets "Stubbs, Harry" 1941 12 9 Christmas Story "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1941 12 11 Venus as the Christmas Star "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1941 12 12 Harlow Shapley Honored "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1941 12 13 Astronomical Anecdotes "A """"Scurrilous Poster""""" "Marshall, Roy K." 1941 12 14 Progress in Extragalactic Research "Gordon, Katherine" 1941 12 16 An Observation of the Solar Corona "Roberts, Walter Orr" 1941 12 17 Beginner's Page The Moon "Plachy, George V." 1941 12 17 The Moon: Our Beneficent and Mysterious Satellite "Plachy, George V." 1941 12 18 Amateur Astronomers A Stargazer's Workshop "Dunton, Adeline" 1941 12 19 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1941 12 19 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1941 12 20 Books and the Sky "Amateur Telescope Making -- 4th ed., James G. Baker" 1941 12 20 Books and the Sky Book Review "Baker, James G." 1941 12 20 Books and the Sky "Glass -- the Miracle Maker, C. J. Phillips" 1941 12 22 Paradoxical Parabolas "Brown, Earle B." 1941 12 24 Observer's Page Phases of the Moon "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1941 12 28 Back-Cover Photo Stephan's quintet 1942 1 2 Astronomy and War "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 1 3 The Astronomical Work of Galileo Galilei "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1942 1 5 Anniversaries 1942 1 6 The Double Star 61 Cygni "Strand, K. A." 1942 1 8 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 1 8 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 1 8 How To Meet the Fifth Column in Astronomy "Rufus, W. Carl" 1942 1 9 How to Meet the Fifth Column in Astronomy "Rufus, W. Carl" 1942 1 11 The Horoscope of W. Carl Rufus 1942 1 12 Late Photos from Manila "Guzman-Rivas, Pablo" 1942 1 13 News Notes Vatican Awards Prize 1942 1 13 News Notes South American Interest in Astronomy 1942 1 13 News Notes Popular Lectures at Swarthmore 1942 1 13 News Notes Pulkovo Observatory 1942 1 13 News Notes Refueling the Stars 1942 1 13 News Notes Royal Society Medal 1942 1 13 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 1 13 News Notes Hubble Speaks at Dallas 1942 1 13 News Notes "Fundamental Properties of the Galactic System""""" 1942 1 14 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1942 1942 1 16 Graphic Portrayal of Celestial Events "Merriam, Carroll F." 1942 1 16 The Planetarium (poem) "Vezzoli, Dante" 1942 1 17 Beginner's Page Saturn and Its Rings "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 1 18 Amateur Astronomers Midwestern Amateur's Observatory "Sundine, Jack" 1942 1 19 Astronomical Anecdotes "Frederic's Birthday, Parallax Problems, and Pulkovo Observatory" "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 1 20 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wendt, Gerald" 1942 1 20 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mayall, R. Newton" 1942 1 20 Books and the Sky "Time and Timekeepers, Willis I. Milham" 1942 1 20 Books and the Sky "The Morning Star Rises, Maud Worcester Makemson" 1942 1 22 "Gaviola or """"Caustic"""" Test" "Brown, Earle B." 1942 1 24 Observer's Page The Moon's Libration in Longitude "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 1 26 "Orion, Glory of Winter" "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 1 26 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 1 28 Back-Cover Photo Saturn 1942 2 2 Predictions of Algol Minima "Kopal, Zdenek" 1942 2 2 Cleveland Concave "McCluskey, S. W." 1942 2 2 Cleveland Conclave "McCluskey, S. W." 1942 2 3 The Poulkovo Observatory (1839-1941) "Struve, Otto" 1942 2 3 The Poulkovo Observatory(1839-1941) "Struve, Otto" 1942 2 5 Waves from Space "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1942 2 8 The Story of Algol "Kopal, Zdenek" 1942 2 11 Shadow of Moon in March "Harris, Sylvan" 1942 2 11 Shadow on Moon in March "Harris, Sylvan" 1942 2 12 Summary of a Lecture "Bok, Bart J." 1942 2 13 Astronomical Anecdotes "A Michigan Photograph, and ""H.D."" -- ""A Hammer and Chisel Man" "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 2 14 Cleveland Conclave "McCuskey, S. W." 1942 2 16 News Notes Relativity Perfected 1942 2 16 News Notes "Curtis, Heber Doust" 1942 2 16 News Notes Interstellar Iron 1942 2 16 News Notes Harvard's South African Shipments 1942 2 16 News Notes Meteor Photography with a Schmidt 1942 2 16 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 2 17 Beginner's Page "Jupiter, the Giant Planet" "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 2 18 Amateur Astronomers Pittsburgh Amateur "Garland, Fred M." 1942 2 20 Books and the Sky Book Review "Menzel, Donald H." 1942 2 20 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hellweg, Capt. J. F." 1942 2 20 Books and the Sky "Living Biographies of Great Scientists, Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas" 1942 2 20 Books and the Sky "Yankee Stargazer, Robert Elton Berry" 1942 2 21 Books and the Sky "New Worlds in Science, ed. Harold Ward" "Stokley, James" 1942 2 22 "Gaviola or """"Caustic"""" Test" "Brown, Earle B." 1942 2 23 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 2 23 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 2 24 Observer's Page Phases of the Moon "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 2 26 The Seven Stars "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 2 26 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 2 28 Back-Cover Photo Warner and Swasey 24-inch Schmidt 1942 3 3 The Cordoba Observatory "Gaviola, Enrique" 1942 3 4 The Story of Beta Lyrae "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1942 3 7 Second Astronomer Royal -- Edmond Halley "Bates, Ralph S." 1942 3 10 News Notes Proper Motions for Southern Stars 1942 3 10 News Notes Comet 1942a 1942 3 10 News Notes "Eclipse of July 29, 3928 b.c." 1942 3 10 News Notes Bomb-Equivalent of a Meteorite 1942 3 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 3 10 News Notes Lost and Found 1942 3 10 News Notes Kings College Fellowship 1942 3 11 Spring "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1942 3 13 New Mexican Observatory Dedicated 1942 3 14 Cosmic Ray Observations on the U.S. Antarctic Expeditions "Korff, Serge A." 1942 3 14 Cosmic Ray Observations on the US Antarctic Expedition "Korff, Serge A." 1942 3 17 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 3 17 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 3 18 Letters Letter "Stuempfle, R." 1942 3 19 Beginner's Page The Eclipse of the Moon "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 3 19 "The Eclipse of the Moon [March 2, 1942]" "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 3 20 "Gaviola or """"Caustic"""" Test" "Brown, Earle B." 1942 3 21 Astronomical Anecdotes Early Telescope Makers and a Headlamp Lens "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 3 22 Books and the Sky Book Review "Burhoe, Ralph W." 1942 3 22 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Meteorology, Sverre Petterssen" 1942 3 22 Books and the Sky "Doctor Wood, William Seabrook" 1942 3 22 Books and the Sky Book Review "Menzel, Donald H." 1942 3 23 Books and the Sky "Meteorology, Donald S. Piston" 1942 3 23 Books and the Sky The Meteorological Glossary 1942 3 24 Observer's Page Phases of the Moon "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 3 26 Pastures of the Sky "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 3 26 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 3 28 Back-Cover Photo Moon 1942 4 3 Sojourn in Mexico "Menzel, Donald H." 1942 4 5 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 4 5 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 4 6 An Amateur Looks at Mars "Smith, J. Russell" 1942 4 8 The Martyr of 1600 (Bruno) "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 4 9 The Era of Nabonassar "Woolard, Edgar W." 1942 4 11 Astronomy at the Inter-American Scientific Conference "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1942 4 14 Clouds "Brooks, Charles F." 1942 4 17 News Notes Radiogram from Marseilles 1942 4 17 News Notes The Nearest Stars 1942 4 17 News Notes . . . And the War 1942 4 17 News Notes A Saturn-Like Star 1942 4 17 News Notes Another Radiogram 1942 4 17 News Notes Meteorite Excavating 1942 4 17 News Notes More Astronomical Literature from Europe 1942 4 17 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 4 18 Beginner's Page The Eleven Moons of Jupiter "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 4 20 The ATM and the War "Brown, Earle B." 1942 4 20 The A.T.M. and the War "Brown, Earle B." 1942 4 20 Report on a Schupmann "Brown, Earle B." 1942 4 21 Astronomical Anecdotes Zeppelins 1942 4 21 Astronomical Anecdotes "A Reversed Schmidt, Patent 969, 785" 1942 4 21 Astronomical Anecdotes Astronomical Anecdotes "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 4 22 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bates, Ralph S." 1942 4 22 Books and the Sky "A Manual of Astronomy, R. W. Shaw and S. L. Boothroyd" 1942 4 22 Books and the Sky "Jean Domenique Cassini and his World Map, Lloyd A. Brown" 1942 4 22 Books and the Sky Book Review "Smiley, Charles H." 1942 4 23 Books and the Sky "The Days of Creation, Willy Wey" "Mayall, R. Newton" 1942 4 24 Observer's Page Occultation Times "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 4 24 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 4 26 Seven in Silver Mist "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 4 26 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 4 28 Back-Cover Photo Pleiades 1942 5 2 Weather Signs in the Sky "Barton Jr., William H." 1942 5 3 The Diagnosis of Stars from Their Spectra "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 5 6 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 5 6 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 5 7 Weather Signs in the Sky "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1942 5 10 Letters Letter "Ginter, C. M." 1942 5 10 Observer's Page Lunar Eclipse Observed "Strange, Raymond J." 1942 5 11 The Analemma "Raisz, Erwin" 1942 5 13 Letters Letter "Bacon, W." 1942 5 14 High-Dispersion Spectra "Greenstein, Jesse L." 1942 5 18 Amateur Astronomers Fourth National Convention Postponed 1942 5 19 Beginner's Page Sunspots "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 5 20 News Notes Age of the Solar System 1942 5 20 News Notes Comet Awards 1942 5 20 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 5 20 News Notes Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1942 5 20 News Notes June Symposium on Spectroscopy 1942 5 20 News Notes "Levi-Civita, Levi" 1942 5 20 News Notes History of New Zealand Astronomy 1942 5 20 News Notes Honorary Degree for Rev. T. E. R. Phillips 1942 5 20 News Notes "Flammarion, Camille" 1942 5 20 News Notes The Spiral M33 1942 5 21 Books and the Sky "The Observer's Book on Astro-Navigation, Francis Chichester" 1942 5 21 Books and the Sky "The Stars in Myth and Fact, Oral E. Scott" 1942 5 21 Books and the Sky Book Review "Spitz, Armand N." 1942 5 21 Books and the Sky Book Review "Fuller, Urania Dayton" 1942 5 22 Further Notes on Diagonals "Brown, Earle B." 1942 5 23 Astronomical Anecdotes Astronomical Anecdotes "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 5 23 Astronomical Anecdotes "What Science Says to Truth""""" 1942 5 23 Astronomical Anecdotes Just Grazing 1942 5 23 Astronomical Anecdotes Stars Visible by Day? 1942 5 24 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 5 24 Observer's Page Occultation Predictions "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 5 26 The Lion-Guarded Gate "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 5 26 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 5 28 Back-Cover Photo Solar granules 1942 6 3 The Planets and Their Relation to History "Barton Jr., William H." 1942 6 3 "The Planets, and Their Relation to History" "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1942 6 6 Trends in Meteorites "Nininger, H. H." 1942 6 6 Trends in Meteoritics "Nininger, H. H." 1942 6 8 Griffith Observatory -- Buhl Planetarium 1942 6 9 Some Astronomical Methods "Scheuer, Sidney I." 1942 6 11 News Notes Whistling Meteors 1942 6 11 News Notes Supernova of 1054 1942 6 11 News Notes . . . And the War 1942 6 11 News Notes Comet News in Complex Route 1942 6 11 News Notes Despite the War 1942 6 11 News Notes Bruce Medal for 1941 1942 6 11 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 6 12 The Variations of Geomagnetism "Harradon, H. D." 1942 6 17 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 6 17 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 6 18 Beginner's Page "Summer"""" Solstice" "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 6 20 Books and the Sky "Weather and the Ocean of Air, William Holmes Wenstrom" "Woolard, Edgar W." 1942 6 21 Astronomical Anecdotes "A Budget of Paradoxes""""" "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 6 22 Gleanings for ATMs Objective-Grating Plates "Baker, James G." 1942 6 24 Observer's Page Visual Double-Star Observations "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 6 24 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 6 26 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 6 26 Where Galaxies Swarm "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 6 28 Back-Cover Photo Sombrero nebula 1942 7 3 Astronomers Meet at New Haven "Goedicke, Victor" 1942 7 5 The Story of Gamma Cassiopeiae "Baldwin, Ralph B." 1942 7 8 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 7 8 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 7 9 Facts about the Sun "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1942 7 9 Facts About the Sun "Barton Jr., William H." 1942 7 14 Amateur Astronomers First Great Lakes Regional Astronomical Convention 1942 7 15 Beginner's Page The Milky Way "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 7 16 Refractor Versus Reflector "Brown, Earle B." 1942 7 17 Astronomical Anecdotes Astronomical Anecdotes "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 7 17 Astronomical Anecdotes Diameters 1942 7 17 Astronomical Anecdotes Hi-Ho 1942 7 17 Astronomical Anecdotes Uranus Versus Neptune 1942 7 18 Books and the Sky Book Review "Plachy, George V." 1942 7 18 Books and the Sky Book Review "Stetson, Harlan T." 1942 7 18 Books and the Sky "Enjoyment of Science, Jonathan Norton Leonard" 1942 7 19 News Notes A Tenth Planet? 1942 7 19 News Notes Cataclysm and Evolution 1942 7 19 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 7 19 News Notes Honorary Degree 1942 7 19 News Notes "Wyse, Arthur Bambridge" 1942 7 19 News Notes Period-Luminosity 1942 7 20 Observer's Page Visual Double-Star Observations "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 7 20 Observer's Page Visual Double-Star Observations II "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 7 22 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 7 22 From Poem to Science "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 7 24 Back-Cover Photo Scutum star cloud 1942 8 2 Navigation "Stewart, John Q." 1942 8 3 Facts about Eclipses "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1942 8 3 Facts About Eclipses "Barton Jr., William H." 1942 8 5 Astronomical Anecdotes Stars by Day 1942 8 5 Astronomical Anecdotes Squaring the Circle 1942 8 5 Astronomical Anecdotes Astronomical Anecdotes "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 8 6 The Teaching of Navigation "Stewart, John Q." 1942 8 7 Some Comments (on teaching of navigation) "Pierce, Newton L." 1942 8 7 Some Comments "Pierce, Newton L." 1942 8 8 Amateur Astronomers Amateurs of Science "Stenbock, Harold" 1942 8 10 Saros Facts and the Lunar Eclipse "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 8 11 "Ages of Observation""""" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1942 8 11 "Ages of Observations""""" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1942 8 15 Beginner's Page Meteors -- and the Perseids "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 8 16 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 8 16 News Notes Not News; Newly Important 1942 8 16 News Notes On the Birth of Planets 1942 8 16 News Notes Dr. [William Hammond] Wright Retires 1942 8 16 News Notes Adolph Lomb Medal 1942 8 16 News Notes "Phillips, The Rev. T. E. R." 1942 8 16 News Notes Tardy Mercury Hurried 1942 8 16 News Notes The Solar Corona 1942 8 17 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 8 17 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 8 18 Designing an Achromatic Objective -- I "Brown, Earle B." 1942 8 19 Books and the Sky "Essentials of Astronomy, John Charles Duncan" "Shaw, R. William" 1942 8 20 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 8 20 Observer's Page "The Eclipse of the Moon -- August 25-26, 1942" "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 8 20 Observer's Page "The Eclipse of the Moon, August 25-26, 1942" "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 8 22 Celestial Calendar The Man With the Snake "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 8 22 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 8 24 Back-Cover Photo "Ring nebula, NGC 6720" 1942 9 3 Sirius and Its Companion "Aitken, Robert G." 1942 9 6 News Notes Variable Star Observers from India 1942 9 6 News Notes Shock Waves and Meteors 1942 9 6 News Notes Copernicus Society in New York 1942 9 6 News Notes Can You Pronounce ...? 1942 9 6 News Notes Nova Herculis' Ring Nebula 1942 9 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 9 6 News Notes Mt. Wilson Annual Report 1942 9 7 Elements of Celestial Navigation "Watson, Fletcher G." 1942 9 10 Astronomical Anecdotes Another Case -- Another Photograph "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 9 11 Beginner's Page Meteorites "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 9 12 Autumn Skies "Barton Jr., William H." 1942 9 15 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur's New Observatory "Bier, Louis E." 1942 9 15 An Amateur's New Observatory (Roelof Weertman) "Bier, Louis E." 1942 9 16 Conference on Spectroscopy "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 9 17 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 9 17 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 9 17 How Elliptical Is My Orbit? "Harris, Sylvan" 1942 9 18 Make Your Own Spectroscope "Brown, Earle B." 1942 9 19 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bates, Ralph S." 1942 9 19 Books and the Sky Book Review "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 9 19 Books and the Sky "Cometography: A Catalog of Comets, Vol. 1, Gary W. Kronk, 99(5):76 A Comet Strikes the Earth, H. H. Nininger" 1942 9 19 Books and the Sky "Matter, Energy, and Radiation, J. R. Dunning and H. C. Paxton" 1942 9 19 Books and the Sky "Weather Elements, Thomas A. Blair" 1942 9 20 Observer's Page The Equinox and the Southern Cross "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 9 20 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 9 22 Mysterious Engonasis "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 9 22 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 9 24 Back-Cover Photo Region of Theta Ophiuchi 1942 10 3 Front-Cover Photo The Crab Nebula "Duncan, John C." 1942 10 5 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 10 5 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 10 6 Sailing the Seven Seas "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1942 10 8 Amateur Astronomers That Perfectly Beautiful Eclipse 1942 10 9 Relativity and Its Astronomical Implications -- I "Frank, Philipp" 1942 10 12 The Student Observatory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Carragan, G. Howard" 1942 10 14 Beginner's Page Tides and Their Variations "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 10 15 Astronomical Anecdotes "More Pi, a Rogue, and a King" "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 10 16 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Maps, and Weather, C. C. Wylie, Fletcher G. Watson" 1942 10 16 Books and the Sky "Physical Science, Ehret, Spock, Schneider, van der Merwe, and Wahlert" 1942 10 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Watson, Fletcher G." 1942 10 17 News Notes An Amateur and the War 1942 10 17 News Notes Emphasis on Comets 1942 10 17 News Notes Letter from Russia 1942 10 17 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 10 17 News Notes Nova in Cygnus 1942 10 18 Designing an Achromatic Objective -- II "Brown, Earle B." 1942 10 20 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 10 20 Observer's Page The Hyades Occultations and the Moon's Motion "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 10 22 Starry Heavens "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 10 22 Nubia's Shining Trio and the Fighting Flier from Greece "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 10 24 Back-Cover Photo Crab nebula in red light 1942 11 3 New Projector for Navigation Stars "Benford, James R." 1942 11 4 Astronomical Anecdotes A Survival 1942 11 4 Astronomical Anecdotes Astronomical Anecdotes "Copeland, Leland S." 1942 11 4 Astronomical Anecdotes Astronomical Anecdotes "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 11 4 Astronomical Anecdotes Celestial Disappearances 1942 11 4 Astronomical Anecdotes Chaos and Politicians 1942 11 5 Far-Flying Meteor Stirs Southwest "Monnig, Oscar E." 1942 11 6 Relativity and Its Astronomical Implications -- II "Frank, Philipp" 1942 11 9 News Notes Stellar Chlorine 1942 11 9 News Notes Nova Cygni 1942 1942 11 9 News Notes Not Much on Meteors 1942 11 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 11 9 News Notes A Comet's Identity 1942 11 10 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Fall Meeting "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 11 10 A.A.V.S.O. Fall Meeting "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 11 10 The Plane-Spotter's Quandary (poem) "Jaffray, Norman R." 1942 11 11 Our Nearest Stellar Neighbor "Dawson, Bernhard H." 1942 11 14 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 11 14 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 11 15 Amateur Astronomers Some Eclipse Notes from Baltimore "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1942 11 15 Letters Letter "Stoneman, George" 1942 11 16 Books and the Sky "Map Reading and Navigation, Richard M. Field and Harlan T. Stetson" "Whipple, Fred L." 1942 11 17 Beginner's Page Tides and Their Causes "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 11 18 A Simple Filar Micrometer "Brown, Earle B." 1942 11 22 Observer's Page The Poles in the Sky "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 11 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 11 24 Back-Cover Photo Triangulum spiral 1942 12 3 That Christmas Star "Lockwood, Marian" 1942 12 5 Nova Notes 1942 12 6 News Notes Two Cablegrams! 1942 12 6 News Notes A Tercentary 1942 12 6 News Notes "Adamson, Hans, Found" 1942 12 6 News Notes Another Origin for the Solar System 1942 12 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1942 12 6 News Notes News Takes Time 1942 12 6 News Notes How Round Is the Earth's Equator? 1942 12 6 News Notes Moon Illusion Again 1942 12 7 Relativity and Its Astronomical Implications -- III "Frank, Philipp" 1942 12 9 The Sextant "Brandon, T. O." "Bailey, W. R." "Willis, J. E." 1942 12 9 Thirty Steps for a Moon (poem) "Frederick, Phyllis" 1942 12 11 Do You Know? (quiz column) "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 12 11 Do You Know? quiz column "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1942 12 12 The Galactic Clusters "Ebbighausen, E. G." 1942 12 14 Astronomical Anecdotes "A Mathematician, Pi, and Relaxation" "Marshall, Roy K." 1942 12 15 Beginner's Page Tides the World Over "Witherell, Percy W." 1942 12 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Barton Jr., William H." 1942 12 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1942 12 16 Books and the Sky "From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar, G. Srinivasan, 98(4):79 From Copernicus to Einstein, Hans Reic" 1942 12 16 Books and the Sky "The Crux of Chronology, Frank Herman Meyer" 1942 12 17 Letters Letter "Paulus, Charles M." 1942 12 18 Designing an Achromatic Objective -- III "Brown, Earle B." 1942 12 22 Observer's Page "Aldebaran, Regulus, and the Moon" "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 12 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1942 12 24 Back-Cover Photo Coma Berenices edge-on spiral 1943 1 2 The Light Curve of Nova Puppis "Campbell, Leon" 1943 1 3 Isaac Newton (1643-1727) "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1943 1 3 Isaac Newton(1643-1727) "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1943 1 6 Observing Nova Puppis "McLaughlin, Dean B." 1943 1 8 The Use of the Nautical Almanac in Practical Navigation "Whipple, Fred L." 1943 1 10 Stars of a Winter Night "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 1 10 Stars of a Winter's Night "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 1 12 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1943 1943 1 14 Amateur Astronomers Solar Eclipse in Alaska "Mattersdorf, Leo" 1943 1 14 "Solar Eclipse in Alaska [Feb. 4-5, 1943]" "Mattersdorf, Leo" 1943 1 15 Beginner's Page Asteroids -- Planetoids "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 1 15 News Notes Bizarre Hypothesis 1943 1 15 News Notes Big Planet or Little Star? 1943 1 15 News Notes "de Roy, Felix, of Belgium" 1943 1 15 News Notes First Vermont Meteorite 1943 1 15 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 1 15 News Notes The Earth's Equator 1943 1 17 The A.T.M. and the Future "Brown, Earle B." 1943 1 18 Astronomical Anecdotes The Story of Frederick "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 1 19 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rosen, Edward" 1943 1 19 Books and the Sky Book Review "Heyden S.J., Francis J." 1943 1 19 Books and the Sky "The Practical Essentials of Pre-Training Navigation, W. T. Skilling and R. S. Richardson" 1943 1 19 Books and the Sky "Roemer and the First Determination of the Velocity of Light, I. Bernard Cohen" 1943 1 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 1 22 Observer's Page Algol and Other Variables "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 1 24 Back-Cover Photo Ursa Major spiral 1943 2 1 "Swasey, Ambrose, Telescope Engineer" "Bates, Ralph S." 1943 2 3 Ambrose Swasey -- Telescope Engineer "Bates, Ralph S." 1943 2 3 "Ambrose Swasey, Telescope Engineer" "Bates, Ralph S." 1943 2 5 The 69th Meeting of the A. A. S. "Lee, Oliver J." 1943 2 5 The 69th Meeting of the AAS "Lee, Oliver J." 1943 2 6 Computing the Position -- H. O. 208 and 211 1943 2 7 Our Planetary Neighbors "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 2 9 Beginner's Page Asteroids -- Planetoids II "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 2 10 Color in Lunar Eclipses "Morrow, Martha Goddard" 1943 2 12 The Moon as a Source of Tektites -- I "Nininger, H. H." 1943 2 15 News Notes The Expanding Universe 1943 2 15 News Notes Comet Whipple 2 1943 2 15 News Notes Birthplace of Newton 1943 2 15 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 2 15 News Notes Nova Puppis from South Africa 1943 2 16 Books and the Sky "The Origin of the Carolina Bays, Douglas Johnson" 1943 2 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bok, Priscella F." 1943 2 16 Books and the Sky "Astrographics, Frank Debenham" 1943 2 16 Books and the Sky "Down to the Sea, Louise Hall Tharp" 1943 2 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Westgate, Lewis G." 1943 2 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Whipple, Fred L." 1943 2 17 Astronomical Anecdotes Unexpected Christmas Gift "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 2 18 Designing an Achromatic Objective -- IV "Brown, Earle B." 1943 2 19 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 2 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 2 22 Observer's Page "The Partial Lunar Eclipse -- February 19-20, 1943" "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 2 22 Capella's Companions "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 2 24 Back-Cover Photo "Andromeda nebula, M31" 1943 3 2 Fifty Years of Popular Astronomy "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 3 3 Our Nearest Cosmic Neighbors "Thomas, Armstrong" 1943 3 5 March Weather "Brooks, Charles F." 1943 3 8 The Moon as a Source of Tektites -- II "Nininger, H. H." 1943 3 9 News Notes Simon Marius Comes Into His Own 1943 3 9 News Notes Russian Astronomy 1943 3 9 News Notes "Roberts, Dorothea K." 1943 3 9 News Notes S. S. George E. Hale 1943 3 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 3 10 Plotting the Position "Heyden S.J., Francis J." 1943 3 11 A Model Planetarium "Jones, V. C." 1943 3 12 Stars in Song and Story "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 3 12 The Stars in Song and Story "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 3 14 Beginner's Page Variable Stars -- I "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 3 15 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brown, Earle B." 1943 3 15 Books and the Sky "Man and His Physical World, Dwight E. Gray" 1943 3 15 Books and the Sky Optics and Service Instruments 1943 3 15 Books and the Sky Book Review "Frye, Royal M." 1943 3 16 Amateur Astronomers The Saga of Nick's Schmidt "Bier, Louis E." 1943 3 17 Astronomical Anecdotes Banishment of Bunk about Bayer "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 3 18 Gleanings for ATMs An 8-inch f/1&point;5 Schmidt Camera 1943 3 18 An 8-inch F/1.5 Schmidt Camera "Waitkus, Nicholas J." 1943 3 19 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 3 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 3 22 Observer's Page Neptune's Path 1943 3 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, full" 1943 4 3 The 1769 Transit of Venus and Its Relation to Early American Astronomy "Lownes, Albert E." 1943 4 3 The 1769 Transit of Venus "Lownes, Albert E." 1943 4 6 A Novel Projection Device "Collins, Oliver C." 1943 4 8 Beginner's Page Variable Stars -- II "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 4 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 4 9 News Notes Moon-Struck Iris 1943 4 9 News Notes More Elements Identified in Meteorites 1943 4 9 News Notes Astronomically Named Vessels 1943 4 9 News Notes Celestial Target Practice? 1943 4 9 News Notes Education Still Progresses 1943 4 9 News Notes Thorium in the Sun 1943 4 10 Amateur Astronomers The Carpenter Observatory "Johnson, Charles S." 1943 4 11 A Novel Projection Device "Collins, Oliver C." 1943 4 11 More About Nova Puppis "Campbell, Leon" 1943 4 12 An Englishman Renames the Stars 1943 4 12 "Another Good Eclipse [Feb. 19-20, 1943]" 1943 4 13 A Graphical Determination of Pi "Hellmann, Carl A." 1943 4 14 Weather Signs in the Sky "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 4 15 Astronomical Anecdotes Ptolemy's Star Catalogue "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 4 16 Designing an Achromatic Objective -- V "Brown, Earle B." 1943 4 18 Books and the Sky "A Mathematics Refresher, A. Hooper" 1943 4 18 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 4 18 Books and the Sky Book Review "Trupin, Max" 1943 4 18 Books and the Sky "Nicholas Copernicus, Stephen P. Mizwa" 1943 4 19 Books and the Sky "Science Remakes Our World, James Stokley" "Wendt, Gerald" 1943 4 19 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 4 21 Navigating in the Air -- I "S., S. " 1943 4 22 Observer's Page Whipple's Comet 1943 4 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 4 22 Capella's Companions "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 4 24 Back-Cover Photo Whirlpool nebula in Canes Venatici 1943 5 3 Nicholas Copernicus -- The Man and His Work "Rosen, Edward" 1943 5 3 "Nicholas Copernicus, The Man and His Work" "Rosen, Edward" 1943 5 6 The Case of the Willamette "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1943 5 8 Astronomical Anecdotes Errors of Ptolemy's Almagest "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 5 9 News Notes A Rapidly Expanding Atmosphere 1943 5 9 News Notes A Good Precedent 1943 5 9 News Notes "Birds of a Feather""""" 1943 5 9 News Notes During the Seige of Leningrad 1943 5 9 News Notes American Philosophical Society 1943 5 9 News Notes Found: Lots of Variables 1943 5 9 News Notes "Jewett, James Richard" 1943 5 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 5 9 News Notes Section D Vice-President 1943 5 9 News Notes Seismology in Mexico 1943 5 10 Amateur Astronomers A Sailor Sights a Comet "Wilmot, Francis A." 1943 5 11 A Tribute to Copernicus "Makemson, Maud W." 1943 5 15 Beginner's Page Variable Stars -- III "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 5 16 Books and the Sky "Air Navigation for Beginners, Scott G. Lamb" 1943 5 16 Books and the Sky "Basic Principles of Weather Forecasting, Victor P. Starr" 1943 5 16 Books and the Sky "Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae, Leo Goldberg and Lawrence H. Aller" 1943 5 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marshall, Roy K." 1943 5 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Conover, J. H." 1943 5 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bok, Bart J." 1943 5 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 5 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Stokley, James" 1943 5 17 Books and the Sky "Man's Physical Universe, Arthur Talbot Bawden" 1943 5 17 Books and the Sky "Jules Verne, George Waltz, Jr." 1943 5 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1943 5 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making a Schmidt Correcting Plate "De Vany, Arthur S." 1943 5 19 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 5 21 Navigating in the Air -- II "S., S. " 1943 5 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 5 22 Observer's Page Regulus in Occultation and Conjunction "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 5 24 Back-Cover Photo "Willamette meteorite, etched" 1943 6 3 In the Mysterious Land of RV Tauri Stars "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1943 6 5 Astronomical Anecdotes Ptolemy's Magnitudes "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 6 6 Sun Worship -- Past and Present "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 6 8 Aluminizing the 72-inch at Victoria "McKellar, Andrew" 1943 6 8 Aluminizing the 72-inch Mirror at Victoria "McKeller, Andrew" 1943 6 11 News Notes Use of Ancient Egyptian Meteorites 1943 6 11 News Notes Patchy Interstellar Clouds 1943 6 11 News Notes The Spiral Nebulae 1943 6 11 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 6 11 News Notes Liberty Ship Thaddeus S. C. Lowe 1943 6 11 News Notes Gold in the Golden Sun 1943 6 11 News Notes National Academy Honors Astronomers 1943 6 11 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meets 1943 6 11 News Notes A Gold Medal 1943 6 11 News Notes A New Nova and Pre-Discovery Comet Observations 1943 6 12 Pronouncing Astronomical Names 1943 6 14 How to Predict Occultations "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 6 16 Books and the Sky "The Story of the Moon, Clyde Fisher" 1943 6 16 Books and the Sky "The Greatest Eye in the World, Frederick Collins" 1943 6 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Campbell, Leon" 1943 6 16 Books and the Sky "Dictionary of Science and Technology, Maxim Newmark" 1943 6 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wagman, N. E." 1943 6 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Prager, Richard" 1943 6 17 Beginner's Page Variable Stars -- IV "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 6 17 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 6 18 Designing an Achromatic Objective -- VI "Brown, Earle B." 1943 6 20 Amateur Astronomers Nova Puppis and the Southern Hemisphere "F., C. A." 1943 6 20 Letters Letter "Brooks, Charles F." 1943 6 21 A Simple Sextant for Practice "Wilson, Latimer J." 1943 6 23 Observer's Page The Moon and Planets in the Evening and Morning Skies 1943 6 24 Back-Cover Photo Corona Borealis cluster of galaxies 1943 7 2 In Focus "Leavens, Peter A." 1943 7 3 Astronomers Meet at Cambridge "Mayall, Margaret Walton" 1943 7 4 The Obsolete Tropic of Cancer "Rufus, W. Carl" 1943 7 5 Problems of Stellar Evolution "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1943 7 7 Astronomers (poem) "Coblentz, Stanton A." 1943 7 8 Summer Stars "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 7 10 News Notes An Elucidation 1943 7 10 News Notes Astronomer Scares Shark 1943 7 10 News Notes Astronomers and the War 1943 7 10 News Notes Memorial to Dr. J. S. Plaskett 1943 7 10 News Notes European Publications 1943 7 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 7 11 Beginner's Page Spectra -- I "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 7 15 Astronomical Anecdotes An Early Star Atlas "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 7 16 That Roof Prism Problem "Brown, Earle B." 1943 7 17 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 7 18 Books and the Sky Book Review "Slocum, Frederick" 1943 7 18 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ebbighausen, E. G." 1943 7 18 Books and the Sky Science from Shipboard 1943 7 18 Books and the Sky "Stereopix, Wm. H. Barton, Jr." 1943 7 19 Amateur Astronomers Copernican Celebrations 1943 7 21 Navigating in the Air -- III "S., S. " 1943 7 22 Observer's Page Venus at Greatest Brilliance "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 7 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 7 24 Back-Cover Photo Globular cluster in Hercules 1943 8 3 Know Your Sundials "Mayall, R. Newton" 1943 8 7 A Remarkable Library "Burns, Kevin" 1943 8 9 Beginner's Page Spectra -- II "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 8 10 Soliloquy of a Variable Star Observer "Fernald, Cyrus F." 1943 8 11 Amateur Astronomers A Neighborly Field Trip "Stofan, J. M." 1943 8 12 The Answer's in the Sky "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 8 14 Astronomical Anecdotes Photographs -- Latest and Earliest "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 8 15 News Notes An Old Nova 1943 8 15 News Notes Enemy Star? 1943 8 15 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 8 15 News Notes Our Cooling Planet and the Original Location of Life 1943 8 15 News Notes Largest Prism 1943 8 15 News Notes Pearce's New Double Star 1943 8 15 News Notes Phosphorus in the Sun 1943 8 16 Designing an Achromatic Objective -- VII "Brown, Earle B." 1943 8 18 Books and the Sky "Physics and Philosophy, Sir James Jeans" "Frank, Philipp" 1943 8 19 Books and the Sky "The Amateur Scientist, W. Stephen Thomas" "Leavens, Peter A." 1943 8 19 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 8 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 8 22 Observer's Page Venus at Greatest Brilliance "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 8 22 Observer's Page Venus at Greatest Brilliance II "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 8 24 Back-Cover Photo Trifid nebula in Sagittarius 1943 9 3 Elements in the Sun "Moore, Charlotte E." 1943 9 7 I Saw a Star (poem) "Delaplaine, Eleanor Frances" 1943 9 7 Saluting an Astronomer "Habes S.J., Joseph R." 1943 9 8 News Notes "Schlesinger, Frank, and Trigonometric Parallaxes" 1943 9 8 News Notes Einstein in War Work 1943 9 8 News Notes Comet Oterma 1943a 1943 9 8 News Notes Contributions on Meteorites 1943 9 8 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 9 9 News Notes Accuracy of Modern Navigation Tables 1943 9 9 Nautical Notes "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 9 11 Beginner's Page Spectra -- III "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 9 12 Collections of Sundials in the United States "Mayall, R. Newton" 1943 9 14 Letters Letter "Wysor, D. C." 1943 9 14 Letters Letter "Garland, Fred M." 1943 9 14 Letters Letter "Harrell, B. L." 1943 9 15 Amateur Astronomers The Astral Society "Brackbill, M. T." 1943 9 15 Letters Letter "Walton, John" 1943 9 15 Window-Sill Observing 1943 9 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1943 9 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bok, Priscella F." 1943 9 16 Books and the Sky "Navigation, J. C. Kingsland and D. W. Seager" 1943 9 16 Books and the Sky "Sextant and Sails, Robert Elton Berry" 1943 9 16 note to the editor "Aller, Lawrence H." 1943 9 17 Astronomical Anecdotes "Lassell, Satellites, and the Death of a Great Telescope" "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 9 18 Gleanings for ATMs Setting Circles "Blair, G. B." 1943 9 19 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 9 22 Observer's Page Sunspot Observing "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 9 23 Letters Letter "Humberd, Charles" 1943 9 24 Back-Cover Photo Milky Way in Scorpius and Ophiuchus 1943 10 3 The Story of VV Cephei "Goedicke, Victor" 1943 10 6 An Improved Planisphere "Collins, Oliver C." 1943 10 9 Beginner's Page Spectra -- IV "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 10 9 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 10 10 The Southern Sky "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 10 12 "The Total Eclipse of January 25, 1944" "Smiley, Charles H." 1943 10 12 "The Total Solar Eclipse of January 25, 1944" "Smiley, Charles H." 1943 10 14 News Notes Red Stars 1943 10 14 News Notes South Africa Amateur Dies 1943 10 14 News Notes Discovered: Record Books 1943 10 14 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 10 14 News Notes New Type Mounting 1943 10 14 News Notes Mt. Wilson Annual Report 1943 10 14 News Notes More Astronomy in Scotland 1943 10 15 Astronomical Anecdotes The Most Difficult Satellites of Uranus "Copeland, Leland S." 1943 10 16 Books and the Sky "J. J. Thomson, Lord Rayleigh" "Weaver, Harold F." 1943 10 18 Designing an Achromatic Objective -- VIII "Brown, Earle B." 1943 10 22 Observer's Page The Pleiades Return to the Sky "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 10 24 Back-Cover Photo Large Magellanic Cloud 1943 11 3 The Planetarium -- I "Marshall, Roy K." 1943 11 6 Facts Collected for a Trip to the Moon "Barton Jr., William H." 1943 11 8 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet "Polk, Eleanor C." 1943 11 9 How Fireballs Should Be Observed "Olivier, Charles P." 1943 11 10 Meteorite (poem) "Knapp, Joseph" 1943 11 11 News Notes Solar Prominences 1943 11 11 News Notes S. S. Henry Lomb 1943 11 11 News Notes "Fox, Col. Philip, Retires" 1943 11 11 News Notes Nova Aquilae 1943 1943 11 11 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 11 11 News Notes Comet Diamaca 1943 11 11 News Notes "Astronomical Meetings, Always" 1943 11 12 Lunar Crater Theories "Foster, James" 1943 11 15 Beginner's Page Spectra -- V "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 11 16 Books and the Sky "Aircraft Navigation, H. Stewart, A. Nichols, S. A. Walling, and J. C. Hill" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1943 11 17 Astronomical Anecdotes "Daytime Comets, A Portrait Lens, and Three Tons of Star Map" "Marshall, Roy K." 1943 11 18 Gleanings for ATMs From the Mail Bag 1943 11 18 Metal Mirrors "Lutz, G. H." 1943 11 18 Rotating Telescope Mount "Mattes, Max H." 1943 11 22 Mars Returns to the Evening Sky "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 11 24 Back-Cover Photo Bolide in Cygnus 1943 12 3 One Hundred Years at the Cincinnati Observatory "Yowell, Everett I." 1943 12 5 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1943 12 7 The Wise Men's Star "Lockwood, Marian" 1943 12 9 News Notes Russian Astronomy 1943 12 9 News Notes Photography as Usual 1943 12 9 News Notes Dutch Scientist Dies 1943 12 9 News Notes A Notable Paradox 1943 12 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1943 12 9 News Notes Hide and Seek 1943 12 10 American Astronomers Meet "Taylor, Loraze B." "Edmondson, Frank K." 1943 12 12 The Planetarium -- II "Marshall, Roy K." 1943 12 14 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- I "Witherell, Percy W." 1943 12 15 Astronomical Anecdotes Star of Bethlehem? "Marshall, Roy K." 1943 12 16 Notes on Mountings "Brown, Earle B." 1943 12 18 Books and the Sky "The Astronomical Tables of the Maya, Maud Worcester Makemson" "Woolard, Edgar W." 1943 12 20 Conjunction of Neptune and Eta Virginis "Priest, H. Malcolm" 1943 12 22 "Saturn, Its Rings and Its Satellites" "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1943 12 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, Tycho and Clavius" 1944 1 3 Eclipse in January 55 Years Ago "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1944 1 5 Stars of a Winter's Night "Barton Jr., William H." 1944 1 5 Stars of a Winter Night "Barton Jr., William H." 1944 1 6 Astronomical Anecdotes "An Ancient Joke, The Lunar Sky, and Moon Observations" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 1 7 Airplane Compass 1944 1 8 The Planetarium -- III "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 1 11 News Notes "Schlesinger, Frank, Memorial Services" 1944 1 11 News Notes A New Comet van Gent 1944 1 11 News Notes Darwin Lecture 1944 1 11 News Notes Lembang Observatory 1944 1 11 News Notes More on the Double Cluster 1944 1 11 News Notes Lunar Eclipses and the Earth's Atmosphere 1944 1 11 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 1 12 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1944 1944 1 14 Amateur Astronomers Exhibition of Stephens Paintings "Spitz, Armand N." 1944 1 15 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- II "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 1 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Garland, Fred M." 1944 1 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 1 16 Books and the Sky "The Star Finder, Henry M. Neely" 1944 1 17 Books and the Sky "A Start in Meteorology, Armand N. Spitz" "Bok, John" 1944 1 17 Sauce for the Gander "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1944 1 18 The Schwarzschild Telescope "Brown, Earle B." 1944 1 18 discussion of Schwarzschild telescope "Smiley, Charles H." 1944 1 22 Observer's Page An Occultation of Jupiter "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 1 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, Archimedes region" 1944 2 3 Mexican Volcano "Graton, L. C." 1944 2 4 Astronomical Anecdotes "Some Delayed Telescopes, and a Single Student" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 2 5 The Law of Diminishing Returns "Stebbins, Joel" 1944 2 5 The Law of Dimishing Returns "Stebbins, Joel" 1944 2 11 Comet Van Gent-Peltier "Biesbroeck, G. Van" 1944 2 11 Comet van Gent-Peltier "Van Biesbroeck, G." 1944 2 12 Our Earthly Flight (poem) "Rufus, W. Carl" 1944 2 12 This Earth of Ours "Barton Jr., William H." 1944 2 14 News Notes Trained Meteors 1944 2 14 News Notes "Time for Science""""" 1944 2 14 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 2 14 News Notes Our Galaxy 1944 2 14 News Notes Fifty Years of Progress in Astronomy 1944 2 15 Amateur Astronomers Seasonal Changes on Mars "Wilson, Latimer J." 1944 2 16 Books and the Sky "Solar Relations to Weather, Henry Helm Clayton" "Cox, Robert E." 1944 2 17 Books and the Sky "Knowing the Weather, T. Morris Longstreth" "Chapman, C." 1944 2 18 The Eyepiece Problem "Brown, Earle B." 1944 2 20 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- III "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 2 22 Jupiter at Opposition "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 2 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, Copernicus region" 1944 3 2 Occultation Reports 1944 3 3 Observer's Page An Eclipse Report "Stuempfle, R." 1944 3 4 Our Planetary Neighbors "Barton Jr., William H." 1944 3 7 Notes on the Velocity of Light "Macdonald, Duncan" 1944 3 10 Amateur Astronomers Copernicus at Harvard 1944 3 11 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- IV "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 3 12 The Far-Sprinkled Systems "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 3 14 Astronomical Anecdotes Sunspots and Dinners and Solar Flares "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 3 15 News Notes A Find 1944 3 15 News Notes Comet Predictions 1944 3 15 News Notes Lifetimes of Clusters of Galaxies 1944 3 15 News Notes Nova Pictoris 1944 3 15 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 3 15 News Notes Titan's Atmosphere 1944 3 15 News Notes Volcanoes on Jupiter? 1944 3 15 News Notes "The Faintest Star, to Date" 1944 3 16 Books and the Sky "A Treasury of Science, ed. Harlow Shapley with Samuel Rapport and Helen Wright" "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 3 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Barton Jr., William H." 1944 3 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Chapman, C." 1944 3 17 Books and the Sky "Navigation, Lyman M. Kells, Willis F. Kern, and James R. Bland" 1944 3 17 Books and the Sky "Weather Around the World, Ivan Ray Tannehill" 1944 3 18 Gleanings for ATMs Foucault Test for a Schwarzschild "Korsmeyer, R. B." 1944 3 20 A Pivotal Star "Baird, George D." 1944 3 20 Navigation Star Pronunciations "Barton, Samuel G." 1944 3 20 Navigation Star Pronunciation "Barton, Samuel G." 1944 3 22 Color Contrasts in Neighboring Stars "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 3 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, alps and Plato" 1944 4 3 Stars of Spring "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 4 3 The Stars of Spring "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 4 6 News Notes Pray for an Explosion! 1944 4 6 News Notes World-Wide Interest in Meteors 1944 4 6 News Notes "Wren, Sir Christopher, The Astronomer" 1944 4 6 News Notes Astronomy Scholarship 1944 4 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 4 6 News Notes Long-Range Weather Forecasting 1944 4 6 Immortality (poem) "Gouvy, Gertrude" 1944 4 7 News from Moscow 1944 4 8 The Telluric Oxygen Bands "Burns, Kevin" 1944 4 11 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- V "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 4 12 The Challenge of the Rainbow "Rufus, W. Carl" 1944 4 14 Books and the Sky "Beloved Scientist, David O. Woodbury" "Campbell, Leon" 1944 4 15 Books and the Sky "The Calendar for Everybody, Elisabeth Achelis" "Mayall, R. Newton" 1944 4 18 quotations from article on telescope "Hargreaves, F. J." 1944 4 18 Improving the Reflector "Brown, Earle B." 1944 4 18 A Film Substitute "Peterson, George F." 1944 4 19 Astronomical Anecdotes "Astronomers as Conjurers, and Extracts from a Diary" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 4 20 The Beehive and the Moon "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 4 21 Mira maximum "Campbell, Leon" 1944 4 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 4 24 Back-Cover Photo "Spiral in Andromeda, NGC 891" 1944 5 3 The Nature of Cosmic Rays -- I "Swann, W. F. G." 1944 5 6 Astronomical Anecdotes "Newton, Blacklock, and a New Large Telescope" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 5 7 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Information Please 1944 5 8 News Notes Mexican Eclipse Expedition "J., Felix Recillas" 1944 5 9 Times of Totality Reported by Lima 1944 5 10 From Back-yard Astronomy to the Annals of Fame -- Burnham "Smith, Clarence R." 1944 5 12 Comets and Meteors "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 5 14 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- VI "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 5 15 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 5 15 News Notes "Flu from Venus?""""" 1944 5 15 News Notes A Gold Medal 1944 5 15 News Notes A New Theory of Gravitation 1944 5 15 News Notes AAS Meeting 1944 5 15 News Notes Aurorae in March 1944 5 15 News Notes Astronomical News Letter from Holland 1944 5 15 News Notes Comet Schaumasse 1944 5 16 Improving the Reflector "Brown, Earle B." 1944 5 16 quotations from article on telescope "Hargreaves, F. J." 1944 5 18 Books and the Sky "The Contribution of Holland to the Sciences, ed. A. J. Barnouw and B. Landheer" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 5 19 Books and the Sky "The ""Particles"" of Modern Physics, J. D. Stranathan" 1944 5 19 Books and the Sky Book Review "Chapman, C." 1944 5 19 Books and the Sky "Fogs, Clouds, and Aviation, W. J. Humphreys" 1944 5 19 Books and the Sky Book Review "Frank, Philipp" 1944 5 21 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 5 22 Remarkable Transits of Jovian Satellites I and II "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 5 24 Back-Cover Photo Brooks' comet 1944 6 3 The Galactocentric System "Kamp, Peter van de" 1944 6 7 The Nature of Cosmic Rays -- II "Swann, W. F. G." 1944 6 11 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- VII "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 6 12 The Sun and Eclipses "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 6 14 News Notes "Publications, Teaching, and Research" 1944 6 14 News Notes Pure Astronomy for Armed Forces 1944 6 14 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 6 14 News Notes New Unseen Companions 1944 6 15 News Notes "Nature"""" Astronomically Inclined" 1944 6 15 News Notes British Astronomical Association 1944 6 15 The Rotation Period of Saturn "Pettit, Helen B." 1944 6 15 The Rotation Period of Saturn "Pettit, Helen B." 1944 6 16 Books and the Sky "Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom, G. Gamow" "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1944 6 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ebbighausen, E. G." 1944 6 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rufus, Maude Squire" 1944 6 17 Books and the Sky "Tomorrow We Fly, William B. Stout and Franklyn M. Reck" 1944 6 17 Books and the Sky "Spherographical Navigation, Dirk Brouwer, Frederic W. Keator, and Drury A. McMillen" 1944 6 18 Gleanings for ATMs An Efficient But Low-cost Telescope Drive "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1944 6 19 Astronomical Anecdotes """Planets"", ""Arnold"", and Soviet Telescopes" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 6 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 6 24 Back-Cover Photo Larger Network nebula 1944 7 3 The Asteroids -- Historical "Hirst, W. P." 1944 7 4 The Observation of the Minor Planets "Wood, H. E." 1944 7 6 News Notes Comet Tails Make the Weather? 1944 7 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 7 6 News Notes New Celestial Navigation Instrument Proposed 1944 7 6 News Notes New Comets 1944 7 7 Astronomical Anecdotes "Occultations, Telegraph, and Big Telescope" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 7 7 News Notes Celestial Electronics 1944 7 8 The Nature of Cosmic Rays -- III "Swann, W. F. G." 1944 7 12 Summer Stars "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 7 14 Amateur Astronomers The Stars Tell a Secret? "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 7 15 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- VIII "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 7 16 Books and the Sky "Marine and Air Navigation, John Q. Stewart and Newton Lacy Pierce" "Nassau, Jason J." 1944 7 17 Books and the Sky "Learning to Navigate, P. V. H. Weems and W. C. Eberle" 1944 7 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marshall Jr., Fitz-Hugh" 1944 7 17 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, Shute, Shirk, Porter, and Hemenway" 1944 7 18 Gleanings for ATMs An Improved Pitch Lap "Thompson, Allyn J." 1944 7 20 Jupiter and the Lunar Atmosphere "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 7 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 7 24 Back-Cover Photo Scorpius and the Milky Way 1944 8 2 "William Henry Barton, Jr." 1944 8 3 Trip to the Moon "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 8 3 A Trip to the Moon "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 8 5 News Notes Scottish Astronomy 1944 8 5 News Notes Secretary of Smithsonian Institution Retires 1944 8 5 News Notes Michigan Observatories 1944 8 5 News Notes Legion of Merit to an Astronomer 1944 8 5 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 8 6 The Nature of Cosmic Rays -- IV "Swann, W. F. G." 1944 8 9 The Orbits of the Minor Planets "Jackson, J." 1944 8 9 The Asteroids -- The Orbits of the Minor Planets "Jackson, J." 1944 8 9 The Asteroids -- The Trojan Group "Krumm, H. E." 1944 8 11 Amateur Astronomers Exploring the Heavens with a 2-inch Telescope "Sussman, Lester" 1944 8 12 Philadelphia Meeting "Levitt, I. M." 1944 8 12 Astronomers (poem) "Coblentz, Stanton A." 1944 8 14 Books and the Sky "Basic Marine Navigation, Bart J. Bok and Frances W. Wright" "Miller, Freeman D." 1944 8 15 Books and the Sky "World Wide Planisphere, William H. Barton, Jr." "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1944 8 16 Gleanings for ATMs Simple Setting Circles for Amateur Telescopes "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1944 8 17 Astronomical Anecdotes "The ""Glorious Eighth"", Rittenhouse, and Cracked Bells" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 8 18 Favorable and Unfavorable Elongations of Mercury "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 8 20 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 8 22 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- IX "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 8 24 Back-Cover Photo Southern Milky Way in Centaurus and Crux 1944 9 2 Philip Fox "Rieke, Carol Anger" 1944 9 2 South African Astronomy "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 9 3 "Texas Meteor Cloud, May 20, 1944" "Monnig, Oscar E." 1944 9 5 Interpreter of the Heavens "Faunce, Wayne M." 1944 9 8 Sunspots in Review "Bowerman, Walter G." 1944 9 11 Astronomical Anecdotes "A Salad, Some Anagrams, and a Tercentenary" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 9 15 News Notes "126 Letters, All at Once" 1944 9 15 News Notes AAAS Cleveland Meeting 1944 9 15 News Notes Astronomy at the New School 1944 9 15 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 9 15 News Notes Irregular-Variable Double Stars 1944 9 15 News Notes Inter-Science -- International Cooperation 1944 9 15 News Notes New Calculator 1944 9 16 Books and the Sky "Rockets, Willy Ley" 1944 9 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Africano, Alfred" 1944 9 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Davis, Jane S." 1944 9 16 Books and the Sky "Introductory Astronomy, J. B. Sidgwick" 1944 9 17 Books and the Sky "Science at Work, George W. Gray" "Lord, Richard C." 1944 9 18 Gleanings for ATMs Questions and Answers 1944 9 20 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 9 21 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- X "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 9 22 Variation of Saturn's Perihelion "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 10 3 Cleveland Star Party "Russell, James L." 1944 10 4 Meteorite Exhibition Opens in Moscow 1944 10 5 A Trainer for Celestial Navigation "LeVine, Harry" 1944 10 6 Aristotelian Cosmology or A Romance of Manhattan "Habes S.J., Joseph R." 1944 10 7 Astronomical Anecdotes Asteroid Names and Questionable Nomenclature "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 10 8 News Notes "Bausch, Edward" 1944 10 8 News Notes Astronomer Awarded Aztec Eagle 1944 10 8 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 10 8 News Notes New White-Red Dwarf Double Star 1944 10 8 News Notes The Lunar Atmosphere 1944 10 8 News Notes The Proper Motion of h Persei 1944 10 8 News Notes Strange Eclipsing Binaries 1944 10 9 The St. Mary's Meteorite of 1919 "Cecil, Francis D." 1944 10 11 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- XI "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 10 12 Skies of Autumn "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 10 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Burke, Edward B." 1944 10 14 Books and the Sky "Life on Mars, Donald Lee Cyr" 1944 10 14 Books and the Sky "Electronic Physics, L. Grant Hector, Herbert S. Lein, and Clifford E. Scouten" 1944 10 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Weaver, Harold F." 1944 10 15 Books and the Sky "Forward with Science, Rogers D. Rusk" "Mayall, R. Newton" 1944 10 16 Gleanings for ATMs Testing the Focal Lengths of Telescope Oculars 1944 10 16 Testing the Focal Lengths of Telescopic Oculars "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1944 10 20 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 10 24 Back-Cover Photo Tarantula (Great Loop) nebula 1944 11 3 On Babylonian Lunar Theory "Neugebauer, O." 1944 11 6 Progress Report at Cleveland "Morgan, W. W." 1944 11 8 Color in the Sky "Roth Jr., Charles O." 1944 11 10 News Notes R. A. F. Eclipse Expedition 1944 11 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 11 10 News Notes New Comet in Southern Skies 1944 11 10 News Notes Brilliant Citizen of a Scientific World 1944 11 10 News Notes Double White Dwarf 1944 11 11 Astronomical Anecdotes More Nomenclature "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 11 12 Air Almanacs "Eckert, W. J." 1944 11 16 Books and the Sky "Geology Applied to Selenology, J. E. Spurr" "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 11 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 1 1944 11 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1944 11 18 Editorial Comment "Brown, Earle B." 1944 11 19 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1944 11 21 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 11 22 Observer's Page Titan and Some Anomalies of Jupiter IV "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1944 11 24 Back-Cover Photo Milky Way -- Cepheus-Lacerta 1944 12 3 "Asociacion Argentina """"Amigos de la Astronomia""""" "Cernuschi, Felix" 1944 12 5 Stars or Planets? "Kamp, Peter van de" 1944 12 8 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Spring Meeting "Harris, Herbert M." 1944 12 8 A.A.V.S.O. Annual Meeting "Harris, Herbert M." 1944 12 8 AAVSO Annual Meeting "Harris, Herbert M." 1944 12 9 Astronomical Anecdotes Binocular Eyepieces and Optical Delusions "Marshall, Roy K." 1944 12 10 News Notes Coronal Light 1944 12 10 News Notes India's Meteor Scholar 1944 12 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1944 12 10 News Notes Some of Our Neighbors 1944 12 11 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- XII "Witherell, Percy W." 1944 12 12 The Christmas Star "Lockwood, Marian" 1944 12 14 Books and the Sky "The Universe Around Us, Sir James Jeans" "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1944 12 16 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1944 12 16 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 2 1944 12 16 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish II "Thompson, Allyn J." 1944 12 18 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 12 18 Two Fine Occultations for Southern Observers "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1944 12 20 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1944 12 24 Back-Cover Photo Saturn 1945 1 3 He Expanded the Universe "Shapley, Harlow" 1945 1 5 Astronomical Anecdotes "More False Perspective, Optical and Verbal" "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 1 6 Under the Winter Sky "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 1 8 News Notes Eclipsed Sun for Earth Surveyors 1945 1 8 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 1 8 News Notes Soviet Scientists Plan Eclipse Expeditions 1945 1 9 News Notes The Velocity of Light -- An Accurate Constant 1945 1 9 News Notes The Large and the Small for Eddington's Age of the Universe 1945 1 9 News Notes Bombs and the Weather 1945 1 10 So Little -- So Big! Carl A. Richmond 1945 1 10 So Little -- So Big! "Richmond, Carl A." 1945 1 12 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1945 1945 1 14 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- XIII "Witherell, Percy W." 1945 1 16 Books and the Sky "Men of Science in America, Bernard Jaffe" "Lane, Alfred C." 1945 1 16 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 1 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 3 1945 1 18 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish III "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 1 20 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1945 1 20 Transits of Jovian Satellites -- A Correction "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1945 1 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 1 24 Back-Cover Photo Orion's sword and Great Nebula 1945 2 3 Artificial Eclipses of the Sun "Roberts, Walter Orr" 1945 2 7 News Notes Who Owns the Meteorite? 1945 2 7 News Notes Cosmic Static 1945 2 7 News Notes A Meteor Report 1945 2 7 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 2 7 News Notes Many Happy Returns 1945 2 8 The Great Year or The Cycle of Precession "Trefethen, H. Porter" 1945 2 8 "The Great Year, or The Cycle of Precession" "Trefethen, H. Porter" 1945 2 9 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- XIV "Witherell, Percy W." 1945 2 10 Amateur Astronomers December Occultation of Venus 1945 2 11 A Trip Around the World "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 2 14 Books and the Sky "A Dipper Full of Stars, Lou Williams Page" "Woodward, Edith Jones" 1945 2 15 Astronomical Anecdotes Arbitrary Beginnings "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 2 16 Observer's Page The Superiority of Large Telescopes for Visual Lunar and Planetary Observations "Haas, Walter H." 1945 2 16 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1945 2 18 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 2 20 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 4 1945 2 20 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 2 20 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish IV "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 2 24 Back-Cover Photo Sun -- prominence 1945 3 3 The Total Eclipse of July 9th [1945] "Mattersdorf, Leo" 1945 3 3 "The Total Eclipse of July 9th, 1945" "Mattersdorf, Leo" 1945 3 6 Beginner's Page Man and His Expanding Universe -- XV "Witherell, Percy W." 1945 3 7 Our Neighbors the Planets "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 3 9 Two Planetarium Directors Appointed 1945 3 10 News Notes Solar Spicules Photographed at Climax 1945 3 10 News Notes IBM's New Department of Pure Science 1945 3 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 3 10 News Notes AAS Meeting Cancelled 1945 3 11 News Notes New Zealand Variable Star Observations 1945 3 11 News Notes Russian Observatories Rebuild 1945 3 12 The Ecliptic "Woolard, Edgar W." 1945 3 14 Astronomical Anecdotes "Eclipse Cycles, and Thales" "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 3 16 Books and the Sky "Amerigo Vespucci -- Pilot Major, Frederick J. Pohl" "Mayall, R. Newton" 1945 3 18 Observer's Page Saturn With a Nine-Inch Reflector "White, E. K." 1945 3 20 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 3 20 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 5 1945 3 20 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish V "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 3 23 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 3 24 Back-Cover Photo Galaxies in Ursa Major -- M82 1945 4 2 Decoration versus Scientific Representation "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 4 3 Tonantzintla Revisited "Bok, Bart J." 1945 4 3 Tonanzintla Revisited "Bok, Bart J." 1945 4 5 Sociedad Astronomica de Mexico "Bok, Bart J." 1945 4 6 Stars of Spring "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 4 6 The Stars of Spring "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 4 8 Astronomical Anecdotes War-Torn Observatories "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 4 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 4 9 News Notes Ice on the Moon? 1945 4 9 News Notes Light -- What Is It? 1945 4 9 News Notes Franklin Award Medal 1945 4 9 News Notes A Well-Observed Variable Star 1945 4 9 News Notes White Dwarf Twins 1945 4 11 Eclipse Maps and Observing Hints "Lewis, Isabel M." 1945 4 14 Books and the Sky "Telescopes and Accessories, George Z. Dimitroff and James G. Baker" "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 4 16 Observer's Page A Strange Saturnian Illusion "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1945 4 16 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1945 4 18 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 4 20 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 6 1945 4 20 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 4 20 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish VI "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 4 24 Back-Cover Photo Galaxies in Ursa Major -- NGC 4565 1945 5 2 Observer's Page A Fine Meteor Photograph 1945 5 3 The Shadow of the Moon "Stewart, John Q." 1945 5 7 The System of the Satellites of Jupiter "Land, Gustav" 1945 5 12 Why the Weather? "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 5 14 Astronomical Anecdotes Argelander and the BD "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 5 15 News Notes Five New White Dwarfs in Southern Skies 1945 5 15 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 5 15 News Notes Red Giant to White Dwarf 1945 5 15 News Notes Pulsating White Dwarfs 1945 5 15 News Notes Triple and Multiple Stars 1945 5 16 Books and the Sky "Sky Diagrams for 1945, U.S. Nautical Almanac Office" "Wright, Frances W." 1945 5 17 Books and the Sky "Kepler and the Jesuits, M. W. Burke-Gaffney" 1945 5 17 Books and the Sky "Consider the Calendar, Bhola D. Panth" 1945 5 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mayall, R. Newton" 1945 5 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Heyden S.J., Francis J." 1945 5 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 5 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 7 1945 5 18 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish VII "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 5 21 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1945 5 23 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 5 24 Back-Cover Photo "California nebula, NGC 1499" 1945 6 3 The Sun and Eclipses "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 6 5 Amateur Astronomers Eclipse Phenomena Reviewed 1945 6 6 Antique Orrery "Witmer, Francis P." 1945 6 9 News Notes Velocity of Light Still Constant 1945 6 9 News Notes Supernova in Canes 1945 6 9 News Notes Cosmic Rays and the Red Shift 1945 6 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 6 9 News Notes Optimistic Outlook 1945 6 9 News Notes Origin and Evolution 1945 6 9 News Notes Medal to Solver of a Mystery of the Corona 1945 6 10 The Mysterious Blast of May Fourth [1945] 1945 6 11 Astronomical Anecdotes "Galaxies, Herschel, and the Structure of the Universe" "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 6 12 Elementary School Astronomy "Sternig, John" 1945 6 13 Star-gaze (poem) "Taylor, Isabel" 1945 6 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1945 6 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Boyd, Hazel" 1945 6 14 Books and the Sky "Practical Marine Navigation, James A. Stowell" 1945 6 14 Books and the Sky "The Book of the Stars, Louis Sutherland" 1945 6 16 Observer's Page Comet Pons-Winnecke Returns on Schedule "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1945 6 18 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 6 20 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 8 1945 6 20 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 6 20 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish VIII "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 6 24 Back-Cover Photo Sun -- sunspot group 1945 7 3 French Astronomy During the War Years 1945 7 8 Eclipses and Earth Surveys "Lambert, Walter D." 1945 7 10 Astronomical Anecdotes Ferguson on Eclipses "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 7 10 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 9 1945 7 11 News Notes Does the Earth Have a Tail? 1945 7 11 News Notes Astronomer in Russia 1945 7 11 News Notes Exchange of Mass 1945 7 11 News Notes Normal Communication Restored 1945 7 11 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 7 12 Stars of Summer "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 7 14 Books and the Sky "The Comet of 1577, Doris Hellman" 1945 7 14 Books and the Sky What Are Cosmic Rays? Pierre Auger 1945 7 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bates, Ralph S." 1945 7 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Korff, Serge A." 1945 7 16 Observer's Page Your Local Station and Occultation Predictions 1945 7 16 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1945 7 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 7 18 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish IX "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 7 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 7 24 Back-Cover Photo North America Nebula 1945 8 3 Along the Central Line 1945 8 4 Outward from the Central Line 1945 8 5 A Trip to the Moon "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 8 5 Trip to the Moon "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 8 7 Notes on the Nature of Light - I "Macdonald, Duncan" 1945 8 9 News Notes The Youth of Spiral Galaxies 1945 8 9 News Notes Professor Van Biesbroeck Retires 1945 8 9 News Notes A Nova-Like Variable 1945 8 9 News Notes Another Theory of Planetary Evolution 1945 8 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 8 10 Amateur Astronomers "Fitzpatrick, Jesse A." 1945 8 10 Jesse A. Fitzpatrick "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1945 8 11 Astronomical Anecdotes "Things That Go """"Womp"""" in the Night" "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 8 12 I Claim Sirius (poem) "Astley, Elizabeth Jane" 1945 8 12 Moon Madness "Wilsey, Mildred" 1945 8 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer, Helen S." 1945 8 14 Books and the Sky "Electronics Today and Tomorrow, John Mills" 1945 8 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1945 8 14 Books and the Sky "The Elements Rage, Frank W. Lane" 1945 8 16 Observer's Page Reports on Saturn Occultation 1945 8 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 8 18 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish X "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 8 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 8 24 Back-Cover Photo Region of North America nebula 1945 8 24 Back-Cover Photo Milky Way -- Cygnus 1945 9 2 "Prager, Richard" "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1945 9 2 Richard Prager "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1945 9 3 "R.C.A.F. Operation """"Eclipse""""" "Millman, Peter M." 1945 9 5 In the Moon's Shadow 1945 9 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 9 9 News Notes Nova Distribution 1945 9 10 Outward from the Central Line 1945 9 11 Astronomical Anecdotes "Ancient and Beautiful Things""""" "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 9 12 Notes on the Nature of Light - II "Macdonald, Duncan" 1945 9 12 Eclipse Saga -- II "Plachy, George V." 1945 9 14 Books and the Sky "Elements of Astronomy, Edward Arthur Fath" "Shaw, R. William" 1945 9 16 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 9 16 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 11 1945 9 16 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish XI "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 9 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 9 24 Back-Cover Photo "Sun -- corona, July 9, 1945" 1945 10 3 Autumn Skies "Coles, Robert R." 1945 10 5 News Notes Very Red Stars 1945 10 5 News Notes Radar and the Weather 1945 10 5 News Notes Photoelectric Recording of Meteors 1945 10 5 News Notes The First and Biggest Atomic Bomb 1945 10 5 News Notes Nova in Aquila 1945 10 5 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 10 5 News Notes Interesting Eclipsing Variables 1945 10 5 News Notes Maximum of T Pyxidis 1945 10 6 Clouded Out 1945 10 8 Astronomical Anecdotes "Did a Comet Strike America?""""" "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 10 9 Notes on the Nature of Light - III "Macdonald, Duncan" 1945 10 12 Eclipse Saga -- II "Plachy, George V." 1945 10 14 Books and the Sky "Astronomie Elementaire, Frere Robert" 1945 10 14 Books and the Sky "Coasts, Waves, and Weather, John Q. Stewart" 1945 10 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Leclair S.J., R." 1945 10 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Kielhorn, L. V." 1945 10 16 Observer's Page A Path-Limit Observations Program "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1945 10 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish -- 12 1945 10 18 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Telescope from Start to Finish "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 10 18 Making Your Own Telescope From Start to Finish XII "Thompson, Allyn J." 1945 10 18 Reward (poem) "Brydon, H. Boyd" 1945 10 21 News Notes A Solar Fiasco 1945 10 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 10 24 Back-Cover Photo "Andromeda nebula, M31" 1945 11 3 Cosmogonical Implications of the Atomic Bomb "Cernuschi, Felix" 1945 11 6 Astronomical Anecdotes More About the Carolina Bays "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 11 7 News Notes Electronic Aids to Astronomy 1945 11 7 News Notes Crystal Lenses 1945 11 7 News Notes McCormick Director Appointed 1945 11 7 News Notes Meteors and Lunar Earthshine 1945 11 7 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 11 7 News Notes Tamm Nova Studied 1945 11 8 Al-Multahib "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1945 11 10 AAVSO Meets "F., H. S." 1945 11 10 American Association of Variable Star Observers Meets "Federer, Helen S." 1945 11 12 Comets and Meteors "Lockwood, Marian" 1945 11 14 Books and the Sky "Science Today and Tomorrow, Second Series, Waldemar Kaempffert" 1945 11 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1945 11 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1945 11 14 Books and the Sky "Picture Book of Astronomy, Jerome S. Meyer" 1945 11 16 Observer's Page Color Sequences in Lunar Eclipses "Lindsay, Lewis" 1945 11 18 Bargains in Optical Elements "Brown, Earle B." 1945 11 23 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 11 24 Back-Cover Photo Head of Halley's comet 1945 12 3 Loran "Watson, Fletcher G." "Swope, Henrietta H." 1945 12 6 News Notes Time and Radio 1945 12 6 News Notes Electromagnetic Meteorite Cane 1945 12 6 News Notes Canadian Physicist Joins Yerkes Staff 1945 12 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1945 12 6 News Notes Mount Wilson's Directors and Mount Palomar 1945 12 6 News Notes Lick Observatory Changes Directors 1945 12 6 News Notes Largest Lunar Map 1945 12 7 The Christmas Star "Coles, Robert R." 1945 12 9 Cosmogonical Implications of the Atomic Bomb "Cernuschi, Felix" 1945 12 12 Astronomical Observatories in the United States "Sterns, Mabel" 1945 12 15 Astronomical Anecdotes The Great Patten Meteor Again 1945 12 15 Astronomical Anecdotes Sky Trails 1945 12 15 Astronomical Anecdotes Astronomical Anecdotes "Marshall, Roy K." 1945 12 16 Books and the Sky "Optical Instruments, Earle B. Brown" "Weaver, Harold F." 1945 12 18 Gleanings for ATMs Original Statement of the Foucault Test 1945 12 20 Observer's Page A Fine Lunar Eclipse -- December 18-19 1945 12 23 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1945 12 24 Back-Cover Photo Milky Way in Cygnus and part of Cepheus 1946 1 3 Stars of a Winter's Night "Lockwood, Marian" 1946 1 5 Loran Tables and Charts "Watson, Fletcher G." "Swope, Henrietta H." 1946 1 7 News Notes Weather and the E Layer 1946 1 7 News Notes The Artist of Planetary Portraits 1946 1 7 News Notes American Astronomical Society To Meet 1946 1 7 News Notes Institute of Navigation Organized 1946 1 7 News Notes Hubble Returns to Mount Wilson 1946 1 7 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 1 7 News Notes Noted Instrument Maker Dies 1946 1 8 Cosmogonical Implications of the Atomic Bomb "Cernuschi, Felix" 1946 1 12 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1946 1946 1 14 Books and the Sky "Atomic Energy in the Coming Era, David Dietz" "Brown, Sanborn C." 1946 1 15 Astronomical Anecdotes Carolina Bays Again -- Reply from Sass "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 1 16 Observer's Page New Comet Discovered by Two Amateurs 1946 1 18 Gleanings for ATMs Experiences with Cassegrainians "Leight, Walter W." 1946 1 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 1 24 Back-Cover Photo Loran plotting chart 1946 2 3 The Eye That Will Look for the Uttermost "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 2 6 Astronomical Anecdotes "Assassination, Bays, and Shadows" "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 2 7 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 2 7 News Notes General Patton's Birthplace 1946 2 7 News Notes Man-Made Cosmic Rays 1946 2 7 News Notes Elements 95 and 96 1946 2 7 News Notes Deaths of Prisoners of War 1946 2 7 News Notes Courses for the Public 1946 2 7 News Notes Comet du Toit(1945f) 1946 2 7 News Notes Variables in Globular Clusters 1946 2 7 News Notes Radial Velocities Completed 1946 2 8 Cosmogonical Implications of the Atomic Bomb "Cernuschi, Felix" 1946 2 11 Celestial Gleanings "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 2 11 Celestial Gleanings "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 2 12 Outposts of the Heavens "Coles, Robert R." 1946 2 14 Books and the Sky "Astronomy -- The Solar System, Russell, Dugan, and Stewart" 1946 2 14 Books and the Sky "Atom Smashers, Raymond F. Yates" 1946 2 14 Books and the Sky "Atomic Artillery and the Atomic Bomb, J. K. Robertson" 1946 2 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brown, Sanborn C." 1946 2 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 2 16 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 2 16 Observer's Page Reports on the Lunar Eclipse 1946 2 18 Gleanings for ATMs Correction Tolerances on Parabolic Mirrors 1946 2 23 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 2 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, southwestern edge" 1946 3 3 Once in a Blue Moon "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1946 3 4 The Demon Star (poem) "Kramer, Mallie Mae" 1946 3 5 Amateur Astronomers Window Exhibit by Portland Amateurs 1946 3 6 Eyes of the Astronomer "Lockwood, Marian" 1946 3 8 Cosmogonical Implications of the Atomic Bomb "Cernuschi, Felix" 1946 3 11 News Notes U.S. Fellowships to European Women 1946 3 11 News Notes Meteorites Made to Order 1946 3 11 News Notes Miniature Planetarium for Navigation 1946 3 11 News Notes Moon Echoes 1946 3 11 News Notes Famous Telescope Maker 1946 3 11 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 3 11 News Notes Non-Silica Glass 1946 3 11 News Notes Origin of the Carolina Bays 1946 3 12 "Students, Double Stars, and the Future" "Wolff, Robert I." 1946 3 14 Books and the Sky "The River Mathematics, Alfred Hooper" 1946 3 14 Books and the Sky "Calendar Stick of Tshi-zun-hau-kau, Robert H. Merrill" 1946 3 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brouwer, Dirk" 1946 3 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1946 3 15 Astronomical Anecdotes Radar-Moon Madness "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 3 16 Observer's Page "Sunspots, Aurorae, a Comet, and a Nova" 1946 3 16 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 3 18 Gleanings for ATMs Simplified Computations for Achromatic Lenses 1946 3 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 3 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, west central region" 1946 4 2 The C.D.A.L. Completes Its Activities "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 4 2 The Procurement of Government Surplus Materials "Hynek, J. Allen" 1946 4 3 Project Diana "Webb, Harold D." 1946 4 7 The Spectrum of T Cor Bor "McLaughlin, Dean B." 1946 4 8 "Atoms, Stars and Cosmic Bombs" "Coles, Robert R." 1946 4 8 "Atoms, Stars, and Cosmic Bombs" "Coles, Robert R." 1946 4 10 News Notes "van Maanen, Adrian" 1946 4 10 News Notes Vatican Astronomy 1946 4 10 News Notes Ornithology for Star-Gazers 1946 4 10 News Notes On the Ownership of Meteorites 1946 4 10 News Notes Operation Musk Ox 1946 4 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 4 10 News Notes Japanese Wartime Astronomy 1946 4 14 Books and the Sky "Science of the Seven Seas, Henry Stommel" 1946 4 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cernuschi, Felix" 1946 4 14 Books and the Sky "Fotografia Astronomica, Jose Galli, Felix Cernuschi" 1946 4 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Watson, Fletcher G." 1946 4 15 Astronomical Anecdotes "Variable Intervals, Perturbations, and the ""Lunatic Fringe""" "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 4 16 Observer's Page T Coronae Borealis and Other Phenomena "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 4 18 How to Cement Optics "Brown, Earle B." 1946 4 23 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 4 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, northwestern edge" 1946 5 2 The Procurement of Government Surplus Materials "Hynek, J. Allen" 1946 5 3 What Becomes of the Novae? "McLaughlin, Dean B." 1946 5 7 News Notes Tycho's Star 1946 5 7 News Notes A Leap-Year Rule 1946 5 7 News Notes Danger! 1946 5 7 News Notes Eclipse Results 1946 5 7 News Notes Bomb-Test Observations 1946 5 7 News Notes Medal to Astronomers 1946 5 7 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 5 7 News Notes New Director at Naval Observatory 1946 5 11 Report from Copenhagen 1946 5 12 Spring and Summer Stars "Barry, Catharine E." 1946 5 14 Books and the Sky "Electrons in Action, James Stokley" 1946 5 15 Astronomical Anecdotes Crickets and Pipe-Smoke Spectra "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 5 16 Gleanings for ATMs A Thermal Eyepiece for the Telescope "Wilkins, H. P." 1946 5 20 Observer's Page A Beautiful Aurora and Colored Sunspots "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 5 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 5 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, southern portion" 1946 6 2 "The Total Eclipse of May 20, 1947" 1946 6 3 AAVSO Spring Meeting -- Reaching the Millionth Observation "Gill, Jocelyn R." 1946 6 3 A.A.V.S.O. Spring Meeting "Gill, Jocelyn R." 1946 6 5 Sky Fantasia "Coles, Robert R." 1946 6 5 Paradox of the Nova (poem) "Atwell, Clarence A." 1946 6 7 Astronomical Anecdotes "Personalities, Sunspot Notions, A Meteor Strike, and That Moon Illusion" "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 6 9 Navigation Notes "Watson, Fletcher G." 1946 6 10 News Notes Peaceful V-2 Rockets 1946 6 10 News Notes Solar Corona Effects 1946 6 10 News Notes New Elements Named 1946 6 10 News Notes New Greenwich Site 1946 6 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 6 10 News Notes Medal to Astronomer 1946 6 10 News Notes Mercury Standard of Wave Length 1946 6 10 News Notes High Altitude Observatory 1946 6 11 Amateur Astronomers Junior Astronomers Score in Science Talent Search "Patterson, Margaret E." 1946 6 12 Detroit Convention -- Program and Rules of Exhibit 1946 6 14 Books and the Sky One World or None 1946 6 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Pettit, Helen B." 1946 6 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brown, Sanborn C." 1946 6 14 Books and the Sky "Astronomy -- What Everyone Should Know, John Stuart Allen" 1946 6 16 Gleanings for ATMs Wrinkles from Here and There 1946 6 20 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 6 20 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 6 23 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 6 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, first quarter" 1946 7 2 Montana Observatory "White, James R." 1946 7 3 Amateur Astronomy in Czechoslovakia "Kopal, Zdenek" 1946 7 6 News Notes Telescope for Climax 1946 7 6 News Notes Sodar 1946 7 6 News Notes Solar Clouds Bombard Earth's Ionosphere 1946 7 6 News Notes Meteorite Falls Reported 1946 7 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 7 6 News Notes New Meteor Shower and Old Comet 1946 7 6 News Notes Comet Pajdusakova-Rotbart 1946 7 7 Astronomical Anecdotes "Comets, Godfrey and Franklin" "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 7 8 Birth of the Solar System "Coles, Robert R." 1946 7 10 Evening Star (poem) "Astley, Elizabeth Jane" 1946 7 12 Astronomical Pinups "Paulton, Edgar M." 1946 7 12 Celestial Gleanings "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 7 12 Celestial Gleanings "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 7 12 Miscellanea from Amateurs 1946 7 12 A Western Amateur "Blair, G. B." 1946 7 13 Astronomical Observatories in the United States "Sterns, Mabel" 1946 7 13 The Astronomically Minded (poem) "Flux, Joan" 1946 7 14 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, John C. Duncan" "van de Kamp, Peter" 1946 7 15 Books and the Sky "A Text Book of Elementary Astronomy, Ernest Agar Beet" 1946 7 15 Books and the Sky Book Review "Spitz, Armand N." 1946 7 15 Books and the Sky Book Review "Stokley, James" 1946 7 15 Books and the Sky "You and the Universe, John J. O'Neill" 1946 7 16 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 7 16 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 7 16 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets II "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 7 18 Gleanings for ATMs Detroit Observatory and Clock Drive "Johnson, C. J." 1946 7 19 Gleanings for ATMs Well-Equipped Colorado Observatory 1946 7 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 7 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, first quarter" 1946 8 2 The Mason-Dixon Line "F., C. A." 1946 8 3 Convention at Cranbrook "Back, Margaret" 1946 8 6 Astronomical Anecdotes "Capitalization, Traffic Lights, the Peters Case, Dolbear and Pi" "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 8 7 The End of the World "Coles, Robert R." 1946 8 9 Amateur Astronomers "Pickering, David B. -- Well-Known Amateur" 1946 8 9 David B. Pickering -- Well-known Amateur "Campbell, Leon" 1946 8 10 Back-Cover Photo Comet Brooks 1946 8 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 8 10 News Notes Meteor Shower? Maybe! 1946 8 10 News Notes "Meteors, Burning Planes, and Rockets" 1946 8 10 News Notes "Fabry, Charles" 1946 8 10 News Notes Henry Draper Medal 1946 8 10 News Notes V-2 Rockets to Record Sun's Ultraviolet Rays 1946 8 10 News Notes South African Astronomer Dies 1946 8 11 Concerning the Sun 1946 8 12 The Indomitable Mr. Flamsteed "Mackenzie, N. A." 1946 8 14 Books and the Sky "The Coming Age of Rocket Power, G. Edward Pendray" 1946 8 16 Some Principles of the Cassegrainian "Brown, Earle B." 1946 8 20 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets III "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 8 20 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 8 22 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Copeland, Leland S." 1946 8 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, first quarter" 1946 9 2 Dance of the Dead 1946 9 3 The Beauty and Mystery of the Northern Lights "Rufus, W. Carl" 1946 9 6 News Notes S.R.M. to Meet 1946 9 6 News Notes Perpetually Observable Comets 1946 9 6 News Notes A Talk on Rockets 1946 9 6 News Notes After Six Years 1946 9 6 News Notes Eclipse Expedition 1946 9 6 News Notes Another Nova Repeats 1946 9 6 News Notes German Publications 1946 9 6 News Notes More Time Service 1946 9 6 News Notes Lunar Auroras 1946 9 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 9 7 A Centennial -- Discovery of Neptune "Mattersdorf, Leo" 1946 9 9 Astronomical Anecdotes Quiz Winners and the Horizon Moon "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 9 11 A Widespread Aurora 1946 9 12 Great Discoveries "Coles, Robert R." 1946 9 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1946 9 14 Books and the Sky "Men, Mirrors, and Stars, G. Edward Pendray" 1946 9 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brown, Earle B." 1946 9 16 Gleanings for ATMs A Method for Compensating Pendulum Clocks "Witherspoon, Earl C." 1946 9 20 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 9 20 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets IV "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 9 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, first quarter" 1946 10 3 Giacobinid Meteors and What To Do "Watson, Fletcher G." 1946 10 5 Astronomical Anecdotes Moon-Lightning and Meteors "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 10 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 10 9 News Notes Interstellar Clouds 1946 10 9 News Notes Eddington Memorial Lectures 1946 10 9 News Notes Age of the Earth 1946 10 9 News Notes Radio Blackout Warning 1946 10 9 News Notes Prism Goes to Mexico 1946 10 9 News Notes Resurrection of the Jahresbericht 1946 10 9 News Notes Smithsonian Centennial 1946 10 10 The Velocities of Eruptive Prominences "Pettit, Helen B." 1946 10 12 Naming the Constellations "Christ, Henry I." 1946 10 14 Books and the Sky "Star Atlas and Navigation Encyclopedia, S. S. Rabl" "Stewart, John Q." 1946 10 15 Books and the Sky "German for the Scientist, Peter F. Wiener" "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1946 10 16 Observer's Page A Month for Meteors and Occultations "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 10 18 Gleanings for ATMs An Interesting Non-Optical Finder "Glatz, Joseph" 1946 10 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, first quarter" 1946 11 3 News Notes Stellar Rotation "Struve, Otto" 1946 11 5 Giacobinid Meteors Arrive on Time 1946 11 6 American Astronomers Report Nova Studies 1946 11 6 American Astronomers Report The Galactic Bulge 1946 11 6 American Astronomers Report Work on Clusters 1946 11 7 American Astronomers Report The Double Cluster 1946 11 7 American Astronomers Report Solar Spectrum Line Intensities 1946 11 7 American Astronomers Report Metallic A-Stars 1946 11 7 American Astronomers Report Meteorites and Space Travel 1946 11 7 American Astronomers Report Electronics and Star Diameters 1946 11 9 Astronomical Anecdotes "Tycho, the Star Gazer (poem)" "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 11 10 James H. Jeans "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1946 11 10 In Tribute to James H. Jeans and W. Carl Rufus 1946 11 10 Rufus "C.A.F., W. Carl." 1946 11 10 W. Carl Rufus "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1946 11 11 News Notes The Icaroscope 1946 11 11 News Notes A New Theory 1946 11 11 News Notes An Irish-American Telescope 1946 11 11 News Notes Naval Observatory Superintendent 1946 11 11 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 11 12 From One Planet to Another "Coles, Robert R." 1946 11 14 Books and the Sky "Geology Applied to Selenology, J. E. Spurr" "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 11 15 Books and the Sky "Photometric Atlas of Stellar Spectra, W. A. Hiltner and Robley C. Williams" "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1946 11 16 Observer's Page A Partial Eclipse of the Sun "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 11 18 Further Remarks on the Cassegrainian "Brown, Earle B." 1946 11 24 Back-Cover Photo "Double Cluster, h and Chi Persei" 1946 12 3 The Astronomy of Tycho Brahe "Huffer, C. M." 1946 12 6 A Christmas Fantasy "Coles, Robert R." 1946 12 7 Astronomical Anecdotes "Tycho, the Star Gazer (poem) II" "Marshall, Roy K." 1946 12 9 News Notes Accident at Mount Wilson 1946 12 9 News Notes Eclipse Expedition 1946 12 9 News Notes "Dunlap, Mrs. David A." 1946 12 9 News Notes Director at Harvard for 25 Years 1946 12 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1946 12 9 News Notes New Director at Michigan 1946 12 9 News Notes Globular Cluster Velocities 1946 12 9 News Notes Television and Milky Way Static 1946 12 9 News Notes Spectroscopy of Atoms 1946 12 10 American Astronomers Report Interstellar Temperatures 1946 12 10 American Astronomers Report Spectrum of the Orion Nebula 1946 12 10 American Astronomers Report Another Sub-dwarf 1946 12 11 American Astronomers Report Eclipsing Double Stars 1946 12 11 American Astronomers Report Triple Periods 1946 12 11 American Astronomers Report Rare Spectral Types 1946 12 13 From One ATM to All the Others "Porter, Russell W." 1946 12 14 Cosmic Fireworks 1946 12 16 Books and the Sky "Science and the Planned State, John R. Baker" "Brown, Sanborn C." 1946 12 17 Books and the Sky The World of Numbers "Rothschild, James B." 1946 12 18 Books and the Sky "Total Eclipse of the Sun, May 20, 1947, U. S. Nautical Almanac Office" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1946 12 20 Gleanings for ATMs Two Reflectors Built During the War 1946 12 24 Observer's Page Planets and Occultations of Special Interest "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1946 12 28 Back-Cover Photo Giacobinid Meteor Shower 1947 1 2 New Telescope at Lick 1947 1 3 "The Optical Glass Industry, Past and Present" "Glaze, Francis W." 1947 1 6 News Notes Solar Spectrum in Far Ultraviolet Secured 1947 1 6 News Notes Radar and Radio in Astronomy 1947 1 6 News Notes Harvard Observatory Centennial 1947 1 6 News Notes Man-Made Snow 1947 1 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 1 6 News Notes Ocean Blue 1947 1 6 News Notes Observations of Rocket Meteors 1947 1 7 Winter Constellations "Barry, Catharine E." 1947 1 9 The Astronomy of Tycho Brahe "Huffer, C. M." 1947 1 9 The Astronomy of Tycho Brahe II "Huffer, C. M." 1947 1 12 The Cordoba Anniversary "Luyton, W. J." 1947 1 14 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1947 1947 1 16 Books and the Sky "Uranometria, Johannes Bayer" "Kopal, Zdenek" 1947 1 17 Books and the Sky "David Rittenhouse, J. Edward Ford" "Cox, Robert E." 1947 1 18 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 1 22 The Springfield Telescope Mounting "Brown, Earle B." 1947 1 28 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 2 3 Solar Spectroscopy at High Altitudes "Strain, Charles V." 1947 2 6 Sirius (poem) "Stuart, Margaret" 1947 2 8 News Notes Optical Society to Meet in New York City 1947 2 8 News Notes Pannekoek and Zanstra 1947 2 8 News Notes Search for Lunar Atmosphere 1947 2 8 News Notes Swedish Eclipse Expeditions 1947 2 8 News Notes Turtle and Dreamboat Use Celestial Navigation 1947 2 8 News Notes Next Sunspot Maximum 1947 2 8 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 2 8 News Notes More Atom Smashers 1947 2 8 News Notes Failure of V-2 Meteors 1947 2 9 "The Optical Glass Industry, Past and Present" "Glaze, Francis W." 1947 2 9 "The Optical Glass Industry, Past and Present II" "Glaze, Francis W." 1947 2 12 Observer's Page Depths of Space "Coles, Robert R." 1947 2 14 American Astronomers Report General Notes on the Meeting 1947 2 15 American Astronomers Report Tunable Monochromatic Filter 1947 2 15 American Astronomers Report Coronal Absorption Line? 1947 2 15 American Astronomers Report Aerial Eclipse Observations 1947 2 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Fleischer, Robert" 1947 2 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Herget, Paul" 1947 2 16 Books and the Sky "The Soochow Astronomical Chart, W. Carl Rufus and Hsing-Chih Tien" 1947 2 16 Books and the Sky "Principia, Isaac Newton" 1947 2 16 Books and the Sky "Starcraft, William H. Barton, Jr. and Joseph Maron Joseph" 1947 2 18 Gleanings for ATMs A Solar Telescope and Rich-field "Warren, George R." 1947 2 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 2 28 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 3 3 Radar Observations of the Draconids "Stewart, John Q." "Ference, Michael" "Slattery, John J." 1947 3 6 News Notes The Isaac Newton Observatory 1947 3 6 News Notes The Earth's Wobble 1947 3 6 News Notes Single-Lens Trivision 1947 3 6 News Notes Advanced Degrees in Astronomy 1947 3 6 News Notes Distance of the Orion Nebula 1947 3 6 News Notes Asteroid Research 1947 3 6 News Notes Attention All Writers! 1947 3 6 News Notes Growth of the B.A.A. 1947 3 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 3 8 American Astronomers Report Dust-Smoke-Grains? 1947 3 8 American Astronomers Report Between the Stars 1947 3 9 American Astronomers Report Protostars and Planetary Formation 1947 3 9 American Astronomers Report Embryo Stars? 1947 3 10 American Astronomers Report Nebulae and Stars 1947 3 11 Ask the Moon and It Will Answer "Copeland, Leland S." 1947 3 14 Seven Wonders of the Universe "Coles, Robert R." 1947 3 16 Books and the Sky "Scientific Instruments, ed. Herbert J. Cooper" "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1947 3 18 Gregorian Variations and a Compound Eyepiece "Brown, Earle B." 1947 3 19 A Compound Eyepiece "Ochs, Gerard" 1947 3 22 Observer's Page Jupiter Occultation Reports "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 3 28 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 4 2 "Hall of Earth, Air, and Sky of the Polytechnic Institute of Puerto Rico" "Spitz, Armand N." 1947 4 3 "Hall of Earth, Air, and Sky of the Polytechnic Institute of Puerto Rico" "Spitz, Armand N." 1947 4 5 Meteor Train Over Puerto Rico 1947 4 6 The Total Eclipse in May 1947 4 7 News Notes Weather Control Predicted 1947 4 7 News Notes Refraction in Arctic Regions 1947 4 7 News Notes Astronomy in the Antarctic 1947 4 7 News Notes Educator Dies 1947 4 7 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 4 7 News Notes Our System and Andromeda 1947 4 8 American Astronomers Report Earth's Gaseous Envelope and the Sun 1947 4 9 American Astronomers Report Lower Atmosphere Problems 1947 4 9 American Astronomers Report Temperatures of Atmospheres 1947 4 10 American Astronomers Report Eclipsing Binaries 1947 4 12 American Astronomers Report Eclipsing Stars in Space 1947 4 12 American Astronomers Report Draconid Meteor Maximum 1947 4 14 Ad Astr (poem) "Grece, Kathleen O'Byrne" 1947 4 14 Ad Astra (poem) "Grece, Kathleen O'Byrne" 1947 4 14 The Easter Star Parade "Barry, Catharine E." 1947 4 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Merrill, Paul W." 1947 4 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Miller, Freeman D." 1947 4 16 Books and the Sky "Atomic Energy in Cosmic and Human Life, G. Gamow" 1947 4 16 Books and the Sky The Path of Science 1947 4 17 Books and the Sky "Science Since 1500, H. T. Pledge" "Streeter, John W." 1947 4 18 Gleanings for ATMs Two Cameras Contrived by Amateurs 1947 4 18 Camera Design "Wilson, Latimer J." 1947 4 19 Solar Camera "Diaz, Julio Mario" 1947 4 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 4 22 Observer's Page Saturn's Satellites May Be Favorably Observed 1947 4 28 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 5 2 News of Current Comets 1947 5 3 Jupiter and Eclipses of the Sun and Moon "Stevens, Paul W." 1947 5 8 Eclipses "Coles, Robert R." 1947 5 10 News Notes Yerkes and McDonald Staff Reorganization 1947 5 10 News Notes S.O.S. for Greek Astronomers 1947 5 10 News Notes Parents of Mesotrons 1947 5 10 News Notes Stellar Rotation and the Zeeman Effect 1947 5 10 News Notes Astronomers Honored 1947 5 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 5 12 The Search for New Stars -- AAVSO Nova Search Committee 1947 5 14 Books and the Sky "A Primer for Star-Gazers, Henry M. Neely" "Draper, Arthur L." 1947 5 15 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Freeman D. Miller" "Federer, Helen S." 1947 5 16 Gleanings for ATMs Vignettes of Telescope Making History "Potts, R. W." 1947 5 20 Observer's Page Phases of the Moon "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 5 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 6 2 Bocayuva Bulletin 1947 6 3 The Great Refractor "Campbell, Leon" 1947 6 6 Navigation Notes "Watson, Fletcher G." 1947 6 7 News Notes van Gent Dies 1947 6 7 News Notes Tables on the Upper Atmospheres 1947 6 7 News Notes Sunspots in the News 1947 6 7 News Notes Siberian Meteorite? 1947 6 7 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 6 7 News Notes Observers Wanted 1947 6 7 News Notes Alaskan Crater 1947 6 11 Twenty Americans on the Moon "Streeter, John W." 1947 6 14 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to the Study of Eclipsing Binaries, Zdenek Kopal" "Merrill, John E." 1947 6 15 Books and the Sky "Novametric, William Green" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1947 6 16 Gleanings for ATMs Remodeling Old Telescopes "Rosebrugh, David W." 1947 6 20 The Telescope on Mount Palomar 1947 6 24 Observer's Page Notes on Occultations of Jupiter "Cleminshaw, C. H." 1947 6 28 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 7 2 Naval Observatory Seeks New Location 1947 7 3 Eclipse in South America 1947 7 5 News Notes Variable Star Periods 1947 7 5 News Notes Photographic Exhibit 1947 7 5 News Notes Cosmic Rays and Cancer 1947 7 5 News Notes New Uses for Telescopes 1947 7 5 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 7 5 News Notes Morrison Prize 1947 7 5 News Notes Liquid-Fuel Rocketry 1947 7 6 New England Field Trip "Plachy, George V." 1947 7 7 An Unusual Meteor Photograph 1947 7 8 Amateur Astronomers "Peltier, Leslie C., Receives Honorary Degree" 1947 7 10 A Silver Anniversary in Cleveland "Dietz, David" 1947 7 12 Astronomy from the Historical Point of View "Woolard, Edgar W." 1947 7 14 Books and the Sky "The Earth and the Stars, C. G. Abbot" "Farnsworth, Alice H." 1947 7 16 Gleanings for ATMs Gleanings from the Mailbag 1947 7 20 Observer's Page The Motions of Jupiter's Red Spot "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 7 24 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 8 2 An Eclipsing Binary of Unusual Interest 1947 8 2 The Story of Two Atoms "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 8 3 Convention at Philadelphia "Back, Margaret" 1947 8 6 Mars Through a Telescope (poem) "Stephen, Walter W." 1947 8 6 Making a Globe of Mars "Sternig, John" 1947 8 8 Star Trails and Photographs 1947 8 9 Terminology Talks Angles and Arcs "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1947 8 10 Meteor Problems and Photographs of the Perseids "Whipple, Fred L." 1947 8 12 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomy in France 1947 8 13 News Notes Electronic Cleaning of Optical Surfaces 1947 8 13 News Notes Dr. [Joaquin] Gallo Retires 1947 8 13 News Notes American Astronomical Society To Meet 1947 8 13 News Notes Bruce Medal to Lyot 1947 8 13 News Notes Meteoritical Society 1947 8 13 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 8 13 News Notes Weather from Russia 1947 8 13 News Notes The Survey for Faint Red Stars 1947 8 14 Drama of the Telescope "Coles, Robert R." 1947 8 16 Books and the Sky "Directory of Astronomical Observatories in the United States, Mabel Sterns" 1947 8 16 Books and the Sky "Explaining the Atom, Selig Hecht" 1947 8 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Watson, Fletcher G." 1947 8 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Heines, Neal J." 1947 8 17 Books and the Sky "Panama Evening Skies, Oliver Bullock" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1947 8 18 Gleanings for ATMs A Rich-field Refracting Telescope "Pfleumer, Hans" 1947 8 22 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Moon "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 8 28 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 9 3 Current Research at Yerkes Observatory "Hiltner, W. A." 1947 9 6 Durer and Early Star Maps "Barton, Samuel G." 1947 9 9 News Notes The New Astronomische Gesellschaft 1947 9 9 News Notes Temperature of the Ozone Layer 1947 9 9 News Notes An International Competition 1947 9 9 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 9 9 News Notes Meteor Shower Found By Radar 1947 9 9 News Notes Helium in Meteorites 1947 9 12 Celestial Nomograph -- How to Make and Use It "Hogan, Joseph T." 1947 9 12 "Celestial Nomograph, How to Make and Use It" "Hogan, Joseph T." 1947 9 14 A Rocket Trip Around the World "Coles, Robert R." 1947 9 16 Books and the Sky "Making Your Own Telescope, Allyn J. Thompson" "Scanlon, Leo J." 1947 9 19 Gleanings for ATMs A Detroit Amateur's 8-inch Reflector 1947 9 20 Homemade Refractor "Letson, W. H." 1947 9 22 Observer's Page Observing News and Notes from Amateurs "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 9 25 Terminology Talks "Pi, Radian" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1947 9 28 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1947 10 2 AAVSO and League Region to Meet at Harvard 1947 10 3 The Current Sunspot Cycle "Nicholson, Seth B." 1947 10 6 News Notes Unusual Asteroid 1947 10 6 News Notes "Strumgren, Elis, Dies" 1947 10 6 News Notes Optical Society 1947 10 6 News Notes Meteorites Wanted 1947 10 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 10 6 News Notes New Polish Observatory 1947 10 7 Popular Photometry "Kron, Gerald E." 1947 10 10 Terminology Talks "Distance, Mean Distance, Mile, Astronomical Unit, Light-Year" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1947 10 11 North Central Region of AAL Is Organized "Albrecht, W. B." 1947 10 12 Durer and Early Star Maps "Barton, Samuel G." 1947 10 12 Durer and Early Star Maps II "Barton, Samuel G." 1947 10 14 Fall Skies "Coles, Robert R." 1947 10 14 Sadalmelik (poem) "Hanert, D. B." 1947 10 17 Books and the Sky "Matter and Light, The New Physics, Louis de Broglis" 1947 10 17 Books and the Sky "Henry the Navigator, Elaine Sanceau" 1947 10 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Streeter, E. P." 1947 10 17 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1947 10 19 Gleanings for ATMs Simple Attachments for Solar Photography "Baraff, Gene" 1947 10 22 Observer's Page Timing the Contacts of a Partial Solar Eclipse "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 10 28 Back-Cover Photo "Sunspot group, largest, Apr. 7, 1947" 1947 11 2 Planetarium Anniversary 1947 11 3 A Scale Model of the 200-inch Telescope "Scanlon, Leo J." 1947 11 5 News Notes St. Andrews Observatory 1947 11 5 News Notes Universum 1947 11 5 News Notes Two Magnetic North Poles? 1947 11 5 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 11 5 News Notes More on Artificial Meteors 1947 11 5 News Notes IAU Asteroid Center 1947 11 5 News Notes Cyclotron Model 1947 11 5 News Notes Comet Brightness Changes and Sunspots 1947 11 6 The Star That Makes the Weather "Coles, Robert R." 1947 11 7 Terminology Talks Parallax "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1947 11 8 A Famous Old Telescope Goes to China "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 11 11 Amateur Astronomers West Coast Amateur Astronomer Dies "Lippert, Rudolph M." 1947 11 13 American Astronomers Report Star Brightnesses by Day 1947 11 13 American Astronomers Report Prominences in Stars 1947 11 13 American Astronomers Report Infrared Spectra 1947 11 14 American Astronomers Report Solar Limb Phenomena 1947 11 14 American Astronomers Report An Unseen Companion 1947 11 15 American Astronomers Report Distance of SS Cygni 1947 11 15 American Astronomers Report Nova of 1912 Studied 1947 11 16 Books and the Sky "Einstein, His Life and Times, Philipp Frank" "Merrill, Paul W." 1947 11 19 Gleanings for ATMs Springfield Mounting by Amateurs 1947 11 22 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 11 22 Observer's Page The Eclipse of November 12th 1947 11 28 Back-Cover Photo Circumpolar star trails 1947 12 31 The Motion of Mercury "Clemence, G. M." 1947 12 34 Northeast Region of Astronomical League Is Formed "Greenley, Robert" 1947 12 35 AAVSO Holds Annual Meeting at Harvard 1947 12 36 American Astronomers Report RR Lyrae 1947 12 36 American Astronomers Report Interstellar Absorption 1947 12 36 American Astronomers Report Parallax of Ross 248 1947 12 36 American Astronomers Report A Double Anniversary 1947 12 37 American Astronomers Report A Peculiar Variable 1947 12 37 American Astronomers Report Stellar Atmospheres 1947 12 38 American Astronomers Report Spectra of Variables in Globular Clusters 1947 12 38 American Astronomers Report Isotopes of Carbon 1947 12 39 American Astronomers Report Messier's Catalogue 1947 12 39 Auroral Photometry "Eggen, Olin J." 1947 12 40 News Notes The Atmosphere of Mars 1947 12 40 News Notes Three of the Problems 1947 12 40 News Notes Program for Galactic Rotation 1947 12 40 News Notes Civil Service Astronomer Examination 1947 12 40 News Notes American Astronomical Society 1947 12 40 News Notes Meteorite's Former Orbit 1947 12 40 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1947 12 41 Terminology Talks Parsec 1947 12 41 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1947 12 41 Terminology Talks Geocentric Parallaxes 1947 12 41 Terminology Talks Heliocentric Parallax 1947 12 42 The Star of the Magi "Barry, Catharine E." 1947 12 44 Books and the Sky "Time, Knowledge, and the Nebulae, Martin Johnson" "Page, Thornton L." 1947 12 47 Gleanings for ATMs Mass Production of Mountings by Amateurs "Parry, Harvey E." 1947 12 49 A Swedish Reflector "Herou, L. S." 1947 12 52 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1947 12 52 Observer's Page Bester's Comet to Brighten 1947 12 56 Back-Cover Photo Southern Coalsack 1948 1 59 Press Pilgrimage to Palomar "Bolton, Nancy R." 1948 1 61 What Do Astronomers Expect of the 200-inch Telescope? "Skilling, William T." 1948 1 64 News Notes Radio Waves from the Sun -- A Correction 1948 1 64 News Notes Thirteen Comets in 1947 1948 1 64 News Notes Cosmic Ray Theory 1948 1 64 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 1 64 News Notes Five Million Pictures a Second! 1948 1 64 News Notes Fourteen Comets in 1947! 1948 1 65 American Astronomers Report Infrared Solar Spectrum 1948 1 65 American Astronomers Report Ursa Major Cluster 1948 1 66 American Astronomers Report Training in Celestial Mechanics 1948 1 67 American Astronomers Report Pulse-Counting Photometer 1948 1 68 Following Mars "Coles, Robert R." 1948 1 69 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 1 69 Terminology Talks "Zenith, Nadir, Horizon" 1948 1 69 Terminology Talks "Celestial Meridian, Transit" 1948 1 69 Terminology Talks Celestial Poles 1948 1 69 Terminology Talks Celestial Sphere 1948 1 70 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1948 1948 1 72 Books and the Sky "One Two Three . . . Infinity, George Gamow" "Kopal, Zdenek" 1948 1 75 Gleanings for ATMs A Few Instruments Built by Amateurs 1948 1 78 Observer's Page Partial Eclipse Reports "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 1 84 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1948 2 12 Amateur Astronomers teast 1948 2 87 The Great Comet of 1947 1948 2 90 Amateur Astronomers Operation ATM at Howard University "Delaney, Maurice S. A." 1948 2 91 Columbus Meeting "Gossner, Joseph L." "Gossner, Simone Daro" 1948 2 94 News Notes The Langley 1948 2 94 News Notes Honors Galore 1948 2 94 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 2 94 News Notes New Printing Techniques 1948 2 94 News Notes New Theory on Earth's Interior 1948 2 94 News Notes Aurorae 1948 2 95 The Energy of the Sun and Stars "Aller, Lawrence H." 1948 2 97 Terminology Talks Ecliptic 1948 2 97 Terminology Talks Celestial Equator 1948 2 97 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 2 98 Close-up of Mars "Coles, Robert R." 1948 2 101 Books and the Sky "The Naming of the Telescope, Edward Rosen" 1948 2 101 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1948 2 101 Books and the Sky Book Review "Barton, Samuel G." 1948 2 101 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, William T. Skilling and Robert S. Richardson" 1948 2 102 Books and the Sky "The Strange Story of the Quantum, Banesh Hoffmann" "Seyfert, Carl K." 1948 2 102 Terminology Talks Equinoxes 1948 2 104 Books and the Sky "The Zodiacal Light and the Interplanetary Medium, J. L. Weinberg, editor" 1948 2 104 Gleanings for ATMs A Kansas City Amateur's Observatory "Tarbell, E. D." 1948 2 108 Observer's Page "The Blue Cascade Meteor -- November 22, 1947" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 2 108 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 2 112 Back-Cover Photo "Andromeda nebula, M31, southwestern portion" 1948 3 115 As the 17th Century Saw Them "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1948 3 117 Comets and Meteors "Coles, Robert R." 1948 3 119 News Notes Upper Atmosphere Temperatures 1948 3 119 News Notes Stars with Umbrellas 1948 3 119 News Notes Automatic Guiding 1948 3 119 News Notes Did a Meteorite Do It? 1948 3 119 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 3 120 Amateur Astronomers The New Observatory at Cumberland University "Burns, G. Frank" 1948 3 120 News Notes Meteors and Meteorites at the AAAS 1948 3 122 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 3 122 Terminology Talks Parallel Sphere 1948 3 122 Terminology Talks Right Sphere 1948 3 122 Terminology Talks Oblique Sphere 1948 3 123 American Astronomers Report Reddening of Galaxies 1948 3 123 American Astronomers Report Minor Planet Tables 1948 3 123 American Astronomers Report Meteors by Radar 1948 3 124 American Astronomers Report Orbit of Gamma Persei 1948 3 124 American Astronomers Report Surface Patches on a Star 1948 3 124 American Astronomers Report Anticenter Data 1948 3 125 More About the Great Comet 1948 3 126 Books and the Sky "Sunspots in Action, Harlan True Stetson" "Evans, John W." 1948 3 128 Gleanings for ATMs Characteristics of Many Kinds of Eyepieces "Holeman, John" 1948 3 132 Observer's Page Occultations of Mars in 1948 and Reports of the January Conjunction-Occultation "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 3 132 Occultations of Mars in 1948 "Stevens, Paul W." 1948 3 140 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1948 4 143 A Solar Infrared Reflecting Spectrometer "McMath, Robert R." "Mohler, Orren C." 1948 4 146 News Notes Various Telescopes 1948 4 146 News Notes Ten Thousand Plates by One Observer 1948 4 146 News Notes Earth's Shape and Eclipses 1948 4 146 News Notes Navigation Innovations 1948 4 146 News Notes Navy Research Funds 1948 4 146 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 4 147 Spring Skies "Barry, Catharine E." 1948 4 149 American Astronomers Report A Peculiar Blue Star 1948 4 149 American Astronomers Report An Electronic Computer 1948 4 149 American Astronomers Report Stellar Rotations 1948 4 149 American Astronomers Report Variables in Globulars 1948 4 150 American Astronomers Report Reversing Layer Temperature 1948 4 150 American Astronomers Report Infrared from the Galactic Center 1948 4 150 American Astronomers Report Beta Cephei Variables 1948 4 151 News Notes American Meteorite Museum "Nininger, H. H." 1948 4 152 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 4 152 Terminology Talks The Altazimuth System 1948 4 152 Terminology Talks The Equatorial System 1948 4 153 Twenty-Nine Satellites "Atwell, Clarence A." 1948 4 156 Books and the Sky "An Outline of Stellar Astronomy, Peter Doig" "McCuskey, S. W." 1948 4 157 Books and the Sky Book Review "Streeter, John W." 1948 4 157 Books and the Sky Book Review "Huffer, C. M." 1948 4 157 Books and the Sky "Sun, Stand Thou Still, Angus Armitage" 1948 4 157 Books and the Sky "The Life and Times of Tycho Brahe, John Allyne Gade" 1948 4 161 Gleanings for ATMs A Null Test for Paraboloids 1948 4 164 Observer's Page Mars' Occultation in February "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 4 168 Back-Cover Photo "Andromeda nebula, M31, northeastern portion" 1948 5 169 Exploratory Cosmic Ray Observations at High Altitudes by Means of Rockets "Van Allen, James A." 1948 5 170 League Convention Plans 1948 5 171 Exploratory Cosmic Ray Observations at High Altitudes by Means of Rockets "Van Allen, James A." 1948 5 175 Terminology Talks "Falling Stars""""" 1948 5 175 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 5 175 Terminology Talks "Meteors, Meteorology" 1948 5 176 Northeast Region Convenes at New Haven "Greenley, Robert" 1948 5 178 Men and Stars "Coles, Robert R." 1948 5 179 News Notes Weather By Starlight 1948 5 179 News Notes The Ultimate Standard 1948 5 179 News Notes Annie J. Cannon Lectureship 1948 5 179 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 5 179 News Notes Noise Keeps Corona Hot 1948 5 180 Stamford Halo Complex "Coven, Glenn E." 1948 5 182 Books and the Sky "The Scientists Speak, Warren Weaver" 1948 5 182 Books and the Sky Book Review "Goedicke, Victor" 1948 5 182 Books and the Sky "A Manual of Astronomy, R. W. Shaw and S. L. Boothroyd" 1948 5 182 Books and the Sky Book Review "Coles, Robert R." 1948 5 184 Gleanings for ATMs The Compound Reflecting Telescope -- I "Thompson, Allyn J." 1948 5 188 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 5 188 Observer's Page Sunset Eclipse in the Northwest 1948 5 192 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1948 6 195 Adventures of a Starbeam "Merrill, Paul W." 1948 6 197 Terminology Talks Shower Meteors 1948 6 197 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 6 197 Terminology Talks "Trains, Trails" 1948 6 197 Terminology Talks "Fireballs, Bolides, Detonating Meteors" 1948 6 198 The Great Nebula in Andromeda 1948 6 199 Color in the Sky "Coles, Robert R." 1948 6 200 The World's Northernmost Sundial "Smith Jr., Howard P." 1948 6 202 William Henry "Elmer, C. W." 1948 6 202 "Henry, William" "Elmer, C. W." 1948 6 203 News Notes Bibliography of Globular Clusters 1948 6 203 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 6 203 News Notes Mount Wilson Report 1948 6 203 News Notes Halley Lecture 1948 6 203 News Notes "Lane, Alfred C." 1948 6 204 Cancer a Lobster for the Nonce "Chappell, Dorothea Havens" 1948 6 206 Books and the Sky "Star Stories, Gertrude C. Warner" 1948 6 206 Books and the Sky "Atlas der Sternbilder, Oswald Thomas" 1948 6 206 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer, Helen S." 1948 6 206 Books and the Sky Book Review "Weaver, Cecile T." 1948 6 207 Books and the Sky "Atomics for the Millions, M. L. Eidinoff and H. Ruchlis" "Brown, Sanborn C." 1948 6 208 Gleanings for ATMs The Compound Reflecting Telescope -- II "Thompson, Allyn J." 1948 6 212 Observer's Page Observations of Mars "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 6 216 Back-Cover Photo "Andromeda nebula, M31, central portion" 1948 7 219 An Eclipse Reveals a Giant Star's Atmosphere "McLaughlin, Dean B." 1948 7 222 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 7 222 Terminology Talks Geocentric and Heliocentric Velocities 1948 7 222 Terminology Talks Explanation of Radiant 1948 7 223 Astronomical Society of Mexico "Taboado, Domingo" 1948 7 224 News Notes Eclipses for 150 Years in the United States 1948 7 224 News Notes "Earth's Magnetism 100,000,000 Years Ago" 1948 7 224 News Notes Henry Draper Medal 1948 7 224 News Notes Methane in the Earth's Atmosphere 1948 7 224 News Notes Meteor Velocities from Radio Waves 1948 7 224 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 7 225 Annular Eclipse Observations Reported from the Pacific 1948 7 226 Middle East Region of League Organized "LeRoy, Charles H." 1948 7 227 AAVSO Convenes at Mount Holyoke College for Spring Meeting "F., H. S." 1948 7 227 AAVSO Convenes at Mount Holyoke "Federer, Helen S." 1948 7 228 Moon Tales "Coles, Robert R." 1948 7 230 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brouwer, Dirk" 1948 7 230 Books and the Sky Book Review "Spurr, J. E." 1948 7 230 Books and the Sky "Causes of Catastrophe, L. Don Leet" 1948 7 232 Gleanings for ATMs The Compound Reflecting Telescope -- III "Thompson, Allyn J." 1948 7 236 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 7 240 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1948 8 242 Two Novae and a Supernova 1948 8 243 Guiding Small Telescopes "Fleischer, Robert" 1948 8 246 News Notes Variable Star Project Completed 1948 8 246 News Notes The Hale Telescope 1948 8 246 News Notes Short-Wave Affect by the Moon 1948 8 246 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 8 247 Astronomical League Convenes at Milwaukee "Back, Margaret" 1948 8 248 New York Amateurs Visit Nation's Capital "Malsbary, Charlotte" 1948 8 249 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 8 249 Terminology Talks "Falls, Finds" 1948 8 249 Terminology Talks "Elliptical, Parabolic, and Hyperbolic Velocities" 1948 8 249 Terminology Talks Meteor Terminology 1948 8 249 Terminology Talks Classes of Meteorites 1948 8 250 Early Chapters in the History of Stellar Evolution "Edgeworth, K. E." 1948 8 252 Gatherings of the Clan "F., C. A." 1948 8 252 Astronomical League Convenes at Milwaukee "Back, Margaret" 1948 8 254 Books and the Sky "College Physics, Francis Weston Sears and Mark W. Zemansky" 1948 8 254 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hayner, Ruth" 1948 8 254 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1948 8 256 Gleanings for ATMs The Compound Reflecting Telescope -- IV "Thompson, Allyn J." 1948 8 260 Observer's Page Checking the Period of Algol "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 8 264 Back-Cover Photo "NGC 253, in Sculptor" 1948 9 267 The 200-inch Telescope "Coles, Robert R." 1948 9 270 Terminology Talks Meteorite Specimens 1948 9 270 Terminology Talks Fusion Crust 1948 9 270 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 9 271 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 9 271 News Notes Oslo Meeting 1948 9 271 News Notes "Millikin, R. A., Honored" 1948 9 271 News Notes Link Observatory Given to Indiana University 1948 9 271 News Notes Attention Astronomers and Philatelists 1948 9 271 News Notes AAAS Centennial 1948 9 272 Early Chapters in the History of Stellar Evolution "Edgeworth, K. E." 1948 9 272 Early Chapters in the History of Stellar Evolution II "Edgeworth, K. E." 1948 9 275 American Astronomers Report A Damped Oscillation 1948 9 275 American Astronomers Report Magnetic Fields in Stars 1948 9 275 American Astronomers Report Radio and Sunspots 1948 9 276 American Astronomers Report Stars and Nebulosity 1948 9 276 American Astronomers Report Irregular Variable RW Aurigae 1948 9 276 American Astronomers Report Meteor Orbits 1948 9 277 American Astronomers Report Magnitudes and Colors in Nearby Clusters 1948 9 278 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brown, Sanborn C." 1948 9 278 Books and the Sky Book Review "Weaver, Harold F." 1948 9 278 Books and the Sky "Elementary Nuclear Theory, H. A. Bethe" 1948 9 278 Books and the Sky "The Control of Atomic Energy, James R. Newman and Byron S. Miller" 1948 9 280 Gleanings for ATMs The Compound Reflecting Telescope -- V "Thompson, Allyn J." 1948 9 284 Observer's Page Occultation Predictions "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 9 288 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1948 10 290 Sky Jingle (poem) "Chappell, Dorothea Havens" 1948 10 291 Congress in Switzerland "F., C. A." 1948 10 293 "Tracing the Norton, Kansas, Meteorite Fall" "Nininger, H. H." 1948 10 296 Stellafane Convention -- 1948 "Cox, Robert E." 1948 10 299 American Astronomers Report Ursa Major Cluster Motions 1948 10 299 American Astronomers Report Abundance Abnormalities 1948 10 299 American Astronomers Report Band Spectra Data 1948 10 299 American Astronomers Report Comets and Meteor Radiants 1948 10 300 American Astronomers Report A Cosmological Model 1948 10 300 American Astronomers Report Rapid Electronic Computer 1948 10 301 News Notes Anniversaries at Washburn Observatory 1948 10 301 News Notes Cosmic Ray Compass 1948 10 301 News Notes Completion of Miss Cannon's Work 1948 10 301 News Notes Medals for Merit 1948 10 301 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 10 301 News Notes The Universe and the Elements 1948 10 304 Books and the Sky "Fundamentals of Photographic Theory, T. H. James and George C. Higgings" "Fleischer, Robert" 1948 10 305 Terminology Talks Appulse 1948 10 305 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 10 305 Terminology Talks Orbit 1948 10 305 Terminology Talks "Perihelion, Aphelion" 1948 10 305 Terminology Talks "Umbra, Penumbra" 1948 10 306 Gleanings for ATMs The Compound Reflecting Telescope -- VI "Thompson, Allyn J." 1948 10 312 Observer's Page New Comets and an Unusual Asteroid "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 10 316 Back-Cover Photo Perseid meteor 1948 11 3 Inclination of Spectrum Lines in Spirals "Mayall, N. U." 1948 11 3 Inclinations of Spectrum Lines in Spirals "Mayall, N. U." 1948 11 6 News Notes Sundials and the Origin of Conic Sections 1948 11 6 News Notes Observatory in the Congo 1948 11 6 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 11 6 News Notes Ice Ages from a Nebula? 1948 11 6 News Notes Heavy Cosmic Rays 1948 11 6 News Notes Debris of a Planet? 1948 11 7 "The """"Application"""" of Telescopes: 1667 or 1668?" "Olmsted, J. W." 1948 11 8 Congress in Switzerland "F., C. A." 1948 11 8 Congress in Switzerland -- II "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1948 11 12 News Notes Halley's Comet 1948 11 12 Terminology Talks Cometary Superstitions 1948 11 12 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 11 13 A New Atlas of the Heavens "Kopal, Zdenek" 1948 11 14 A New Atlas of the Heavens "Kopal, Zdenek" 1948 11 18 Books and the Sky "Astronomie, Lucien Rudaux and Gerard de Vaucouleurs" "Gossner, Simone Daro" 1948 11 20 Gleanings for ATMs The Compound Reflecting Telescope -- VII "Thompson, Allyn J." 1948 11 26 Observer's Page Occultation Predictions "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1948 11 28 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1948 12 30 The Great Comet of 1948 1948 12 31 Dismantling a Zeiss Planetarium "Marshall, Roy K." 1948 12 33 Terminology Talks The Great Comet of 1882 "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1948 12 34 Recent Developments at the Goethe Link Observatory "Edmondson, Frank K." 1948 12 37 News Notes Photoelectronic Telescope 1948 12 37 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1948 12 37 News Notes Comet Statistics 1948 12 37 News Notes Eclipse Expedition 1948 12 37 News Notes Another Big Meteorite 1948 12 37 News Notes American Astronomical Society To Meet at New Haven 1948 12 37 News Notes Build Your Own Radar 1948 12 38 The Man Who Made the Constellations Famous "Copeland, Leland S." 1948 12 40 News Notes "\""""A Rare Astronomical Treatise""""" 1948 12 41 The Two Lunar Eclipses of 1948 "Pogo, Alexander" 1948 12 42 Some Astronomical Highlights of 1948 "Shapley, Harlow" 1948 12 44 Amateur Astronomers The Annual Meeting of the AAVSO "Federer, Helen S." 1948 12 46 Books and the Sky "Readings in the Physical Sciences, ed. Harlow Shapley, Helen Wright, and Samuel Rapport" "Stewart, John Q." 1948 12 47 Books and the Sky Observer's Handbook for 1949 1948 12 48 Gleanings for ATMs Novel Drives for Amateur Telescopes "Friend, Irving H." 1948 12 49 Gleanings for ATMs Novel Drives for Amateur Telescopes "Sweger, Paul B." 1948 12 51 Observer's Page Pinhole Images of Sunspots "Thomsen, I. L." 1948 12 56 Back-Cover Photo "Orion nebulae, NGC 2024" 1949 1 58 A New Film on Solar Prominences 1949 1 59 report of Comet 1948l "Harris, William P." 1949 1 59 The Eclipse Comet of 1948 1949 1 60 report on Comet 1948l "Symonds, Roy V." 1949 1 61 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 1 61 Terminology Talks Naming of Comets 1949 1 61 Terminology Talks "Coma, Nucleus, Tail" 1949 1 61 Terminology Talks Abundance of Comets 1949 1 62 News Notes RAS Medal to Lindblad 1949 1 62 News Notes The Ozone Shadow 1949 1 62 News Notes Coming: 180 Days to a Year 1949 1 62 News Notes Nobel Prize 1949 1 62 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 1 62 News Notes Meteor Crater Is Square 1949 1 63 News Notes Whirlpools around Binaries 1949 1 63 "A Calendar for 4,000 Years" "Krach, Edward T." 1949 1 64 An Etched Celestial Globe "Ignatia I.H.M., Sister M." 1949 1 65 Amateur Astronomers Four Well-Known Amateurs Die 1949 1 66 Trail Blazing with Spitz Planetariums "Gillotti et al., Frances J." 1949 1 69 Astronomical Confusions (poem) "Paul, Pauline F." 1949 1 70 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1949 1949 1 72 Books and the Sky "Practical Astronomy, George L. Hosmer and James R. Robbins" 1949 1 72 Books and the Sky "Practical Astronomy, Jason John Nassau" 1949 1 72 Books and the Sky "Geology Applied to Selenology, Part III, J. E. Spurr" 1949 1 72 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hynek, J. Allen" 1949 1 72 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marshall, Roy K." 1949 1 73 Books and the Sky "Elements of Mathematical Astronomy, Martin Davidson" "Wolff, Robert I." 1949 1 74 Books and the Sky Newton Tercentenary Celebration "Hogg, Helen Sawyer" 1949 1 75 More About the Fels Planetarium Break-down "Marshall, Roy K." 1949 1 75 More About the Fels Planetarium Breakdown "Marshall, Roy K." 1949 1 76 Gleanings for ATMs Tile Tools and Paper Laps 1949 1 76 Tile Tools "Joyner, George F." 1949 1 80 Observer's Page Magnitude Determinations of Saturn's Satellites "LaPelle, Rolland R." 1949 1 84 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1949 2 86 Mount Palomar Problems 1949 2 87 One Man's Telescope "Barrie, Susan" 1949 2 89 News Notes New Director at Fels Planetarium 1949 2 89 News Notes "Fisher, Clyde, Dies" 1949 2 89 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 2 89 News Notes A New Nearby Star? 1949 2 90 The Harvard Photographic Meteor Program "Whipple, Fred L." 1949 2 93 News Notes "\""""A Rare Astronomical Treatise""""" 1949 2 94 Amateur Astronomers The Story of Palomar in Color and Sound "Scholz, Grace C." 1949 2 95 Terminology Talks Cometary Periods and Orbits 1949 2 95 Terminology Talks Ellipse 1949 2 95 Terminology Talks Eccentricity 1949 2 95 Terminology Talks Circle 1949 2 95 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 2 96 American Astronomers Report A Heavy Eclipsing System 1949 2 96 American Astronomers Report A Massive Double Star 1949 2 96 American Astronomers Report Solar Parallax from Occultations 1949 2 98 Books and the Sky Book Review "Pitman, John H." 1949 2 98 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, William Lee Kennon" 1949 2 98 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cleminshaw, C. H." 1949 2 98 Books and the Sky "The Stars Are Yours, James Sayre Pickering" 1949 2 100 Gleanings for ATMs A Solar Camera and a Springfield Telescope 1949 2 100 A Solar Camera "Parmenter, B. C." 1949 2 102 A Springfield Telescope "Kovacs, W. J." 1949 2 103 Observer's Page Symbols and Configurations "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1949 2 104 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 2 108 Back-Cover Photo Baker super-Schmidt camera 1949 3 110 More on the Eclipse Comet of 1948 1949 3 111 Clyde Fisher "Lockwood, Marian" 1949 3 114 Three-Station Radar and Visual Triangulation of Meteors "Millman, Peter M." "McKinley, D. W. R." 1949 3 116 Terminology Talks "Parabola, Hyperbola" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 3 119 He Broke Through the Barriers of the Skies "Mackenzie, N. A." 1949 3 122 American Astronomers Report Solar Flares 1949 3 122 American Astronomers Report An Astrometric Binary 1949 3 123 American Astronomers Report A Relativistic Model 1949 3 123 American Astronomers Report Galactic Cluster Evolution 1949 3 124 American Astronomers Report Carbon Dioxide Isotopes 1949 3 125 News Notes A Mystery Solved 1949 3 125 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 3 125 News Notes Free Meteorite Check Service 1949 3 125 News Notes New Beam-Splitter Mirrors 1949 3 125 News Notes Mass-Luminosity Discordances 1949 3 125 News Notes Sky Brightness Photometer 1949 3 125 News Notes Science in Japan 1949 3 126 Books and the Sky "The Computation of Orbits, Paul Herget" "Whipple, Fred L." 1949 3 127 Books and the Sky "Centennial Symposia, Lawrence H. Aller" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1949 3 129 Gleanings for ATMs Advantages of a Long-Focus Reflector "Cave Jr., Thomas R." 1949 3 129 Gleanings for ATMs Advantages of a Long-focus Reflector "Cave Jr., Thomas R." 1949 3 131 Testing and Lap Making "Casady, P. B." 1949 3 132 Observer's Page The Nodes of the Planets and the Moon "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1949 3 133 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 3 136 Back-Cover Photo "Orion nebulae, NGC 1977" 1949 4 139 Galactic Radio Waves "Reber, Grote" 1949 4 142 News Notes Six Feet of Snow! 1949 4 142 News Notes Polarized Starlight 1949 4 142 News Notes Operation Magnetic 1949 4 142 News Notes Professor Sommerfeld Honored 1949 4 142 News Notes "Invasion from Mars""""" 1949 4 142 News Notes Award to E. A. Halbach 1949 4 142 News Notes Navigation by Solar Microwave 1949 4 142 News Notes Narrow Escape 1949 4 142 News Notes Indian Gold Medal 1949 4 142 News Notes International Weather Code 1949 4 142 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 4 143 R.W. P. -- Telescope Artist "Scanlon, Leo J." "Scanlon, Margaret" 1949 4 148 American Astronomers Report Colors of Galaxies 1949 4 148 American Astronomers Report History of a Pleiade 1949 4 148 American Astronomers Report Remote Cepheids 1949 4 149 American Astronomers Report Galactic Radio Energy 1949 4 149 American Astronomers Report Magnetic Oscillations of a Star 1949 4 149 Terminology Talks "Limb, Terminator, Cusp" 1949 4 149 Terminology Talks Old Moon in New Moon's Arms 1949 4 149 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 4 150 Books and the Sky "A Concise History of Mathematics, Dirk J. Struik" "Irwin, John B." 1949 4 151 Books and the Sky "Sweeper in the Sky, Helen Wright" "Hayner, Ruth" 1949 4 152 Gleanings for ATMs Circular Secondary Supports and Reflector Resolving Power "LaPelle, Rolland R." 1949 4 155 Observer's Page Spica and the Total Eclipse of the Moon "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1949 4 156 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 4 160 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1949 5 163 The Hidden Crater of Wolf Creek "Holmes, Charles H." 1949 5 165 News Notes "Sternenwelt""""" 1949 5 165 News Notes A Possible Meteorite Crater 1949 5 165 News Notes Billions and Trillions 1949 5 165 News Notes Emulsion for the Extreme Ultraviolet 1949 5 165 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 5 165 News Notes Operation Eclipse: 1948 1949 5 165 News Notes High-Altitude Flight 1949 5 165 News Notes "Moore, Joseph Haines" 1949 5 165 News Notes More White Dwarfs 1949 5 166 UX Ursae Majoris "Linnell, Albert P." 1949 5 169 A Simple DC Photometer for Photoelectric Photometry "Hall, John S." "Jewett, John F." 1949 5 174 Front-Cover Photo Laboratory Craters "Gale, S. I." 1949 5 174 Moon Miscellanea 1949 5 174 Mexican Montage "Velasco T., Francisco" 1949 5 176 Books and the Sky "Yankee Science in the Making, Dirk J. Struik" "Sitterly, Bancroft W." 1949 5 177 Books and the Sky The History of the British Astronomical Association "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 5 178 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 5 178 Terminology Talks "Transit, Occultation" 1949 5 178 Terminology Talks Lunar Occultations 1949 5 179 Gleanings for ATMs A Back-yard Observatory and an Indoor Telescope 1949 5 179 A Back-yard Observatory "Oliver, Arleigh J." 1949 5 179 An Indoor Telescope Gebelein 1949 5 181 A Homemade Planetarium "Calder, William A." 1949 5 182 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 5 182 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1949 5 188 Back-Cover Photo Coma-Virgo cluster of galaxies 1949 6 191 Fifty Years at HCO "Harwood, Margaret" 1949 6 193 A Sky Compass for Polar Navigation 1949 6 195 Northeast Region Convenes at New York 1949 6 196 News Notes Second Nearest Star 1949 6 196 News Notes Eclipses and Quakes 1949 6 196 News Notes Antipodal Stations for Ionospheric Prediction 1949 6 196 News Notes Optical Glass 1949 6 196 News Notes Nova in Scorpius 1949 6 196 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 6 197 J. H. Moore -- A Good Neighbor "Neubauer, F. J." 1949 6 197 "J. H. Moore, A Good Neighbor" "Neubauer, F. J." 1949 6 198 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 6 198 Terminology Talks Star Inside Crescent Moon? 1949 6 198 Terminology Talks Jovian Satellite Phenomena 1949 6 199 Painting the Eclipse of the Moon "Garnsey, Julian E." 1949 6 200 A Somewhat Dark Eclipse 1949 6 202 Books and the Sky "Weather Elements, Thomas A. Blair" 1949 6 202 Books and the Sky "Engineering the New Age, John J. O'Neill" 1949 6 202 Books and the Sky Book Review "Stokley, James" 1949 6 202 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ludlum, David M." 1949 6 204 Gleanings for ATMs A Mounting for Telescope and Camera "Semerau, Walter J." 1949 6 206 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 6 206 Fireball Note -- April 11th "Smith, Harlan J." 1949 6 207 Observer's Page Opposition of Vesta "Cornell, Herbert W." 1949 6 212 Back-Cover Photo M81 in Ursa Major 1949 7 215 Stellar Associations "Struve, Otto" 1949 7 219 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 7 219 Terminology Talks What Are Sunspots? 1949 7 219 Terminology Talks Umbra and Penumbra 1949 7 220 Popularizing Astronomy with a Portable Observatory "Gale, S. I." 1949 7 222 News Notes Tiny Magnets in Space 1949 7 222 News Notes Ten Years at McDonald 1949 7 222 News Notes Sounding the Ozonosphere 1949 7 222 News Notes Achondritic Shower 1949 7 222 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 7 222 News Notes First New Comet 1949 7 223 News Notes Astronomer Royal Procures 98-inch Disk 1949 7 223 News Notes Atomic Energy Levels 1949 7 223 News Notes Astronomy Covers Everything 1949 7 223 News Notes Solar X-Rays 1949 7 223 News Notes The Atomic Clock 1949 7 224 Variable Star Observers Hold Spring Meeting 1949 7 226 Sixty Major Marvels of the Sky "Copeland, Leland S." 1949 7 230 Books and the Sky The Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets "Pettit, Helen B." 1949 7 232 Gleanings for ATMs An Amateur's Push-button Observatory "Rotbart, David" "Rotbart, Bertha" 1949 7 234 A Sliding Tripod Mount "Feild, Talbot" 1949 7 236 Observer's Page The Bright Satellites of Jupiter "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1949 7 237 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 8 240 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1949 8 242 A New Atlas and the First Hale Photographs 1949 8 243 The Morehead Planetarium "Marshall, Roy K." 1949 8 245 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1949 8 245 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 8 245 Terminology Talks Sunspot Cycles 1949 8 245 Terminology Talks Leader and Follower 1949 8 246 Cleveland Convention "Federer, Helen S." "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1949 8 250 The Two Fundamental Relations of Stellar Astronomy "Struve, Otto" 1949 8 253 News Notes Year's Second Comet 1949 8 253 News Notes Space Travel 1949 8 253 News Notes Television on Mount Wilson 1949 8 253 News Notes Bee Compass 1949 8 253 News Notes Miranda 1949 8 253 News Notes Meteoritical Society 1949 8 253 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 8 253 News Notes New Temperature Scale 1949 8 254 American Astronomers Report Neptune Satellite Confirmed 1949 8 254 American Astronomers Report One Hundred Meteor Spectra 1949 8 255 American Astronomers Report Galactic Nebulae in Red Light 1949 8 258 Books and the Sky "The Face of the Moon, Ralph B. Baldwin" "Whipple, Fred L." 1949 8 260 Gleanings for ATMs The Ball Spherometer "Casady, P. B." 1949 8 263 Observer's Page An Apparent Temporary Change in Saturn's Color "Bartlett Jr., James C." 1949 8 264 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 8 268 Back-Cover Photo "Orion nebulae, M43 and M42" 1949 9 271 The New Asteroid with Smallest Known Mean Distance "Richardson, Robert S." 1949 9 271 The New Asteroid with Smallest Mean Distance "Richardson, Robert S." 1949 9 274 American Astronomers Report Polarization of Starlight "Struve, Otto" 1949 9 277 Terminology Talks Magnetic Reversals in Sunspots 1949 9 277 Terminology Talks Magnetism in Sunspots 1949 9 277 Terminology Talks "Royal Sunspot Zone""""" 1949 9 277 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 9 277 Terminology Talks Zeeman Effect 1949 9 278 News Notes "The """"Miss Cannon"""" of the West" 1949 9 278 News Notes Survey Transferred to South Africa 1949 9 278 News Notes The Stellar Magnitude of the Sun 1949 9 278 News Notes Cannon Memorial Volume 1949 9 278 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 9 278 News Notes Magnetic and Geomagnetic Equators 1949 9 278 News Notes Exchange of Periodicals 1949 9 279 American Astronomers Report The Russell Lecture 1949 9 280 American Astronomers Report Plate-Measuring Machine 1949 9 282 Telescopes for Juniors "Myers, Frank A." 1949 9 286 Books and the Sky "Science, Servant of Man, I. Bernard Cohen" "Abrams, John W." 1949 9 288 Gleanings for ATMs Specifications for a Beginner's Telescope "Myers, Frank A." 1949 9 292 Observer's Page The Midwestern Fireball of July 22nd "Halbach, Edward A." 1949 9 293 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 10 299 Optical Instrumentation for Guided Missiles "Reuyl, Dirk" 1949 10 301 News Notes Emission Objects in Galaxies 1949 10 301 News Notes Lick Observatory Acquires 120-inch Disk 1949 10 301 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 10 301 News Notes Optical Society of America 1949 10 302 New Trends in Cosmogony "Struve, Otto" 1949 10 305 Terminology Talks More on Sunspot Numbers "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 10 306 American Astronomers Report Milky Way Surveys 1949 10 306 American Astronomers Report Supergiant Long-period Variables 1949 10 306 American Astronomers Report Absolute Magnitudes of A-type Stars 1949 10 307 American Astronomers Report Telescopic Meteors 1949 10 307 American Astronomers Report May 10th Solar Flare 1949 10 308 American Astronomers Report P Cygni Stars 1949 10 308 American Astronomers Report Spectrum of R Cor Bor 1949 10 308 American Astronomers Report Comet Theory 1949 10 309 Western Amateurs' Conference "Schopke, Charles J." "Anderson, Carl W." 1949 10 314 Books and the Sky "Our Solar System, Holiday Interactive. Our Sun, Donald H. Menzel" "Calder, William A." 1949 10 315 Books and the Sky "From Euclid to Eddington, Sir Edmund Whittaker" 1949 10 315 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1949 10 315 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bates, Ralph S." 1949 10 315 Books and the Sky "Atlas Photometrique des Constellations, A. Brun" 1949 10 316 Gleanings for ATMs A Planetary Telescope "Parmenter, B. C." 1949 10 319 Observer's Page Observations with a Small Reflector "de Kruiff, Leif M." 1949 10 320 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 10 324 Back-Cover Photo "Nebulosity around NGC 2244, Monoceros" 1949 11 2 Letters Letter "Rice, Laban Lacy" 1949 11 2 Letters Letter "Steele, Paul H." 1949 11 3 All Night with the Stars "Copeland, Leland S." 1949 11 5 News Notes RAS Associate Membership 1949 11 5 News Notes Astro-philatelists 1949 11 5 News Notes Meteorites in Russia 1949 11 5 Terminology Talks "Optics, Reflection, Telescope Mirrors, Focal Length, Focal Ratio" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 11 6 Crystalline Surface Structures of Radial Symmetry "Engel, Karl H." 1949 11 7 Lunar Craters in the Laboratory "Gale, S. I." "Megson, F. H." 1949 11 8 Northwest Region Convenes at Portland "Karle, James H." 1949 11 8 Northwest Region of the League Convenes at Portland "Karle, James H." 1949 11 9 Central Amateurs Organize "Maag, Russell C." 1949 11 9 Central Missouri Amateurs Organize "Maag, Russell C." 1949 11 9 "Blair, Gilbert Bruce, The Editor of ""Astronomical Information Sheets"" Dies" "Harris, Everett W." 1949 11 10 News Notes Velocity of Radio Waves 1949 11 10 News Notes Meteorites in the Rim of Meteor Crater 1949 11 10 News Notes "More Trips to the Moon, by 1960" 1949 11 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 11 10 News Notes A Strange Object 1949 11 11 News Notes Non-Instantaneous Occultation 1949 11 11 News Notes High-Speed Orbit Computing 1949 11 11 News Notes Himalayan Station 1949 11 12 Books and the Sky "Voyages to the Moon, Marjorie Nicolson" "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1949 11 13 Books and the Sky "Practical Spectroscopy, George R. Harrison, Richard C. Lord, and John R. Loofbourow" "Goldberg, Leo" 1949 11 15 Gleanings for ATMs Casting Lead Counterweights "Rosebrugh, David W." 1949 11 18 Gleanings for ATMs A Patrol Camera Gift 1949 11 19 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 11 19 Observer's Page The Eclipse of the Moon Is Widely Observed "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1949 11 20 Observer's Page Meteors in November 1949 11 20 Observer's Page Tracks of Eclipses 1949 11 21 Observer's Page Observing Jupiter's Satellites 1949 11 24 Back-Cover Photo "Rosette nebula, northwest corner" 1949 12 25 Front-Cover Photo Riding the prime focus of the 200-inch 1949 12 27 Progress in Radio Astronomy -- I "Struve, Otto" 1949 12 30 News Notes The Temperature Gradient in the Chromosphere 1949 12 31 Terminology Talks "Refraction, Angles of Incidence and Refraction, Index of Refraction, Total Reflection, Critical Angle Applications" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1949 12 31 Dismantling a Zeiss Planetarium "Marshall, Roy K." 1949 12 32 News Notes Which Arm Is the Nearer? 1949 12 32 News Notes Medal for Meteor Study Awarded 1949 12 32 News Notes Observatories Invited to Australia 1949 12 32 News Notes Pancake Theory 1949 12 32 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1949 12 32 News Notes New Trojan Asteroids 1949 12 33 News Notes New Instruments for India 1949 12 33 News Notes Memorial Planetarium 1949 12 33 News Notes Mount Wilson Astronomer Retires 1949 12 33 News Notes December Astronomy Meetings 1949 12 33 News Notes Darwin Lecture 1949 12 33 The Spectrum of Nova Scuti 1949 "Kourganoff, Vladimir" "Canavaggia, R." "Munch, Guido" 1949 12 34 1948-49 Among the Variable Star Observers "F., C. A." 1949 12 36 Galactic Rotation and Cosmic Seasons "Shapley, Harlow" 1949 12 38 Books and the Sky Skyshooting: R. Newton Mayall and Margaret Mayall "Halbach, Edward A." 1949 12 39 Books and the Sky Must We Hide? R. E. Lapp "Brown, Sanborn C." 1949 12 40 Gleanings for ATMs Photographing the Stars with a Small Camera "Secretan, Luc" 1949 12 43 Observer's Page More Eclipse Reports "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1949 12 44 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1949 12 44 Observer's Page "Observations of Double Stars, Aurorae, and Meteors" 1949 12 44 Observer's Page Geminid Meteor Shower 1949 12 45 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1949 12 48 Back-Cover Photo "Hale telescope, prime-focus cage" 1950 1 49 Front-Cover Photo Radio telescope 1950 1 51 Chamberlin Observatory Grows "Bartlett, Thomas J." 1950 1 53 News Notes India Honors Scientists 1950 1 53 News Notes Nereid 1950 1 53 News Notes Space Explorer 1950 1 53 News Notes "1,800 Thunderstorms" 1950 1 54 Front-Cover Photo Meteoritic Dust? 1950 1 54 News Notes Evolution of the Earth 1950 1 54 News Notes How Big Is Neptune? 1950 1 54 News Notes Red-Dwarf Flare 1950 1 54 News Notes New Layer in Atmosphere 1950 1 54 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 1 54 News Notes Open Cluster Distances and Velocities 1950 1 55 Progress in Radio Astronomy -- II "Struve, Otto" 1950 1 56 News Notes Sampling the Upper Atmosphere 1950 1 57 Seeing -- I "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 1 57 Seeing "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 1 59 Four Independent Simultaneous Drawings of Ganymede "Haas, Walter H." 1950 1 60 A Scout Camp Gets a Working Observatory "Graham, W. M." 1950 1 62 Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1950 1950 1 64 Terminology Talks "Colors in Nature, Dispersion, Vibgyor, Spectral Lines, Spectroscope" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 1 66 Books and the Sky "The Stars in Our Heaven, Peter Lum" "Hogg, Helen Sawyer" 1950 1 67 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 1 67 Books and the Sky "Life on Other Worlds, H. Spencer Jones" 1950 1 67 Books and the Sky "Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science, Hermann Weyl" 1950 1 67 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bell, E. T." 1950 1 68 Gleanings for ATMs A Sliding Telescope Tube "Hockett, L. E." 1950 1 68 Gleanings for ATMs An Eight-Day Clock Drive "Mertz, Lawrence" 1950 1 69 Gleanings for ATMs Kits for the Beginner's Telescope "Myers, Frank A." 1950 1 70 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1950 1 70 Observer's Page "Elusive"""" Mercury -- Monthly Observations in 1949" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 1 70 Observer's Page "Elusive"""" Mercury -Monthly Observations in 1949" "Stevens, Paul W." 1950 1 72 Observer's Page Approximate Sidereal Time 1950 1 76 Back-Cover Photo M81 and companion galaxies 1950 2 77 Front-Cover Photo Portage Lake Observatory 1950 2 79 The Portage Lake Observatory of the University of Michigan "Miller, Freeman D." 1950 2 81 News Notes Solar Heating 1950 2 81 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 2 81 News Notes Action on the Sun 1950 2 81 News Notes Bon Voyage 1950 2 82 The Origin of Comets "Struve, Otto" 1950 2 85 News Notes IAU To Meet in 1951 1950 2 86 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 2 88 Seeing "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 2 88 Seeing -- II "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 2 89 News Notes Rumford Medal 1950 2 89 News Notes Schmidt Lenses in Mass Production 1950 2 90 Books and the Sky The Conquest of Space: Paintings by Chesley Bonestell; text by Willy Ley "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 2 91 Books and the Sky "Basic Optics for the Sportsman, Earle B. Brown" "Cox, Robert E." 1950 2 92 Gleanings for ATMs Two Simple Slide-off Roof Observatories "Galbraith, William H." 1950 2 92 Two Simple Slideoff-Roof Observatories "Rice, Laban Lacy" 1950 2 93 Gleanings for ATMs Gear-Train Simplification "Sweger, Paul B." 1950 2 94 Gleanings for ATMs A 12 1/2-inch Newtonian "Wilkerson, Russell W." 1950 2 95 Observer's Page Saturn's Rings and Transits of Titan in 1950 "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 2 95 Saturn's Rings and Transits of Venus in 1950 "Stevens, Paul W." 1950 2 96 Terminology Talks "Spectroscope (continued), Spectrograph, Diffraction Grating, Continuous and Emission Spectra" 1950 2 97 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1950 2 98 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1950 2 98 Observer's Page A Lineup of Planets 1950 2 98 December Observations "Stevens, Paul W." 1950 2 100 Back-Cover Photo "NGC 147, Cassiopeia, galaxy resolved" 1950 3 101 Front-Cover Photo Steward Observatory 1950 3 102 Letters Letter "Dinwiddie, Frank B." 1950 3 102 Letters Letter "Hefferlin, Ray" 1950 3 102 Letters Letter "Palmer, Joel" 1950 3 102 Letters Letter "Trathen, Frank" 1950 3 102 News Notes Nova Lacertae 1950 1950 3 103 Current Problems of Pluto "Brouwer, Dirk" 1950 3 105 Terminology Talks "Dark-Line Spectra, Telluric and Interstellar Lines" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 3 106 Stars as Magnets "Struve, Otto" 1950 3 109 Tucson Trail "F., C. A." 1950 3 112 League Convention Program and Reservation Information "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1950 3 114 American Astronomers Report Very Hot Stars 1950 3 114 American Astronomers Report Double Blast in Arizona 1950 3 115 American Astronomers Report Polarization Theory 1950 3 116 News Notes Book Prizes 1950 3 116 News Notes Communication with Other Planets! 1950 3 116 News Notes "One Hundred Years of the """"Astronomical Journal""""" 1950 3 116 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 3 116 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1950 3 116 News Notes The Deuterium Reaction 1950 3 117 News Notes Heaviest Atom 1950 3 117 News Notes Bruce Medalist 1950 3 117 The Astronomer (poem) "Rice, Laban Lacy" 1950 3 118 Books and the Sky "Art and Scientific Thought; Historical Studies Towards a Modern Revision of Their Antagonism, Martin Johnson" "Page, Thornton L." 1950 3 119 Books and the Sky "The History of the Cambridge Observatories, F. J. M. Stratton" 1950 3 119 Books and the Sky "Oscillations of the Earth's Atmosphere, M. V. Wilkes" 1950 3 119 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hogg, Frank S." 1950 3 119 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 3 119 News Notes Microfilm Service 1950 3 120 Gleanings for ATMs A Telescope Designed for Solar System Observations 1950 3 123 Observer's Page Further Notes on Saturn's Rings and Titan "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 3 124 Observer's Page Bright Asteroid Positions 1950 3 128 Back-Cover Photo "NGC 628, galaxy in Pisces" 1950 4 129 Front-Cover Photo ADH Baker-Schmidt 1950 4 131 Variable Stars and Stellar Evolution -- I "Struve, Otto" 1950 4 133 News Notes Too Many Leos 1950 4 133 Terminology Talks "Apparent Magnitudes, Magnitude Scales" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 4 134 American Astronomers Report Stars of Type S 1950 4 134 American Astronomers Report Lunar Profile 1950 4 135 Amateur Astronomers Occultation Expeditions 1950 4 135 American Astronomers Report Changing Periods 1950 4 137 News Notes Bosscha Observatory 1950 4 137 News Notes UNESCO and Astrology 1950 4 137 News Notes "Struve, Otto, To Go To Berkeley" 1950 4 137 News Notes Philosophy and Science 1950 4 137 News Notes More on Seeing 1950 4 137 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 4 137 News Notes New Wirtanen Object 1950 4 138 Icarus and the Case of Vulcan "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 4 139 News Notes Baade's Asteroid Named 1950 4 139 News Notes February Outburst of Sunspots 1950 4 139 The February Outbursts of Sunspots 1950 4 140 News of Conventions and Meetings Among Amateurs 1950 4 142 Books and the Sky "Navigation the Easy Way, Carl D. Lane and John Montgomery" "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1950 4 143 Books and the Sky "Storia dell' Astronomia, Giorgio Abetti" 1950 4 144 Gleanings for ATMs A Report from New Zealand "Holmes, B. A." 1950 4 146 "Rather Heath Robinson""""" "Harris, Dr. W. E." 1950 4 147 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- I "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 4 147 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs I "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 4 148 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1950 4 148 Observer's Page Meteors in April 1950 4 150 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1950 4 150 Observer's Page Mutual Phenomena of Jupiter's Satellites 1950 4 152 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, full" 1950 5 153 Front-Cover Photo Star trails at Wellesley 1950 5 155 The Distribution of Mars' Temperature and Its Atmospheric Circulation "Hess, Seymour L." 1950 5 155 Some Meteorology of Mars "Hess, Seymour L." 1950 5 157 Terminology Talks "Fractional and Negative Magnitudes, Photographic Magnitude, Color Index, Photovisual Magnitude" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 5 158 The Present Phase of the Solar Cycle "Roques, Paul E." 1950 5 160 American Astronomers Report CQ Cephei 1950 5 160 American Astronomers Report Dwarf-Star Symposium 1950 5 161 News Notes A Close-Approaching Asteroid 1950 5 162 Variable Stars and Stellar Evolution -- II "Struve, Otto" 1950 5 164 American Astronomers Report Meetings at Salt Lake City 1950 5 164 American Astronomers Report Aurora Australis 1950 5 165 News Notes Californium 1950 5 165 News Notes Auroral Hydrogen 1950 5 165 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 5 165 News Notes Planet Trans-Pluto? 1950 5 167 Letters Letter "Warner, Joshua B." 1950 5 167 Letters Letter "Palmer, Joel" 1950 5 168 Books and the Sky "Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity, ed. J. A. Fleming" "Deutsch, Armin J." 1950 5 169 Books and the Sky "Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers, Max Planck" "Kopal, Zdenek" 1950 5 170 Letters Letter "Grimwade, Charles D." 1950 5 170 Letters Letter "Hammond, H. H." 1950 5 171 Gleanings for ATMs A Springfield Mounting from War Surplus "Strother, Fred P." 1950 5 172 Gleanings for ATMs The Solar Filter Problem "Scanlon, Leo J." 1950 5 173 Gleanings for ATMs A Backyard Reflector 1950 5 173 A Back-yard Reflector Goodsell 1950 5 174 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- II "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 5 174 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs II "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 5 175 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1950 5 176 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1950 5 176 Observer's Page "Blue"""" Moons in May" 1950 5 180 Back-Cover Photo "NGC 2419, globular in Lynx" 1950 6 181 Front-Cover Photo Barnard's star 1950 6 181 The Parallax and Proper Motion of Barnard's Star "Kamp, Peter van de" "Dennison, Edwin W." 1950 6 182 News Notes "312,000 Observations" 1950 6 182 Meetings in Indiana and Michigan 1950 6 183 The Parallax and Proper Motion of Barnard's Star "Kamp, Peter van de" "Dennison, Edwin W." 1950 6 184 News Notes Windows Half a Foot Thick 1950 6 184 News Notes Sunspot Data 1950 6 184 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 6 184 News Notes Nova or Supernovae? 1950 6 184 News Notes Night-Sky Studies 1950 6 184 News Notes Around the World in a Tenth of a Second 1950 6 185 News Notes Atmospheric Terminology 1950 6 185 News Notes Henry Draper Medal 1950 6 185 News Notes New Indian Observatory 1950 6 185 News Notes More on a Distant Planet 1950 6 185 News Notes The Composition of the Universe 1950 6 185 News Notes Proxima Centauri as a Flare Star 1950 6 186 Visual Double Stars -- I "Struve, Otto" 1950 6 188 Letters Letter "Shaw, Henry S." 1950 6 188 Letters Letter "Symonds, A. J." 1950 6 189 News Notes Permanent Daylight Saving 1950 6 189 The Roman Calendar "Gates, Robert R." 1950 6 190 North Central Regional Convention Held at Oshkosh "Gingerich, Owen" 1950 6 191 Letters Letter "Wilson, Perry B." 1950 6 191 Letters Letter "Pilsworth, E. H." 1950 6 192 Final Notes on the Wellesley Convention 1950 6 193 Terminology Talks "Absolute Magnitude, Distance Modulus" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 6 194 Books and the Sky "The History of Nature, C. F. von Weizsaecker" "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1950 6 195 Books and the Sky "Some Recent Researches in Solar Physics, F. Hoyle" "Menzel, Donald H." 1950 6 196 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on the Secondary Reflection -- I "Thompson, Allyn J." 1950 6 196 Notes on the Secondary Reflection I "Thompson, Allyn J." 1950 6 200 American Astronomers Report Telescopic Meteors 1950 6 200 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 6 200 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- III "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 6 200 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs III "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 6 202 Amateur Astronomers Drawing Lunar Features "Graham, Julian Wallace" 1950 6 202 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1950 6 202 Observer's Page More on Plato 1950 6 203 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1950 6 204 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, between first quarter and full" 1950 7 205 Front-Cover Photo "Record book, March 14, 1851" 1950 7 206 Letters Letter "Haas, Walter H." 1950 7 207 The First Star Photograph "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 7 210 News Notes Harvard Celebration 1950 7 210 Terminology Talks "Meteor Tracing, Fireball Reports, Beginning and End Points, Air and Ground Paths, Hunters' Meteor Data" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 7 212 Touring Summer Starlands "Copeland, Leland S." 1950 7 215 News Notes Studies in Gravity 1950 7 215 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 7 215 News Notes First New Comet of 1950 1950 7 215 News Notes Geophysical Laboratory 1950 7 215 News Notes Conference on the Constants of Astronomy 1950 7 215 News Notes "Bonner Durchmusterung""""" 1950 7 216 Visual Double Stars -- II "Struve, Otto" 1950 7 218 Middle East Regional Convention Held at Norfolk "Wright, G. R." 1950 7 219 AAVSO Meets at Pennsylvania State College "Ford, Clinton B." 1950 7 220 Books and the Sky "A Concise History of Astronomy, Peter Doig" "Streeter, John W." 1950 7 221 Books and the Sky "The Explanation of Life, Stephen Th. Bornemisza" "Kohlenberg, Arthur" 1950 7 222 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on the Secondary Reflection -- II "Thompson, Allyn J." 1950 7 222 Notes on the Secondary Reflection II "Thompson, Allyn J." 1950 7 225 Gleanings for ATMs Surplus Gunsights 1950 7 225 note on A Springfield Mounting from War Surplus "Strother, Fred P." 1950 7 225 note on "Strother, Fred P." 1950 7 226 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- IV "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 7 226 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs IV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 7 228 Observer's Page Aurora over Indiana 1950 7 229 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1950 7 229 Observer's Page Meteor Showers 1950 7 229 Observer's Page Large Sunspot Group 1950 7 229 Observer's Page Sunspots Observed Photographically "Killick, Victor W." 1950 7 232 Back-Cover Photo Milky Way near Theta Ophiuchi 1950 8 233 Front-Cover Photo Symposium participants 1950 8 234 Letters Letter "Wilder, Charles G." 1950 8 234 Letters Letter "Forbes, Stephen H." 1950 8 235 Wellesley Pictures "Cox, Robert E." 1950 8 239 Turbulence in the Solar Atmosphere "Struve, Otto" 1950 8 242 Amateurs in Central States Meet at Kansas City "Maag, Russell C." 1950 8 243 Symposium on the Galaxy 1950 8 246 American Astronomers Report Collisions of Galaxies 1950 8 246 American Astronomers Report Nova Clues 1950 8 247 American Astronomers Report S-Type Stars 1950 8 248 American Astronomers Report Origin of the Taurids 1950 8 248 American Astronomers Report Colors in Cygnus 1950 8 248 Terminology Talks """Apo"" and ""Peri"", Conjunction, Opposition" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 8 249 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 8 249 News Notes New Dwarf Galaxies 1950 8 249 News Notes New Style Universe 1950 8 249 News Notes Most Distant Supernova 1950 8 249 News Notes Meteoritical Society Meeting 1950 8 249 News Notes Longest and Shortest Times 1950 8 249 News Notes The Nautical Mile 1950 8 249 News Notes Bosscha Observatory News and a Correction 1950 8 250 Books and the Sky "The Planet Mars, Gerard de Vaucouleurs" "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1950 8 252 Gleanings for ATMs A Cassegrainian with Interchangeable Focal Lengths "Fujinami, Shigetsugo" 1950 8 256 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- V "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 8 256 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs V "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 8 257 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1950 8 258 Observer's Page Perseids and the Moon "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 8 260 Back-Cover Photo Solar granules 1950 8 260 Turbulence in the Solar Atmosphere "Struve, Otto" 1950 9 261 Front-Cover Photo Bradley Observatory 1950 9 261 Astronomy at Agnes Scott "Calder, William A." 1950 9 262 Letters Letter "Eklund, S. O." 1950 9 262 News Notes Naval Research Laboratory Eclipse Expedition 1950 9 263 Is the Milky Way a Spiral Galaxy? "Struve, Otto" 1950 9 267 The Amateur Astronomer as a Community Teacher -- I "Michalec, George W." 1950 9 267 The Amateur Astronomer as a Community Teacher "Michalec, George W." 1950 9 269 The Advertisements of J. A. Whipple "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 9 270 Terminology Talks "Syzygy, Superior and Inferior Conjunctions, Elongation and Quadrature, Configurations of a Planet" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 9 271 American Astronomers Report Minor Planet Symposium 1950 9 272 American Astronomers Report Martian Geology 1950 9 272 American Astronomers Report Interstellar Gas in Galaxies 1950 9 273 News Notes "Duncan, John C., Goes to Arizona" 1950 9 273 News Notes Hayden Planetarium Courses 1950 9 273 News Notes Huge Crater Possibly of Meteoritic Origin 1950 9 273 News Notes Irish Astronomical Journal and Clouds of Mars 1950 9 273 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 9 273 News Notes "Pierce, Newton L., Dies" 1950 9 273 News Notes Science Exhibit to Tour Latin America 1950 9 274 Astronomy at Agnes Scott "Calder, William A." 1950 9 275 Filming a Sky Spectacle "Leavens, Peter A." 1950 9 276 Books and the Sky "Some Early Tools of American Science, I. Bernard Cohen" 1950 9 276 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lippincott, Sarah Lee" 1950 9 276 Books and the Sky "Measuring Our Universe, Oliver Justin Lee" 1950 9 278 Gleanings for ATMs Solar-Lunar Camera "Cheney, William" 1950 9 278 Gleanings for ATMs Mammoth Amateur Scope 1950 9 279 Gleanings for ATMs Observing Equipment "Roy, E. J." 1950 9 281 Observer's Page Observer's Page "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 9 281 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- VI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 9 281 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs VI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 9 282 Observer's Page Total Eclipse of the Moon "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 9 283 Observer's Page Saturn in September "Stevens, Paul W." 1950 9 284 Observer's Page Slow Nova Discovered in Scorpius 1950 9 284 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1950 9 288 Back-Cover Photo "M94, NGC 4736, galaxy in Canes" 1950 10 289 Front-Cover Photo 17-inch reflector in Las Cruces 1950 10 290 News Notes Pluto's Diameter 1950 10 291 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs' Convention "Wallace, H. A." 1950 10 293 The Life of an Astronomer "Overn, Joanna" 1950 10 293 The Life of an Astronomer Overn 1950 10 294 Some Stars of High Velocity "Struve, Otto" 1950 10 296 News Notes Thick Emulsions 1950 10 296 News Notes August Auroral Displays are Widely Observed 1950 10 297 News Notes Cooking Ylem 1950 10 297 News Notes Cosmonautics 1950 10 297 News Notes Spectrum of a Meteor Train 1950 10 297 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 10 297 The Life of an Astronomer Overn 1950 10 297 The Life of an Astronomer "Overn, Joanna" 1950 10 298 The Amateur Astronomer as a Community Teacher -- II "Michalec, George W." 1950 10 298 The Amateur Astronomer as a Community Teacher "Michalec, George W." 1950 10 299 Terminology Talks Direct and Retrograde Motions "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 10 300 American Astronomers Report Atmospheric Methane 1950 10 300 American Astronomers Report A Peculiar Object 1950 10 300 American Astronomers Report Improved Parallaxes 1950 10 300 American Astronomers Report Gas from Dust 1950 10 300 American Astronomers Report Solar Variation 1950 10 301 American Astronomers Report T Tauri Variation 1950 10 301 American Astronomers Report Ursa Major Cluster 1950 10 301 For Bernhard Schmidt (poem) "Shipman, Clare" 1950 10 302 Books and the Sky "Climate Through the Ages, C. E. P. Brooks" "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1950 10 303 Books and the Sky Book Review "Kohlenberg, Arthur" 1950 10 303 Books and the Sky "Luminescent Star Charts, Francis Wilmot" 1950 10 303 Books and the Sky "The Foundations of Arithmetic, Gottlob Frege" 1950 10 303 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1950 10 304 Gleanings for ATMs A Versatile and Well-Equipped Reflector "Engel, Paul R." 1950 10 306 Letters Letter "Albright, Arthur A." 1950 10 306 Letters Letter "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1950 10 306 Letters Letter "Paradise, H. R." 1950 10 307 Observer's Page Occultations of Star Clusters -- The Pleiades "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 10 310 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1950 10 310 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- VII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 10 310 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs VII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 10 312 Back-Cover Photo Nebulosity near Eta Carinae 1950 11 1 Back-Cover Photo 200-inch telescope 1950 11 2 "Earth, Comets and Meteorites" 1950 11 3 Weighing Large Meteorites "Wylie, C. C." 1950 11 5 Beta Canis Majoris "Struve, Otto" 1950 11 7 News Notes Meteors for Meteorology 1950 11 8 Atlas of the Heavens Index 1950 11 8 Atlas of the Heavens Notes and Corrections "Shaw, Henry S." 1950 11 8 An Index for the Atlas of the Heavens "Kratz, Charles E." 1950 11 9 Terminology Talks "Evening and Morning, Apparent Solar Day" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 11 10 News Notes More on Seeing 1950 11 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 11 10 News Notes Double Star 31 Cygni 1950 11 10 News Notes Earth Model 1950 11 10 News Notes An Unusual Discovery 1950 11 10 News Notes British Interplanetary Society 1950 11 10 News Notes A Stellar Encounter? 1950 11 11 Eclipse Headlines 1950 11 12 Photoelectric Measures of the Eclipse "Cuffey, James" 1950 11 13 English Astronomer E. A. Milne Dies Suddenly "McVittie, G. C." 1950 11 14 Books and the Sky "Stellar Evolution, Otto Struve" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1950 11 15 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1950 11 16 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1950 11 17 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on the Barlow Lens 1950 11 19 Concerning Halos "Luft, Herbert A." 1950 11 20 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- VIII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 11 20 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs VIII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 11 21 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 11 21 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 11 21 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1950 11 22 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1950 11 24 Back-Cover Photo Jupiter 1950 12 25 Front-Cover Photo "Moon rocket, chemical-atomic" 1950 12 26 Letters Letter "Scheuer, Sidney I." 1950 12 27 Trends in Astronautics "Gatland, Kenneth" 1950 12 30 Yale-Columbia Southern Station To Move to Australia 1950 12 31 Terminology Talks "Mean Solar Day, Mean Solar Time, Local and Standard Times, Universal Time, Equation of Time, Analemma" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1950 12 32 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1950 12 32 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO -- Annual Meeting and Some Highlights 1950 12 33 Amateur Astronomers A New People's Observatory in South Africa "Bentley, J. C." 1950 12 33 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Eclipse Convention in North Carolina 1950 12 33 Starlight (poem) "Hetzler, Charles" 1950 12 34 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1950 12 34 News Notes Indian Ruins at Meteor Crater 1950 12 34 News Notes Space Energy 1950 12 34 News Notes Solar Heating 1950 12 34 News Notes The Shape of Antares 1950 12 34 News Notes American Astronomical Society December Meeting 1950 12 34 News Notes Comet Minkowski 1950 12 35 The Sun's Motion Through Space "Struve, Otto" 1950 12 38 Books and the Sky "L'Expansion de l'Univers, Paul Couderc" "McVittie, G. C." 1950 12 39 Books and the Sky Book Review "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1950 12 39 Books and the Sky Book Review "Thomas, Richard N." 1950 12 39 Books and the Sky "Relativity -- A Richer Truth, Philipp Frank" 1950 12 39 Books and the Sky "Pocket Encyclopedia of Atomic Energy, Frank Gaynor" 1950 12 41 Gleanings for ATMs An Efficient Synchronous Telescope Drive 1950 12 42 Gleanings for ATMs An Unusual Reflector "Chapman, Clive" 1950 12 43 Gleanings for ATMs A Reflector for Sweden "Williams, Warner" 1950 12 44 Observer's Page Configurations of Jupiter's Satellites "Stevens, Paul W." 1950 12 46 Observer's Page Fireball over Northeast 1950 12 46 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- IX "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 12 46 Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs IX "Rosebrugh, David W." 1950 12 47 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 12 47 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1950 12 48 Stars for ... "Gingerich, Owen" 1950 12 50 A Proposal for the Christmas Star "Wylie, C. C." 1950 12 52 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, last quarter" 1951 1 53 Front-Cover Photo "Portable mounting, power-driven" 1951 1 54 Letters Letter "Wylie, C. C." 1951 1 54 Letters Letter "Lindsay, Lewis" 1951 1 54 Letters Letter "McArthur, Robert G." 1951 1 55 Feature J. C. Kapteyn Centennial "Rhijn, P. J. van" 1951 1 57 News Notes Thaw-Pierce Fellowships 1951 1 58 Feature Glowing Hydrogen in the Milky Way "Struve, Otto" 1951 1 61 Feature Photographing Stars in the Daytime "Hynek, J. Allen" 1951 1 63 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 1 63 Amateur Astronomers Prominent Amateur Dies 1951 1 64 News Notes Strange Sculptor System 1951 1 64 News Notes Upper Atmosphere Nomenclature 1951 1 64 News Notes Palomar Is Popular 1951 1 64 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 1 64 News Notes New Yerkes Director 1951 1 65 News Notes ADH in Operation 1951 1 65 News Notes Comet Kopff 1951 1 65 Terminology Talks "Star Day and Sidereal Day, Sidereal Time" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 1 66 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1951 1951 1 68 Books and the Sky "Reflections of a Physicist, P. W. Bridgman" 1951 1 68 Books and the Sky Book Review "Page, Thornton L." 1951 1 68 Books and the Sky "Latin Treatises on Comets between 1238 and 1368 a.d., Lynn Thorndike" 1951 1 70 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Power-Driven Telescope Mounting "Cheney, William" 1951 1 72 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs X "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 1 72 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- X "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 1 74 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 1 75 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 1 75 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 1 76 Observer's Page February Venus Occultation "Stevens, Paul W." 1951 1 80 Back-Cover Photo "T Cephei, AAVSO ""b"" chart" 1951 2 81 Front-Cover Photo ADH telescope 1951 2 82 News Notes L. J. Comrie "Mayall, Margaret Walton" 1951 2 83 Feature The Motions of the Five Outer Planets "Clemence, G. M." "Brouwer, Dirk" 1951 2 86 News Notes Total Eclipses for 10 Years Ahead 1951 2 86 News Notes "Hogg, Frank S., Dies" 1951 2 87 News Notes High-Altitude Stations 1951 2 87 News Notes Hayden Planetarium Head Appointed 1951 2 87 News Notes Electric Spaceship 1951 2 87 News Notes Bureau of Standards Semicentennial 1951 2 87 News Notes St. Michel Observatory 1951 2 87 News Notes Real Deep Freeze 1951 2 87 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 2 87 News Notes Magellanic Clouds 1951 2 87 News Notes Meteorite Crater Formation 1951 2 88 Feature Dust in the Solar System "Struve, Otto" 1951 2 91 Amateur Astronomers Pennsylvania Society 1951 2 91 Amateur Astronomers New League Members 1951 2 91 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 2 91 Amateur Astronomers Fort Worth Observatory and Planetarium 1951 2 91 Amateur Astronomers L.A.A.S. Officers 1951 2 92 Feature International Telescope 1951 2 93 American Astronomers Report The Colors of Meteors 1951 2 93 American Astronomers Report Apochromatic Correction for Refractors 1951 2 93 American Astronomers Report Color of Distant Galaxies 1951 2 94 American Astronomers Report Origin of the Zodiacal Light 1951 2 94 American Astronomers Report Peculiar Shell Star 1951 2 95 American Astronomers Report Early-Type Stars in Cygnus 1951 2 95 American Astronomers Report Resolving Close Doubles 1951 2 96 Books and the Sky Book Review "Fleischer, Robert" 1951 2 96 Books and the Sky "Worlds in the Sky, Carroll Lane Fenton and Mildred Adams Fenton" 1951 2 96 Books and the Sky Book Review "Weaver, Cecile T." 1951 2 96 Books and the Sky "Out of My Later Years, Albert Einstein" 1951 2 97 Books and the Sky "Photography in Astronomy, E. W. H. Selwyn" "MacRae, Donald A." 1951 2 98 Terminology Talks "Sidereal Time (Continued), Precession of the Equinoxes, The Great Year, Precessional Confusion, Signs of the Zodiac" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 2 99 Gleanings for ATMs Testing Your Telescope by Observations "LaPelle, Rolland R." 1951 2 100 Gleanings for ATMs A Roof-Top Observatory "Powell, J. G." 1951 2 101 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 2 101 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 2 102 News Notes Comet Minkowski 1951 2 102 Observer's Page The Solar Eclipse of March 7th "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 2 103 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 2 108 Back-Cover Photo Eta Carinae region 1951 3 109 Front-Cover Photo Eclipse expedition in the Aleutians 1951 3 110 News Notes Frank S. Hogg "Heard, John F." 1951 3 111 Feature NRL Aleutian Radio Eclipse Expedition "Hagen, John P." "Haddock, Fred T." "Reber, Grote" 1951 3 113 Terminology Talks The Week "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 3 114 American Astronomers Report The Inner Metagalaxy 1951 3 114 American Astronomers Report Lithium in the Sun 1951 3 114 American Astronomers Report AK Herculis 1951 3 115 American Astronomers Report Astroballistic Heat Transfer 1951 3 115 American Astronomers Report Polarization Around the Trapezium 1951 3 116 News Notes Fifty Years of Stellar Spectroscopy 1951 3 116 News Notes Minor Planets 1951 3 116 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 3 116 News Notes Radio Energy from M31 1951 3 117 Feature The Fraunhofer Lines "Struve, Otto" 1951 3 120 Feature A Novel Home Planetarium "Robinson, Herbert" 1951 3 122 Books and the Sky "The Philosophy of Mathematics, Edward A. Maziarz" 1951 3 122 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lafleur, Laurence J." 1951 3 122 Books and the Sky "From Atoms to Strars, Martin Davidson" 1951 3 122 Books and the Sky Book Review "Edmondson, Frank K." 1951 3 124 Amateur Astronomers Central Connecticut Amateur Astronomers 1951 3 124 Amateur Astronomers Chattanooga Observatory 1951 3 124 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 3 124 Amateur Astronomers Ohio Open Nights 1951 3 125 Gleanings for ATMs Setting the Setting Circles "Ruiz, John J." 1951 3 126 Gleanings for ATMs A Large Planetary Reflector "Cave Jr., Thomas R." 1951 3 128 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 3 128 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 3 129 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 3 130 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 3 132 Back-Cover Photo Spectrum of the sun 1951 4 133 Front-Cover Photo Moon and planets 1951 4 134 Letters Letter "LaPaz, Lincoln" 1951 4 134 Letters Letter "Peterson, Harold H." 1951 4 134 Letters Letter "Heckmann, O." 1951 4 134 Letters Letter "Wadsworth, Arthur J." 1951 4 135 Feature Capella "Struve, Otto" 1951 4 138 Feature The Source of Energy in the Fainter Stars "Aller, Lawrence H." 1951 4 140 News Notes Solar Energy for Man 1951 4 140 News Notes Unusual Blue Star 1951 4 141 Feature Halo Photography "Skonnard, Theo." 1951 4 142 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Convention "Welch, John E." 1951 4 142 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 4 142 Amateur Astronomers General Convention in North Carolina 1951 4 143 Amateur Astronomers "Benfer, H. Leroy, Dies" 1951 4 143 Amateur Astronomers Palomar Director to Speak 1951 4 143 Amateur Astronomers New Club in Pensacola "Yesnes, Harold" 1951 4 144 News Notes A Mystery Solved 1951 4 144 News Notes High Observatory in Bolivia 1951 4 144 News Notes Catalogue of Comets 1951 4 144 News Notes Clusters of Galaxies 1951 4 144 News Notes "Rumrill, H. B., Dies" 1951 4 144 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 4 144 News Notes Immaculate Sun 1951 4 145 News Notes Patrons of Astronomy 1951 4 145 Terminology Talks "Rotation, Revolution, Moon Rotation, Kinds of Months" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 4 146 Books and the Sky "Quakers in Science and Industry, Arthur Raistrick" "Williams, Marjorie" 1951 4 147 Books and the Sky "Some Famous Stars, W. M. Smart" 1951 4 147 Books and the Sky "Physics of the Sun and Stars, W. H. McCrea" 1951 4 147 Books and the Sky Book Review "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1951 4 147 Books and the Sky Book Review "Streeter, John W." 1951 4 148 Gleanings for ATMs How To Build a Quartz Monochromator -- I "Dunn, Richard B." 1951 4 151 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XIII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 4 151 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XIII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 4 152 Observer's Page Comet Notes 1951 4 153 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 4 153 Observer's Page Blueprints of the Moon 1951 4 156 Back-Cover Photo "Lagoon nebula, NGC 6523, M8" 1951 5 157 Front-Cover Photo Museum model (Boston) 1951 5 158 Letters Letter "Hargreaves, J." 1951 5 158 Letters Letter "Gray, Marion I." "Gray, Marion I." 1951 5 159 Feature Boston Museum of Science 1951 5 160 Terminology Talks "Ancient Years, Sidereal Year" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 5 161 News Notes Radio from Galaxies 1951 5 161 News Notes Transatlantic Balloons 1951 5 161 News Notes Morehead Director Resigns 1951 5 161 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 5 161 News Notes New Ruling Engine 1951 5 161 News Notes Nova in Sagittarius 1951 5 161 News Notes "News Report""""" 1951 5 161 News Notes 1951 IAU Meeting Canceled 1951 5 161 News Notes "Hogg, Frank S., Memorial" 1951 5 161 News Notes Electrophotography 1951 5 162 Feature The September Annular Eclipse "Stevens, Paul W." 1951 5 164 Feature The Distance of the Pleiades "Struve, Otto" 1951 5 168 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 5 168 Amateur Astronomers Convention Notes and Eclipse Map Information "Wright, G. R." 1951 5 168 Amateur Astronomers League Emblem Contest "Mathe, D. F." 1951 5 169 Amateur Astronomers Spring Meeting 1951 5 169 Amateur Astronomers North Central Convention May 11-12 1951 5 169 Feature Watcher of Southern Skies "Shapley, Harlow" 1951 5 170 Feature The Problem of the Red Giant Stars "Motz, Lloyd" 1951 5 172 News Notes Meteoritical Society and Pacific AAAS Meet Jointly 1951 5 172 News Notes Astronomer Positions 1951 5 173 Books and the Sky "Meteoritic Dust, John Davis Buddhue" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 5 174 Books and the Sky "The Structure of the Universe, G. J. Whitrow" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1951 5 175 Gleanings for ATMs How To Build a Quartz Monochromator -- II "Dunn, Richard B." 1951 5 178 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XIV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 5 178 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XIV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 5 179 Observer's Page Solar Eclipse Reports 1951 5 180 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 5 181 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 5 181 Observer's Page Halo Observations Wanted "Luft, Herbert A." 1951 5 181 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 5 184 Back-Cover Photo Pleiades 1951 6 185 Front-Cover Photo Coronagraph observatory 1951 6 186 Front-Cover Photo Palomar Observatory 1951 6 187 Feature Some Instruments for Solar Research "Menzel, Donald H." 1951 6 189 Terminology Talks "Tropical Year, Anomalistic Year, Eclipse Year" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 6 190 News Notes Institute of Navigation 1951 6 190 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 6 190 News Notes Sixth Flare Star 1951 6 190 News Notes Spectrograph Camera 1951 6 190 News Notes Radcliffe Spectrograph 1951 6 190 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meeting in Washington 1951 6 191 Feature The Meaning of Stellar Evolution "Struve, Otto" 1951 6 194 Amateur Astronomers Who's Who at the Northeast Regional Convention 1951 6 195 Amateur Astronomers New League Members 1951 6 195 Amateur Astronomers Portland Astronomical Society 1951 6 195 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Regional Meeting at Victoria 1951 6 195 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 6 196 Feature Eclipse Observing Information 1951 6 198 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1951 6 198 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bauer, Carl August" 1951 6 198 Books and the Sky "Atomic Energy and the Hydrogen Bomb, Gerald Wendt" 1951 6 198 Books and the Sky "The Nininger Collection of Meteorites, H. H. Nininger and Addie D. Nininger" 1951 6 200 Gleanings for ATMs How To Build a Quartz Monochromator -- III "Dunn, Richard B." 1951 6 203 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 6 203 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 6 204 Observer's Page Occultations in June 1951 6 205 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 7 208 Back-Cover Photo "Globular cluster NGC 5904, M5" 1951 7 209 Front-Cover Photo Super-camera for meteors 1951 7 210 Letters Letter "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1951 7 211 Feature Dynamics and Evolution of Star Clusters -- I "Bok, Bart J." 1951 7 213 Feature The Metonian Calendar "Trefethen, H. Porter" 1951 7 214 Terminology Talks "Earth Rotation in 365 Days, Constellation, Asterism, Ancient Constellations, Modern Constellation, Renaming Attempts, Constellat" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 7 215 Feature Photography of the Counterglow "Struve, Otto" 1951 7 218 News Notes "Wilson, Ralph E., Retires" 1951 7 218 News Notes Solar X-Rays 1951 7 218 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 7 218 News Notes A Highly Compact System 1951 7 218 News Notes Arctic Radio Astronomy 1951 7 218 News Notes Echoes from the Moon 1951 7 218 News Notes Hayden Planetarium Technician Dies 1951 7 219 Feature Super-Schmidt 1951 7 220 Amateur Astronomers Plans for the Chapel Hill Convention Exhibit 1951 7 220 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy in Jerusalem "Zaitschek, D. C." 1951 7 220 Amateur Astronomers "American Association of Variable Star Observers Meets at Washington, D.C." 1951 7 221 Amateur Astronomers North Central Regional Convention Held in Chicago "Gingerich, Owen" 1951 7 221 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 7 222 Books and the Sky "The Primeval Atom, Georges Lemaitre" "Greenstein, Jesse L." 1951 7 223 Books and the Sky "The Growth of Physical Science, Sir James Jeans" "Huffer, C. M." 1951 7 224 Gleanings for ATMs How To Build a Quartz Monochromator -- IV "Dunn, Richard B." 1951 7 226 Gleanings for ATMs A Decimal-of-a-Day Clock for Astronomical Use "Blitzstein, William" "Thorpe, J. K." "Wood, Frank Bradshaw" 1951 7 227 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XVI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 7 227 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XVI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 7 229 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 7 229 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Satellites "Stevens, Paul W." 1951 7 230 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 7 230 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 7 230 Observer's Page May Sunspots 1951 7 232 Back-Cover Photo "Kappis Crucis cluster, NGC 4755" 1951 8 233 Front-Cover Photo Lick 120-inch dome 1951 8 235 Feature Eclipse Chatter 1951 8 236 Terminology Talks Star Names "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 8 237 American Astronomers Report Orbit of Nereid 1951 8 237 American Astronomers Report Mount Wilson Gratings 1951 8 237 American Astronomers Report Magellanic Superluminaries 1951 8 237 American Astronomers Report Hydrogen 21-cm Radiation 1951 8 238 American Astronomers Report New Planetaries 1951 8 238 American Astronomers Report Velocities of Type I Stars 1951 8 239 Feature Dynamics and Evolution of Star Clusters -- II "Bok, Bart J." 1951 8 241 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 8 241 News Notes Off One Second in 30 Years 1951 8 241 News Notes Insects and the Moon 1951 8 241 News Notes Red Shifts: One Fifth the Velocity of Light 1951 8 241 News Notes "Gingrich, Curvin H." 1951 8 241 News Notes Cosmic Rays 1951 8 242 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs to Meet in San Diego 1951 8 242 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 8 242 Amateur Astronomers New League Members 1951 8 242 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States Region Is Organized 1951 8 243 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Chapel Hill Convention Program 1951 8 244 Feature Clouds with Silver Linings "Struve, Otto" 1951 8 249 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cleminshaw, C. H." 1951 8 249 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1951 8 249 Books and the Sky "The Yerkes Collection of Astronomical Photographs, Thornton Page, editor" 1951 8 249 Books and the Sky "Introducing the Universe, James C. Hickey" 1951 8 250 Gleanings for ATMs How To Build a Quartz Monochromator -- V "Dunn, Richard B." 1951 8 254 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XVII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 8 254 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XVII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 8 256 Observer's Page Jupiter and Saturn "Stevens, Paul W." 1951 8 257 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 8 257 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 8 257 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 8 260 Back-Cover Photo Horsehead nebula 1951 9 261 Front-Cover Photo Gran Sasso station 1951 9 262 Letters Letter "O'Toole, Donald" 1951 9 262 Letters Letter "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1951 9 263 Feature Gran Sasso Observatory "Cimino, Massimo" 1951 9 264 Feature Fourteen Elementary Particles of Matter 1951 9 265 American Astronomers Report Tides on Mars? 1951 9 265 American Astronomers Report Radio and Telescope 1951 9 265 American Astronomers Report Perseid Meteor Shower 1951 9 265 American Astronomers Report Double Galaxies 1951 9 266 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Region Convenes in Canada "Newman, Edward J." 1951 9 266 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 9 267 Feature Hydrogen Showers -- I "Struve, Otto" 1951 9 270 Feature The Limit of Visibility of Eclipses "Brooks, Edward M." 1951 9 271 News Notes Chemistry on a Cosmic Scale 1951 9 271 Terminology Talks "Modern Star Designations, Variable Star Designations" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 9 272 American Astronomers Report Mercury's Atmosphere 1951 9 272 News Notes Planets and White Dwarfs 1951 9 272 News Notes Technetium on the Sun 1951 9 272 News Notes Tides in the Atmosphere 1951 9 272 News Notes Monze Meteorites 1951 9 272 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 9 273 Books and the Sky Book Review "Edmondson, Frank K." 1951 9 273 Books and the Sky Book Review "Whipple, Fred L." 1951 9 273 Books and the Sky "The Origin of the Earth, W. M. Smart" 1951 9 273 Books and the Sky "The Nature of the Universe, Fred Hoyle" 1951 9 275 Gleanings for ATMs How To Build a Quartz Monochromator -- VI "Dunn, Richard B." 1951 9 278 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XVIII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 9 278 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XVIII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 9 279 Observer's Page The Aurora of July First 1951 9 280 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 9 281 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 9 284 Back-Cover Photo Spiral galaxy NGC 2903 1951 10 285 Front-Cover Photo Annular eclipse 1951 10 286 News Notes New Alabama Observatory 1951 10 287 Feature Eclipse Experiences "Gingerich, Owen" 1951 10 288 News Notes The Leuschner Observatory 1951 10 289 Terminology Talks Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 10 290 Feature Hydrogen Showers -- II "Struve, Otto" 1951 10 292 News Notes Universe History 1951 10 292 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 10 292 News Notes Magnitude of Sirius 1951 10 292 News Notes Co-operation in South Africa 1951 10 292 News Notes American Institute of Physics 1951 10 292 News Notes Cosmic Rays from the Crab Nebula 1951 10 293 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs Meet in San Diego "Dickson, Carl W." 1951 10 293 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 10 293 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateurs 25th Season 1951 10 294 Amateur Astronomers Space Travel Exhibit 1951 10 294 Amateur Astronomers Carolina Convention 1951 10 294 Amateur Astronomers Chattanooga Amateur Dies 1951 10 297 Books and the Sky "Men of Other Planets, Kenneth Heuer" "Thomas, Richard N." 1951 10 297 News Notes Planetarium in Iowa 1951 10 298 Books and the Sky "The Observations and Photochemistry of Atmospheric Ozone and Their Meteorological Significance, Richard A. Craig" "Berning, Warren" 1951 10 300 Gleanings for ATMs How To Build a Quartz Monochromator -- VII "Dunn, Richard B." 1951 10 302 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XIX "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 10 302 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XIX "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 10 303 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 10 304 Observer's Page Occultation of Regulus "Stevens, Paul W." 1951 10 305 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 10 305 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 10 308 Back-Cover Photo Spiral galaxy NGC 4594 1951 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Ungava crater in Canada 1951 11 2 Feature New Meteorite Craters? 1951 11 3 Feature Galileo in Padua "Suter, Rufus" 1951 11 5 Feature Color-Luminosity Arrays "Eggen, Olin J." 1951 11 7 News Notes IAU Meeting for 1952 Is Scheduled 1951 11 7 Terminology Talks "Ancient Concepts, Crystalline Spheres" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 11 8 Amateur Astronomers Lectures in Boston 1951 11 8 Amateur Astronomers More Reports on the Annular Eclipse 1951 11 9 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 11 10 News Notes Fifty Radio Stars 1951 11 10 News Notes Campbell Observatory 1951 11 10 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 11 10 News Notes Probable Jupiter Satellite Discovered 1951 11 10 News Notes Space Travel Symposium 1951 11 11 Feature The Sun Is a Peculiar Star "Struve, Otto" 1951 11 14 Books and the Sky "Johannes Kepler: Life and Letters, Carola Baumgardt" "Williams, Marjorie" 1951 11 15 Books and the Sky "Ninth Astronomer Royal, Margaret Wilson" 1951 11 15 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bates, Ralph S." 1951 11 16 Gleanings for ATMs A Small Observatory and Its 5 1/2-inch Refractor "Pfleumer, Hans" 1951 11 19 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XX "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 11 19 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XX "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 11 21 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1951 11 21 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 11 21 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 11 22 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 11 22 Observer's Page Penumbral Eclipses Observed "Brooks, Edward M." 1951 11 24 Back-Cover Photo Solar flare 1951 12 25 Front-Cover Photo U.S. Naval Observatory 1951 12 26 News Notes Robert Grant Aitken "Menzel, Donald H." 1951 12 27 Feature The Centennial of the American Nautical Almanac Office "Woolard, Edgar W." 1951 12 27 Feature Centennial of the American Nautical Almanac Office "Woolard, Edgar W." 1951 12 29 News Notes Nearest Galaxies and Brightest 1951 12 30 News Notes Human Meteorite Targets 1951 12 30 News Notes Lunar Photometry 1951 12 30 News Notes Legal Problems in Space 1951 12 30 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1951 12 30 News Notes Air Almanac Unification 1951 12 30 News Notes Hottest Flame on Earth 1951 12 31 Feature The Date of the First Christmas "Levitt, I. M." 1951 12 31 News Notes Harvard Director to Retire 1951 12 32 Feature Radar Observations of Meteors "Struve, Otto" 1951 12 35 Feature A Constellation Viewer for Groups "Myers, Frank A." 1951 12 35 News Notes December Meetings in Cleveland and Philadelphia 1951 12 36 Amateur Astronomers ATM's Wanted 1951 12 37 Feature The Next Total Eclipse of the Sun 1951 12 38 Amateur Astronomers A Poll of Amateur Interests "Bartenbach, H." 1951 12 38 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets at Harvard Observatory 1951 12 39 Amateur Astronomers A First Telescope "Harris, David" 1951 12 39 Amateur Astronomers League Convention Programs 1951 12 39 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1951 12 40 Terminology Talks "Deferents, Epicycles, Fictitious Planets, Eccentrics" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1951 12 41 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1951 12 41 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1951 12 41 Books and the Sky "Patterns in the Sky, W. Maxwell Reed" 1951 12 41 Books and the Sky "The Restless Universe, Max Born" 1951 12 43 Gleanings for ATMs The remlins and My Photometer 1951 12 43 Gleanings for ATMs The Gremlins and My Photometer "Ruiz, John J." 1951 12 46 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XXI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 12 46 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XXI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1951 12 47 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 12 47 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1951 12 48 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1951 12 48 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1951 12 49 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1951 12 52 Back-Cover Photo "Spheroidal galaxy, NGC 4486" 1952 1 53 Front-Cover Photo "Portable reflector, disassembled" 1952 1 54 News Notes A Budget for Astronomy 1952 1 55 Feature The Hottest Star -- I "Struve, Otto" 1952 1 57 Feature The Observatory Key "Hequembourg, Hilda M." 1952 1 59 Feature A New Planetarium for Uruguay 1952 1 59 Letters Letter "Chandra, R. G." 1952 1 59 Terminology Talks "Meteorite Designations by Location, Numerical Designations, Equatorial Co-ordinate Numbers" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 1 60 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 1 60 Amateur Astronomers New Club in Las Cruces 1952 1 60 Amateur Astronomers Florida Society Organized "Pardue, Leonard G." 1952 1 60 Amateur Astronomers Convention at Munich 1952 1 60 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy in Peru 1952 1 61 Feature Ungava Crater from the Air "Carr, W. K." 1952 1 62 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 1 62 News Notes More on Radio Stars 1952 1 62 News Notes Scintillation of Starlight 1952 1 62 News Notes Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 1952 1 62 News Notes Five Hundred Solar Flares 1952 1 63 Books and the Sky "Interplanetary Flight, Arthur C. Clarke" 1952 1 63 Books and the Sky Book Review "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1952 1 63 Books and the Sky Book Review "Grosch, H. R. J." 1952 1 63 Books and the Sky "A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity, Sir Edmund Whittaker" 1952 1 64 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1952 1952 1 66 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Reflector with Unusual Features "Custer, Clarence P." 1952 1 70 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XXII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 1 70 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XXII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 1 72 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 1 72 Observer's Page Vesta at Opposition "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 1 73 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 1 73 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 1 76 Back-Cover Photo "Ring nebula, NGC 6720" 1952 2 77 Front-Cover Photo Michigan water colors 1952 2 78 Feature The University of Michigan Observatories 1952 2 78 News Notes In Focus "Miller, Freeman D." 1952 2 79 Feature Jupiter XII "Nicholson, Seth B." 1952 2 81 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1952 2 82 News Notes Radio Star Distances 1952 2 82 News Notes The Ether Again 1952 2 82 News Notes "Lampland, C. O., Dies" 1952 2 82 News Notes Is Antares Ellipsoidal? 1952 2 82 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 2 82 News Notes Cosmic Rays in the Subway 1952 2 83 Feature Astronautics Looks Ahead 1952 2 84 Letters Letter "Wylie, C. C." 1952 2 85 Amateur Astronomers The 1952 General Convention in Dallas "Brewer, E. M." 1952 2 85 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy for Fun "McAllister, Robert D." 1952 2 85 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 2 85 Amateur Astronomers The Astronomical League 1952 General Convention in Dallas 1952 2 85 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Making Film "Bailey, Edwin F." 1952 2 86 Feature The Hottest Star -- II "Struve, Otto" 1952 2 88 Terminology Talks "Great Meteoric Procession""""" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 2 89 American Astronomers Report Very Young Stars 1952 2 89 American Astronomers Report A Versatile Photometer 1952 2 90 American Astronomers Report The Moon's Ephemeris 1952 2 91 American Astronomers Report The Mass Distribution in Stars 1952 2 92 Books and the Sky "Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, Willy Ley" "Herrick, Samuel" 1952 2 93 Books and the Sky "British Scientists, E. J. Holmyard" "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1952 2 94 Books and the Sky Book Review "Donn, Bertram" 1952 2 94 Books and the Sky "From the Life of a Researcher, William Weber Coblentz" 1952 2 94 Books and the Sky "Conference on the Sun in the Service of Man, American Academy of Arts and Sciences" 1952 2 94 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1952 2 95 Gleanings for ATMs Telephotography for Amateurs "Thompson, Allyn J." 1952 2 98 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XXIII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 2 98 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XXIII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 2 99 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1952 2 100 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 2 100 Observer's Page Lunar Crater Diameters 1952 2 100 Observer's Page A Partial Lunar Eclipse 1952 2 100 Observer's Page Saturn's Satellites "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 2 101 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 2 104 Back-Cover Photo "Planetary nebula, NGC 3242" 1952 3 105 Front-Cover Photo 16-inch Newtonian-Gregorian 1952 3 106 News Notes Antonia C. Maury "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 3 107 Feature A Domesticated Eclipsing Binary System "Calder, William A." 1952 3 108 Terminology Talks "What Was the """"Great Meteoric Procession""""?" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 3 109 Feature The Variation of Latitude -- I "Struve, Otto" 1952 3 111 Feature The Meaning of Alphecca "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1952 3 111 Letters Letter "Woolard, Edgar W." 1952 3 112 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 3 112 News Notes Longest Stellar Eclipse 1952 3 112 News Notes Variable with Shortest Known Period 1952 3 112 News Notes Vatican Director Dies 1952 3 113 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 3 113 Amateur Astronomers South Bend Astronomy Group 1952 3 113 Amateur Astronomers Houston Planetarium Program 1952 3 113 Amateur Astronomers L.A.A.S. 1952 Officers 1952 3 113 News Notes Earthquake Recorders on Palomar Mountain 1952 3 114 American Astronomers Report The Eclipse of 31 Cygni 1952 3 115 American Astronomers Report Short-arc Comet Orbits 1952 3 115 American Astronomers Report Solar Enhanced Radiation and Plasma Oscillations 1952 3 115 American Astronomers Report Meteor Masses and Densities 1952 3 116 American Astronomers Report Orientation of Spirals 1952 3 116 American Astronomers Report Asteroid Collisions 1952 3 116 American Astronomers Report RR Lyrae Line Profiles 1952 3 117 American Astronomers Report Trigonometric Parallaxes 1952 3 117 American Astronomers Report Carbon Monoxide 1952 3 117 American Astronomers Report Compensation for Seeing 1952 3 117 American Astronomers Report Photoelectric Photometry at Case 1952 3 117 Feature Popular Astronomy Ceases Publication "F., C. A." 1952 3 118 Feature An Experiment Concerning Pluto's Diameter 1952 3 118 News Notes Bruce Gold Medal 1952 3 119 Books and the Sky "Catalogue of Photographs and Slides, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories" 1952 3 119 Books and the Sky "Observing the Heavens, Peter Hood" 1952 3 119 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1952 3 119 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bailey, Edwin F." 1952 3 120 Books and the Sky "The Aurorae, L. Harang" "Kimball, Donald S." 1952 3 122 Gleanings for ATMs A Sturdy Mount and a Sandblasted Mirror "Rhodes, William A." 1952 3 125 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XXIV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 3 125 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XXIV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 3 126 Observer's Page A Close Approach of Mercury and Jupiter "Stevens, Paul W." 1952 3 127 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 3 127 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 3 128 Observer's Page A Convenient Telescope "Erpenstein, O. M." 1952 3 128 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1952 3 132 Back-Cover Photo Big Dipper bowl 1952 4 133 Front-Cover Photo Spiral arms in M31 and the Milky Way 1952 4 134 News Notes More Meteor Craters "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 4 135 News Notes Moon Illusion "Levitt, I. M." 1952 4 136 Feature Eclipse of February 25th Observed Successfully 1952 4 137 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 4 137 News Notes Spectrum of the Aurora 1952 4 137 News Notes Symposium on Climatic Changes 1952 4 137 News Notes Refraction and Irradiation 1952 4 137 News Notes Fire at Mt. Stromlo 1952 4 138 American Astronomers Report Spiral Arms of the Galaxy 1952 4 140 American Astronomers Report Earth's Radius from Occultation Data 1952 4 140 News Notes The Astrophysical Journal 1952 4 141 Terminology Talks "Star Colors, Spectral Classification" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 4 142 Feature The Variation of Latitude -- II "Struve, Otto" 1952 4 144 Amateur Astronomers 1952 Regional Conventions of the Astronomical League 1952 4 144 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Regional Convention "Holton, Chandler H." 1952 4 145 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 4 145 Amateur Astronomers Departments of Interest to Amateur Groups "Federer, Helen S." 1952 4 145 Amateur Astronomers Dallas Convention Notes "Brewer, E. M." 1952 4 146 Books and the Sky "200 Miles Up, J. Gordon Vaeth" "Hynek, J. Allen" 1952 4 147 Books and the Sky "The Nature of Things, Roy K. Marshall" "Annear, Paul" 1952 4 148 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Refractor "Nussbaum, Ernest" 1952 4 149 Gleanings for ATMs Crosshairs for a Finding Telescope "Walko, Kenneth L." 1952 4 151 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XXV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 4 151 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XXV "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 4 153 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 4 153 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 4 153 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 4 154 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1952 4 154 Observer's Page A Simple Device to Aid Sunspot Observing "Ransom, William R." 1952 4 156 Back-Cover Photo "Spiral galaxy, NGC 2841" 1952 5 157 Front-Cover Photo Asteroid trails among stellar grating spectra 1952 5 158 Letters Letter "Stevens, Paul W." 1952 5 158 Letters Letter "McDonald, James E." 1952 5 158 Letters Letter "Jones, F. Shirley" 1952 5 158 Letters Letter "Bullis, Delbert" 1952 5 159 Feature Nothing New Under the Sun "Corn, James C." 1952 5 161 Feature W. A. Cogshall "Duncan, John C." 1952 5 161 News Notes Astronomers to Meet in Victoria 1952 5 162 News Notes A Model for Spirals 1952 5 162 News Notes Polarization of 551 Stars 1952 5 162 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 5 162 News Notes More on White Dwarfs 1952 5 162 News Notes Lunar Erosion 1952 5 162 News Notes IAU Symposium in Rome 1952 5 163 Feature The Minor Planets "Struve, Otto" 1952 5 166 News Notes Optimum Location for a Photoelectric Observatory 1952 5 167 Feature Nashville Planetarium "Hassler, William G." 1952 5 167 Observer's Page Comet Schaumasse Observed 1952 5 167 Observer's Page Aurora in the Northeast 1952 5 168 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 5 168 Terminology Talks Mass-Luminosity Diagram 1952 5 168 Terminology Talks Spectrum-Luminosity Diagram 1952 5 169 American Astronomers Report Solar Flares and Solar 1.5-meter Radiation 1952 5 170 American Astronomers Report Cornell Radio Interferometer 1952 5 171 News Notes Comet Pons-Brooks 1952 5 172 Amateur Astronomers Western Convention "Kettlewell, Frank" 1952 5 172 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 5 172 Amateur Astronomers Notes from Here and There 1952 5 173 Books and the Sky "Astronomy of Stellar Energy and Decay, Martin Johnson" 1952 5 173 Books and the Sky Book Review "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1952 5 173 Books and the Sky "Physique de la Planete Mars, Gerard de Vaucouleurs" 1952 5 173 Books and the Sky Book Review "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1952 5 175 Gleanings for ATMs A Lightweight Portable for Group Observing "Rose, Frank L." 1952 5 176 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 5 176 Gleanings for ATMs Stops for Solar Observing "Goodwin, Frank L." 1952 5 176 Gleanings for ATMs Motion in Lunar Photographs "Thompson, Allyn J." 1952 5 177 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XXVI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 5 177 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XXVI "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 5 178 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 5 179 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 5 180 Observer's Page Occultations of Stars in the Beehive "Stevens, Paul W." 1952 5 184 Back-Cover Photo "Moon, age 17 days" 1952 6 185 Front-Cover Photo "Orion nebula, drawing of the" 1952 6 186 News Notes Bernard Lyot "Menzel, Donald H." 1952 6 187 Feature The Orion Nebula "Struve, Otto" 1952 6 191 News Notes The Hole of the 200-inch 1952 6 191 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 6 191 News Notes New Southern Meteor Stream 1952 6 191 News Notes Crater Elegante 1952 6 191 News Notes Gold Medals 1952 6 191 News Notes "Hickey, James C., Dies" 1952 6 191 News Notes Apodizers in Astronomy 1952 6 192 Feature Do We See a Lunar Tunnel? "Nininger, H. H." 1952 6 193 News Notes Institute of Navigation Meeting 1952 6 193 News Notes Agassiz Station 1952 6 193 Terminology Talks Terminology Talks "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 6 194 Feature Via the Moon 1952 6 196 Amateur Astronomers Dallas Convention of the Astronomical League "Brewer, E. M." 1952 6 196 Amateur Astronomers Convention of the Astronomical League 1952 6 197 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Convention "Wood, Charles A." 1952 6 197 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 6 197 Amateur Astronomers The Campbell Observatory 1952 6 198 Books and the Sky Book Review "Evans, John W." 1952 6 198 Books and the Sky Book Review "Van Biesbroeck, G." 1952 6 198 Books and the Sky "Eclipses of the Sun, S. A. Mitchell" 1952 6 198 Books and the Sky "L'Astrologie, Paul Couderc" 1952 6 199 Books and the Sky "Looking at the Stars, Carlos S. Mundt" "LeRoy, Charles H." 1952 6 200 Books and the Sky "Energy Sources -- The Wealth of the World, Eugene Ayers and Charles A. Scarlott" "Shapley, Harlow" 1952 6 201 Gleanings for ATMs A Well-Constructed Portable Reflector "Coles, Charles H." 1952 6 203 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 6 203 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs XXVII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 6 203 Observer's Page Visual Observing Programs for Amateurs -- XXVII "Rosebrugh, David W." 1952 6 204 Observer's Page AE Aquarii Month "Mayall, Margaret Walton" 1952 6 205 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 6 205 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1952 6 206 Feature Sunrise and Sunset at any Latitude "Richards, Carl P." 1952 6 208 Back-Cover Photo Great Nebula in Orion 1952 7 209 Front-Cover Photo Galileo Galilei 1952 7 210 News Notes Energy in the Service of Man "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 7 211 Feature Galileo's Visits to Rome -- I "Miller, Walter J." 1952 7 214 Feature Galactic Exploration by Radio "Struve, Otto" 1952 7 217 News Notes Notes on the IAU Meeting in Rome 1952 7 218 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 7 218 News Notes Volcanoes and Weather 1952 7 218 News Notes Technetium in the Stars 1952 7 218 News Notes Eta Carinae Brightening 1952 7 218 News Notes Atom Building in Hot Stars 1952 7 219 Feature Flash Spectrum Expedition "Evans, John W." 1952 7 222 Feature Eclipse Observations from a B-29 1952 7 223 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Zodiacal Light "Pietenpol, W. B." 1952 7 224 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 7 224 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Region Meets at Bradley Observatory "Holton, Chandler H." 1952 7 224 Amateur Astronomers Officers of the Amateur Astronomers Association 1952 7 225 Terminology Talks Period-Luminosity Diagram "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 7 226 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy, Bernard Lovell and J. A. Clegg" "Millman, Peter M." 1952 7 227 Books and the Sky "Palomar Observatory, D. Alter and C. H. Cleminshaw" 1952 7 227 Books and the Sky "The Exact Sciences in Antiquity, O. Neugebauer" 1952 7 227 Books and the Sky Book Review "Keenan, Philip C. [P.C.]" 1952 7 227 Books and the Sky Book Review "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1952 7 228 Gleanings for ATMs How to Mold and Pour Your Own Castings -- I "Raible, C." 1952 7 231 Observer's Page Bird Migration Program -- Observers Wanted 1952 7 231 Observer's Page Occultation of Venus "Stevens, Paul W." 1952 7 232 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 7 232 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 7 233 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 7 233 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1952 7 233 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1952 7 236 Back-Cover Photo Antares and the head of the Scorpion 1952 8 237 Front-Cover Photo Inspecting an amateur casting 1952 8 238 News Notes "Total Eclipse of the Sun -- June 30, 1954" "F., C. A." 1952 8 239 Feature Astronomers Meet at Victoria "Huffer, C. M." 1952 8 242 Terminology Talks "Seattle Fireball, Tracing the Path" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 8 243 Feature Pleione -- A Story of Cosmic Evolution "Struve, Otto" 1952 8 246 Feature Galileo's Visits to Rome -- II "Miller, Walter J." 1952 8 248 News Notes The Lunar Atmosphere 1952 8 249 News Notes The Aeropause 1952 8 249 News Notes Six Thousand Tons Per Day 1952 8 249 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 8 249 News Notes "Lunar Observers, Attention" 1952 8 249 News Notes 120-inch Dome Completed 1952 8 249 News Notes Astronomers to Speak before Optical Society 1952 8 249 News Notes Annealing Temperatures 1952 8 250 Amateur Astronomers Activities at the Northeast Regional Convention 1952 8 251 Amateur Astronomers North Central Region "Sturtzen, Charles" 1952 8 251 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention "Grunow, Mrs. Olive" 1952 8 251 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 8 251 Amateur Astronomers Western Convention Program "Neall, Miss H. E." 1952 8 252 Feature Our Neighbor Mars "Cave Jr., Thomas R." 1952 8 255 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics, J. A. Hynek, editor" "Weaver, Harold F." 1952 8 256 Books and the Sky "The Stars: A New Way To See Them, H. A. Rey" 1952 8 256 Books and the Sky Book Review "Keenan, Philip C. [P.C.]" 1952 8 256 Books and the Sky Book Review "LeRoy, Charles H." 1952 8 256 Books and the Sky "Palomar, The World's Largest Telescope, Helen Wright" 1952 8 257 Gleanings for ATMs How to Mold and Pour Your Own Castings -- II "Raible, C." 1952 8 259 Observer's Page Double Star Tests for Small Telescopes "Smith, Alex G." 1952 8 261 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 8 261 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 8 261 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 8 262 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1952 8 262 Observer's Page New Comet Peltier 1952 8 264 Back-Cover Photo Milky Way near Eta Carinae nebula 1952 9 265 Front-Cover Photo Haggart Observatory 1952 9 266 News Notes Astronomische Gesellschaft 1952 9 266 News Notes South African Tercentenary "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 9 266 News Notes Astronomisches Gesellschaft "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 9 267 Feature "Give Us Back Our Fortnight!""""" "Bates, Ralph S." 1952 9 269 Feature Comet Theories "Struve, Otto" 1952 9 272 Amateur Astronomers Convention at Dallas "LeRoy, Charles H." 1952 9 274 News Notes Brookhaven Cosmotron 1952 9 274 News Notes Aurorae over Britain 1952 9 274 News Notes High-velocity Stars 1952 9 274 News Notes The Physics of Comets 1952 9 274 News Notes Relativistic Rocket 1952 9 274 News Notes Micrometeorites and Rockets 1952 9 274 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 9 274 News Notes Olbers Planetarium 1952 9 275 Feature Two Period-Frequency Anomalies for Classical Cepheids "Shapley, Harlow" 1952 9 276 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Regional Meeting in Portland "Newman, Edward J." 1952 9 276 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Regional Meeting at Portland 1952 9 277 American Astronomers Report Triple Spectrum 1952 9 277 American Astronomers Report An Unusual Multiple Star 1952 9 277 American Astronomers Report Molecular Hydrogen on Uranus and Neptune 1952 9 278 American Astronomers Report Absolute Magnitudes of B Stars 1952 9 278 American Astronomers Report Smallest White Dwarf? 1952 9 278 American Astronomers Report Refraction and the Moon 1952 9 279 Books and the Sky "The Planets: Their Origin and Development, Harold C. Urey" "Whipple, Fred L." 1952 9 281 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 9 281 Terminology Talks First Day of Century? "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 9 282 Gleanings for ATMs The Haggart Observatory at Oregon City "Haggart, Harold P." 1952 9 286 Observer's Page The Moon's Change in Apparent Diameter "MacCalla, W. A." 1952 9 287 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 9 287 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1952 9 288 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 9 288 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1952 9 292 Back-Cover Photo Comet Brooks 1952 10 293 Front-Cover Photo Skyrocket in flight 1952 10 294 Amateur Astronomers Stellar Evolution Film 1952 10 294 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Astronomy and Navigation Courses 1952 10 294 Amateur Astronomers Public Nights at Goethe Link 1952 10 294 Letters Letter "Copeland, Leland S." 1952 10 294 Letters Letter "Lindemann, Edward" 1952 10 294 Letters Letter "Reese, Elmer J." 1952 10 295 Feature The Pardonable Errors of Christopher Columbus "Paterson, E. Russell" 1952 10 296 News Notes Velocity of Light 1952 10 296 News Notes Spectroscopic Binary Orbits 1952 10 297 Feature The Advance of Rocket Science "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1952 10 299 News Notes Temperature 0&point;0015˜ Kelvin 1952 10 299 News Notes Unusual Flare Star 1952 10 299 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 10 299 News Notes "Merrill, Paul W., Retires" 1952 10 299 News Notes White Mountain Research Station 1952 10 299 News Notes Cepheid Color Phases 1952 10 300 Feature Four Possible Meteorite Craters in Utah "Thomas, Richard N." 1952 10 302 Feature The Sextuple System of Castor "Struve, Otto" 1952 10 304 Terminology Talks "Asteroids, Planetoids, Minor Planets" "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 10 305 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 10 305 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomers Association 1952 10 306 Books and the Sky "The Astronomical Universe, Wasley S. Krogdahl" "Davis, Morris S." 1952 10 308 Gleanings for ATMs Turning a Wooden Telescope Tube "Andrus, George" 1952 10 309 Gleanings for ATMs A Homemade Telescope 1952 10 309 Gleanings for ATMs A Home-Made Telescope "Pendergraft, R. E." 1952 10 310 Observer's Page Southern Glimpses from Northern Climes "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1952 10 311 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1952 10 312 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 10 312 Observer's Page Sunshine Fireball "Pruett, J. Hugh" 1952 10 312 Observer's Page Occultations by Jupiter 1952 10 312 Observer's Page July Venus Occultation "Ragland, Beaufort S." 1952 10 313 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 10 313 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 10 314 Observer's Page Occultations of the Beehive and the Pleiades 1952 10 314 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1952 10 316 Back-Cover Photo "Spiral galaxy, NGC 4736" 1952 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Astronomers at Rome 1952 11 2 News Notes Opening Address IAU Rome Meeting "Lindblad, Bertil" 1952 11 3 Feature Report from Rome "Struve, Otto" 1952 11 6 Feature Mountings of Today and Yesterday "Erpenstein, O. M." 1952 11 8 News Notes "Menzel, D. H., Becomes Harvard Acting Director" 1952 11 8 News Notes Murgab Meteorite Craters 1952 11 8 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 11 8 News Notes "Pitman, John H., Dies" 1952 11 8 News Notes Bays in Holland 1952 11 8 News Notes Another Supernova Radio Star 1952 11 8 News Notes Conference on Abundance of the Elements 1952 11 9 Feature Greenwich Eclipse Expedition "Atkinson, R. d'E." 1952 11 10 News Notes Morrison Planetarium Opens 1952 11 11 American Astronomers Report A Massive Binary 1952 11 11 American Astronomers Report Mapping the Sun's Magnetic Field 1952 11 11 American Astronomers Report Dwarf Percentages 1952 11 12 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 11 12 American Astronomers Report Double Star Evolution 1952 11 12 American Astronomers Report Nova Aquilae 1918 1952 11 12 American Astronomers Report Carbon Monoxide over Flagstaff 1952 11 13 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention "LuCaric, Belva" 1952 11 13 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs Convene at Berkeley "Kettlewell, Frank" 1952 11 16 Books and the Sky "Basic Astronomy, Peter van de Kamp" 1952 11 16 Books and the Sky "Out of the Sky, H. H. Nininger" 1952 11 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wylie, C. C." 1952 11 16 Books and the Sky Book Review "Strand, K. A." 1952 11 17 Books and the Sky "General Astronomy, Sir Harold Spencer Jones" "Hynek, J. Allen" 1952 11 18 Books and the Sky "The Heavens Are Telling, Urana Clarke" "Weaver, Cecile T." 1952 11 19 Gleanings for ATMs A Large Portable Cassegrainian "Manning, Frank W." 1952 11 20 Gleanings for ATMs A Clock-drive Mounting for Camera and Telescope "Mussgnug, Louis" 1952 11 21 Gleanings for ATMs A Grinding Machine for Amateurs "Ervin, William A." 1952 11 23 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 11 23 Observer's Page An Opportunity for an Observer 1952 11 23 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1952 11 24 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1952 11 25 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 11 25 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 11 28 Back-Cover Photo "Spiral galaxy, NGC 4631" 1952 12 29 Front-Cover Photo Morrison Planetarium 1952 12 30 Letters Letter "Robertson, Douglas D." 1952 12 30 Letters Letter "Lindemann, Edward" 1952 12 30 Letters Letter "Leonard, Frederick C." 1952 12 30 Letters Letter "Denny, Capt. Anthony" 1952 12 31 Feature San Francisco Planetarium "Salanave, Leon E." 1952 12 34 News Notes December Meetings 1952 12 35 Feature A Down-to-Earth View of Space Flight "Rosen, Milton W." 1952 12 37 Feature Report from Rome II "Struve, Otto" 1952 12 40 News Notes "Neubauer, F. J." 1952 12 40 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1952 12 40 News Notes Watch R Cor Bor! 1952 12 40 News Notes Solar Corona Occults a Radio Star 1952 12 40 News Notes 32 Cygni in Eclipse 1952 12 41 Feature The Galactic Center in Infrared "Dufay, Jean" 1952 12 44 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States Regional Convention Is Held at St. Louis "Zahner, Don" 1952 12 44 Amateur Astronomers An Astronomical Exhibit at the Texas State Fair "Brewer, E. M." 1952 12 45 Amateur Astronomers "Astronomical League 1953 Convention To Be In Washington, D. C." 1952 12 45 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Bulletin 1952 12 45 Amateur Astronomers Gulf Amateur Astronomers at Panama City "McKinnon, N. K." 1952 12 45 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1952 12 45 Feature Astronomical Highlights of 1952 1952 12 46 Books and the Sky "Cosmology, H. Bondi" "Krogdahl, Wasley S." 1952 12 48 Gleanings for ATMs Balance Equatorially Mounted Telescopes "Boyle, Joseph C." 1952 12 48 Gleanings for ATMs Balancing Equatorially Mounted Telescopes 1952 12 52 Observer's Page Occultations of the Pleiades in December "Stevens, Paul W." 1952 12 53 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 12 53 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1952 12 53 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1952 12 54 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1952 12 54 Observer's Page Aurorae in September 1952 12 54 Observer's Page Aurora Observers Wanted 1952 12 54 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1952 12 56 Back-Cover Photo Milky Way nucleus in infrared 1953 1 57 Front-Cover Photo Australian radio telescope 1953 1 58 News Notes Attack on the Third Dimension "Ley, Willy" 1953 1 59 Feature Radio Astronomy at the URSI Assembly "Kerr, Frank J." 1953 1 63 Feature Color-Magnitude Diagrams and Stellar Evolution "Struve, Otto" 1953 1 66 Feature Queen of the Untraveled Seas "Copeland, Leland S." 1953 1 70 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 1 70 Amateur Astronomers "Fall Instrument Meeting at Cambridge, Massachusetts" "Gagan, James W." 1953 1 70 Amateur Astronomers League General Convention 1953 1 70 Amateur Astronomers "Astronomy Demonstrations in Buffalo, New York" 1953 1 72 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1953 1953 1 74 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 1 74 News Notes New Astrophysics Laboratory 1953 1 74 News Notes Meteor Train Statistics 1953 1 74 News Notes Lunar Parallax 1953 1 74 News Notes Harvard Radio Telescope 1953 1 74 News Notes Chaucer's Astronomy 1953 1 75 News Notes Terrific Flares 1953 1 76 Books and the Sky "Pictorial Astronomy, Dinsmore Alter and Clarence Cleminshaw" "Karle, James H." 1953 1 77 Books and the Sky Proceedings of the London Conference on Optical Instruments -- 1950 1953 1 77 Books and the Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets, Roy K. Marshall" 1953 1 77 Books and the Sky Book Review "Streeter, John W." 1953 1 77 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brown, Earle B." 1953 1 78 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Spectroscope for Solar Prominence Observations "Leinbach, Harold" 1953 1 82 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 1 82 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 1 82 Observer's Page The Total Lunar Eclipse of January 29th 1953 1 83 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 1 83 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 1 84 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 1 88 Back-Cover Photo "Globular cluster, NGC 5272, M3" 1953 2 89 Front-Cover Photo Lick Observatory today 1953 2 90 Letters Letter "Ali, Akbar" 1953 2 90 Letters Letter "Kelly, Allan O." 1953 2 90 News Notes Hale Reflector Photographs the Moon and Planets 1953 2 91 Feature The 120-inch Telescope "Eggen, Olin J." 1953 2 92 News Notes Relativity Shift Confirmed 1953 2 93 Feature Sah and Sopdet "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1953 2 94 Feature Radio Astronomy at Jodrell Bank -- I "Lovell, A. C. B." 1953 2 97 Feature G Forces and Weight in Space Travel "Haber, Fritz" 1953 2 98 News Notes Lyman-Alpha Observed in Solar Radiation 1953 2 98 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 2 98 News Notes "Northern Lights"""" in the Laboratory" 1953 2 98 News Notes Bridges between Galaxies 1953 2 98 News Notes Another Comet Mrkos 1953 2 99 Feature The Coming Eclipse of Epsilon Aurigae "Struve, Otto" 1953 2 101 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Takes Part in Section D Meeting "Maag, Russell C." 1953 2 101 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 2 102 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1953 1953 2 102 Feature Discussion of the Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1953 "Stevens, Paul W." 1953 2 104 Books and the Sky "Insight Into Astronomy, Leo Mattersdorf" "LaPelle, Rolland R." 1953 2 105 Books and the Sky "Comets and Meteor Streams, J. G. Porter" "Watson, Fletcher G." 1953 2 107 Gleanings for ATMs An Improved Herschelian Telescope "Hindle, J. S." 1953 2 108 Gleanings for ATMs Still Lunar Photography "Knittel, Robert G." 1953 2 110 Gleanings for ATMs An Open-Tube Reflector "Salomon, F." 1953 2 112 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 2 112 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 2 112 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 2 112 Observer's Page Opposition of Pluto 1952-1953 1953 2 113 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 2 113 Observer's Page "Neptune, path of" 1953 2 113 Observer's Page "Uranus, path of" 1953 2 116 Back-Cover Photo "Milky Way in Monoceros, Orion, and Gemini" 1953 3 117 Front-Cover Photo Underwater explosion 1953 3 118 News Notes Weather in a Dishpan 1953 3 119 Feature Pulsating Stars "Struve, Otto" 1953 3 122 Feature Radio Astronomy at Jodrell Bank "Lovell, A. C. B." 1953 3 122 Feature Radio Astronomy at Jodrell Bank -- II "Lovell, A. C. B." 1953 3 124 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1953 3 125 Letters Letter "Roberts, Walter Orr" 1953 3 125 Letters Letter "Ott, Chester E." 1953 3 125 Letters Letter "Stephenson, C. Bruce" "Woelffer, R. A." 1953 3 125 News Notes Astronomy and Meteorology 1953 3 126 Amateur Astronomers New Haven Activities "Rademacher, Mrs. Everett S." 1953 3 126 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateurs Establish Observing Program "Paulton, Edgar M." 1953 3 126 Amateur Astronomers Reservations for League Convention Available "Wright, G. R." 1953 3 127 Amateur Astronomers New Louisiana Society "Lore, Norman G." 1953 3 127 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 3 127 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur Views Southern Skies "Beetle, Dorothy E." 1953 3 128 News Notes Animal Behavior Eclipse Expedition 1953 3 128 News Notes RAS Gold Medal 1953 3 128 News Notes Simultaneous Eclipse and Coronagraph Photographs 1953 3 128 News Notes Storms on Jupiter 1953 3 128 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 3 128 News Notes "Moulton, Forest Ray" 1953 3 129 American Astronomers Report Rotations of Early-type Stars 1953 3 129 American Astronomers Report Asteroid Light Curves 1953 3 130 American Astronomers Report Novae Coronal Lines 1953 3 132 Books and the Sky Book Review "Benjamin, W. Wallace" 1953 3 132 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Astronomy, Robert H. Baker" 1953 3 132 Books and the Sky Book Review "Streeter, John W." 1953 3 132 Books and the Sky "The History of Astronomy, Giorgio Abetti" 1953 3 136 Gleanings for ATMs Two Atlanta Telescopes "Close, William H." 1953 3 140 Observer's Page The Pleiades Occultation "Secretan, Luc" 1953 3 140 Observer's Page The Pleiades Occultations "Halbach, Edward A." 1953 3 141 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 3 141 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 3 142 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 3 144 Back-Cover Photo "Total solar eclipse of February 25, 1952" 1953 4 145 Front-Cover Photo Meteoritic Dust? 1953 4 146 News Notes Colors of the Stars 1953 4 147 Feature The Annual Deposit of Meteoritic Dust "Thomsen, Warren J." 1953 4 148 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Michigan Meeting 1953 4 148 News Notes "Radio """"Hams"""" Contact Moon" 1953 4 149 American Astronomers Report Origin of Protogalaxies 1953 4 149 American Astronomers Report A Spectrum Variable 1953 4 150 American Astronomers Report Distant Galaxy Colors 1953 4 150 American Astronomers Report Electric Spectrophotometry 1953 4 150 American Astronomers Report Magellanic Cloud Constellations 1953 4 150 American Astronomers Report Yellow Coronal Line and Solar Flares 1953 4 151 Feature Astronomy from the Space Station "Whipple, Fred L." 1953 4 152 Feature The History of the Chemical Elements "Struve, Otto" 1953 4 156 News Notes Michigan Symposium on Astrophysics 1953 4 156 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 4 156 News Notes New Substance for Lenses 1953 4 156 News Notes Zodiacal Light Observed by Sea Captain 1953 4 156 News Notes Adolph Lomb Medal 1953 4 156 News Notes Astronomy by TV 1953 4 156 News Notes Asteroid Names 1953 4 156 News Notes Expensive Bequest 1953 4 157 Feature The Ohio State Radio Telescope "Kraus, John D." 1953 4 160 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Membership 1953 4 160 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 4 160 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium for Providence 1953 4 161 Books and the Sky "Across the Space Frontier, Cornelius Ryan, editor" 1953 4 161 Books and the Sky "Stars in the Making, Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin" 1953 4 161 Books and the Sky Book Review "Schwarzschild, Martin" 1953 4 161 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rosen, Milton W." 1953 4 164 Gleanings for ATMs A Versatile Portable Mounting "Smith, H. I." 1953 4 167 Observer's Page Reports of the Lunar Eclipse in January 1953 4 168 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 4 168 Observer's Page An Occultation of Ceres 1953 4 169 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 4 169 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 4 169 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 4 169 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 4 172 Back-Cover Photo "Spiral galaxy, NGC 4565" 1953 5 173 Front-Cover Photo Man and Mars 1953 5 174 Letters Letter "Layzer, David" 1953 5 174 Letters Letter "Loehde, Franklin" 1953 5 174 Letters Letter "Hainfeld, Harold" 1953 5 175 Feature Hayden Planetarium Black-light Murals 1953 5 176 Feature A New Telescope in Scotland "Finlay-Freundlich, E." "Waland, Robert L." 1953 5 178 American Astronomers Report Radiative Opacity of Stellar Material 1953 5 178 American Astronomers Report Southern Hydrogen-Alpha Emission Regions 1953 5 178 American Astronomers Report Accelerations of Stars by Interstellar Clouds 1953 5 179 American Astronomers Report Clustering by Expansion 1953 5 179 American Astronomers Report Eccentric Binary 1953 5 179 American Astronomers Report Red Dwarf Models 1953 5 180 American Astronomers Report Perseid Statistics 1953 5 180 News Notes Museum at Greenwich 1953 5 180 News Notes SSEC Outmoded by New Calculator 1953 5 181 News Notes Twilight Sky Color 1953 5 181 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 5 181 News Notes A Local Supergalaxy 1953 5 182 Amateur Astronomers New York Special Event 1953 5 182 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 5 182 Amateur Astronomers Corning Astronomy Club "Redmond, Walter R." 1953 5 182 Amateur Astronomers Indiana Public Nights 1953 5 182 Amateur Astronomers "Freeman, Harry L., Dies" 1953 5 182 News Notes Fleet New Object 1953 5 183 Amateur Astronomers Cleveland Public Nights 1953 5 183 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Regional Convention "Jones, Arthur H." 1953 5 183 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States Region to Meet in Oklahoma "Whitehead, S. S." 1953 5 183 Amateur Astronomers Washington League Convention 1953 5 183 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateur Astronomers To Meet 1953 5 184 Feature The Classification of Stellar Spectra "Struve, Otto" 1953 5 188 Books and the Sky Book Review "Streeter, John W." 1953 5 189 Books and the Sky "The Universe We Live In, John Robinson" "Irwin, John B." 1953 5 190 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- I "Brown, Earle B." 1953 5 192 Gleanings for ATMs Dewing Prevention for Refractor Elements "Goodwin, Frank L." 1953 5 194 Observer's Page Searching for Comets "Friend, Clarence L." 1953 5 196 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 5 196 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 5 196 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 5 196 Observer's Page Mare Imbrium Measurements 1953 5 196 Observer's Page A Swiss Planisphere "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1953 5 197 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 5 197 Celestial Calendar Vesta Visible 1953 5 197 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 5 200 Back-Cover Photo Mars photographed with 200-inch telescope 1953 6 201 Front-Cover Photo A Family of telescopes 1953 6 202 News Notes New Precision Oscillator 1953 6 203 Feature The Distance Scale of the Universe -- I "Struve, Otto" 1953 6 206 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 6 206 News Notes Natural Neptunium 237 1953 6 206 News Notes Lunar Profiles from a Beaded Eclipse 1953 6 206 News Notes Irish Solar Eclipses 1953 6 206 News Notes Award to Bart J. Bok 1953 6 206 News Notes Chlorine in Meteorites 1953 6 206 News Notes Chlorophyll Formation 1953 6 207 Feature Wilkie Observatory "Dornberg, D. C." 1953 6 207 News Notes Short-Period Visual Binary 1953 6 208 Feature Student Observations of Delta Cephei "Kamp, Peter van de" 1953 6 210 Feature Stones from the Sky? "Heckscher, Helmut" 1953 6 213 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 6 213 Amateur Astronomers Chicago Junior Group "Anderer, Joseph A." 1953 6 213 Amateur Astronomers League Convention Field Trips and Program "Wright, G. R." 1953 6 214 Feature Next Year's Favorable Total Eclipse "Stevens, Paul W." 1953 6 216 Books and the Sky "Our Neighbor Worlds, V. A. Firsoff" "Hynek, J. Allen" 1953 6 217 Books and the Sky "Advances in Geophysics -- I, H. E. Landsberg, editor" 1953 6 219 Gleanings for ATMs Inexpensive Portable Planetary Telescopes "Lawrence, James V." 1953 6 223 Observer's Page Hints on Chart Care "Barr, Robert J." 1953 6 224 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 6 224 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 6 224 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 6 224 Observer's Page The Sunspot Minimum "Heines, Neal J." 1953 6 225 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 6 228 Back-Cover Photo "Total solar eclipse of February 25, 1952" 1953 7 229 Front-Cover Photo Modern sundials 1953 7 231 Feature About Sundials "Egger, Hermann H." 1953 7 233 Feature The Green Flash at Sunset and at Sunrise "Jacobsen, T. S." 1953 7 235 Feature Photographs of the Sun's Chromosphere 1953 7 236 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 7 236 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Region Holds Successful Convention 1953 7 237 News Notes Gegenschein Studies 1953 7 237 News Notes Handicapped Amateurs 1953 7 237 News Notes Roger Williams Planetarium 1953 7 237 News Notes Solar Eclipse Results 1953 7 237 News Notes Icarus and Relativity 1953 7 237 News Notes "Leuschner, Armin Otto" 1953 7 237 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 7 238 Feature The Distance Scale of the Universe -- II "Struve, Otto" 1953 7 241 Books and the Sky "Statistical Astronomy, Robert J. Trumpler and Harold F. Weaver" "Bok, Bart J." 1953 7 244 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- II "Brown, Earle B." 1953 7 246 Gleanings for ATMs An English Reflector "Buie, H. B." 1953 7 247 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 7 247 Observer's Page The Total Eclipse of the Moon on July 26th "Stevens, Paul W." 1953 7 247 Observer's Page Laboratory Eclipse "Pfleumer, Hans" 1953 7 248 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 7 249 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 7 249 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 7 250 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 7 252 Back-Cover Photo Group of nearby galaxies in Leo 1953 8 254 News Notes UV Solar Spectrum 1953 8 255 Feature Messier and His Catalogue I "Gingerich, Owen" 1953 8 255 Front-Cover Photo "Messier, Charles(1730-1817)" 1953 8 258 News Notes Geophysical Year 1953 8 258 News Notes Constancy of Cosmic Rays 1953 8 258 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 8 258 News Notes Selected Navigation Stars 1953 8 259 Feature Some Demonstrations for the Classroom "Calder, William A." 1953 8 260 Feature A Small Planetarium in Detroit "Lewis, Charles A." 1953 8 261 Feature Flaming Stars "Struve, Otto" 1953 8 266 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Regional Meeting 1953 8 266 Amateur Astronomers Marin Amateur Astronomers "Yoder, Vincent S." 1953 8 266 Amateur Astronomers Memphis Astronomy "Buhler, Jon M." 1953 8 266 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States and Southwest Regions Hold Conventions "McMillen, J. M." 1953 8 267 Amateur Astronomers "Mathe, D. F., Dies" 1953 8 267 Amateur Astronomers Los Angeles Convention 1953 8 267 Amateur Astronomers League Convention Papers and Registration List 1953 8 267 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 8 267 Amateur Astronomers Triple Meeting in October 1953 8 268 Books and the Sky "The Names of the Stars, E. J. Webb" "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1953 8 269 Books and the Sky "Galileo -- First Observer of Marvelous Things, Elma Ehrlich Levinger" "Cresson, Ruth Hayner" 1953 8 271 Gleanings for ATMs Limiting Visual Magnitudes for Small Telescopes "Kelly, Frank J." 1953 8 275 Observer's Page An Artificial-Occultation Experiment "Ruiz, John J." 1953 8 276 Observer's Page Heliacal Rising of Mars "Stevens, Paul W." 1953 8 277 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 8 277 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 8 277 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 8 277 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 8 277 Observer's Page Lunar Crater Catalogue 1953 8 277 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 8 280 Back-Cover Photo "Galactic nebula, NGC 6618, M17" 1953 9 281 Front-Cover Photo Palomar photograph of Jupiter 1953 9 282 Feature The NSF and Astronomy "Greenstein, Jesse L." 1953 9 283 Feature How to Estimate the Brightness of a Star "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1953 9 286 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 9 286 News Notes Next Sunspot Maximum 1953 9 286 News Notes A Radio Source and a Chinese Supernovae 1953 9 286 News Notes Electrophotography 1953 9 286 News Notes Ancient Massive Stars 1953 9 287 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 9 287 Amateur Astronomers The Development of a Student-Amateur Observatory "Killick, Victor W." 1953 9 287 Amateur Astronomers Burnham Society Sponsors Large Telescope "Goodwin, Frank L." 1953 9 288 Feature Messier and His Catalogue II "Gingerich, Owen" 1953 9 291 News Notes Mosaic Mirrors 1953 9 291 News Notes Meteoritical Society 1953 9 292 Feature Galactic Star Clusters "Struve, Otto" 1953 9 295 Books and the Sky Book Review "Keenan, Philip C. [P.C.]" 1953 9 295 Books and the Sky Book Review "Irwin, John B." 1953 9 295 Books and the Sky "The Scientific Adventure, Herbert Dingle" 1953 9 298 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- III "Brown, Earle B." 1953 9 301 Observer's Page An Introduction to Observing Jupiter -- I "Avigliano, D. P." 1953 9 303 Observer's Page Some Phenomena of Jupiter's Satellites "Stevens, Paul W." 1953 9 305 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 9 305 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 9 306 News Notes Comet Pons-Brooks 1953 9 306 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 9 306 Observer's Page Vesta "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 9 306 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 9 308 Back-Cover Photo "Double Cluster, h and Chi Persei" 1953 10 309 Front-Cover Photo Drawings of Mercury 1953 10 311 Feature "The Transit of Mercury -- November 14, 1953" "Watson, Fletcher G." 1953 10 312 Feature Timing the Transit of Mercury 1953 10 313 Feature What Happens to Star Clusters? "Struve, Otto" 1953 10 316 Feature The Weather Outlook for Next Year's Eclipse "Brooks, Edward M." 1953 10 317 Feature Astronauts Meet in Switzerland "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1953 10 318 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs Hold Fifth Convention "Neall, Miss H. E." 1953 10 318 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 10 318 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Convention "Newman, Edward J." 1953 10 318 Amateur Astronomers New York Classes Begin 1953 10 319 News Notes Fundamental Stellar Photometry 1953 10 319 News Notes Astronomical Lawsuit 1953 10 319 News Notes Meteoriticists Meet 1953 10 319 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 10 319 News Notes New Eclipsing Variable Star 1953 10 319 News Notes Record Attendance at Griffith Planetarium 1953 10 319 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1953 10 319 News Notes The Red Shift 1953 10 320 News Notes Alaskan Cosmic Ray Observatory 1953 10 321 Books and the Sky "Waves and Tides, R. C. H. Russell and D. H. Macmillan" 1953 10 323 Gleanings for ATMs An Electronic Eyepiece for Astronomical Telescopes "Smith, Alex G." 1953 10 324 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable 10-inch Reflector 1953 10 324 Gleanings for ATMs Portable 10-inch Reflector "Ward, Virgil" 1953 10 327 Observer's Page An Introduction to Observing Jupiter -- II "Avigliano, D. P." 1953 10 328 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 10 328 Observer's Page Solar Activity 1953 10 329 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 10 329 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 10 329 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 10 332 Back-Cover Photo Jupiter in red and blue light 1953 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Colorado observatory 1953 11 2 News Notes Symposium in Boston 1953 11 2 News Notes Perkins Director 1953 11 3 Feature Colorado Conclave "Huffer, C. M." 1953 11 4 Letters Letter "Barton, Samuel G." 1953 11 4 Letters Letter "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1953 11 5 American Astronomers Report Chromospheric Temperatures 1953 11 5 American Astronomers Report Moon-Position Camera 1953 11 6 American Astronomers Report Epsilon Aurigae 1953 11 6 American Astronomers Report Magellanic Cloud Distances 1953 11 6 American Astronomers Report Spicules and Granules 1953 11 7 News Notes A Hotter Flame 1953 11 7 News Notes "1,026 Stellar Orbits" 1953 11 7 News Notes "Hubble, E. P., Death of" 1953 11 7 News Notes Radio Astronomy in the Tropics 1953 11 7 News Notes The Distribution of Interstellar Gas 1953 11 7 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 11 8 Feature The Internal Constitution of Some Stars "Struve, Otto" 1953 11 11 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 11 11 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Visits Greece "Pierre, William" 1953 11 12 Feature Three Weeks of Symposia -- I "Bok, Bart J." 1953 11 14 American Astronomers Report Solar Prominence Model 1953 11 14 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1953 11 15 Feature Convention at Washington "Holton, Chandler H." 1953 11 19 Sky and Teacher "Sky and Teacher, A New Column" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1953 11 19 Sky and Teacher A New Column 1953 11 20 Books and the Sky "The Comets and Their Origin, R. A. Lyttleton" 1953 11 20 Books and the Sky "Sir James Jeans, E. A. Milne" 1953 11 20 Books and the Sky Book Review "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1953 11 21 Books and the Sky "The End of the World: A Scientific Inquiry, Kenneth Heuer" "Shatzel, Albert V." 1953 11 23 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- IV "Brown, Earle B." 1953 11 26 Observer's Page The Visibility of the Planets in Late Fall "Stevens, Paul W." 1953 11 27 Observer's Page Photography of the Canals of Mars "Pettit, Edison" 1953 11 28 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1953 11 28 Observer's Page 1954 Graphic Time Table 1953 11 28 Observer's Page The Visibility of Nebulae "Calder, William A." 1953 11 29 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 11 29 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 11 30 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1953 12 33 Front-Cover Photo Northern lights at Goose Bay 1953 12 34 News Notes A Start in Eclipse Planning "Whitmarsh, D. C." 1953 12 35 Feature Solar Eclipses and the Aurora Borealis "Chapman, Sydney" "Stibbs, D. W. N." 1953 12 39 News Notes Lyman Alpha 1953 12 39 News Notes Fels Planetarium Anniversary 1953 12 40 Feature The Aurora "Kimball, Donald S." 1953 12 43 Feature White Dwarfs -- I "Struve, Otto" 1953 12 45 Feature Three Weeks of Symposia -- II "Bok, Bart J." 1953 12 47 Feature Picture "Group of nebulosities, NGC 6334" 1953 12 49 News Notes High-speed Photography 1953 12 50 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1953 12 52 American Astronomers Report New Class of Variable Star 1953 12 52 American Astronomers Report Photography of Mars 1953 12 52 American Astronomers Report Proposed Observations of Mars 1953 12 53 American Astronomers Report Photometric Studies of Distant Galaxies 1953 12 53 American Astronomers Report Globular Cluster M3 1953 12 53 American Astronomers Report Spectrum of Capella 1953 12 53 American Astronomers Report Radio Observations of the Magellanic Clouds 1953 12 54 News Notes Flare Star 1953 12 54 News Notes Age of the Universe 1953 12 54 News Notes "Colacevich, Attilio" 1953 12 54 News Notes Magnetic Fields in Spiral Arms 1953 12 54 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1953 12 54 News Notes Two Kinds of RR Lyrae Variables 1953 12 54 News Notes Rotation Period of Mars 1953 12 55 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1953 12 55 Amateur Astronomers News Roundup 1953 12 57 Books and the Sky "New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, J. L. E. Dreyer" "Shapley, Harlow" 1953 12 58 Gleanings for ATMs "A Large, Inexpensive Springfield Telescope" "Collin, Max" 1953 12 62 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 12 62 Observer's Page "The Mars-Venus Conjunction of October 4, 1953" "Secretan, Luc" 1953 12 63 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1953 12 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1953 12 64 Observer's Page Path of Pallas 1954 1 69 Front-Cover Photo Nashville's new observatory 1954 1 71 News Notes British Eclipse Tours 1954 1 71 News Notes Resolving Power of the Eye 1954 1 72 Feature The New Arthur J. Dyer Observatory "Seyfert, Carl K." 1954 1 74 Letters Letter "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1954 1 75 Feature Mercury Transit Roundup "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1954 1 77 News Notes Star Factory 1954 1 77 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 1 77 News Notes New Extragalactic Distance Indicators 1954 1 77 News Notes Butler University Observatory and Planetarium 1954 1 77 News Notes Bulges on the Sun's Limb 1954 1 77 News Notes Hayden Planetarium 1954 1 78 Feature "Edwin Hubble, Observational Cosmologist" "Mayall, N. U." 1954 1 81 Feature Picture "Eclipse, June 30, 1954, 13:331, 364 ff. Elliptical galaxy, NGC 205" 1954 1 82 Feature White Dwarfs -- II "Struve, Otto" 1954 1 85 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1954 1954 1 89 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateurs Distribute Publicity Poster 1954 1 89 Amateur Astronomers Montreal meetings 1954 1 89 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 1 89 Amateur Astronomers Louisville Society Has 20th Birthday "Landau, Mrs. Mildred S." 1954 1 89 Amateur Astronomers Florida High School Group "Parko Jr., Josef E." 1954 1 91 Sky and Teacher Block-and-Gap in the Introductory College Course "Miller, Freeman D." 1954 1 92 Books and the Sky "Man and His Physical Universe, Richard Wistar" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1954 1 93 Books and the Sky "Astrology and Alchemy: Two Fossile Sciences, Mark Graubard" 1954 1 95 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- V "Brown, Earle B." 1954 1 99 Observer's Page The Total Eclipse of the Moon on January 18-19 "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 1 100 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 1 100 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 1 100 Observer's Page Path of Ceres 1954 1 101 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 1 102 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 1 102 News Notes Comet Abell 1954 2 105 Front-Cover Photo "Lomonosov, M. V." 1954 2 108 Feature The Story of Cosmic Rays -- I "Swann, W. F. G." 1954 2 111 Letters Letter "Cormack, Maribelle" 1954 2 111 Letters Letter "Jaskovich, Boris" 1954 2 112 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 2 112 News Notes Jupiter and Sunspots 1954 2 112 News Notes Kentucky Meteorite Fall 1954 2 112 News Notes Two-color Composite Pictures of Galaxies 1954 2 112 News Notes Vibrating Camera for Meteor Observations 1954 2 112 News Notes "Meteoritics""""" 1954 2 112 News Notes Copernican Manuscript Returns to Poland 1954 2 113 News Notes Rotation of the Nucleus of Jupiter 1954 2 113 News Notes Jovian Atmosphere 1954 2 113 News Notes "Millikin, Robert Andrews" 1954 2 114 Feature Mercury Transit -- The Contact Times "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1954 2 116 News Notes Comet Pons-Brooks 1954 2 117 Celestial Calendar Transit of Mercury 1954 2 118 Feature Lomonosov "Struve, Otto" 1954 2 121 Feature What Maps of the Coming Eclipse Tell Us "Stevens, Paul W." 1954 2 124 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 2 124 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Work with Deaf Children "Petersen, Walter" 1954 2 124 Amateur Astronomers Rice Planetarium 1954 2 124 Amateur Astronomers Progress in Memphis "Buhler, Jon M." 1954 2 126 Books and the Sky "A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler, J. L. E. Dreyer" 1954 2 126 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mayer, Jean" 1954 2 126 Books and the Sky Book Review "Neugebauer, O." 1954 2 126 Books and the Sky "The Red and Green Planet, Hubertus Strughold" 1954 2 128 Books and the Sky "The Elements of Astronomy for Surveyors, R. W. Chapman and J. B. Mackie" "Scheuer, Sidney I." 1954 2 129 Books and the Sky "Fun with Astronomy, Mae and Ira Freeman" "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1954 2 130 Gleanings for ATMs Making a Double-ring Spider and Elliptical Diagonal "Schoenig, Leo N." 1954 2 132 Gleanings for ATMs A Telescope Pier on a Concrete Driveway "Smith Jr., Robert D." 1954 2 133 Gleanings for ATMs Mirror Grinding Suggestions "Cox, Robert E." 1954 2 134 Observer's Page Amateur Solar Eclipse Photography "Whitmarsh, D. C." 1954 2 135 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 2 136 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 2 136 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1954 2 137 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 3 141 Front-Cover Photo Zodiacal light from space? 1954 3 143 News Notes Harvard Observatory Director Appointed "Shapley, Harlow" 1954 3 144 Feature The Zodiacal Light and the Solar Corona "Roach, Franklin E." "Biesbroeck, G. Van" 1954 3 147 Feature Quantitative Spectral Classifications "Struve, Otto" 1954 3 150 American Astronomers Report Delta Aquarid Meteors 1954 3 150 American Astronomers Report New Emission Region 1954 3 151 Feature Picture "Barringer meteorite crater, 16: June, center. California nebula" 1954 3 152 American Astronomers Report Planets from a Super-Prominence? 1954 3 152 American Astronomers Report Pseudo Cluster-type Variables 1954 3 152 News Notes Optical Society 1954 3 153 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1954 3 154 Feature The Story of Cosmic Rays -- II "Swann, W. F. G." 1954 3 156 News Notes Possible Flare Star 1954 3 156 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 3 156 News Notes AE Aurigae 1954 3 156 News Notes Growth by Accretion 1954 3 157 Feature Observing the Messier Catalogue "Gingerich, Owen" 1954 3 157 News Notes Beta Canis Majoris Stars 1954 3 157 News Notes Utah Craters Man-made 1954 3 160 News Notes Comet Catalogues 1954 3 160 Sky and Teacher One Hundred and One Astronomers "Risley, A. Marguerite" 1954 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention "Anderson, P. Nash" 1954 3 161 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Madison League Convention 1954 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Anniversaries in New York and Argentina 1954 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Columbus Society Conducts Public Nights "Hudnall, Frank P." 1954 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Anniversary in Argentina "Segers, Carlos L." 1954 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Anniversary in New York "Hinn, Albert R." "Maran, Stephen P." 1954 3 162 Books and the Sky "A Guide to the Moon, Patrick Moore" "Carle, Jackson T." 1954 3 163 Books and the Sky "A Bibliography on Meteorites, Harrison Brown, editor" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 3 166 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- VI "Brown, Earle B." 1954 3 168 Gleanings for ATMs A Long-focus Reflector "Raab Jr., Joseph A." 1954 3 169 Gleanings for ATMs Blackening Brass 1954 3 170 Observer's Page An Occultation of a Star by Pallas "Taylor, Gordon E." 1954 3 172 Celestial Calendar January Lunar Eclipse 1954 3 173 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 3 174 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 3 174 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1954 3 174 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 4 177 Front-Cover Photo Cosmic ray balloons 1954 4 179 Feature The Origin and Age of Meteorites "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 4 180 Feature Picture Milky Way in Cygnus and Cepheus 1954 4 181 Feature Star Chains "Struve, Otto" 1954 4 184 Feature Moving the Greenwich Observatory 1954 4 185 Feature The Story of Cosmic Rays -- III "Swann, W. F. G." 1954 4 187 News Notes Planetarium Conference 1954 4 188 American Astronomers Report Upsilon Sagittarii 1954 4 188 American Astronomers Report Observational Tests for Intergalactic Matter 1954 4 188 American Astronomers Report Distances of Galaxies 1954 4 189 American Astronomers Report Red Shifts in Faint Galaxies 1954 4 190 American Astronomers Report Ursa Major Cluster 1954 4 190 News Notes AAVSO Endowment Fund 1954 4 190 News Notes Partial Eclipse Observed at 10 Centimeters 1954 4 190 News Notes "Subscriptions to """"Meteoritics""""" 1954 4 190 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 4 191 Amateur Astronomers Washington Convention Proceedings 1954 4 191 Amateur Astronomers Jackson Astronomical Society "Bell, Allen" 1954 4 191 Amateur Astronomers Junior Telescopes by Mail "Myers, Frank A." 1954 4 191 Amateur Astronomers Detroit and Montreal Amateurs Plan Eclipse Expeditions 1954 4 191 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 4 191 Amateur Astronomers Montreal eclipse expedition 1954 4 192 Feature The Sky at Totality "Stevens, Paul W." 1954 4 194 Feature Filming the Total Eclipse "Leavens, Peter A." 1954 4 195 Letters Letter "Clemence, G. M." "Sadler, D. H." 1954 4 195 Letters Letter "Firsoff, V. Axel" 1954 4 196 Feature How To Find the Date of Easter "Howe, H. Herbert" 1954 4 197 Books and the Sky Book Review "Shapley, Harlow" 1954 4 197 Books and the Sky "Measurements of Double Stars, G. Van Biesbroeck" 1954 4 197 Books and the Sky "Scientific American Reader, various authors" 1954 4 198 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Geometrical and Physical Optics, Joseph Morgan" "Hopkins, Robert E." "Givens, M. Parker" 1954 4 201 Gleanings for ATMs An Economical Lumber and Pipe Reflector "Simpson Jr., William E." 1954 4 202 Gleanings for ATMs Alarm Clock Telescope Drive "Sweger, Paul B." 1954 4 204 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 4 204 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 4 205 Observer's Page Is There a Bridge on the Moon? "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1954 4 206 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 4 207 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 5 213 Front-Cover Photo Cosmic ray shower 1954 5 215 News Notes Air Force and Other Expedition Plans 1954 5 216 Feature Mars Clock and Calendar "Levitt, I. M." 1954 5 217 News Notes New Astronautical Society 1954 5 217 News Notes Space Travel Symposium 1954 5 218 American Astronomers Report The Behavior of Matter in Space 1954 5 219 American Astronomers Report Rotating Magnetic Stars and Cosmic Rays 1954 5 219 American Astronomers Report Nova Tucanae 1952 1954 5 220 American Astronomers Report Variable Stars in M3 1954 5 220 News Notes Element 100 1954 5 220 News Notes "Esclangon, Ernest" 1954 5 220 News Notes Berkeley Conference 1954 5 220 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meeting 1954 5 220 News Notes Ungava Crater Origin 1954 5 220 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 5 222 Feature The Story of Cosmic Rays -- IV "Swann, W. F. G." 1954 5 225 Feature Red Shifts of Spectral Lines "Struve, Otto" 1954 5 227 Amateur Astronomers Program of the Convention at Madison 1954 5 227 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 5 227 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meeting 1954 5 228 Feature Events Along the Shadow Path "Stevens, Paul W." 1954 5 230 Feature Eclipse Road Map 1954 5 232 Sky and Teacher Astronomical Films "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1954 5 233 Books and the Sky Book Review "Schoenig, Leo N." 1954 5 237 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- VII "Brown, Earle B." 1954 5 240 Observer's Page An Introduction to Observing Saturn -- I "Avigliano, D. P." 1954 5 244 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1954 5 245 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 5 245 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 5 245 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 5 245 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 6 249 Front-Cover Photo Coronagraph building at Climax 1954 6 251 Feature Current Observing Programs for Mars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1954 6 252 Feature The Formation of the Sun's Corona "Billings, Donald E." 1954 6 256 Feature Spectra of Visual Double Stars -- I "Struve, Otto" 1954 6 257 News Notes New Ultraviolet Camera 1954 6 258 Feature The Story of Cosmic Rays -- V "Swann, W. F. G." 1954 6 259 News Notes Precision Gyroscope 1954 6 260 Feature Some Eclipses of History and Legend "Bates, Ralph S." 1954 6 261 Feature French Astronomers' Eclipse Plans "Lippincott, Sarah Lee" 1954 6 263 Feature Eclipse Notes 1954 6 264 American Astronomers Report "Flare"""" Stars in Orion" 1954 6 264 News Notes Stellar Associations and Supernovae 1954 6 264 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 6 264 News Notes Where To Land on the Moon 1954 6 264 News Notes An Opera on Kepler 1954 6 264 News Notes "Baade, Walter, Honored" 1954 6 264 News Notes "Grotrian, Walter" 1954 6 264 News Notes Harvard Observatory's New Office Building 1954 6 265 Feature Mars and the Amateur Observer "Haas, Walter H." 1954 6 268 Feature Picture Mars in 1941 1954 6 268 Feature Picture Antoniadi map of Mars 1954 6 271 Amateur Astronomers West Virginia Society "Meisel, David D." 1954 6 271 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 6 271 Amateur Astronomers Minneapolis Junior Group 1954 6 273 Books and the Sky "Conquest of the Moon, Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple, Willy Ley" "Davis, Morris S." 1954 6 274 Books and the Sky "The Rise of the New Physics, A. d'Abro" "Layzer, David" 1954 6 275 Books and the Sky "First to Venus, Jonathan Norton Leonard" "Streeter, John W." 1954 6 278 Gleanings for ATMs Grooving a Pitch Lap "Proell, Wayne" 1954 6 279 Gleanings for ATMs Alabama Reflectors "Harrell, B. L." 1954 6 280 Gleanings for ATMs A Skeleton Tube for a 6-inch Reflector "Sooy, N. H." 1954 6 282 Observer's Page An Introduction to Observing Saturn -- II "Avigliano, D. P." 1954 6 283 Observer's Page Aurora in April 1954 6 283 Observer's Page Reports on the Occultation by Pallas 1954 6 284 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 6 284 Observer's Page Notice from the American Meteor Society "Olivier, Charles P." 1954 6 284 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1954 6 285 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 6 285 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 7 289 Front-Cover Photo Planetarium stars over Uruguay 1954 7 291 Feature More About the NSF and Astronomy "Greenstein, Jesse L." 1954 7 292 Feature A Major Planetarium for Uruguay "Coles, Robert R." 1954 7 295 Feature Spectra of Visual Double Stars -- II "Struve, Otto" 1954 7 297 Feature The Crater of Talemzane in Algeria "Brady, L. F." 1954 7 298 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 7 298 News Notes Poulkovo Observatory Rebuilt 1954 7 298 News Notes Radio Source Identifications 1954 7 298 News Notes A Possible Old Nova 1954 7 299 News Notes Supernova in NGC 5668 1954 7 299 News Notes Sky Atlas on Sale 1954 7 300 Feature The Story of Cosmic Rays -- VI "Swann, W. F. G." 1954 7 303 Feature Picture "Planetary nebula, NGC 7293" 1954 7 304 Amateur Astronomers Montreal Centre Observatory 1954 7 304 Amateur Astronomers Report of the Southeast Region Convention "Close, William H." 1954 7 304 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Award to Percy W. Witherell 1954 7 305 Amateur Astronomers Burnham Society Publication 1954 7 305 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane in August "Gagan, James W." 1954 7 305 Amateur Astronomers Spokane Summer Meetings 1954 7 306 Sky and Teacher Research: the Small Astronomy Department "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1954 7 306 Sky and Teacher Research and the Small Astronomy Department 1954 7 307 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1954 7 307 Books and the Sky "Galileo Galilei: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican, Stillman Drake, translator" 1954 7 307 Books and the Sky "Galileo Galilei: Dialogue on the Great World Systems, Giorgio de Santillana, editor" 1954 7 309 Books and the Sky "Maharaja Sawai Jaisingh II of Jaipur and His Observatories, M. F. Soonawala" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1954 7 311 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- VIII "Brown, Earle B." 1954 7 317 Observer's Page "The Lunar Eclipse of July 15-16, 1954" "Stevens, Paul W." 1954 7 319 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 7 319 Observer's Page Sunspot Activity in 1952 and 1953 1954 7 320 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 7 320 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1954 7 320 Observer's Page Observing the Moon 1954 7 320 Observer's Page Gamma Persei as a Visual Double Star 1954 7 321 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 7 321 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 8 325 Front-Cover Photo Lick Observatory's 20-inch camera 1954 8 327 News Notes Total Eclipse Weather in the United States 1954 8 328 Feature Hadari w-al-Wazn "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1954 8 330 Feature A Magnificent Eclipse 1954 8 332 Amateur Astronomers Convention at Worcester "Johnson, Clarence E." 1954 8 332 Amateur Astronomers Convention at Fresno "Reavis, G. M." 1954 8 332 Amateur Astronomers Convention at Pittsburgh "LeRoy, Charles H." 1954 8 332 Amateur Astronomers "Conventions at Worcester, Pittsburgh, and Fresno" 1954 8 333 Amateur Astronomers Honolulu Society "Diggs, Clarke A." 1954 8 333 Amateur Astronomers Illinois Junior Group "Watson, Lee" 1954 8 333 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 8 333 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs San Francisco Convention 1954 8 333 Astronomical Scrapbook The Satellite of Venus "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1954 8 333 Books and the Sky "Amateur Telescope Making, Book Three, Albert G. Ingalls, editor" 1954 8 333 News Notes Another Supernova 1954 8 334 Feature The Eclipse from the Air "Hughes, Helen" 1954 8 335 Feature First Series of Lick Survey Completed 1954 8 336 Feature The Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn "Struve, Otto" 1954 8 338 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1954 8 339 News Notes Power from the Sun 1954 8 339 News Notes Relativity Red Shift Verified 1954 8 339 News Notes Scintillation Versus Image Motion 1954 8 339 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 8 339 News Notes Meteor Flares 1954 8 340 Books and the Sky "The Sun, Gerard P. Kuiper, editor" "ten Bruggencate, P." 1954 8 341 Books and the Sky "Science in Progress, G. A. Baitsell, editor" "Sternig, John" 1954 8 342 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Photoelectric Photometry, Frank Bradshaw Wood, editor" "Smith, Harlan J." 1954 8 343 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1954 8 343 Books and the Sky "High-Altitude Rocket Research, Homer E. Newell, Jr." 1954 8 343 Books and the Sky Book Review "Whipple, Fred L." 1954 8 343 Books and the Sky "The True Book about the Stars, H. P. Wilkins" 1954 8 347 Gleanings for ATMs Field of View and Image Size "Cox, Robert E." 1954 8 349 Gleanings for ATMs A Homemade Slit Source 1954 8 349 Gleanings for ATMs A Home-made Slit Source "McKinnon, N. K." 1954 8 351 Gleanings for ATMs The Hillyer Telescope 1954 8 353 Observer's Page A Naked-Eye Method for Finding Venus by Day "Miller Jr., Franklyn" 1954 8 355 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 8 357 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 8 357 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 8 357 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 9 361 Front-Cover Photo An Amateur's eclipse photograph 1954 9 363 Letters Letter "Becker, W." 1954 9 363 Letters Letter "Sykes, Glenton G." 1954 9 363 Letters Letter "Ward, Clark Raymond" 1954 9 364 Feature Eclipse Photograph Competition 1954 9 367 News Notes Partial Eclipse at 21 Centimeters 1954 9 368 Feature Mira Ceti "Struve, Otto" 1954 9 371 News Notes Practical Solar Furnace 1954 9 371 News Notes Six Comets and Two Novae 1954 9 371 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 9 371 News Notes A Photometric Catalogue of Double Stars 1954 9 371 News Notes Age of the Universe 1954 9 371 News Notes Clusters Confirm Spiral Arms 1954 9 372 American Astronomers Report New Solar Spectrograph 1954 9 372 American Astronomers Report Interpretation of Martian Features 1954 9 373 American Astronomers Report Maintenance of the Zodiacal Light 1954 9 373 American Astronomers Report Five Years of Minor Planet Observations 1954 9 373 American Astronomers Report Radio Observations of Diffuse Nebulae 1954 9 374 Feature Eclipse Reports at Madison 1954 9 377 Feature Notes on the Eclipse 1954 9 379 Sky and Teacher Books for Amateurs "Scholz, Grace C." 1954 9 380 Amateur Astronomers St. Paul Eclipse Invitation "English, Mrs. R. E." 1954 9 380 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Region Meets at Portland "Kobs, Margaret Edgar" 1954 9 380 Amateur Astronomers Eclipse Projects in the Twin Cities "English, Mrs. R. E." 1954 9 381 Amateur Astronomers Madison Convention "Anderer, Joseph A." 1954 9 381 Amateur Astronomers North Central Officers 1954 9 381 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 9 381 Amateur Astronomers Nox ex Die -- Children Admitted Free 1954 9 385 Books and the Sky "The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air, M. Minnaert" 1954 9 389 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- IX "Brown, Earle B." 1954 9 393 Gleanings for ATMs A Well-built f/11 Reflector "Wonsowicz, John" 1954 9 396 Observer's Page Double Stars in a 3-inch Refractor "Peterson, Harold H." 1954 9 397 Observer's Page Visual Size of the Andromeda Nebula 1954 9 398 Observer's Page Venus-Moon Conjunction 1954 9 398 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 9 398 Observer's Page Finding Venus by Day with the Naked Eye 1954 9 398 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1954 9 400 News Notes Diurnal Variations of Ozonosphere Temperature 1954 9 400 Observer's Page A Handy Star Box "Calder, William A." 1954 9 401 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 9 401 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 9 401 Observer's Page Appulse of Mars to a Bright Star 1954 10 405 Front-Cover Photo Harvard's 25-foot radio telescope 1954 10 407 Feature International Astronomical Union Meetings "Nassau, Jason J." 1954 10 408 Feature Radio Studies of Interstellar Hydrogen "Bok, Bart J." 1954 10 411 Feature Picture Dark nebula in southern Milky Way 1954 10 413 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 10 413 Amateur Astronomers Course Schedule of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium 1954 10 413 Amateur Astronomers Cleveland Star Parties' 25th Anniversary 1954 10 413 Amateur Astronomers A New Planetarium in the Ozarks "Maag, Russell C." 1954 10 414 Amateur Astronomers New York Society's Program 1954 10 414 Amateur Astronomers Whittier Astrophysics Society 1954 10 414 Astronomical Scrapbook Astronomical Murders and Misadventures "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1954 10 415 Feature Cosmic Dust "Struve, Otto" 1954 10 419 Feature Notes on the Eclipse II 1954 10 423 American Astronomers Report Distances of Galaxies 1954 10 423 American Astronomers Report Rice-grain Observations from High-altitude Balloons 1954 10 423 American Astronomers Report Solar Magnetic Fields 1954 10 424 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1954 10 426 American Astronomers Report Star Cluster NGC 2264 1954 10 426 American Astronomers Report Red Stars at the Center of the Galaxy 1954 10 427 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 10 427 News Notes "Olivier, C. P., Retires" 1954 10 427 News Notes International Nautical Mile Adopted 1954 10 427 News Notes Radio Sextant 1954 10 427 News Notes Textbook Variable 1954 10 427 News Notes Television Astronomy 1954 10 430 Books and the Sky Optical Image Evaluation "Brown, Earle B." 1954 10 433 Gleanings for ATMs A Telescope Drive with a Right-Ascension Circle "Gingerich, Owen" 1954 10 439 Observer's Page Finding Venus by Day 1954 10 439 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1954 10 439 Observer's Page Notes on Observing Venus in the Daytime "Howell, W. R." 1954 10 441 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 10 441 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 10 442 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 10 442 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Poulkovo Observatory -- 1955 1954 11 3 Letters Letter "Vyssotsky, Alexander N." 1954 11 3 Letters Letter "Adel, Arthur" 1954 11 3 Letters Letter "Gerend, M. S." 1954 11 3 Letters Letter "Peterson, Harold H." 1954 11 4 Feature The Dedication of the New Poulkovo Observatory "Brouwer, Dirk" "Nassau, Jason J." 1954 11 7 Feature Early Daughters of Urania "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1954 11 9 Sky and Teacher Books for Amateurs "Scholz, Grace C." 1954 11 10 Feature Picture "Region of the Veil nebula in Cygnus, 17:January, center. Rosette nebula in Monoceros" 1954 11 11 Feature The Interaction Between Stars and Nebulae "Struve, Otto" 1954 11 14 News Notes Recession from Orion 1954 11 14 News Notes "Red, White, and Blue Sun-trackers" 1954 11 14 News Notes Indian Solar Cooker 1954 11 14 News Notes "Mineur, Henri, Dies" 1954 11 14 News Notes News of Comets 1954 11 14 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 11 14 News Notes Astronomers to Meet at Berkeley 1954 11 15 Feature The Mouse 1954 11 16 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "South Bend, Indiana" "Lovell, Bruce A." 1954 11 16 Amateur Astronomers The Mid-States Convention of the Astronomical League "Friton, Edwin E." 1954 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Bakersfield, California" "Schmidt, Gary W." 1954 11 17 Amateur Astronomers A New Observatory at Reno "Moore Jr., Benjamin O." 1954 11 17 Amateur Astronomers New Colorado Society "Onstott, E. D." 1954 11 17 Amateur Astronomers Between Macrocosm and Microcosm (poem) "Alterman, Miriam S." 1954 11 18 Feature Stellafane Convention -- 1954 1954 11 20 American Astronomers Report Brightness of Pluto 1954 11 20 American Astronomers Report Auroral Excitation 1954 11 20 American Astronomers Report H2O Clouds on Venus? 1954 11 20 American Astronomers Report Photoelectric Observations of Occultations 1954 11 21 American Astronomers Report P Cygni-type Stars 1954 11 21 American Astronomers Report Distribution of Brightness in Galaxies 1954 11 21 American Astronomers Report Evolution of a Star Cluster 1954 11 21 American Astronomers Report Yellow Coronal Line 1954 11 22 American Astronomers Report Radio Map of the Milky Way 1954 11 25 Books and the Sky "George Davidson, Pioneer West Coast Scientist, Oscar Lewis" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 11 29 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- X "Brown, Earle B." 1954 11 32 Gleanings for ATMs A 12-inch Reflector "Olson, C. A." 1954 11 33 Observer's Page Configurations of Three Planets Before Sunrise "Stevens, Paul W." 1954 11 35 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1954 11 35 Observer's Page Path of Vesta "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 11 36 Observer's Page Light Grasp of Reflecting Telescopes "Erpenstein, O. M." 1954 11 37 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 11 42 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 11 42 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1954 12 45 Front-Cover Photo Mount Wilson Observatory 1954 12 47 News Notes Fifty Years at Mount Wilson 1954 12 48 Feature Principles of the Rocket Engine "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1954 12 51 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1954 12 51 News Notes New Sites for Harvard Meteor Cameras 1954 12 51 News Notes Radio Star Distances 1954 12 51 News Notes After 50 Years 1954 12 51 News Notes "Satellite Scare"""" Unfounded" 1954 12 52 Feature The Clouds of Magellan "Struve, Otto" 1954 12 57 Feature Box: A New Console for the Hayden Planetarium 1954 12 57 News Notes Vulnerability of Artificial Satellites 1954 12 57 News Notes Astronomers Wanted 1954 12 58 Astronomical Scrapbook The Faintest Stars Visible "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1954 12 59 Feature The Luminous Shock Tube -- A Tool for Experimental Astrophysics "Aller, Lawrence H." 1954 12 61 News Notes Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium Dedication 1954 12 62 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet in Rhode Island "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1954 12 63 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateur Astronomers -- Sixth Annual Convention of 1954 12 63 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1954 12 63 Amateur Astronomers Sixth Annual Convention of Western Amateur Astronomers "Leonard, Arthur S." 1954 12 64 Letters Letter "Darsenius, Gunnar" 1954 12 64 Letters Letter "Thomas, David F." 1954 12 65 Books and the Sky "A Brief Text in Astronomy, William T. Skilling and Robert S. Richardson" "Guthrie, David Vance" 1954 12 67 Books and the Sky "A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity, 1900-1926, Sir Edmund Whittaker" "Gingerich, Owen" 1954 12 71 Gleanings for ATMs A 6-inch F/10 Springfield Reflector "Knab, Oscar R." 1954 12 72 Gleanings for ATMs News from Belgium "de Meyer, Harry" 1954 12 75 Gleanings for ATMs A Hint for Telescope Users "Goodwin, Frank L." 1954 12 78 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1954 12 79 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1954 12 79 Observer's Page Finding Venus by Day 1954 12 79 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1954 12 81 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 1 85 Front-Cover Photo Morrison Planetarium projection orrery 1955 1 87 Feature Travel Plans to a Seven-Minute Eclipse 1955 1 88 Feature Applications of the Rocket Engine "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1955 1 91 News Notes Giant Radio Telescope for Australia 1955 1 92 Feature Picture "AE Aurigae bright nebula, IC 405" 1955 1 93 Feature Motions in Gaseous Nebulae "Struve, Otto" 1955 1 96 Feature A Provisional List of the Major Meteor Showers "Millman, Peter M." 1955 1 97 Feature Two Projection Devices for the Morrison Planetarium "Salanave, Leon E." 1955 1 100 Sky and Teacher Books for Amateurs "Scholz, Grace C." 1955 1 101 News Notes Polish Astronomer Dies 1955 1 101 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 1 101 News Notes Nova Herculis as an Eclipsing Binary 1955 1 101 News Notes Martian Observations from a Balloon 1955 1 101 News Notes "Astronautics""""" 1955 1 101 News Notes "Star Falls on Alabama""""" 1955 1 103 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 1 103 Amateur Astronomers Third Anniversary Report "Crowley, L. D." 1955 1 103 Amateur Astronomers Seattle Convention Notes "Karle, James H." 1955 1 105 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1955 1955 1 109 Books and the Sky "Die Sterne Duerfet Ihr Verschwenden, Helmut Werner" "Shatzel, Albert V." 1955 1 110 Books and the Sky "The Navigator's Pocket Almanac -- 1955, Paul E. Wylie" "Wright, Frances W." 1955 1 112 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XI "Brown, Earle B." 1955 1 115 Gleanings for ATMs A Focusing Eyepiece "Schoenig, Leo N." 1955 1 115 Gleanings for ATMs A Focusing Eyepiece Holder 1955 1 118 Observer's Page The Lunar Appulse of January 8th "Stevens, Paul W." 1955 1 118 Observer's Page Double Star 45 Geminorum "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 1 119 Observer's Page Finding Venus by Day 1955 1 121 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 1 121 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 1 121 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 1 121 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 1 126 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 2 129 Front-Cover Photo Doreddie Observatory 1955 2 131 News Notes The Pole of Rotation of Venus 1955 2 132 Feature Basic Observing Programs and the Future "Irwin, John B." 1955 2 136 News Notes Mass of Saturn 1955 2 136 News Notes Hydrogen Absorption at 21 Centimeters 1955 2 136 News Notes Large Telescope for Japan 1955 2 136 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 2 136 News Notes Real Radio Stars? 1955 2 136 News Notes 500 Tons of Meteorites 1955 2 136 News Notes Change of Directors at Lowell Observatory 1955 2 137 Feature Life on Other Worlds "Struve, Otto" 1955 2 140 Astronomical Scrapbook Schruter's Observations of Mars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 2 141 Amateur Astronomers Western Convention Plans "Killick, Victor W." 1955 2 141 Amateur Astronomers Roanoke Society Formed "Wickes, Harry E." 1955 2 141 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 2 141 Amateur Astronomers "Newburgh, New York, and Amateur ""Radio Astronomy""" "Sanford, John" 1955 2 141 Amateur Astronomers Richmond Juniors Organized "Stith, J. S." 1955 2 141 Amateur Astronomers "Albany, New York" "Lifshin, Eric" 1955 2 141 Amateur Astronomers Miami Public Observing "Smith Jr., Arthur" 1955 2 142 Feature "The Long Eclipse -- June 20, 1955" 1955 2 144 Feature Martian Phenomena Suggesting Volcanic Activity "Saheki, Tsuneo" 1955 2 147 Feature Adventuring in the Virgo Cloud "Copeland, Leland S." 1955 2 150 Feature Picture Coma-Virgo region 1955 2 154 Books and the Sky "Space Travel, Kenneth W. Gatland and Anthony M. Kunesch" "Wagman, N. E." 1955 2 155 Books and the Sky "Nebuleuses Galactiques et Matiere Interstellaire, Jean Dufay" "Munch, Guido" 1955 2 158 Gleanings for ATMs The Doreddie Observatory "Onstott, E. D." 1955 2 160 Gleanings for ATMs A Clock-driven Portable Refractor "Foltz, Richard" 1955 2 165 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 2 165 Observer's Page Daylight Observations of Planets and Stars "Acfield, Frank J." 1955 2 167 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 2 167 Observer's Page Occultation of a Star by Venus 1955 2 167 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 2 169 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 3 173 Front-Cover Photo "Slit and elevator, Lick 120-inch telescope dome" 1955 3 175 Feature A Trip to Mt. Hamilton "F., C. A." 1955 3 176 Feature The Lick 120-inch Reflector 1955 3 178 Feature Lick Observatory 120-inch Album "Chappell, J. F." "Baustian, W. W." 1955 3 186 Feature Some Photoelectric Problems "Struve, Otto" 1955 3 189 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 3 189 Amateur Astronomers Well-known Eastern Amateur Astronomer Dies "Mayall, Margaret Walton" 1955 3 190 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1955 3 190 Sky and Teacher Books for Amateurs "Scholz, Grace C." 1955 3 190 Sky and Teacher Support for Research "Schauer, Charles H." 1955 3 191 News Notes Two Gold Medal Awards 1955 3 191 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 3 191 News Notes Neutral Hydrogen and Elliptical Galaxies 1955 3 191 News Notes Astronomers to Meet at Princeton 1955 3 191 News Notes Atmospheric Lunar Tides 1955 3 191 News Notes Another Meteorite Find 1955 3 191 News Notes Expanding Universe Data 1955 3 192 News Notes Asteroid Photometry 1955 3 193 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics: Nuclear Transformations, Stellar Interiors, and Nebulae, Lawrence H. Aller" "Keenan, Philip C. [P.C.]" 1955 3 194 Books and the Sky "Sir Isaac Newton, E. N. da C. Andrade" "Paterson, E. Russell" 1955 3 199 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XII "Brown, Earle B." 1955 3 202 Gleanings for ATMs A Hint for Telescope Users "Goodwin, Frank L." 1955 3 203 Gleanings for ATMs Experiences of a 13-year-old Telescope Maker "Evans, John" 1955 3 206 Observer's Page Observed Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 3 206 Observer's Page Observing Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites 1955 3 207 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 3 207 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 3 209 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 3 211 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 3 211 Observer's Page Photographing an Asteroid "Downs Jr., J. B." 1955 4 217 Front-Cover Photo A Lunar observer and his telescope 1955 4 219 News Notes Notes on the Eclipse II 1955 4 220 Feature Picture "Moon, region of Plato" 1955 4 221 Feature Three Riddles of Plato "Carle, Jackson T." 1955 4 223 Letters Letter "Gilmore, Arthur L." 1955 4 223 Letters Letter "Michahelles, Ernesto" 1955 4 224 Feature Some Astronomical Applications of Image Converters "Struve, Otto" 1955 4 227 News Notes National Academy To Meet 1955 4 228 Feature Lick Observatory 120-inch Album "Chappell, J. F." "Baustian, W. W." 1955 4 236 Astronomical Scrapbook The Sadler-Smyth Scandal "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 4 236 News Notes Stars with Emission-Line Spectra 1955 4 237 Feature The Meaning of Betelgeuse "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1955 4 237 News Notes Ring of Electricity Around the Earth? 1955 4 238 News Notes Velocity of Light 1955 4 238 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 4 238 News Notes Astronomical Methods in Geodesy 1955 4 238 News Notes Diplomat-Astronomer Dies 1955 4 238 News Notes Fireball over Alberta 1955 4 239 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 4 239 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Regional Convention "Holton, Chandler H." 1955 4 239 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Regional Convention "Close Jr., Stephen W." 1955 4 239 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateurs Move Headquarters 1955 4 239 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Spring Meeting "Mayall, Margaret Walton" 1955 4 239 Amateur Astronomers April Regional Conventions 1955 4 239 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Activities in Philadelphia 1955 4 241 Books and the Sky "Time Counts, Harold Watkins" 1955 4 242 Books and the Sky "Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, P. Th. Oosterhoff, editor" 1955 4 242 Books and the Sky "The Microphysical World, William Wilson" 1955 4 242 Books and the Sky Book Review "Sternig, John" 1955 4 246 Gleanings for ATMs A Second Telescope "Black, W. Marshall" 1955 4 247 Gleanings for ATMs A Hint for Telescope Users "Goodwin, Frank L." 1955 4 249 Gleanings for ATMs A Substitute for Crosshairs "Hall, Gordon" 1955 4 249 Gleanings for ATMs Come Michaelmas (poem) "Thompson, Allyn J." 1955 4 251 Books and the Sky Book Review "Davis, Morris S." 1955 4 251 Observer's Page A Conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus "Stevens, Paul W." 1955 4 252 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 4 252 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 4 252 Observer's Page Sunspot Cycle Notes "Bondy, Harry L." 1955 4 253 Observer's Page Comet Baade 1955 4 254 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 4 254 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 4 254 Observer's Page A Reported Lunar Change 1955 4 254 Observer's Page Visual Magnitudes of Some Messier Objects "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 4 257 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 4 257 Observer's Page Lunar Appulse Observed "Bieda Jr., Stephen W." 1955 5 261 Front-Cover Photo World's second largest reflector 1955 5 263 News Notes More Eclipse Notes 1955 5 264 Feature Counting Photons -- One by One "Baum, William A." 1955 5 267 Feature A 60-foot Radio Telescope for Harvard Observatory 1955 5 268 Feature Lick Observatory 120-inch Album "Chappell, J. F." "Baustian, W. W." 1955 5 275 Feature The Duplicity of Nova Herculis "Struve, Otto" 1955 5 278 Letters Letter "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1955 5 278 Letters Letter "Adams, Robert M." 1955 5 279 Feature How Long Totality? 1955 5 281 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 5 281 News Notes Lost Satellite Recovered 1955 5 281 News Notes Jesuit Astronomer Dies 1955 5 281 News Notes Origin of Tektites 1955 5 281 News Notes Expanding Hydrogen Regions 1955 5 281 News Notes Caltech's Radio Astronomy Project 1955 5 282 Feature Montevideo Planetarium Inaugurated "Wolff, Nigel O'C." 1955 5 283 Amateur Astronomers Further News About the Seattle Convention 1955 5 283 Amateur Astronomers North Central Convention "Johnsson, Robert G." 1955 5 283 Amateur Astronomers Southwest Region Convention "Brewer, E. M." 1955 5 284 Amateur Astronomers Michigan Society Active "Pumfery, Robert L." 1955 5 284 Amateur Astronomers Juniors in Arkansas "Haralson, John W." 1955 5 284 Amateur Astronomers Beloit Society Conducts Rotary Club Programs "Patterson, Kenneth E." 1955 5 285 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 5 286 Sky and Teacher Teaching Equipment for Introductory Courses "Merrill, John E." 1955 5 288 Books and the Sky "Field Book of the Skies, William T. Olcott" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1955 5 289 Books and the Sky "Erforschung der Struktur und Entwicklung der Sternsysteme, B. W. Kukarkin" "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1955 5 291 Books and the Sky Book Review "Shapley, Harlow" 1955 5 291 Books and the Sky "Relativity for the Layman, James A. Coleman" 1955 5 291 Books and the Sky "All About the Stars, Ann Terry White" 1955 5 291 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1955 5 295 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XIII "Brown, Earle B." 1955 5 297 Gleanings for ATMs Some Aids to Collimating a Newtonian "Thompson, Allyn J." 1955 5 299 Gleanings for ATMs An Ambition Realized "Andrews, E. J." 1955 5 300 Gleanings for ATMs Chicago Society Begins Large Reflector 1955 5 305 Observer's Page Photographs of Orion "Coard, Thomas" 1955 5 305 Observer's Page Jupiter II Transits III "Glenn, William H." 1955 5 305 Observer's Page Photograph of Orion 1955 5 306 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 5 306 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 5 306 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 5 309 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 5 309 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 6 313 Front-Cover Photo Albert Einstein 1955 6 315 News Notes A Merger of Solar Research Activities 1955 6 316 Feature The Founder of Relativity 1955 6 318 Feature Why Should an Astronomer Study Relativity? "McVittie, G. C." 1955 6 321 American Astronomers Report Spiral Structure of the Milky Way 1955 6 321 American Astronomers Report Dwarf Cepheids 1955 6 321 American Astronomers Report Origin of Solar Flares 1955 6 321 American Astronomers Report Orientation of Galaxies 1955 6 322 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1955 6 324 American Astronomers Report Radio Noise from Jupiter 1955 6 325 News Notes Evolutionary Changes in Single Stars? 1955 6 325 News Notes IAU Catalogue of Discrete Radio Sources 1955 6 325 News Notes "Ingalls, Albert G., Retires" 1955 6 325 News Notes Meteors and Geomagnetic Activity 1955 6 325 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 6 326 Feature Globular Clusters and Their History "Struve, Otto" 1955 6 330 Feature Counting Photons -- One by One II "Baum, William A." 1955 6 334 Astronomical Scrapbook Other Satellites of the Earth "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 6 335 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 6 335 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Convention Held in Decatur "Holton, Chandler H." 1955 6 335 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane -- August 20th "Gagan, James W." 1955 6 335 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Regional Convention in Troy "Federer, Helen S." 1955 6 335 Amateur Astronomers Blair Medal Award at Western Convention "Anderson, Carl W." 1955 6 337 Books and the Sky Book Review "Avigliano, D. P." 1955 6 337 Books and the Sky "The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor and Stuart England, E. G. R. Taylor" 1955 6 337 Books and the Sky Book Review "Schofield, Robert E." 1955 6 337 Books and the Sky "Exploring Mars, Robert S. Richardson" 1955 6 338 Books and the Sky "New World Planisphere, Kingsland Camp" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1955 6 344 Gleanings for ATMs An Electric Portable Reflector "Shapiro, Maurice" 1955 6 345 Gleanings for ATMs How Much Does Temperature Rise During Polishing? "Feibelman, Walter A." 1955 6 349 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 6 349 Observer's Page Epsilon Aurigae Begins Two-Year Eclipse 1955 6 350 Observer's Page Mars Occultation "Bieda Jr., Stephen W." 1955 6 350 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 6 351 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 7 357 Front-Cover Photo Blue clearing on Mars 1955 7 359 Feature Boydon Station Research to Continue 1955 7 360 Feature New Findings about Mars "Sinton, William M." 1955 7 364 Feature The Star of Smallest Known Mass "Lippincott, Sarah Lee" 1955 7 366 Feature More on Globular Clusters "Struve, Otto" 1955 7 369 Amateur Astronomers Charlie M. Noble Planetarium Dedicated 1955 7 369 Amateur Astronomers Correspondence Among Great Plains Amateurs "Eagleton, George" 1955 7 369 Amateur Astronomers Akron Society Lapel Pin 1955 7 369 Amateur Astronomers Cranbrook Planetarium 1955 7 369 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 7 370 American Astronomers Report Radio Map of the Winter Sky 1955 7 370 American Astronomers Report 44i Bootis 1955 7 370 American Astronomers Report Photoelectric Mapping of Mars 1955 7 371 American Astronomers Report 200-inch Studies of the Andromeda Nebula 1955 7 372 American Astronomers Report McMath-Hulbert Spectrograph 1955 7 373 American Astronomers Report Composition of Ellipticals 1955 7 373 American Astronomers Report Radio Sources Detected at 3.15 Centimeters 1955 7 374 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 7 374 News Notes Missile Tracking Telescopes 1955 7 374 News Notes Practical Uses for Cosmic Rays 1955 7 374 News Notes Quebec Geological Feature Explored 1955 7 374 News Notes Solar Eclipses Seen from Jupiter 1955 7 375 News Notes U.S. Government Opposes Calendar Reform 1955 7 375 News Notes Comet Abell 1955 7 375 Sky and Teacher Astronomy in the Colleges "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1955 7 377 Books and the Sky "Our American Weather, George H. T. Kimble" 1955 7 377 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ludlum, David M." 1955 7 377 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cragg, Thomas A." 1955 7 377 Books and the Sky "A Guide to the Planets, Patrick Moore" 1955 7 379 Books and the Sky "Physics of the Planet Mars, Gerard de Vaucouleurs" 1955 7 380 Books and the Sky "Climatic Change, Harlow Shapley, editor" "Hanna, G. Dallas" 1955 7 384 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XIV "Brown, Earle B." 1955 7 387 Gleanings for ATMs A 6-year Telescope Making Project 1955 7 387 Gleanings for ATMs A Six-Year Telescope Making Project "Hosken, Franklin" 1955 7 390 Observer's Page An Amateur Photographs the Moon "Collin, Max" 1955 7 393 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 7 393 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 7 393 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 7 393 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 7 394 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 7 394 Observer's Page Magnification for Messier Objects 1955 7 394 Observer's Page Magnifications for Messier Objects "Morrow, Michael J." 1955 7 397 Feature Picture Milky Way in Scorpius 1955 8 401 Front-Cover Photo Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium 1955 8 403 News Notes June Eclipse Observers Partly Successful 1955 8 404 Feature Indiana's New Observatory and Planetarium "Crull, Harry E." 1955 8 406 News Notes Suspected Supernova Found in Bootes 1955 8 406 News Notes Brightness and Color of Mars 1955 8 407 Feature The Remarkable Variable AI Velorum "Struve, Otto" 1955 8 409 News Notes High-Altitude Research Stations 1955 8 410 Amateur Astronomers Three Regional Conventions Held in May and June 1955 8 410 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet in Pittsburgh "Mayall, R. Newton" 1955 8 410 Amateur Astronomers Southwest Region Convention "Brewer, E. M." 1955 8 410 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States Region Convention "Kinsey, Laura" 1955 8 410 Amateur Astronomers Highlights of Yosemite 1955 8 410 Amateur Astronomers North Central Region Convention "Anderer, Joseph A." 1955 8 411 Amateur Astronomers Convention at Louisville "Johnson, Wilbur D." 1955 8 411 Amateur Astronomers Sizes of Telescopes among Chicago Amateurs 1955 8 411 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Makers To Gather in Vermont "Gagan, James W." 1955 8 411 Amateur Astronomers "Thompson, Allyn J., Dies" 1955 8 412 American Astronomers Report Alpha Capricornid Meteors 1955 8 412 American Astronomers Report Variable Rotation of the Earth 1955 8 412 American Astronomers Report Ultraviolet Solar Spectrum 1955 8 413 American Astronomers Report Rho Ophiuchi Dark Nebula 1955 8 413 American Astronomers Report Fragmentation of Meteors 1955 8 413 American Astronomers Report Magellanic Cloud Distances 1955 8 414 American Astronomers Report Observations of Planetaries 1955 8 415 Feature Experiments Concerning Lunar Formations "Ruud, Ingolf" 1955 8 417 Feature Picture "Moon at last quarter, southern part" 1955 8 418 News Notes 25th Anniversary at the Adler Planetarium 1955 8 418 News Notes Flower and Cook Observatory 1955 8 418 News Notes French Solar Furnace 1955 8 418 News Notes Symposium on Applied Solar Energy 1955 8 418 News Notes Ill Wind at Meteor Crater 1955 8 418 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 8 418 News Notes Observatory-Planetarium for New Zealand 1955 8 419 Amateur Astronomers Chicago Societies Merge 1955 8 419 Astronomical Scrapbook The Shadow of an Astronomer "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 8 419 News Notes Magnetic Field of Venus 1955 8 420 Books and the Sky "Meteor Astronomy, A. C. B. Lovell" "Millman, Peter M." 1955 8 421 Books and the Sky "Physical Meteorology, John C. Johnson" 1955 8 421 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brooks, Edward M." 1955 8 421 Books and the Sky Book Review "Fleischer, Robert" 1955 8 423 Books and the Sky "Sun, Myths and Men, Patrick Moore" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1955 8 427 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple German Mounting "Pfleumer, Hans" 1955 8 428 Gleanings for ATMs New Orleans Refractor "Wilson, James R." 1955 8 429 Gleanings for ATMs Gear Combination for Drives 1955 8 429 Gleanings for ATMs Gear Combinations for Drives "Sweger, Paul B." 1955 8 432 Observer's Page A Simple Magnitude-measuring Experiment "Secretan, Luc" 1955 8 433 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 8 435 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 8 435 Observer's Page Superseeing in May? "Richardson Jr., R. R." 1955 8 436 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 8 436 Observer's Page The New Comet Mrkos 1955 8 439 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 8 439 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 9 445 Front-Cover Photo Seattle junior and telescope 1955 9 447 News Notes Comet 1955f 1955 9 449 Feature Eclipse in the Philippines 1955 9 452 Feature Eclipse in Ceylon "Chamberlain, Joseph M." "Gingerich, Owen" 1955 9 456 Feature Amateurs Convene at Seattle "F., C. A." 1955 9 459 News Notes Rotation of Neptune 1955 9 459 Sky and Teacher College Programs for Astronomy Majors "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1955 9 460 News Notes Prehistoric Drawings of a Supernova? 1955 9 460 News Notes "Pettit, Edison, Retires" 1955 9 460 News Notes Solar Radio Telescope 1955 9 460 News Notes The Lunar Atmosphere 1955 9 460 News Notes Unification of Almanacs 1955 9 460 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 9 460 News Notes Canada's First Observatory 1955 9 461 Feature Some Unusual Short-period Variables "Struve, Otto" 1955 9 463 Amateur Astronomers A Purposeful Quiz 1955 9 463 Amateur Astronomers Further Great Plains Amateur Correspondence "Eagleton, George" 1955 9 463 Amateur Astronomers Peoria Academy of Science Observatory 1955 9 464 Amateur Astronomers Columbus Amateurs "Gann, M. Jane" 1955 9 465 Amateur Astronomers Denver Convention 1955 9 465 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 9 465 Amateur Astronomers Denver Conference "Van Nattan, William R." 1955 9 466 News Notes Meteoritical Society 1955 9 466 News Notes New Assistant Director 1955 9 466 News Notes Future Long Eclipses 1955 9 467 Books and the Sky "The Crime of Galileo, Giorgio de Santillana" 1955 9 467 Books and the Sky "Rocket Exploration of the Upper Atmosphere, R. L. F. Boyd and M. J. Seaton" 1955 9 467 Books and the Sky Book Review "Zirin, Harold" 1955 9 467 Books and the Sky Book Review "Roach, Franklin E." 1955 9 470 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Astronomy, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin" "Schiffmann, Mary W." 1955 9 473 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XV "Brown, Earle B." 1955 9 474 Gleanings for ATMs Junior Telescope Kits "Myers, Frank A." 1955 9 475 Gleanings for ATMs Traveling Club Telescope "Wilson, James L." 1955 9 476 Gleanings for ATMs A Surveyor's Transit You Can Build "Ruiz, John J." 1955 9 480 Observer's Page Photographing Comet Mrkos "Fink, Richard R." "Konig, William G." 1955 9 481 Observer's Page Comet Mrkos(1955e) 1955 9 484 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 9 484 Observer's Page Fireball Observation "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1955 9 485 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 9 485 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 9 485 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 9 485 Observer's Page Modern Constellations (poem) "Stephanides, T." 1955 10 489 Front-Cover Photo Ireland's Dunsink Observatory 1955 10 491 News Notes Dunsink Observatory -- Then and Now 1955 10 492 Feature The International Astronomical Union "Struve, Otto" 1955 10 495 News Notes Improved Lunar Ephemeris 1955 10 496 Feature A Model of the Solar Neighborhood "Whitford, A. E." "Slowey, J. W." 1955 10 498 Feature Stars Nearer than Five Parsecs "Kamp, Peter van de" 1955 10 499 News Notes "Cilley, Morgan, Dies" 1955 10 499 News Notes Artificial Satellite in 1957-58 1955 10 500 Feature Crimean Astrophysical Observatory "Severny, A. B." 1955 10 501 Astronomical Scrapbook The Comets of the Chevalier d'Angos "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 10 502 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 10 502 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane in 1955 1955 10 502 Amateur Astronomers "Heines, Neal J." 1955 10 502 Amateur Astronomers A Public Planetarium for St. Louis 1955 10 503 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 10 503 News Notes The Speed of Light 1955 10 503 News Notes The 25 Largest Sunspots 1955 10 503 News Notes Palomar Sky Atlas 1955 10 503 News Notes Planetarium Conference 1955 10 505 Books and the Sky "The Viking Rocket Story, Milton W. Rosen" "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1955 10 506 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cox, Robert E." 1955 10 509 Books and the Sky "Vocational and Professional Monographs: Astronomy, Freeman D. Miller" 1955 10 509 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1955 10 512 Gleanings for ATMs An Experience with the Dall Null Test "Warkoczewski, S. J." 1955 10 515 Gleanings for ATMs Eyepiece Storage "Williams, J. M." 1955 10 516 Gleanings for ATMs Grooving Pitch Laps "Olson, C. A." 1955 10 516 Gleanings for ATMs Telescope Maker Uses Instrument at Schools "Barnwell, A. I." 1955 10 518 Observer's Page Colongitude -- An Aid to Lunar Observers "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 10 518 Observer's Page A Drawing of the Lunar Straight Wall "Capen, Charles F." 1955 10 519 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 10 519 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 10 520 Observer's Page Comet Honda 1955 10 520 Observer's Page Lady in the Moon "Freeland, B. H." 1955 10 523 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 10 523 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 10 526 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Bernhard Schmidt in his workshop 1955 11 3 News Notes Lunar Mountain Heights "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 11 4 Feature From the Life of Bernhard Schmidt "Wachmann, A. A." 1955 11 6 Feature Picture The North America Nebula in Cygnus 1955 11 10 Feature The New Schmidt Telescope of the Hamburg Observatory "Heckmann, O." 1955 11 13 News Notes "Wood, R. W., Dies" 1955 11 13 News Notes Stars Not Visible from Long Shafts in Daytime 1955 11 13 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 11 13 News Notes ONR Research Grants 1955 11 13 News Notes Isaac Newton Trees 1955 11 13 News Notes New Astronomer Royal 1955 11 13 News Notes Astronomer Composers 1955 11 13 News Notes "Christie, William H., Dies" 1955 11 14 Feature World Astronauts Meet in Denmark "Ordway III, Frederick I." "Canney Jr., Heyward E." 1955 11 16 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs Yosemite Convention Successful "Milner, Harold W." 1955 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "The Astronomical League""""" 1955 11 16 Amateur Astronomers Florida Convention 1955 11 16 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Pruett, J. Hugh, Dies" 1955 11 16 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateur Classes 1955 11 17 Feature Axial Rotation and Stellar Evolution "Struve, Otto" 1955 11 20 Sky and Teacher Getting to Be An Astronomer "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1955 11 21 Feature Jodrell Bank Symposium on Radio Astronomy "Bok, Bart J." 1955 11 29 Books and the Sky "The Earth as a Planet, Gerard P. Kuiper, editor" "Pinson Jr., William H." "Rostoker, David" 1955 11 35 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XVI "Brown, Earle B." 1955 11 38 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Dall-Kirkham Telescope "Darnell, P." 1955 11 39 Gleanings for ATMs Spring Power for Drives "Sweger, Paul B." 1955 11 43 Observer's Page Cometary and Other Observations 1955 11 43 Observer's Page Photographing the Moon "Bassow, Herb" 1955 11 44 Observer's Page Photoelectric Magnitudes of Pleiades Stars "Ruiz, John J." 1955 11 44 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1955 11 45 Observer's Page Flares on the Moon? "Lambert, W. C." 1955 11 45 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1955 11 49 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 11 49 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 11 49 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1955 11 50 Observer's Page "13 Vulpeculae, A New Double Star" 1955 11 50 Observer's Page Saturn Photographs "Botham, John R." 1955 12 53 Front-Cover Photo Commission 37 in session 1955 12 55 Feature The Well-Informed Amateur 1955 12 56 Feature Report from Dublin "Edmondson, Frank K." 1955 12 61 Feature Observatory in Patagonia "Wallbrecher, Comdr. Guillermo O." 1955 12 62 Astronomical Scrapbook Lohrmann's Atlas of the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 12 63 Feature Cosmic Ray Conference in Mexico "Hulst, H. C. van de" 1955 12 64 Feature The Evolution of Close Binary Stars "Struve, Otto" 1955 12 68 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Hold 44th Fall Meeting "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1955 12 68 Amateur Astronomers Rocky Mountain Conference "Steinmetz, Ken" 1955 12 69 Amateur Astronomers Ohio Observatory Reopened "Bridgeman, Keene A." 1955 12 69 Amateur Astronomers "Dayton, Ohio" 1955 12 69 Amateur Astronomers Joint Regional Convention in Louisville "Fazekas, Elizabeth" 1955 12 69 Amateur Astronomers "Miami, Florida" 1955 12 69 Amateur Astronomers "Memphis, Tennessee" 1955 12 69 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1955 12 71 Feature Progress at Herstmonceux 1955 12 73 News Notes Section D To Meet in Atlanta 1955 12 73 News Notes College Lectures in New York Planetarium 1955 12 74 News Notes Supernovae and the Red Shift 1955 12 74 News Notes Variable Stars in Globular Clusters 1955 12 74 News Notes Watching the Earth Rotate 1955 12 74 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1955 12 74 News Notes Wisconsin Solar Energy Project 1955 12 75 Feature Some Notes from the IAU Meeting 1955 12 76 Feature Picture "Halley's comet, the head of" 1955 12 79 News Notes Asteroid Strattonia 1955 12 81 Books and the Sky "Optical Workshop Principles, Charles Dava" "Cave Jr., Thomas R." 1955 12 82 Books and the Sky "Binoculars, Telescopes and Telescopic Sights, Truman Henson" "Brown, Earle B." 1955 12 86 Gleanings for ATMs A 6-inch Newtonian with Hydraulic Drive "Stevens, B. A." 1955 12 90 Gleanings for ATMs An Objective Prism for a Small Telescope "Wright, G. R." 1955 12 94 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 12 94 Observer's Page Some Amateur Photographs of Perseid Meteors "Povenmire, Harold R." 1955 12 95 Observer's Page Map of the Moon 1955 12 96 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1955 12 96 Observer's Page The Differential Method of Using Setting Circles "Doty, Wilson" 1955 12 99 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1955 12 99 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 1 105 Front-Cover Photo Armagh Observatory 1956 1 107 News Notes A New American Observatory 1956 1 108 Feature The Origin of the Moon's Surface Features -- I "Urey, Harold C." 1956 1 111 News Notes "Delporte, Eugene" 1956 1 112 American Astronomers Report The Artificial Satellite 1956 1 112 American Astronomers Report Interstellar Grain Formation 1956 1 113 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1956 1 114 American Astronomers Report Contour Maps of the Corona 1956 1 114 American Astronomers Report K Stars at Declination -45o. 1956 1 114 American Astronomers Report Distance of the Radio Source in Sagittarius 1956 1 115 Feature Interstellar Matter "Struve, Otto" 1956 1 118 Feature Further Notes from the IAU Meeting 1956 1 121 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 1 121 News Notes Meteor Photography on Recording Paper 1956 1 121 News Notes The Rotation of Pluto 1956 1 121 News Notes "Radio Waves 8,000 Miles Up" 1956 1 121 News Notes Air Force Academy To Have Planetarium 1956 1 122 Sky and Teacher The First Course in Astronomy "Alter, Dinsmore" 1956 1 123 Amateur Astronomers "Denver, Colorado" 1956 1 123 Amateur Astronomers "Farmingdale, Long Island, New York" 1956 1 123 Amateur Astronomers "Burlington, Vermont" 1956 1 123 Amateur Astronomers "Palo Alto, California" 1956 1 123 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 1 125 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1956 1956 1 129 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bates, Ralph S." 1956 1 129 Books and the Sky "William Herschel, J. B. Sidgwick" 1956 1 129 Books and the Sky "Our Moon, H. Percy Wilkins" 1956 1 129 Books and the Sky "The Golden Book of Astronomy, Rose Wyler and Gerald Ames" 1956 1 129 Books and the Sky Book Review "Olivier, Charles P." 1956 1 133 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XVII "Brown, Earle B." 1956 1 136 Gleanings for ATMs A Scale for Measuring Paraboloidal Correction "Masson, Kelvin" 1956 1 140 Observer's Page Astrophotography for the Amateur -- I "Pfleumer, Hans" 1956 1 144 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 1 144 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 1 144 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 1 145 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 1 145 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 2 149 Front-Cover Photo Solar chromosphere photographs 1956 2 151 News Notes Astronavigation in the Air 1956 2 152 Feature Problems of the Solar Chromosphere 1956 2 155 News Notes Model of an Artificial Satellite Displayed 1956 2 156 Feature The Annular Eclipse of December 14th 1956 2 158 News Notes Optical Meetings 1956 2 158 News Notes Zeiss Planetariums Today 1956 2 159 News Notes More Satellites? 1956 2 159 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 2 159 News Notes Night-Sky Spectrum of Venus 1956 2 159 News Notes Diameter of Pluto 1956 2 159 News Notes Expanding Universe Data 1956 2 159 News Notes Galaxies in Collision 1956 2 159 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meeting 1956 2 160 Feature Picture "Moon as a waxing crescent, southern portion" 1956 2 161 Feature The Origin of the Moon's Surface Features -- II "Urey, Harold C." 1956 2 163 Feature A New Southern Hemisphere Observatory "Oort, J. H." 1956 2 164 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 2 164 Amateur Astronomers Schenectady Observatory Project Progresses 1956 2 164 Amateur Astronomers "Newark, Ohio" 1956 2 164 Amateur Astronomers An Astronomical Gift from Industry 1956 2 164 Amateur Astronomers "Danville, Ill." 1956 2 164 Amateur Astronomers Great Lakes Region 1956 2 164 Amateur Astronomers Great Plains Societies "Eagleton, George" 1956 2 164 Amateur Astronomers Miami League Convention 1956 2 165 Feature Old and Young Star Clusters "Struve, Otto" 1956 2 168 Feature Box: A Further Note on Image Tubes "Struve, Otto" 1956 2 169 Astronomical Scrapbook The Case of the Lost Trans-Neptunian Planet "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 2 170 American Astronomers Report Thousands of Suspected Globules 1956 2 170 American Astronomers Report High-Dispersion Prominence and Coronal Spectra 1956 2 170 American Astronomers Report Hydrogen-Line Broadening in Stellar Spectra 1956 2 170 American Astronomers Report Meteors and Rainfall 1956 2 173 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy, J. L. Pawsey and R. N. Bracewell" "Newman, Philip" 1956 2 174 Books and the Sky "Solar Energy Research, Farrington Daniels and John A. Duffle, editors" "Wolbach, John G." 1956 2 181 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable 12-inch "Jones, Robert T." 1956 2 181 Gleanings for ATMs A Grinding Machine and Some Telescopes 1956 2 183 Gleanings for ATMs Tube Ventilation by Suction "Waale, Hans C." 1956 2 184 Gleanings for ATMs Twin Telescopes in Seattle "Blackie, Guy R." 1956 2 188 Observer's Page Astrophotography for the Amateur -- II "Pfleumer, Hans" 1956 2 189 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 2 190 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 2 190 Observer's Page Locating Vesta 1956 2 191 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 2 194 Observer's Page Geminid Observations "Westfall, John E." 1956 3 197 Front-Cover Photo Twin 12 1/2-inch portables 1956 3 199 News Notes Plans for a Large Radio Telescope 1956 3 200 Feature Picture "Moon as a waxing crescent, southwestern portion" 1956 3 201 Feature Some Lunar Crater Problems "Moore, Patrick" 1956 3 203 Feature Amateurs to Observe Satellites 1956 3 204 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 3 204 News Notes Origin of Meteorites 1956 3 204 News Notes Antiproton Discovered 1956 3 204 News Notes Elliptical Galaxies 1956 3 205 News Notes Composite Photographs of the Whirlpool Nebula 1956 3 206 American Astronomers Report A Simple Case of Solar Activity 1956 3 206 American Astronomers Report The Motion of Venus and the Mass of Mercury 1956 3 206 American Astronomers Report Rotation of the Galaxy 1956 3 207 American Astronomers Report Shower Meteor Peculiarities 1956 3 208 American Astronomers Report Two Monoceros Clusters and Interstellar Gas 1956 3 208 American Astronomers Report Pleiades Cluster and Associated Neutral Hydrogen Gas 1956 3 208 News Notes Artificial Satellites for Meteorology 1956 3 209 Feature Wolf-Rayet Stars "Struve, Otto" 1956 3 212 Feature A Tribute to Robert Frost "Proctor, Percy M." 1956 3 213 Sky and Teacher A Workshop in the Teaching of Astronomy -- I "Shaw, R. William" 1956 3 214 Amateur Astronomers "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" 1956 3 214 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium at Franklin and Marshall College "Feather, Howard L." 1956 3 214 Amateur Astronomers Papers Asked for Miami Convention 1956 3 214 Amateur Astronomers The North Canton Planetarium in Ohio 1956 3 215 Amateur Astronomers "Gretna, Louisiana" 1956 3 215 Amateur Astronomers "Houston, Texas" 1956 3 215 Amateur Astronomers "East Cleveland, Ohio" 1956 3 215 Amateur Astronomers A Junior's Telescope "Strom, Stephen E." 1956 3 215 Amateur Astronomers The Frustrated Astronomer (poem) "Teien, Larry" 1956 3 216 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 3 217 Amateur Astronomers "Middlesex County, New Jersey" 1956 3 217 Amateur Astronomers "Corning, N. Y." 1956 3 218 Books and the Sky "The History of the Telescope, Henry C. King" "Weaver, Harold F." 1956 3 219 Books and the Sky "Frontiers of Astronomy, Fred Hoyle" "Killick, Victor W." 1956 3 226 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XVIII "Brown, Earle B." 1956 3 228 Gleanings for ATMs Twin 12 1/2-inch Short-focus Newtonian Reflectors "Cragg, Thomas A." 1956 3 231 Gleanings for ATMs Mirror Performance 1956 3 231 Gleanings for ATMs Celestial Globe for Sale 1956 3 233 Observer's Page Astrophotography for the Amateur -- III "Pfleumer, Hans" 1956 3 235 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 3 238 Observer's Page Venus and the Moon in Conjunction "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 3 239 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 3 240 Observer's Page Close Appulse of Neptune to a Star "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 3 241 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 3 241 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 4 245 Front-Cover Photo At a junior astronomers' convention 1956 4 247 News Notes More Satellite News 1956 4 248 Feature Illusions That Trap Lunar Observers "Copeland, Leland S." 1956 4 249 Feature Picture "Moon as a waxing crescent, northwestern portion" 1956 4 251 Feature Radio Observations of the Red Shift of Galaxies 1956 4 252 Feature Alpha Herculis "Struve, Otto" 1956 4 255 News Notes Origin of Pluto 1956 4 255 News Notes Summer Institute for Science Teachers 1956 4 255 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 4 255 News Notes 60-foot Radio Telescope 1956 4 256 Astronomical Scrapbook Mars at Its Nearest "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 4 257 Feature A Graphic Time Table of Mars 1956 4 258 Feature Iris Photometry of Stellar Photographs "Cuffey, James" 1956 4 260 News Notes Visitor from Holland 1956 4 261 Feature The Ahnighito Weighs In 1956 4 262 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Meetings in May 1956 4 262 Amateur Astronomers Miami Convention Notes 1956 4 262 Amateur Astronomers Junior Convention Held in Chicago 1956 4 263 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 4 263 Amateur Astronomers "St. Petersburg, Florida" 1956 4 265 Books and the Sky "The Moon, H. P. Wilkins and Patrick Moore" 1956 4 266 Books and the Sky "Periodicity and Variation of Solar (and Lunar) Eclipses, G. van den Bergh" "Stevens, Paul W." 1956 4 269 Books and the Sky "Studies of Long Period Variables, Leon Campbell" "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1956 4 272 Gleanings for ATMs The Youngstown Astronomy Club 16-inch Cassegrainian "Grandmontagne, Leo F." 1956 4 272 Gleanings for ATMs The Youngstown Astronomy Club with 16-inch Cassegrainian 1956 4 274 Gleanings for ATMs Controlling an Electric Drive at the Clock "Secretan, Luc" 1956 4 278 Observer's Page Astrophotography for the Amateur -- IV "Pfleumer, Hans" 1956 4 283 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 4 283 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 4 286 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 4 286 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 4 286 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 4 286 Observer's Page Jupiter Passing Regulus "Sanford, John" 1956 5 289 Front-Cover Photo Arizona meteorite crater 1956 5 291 News Notes Solar Activity in February 1956 5 292 Feature Meteorites -- And Their Effects "Struve, Otto" 1956 5 295 News Notes Upper Atmosphere Experiment 1956 5 296 Feature The Holleford Crater in Ontario "Beals, C. S." "Ferguson, G. M." "Landau, A." 1956 5 297 Feature Visual Problems of Mars "Carragan, William D." 1956 5 299 American Astronomers Report UV Ceti 1956 5 300 Feature "The Siberian Meteorite Fall of February, 1947" "Krinov, E. L." 1956 5 302 Feature "Herschel's """"Lunar Volcanos""""" 1956 5 303 Feature Picture "Moon as a waxing crescent, northern portion" 1956 5 304 News Notes Revised Orbit for Epsilon Ceti 1956 5 305 Sky and Teacher A Workshop in the Teaching of Astronomy -- II "Shaw, R. William" 1956 5 306 News Notes "Saha, Meghnad, Dies" 1956 5 306 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 5 306 News Notes All-Weather Radio Sextant 1956 5 307 News Notes Abundance of Carbon 1956 5 307 News Notes Elements 99 and 100 Named 1956 5 307 News Notes Electron Nomenclature 1956 5 307 News Notes Nuclear Physics 1956 5 307 News Notes Masses of Stars of Population II 1956 5 307 News Notes Identification of Interstellar Deuterium Now Doubtful 1956 5 307 News Notes Watson Medal Award 1956 5 308 Amateur Astronomers Further News About the Miami Convention 1956 5 309 Amateur Astronomers "Astronomy Special"""" to Miami Convention" 1956 5 309 Amateur Astronomers Chant Medal Winner 1956 5 309 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 5 310 American Astronomers Report Relativity and Planetary Motions 1956 5 310 American Astronomers Report Orion Nebula Spectrum 1956 5 310 American Astronomers Report Infrared Spectrum of S Ursae Minoris 1956 5 310 American Astronomers Report Does the Galaxy Have a Gaseous Corona? 1956 5 310 American Astronomers Report Early History of Radio Astronomy 1956 5 311 American Astronomers Report Algol as a Triple Star 1956 5 311 American Astronomers Report Brightness and Color of the Extragalactic Sky 1956 5 311 American Astronomers Report Recurrent Martian Clouds 1956 5 311 News Notes Pennsylvania Dedication 1956 5 312 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1956 5 316 Books and the Sky "Vistas in Astronomy, Volume 1, Arthur Beer, editor" "Irwin, John B." 1956 5 317 Books and the Sky "Amateur Telescope Making, Book One, Albert G. Ingalls, editor" "Cox, Robert E." 1956 5 322 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XIX "Brown, Earle B." 1956 5 325 Gleanings for ATMs Inexpensive Setting Circles and Slow Motions "Hall, Gordon" 1956 5 329 Observer's Page February Sunspots and a Red Aurora "Arber, Hans" 1956 5 330 Observer's Page Close Conjunction of Neptune and Star Observed 1956 5 330 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 5 331 Amateur Astronomers "Galesburg, Illinois" "Fritz, Richard B." 1956 5 331 Observer's Page Venus-Moon Photographs 1956 5 333 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 5 333 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 5 333 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 5 333 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 6 337 Front-Cover Photo Australian Commonwealth Observatory 1956 6 339 News Notes New Director for Mt. Stromlo 1956 6 340 Feature The Australian Commonwealth Observatory "Eggen, Olin J." 1956 6 344 News Notes Radio Telescope on Palomar Mountain 1956 6 344 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 6 344 News Notes "1,934 Radio Sources" 1956 6 344 News Notes Hastening Dark Adaptation with Colored Goggles 1956 6 345 Feature Virginia Conference on the Cosmic Distance Scale "Bok, Bart J." 1956 6 349 Feature On the Origin of the Solar System "Stuve, Otto" 1956 6 352 Amateur Astronomers Activities of the Detroit Astronomical Society "Perrin, James C." 1956 6 352 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 6 352 Amateur Astronomers "Portland, Tennessee" 1956 6 353 Amateur Astronomers "Columbus, Ohio" 1956 6 353 Amateur Astronomers Blair Medal Winner 1956 6 353 Amateur Astronomers "Grand Rapids, Michigan" 1956 6 353 Amateur Astronomers Los Angeles Society's Summer Star Parties 1956 6 353 Amateur Astronomers Twin Ridge Observatory in Virginia "Childress, Clyde O." 1956 6 354 Feature Venus and the Moon on March 15th 1956 6 356 Astronomical Scrapbook "Barnard's """"Unexplained Observation""""" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 6 356 News Notes Radio Observations of the Coma Cluster 1956 6 357 Feature Picture "Moon as a waning crescent, southern portions" 1956 6 358 American Astronomers Report Radio Noise from Jupiter 1956 6 358 American Astronomers Report Motions in a Star Cluster 1956 6 359 American Astronomers Report Composition of Planetaries 1956 6 359 American Astronomers Report Comet Diameters 1956 6 359 American Astronomers Report Colors in Galaxies 1956 6 359 American Astronomers Report What Makes Meteor Trains Shine? 1956 6 360 Books and the Sky "Astrophysical Quantities, C. W. Allen" "Fleischer, Robert" 1956 6 361 Books and the Sky "Experiments in the Principles of Space Travel, Franklyn M. Branley" "Sternig, John" 1956 6 362 Books and the Sky "Sunspot and Geomagnetic-Storm Data Derived from Greenwich Observations 1874-1954, Royal Greenwich Observatory" "Bondy, Harry L." 1956 6 363 Books and the Sky "The Polar Aurora, Carl Sturmer" "Elvey, C. T." 1956 6 368 Gleanings for ATMs "A Closed Tube, Low-Diffraction, Portable Reflector -- I" "Selby, Horace H." 1956 6 375 Observer's Page Determining the Field of an Eyepiece "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 6 376 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 6 376 Observer's Page Venus and the Pleiades 1956 6 376 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 6 377 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 6 377 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 6 377 Observer's Page Chart of Mars' Path 1956 6 377 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 7 385 Front-Cover Photo George R. Agassiz radio telescope 1956 7 387 News Notes Southern Double Stars 1956 7 388 Feature Harvard's New Radio Telescope "Heeschen, David S." 1956 7 391 Feature Element Formation in Stars -- I "Struve, Otto" 1956 7 394 News Notes Origin of Binary Stars 1956 7 394 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 7 394 News Notes Novae in M31 1956 7 394 News Notes Lunar Maria 1956 7 394 News Notes Faint Blue Stars 1956 7 395 Feature Picture "Moon as a waning crescent, southeastern portion" 1956 7 396 Feature Harrisonburg Observatory Expands Facilities 1956 7 397 Feature The Dusky Markings of Venus "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 7 398 American Astronomers Report A Great Solar Explosion 1956 7 398 American Astronomers Report National Radio Observatory Site Selected in West Virginia 1956 7 398 American Astronomers Report Origin of Asteroid Groups 1956 7 399 American Astronomers Report Formation of Stars 1956 7 399 American Astronomers Report Solar Prominences and Radio Noise 1956 7 400 American Astronomers Report Ultraviolet View of the Sky 1956 7 400 American Astronomers Report New Design for a Radio Telescope of Large Aperture 1956 7 401 Feature A Master of Stellar Spectra "Shapley, Harlow" 1956 7 402 Sky and Teacher A Teaching Unit in Astronomy -- Grade 6 "Smith, J. Russell" 1956 7 403 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateur Astronomers to Meet in Flagstaff 1956 7 403 News Notes Utyu No Kaitaku 1956 7 403 News Notes Space Vehicles on the Campus 1956 7 404 Amateur Astronomers "Macon, Georgia" "Wood, Grady" 1956 7 404 Amateur Astronomers Letter to the Editor "Murgatroyd, Myrtle" 1956 7 404 Amateur Astronomers "Baltimore, Maryland" 1956 7 404 Amateur Astronomers "Orlando, Florida" 1956 7 404 Amateur Astronomers Scouts' Astronomy Month 1956 7 404 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane Program 1956 7 405 Books and the Sky "The Sun and Its Influence, M. A. Ellison" "Dodson, Helen W." 1956 7 407 Books and the Sky "Maria Mitchell, Girl Astronomer, Grace Hathaway Melin" 1956 7 407 Books and the Sky Book Review "Harwood, Margaret" 1956 7 407 Books and the Sky Book Review "Seely, Roy A." 1956 7 407 Books and the Sky "A Popular Guide to the Heavens, Sir Robert Ball" 1956 7 408 Books and the Sky "Ionized Gases, A. von Engel" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1956 7 410 Books and the Sky "A Mariner's Meteorology, Charles G. Halpine and H. Hagen Taylor" "Wright, Frances W." 1956 7 414 Gleanings for ATMs "A Closed Tube, Low-Diffraction, Portable Reflector -- III" "Selby, Horace H." 1956 7 414 Gleanings for ATMs "A Closed-Tube, Low-Diffraction, Portable Reflector -- II" 1956 7 422 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 7 423 Observer's Page Star Photography with a Simple Lens "Fisher, Philip C." 1956 7 424 Observer's Page Transit of Europa Across Ganymede? "Francis, M." 1956 7 424 Observer's Page Auroral Observations 1956 7 425 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 7 425 Observer's Page The Greek Alphabet 1956 7 430 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 7 430 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 7 430 Observer's Page Double Star Observations "Wurgel, Rene A." 1956 7 430 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 8 433 Front-Cover Photo Solar telescopes at Sacramento Peak 1956 8 435 News Notes Venus as a Radio Source 1956 8 436 Feature The Sacramento Peak Observatory "Evans, John W." 1956 8 442 Feature Japanese Observations of a Major Change on Mars "Saheki, Tsuneo" 1956 8 444 News Notes Unidentified Objects? 1956 8 444 News Notes Pallas and M15 1956 8 444 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 8 444 News Notes Astronomia Popular 1956 8 444 News Notes Artificial Satellite Bibliography 1956 8 444 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meeting 1956 8 444 News Notes Chinese Observations of Novae and Supernovae 1956 8 445 Feature A Complex Perseid Meteor Spectrum "Millman, Peter M." 1956 8 448 News Notes "Struve, Otto, Accident to" 1956 8 449 Feature Element Formation in Stars -- II "Struve, Otto" 1956 8 452 Astronomical Scrapbook Surveying the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 8 453 Feature Picture "Moon as a waning crescent, northeastern portion" 1956 8 454 Amateur Astronomers "Wheeling, West Virginia" 1956 8 454 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 8 454 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention "Fazekas, Elizabeth" 1956 8 454 Amateur Astronomers North Central Convention "Buckstaff, Mrs. Ralph" 1956 8 455 Amateur Astronomers San Fernando Juniors "Bland, Roger" 1956 8 455 News Notes Otterbein's New Observatory 1956 8 457 Books and the Sky "Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, Volume II, Hugh C. Wolfe, editor" "Wilson Jr., Raymond H." 1956 8 458 Books and the Sky "Electronics, A. W. Keen" "Killick, Victor W." 1956 8 460 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XX "Brown, Earle B." 1956 8 467 Observer's Page A Travel Guide for Amateur Observers of Mars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 8 469 Observer's Page Mars Observing Expedition in California "Salanave, Leon E." 1956 8 472 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 8 472 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 8 472 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 8 472 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 8 473 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 9 477 Front-Cover Photo Miami convention exhibit 1956 9 479 Feature Some Technical Journals 1956 9 480 Feature "Pennsylvania Symposium -- """"New Horizons in Astronomy""""" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 9 483 Sky and Teacher A Teaching Unit in Astronomy -- Grade 6 "Smith, J. Russell" 1956 9 484 News Notes Radial Velocities of Southern Cepheids 1956 9 484 News Notes "Sterne, T. E., Returns to Harvard" 1956 9 484 News Notes Two Scottish Scientists 1956 9 484 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 9 484 News Notes New Site for Warner and Swasey Schmidt 1956 9 484 News Notes Joint Meeting 1956 9 484 News Notes Age of the Earth 1956 9 484 News Notes Astronomical Dynasty 1956 9 485 Feature Notes on a Convention in Miami "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1956 9 489 Feature The Spectra of Comets "Struve, Otto" 1956 9 493 Feature Picture "Moon as a waning crescent, northern portion" 1956 9 494 Feature Swift's Forecast of Mars' Satellites "Brinton, Henry C." 1956 9 495 Feature Asaph Hall and the Moons of Mars "Kane, John T." 1956 9 497 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 9 497 Amateur Astronomers Museum Planetarium Workers Meet 1956 9 497 Amateur Astronomers "Augusta, Ark." "Haralson, John W." 1956 9 497 Amateur Astronomers "Lima, Ohio" "Wolf, David J." 1956 9 497 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States Convention "Williamson, Jo" 1956 9 498 Amateur Astronomers "Freehold, New Jersey" 1956 9 498 Amateur Astronomers Television Series by Birmingham Amateurs "Cox, Mrs. Irven M." 1956 9 499 Amateur Astronomers Hayden Planetarium Classes 1956 9 502 Feature ALPO Map of Mars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 9 504 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bartlett, Thomas J." 1956 9 506 Books and the Sky "Recent Advances in Optics, E. H. Linfoot" "Gallipeau, Robert B." 1956 9 511 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Basic Optics -- XXI "Brown, Earle B." 1956 9 518 Observer's Page The Return of Comet Olbers(1956a) 1956 9 519 Observer's Page Satellite Shadows on Jupiter 1956 9 520 Observer's Page Photographs of Jupiter and Venus "Rustad Jr., Roland" 1956 9 521 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 9 521 Observer's Page Canadian Constellation Charts 1956 9 526 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 9 526 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 9 526 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 10 529 Front-Cover Photo Satellite conversation at Stellafane 1956 10 531 News Notes National Science Foundation Aid to Astronomy 1956 10 532 Feature Convention in Vermont 1956 10 534 Astronomical Scrapbook Notes on Comet Hunting "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 10 535 Feature The Hyades Cluster "Struve, Otto" 1956 10 538 Feature Islands in the Path of the 1958 Total Eclipse "Kluber, H. von" 1956 10 540 News Notes Martian Climate 1956 10 540 News Notes News Notes "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 10 540 News Notes Unusual Eclipsing Variable 1956 10 540 News Notes Silicon-Carbon Molecules in N-type Stars 1956 10 540 News Notes Sharper Planet Pictures 1956 10 540 News Notes Crab Nebula Polarization 1956 10 541 News Notes A New Herschel Letter 1956 10 541 News Notes Scanning for Variable Stars 1956 10 541 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1956 10 541 News Notes Smaller Earth 1956 10 541 News Notes Martian Cloud 1956 10 541 News Notes Meteors Aid Short-wave Radio Communication 1956 10 541 News Notes Infrared Observations of a Lunar Eclipse 1956 10 542 Feature A Method for Timing Astronomical Observations "Francis, M." 1956 10 544 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bates, Ralph S." 1956 10 545 News Notes Auroral Reports 1956 10 545 News Notes Neutrino Confirmed 1956 10 546 Feature Picture Moon as a waxing crescent 1956 10 547 Feature The Waxing Crescent Moon 1956 10 548 Amateur Astronomers Observing Activities of New York Amateurs "Paulton, Edgar M." 1956 10 549 Amateur Astronomers "North Scituate, Rhode Island" 1956 10 549 Amateur Astronomers Rocky Mountain Convention "Steinmetz, Ken" 1956 10 549 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 10 549 Amateur Astronomers "Cleveland, Ohio" 1956 10 549 Amateur Astronomers "Winnipeg, Canada" 1956 10 549 Letters Letter "Wilson, Robert W." 1956 10 549 Letters Letter "Kelly, Allan O." 1956 10 549 Letters Letter "Imlay, Robert" 1956 10 553 Books and the Sky "Astronomie Populaire, Camille Flammarion" "Gingerich, Owen" 1956 10 554 Books and the Sky "A Gallery of Scientists, Rufus Suter" 1956 10 555 Books and the Sky "The Exploration of Mars, Willy Ley and Wernher von Braun" 1956 10 556 Books and the Sky "The World of Atoms, J. J. G. McCue" "Shawcross, William E." 1956 10 560 Gleanings for ATMs Figuring and Testing a Schmidt Correction Plate "Cooke, Strathmore R. B." 1956 10 560 Gleanings for ATMs Figuring and Testing a Schmidt Correcting Plate 1956 10 563 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Mounting for Astronomical Photography "Haines, Samuel E. W." 1956 10 567 Observer's Page Safe and Sane Methods of Observing the Sun "Rosebrugh, David W." 1956 10 571 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 10 571 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 10 571 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 10 571 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 10 572 Observer's Page Perseid Observations 1956 10 572 Observer's Page Daytime Visibility of Planets 1956 10 572 Observer's Page A Martian Observation "Richardson Jr., R. R." 1956 10 573 Observer's Page Coming Elongation of Mercury and Venus 1956 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Moonrise at Flagstaff 1956 11 3 News Notes Color Lantern Slides from Palomar Observatory 1956 11 4 Feature The Flagstaff Station of the U.S. Naval Observatory "Hall, John S." "Hoag, Arthur A." 1956 11 9 Feature The First Determinations of Stellar Parallax -- I "Struve, Otto" 1956 11 13 Feature A California Gauger of Star Clusters "Irwin, John B." 1956 11 14 Amateur Astronomers Mars' Approach Attracts Record Crowds 1956 11 14 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 11 14 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Convention "Newman, Edward J." 1956 11 15 Amateur Astronomers New York A.A.A. Marks 30th Year 1956 11 15 Amateur Astronomers "Hartsville, South Carolina" "Hopkins, Bill" 1956 11 15 Amateur Astronomers Great Lakes Convention "Johnson, Charles S." 1956 11 15 Amateur Astronomers "Adelaide, South Australia" "Sangster, Ralph L." 1956 11 15 Sky and Teacher The NSF Summer Institute on Astronomy "Cochran, Charles N." 1956 11 17 News Notes ONR Astronomy Program 1956 11 17 News Notes Radio Observations of Mars 1956 11 17 News Notes Changes in the Size of the Sun? 1956 11 17 News Notes Comet Crommelin Recovered 1956 11 17 News Notes Fort Worth Astronomical Center Planned 1956 11 17 News Notes Halley Tercentenary 1956 11 18 Feature Flagstaff Is Scene of Western Convention 1956 11 20 Feature At Lowell Observatory 1956 11 21 Feature At Barringer Meteorite Crater 1956 11 22 Feature Picture The Waning Crescent Moon 1956 11 25 Books and the Sky "Between the Planets, Fletcher G. Watson" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1956 11 26 Books and the Sky "Meteors, T. R. Kaiser, editor" "Millman, Peter M." 1956 11 27 Books and the Sky "Stars By Clock and Fist, Henry M. Neely" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1956 11 32 Gleanings for ATMs The Custer 12 1/2-inch Springfield Reflector -- I 1956 11 35 Gleanings for ATMs Figuring a Parabolic Mirror by Thermal Deformation 1956 11 38 Observer's Page Program Notes for the Lunar Eclipse "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 11 40 Observer's Page Comet Olbers Observed "Keefer Jr., Andrew" 1956 11 43 Observer's Page Photographing the Lunar Eclipse "Leavens, Peter A." 1956 11 47 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 11 47 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 11 47 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1956 11 47 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1956 11 50 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1956 12 53 Front-Cover Photo MOONWATCH station 1956 12 55 News Notes A Mars Party with the Washington Amateurs 1956 12 56 American Astronomers Report Ultraviolet Observations from Rockets 1956 12 56 American Astronomers Report The Unseen Companion of 61 Cygni 1956 12 56 American Astronomers Report The Sun's Brightness 1956 12 57 American Astronomers Report Dynamics of an Artificial Satellite 1956 12 58 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1956 12 60 American Astronomers Report Red Shifts of Faint Galaxies 1956 12 61 Feature Picture Interior of the 120-inch building at Lick Observatory 1956 12 62 Feature Some Views of the 120-inch Telescope 1956 12 64 Feature The Berkeley Bevatron 1956 12 66 Feature The Star of Bethlehem "Richards, Carl P." 1956 12 68 Astronomical Scrapbook "Bevis, John, and an Occultation of Mercury and Venus" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1956 12 68 News Notes Calcium in the Upper Atmosphere of the Earth 1956 12 69 Feature The First Determinations of Stellar Parallax -- II "Struve, Otto" 1956 12 72 News Notes Search for an Atmosphere on the Moon 1956 12 72 News Notes Supernova Light Curves and Californium 254 1956 12 72 News Notes The Clouds of Venus 1956 12 72 News Notes Asteroids in 1957 1956 12 73 News Notes Astronomers to Meet in New York City 1956 12 73 News Notes "American Optical Acquires J. W. Fecker, Inc." 1956 12 73 News Notes American Rocket Program for the IGY 1956 12 73 News Notes Messier 11 1956 12 73 News Notes Mars and Laodamia 1956 12 73 News Notes Long Stellar Eclipses 1956 12 74 Amateur Astronomers The 45th Meeting of the AAVSO "Mayall, Margaret Walton" 1956 12 75 Amateur Astronomers "Springdale, Pennsylvania" 1956 12 75 Amateur Astronomers Atlanta Astronomers Discontinue Publication 1956 12 75 Amateur Astronomers Canadian Time Signals 1956 12 75 Amateur Astronomers "East Cleveland, Ohio" 1956 12 75 Amateur Astronomers "Laguna Beach, California" "Phillips, Edith" 1956 12 75 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1956 12 79 Books and the Sky "Stonehenge, R. J. C. Atkinson" "Mumford, George S." 1956 12 80 Books and the Sky "A Classification Catalog of the Meteoritic Falls of the World, Frederick C. Leonard" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1956 12 85 Gleanings for ATMs The Custer 12 1/2-inch Springfield Reflector -- II 1956 12 92 Gleanings for ATMs Templates for Mirror Makers 1956 12 92 Gleanings for ATMs Maksutov Club Notes "Mackintosh, Allan M." 1956 12 96 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1956 12 96 Observer's Page Aurorae in Colorado 1956 12 96 Observer's Page An Occultation by Mars 1956 12 99 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 12 100 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1956 12 100 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 1 105 Front-Cover Photo Satellite-tracking station 1957 1 107 News Notes Sky Survey by 48-inch Schmidt Camera Completed 1957 1 108 Feature The Baker-Nunn Satellite-Tracking Camera "Henize, Karl G." 1957 1 111 Letters Letter "Nininger, H. H." 1957 1 111 News Notes Yerkes Observatory Loses Night Engineer 1957 1 112 Feature Amateurs Photograph the Lunar Eclipse 1957 1 115 Sky and Teacher Astronomy as a Scout Program "Stein, Raymond J." 1957 1 116 News Notes Mauna Loa Observatory 1957 1 116 News Notes Solar Furnace Symposium 1957 1 116 News Notes Rotation of Saturn 1957 1 116 News Notes Radio Halo Around Galaxy Messier 87 1957 1 116 News Notes "Spaceflight""""" 1957 1 116 News Notes Buhl Planetarium Attendance Record 1957 1 116 News Notes Fordham Solar Furnace 1957 1 116 News Notes Conference on Binary Stars 1957 1 116 News Notes "Evershed, John, Dies" 1957 1 117 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 1 117 Amateur Astronomers Kansas City Convention 1957 1 117 Amateur Astronomers Jacksonville Amateurs Offer Film on the Moon 1957 1 117 Amateur Astronomers "Indianapolis, Indiana" 1957 1 117 Amateur Astronomers "Cheyenne, Wyoming" "Doran, Mrs. Phyllis" 1957 1 117 Amateur Astronomers Mountain States Region Added to Astronomical League 1957 1 117 Amateur Astronomers Milwaukee Amateur Dies 1957 1 118 Feature The Hydrogen Spheres in Cygnus "Struve, Otto" 1957 1 121 American Astronomers Report Evolution in the Galaxy 1957 1 122 American Astronomers Report Gravitational and Atomic Time-Scales 1957 1 122 American Astronomers Report Radio Observations of Venus 1957 1 122 American Astronomers Report Solar Coronal Observations 1957 1 122 American Astronomers Report Temperature of the Corona 1957 1 123 American Astronomers Report Mass of M81 1957 1 123 American Astronomers Report Precise Orbits of Meteors 1957 1 123 American Astronomers Report Convection Around Sunspots 1957 1 126 Books and the Sky "Gaseous Nebulae, L. H. Aller" "Thackeray, A. D." 1957 1 127 Books and the Sky "Earth Satellites, Patrick Moore" "Shawcross, William E." 1957 1 129 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1957 1957 1 132 Feature A Guide to Astronomical Equipment 1957 1 134 Gleanings for ATMs The Custer 12 1/2-inch Springfield Reflector -- III 1957 1 141 Observer's Page Observations of the November Total Eclipse of the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1957 1 144 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 1 144 Observer's Page Auroral Observations 1957 1 147 Observer's Page Venus-Jupiter Conjunction Observed October 25th 1957 1 151 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 1 151 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 1 151 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 1 151 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 2 157 Front-Cover Photo Ohio State radio telescope 1957 2 159 News Notes Volunteers Needed for Auroral Observations 1957 2 160 Feature A Radio Map of the Sky at 1.2 Meters "Ko, H. C." "Kraus, John D." 1957 2 161 News Notes Shadows Cast by the Light of Venus 1957 2 162 Feature Galaxies and Their Interactions "Struve, Otto" 1957 2 167 Astronomical Scrapbook Two Unusual Occultations Observed in 1797 and 1798 "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1957 2 168 Feature A Hollow Meteor Train "Hawkins, Gerald S." 1957 2 170 Feature Satellite-Tracking Practice in a Planetarium "Emmons, Richard H." 1957 2 172 American Astronomers Report Martian Geology 1957 2 172 Feature A Pioneer in Canadian Astronomy "Northcott, Ruth J." 1957 2 173 Feature By-Products of the Search for Natural Satellites of the Earth "Capen, Charles F." 1957 2 175 News Notes Minor Planet Geographos 1957 2 175 News Notes Glass Light Funnels 1957 2 176 News Notes Diameter of Sirius 1957 2 176 News Notes Bok Research Prize 1957 2 176 News Notes Remote Globular Cluster 1957 2 176 News Notes SS Cygni as a Binary 1957 2 177 Feature "Why Did the Arabs Call Beta Persei """"al-Ghul""""?" "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1957 2 178 Amateur Astronomers "Tullahoma, Tennessee" 1957 2 178 Amateur Astronomers "New Orleans, Louisiana" "Mickel, Joseph" 1957 2 178 Amateur Astronomers "Sao Paulo, Brazil" 1957 2 178 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 2 178 Amateur Astronomers "Charlotte, North Carolina" 1957 2 178 Amateur Astronomers "Lemont, Illinois" 1957 2 178 Amateur Astronomers Founder Honored at 20th Anniversary at Moline 1957 2 179 Books and the Sky "Robert Hooke, Margaret 'Espinasse" "Paterson, E. Russell" 1957 2 182 Books and the Sky "Ergebnisse und Probleme der Sonnenforschung, M. Waldmeier" "Dodson, Helen W." "Hedeman, E. Ruth" 1957 2 187 Gleanings for ATMs When Is an Accurate Sagitta Formula Important? "Mackintosh, Allan M." 1957 2 190 Observer's Page Another Look at Algol "Knowles, Jeremy H." 1957 2 196 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 2 196 Observer's Page Size of the Earth's Shadow During the November Lunar Eclipse "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1957 2 197 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 2 197 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 2 199 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 2 203 Front-Cover Photo Star trails over Texas 1957 3 207 Feature An All-Star Program 1957 3 208 Feature Planetary Nebulae -- I "Struve, Otto" 1957 3 211 News Notes White Dwarf Binary Stars 1957 3 211 News Notes Geomagnetic Changes and Radiocarbon Dating 1957 3 212 Feature American University Observatory "Gingerich, Owen" 1957 3 213 News Notes The Solar Aureole 1957 3 213 News Notes Rumford Award 1957 3 213 News Notes "Gold, Thomas, Joins Harvard Staff" 1957 3 213 News Notes Auroral Patrol Spectrographs 1957 3 214 Feature The Local System "III, George S. Mumford" 1957 3 218 Feature Some Observations of Mars in 1956 "Cave Jr., Thomas R." 1957 3 221 News Notes Lowell Director Resigns 1957 3 222 American Astronomers Report Changes in a Planetary Nebula 1957 3 222 American Astronomers Report Distant Galaxies Not Excessively Reddened 1957 3 222 American Astronomers Report Magnitude Distribution of Visual Meteors 1957 3 222 American Astronomers Report Turbulence in the Sun's Atmosphere 1957 3 223 American Astronomers Report X-Ray Emission During Solar Flares 1957 3 223 American Astronomers Report Helium 3 in Stars? 1957 3 223 American Astronomers Report Microwave Observations of the Sun 1957 3 224 American Astronomers Report Distortions of the Outer Regions of the Galaxy 1957 3 224 American Astronomers Report Cygnus X Radio Sources 1957 3 224 News Notes Dust on the Moon 1957 3 225 Amateur Astronomers "East Cleveland, Ohio" 1957 3 225 Amateur Astronomers "Des Moines, Iowa" 1957 3 225 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Contest for Juniors 1957 3 225 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 3 225 Amateur Astronomers Monte Sano Observatory Completed in Alabama 1957 3 225 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Iowa 1957 3 226 Amateur Astronomers A Garage-Top Observatory "Steelman, C. Stuart" 1957 3 228 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Optics and Related Subjects, Zdenek Kopal, editor" "Miczaika, G. R." 1957 3 229 Books and the Sky "Rockets and Guided Missiles, John Humphries" "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1957 3 231 Books and the Sky "How To Make and Use a Telescope, H. Percy Wilkins and Patrick Moore" "Johnson, Clarence E." 1957 3 232 Books and the Sky "Die Mondfinsternisse, Frantisek Link" 1957 3 236 Gleanings for ATMs A Cassegrainian-Maksutov Telescope Design for the Amateur "Gregory, John" 1957 3 244 Observer's Page A Bright Comet Due in the Spring Sky 1957 3 248 Observer's Page The Buried Treasure of Monoceros "Copeland, Leland S." 1957 3 250 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 3 251 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 3 251 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 3 251 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 4 257 Front-Cover Photo Henry Norris Russell(1877-1957) 1957 4 259 Letters Letter "Olivier, Charles P." 1957 4 259 Letters Letter "Fresa, Alfonso" 1957 4 260 Feature Dean of American Astronomers "Shapley, Harlow" 1957 4 262 Feature Planetary Nebulae -- II "Struve, Otto" 1957 4 265 Astronomical Scrapbook The Field of Mizar and Alcor "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1957 4 266 Feature Mars Symposium 1957 4 270 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 4 270 News Notes "Lutz, George H., Dies" 1957 4 271 News Notes New Variable Stars 1957 4 271 News Notes Satellite Exposition 1957 4 271 News Notes Planetarium in London 1957 4 271 News Notes Solar Energy Journal 1957 4 271 News Notes Electronic Optics Symposium in Boston 1957 4 271 News Notes Cornell Summer Institute in Earth Sciences 1957 4 271 News Notes Antimatter and Gravitation 1957 4 272 American Astronomers Report The Sunspot Cycle 1957 4 275 American Astronomers Report Vegetation on Mars? 1957 4 275 American Astronomers Report Mars Drawings at Ottawa 1957 4 276 Amateur Astronomers Juniors Hold Symposium in New York City 1957 4 276 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 4 276 Amateur Astronomers Rochester Amateur Dies 1957 4 276 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Region 1957 4 277 Amateur Astronomers National MOONWATCH Committee Meets at Smithsonian Observatory Headquarters 1957 4 277 Amateur Astronomers Mideast Convention 1957 4 277 Amateur Astronomers "Edina, Minnesota" "Hafner, Fred" 1957 4 277 Amateur Astronomers "Helena, Montana" 1957 4 277 Amateur Astronomers An Observatory in Iraq "Ahad, Michael Abdul" 1957 4 280 Feature The Transit of Mercury in May 1957 4 283 Books and the Sky "The Changing Universe, John Pfeiffer" "Kerr, Frank J." 1957 4 284 Books and the Sky Book Review "Sinton, William M." 1957 4 284 Books and the Sky Book Review "Shawcross, William E." 1957 4 284 Books and the Sky "The Stars: Steppingstones into Space, Irving Adler" 1957 4 284 Books and the Sky "A Space Traveler's Guide to Mars, I. M. Levitt" 1957 4 285 Books and the Sky "Atomic Energy, A. Radcliffe and E. C. Roberson" "Schiffmann, Mary W." 1957 4 289 Gleanings for ATMs An Antidiffraction Mask for Reflectors "Rhodes, William A." 1957 4 290 Gleanings for ATMs An All-Weather Telescope "Everhart, Edgar" 1957 4 292 Gleanings for ATMs A Vibration-Proof Mounting Support "Bunker, Earle R." 1957 4 292 Gleanings for ATMs A Bowling-Ball Mounting "Shaad, Paul E." 1957 4 297 Observer's Page "The Solar Eclipse of April 29-30, 1957" 1957 4 297 Observer's Page Comet News 1957 4 298 Observer's Page Mars and the Moon "Dobson, Robert T." 1957 4 298 Observer's Page Junior Astronomer Photographs a Meteor "Prescott, Charles Y." 1957 4 298 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 4 301 Observer's Page An Austrian Amateur Photographs a Bright Meteor "Palmstorfer, Walter" 1957 4 302 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 4 302 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 4 302 Celestial Calendar Saturn To Occult a Star 1957 4 303 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 4 303 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 5 309 Front-Cover Photo The Sun's surface 1957 5 311 Feature A Radio Observatory in the Owens Valley 1957 5 312 Feature An Astronomer Looks at Space Travel "Blanco, Victor M." 1957 5 317 Feature An IGY Program of Meteor Observing for Amateurs "Millman, Peter M." 1957 5 320 Feature Observing at Junipero Serra Peak "Salanave, Leon E." 1957 5 322 Feature Some Recent Work on the Orion Nebula "Struve, Otto" 1957 5 325 Feature Picture "Globular cluster, M13, 14: June, center. The Great Nebula in Orion" 1957 5 326 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 5 327 Feature Visual Aurora Observing During the IGY "Kimball, Donald S." "Gartlein, C. W." 1957 5 331 Amateur Astronomers "West Palm Beach, Florida" 1957 5 331 Amateur Astronomers "Wallace, H. A., Dies" 1957 5 331 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Activities in New York City Colleges 1957 5 331 Amateur Astronomers "Studio City, California" 1957 5 331 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 5 332 News Notes Army Solar Furnace 1957 5 332 News Notes Glaciers and Sunspots 1957 5 332 News Notes Solar Power Station in the Caucasus 1957 5 332 News Notes Photometry of Mars 1957 5 333 News Notes New Meteor Shower 1957 5 333 News Notes Oklahoma Meteorites 1957 5 333 News Notes Ablation of Meteorites 1957 5 335 Books and the Sky Book Review "Thompson, Steadman" 1957 5 335 Books and the Sky "Geometrical Optics, L. C. Martin" 1957 5 335 Books and the Sky "Atoms and the Universe, G. O. Jones, J. Rotblat, and G. J. Whitrow" 1957 5 335 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brown, Earle B." 1957 5 341 Gleanings for ATMs A Split-Ring Mounting for a 12-inch Reflector "Herrett, Norman" 1957 5 342 Gleanings for ATMs A 12-inch Dall-Kirkham "Shuttlewood, C. G." 1957 5 344 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Reflector "Cook, Courtney" 1957 5 348 Front-Cover Photo Comet Arend-Roland 1957 5 348 Observer's Page The Widespread Aurora of March 1-2 1957 5 349 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 5 349 Observer's Page A Brilliant Meteor in the South 1957 5 350 Observer's Page High-Speed Star Photography "Nielsen, Aage" 1957 5 350 Observer's Page The Eclipse of the Moon on May 13th 1957 5 351 Observer's Page The April 28th Occultation of a Star by Saturn 1957 5 354 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 5 355 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 5 355 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 5 355 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 6 361 Front-Cover Photo Comet Arend-Roland 1957 6 363 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 6 364 Feature Comet Arend-Roland Is Widely Observed 1957 6 365 News Notes Comet Arend-Roland Observed by Radio 1957 6 366 Feature A Soil Survey Around the Barringer Crater "Rinehart, John S." 1957 6 369 News Notes Increasing the Speed of Large Telescopes 1957 6 370 Feature The Classification of Meteorites "Leonard, Frederick C." 1957 6 373 News Notes NSF Research Grants 1957 6 373 News Notes New Bright Variables 1957 6 373 News Notes First Satellite Flyby 1957 6 374 News Notes Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1957 6 374 News Notes Origin of Tektites 1957 6 374 News Notes Symposium at Ann Arbor 1957 6 374 News Notes Supernova in Ursa Major 1957 6 375 Feature The Fundamental Particles of Physics "Snell, Arthur H." 1957 6 378 Astronomical Scrapbook "Boscovich, Roger, and the Moon's Atmosphere" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1957 6 379 Feature About a Russian Astronomer "Struve, Otto" 1957 6 381 News Notes New 84-foot Radio Telescope for NRL 1957 6 382 Amateur Astronomers An Observatory with an Artistic Touch "Pfleumer, Hans" 1957 6 382 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Montreal Meeting 1957 6 383 Amateur Astronomers Green Gables Observatory "Koken, H. S." "Koken, Adda M." 1957 6 383 Amateur Astronomers "Eagle Pass, Texas" 1957 6 383 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 6 383 Amateur Astronomers "Tampa, Florida" "Randall, E. Z." 1957 6 385 Books and the Sky Book Review "Billings, Donald E." 1957 6 385 Books and the Sky Antarctica in the International Geophysical Year 1957 6 385 Books and the Sky "The Sun, Giorgio Abetti" 1957 6 385 Books and the Sky Book Review "Roach, Franklin E." 1957 6 386 Books and the Sky "A Dictionary of Photography, A. L. M. Sowerby, editor" "Cox, Robert E." 1957 6 390 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Instrument for Astrophotography "Veio, Fredrick N." 1957 6 392 Gleanings for ATMs Testing Uncoated Mirrors on Double Stars "Sherman, H. T." 1957 6 396 Observer's Page Jupiter in 1957 "Acfield, Frank J." 1957 6 397 Observer's Page South African Photographs "Botham, J. H." 1957 6 400 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 6 400 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 6 400 Observer's Page A Daytime Aurora 1957 6 401 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 6 401 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 7 409 Front-Cover Photo The Comet in May 1957 7 411 News Notes International Geophysical Year Begins "Corrado, Henry M." 1957 7 412 Feature Photo Album -- Comet Arend-Roland 1957 7 418 Feature The Spectrum of Beta Lyrae "Struve, Otto" 1957 7 422 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 7 423 American Astronomers Report Mapping a Star's Surface 1957 7 424 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1957 7 424 American Astronomers Report Transparency of Saturn's Rings 1957 7 424 American Astronomers Report Size of the Galaxy 1957 7 426 Feature Comments on the Sunward Tail of Comet Arend-Roland "Whipple, Fred L." 1957 7 428 American Astronomers Report "The Constancy of the Solar """"Constant""""" 1957 7 428 American Astronomers Report Does the Cassiopeia-Taurus Group Exist? 1957 7 428 Observer's Page Comet 1956h Ephemeris 1957 7 429 Feature Another Meteorite Crater in Australia? "Sangster, Ralph L." 1957 7 430 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateur Astronomers To Meet in Berkeley 1957 7 430 Amateur Astronomers Nantucket Open Nights 1957 7 430 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Convention Is Held at New Haven "Velardi, Mrs. Helen" 1957 7 431 Amateur Astronomers North Central Convention "Hooper, Mrs. W. A." 1957 7 431 Amateur Astronomers Further News About the Kansas City Convention 1957 7 431 Amateur Astronomers "Contest to Rename League """"Bulletin""""" 1957 7 432 News Notes British Symposium on High-Altitude Rockets 1957 7 432 News Notes Huge Solar Furnace 1957 7 432 News Notes Large Clock by Herschel Is on Exhibit 1957 7 432 News Notes Supernova in M84 1957 7 432 News Notes University of Rochester Expands Astronomy Program 1957 7 435 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mathews, Robert T." 1957 7 435 Books and the Sky "Spectroscopy at Radio and Microwave Frequencies, D. J. E. Ingram" 1957 7 435 Books and the Sky Book Review "Burke, B. J." 1957 7 436 Books and the Sky "New Horizons in Astronomy, Fred L. Whipple, editor" "King, Ivan R." 1957 7 440 Gleanings for ATMs Maksutov Telescope Notes "Cox, Robert E." 1957 7 442 Gleanings for ATMs How to Collimate a Refracting Telescope "Smith, Chester J." 1957 7 443 Gleanings for ATMs Collimating a Reflector in a Jiffy "Wright, Charles J." 1957 7 446 Observer's Page Observations of the May 5th Transit of Mercury 1957 7 448 Observer's Page Partial Solar Eclipse Observed in Northwest 1957 7 448 Observer's Page Saturn Occults a Star 1957 7 451 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 7 451 Observer's Page The Herodotus Puzzle 1957 7 452 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 7 453 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 7 453 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 7 453 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 8 461 Front-Cover Photo Hedgerow prominence on the sun 1957 8 463 News Notes Word from Down Under "Westcott, Charles" 1957 8 464 Feature Some Advances in Solar Research "Menzel, Donald H." 1957 8 468 Feature The Origin of Planetary Nebulae "Struve, Otto" 1957 8 469 News Notes "King, Arthur S., Dies" 1957 8 470 Feature The Fifty Brightest Stars "Johnson, Harold L." 1957 8 471 American Astronomers Report Space-Travel Panel 1957 8 472 American Astronomers Report Spectrophotometry of Planetary Nebulae 1957 8 472 American Astronomers Report Satellite Lifetime 1957 8 472 American Astronomers Report Width of Meteor Trails 1957 8 473 Feature Cataloguer of the Stars "Scott, Francis P." 1957 8 474 Feature Chile's New National Astronomical Observatory "Rutllant, Federico" 1957 8 476 Letters Letter "Bishrey, Z." 1957 8 476 Letters Letter "Cuffey, Roger J." 1957 8 476 Letters Letter "Olivier, Charles P." 1957 8 477 Astronomical Scrapbook A South American Tragedy "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1957 8 478 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 8 478 Feature Hunting for Meteorites 1957 8 478 News Notes Meteoritical Society 1957 8 479 Feature A Swedish Amateur's Photographic Sky Atlas "Fogelquist, Rune" 1957 8 480 Feature About Sundials and Moondials "Egger, Hermann H." 1957 8 482 News Notes Nearest Visual Binaries 1957 8 482 News Notes Princeton's Stellarator 1957 8 482 News Notes Search for Faint Variable Stars 1957 8 482 News Notes Site Survey Progresses 1957 8 483 News Notes August AAS Meeting 1957 8 483 News Notes Artificial Satellite Notes 1957 8 484 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets at Montreal 1957 8 484 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO at Montreal "Mayall, R. Newton" 1957 8 484 Amateur Astronomers Mount Diablo Society "Charles, Donald F." 1957 8 484 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Convention "Ebel, John A." 1957 8 487 Books and the Sky "Arizona's Meteorite Crater, H. H. Nininger" 1957 8 487 Books and the Sky "Scientific Uses of Earth Satellites, James A. Van Allen, editor" 1957 8 487 Books and the Sky Book Review "Linnell, Albert P." 1957 8 487 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wagman, N. E." 1957 8 488 Books and the Sky "Einfuhrung in die Optik der Atmosphere, Gerhard Dietze" 1957 8 492 Gleanings for ATMs A Porter-type Grinding Machine "Broadfoot, R. R." 1957 8 494 Gleanings for ATMs Gear Trains for Telescope Drives and Sidereal Clocks "Everhart, Edgar" 1957 8 499 Observer's Page Amateur Photography of the Northern Lights 1957 8 500 Observer's Page Very High Lunar Mountain? 1957 8 502 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 8 502 Observer's Page Meteor Observing "Sturtridge, Richard N." 1957 8 502 Observer's Page October Opposition of Asteroid Vesta 1957 8 504 Celestial Calendar Comet Encke 1957 8 504 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 8 504 Front-Cover Photo Comet Arend-Roland 1957 8 504 Observer's Page Saturn To Be Occulted 1957 8 505 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 8 505 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 8 505 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 9 513 Front-Cover Photo Largest radio telescope 1957 9 515 News Notes Experiments Simulate Growth Conditions on Mars 1957 9 515 News Notes Rocket Sets Record 1957 9 516 Feature England's Great Radio Telescope 1957 9 518 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 9 518 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1957 9 518 Letters Letter "Upjohn, Lawrence N." 1957 9 519 News Notes Oregon Planetarium 1957 9 519 News Notes Two Astronomers Retire in California 1957 9 519 News Notes Solar Furnaces 1957 9 519 News Notes Nearest Eclipsing Star? 1957 9 519 News Notes Cape Observatory Atlas of Southern Galaxies 1957 9 520 Feature A Survey of Bright Southern Galaxies "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1957 9 526 Feature A Probable Meteorite Crater of Great Age "Beals, C. S." 1957 9 528 News Notes New Naked-Eye Comet 1957 9 529 American Astronomers Report Rotation of the Galaxy 1957 9 529 American Astronomers Report "2,500 Meteor Orbits" 1957 9 530 American Astronomers Report Filamentary Structure in Diffuse Nebulae 1957 9 530 American Astronomers Report Identification of Coronal Lines 1957 9 530 American Astronomers Report Internal Structure of Jupiter and Saturn 1957 9 530 American Astronomers Report Practical Use for Radio Sources 1957 9 530 American Astronomers Report Star Cluster Lifetimes 1957 9 531 Feature Picture Horsehead nebula and IC 434 1957 9 534 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention Held in Harrisburg "Neville, Mrs. Tove" 1957 9 534 Amateur Astronomers Philadelphia MOONWATCH 1957 9 534 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Groups in Industry 1957 9 534 Amateur Astronomers "Honolulu, Hawaii" 1957 9 535 Amateur Astronomers "Houston, Texas" 1957 9 535 Amateur Astronomers Great Plains Publications "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1957 9 535 Amateur Astronomers A Telescope for Satellite Verification "Wright, G. R." 1957 9 535 Amateur Astronomers "Boise, Idaho" 1957 9 535 Amateur Astronomers "Rapid City, South Dakota" "Searle, John C." 1957 9 535 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateurs 1957 9 535 Amateur Astronomers "South Bend, Indiana" "Bargmeyer, Bob" 1957 9 535 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 9 536 Feature Stellar Spectrographs -- I "Struve, Otto" 1957 9 542 Books and the Sky "Vistas in Astronomy, Volume 2, Arthur Beer, editor" "Irwin, John B." 1957 9 548 Gleanings for ATMs A Wide-Field Telescope with Spherical Optics "Jones, Robert T." 1957 9 550 Gleanings for ATMs How Little Abrasive? "Masson, Kelvin" 1957 9 555 Observer's Page Northern Lights Usher in the IGY 1957 9 558 Observer's Page New Zealand Sunspot Numbers 1957 9 558 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 9 558 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 9 559 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 9 559 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 10 565 Front-Cover Photo Aurora at Pittsburgh 1957 10 567 News Notes Naming the Comet 1957 10 569 Feature Comet 1957d -- an Unexpected Visitor 1957 10 573 Feature Eclipse Islands of the South Pacific "Bateson, Frank M." 1957 10 576 Feature Picture Russell W. Porter drawing of the 200-inch telescope 1957 10 577 Feature Stellar Spectrographs -- II "Struve, Otto" 1957 10 580 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 10 580 News Notes Optical Society of America 1957 10 581 News Notes Orbital Motion of the Earth 1957 10 581 News Notes Object Schubart 1957 10 581 News Notes Westmont College 1957 10 581 News Notes Antarctic Eclipse 1957 10 582 Feature "Classification, Dimensions, and Distances of Bright Southern Galaxies" "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1957 10 588 Astronomical Scrapbook The Problem of Visual Observations of Venus "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1957 10 631 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Makers Meet at Stellafane "Dakin, Ralph K." "Keene, George T." 1957 10 589 News Notes Hayden Planetarium Astronomy Classes 1957 10 589 News Notes New Yerkes-McDonald Director 1957 10 590 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Making Classes in Cleveland 1957 10 590 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 10 593 Books and the Sky "The Modern Universe, Raymond A. Lyttleton" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1957 10 594 Books and the Sky "Realities of Space Travel, L. J. Carter, editor" "Smith, Henry J." 1957 10 600 Gleanings for ATMs Some Amateur Mountings of Special Interest 1957 10 606 Observer's Page The Path of Comet 1957d 1957 10 608 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 10 608 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 10 608 Observer's Page Predictions of Bright (Asteroid) Minor Planet Positions 1957 10 609 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1957 10 609 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 10 612 Observer's Page Auroras in August 1957 11 1 Front-Cover Photo University of Illinois Observatory 1957 11 3 News Notes Astronomy at Illinois 1957 11 4 American Astronomers Report Revision of Rowland's Tables 1957 11 4 American Astronomers Report Nova Binary Star 1957 11 4 American Astronomers Report Infrared Observations of Planets and Satellites 1957 11 4 American Astronomers Report Luminosities of Mira Stars 1957 11 5 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1957 11 6 American Astronomers Report Brighter Artificial Satellites? 1957 11 6 American Astronomers Report Interstellar Gas 1957 11 6 American Astronomers Report Punch-Card Observing 1957 11 6 American Astronomers Report The Seeing at Kitt Peak 1957 11 7 American Astronomers Report Expanding Star Cluster in Orion 1957 11 7 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 11 8 Feature A Seeing Compensator Employing Television Techniques "De Witt, John H." "Hardie, Robert H." "Seyfert, Carl K." 1957 11 9 News Notes Jupiter's Clouds 1957 11 10 Feature A Probable Meteorite Fall in Brazil "Menezes, Vincent" 1957 11 12 News Notes ONR Astronomy Program 1957 11 12 News Notes Satellite Weather Pictures To Be Made with Photocells 1957 11 12 News Notes Radio Test for a Lunar Atmosphere 1957 11 12 News Notes West Virginia Ceremony for Radio Observatory 1957 11 12 News Notes Distances of Clusters 1957 11 12 News Notes 1959 Total Eclipse 1957 11 13 News Notes South-North Comparison 1957 11 13 News Notes NSF Research Grants 1957 11 13 News Notes Long-Enduring Meteor Trains 1957 11 14 Feature The Great Aurora of September 22-23 "McDonald, James E." 1957 11 15 Letters Letter "Howard III, W. E." "Young, Andrew T." 1957 11 15 Letters Letter "Reese, Elmer J." 1957 11 15 Letters Letter "Krinov, E. L." 1957 11 15 Letters Letter "Ayers, Robert M." 1957 11 16 Amateur Astronomers Kansas City Convention Marks League's First Decade "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1957 11 17 Amateur Astronomers "Eatontown, New Jersey" 1957 11 17 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 11 17 Amateur Astronomers "Santa Ana, California" 1957 11 17 Amateur Astronomers New York Juniors 1957 11 17 Amateur Astronomers "Paterson, New Jersey" 1957 11 18 Feature The Most Massive Stars Known "Struve, Otto" 1957 11 20 Feature Double Star Studies in Indonesia 1957 11 21 Observer's Page "The Photoelectric Photometer""""" 1957 11 22 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 11 22 Observer's Page Seeing Planets by Day "Otoupalik, Josef R." 1957 11 22 Observer's Page The Lunar Crater Plato "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1957 11 25 Observer's Page Occultation of Saturn "Mickel, Joseph" 1957 11 25 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1957 11 26 Observer's Page September Aurorae 1957 11 27 Observer's Page Comet Mrkos and Solar Activity 1957 11 31 Books and the Sky Book Review "Fleischer, Robert" 1957 11 31 Books and the Sky "Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, Stillman Drake, translator" 1957 11 31 Books and the Sky "Light Scattering by Small Particles, H. C. van de Hulst" 1957 11 31 Books and the Sky Book Review "Smith, Elskev. P." 1957 11 32 Books and the Sky "The Life of Arthur Stanley Eddington, A. Vibert Douglas" "Menon, T. K." 1957 11 33 Books and the Sky "Optics: The Science of Vision, Vasco Ronchi" "Hynek, J. Allen" 1957 11 38 Gleanings for ATMs A New Test for Cassegrainian Secondaries "Norman, Burt A." 1957 11 43 Gleanings for ATMs A Versatile Observing Setup with an 8-inch Reflector "Parker, Donald C." 1957 11 46 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1957 11 47 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1957 12 53 Front-Cover Photo Sputnik rocket over Connecticut 1957 12 61 American Astronomers Report Radio Sources Outside Our Galaxy 1957 12 61 American Astronomers Report Atmospheres of B Stars 1957 12 63 American Astronomers Report Catalogue of Magnetic Stars 1957 12 63 American Astronomers Report Heights of Solar Prominences 1957 12 64 Feature Cleveland's Large Schmidt Telescope Moved "Blanco, Victor M." 1957 12 65 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1957 12 66 Feature Celestial Mechanics of Artificial Satellites "Sterne, Theodore E." 1957 12 69 Feature Lick's 120-inch Mirror Gets Final Touches 1957 12 70 Feature Exchange of Mass in Close Binaries "Struve, Otto" 1957 12 73 News Notes Indiana Expedition to South Africa 1957 12 73 News Notes Operation Moonbeam 1957 12 73 News Notes Thickness of Antarctic Continent's Ice Layer 1957 12 74 Astronomical Scrapbook Naming Some Minor Planets "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1957 12 75 Astronomical Scrapbook Box: The 33 Brightest Minor Planets 1957 12 76 Amateur Astronomers "Waynesboro, Pennsylvania" 1957 12 76 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet at Amherst "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1957 12 76 Amateur Astronomers "Eureka, California" 1957 12 76 Amateur Astronomers "Edinburg, Texas" 1957 12 76 Amateur Astronomers Juniors in Oklahoma and Puerto Rico 1957 12 76 Amateur Astronomers Contacting National Organizations 1957 12 77 Amateur Astronomers Blair Medal Awarded at Western Convention 1957 12 77 Amateur Astronomers Miami Amateurs Televise the Moon "Tripp, Mrs. Carolyn" 1957 12 77 Amateur Astronomers New Science TV Program 1957 12 77 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1957 12 79 Observer's Page Some Notes on New and Recent Comets 1957 12 83 Observer's Page Saturn's Occultation Observed 1957 12 84 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1957 12 87 Books and the Sky "Discovery of the Universe, Gerard de Vaucouleurs" "Pillans, Helen" 1957 12 89 Books and the Sky "Theories of the Universe: From Babylonian Myth to Modern Science, Milton K. Munitz, editor" "Jacobsen, T. S." 1957 12 90 Books and the Sky "Galactic Nebulae and Interstellar Matter, Jean Dufay" 1957 12 90 Books and the Sky "Le Ciel et la Terre, Andre Danjon, Pierre Pruvost, and Jules Blache, editors" 1957 12 90 Books and the Sky Book Review "Velghe, Albert G." 1957 12 90 Books and the Sky Book Review "Munch, Guido" 1957 12 96 Gleanings for ATMs An 11-inch Maksutov Telescope "Norman, Burt A." 1957 12 96 Gleanings for ATMs Maksutov telescopes -- An 11-inch Maksutov Telescope 1957 12 99 Gleanings for ATMs A Vacuum Film Container "Cheney, William" 1957 12 102 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 1 109 Front-Cover Photo Project Stratoscope launching 1958 1 111 News Notes Artificial Meteors 1958 1 112 Feature "Project Stratoscope -- Solar Photographs from 80,000 Feet" "Rogerson Jr., John B." 1958 1 116 Feature The Veil Nebula as a Supernova Remnant "Struve, Otto" 1958 1 118 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 1 118 News Notes Radio Spectroheliograph at Stanford University 1958 1 119 American Astronomers Report Variability of Supergiant Stars 1958 1 119 American Astronomers Report Tests of the Solar Ephemeris 1958 1 120 American Astronomers Report Comet Arend-Roland (1956h) 1958 1 120 American Astronomers Report Prominence Motions and Solar Magnetic Fields 1958 1 121 American Astronomers Report Is Saturn a Radio Source? 1958 1 122 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 1 122 Amateur Astronomers Regional Meetings 1958 1 122 Amateur Astronomers A Basement Planetarium "Lovi, George" 1958 1 122 News Notes Plasmoids 1958 1 123 News Notes University of Michigan 85-foot Radio Telescope 1958 1 123 News Notes Ashen Light of Venus 1958 1 123 News Notes Fire near Mt. Wilson 1958 1 123 News Notes Giant Dish Used To Track Sputnik I Rocket 1958 1 124 Feature McDonald Observatory's 36-inch Reflector "Hiltner, W. A." 1958 1 127 Feature Some Very Irregular Variable Stars "Cragg, Thomas A." 1958 1 133 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1958 1958 1 136 Observer's Page The Lunar Eclipse of November 7th 1958 1 137 Observer's Page A Bright Red Aurora 1958 1 138 Observer's Page A View of the Lunar Crater Kies "Larrieu, A. C." 1958 1 138 Observer's Page Naked-Eye Sunspot Observing "Johnson, Gus E." 1958 1 138 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 1 141 Books and the Sky Book Review "Losh, Hazel Marie" 1958 1 141 Books and the Sky "Introducing Astronomy, J. B. Sidgwick" 1958 1 141 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1958 1 144 Books and the Sky "Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, Willy Ley" "Shawcross, William E." 1958 1 148 Gleanings for ATMs A Prime-Focus Camera for a Large Amateur Reflector -- I "Custer, Clarence P." 1958 1 154 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 1 154 Celestial Calendar Venus' Inferior Conjunction 1958 1 155 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 1 155 Celestial Calendar Airplane Sightings of Comets "Redmond, Richard" 1958 1 155 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 2 161 Front-Cover Photo Observing on Fritz Peak 1958 2 163 News Notes Night-Sky Observatory 1958 2 164 Feature The Sky and Eye "Roach, Franklin E." "Jamnick, Pauline M." 1958 2 168 News Notes Project Stratoscope Report Wins AAAS Prize 1958 2 169 Feature A Survey of Astronautical Periodicals "III, Frederick I. Ordway" 1958 2 171 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 2 172 Feature Picture NGC 5236 1958 2 173 Feature Among Southern Galaxies: Messier 83 1958 2 173 News Notes When Is Mercury at Quarter Phase? 1958 2 174 Feature The Crab Nebula as a Supernova Remnant "Struve, Otto" 1958 2 177 News Notes Position Available at Griffith Observatory 1958 2 177 News Notes 12 Lacertae Campaign 1958 2 178 Feature Radio Echoes from the Moon 1958 2 179 Letters Letter "Moore, Patrick" 1958 2 179 Letters Letter "McDonald, James E." 1958 2 179 Letters Letter "Griggs, Nelson M." 1958 2 180 Astronomical Scrapbook Navigators of the Old Pacific "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1958 2 181 American Astronomers Report Orbit of Nereid 1958 2 181 News Notes Artificial Satellites in 1946 1958 2 181 News Notes Search for Interstellar Deuterium 1958 2 181 News Notes Visiting Professors To Tour Colleges 1958 2 181 News Notes National Observatory Contract Awarded 1958 2 182 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers 1958 2 182 Amateur Astronomers "St. Louis, Missouri" 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane 1958 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers "Salem, Oregon" 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers "AAVSO Solar Division """"SEA"""" Program" 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Radio Astronomy in Great Britain 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers "Caracas, Venezuela" 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers Brooklyn Observatory "Goldenblatt, Philip" 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers "Baltimore, Maryland" 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers Listing of Societies 1958 2 183 Amateur Astronomers "Grants Pass, Oregon" 1958 2 184 Observer's Page Amateur Observations of the Sun 1958 2 188 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 2 191 Observer's Page Observing Herschel Objects 1958 2 192 Observer's Page How To Make Use of Universal Time 1958 2 195 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Astronomy, Robert H. Baker" 1958 2 195 Books and the Sky "Practical Astronomy, W. Schroeder" 1958 2 195 Books and the Sky Book Review "Losh, Hazel Marie" 1958 2 195 Books and the Sky Book Review "Shawcross, William E." 1958 2 196 Books and the Sky "A Key to the Stars, R. van der Riet Woolley" "Bates, Ralph S." 1958 2 201 Gleanings for ATMs A Prime-Focus Camera for a Large Amateur Reflector -- II "Custer, Clarence P." 1958 2 206 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 2 206 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 2 207 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 3 213 Front-Cover Photo Aurora pastel 1958 3 215 News Notes An Aurora Pastel 1958 3 216 Feature Irregularities in the Earth's Rotation -- I "Gold, Thomas" 1958 3 219 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Things To Observe in the Sky -- I "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1958 3 221 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 3 224 Feature Among Southern Galaxies: NGC 253 1958 3 225 Feature Picture Southern galaxy: NGC 253 1958 3 226 Feature Henri Poincare and His Cosmological Studies "Struve, Otto" 1958 3 228 News Notes Stamford Planetarium 1958 3 229 American Astronomers Report An Outburst of Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 1958 3 230 American Astronomers Report A Study of the Stellar Association I Lacertae 1958 3 230 American Astronomers Report Magnetic Stellar Envelopes and Planetary Nebulae 1958 3 231 American Astronomers Report Abnormally Blue Galaxies 1958 3 232 American Astronomers Report Rotation and Expansion of the Local Supergalaxy 1958 3 234 News Notes Aurora Photographs Wanted 1958 3 234 News Notes Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies 1958 3 234 News Notes Sale of Herschel Relics 1958 3 234 News Notes National Observatory Director Appointed 1958 3 234 News Notes New Radio Astronomy Tool 1958 3 235 Amateur Astronomers "Friend, Clarence L., Dies" 1958 3 235 Amateur Astronomers International Amateur Meeting Proposed 1958 3 235 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 3 235 Amateur Astronomers Offbeat Meeting 1958 3 235 Amateur Astronomers Mirror Making in South Africa "Ottens, Hein" 1958 3 236 Amateur Astronomers Northeastern Ohio 1958 3 236 Amateur Astronomers "East Cleveland, Ohio" 1958 3 236 Amateur Astronomers "Ann Arbor, Michigan" 1958 3 237 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 3 237 Observer's Page Some Lunar Observing Problems "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1958 3 241 Observer's Page Venus' Markings "Wanders, A. J. M." 1958 3 241 Observer's Page Amateur Photoelectric Photometry of Comet Arend-Roland 1958 3 245 Books and the Sky Book Review "Herbig, G. H." 1958 3 245 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1958 3 245 Books and the Sky "The Oxidation and Weathering of Meteorites, John Davis Buddhue" 1958 3 245 Books and the Sky "The Galactic Novae, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin" 1958 3 246 Books and the Sky "And There Was Light, Rudolf Thiel" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1958 3 251 Gleanings for ATMs An Amateur's 12-inch Modified Cassegrainian 1958 3 255 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Observatory in Texas "Hudlow, Paul" 1958 3 256 Gleanings for ATMs An Easily Built Adjustable Slit "Masson, Kelvin" 1958 3 259 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 3 259 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 3 259 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 4 265 Front-Cover Photo Red aurora 1958 4 267 News Notes New Comet Burnham 1958 4 268 Feature Origin of the Aurora -- I "Chamberlain, Joseph W." 1958 4 272 Feature G. A. Shajn and Russian Astronomy "Struve, Otto" 1958 4 274 News Notes Naval Observatory Double Star Program 1958 4 275 American Astronomers Report Cosmic Distance Scale and the Red Shift 1958 4 277 American Astronomers Report Cepheid Symposium 1958 4 277 News Notes Wilfred Hall Observatory 1958 4 280 Feature February's Great Multicolored Aurora 1958 4 283 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 4 284 Feature Irregularities in the Earth's Rotation "Gold, Thomas" 1958 4 284 Feature Irregularities in the Earth's Rotation -- II "Gold, Thomas" 1958 4 287 News Notes New Lick Director 1958 4 287 News Notes Supernova in M83 1958 4 287 News Notes Color of the Milky Way 1958 4 287 News Notes First Progress Report of IGY Meteor Observing 1958 4 287 News Notes Five Stellar Populations 1958 4 288 Feature Picture NGC 300 1958 4 289 Feature Among Southern Galaxies - III 1958 4 290 Astronomical Scrapbook "Schmidt, Julius, and the Moon" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1958 4 292 Amateur Astronomers "Utica, New York" 1958 4 292 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League To Meet at Ithaca 1958 4 292 Amateur Astronomers "Gamble, Carl H., Dies" 1958 4 292 Amateur Astronomers "Memphis, Tennessee" 1958 4 292 Amateur Astronomers "Paterson, New Jersey" 1958 4 292 Amateur Astronomers More Junior Groups 1958 4 292 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 4 292 Amateur Astronomers Solar System to Scale 1958 4 297 Observer's Page Mapping the Floor of Plato "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1958 4 299 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 4 300 Observer's Page A Simple Method of Star Photography "Seekins, H. W." 1958 4 303 Books and the Sky "The Inner Metagalaxy, Harlow Shapley" 1958 4 303 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1958 4 305 Books and the Sky "The Planet Venus, Patrick Moore" "Shawcross, William E." 1958 4 309 Gleanings for ATMs More Maksutov Notes - Radius Testing "Cox, Robert E." 1958 4 316 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 4 317 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 4 317 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 4 697 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1958 5 325 Front-Cover Photo Custer telescope 1958 5 327 Letters Letter "Carroll, Warren H." 1958 5 327 Letters Letter "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1958 5 329 Feature Color on the Moon "Firsoff, V. Axel" 1958 5 334 Feature Among Southern Galaxies- IV 1958 5 335 Feature Picture NGC 613 1958 5 336 Feature Einstein's Equation -- E = mc2 "Struve, Otto" 1958 5 338 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 5 338 News Notes Sea-Surface Gravimeter 1958 5 339 Feature Origin of the Aurora - II "Chamberlain, Joseph W." 1958 5 342 News Notes Possible Sources of a Lunar Atmosphere 1958 5 342 News Notes National Observatory To Be on Kitt Peak 1958 5 342 News Notes "Alter, Dinsmore, Retires" 1958 5 343 News Notes New Pencil-Beam Antenna for Radio Astronomy 1958 5 343 News Notes Nova in Ophiuchus 1958 5 343 News Notes Planetary Temperatures 1958 5 344 American Astronomers Report Southern Stars of High Velocity 1958 5 344 American Astronomers Report Spectral Variations of HD 20336 1958 5 345 American Astronomers Report Artificial Satellite Temperatures 1958 5 345 American Astronomers Report Origin of Rapidly Rotating Asteroids 1958 5 346 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Things To Observe in the Sky -- II "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1958 5 349 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs To Meet at Pasadena 1958 5 349 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 5 349 Amateur Astronomers "Ft. Wayne, Indiana" 1958 5 349 Amateur Astronomers Christmas over Denver 1958 5 349 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Convention Notes 1958 5 349 Amateur Astronomers A Garage Observatory "Worch, Charles H." 1958 5 350 Amateur Astronomers A 9-inch Springfield Telescope for Public Observing "Bartmess, Rex M." 1958 5 350 Amateur Astronomers Crayford Observatory 1958 5 352 Observer's Page Prime-Focus Photography for the Amateur "Custer, Clarence P." 1958 5 357 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 5 357 Observer's Page Uranus in Cancer 1958 5 357 Observer's Page March 11th Aurora 1958 5 359 Observer's Page Surplus Film Available "Briser, John P." 1958 5 361 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bailey, Edwin F." 1958 5 361 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gasteyer, Charles" 1958 5 361 Books and the Sky "The Stars Above Us, Ernst Zinner" 1958 5 363 Books and the Sky "The Stars, W. Kruse and W. Dieckvoss" 1958 5 363 Books and the Sky Book Review "Yoss, Kenneth M." 1958 5 363 Books and the Sky "Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps, Kees Boeke" 1958 5 363 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1958 5 368 Gleanings for ATMs Construction of a Solar Telescope "Semerau, Walter J." 1958 5 378 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 5 378 Celestial Calendar Occultations by Saturn 1958 5 379 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 5 379 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 6 385 Front-Cover Photo Ft. Davis radio telescope 1958 6 387 News Notes Operation Phototrack 1958 6 388 Feature Solar Radio Astronomy in Texas "Maxwell, Alan" 1958 6 393 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 6 394 Astronomical Scrapbook The Brothers Henry "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1958 6 395 Feature Observing Plans for October's Eclipse -- I "Low, Robert J." 1958 6 397 News Notes Astronomical Society of the Pacific Meeting 1958 6 400 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium in Brazil "Dias de Almeida, O." 1958 6 400 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium in Brazil "Almeida, O. Dias de" 1958 6 401 Feature The Densities of Gaseous Nebulae "Struve, Otto" 1958 6 404 Feature Among Southern Galaxies - V 1958 6 404 Feature Picture NGC 1097 1958 6 406 News Notes Clusters of Galaxies and Intergalactic Obscuration 1958 6 406 News Notes Conference for College Teachers of Astronomy 1958 6 406 News Notes "Sanford, R. F., Dies" 1958 6 406 News Notes Radio-Noise Conference 1958 6 406 News Notes National Academy of Sciences Awards for Astronomy 1958 6 407 Amateur Astronomers "Pierce, John M., Dies" 1958 6 407 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention "Beyer, Beth" 1958 6 407 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 6 407 Amateur Astronomers Long Island Star Parties 1958 6 407 News Notes Mount Stromlo Report 1958 6 409 Observer's Page The Satellites of Saturn "Shawcross, William E." 1958 6 410 Observer's Page Sunspot Count Reaches Highest Maximum 1958 6 413 Observer's Page April's Annular Eclipse Observed in the Orient 1958 6 414 Observer's Page A Lunar Curiosity 1958 6 416 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bates, Ralph S." 1958 6 416 Books and the Sky "Galileo and the Magic Numbers, Sidney Rosen" 1958 6 416 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1958 6 416 Books and the Sky "The Planet Earth, D. R. Bates, editor" 1958 6 423 Gleanings for ATMs Notes and New Data on Maksutov Telescopes "Cox, Robert E." 1958 6 427 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Reflector with a Pasadena Mounting "McFarland, G. L." 1958 6 430 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 6 430 Celestial Calendar Film for Naked-Eye Sunspot Observing "Sumner, Richard" 1958 6 430 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 6 430 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 6 431 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 6 431 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 7 437 Front-Cover Photo London Planetarium 1958 7 439 News Notes IAU Moscow Meeting 1958 7 440 Feature London's New Planetarium "King, Henry C." 1958 7 443 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Things To Observe in the Sky -- III "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1958 7 445 Feature Far-Ultraviolet Radiation of the Night Sky "Struve, Otto" 1958 7 449 Feature A Seeing Scale for Visual Observers "Tombaugh, Clyde W." "Smith, Bradford A." 1958 7 450 Feature Observing Plans for October's Eclipse -- II "Low, Robert J." 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers "Yonkers, New York" 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers "Troy, New York" "King, Gerald A." 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers Michigan Amateur Dies 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers "Space"""" Magazine" 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Convention "Ebel, John A." 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane Notes 1958 7 453 Amateur Astronomers North-Central Convention "Hernandez, Jose" 1958 7 454 Feature Among Southern Galaxies - VI 1958 7 455 Feature Picture NGC 1316 and 1317 1958 7 456 News Notes "Burns, Keivin, Dies" 1958 7 456 News Notes New Giant Radio Telescopes 1958 7 456 News Notes Texture of the Moon's Surface 1958 7 457 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 7 457 News Notes Sun Pillar 1958 7 457 News Notes "Lundmark, Knut" 1958 7 457 News Notes Bruce Medal 1958 7 457 News Notes American Astronomical Society 1958 7 457 News Notes Giant Solar Furnace 1958 7 458 Observing the Satellites Sputnik III Launched 1958 7 458 Observing the Satellites Instrumentation of Sputnik III 1958 7 458 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1958 7 459 Observing the Satellites Lifetimes of American Satellites 1958 7 459 Observing the Satellites Dimensions of Sputnik II 1958 7 459 Observing the Satellites Satellite Publication 1958 7 464 Observer's Page Posidonius 1958 7 464 Observer's Page Grazing Lunar Eclipse "Smith, Gregory" 1958 7 464 Observer's Page Aurora on May 13-14 1958 7 464 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Posidonius "Herring, Alika K." 1958 7 465 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 7 469 Books and the Sky "The Telescope, Harry Edward Neal" 1958 7 469 Books and the Sky "The Dawn of Life, J. H. Rush" 1958 7 469 Books and the Sky Book Review "Yoss, Kenneth M." 1958 7 469 Books and the Sky Book Review "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1958 7 470 Books and the Sky "Teaching Science to the Ordinary Pupil, K. Laybourn and C. H. Bailey" "Sternig, John" 1958 7 473 Gleanings for ATMs Using Spherometers in Maksutov Radius Testing "Cox, Robert E." 1958 7 480 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 7 480 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 7 481 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 7 481 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 8 489 Front-Cover Photo Kitt Peak observatory site 1958 8 491 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 8 493 Feature The National Observatory at Kitt Peak "Meinel, Aden B." 1958 8 499 News Notes Work Suspended on 98-inch Isaac Newton Telescope 1958 8 499 News Notes Eclipse Expeditions 1958 8 500 Feature "The Longway Planetarium in Flint, Michigan" "Moore, Maurice G." 1958 8 501 Letters Letter "Lovi, George" 1958 8 501 Letters Letter "Johnston, Robert B." 1958 8 502 Feature Rocket Ultraviolet Solar Spectroscopy "Rense, William A." 1958 8 507 Observing the Satellites Long-Range Visibility Forecasts "Melin, Marshall" 1958 8 508 Observing the Satellites Shorter Notes 1958 8 508 Observing the Satellites The First Space Traveller 1958 8 509 Astronomical Scrapbook The Great Paris Telescope "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1958 8 509 News Notes NSF Research Grants 1958 8 510 Feature Among Southern Galaxies - VII 1958 8 511 Feature Picture "NGC 6769, 6770, and 6771" 1958 8 512 Feature A Problem in Celestial Motions "Struve, Otto" 1958 8 514 News Notes New Associate Director at Griffith Observatory 1958 8 514 News Notes Transits of Venus Past and Future 1958 8 514 News Notes Shape of the Earth 1958 8 514 News Notes Planetarium Symposium at Cranbrook 1958 8 514 News Notes "Baade, Walter, Retires" 1958 8 515 Amateur Astronomers Mountain States Meeting 1958 8 515 Amateur Astronomers New Club in Alabama 1958 8 515 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 8 515 Amateur Astronomers 47th AAVSO Spring Meeting 1958 8 517 Observer's Page Filter Techniques for Planetary Observers "Capen, Charles F." 1958 8 520 Observer's Page June 6-7 Aurora 1958 8 520 Observer's Page Phases of Venus 1958 8 523 Books and the Sky "Theoretical Astrophysics, V. A. Ambartsumyan, editor" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1958 8 524 Books and the Sky "The Present and Future of the Telescope of Moderate Size, Frank Bradshaw Wood, editor" "Hoag, Arthur A." 1958 8 529 Gleanings for ATMs The Neo-Brachyt Reflector "Cox, Robert E." 1958 8 534 Gleanings for ATMs Barlow's Tables 1958 8 538 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 8 538 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 8 538 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 8 539 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 8 539 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 9 545 Front-Cover Photo Model of Russian 102-inch telescope 1958 9 547 News Notes Rotation of Venus 1958 9 548 Feature Orbits of Visual Double Stars "Struve, Otto" 1958 9 551 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 9 552 Feature Wisconsin's Pine Bluff Observatory 1958 9 554 News Notes Meteoritical Society 1958 9 555 News Notes New Stellar Stream 1958 9 555 News Notes Recurrent Nova in Ophiuchus 1958 9 555 News Notes Visiting Professors Program Resumes 1958 9 555 News Notes Breakup of Star Clusters 1958 9 555 News Notes Changes in the Sun's Magnetic Field 1958 9 556 Feature Convention in Ithaca "Corrado, Henry M." 1958 9 558 Feature A New Photometer for Very Faint Stars "Johnson, Harold L." 1958 9 560 News Notes Nova Sagittarii 1932 1958 9 561 Feature The Final Moments of Sputnik II "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1958 9 562 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1958 9 563 Observing the Satellites Instruments 1958 9 563 Observing the Satellites Satellite Brightnesses 1958 9 564 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Things To Observe in the Sky -- IV "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1958 9 566 Feature Among Southern Galaxies - VIII 1958 9 567 Feature Picture NGC 1808 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers Amateurs in Holland "van der Elst, E. A." 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers "Massillon, Ohio" 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers Hunting Messier Objects "Lodge, Francis" 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers Juniors in California 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers "Nashua, New Hampshire" 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers "Midland, Texas" 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers "Palmer, Massachusetts" 1958 9 568 Amateur Astronomers Two Amateur Observatories 1958 9 569 Amateur Astronomers Southwest Convention "Brewer, E. M." 1958 9 569 Amateur Astronomers Foucault Pendulums 1958 9 572 Feature The Astronautic Chart "Spencer, Roy C." 1958 9 579 Observer's Page "Mercury, Venus, and Regulus in the Morning Sky" "Cornell, Herbert W." 1958 9 580 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 9 580 Observer's Page July 8-9 Aurora 1958 9 580 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 9 584 Books and the Sky "The Astronomer's Universe, Bart J. Bok" 1958 9 584 Books and the Sky Book Review "Stein, Raymond J." 1958 9 584 Books and the Sky Book Review "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1958 9 584 Books and the Sky "Atlas of the Sky, Vincent de Callatay" 1958 9 585 Books and the Sky "Optics, Bruno Rossi" "Hynek, J. Allen" 1958 9 589 Gleanings for ATMs Herschelian Telescopes for Amateur Use "Cox, Robert E." 1958 9 589 Gleanings for ATMs Herschelian Telescope for Amateur Use 1958 9 593 Gleanings for ATMs A New Solar Observatory in the Northwest "Parmenter, B. C." 1958 9 596 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 9 596 Celestial Calendar Countersun Observed "Gauss, Stephen" 1958 9 596 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 9 597 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 10 605 Front-Cover Photo "Ingalls, Albert G., at Stellafane" 1958 10 607 News Notes Migrating Birds Use Stars To Navigate 1958 10 609 Feature The Naval Research Laboratory's 84-foot Radio Telescope "McClain, Edward F." 1958 10 610 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 10 611 News Notes Galactic Co-ordinates "Struve, Otto" 1958 10 615 Feature A Total Eclipse of the Sun 1958 10 616 Feature "Albert G. Ingalls, T. N." "Cox, Robert E." 1958 10 618 Feature Among Southern Galaxies - IX 1958 10 619 Feature Picture NGC 1515 1958 10 620 Feature The Paris Symposium on Radio Astronomy "Bok, Bart J." 1958 10 623 Astronomical Scrapbook The Selenographical Journal "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1958 10 624 Observing the Satellites Space Age: Year One 1958 10 624 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1958 10 624 Observing the Satellites Lunar Probes 1958 10 625 Observing the Satellites A Telescope in Space 1958 10 626 News Notes Magellanic Cloud Visual Brightnesses 1958 10 626 News Notes Red Stars near the Galactic Nucleus 1958 10 626 News Notes Radio Telescope at Sugar Grove 1958 10 626 News Notes Pleiades Photometry 1958 10 626 News Notes "Barton, Samuel G., Dies" 1958 10 627 American Astronomers Report Star Cluster Lifetimes 1958 10 627 American Astronomers Report Apsidal Motion in HR 8800 1958 10 627 American Astronomers Report Lifetimes of Solar Pores 1958 10 628 American Astronomers Report Mass of a Long-Period Variable in Ophiuchus 1958 10 628 American Astronomers Report Metal Abundances in K-type Stars of Population II 1958 10 628 American Astronomers Report "Solar """"Points""""" 1958 10 628 News Notes "Bound Volumes of ASP """"Leaflets""""" 1958 10 628 News Notes "Aratos' """"Phaenomena"""" Translated from the Greek" 1958 10 629 Feature Convention in Pasadena "McClure, Alan" 1958 10 630 Amateur Astronomers Mirror Making Classes in New York City 1958 10 631 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Convention "Newman, Edward J." 1958 10 631 Amateur Astronomers "Wilmington, Delaware" 1958 10 632 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 10 637 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Pitatus "Herring, Alika K." 1958 10 637 Observer's Page Pitatus 1958 10 640 Observer's Page Aurora of September 4-5 1958 10 640 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 10 645 Books and the Sky "The Planet Jupiter, Bertrand V. Peek" "Haas, Walter H." 1958 10 646 Books and the Sky "Light: Visible and Invisible, Eduard Ruechardt" "Bailey, Edwin F." 1958 10 647 Books and the Sky "Introduction to the Moon, Dinsmore Alter" 1958 10 651 Gleanings for ATMs Newtonian Focus Position and Parfocal Eyepieces "Cox, Robert E." 1958 10 653 Gleanings for ATMs A Rigid Pier "Eyster, J. A. E." 1958 10 654 Letters Letter "Kutter, Anton" 1958 10 656 Celestial Calendar A Favorable Month for Occultations 1958 10 656 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 10 657 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 10 657 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 10 657 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 11 1 Front-Cover Photo U.S. Army solar furnace 1958 11 3 News Notes Submarine and Space Medicine Symposium "Laskey, Howard G." 1958 11 4 Feature The Largest American Solar Furnace 1958 11 7 Feature World's Astronomers Meet in Moscow "Bok, Bart J." 1958 11 13 Feature Boston's Planetarium Opens "Patterson, John" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Stamford, Connecticut" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers New York Juniors 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Fort Dodge, Iowa" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Ft. Wayne, Indiana" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers Juniors in Japan "Muta, Taizo" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Knoxville, Tennessee" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Las Vegas, Nevada" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Clinton, Wisconsin" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Bristol, Pennsylvania" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers "Upper Montclair, New Jersey" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers Troy Amateurs Reorganize "Harris, David" 1958 11 16 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 11 17 Feature The Chemical Composition and Ages of Stars "Struve, Otto" 1958 11 19 News Notes New Director at Lowell 1958 11 20 American Astronomers Report An Unusual Reflection Nebula and the Star AE Aurigae 1958 11 20 American Astronomers Report High-Altitude Meteoritic Dust 1958 11 22 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 11 22 News Notes Antireflection Coatings for Infrared Optics 1958 11 22 News Notes Comet Burnham-Slaughter 1958 11 22 News Notes Washington Appointment 1958 11 22 News Notes Stars of Class R 1958 11 22 News Notes Southern Observer of Variable Stars 1958 11 23 Feature The New IAU Nomenclature for Mars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1958 11 26 Feature Among Southern Galaxies - X 1958 11 27 Feature Picture NGC 1365 1958 11 28 Observing the Satellites NASA Plans for Space Research 1958 11 28 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1958 11 28 Observing the Satellites Twelve Months of Optical Tracking 1958 11 29 Observing the Satellites Simplified Prediction Manual 1958 11 29 Observing the Satellites A Short-Lived Vanguard 1958 11 30 Observer's Page Early Observations of Mars "Cave Jr., Thomas R." 1958 11 35 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 11 35 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1958 11 36 Observer's Page Amateur Photographs of Mars "Oliver, Everett S." 1958 11 39 Books and the Sky "Of Stars and Men, Harlow Shapley" "Rush, Joseph H." 1958 11 40 Books and the Sky "Planets, Stars, and Space, Joseph Miles Chamberlain and Thomas D. Nicholson" 1958 11 40 Books and the Sky "Frontiers in Science, Edward Hutchings, Jr., editor" 1958 11 40 Books and the Sky Book Review "Newman, Edward J." 1958 11 40 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gold, Leon E." 1958 11 43 Books and the Sky "The Black Cloud, Fred Hoyle" "Streeter, John W." 1958 11 47 Gleanings for ATMs Balancing the Tube of a Reflecting Telescope "Cox, Robert E." 1958 11 54 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 11 54 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 11 55 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1958 11 55 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 12 61 Front-Cover Photo "Kutter's, Anton, catadioptric telescope" 1958 12 63 News Notes Variable Stars Today 1958 12 64 Feature Picture "Moon, 8 3/4 days old" 1958 12 65 Feature Moon Photographs with an Off-Axis Reflector 1958 12 68 Feature Eclipse Observations on October 12th 1958 12 70 Feature Jai Singh and His Observatory at New Delhi "Talgeri, K. M." 1958 12 72 News Notes Lithium in the Upper Atmosphere 1958 12 72 News Notes Infrared Photography 1958 12 72 News Notes Institute of Space Sciences 1958 12 72 News Notes Green Bank Dedication 1958 12 73 News Notes New Canadian Telescope 1958 12 73 News Notes Search for Bright Variable Stars 1958 12 74 Feature Some Possible Evidence of Evolution in Individual Stars "Struve, Otto" 1958 12 77 Feature Solar Research Reported at Moscow "Mohler, Orren C." 1958 12 80 Feature Planetarium Operators' Symposium at Cranbrook Institute 1958 12 82 Observing the Satellites The Tumbling of 1958d1 "Melin, Marshall" 1958 12 83 Observing the Satellites Photometric Observations of Satellite 1958¶1 1958 12 84 Feature The Cateye "Gebel, R. K. H." "Wylie, Lloyd R." 1958 12 85 Astronomical Scrapbook Astronomy in Greenland "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1958 12 85 News Notes Simulated Lunar Craters 1958 12 86 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Time and the Sky -- I 1958 12 87 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1958 12 87 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur's Experience with Public Star Parties "Lundstrom, Robert A." 1958 12 87 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur Astronomer's Wife (poem) "Lattey, Mrs. Hedi E." 1958 12 87 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets in Springfield "Shawcross, William E." 1958 12 88 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur Observatory in Canada "Smith, Gordon W." 1958 12 88 Amateur Astronomers "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma" 1958 12 88 Amateur Astronomers "Watertown, Wisconsin" 1958 12 88 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1958 12 91 Observer's Page Lunar Domes "Moore, Patrick" 1958 12 95 Observer's Page Mars Drawings Using Filters "Capen, Charles F." 1958 12 96 Observer's Page Aurora of October 24th 1958 12 96 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1958 12 99 Books and the Sky "Structure and Evolution of the Stars, Martin Schwarzschild" "Mumford, George S." 1958 12 100 Books and the Sky "Concepts of Classical Optics, John Strong" "Selby, Horace H." 1958 12 102 Books and the Sky "Isaac Newton's Papers & Letters on Natural Philosophy, I. Bernard Cohen, editor" 1958 12 107 Gleanings for ATMs Balancing a German Equatorial Mounting "Cox, Robert E." 1958 12 110 Gleanings for ATMs Suggestions for Mirror Makers "Cokor, John" 1958 12 112 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1958 12 112 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1958 12 113 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1958 12 113 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 1 121 Front-Cover Photo An Amateur's photographic reflector 1959 1 123 News Notes Volcanic Activity on the Moon? "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1959 1 124 Feature Picture Messier 33 (NGC 598) 1959 1 125 Feature Classifying the Galaxies "Struve, Otto" 1959 1 131 News Notes Heights of Meteors 1959 1 131 News Notes Further Word on Last October's Eclipse 1959 1 132 Feature World-Wide Observations of VV Cephei "Fredrick, Laurence W." 1959 1 134 Feature Some Suggestions on Astrophotography "Keene, George T." 1959 1 137 Letters Letter "Ganser, Mrs. Mary H." 1959 1 137 Letters Letter "Cole, Mrs. Lorena M." 1959 1 138 Feature Aurora Observations in Antarctica 1959 1 140 Feature Some Astronomical Stamps -- I "Mayernik, Alphonse P." 1959 1 142 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1959 1 142 Amateur Astronomers Nationwide Amateur Astronomers Convention "Steinmetz, Ken" 1959 1 142 Amateur Astronomers "Birmingham, Alabama" 1959 1 142 Amateur Astronomers "Clearfield, Pennsylvania" 1959 1 142 Amateur Astronomers Juniors in Florida and Missouri 1959 1 143 Amateur Astronomers Mars Observing Program "Ramsey, Clifford R." 1959 1 143 Amateur Astronomers An Observatory-Planetarium in Idaho 1959 1 144 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Time and the Sky -- II 1959 1 145 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 1 145 Observing the Satellites More About Project Rotor 1959 1 145 Observing the Satellites The December Moon Shot 1959 1 145 Observing the Satellites Launching Site for Polar Orbits 1959 1 145 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1959 1 146 News Notes Argentine Astronomical Association Formed 1959 1 146 Observing the Satellites Bibliography 1959 1 146 Observing the Satellites British Contribution 1959 1 149 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1959 1959 1 152 Observer's Page Wanted: Amateur Observations of CE Cassiopeiae "Young, Andrew T." 1959 1 153 News Notes Comet Burnham-Slaughter 1959 1 156 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 1 160 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Distant Stars, Clyde B. Clason" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1959 1 161 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cox, Robert E." 1959 1 166 Gleanings for ATMs The Fieldston School Observatory "Kada, Gene" 1959 1 169 Gleanings for ATMs A 12 1/2-inch Fork-Mounted Newtonian-Cassegrainian "Lutz, Samuel" 1959 1 172 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 1 172 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1959 1 172 Celestial Calendar Ceres and Beta Librae 1959 1 172 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 1 173 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 2 181 Front-Cover Photo Atlas satellite rocket 1959 2 183 News Notes Solar Tower Telescope Planned for Kitt Peak 1959 2 184 Feature Observation of a Volcanic Process on the Moon "Kozyrev, Nikolai A." 1959 2 186 News Notes Effective Aperture of the Human Eye 1959 2 187 Feature The Making of the Barringer Meteorite Crater "Struve, Otto" 1959 2 189 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 2 190 Feature Rocket Propellants -- The Key to Space Travel - I "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1959 2 195 News Notes Zeta Aquarii 1959 2 195 News Notes Laboratory Test of Relativity 1959 2 196 Observing the Satellites Largest United States Artificial Satellite "Melin, Marshall" 1959 2 197 Observing the Satellites Russian Space Probe in Orbit Around Sun 1959 2 198 Feature Some Astronomical Stamps -- II "Mayernik, Alphonse P." 1959 2 201 Letters Letter "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1959 2 201 Letters Letter "Zwicky, Fritz" 1959 2 203 Astronomical Scrapbook Names on the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1959 2 203 News Notes Astronomical Exhibition 1959 2 204 Amateur Astronomers A Complete Observatory of Relatively Low Cost "Goetz, Robert" 1959 2 204 Amateur Astronomers Contacting National Organizations 1959 2 204 Amateur Astronomers National Meeting Notes 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers New Planetarium in Tennessee 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers "San Gabriel, California" 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers "China Lake, California" 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers "Bethpage, New York" 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers "Brentwood, Tennessee" 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers Latin-American Amateurs Organize League 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers "Laurel, Mississippi" 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers "Kankakee, Illinois" 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers Georgia Amateur Dies 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers "Union City, New Jersey" 1959 2 205 Amateur Astronomers "Wenatchee, Washington" 1959 2 206 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Gassendi "Herring, Alika K." 1959 2 206 Observer's Page Gassendi 1959 2 207 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 2 209 Observer's Page Some Observations of Mars from Iran "Capen, Charles F." 1959 2 211 Observer's Page An Unusual Event in Alpetragius "Stein, Raymond J." 1959 2 214 Books and the Sky Book Review "Irwin, John B." 1959 2 216 Books and the Sky "1001 Questions Answered About Astronomy, James S. Pickering" "Crull, Harry E." 1959 2 218 News Notes 84-inch Mirror Blank Being Ground in Tucson 1959 2 222 Gleanings for ATMs Construction of a Dall Null Tester "Schlauch, John" 1959 2 225 Gleanings for ATMs Suggestions for Designing the Null Tester "Cox, Robert E." 1959 2 230 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 2 231 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 2 231 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 3 8 American Astronomers Report Atmospheres in Action 1959 3 237 Front-Cover Photo Air Force planetarium 1959 3 239 News Notes The New American Ephemeris 1959 3 240 Feature "Darwin, Charles, and the Problem of Stellar Evolution" "Struve, Otto" 1959 3 244 Feature Rocket Propellants -- The Key to Space Travel - II "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1959 3 249 News Notes Shape of the Earth 1959 3 249 News Notes Chinese Astronomer Dies 1959 3 249 News Notes Early Volumes of Astrophysical Journal Reprinted 1959 3 249 News Notes Fluctuations in Periods of Artificial Satellites 1959 3 249 News Notes Forbidden Oxygen Lines in Meteor Spectra 1959 3 250 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Convention To Tour Air Force Academy "Steinmetz, Ken" 1959 3 251 Amateur Astronomers International Lunar Society 1959 3 251 Amateur Astronomers "Manchester, New Hampshire" 1959 3 251 Amateur Astronomers "Vienna, West Virginia" 1959 3 251 Amateur Astronomers "Toronto, Canada" "Ketchum, Jesse" 1959 3 251 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1959 3 251 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 3 252 American Astronomers Report Astronomical Uses for Artificial Satellites 1959 3 252 American Astronomers Report Martian Vegetation 1959 3 253 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1959 3 255 American Astronomers Report Abundance Differences Among Supergiants 1959 3 255 American Astronomers Report Cascaded Image Converters 1959 3 256 Feature Some Astronomical Stamps -- III "Mayernik, Alphonse P." 1959 3 258 Feature Planet Notes from Moscow "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1959 3 259 News Notes Space Handbook 1959 3 260 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1959 3 260 Observing the Satellites Observing a Polar Satellite 1959 3 261 Observing the Satellites "More About """"Mechta""""" 1959 3 262 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Time and the Sky -- III 1959 3 264 News Notes "Yamamoto, Issei, Dies" 1959 3 264 News Notes New York Orders Projector 1959 3 267 Observer's Page January Auroras 1959 3 267 Observer's Page January's Great Sunspot Group 1959 3 268 Observer's Page Photographs of Venus "Pfleumer, Hans" 1959 3 268 Observer's Page Geminid Meteor Photographs "Hopf, John T." 1959 3 268 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 3 269 Observer's Page Earth's Shadow During Lunar Eclipses 1959 3 269 Observer's Page Checking Observing Sites for the October Eclipse 1959 3 273 Books and the Sky "Physics and Philosophy, Werner Heisenberg" "Rush, Joseph H." 1959 3 274 Books and the Sky "The Exploration of Time, R. N. C. Bowen" "Shawcross, William E." 1959 3 277 Books and the Sky "Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 5, H. E. Landsberg and J. Van Mieghem, editors" 1959 3 282 Gleanings for ATMs A 4-inch Gregory-Maksutov Telescope "Dahl, Carl E." 1959 3 285 Gleanings for ATMs Maksutov Telescope Notes "Cox, Robert E." 1959 3 286 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1959 3 290 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 3 290 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 3 291 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 4 297 Front-Cover Photo Caltech's radio telescope 1959 4 299 News Notes Lunar and Planetary Meetings 1959 4 300 Feature Radio Observatories of the World "III, George S. Mumford" 1959 4 302 Feature Some Radio Telescopes I 1959 4 306 Feature Observing Sites for October's Eclipse "Cox, Robert E." 1959 4 307 Letters Letter "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1959 4 308 News Notes Peculiar New Star 1959 4 308 News Notes Space Environment Symposium 1959 4 308 News Notes "Jackson, John, Dies" 1959 4 308 News Notes Lick Observatory Plans New Sky Atlas 1959 4 308 News Notes Comet 1959a 1959 4 309 Feature Variable Stars "Struve, Otto" 1959 4 312 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Comet Finds "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1959 4 313 American Astronomers Report Orbital Motion of Griqua 1959 4 313 American Astronomers Report Faint Variable Stars in Galactic Nebulae 1959 4 314 American Astronomers Report Cepheids in the Galaxy 1959 4 315 American Astronomers Report Large Planetary in Norma 1959 4 317 News Notes New Ultraviolet Prism for Case Schmidt 1959 4 318 Feature Kitt Peak Observatory's 84-inch Mirror Cast 1959 4 319 Observing the Satellites Vanguard II "Melin, Marshall" 1959 4 320 Observing the Satellites Searching for the Lost Rocket of Vanguard I 1959 4 320 Observing the Satellites Discoverer I 1959 4 320 Observing the Satellites Another Artificial Planetoid 1959 4 321 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 4 322 Feature Some Astronomical Stamps -- IV "Mayernik, Alphonse P." 1959 4 324 Amateur Astronomers "Valparaiso, Indiana" 1959 4 324 Amateur Astronomers "An Amateur Observatory in Honolulu, Hawaii" "Walley, Paul C." 1959 4 324 Amateur Astronomers "Burbank, California" 1959 4 324 Amateur Astronomers Cost of Field Trips at Denver Convention 1959 4 324 Amateur Astronomers "State College, Pennsylvania" 1959 4 324 Amateur Astronomers North Carolina Amateur Dies 1959 4 324 Amateur Astronomers Moonwatch Meeting in California "Charles, Donald F." 1959 4 324 Amateur Astronomers "Pontchartrain, Louisiana" 1959 4 325 Amateur Astronomers "Quincy, Massachusetts" 1959 4 325 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1959 4 331 Observer's Page The Variable Star U Coronae Borealis 1959 4 334 Observer's Page Davy Y 1959 4 334 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Davy Y "Herring, Alika K." 1959 4 335 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 4 338 Books and the Sky "Stellar Populations, D. J. K. O'Connell, S. J., editor" "Mathews, Robert T." 1959 4 341 Books and the Sky "L'Exploration des Galaxies Voisines, Gerard de Vaucouleurs" "Page, Thornton L." 1959 4 343 Books and the Sky "Moon Trip, William Nephew and Michael Chester" "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1959 4 348 Gleanings for ATMs Testing Long-Focus Convex Spherical Secondary Mirrors "Kutter, Anton" 1959 4 350 Gleanings for ATMs Grinding a Maksutov Lens "Youdale, Jack" 1959 4 352 Gleanings for ATMs A Roll-Off Observatory for a 12 1/2-inch Reflector 1959 4 352 Gleanings for ATMs A Roll-Off Roof Observatory for a 12 1/2-inch Reflector "Davey, William" 1959 4 354 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 4 354 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 4 355 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1959 4 355 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 5 361 Front-Cover Photo Wisconsin amateur and guests 1959 5 363 News Notes Minor Planet Survey 1959 5 364 Feature The Spiral Structure of the Milky Way "Struve, Otto" 1959 5 368 News Notes New Observatory Planned for South American 1959 5 368 News Notes Nova Chamaeleontis 1953 1959 5 368 News Notes International Meeting of Planetarium Executives 1959 5 368 News Notes Airglow of Venus 1959 5 369 News Notes Cincinnati Astronomer Dies 1959 5 369 News Notes American Astronautical Society Meeting 1959 5 369 News Notes Visiting Professor Program 1959 5 369 News Notes Rocket Observations of Ultraviolet Nebulae 1959 5 370 Feature Some Radio Telescopes II 1959 5 375 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Time and the Sky -- IV 1959 5 376 Feature A Model of Jupiter's Satellite Orbits "Gingerich, Owen" 1959 5 378 Observing the Satellites Measurements of the Earth 1959 5 378 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1959 5 378 Observing the Satellites Venus Shots Planned for June 1959 5 379 Observing the Satellites Satellites Now in Orbit 1959 5 380 American Astronomers Report The Alpha Centauri System 1959 5 380 American Astronomers Report Radio Studies of Jupiter 1959 5 381 American Astronomers Report Orion Nebula's Composition 1959 5 382 American Astronomers Report The Spectrum of R Cygni 1959 5 383 American Astronomers Report Andromedids Recovered 1959 5 383 Feature New Galactic Co-ordinates 1959 5 384 Feature Radar Echoes from Venus 1959 5 385 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 5 386 Feature Some Astronomical Stamps -- V "Mayernik, Alphonse P." 1959 5 388 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1959 5 388 Amateur Astronomers Many Amateurs Register for National Meeting "Steinmetz, Ken" 1959 5 388 Amateur Astronomers "Lexington, Kentucky" 1959 5 391 Observer's Page Sketching a Sunrise Eclipse "Lindsay, Lewis" 1959 5 393 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 5 394 News Notes New Bright Variable Star 1959 5 394 Observer's Page March's Fine Northern Lights 1959 5 395 Observer's Page Variable Star Observing Down Under 1959 5 396 Observer's Page March Conjunction of Venus and the Moon 1959 5 399 Books and the Sky Book Review "Irwin, John B." 1959 5 402 Books and the Sky "Celestial Mechanics, E. Finlay-Freundlich" 1959 5 406 Gleanings for ATMs A Large Amateur Observatory of Unusual Design "Knuijt, Jerome J." 1959 5 412 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 5 412 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1959 5 412 Celestial Calendar Algol Observations "Engelkemeir, Donald" 1959 5 413 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 5 413 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 6 421 Front-Cover Photo Lehigh Valley amateurs 1959 6 423 Letters Letter "Sangster, Ralph L." 1959 6 423 Letters Letter "Duncan, John C." 1959 6 424 Feature The Origin of the Ancient Constellations "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1959 6 427 Astronomical Scrapbook The S Fornacis Puzzle "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1959 6 428 Feature Radio Resolution of the Galactic Nucleus "Drake, Frank D." 1959 6 429 News Notes "Struve, Otto, Appointed Director at Green Bank" 1959 6 430 Feature Lehigh Valley Planetarium Project "Grady, Joseph F." 1959 6 431 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1959 6 431 Amateur Astronomers First Amateur Observatory in California 1959 6 431 Amateur Astronomers A New 16-inch Telescope in Texas "Smith, J. Russell" 1959 6 432 Amateur Astronomers Chicago Junior Publication 1959 6 432 Amateur Astronomers Los Angeles Star Parties 1959 6 432 Amateur Astronomers Notes on the Denver Meeting "Steinmetz, Ken" 1959 6 433 Feature Finding the Age of the Earth "Struve, Otto" 1959 6 435 News Notes Star Visibility by Day at High Altitudes 1959 6 436 Feature Picture "Spiral galaxy, NGC 5457, M101, 13:November, center. Sun, eruptive prominence of April 11, 1959" 1959 6 437 News Notes An Ultraviolet Telescope in a Satellite 1959 6 437 News Notes April Eruptive Prominence Observed in Czechoslovakia 1959 6 437 News Notes Color Photographs of Deep-Sky Wonders 1959 6 438 Feature April's Annular Eclipse in Australia "Harris, B. J." 1959 6 439 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 6 439 News Notes ASP June Meeting 1959 6 439 News Notes Cornell Appointment 1959 6 440 American Astronomers Report Artificial Meteor Observations 1959 6 440 American Astronomers Report UV Ceti 1959 6 440 American Astronomers Report Solar Photographs in Lyman-Alpha Light 1959 6 442 Feature Some Astronomical Stamps -- VI "Mayernik, Alphonse P." 1959 6 444 Observing the Satellites Van Allen Radiation Belt 1959 6 444 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1959 6 444 Observing the Satellites Discoverer II 1959 6 445 News Notes Amateur Observations of a Flare Star 1959 6 446 Feature New Brookhaven Accelerator 1959 6 447 News Notes Location of the North Magnetic Dip Pole 1959 6 450 Observer's Page Drawing the Moon's Surface "Coutchie, Raymond G." 1959 6 452 Observer's Page Astrophotography Guide 1959 6 452 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 6 457 Books and the Sky "The Green Flash and Other Low Sun Phenomena, D. J. K. O'Connell, S. J." 1959 6 458 Books and the Sky "Teaching a Unit in Astronomy: Grades 1-9, J. Russell Smith" "Sternig, John" 1959 6 459 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Robert H. Baker" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1959 6 461 Books and the Sky "The Face of the Sun, H. W. Newton" "Bondy, Harry L." 1959 6 465 Gleanings for ATMs A Low-Cost Furnace To Melt Metal for Castings -- I "Cheney, William" 1959 6 474 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 6 474 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 6 474 Celestial Calendar Venus To Occult Regulus 1959 6 475 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 6 475 Celestial Calendar S Ursae Majoris 1959 7 481 Front-Cover Photo Sunset on the moon 1959 7 483 News Notes Occultation of Regulus by Venus This Month 1959 7 484 Feature Observations of Mars in 1958 "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1959 7 489 Letters Letter "Tousey, R." 1959 7 489 News Notes Miami Planetarium Proposed 1959 7 490 Feature The Story of AG Pegasi "Merrill, Paul W." 1959 7 492 News Notes Dutch Eclipse Plans 1959 7 493 American Astronomers Report VV Puppis 1959 7 493 American Astronomers Report Lithium in K Stars 1959 7 495 American Astronomers Report Coma Cluster of Galaxies 1959 7 495 American Astronomers Report Spectra of Supernovae of Type I 1959 7 496 American Astronomers Report Far-Ultraviolet Solar Spectrum 1959 7 496 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meeting 1959 7 497 Feature Nova Herculis as a Binary System "Struve, Otto" 1959 7 500 Feature Former Lick Director Dies 1959 7 501 News Notes Nonthermal Radio Noise from Jupiter 1959 7 501 News Notes Variability of the Sun 1959 7 501 News Notes Earth's Core Temperature 1959 7 503 Feature Planetarium Representatives Attend International Conference 1959 7 504 Observing the Satellites Project Mercury "Melin, Marshall" 1959 7 506 Amateur Astronomers New Zealand Amateurs Erect Planetarium "Swinburn, W. M." 1959 7 506 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Convention "Parker, P. O." 1959 7 506 Observing the Satellites Recovery of 1958º1 1959 7 507 Amateur Astronomers North-Central Convention "Hernandez, Jose" 1959 7 507 Amateur Astronomers Colorado Amateurs To Instruct Girl Scouts 1959 7 507 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 7 510 Observer's Page Lunar and Planetary Photography with a 12 1/2-inch Reflector "Eastman, Jack" 1959 7 512 Observer's Page Solar Halo Observed in Northeast 1959 7 515 Observer's Page May Aurora 1959 7 515 Observer's Page Cassini 1959 7 515 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Cassini "Herring, Alika K." 1959 7 516 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 7 519 Books and the Sky "Handbook for Observing the Satellites, Neale E. Howard" "Leonard, Arthur S." 1959 7 521 Books and the Sky "The Nine Planets, Franklyn M. Branley" "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1959 7 526 Gleanings for ATMs A Low-Cost Furnace To Melt Metal for Castings -- II "Cheney, William" 1959 7 534 Celestial Calendar R Cassiopeiae 1959 7 534 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 7 534 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1959 7 535 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 7 535 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 8 543 News Notes New S&T Headquarters 1959 8 544 Feature "The Solar Flare of May 10, 1959" 1959 8 546 Feature Indirect Detection of Solar Flares "Del Vecchio, Philip J." 1959 8 549 Feature Some Perseid Meteor Spectra of the Past Decade "Russell, John A." 1959 8 552 Feature YY Geminorum "Struve, Otto" 1959 8 554 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 8 554 News Notes First Reports of Venus-Regulus Occultation 1959 8 555 News Notes Completion of the AGK 1959 8 555 News Notes Profile of a Lunar Ridge 1959 8 556 American Astronomers Report Solar Radio Bursts 1959 8 557 American Astronomers Report Observations of Solar Magnetic Fields 1959 8 557 American Astronomers Report Comets and Cosmic Chemistry 1959 8 558 American Astronomers Report Spectrum of Jupiter 1959 8 559 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Huygens Telescopes "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1959 8 560 News Notes Catalogue of Solar Flares 1959 8 560 News Notes Space Astronomy 1959 8 560 Observing the Satellites Electrical Power Sources for Satellites 1959 8 560 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1959 8 561 Letters Letter "Kozyrev, Nikolai A." 1959 8 561 Observing the Satellites Shorter Notes 1959 8 562 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets in Chicago "Mayall, R. Newton" 1959 8 562 Amateur Astronomers "Juniors in Oregon, Missouri, and Kentucky" 1959 8 562 Amateur Astronomers "North Hollywood, California" 1959 8 562 Amateur Astronomers Program of the Denver Convention 1959 8 563 Amateur Astronomers New ALPO Address 1959 8 563 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention "Volcheck, Emil" 1959 8 563 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Meets Amateur "Andrews, E. J." 1959 8 564 Amateur Astronomers "Amarillo, Texas" 1959 8 564 Amateur Astronomers "Babylon, New York" 1959 8 564 Amateur Astronomers "Beacon, New York" 1959 8 564 Amateur Astronomers "Scranton, Pennsylvania" 1959 8 564 Amateur Astronomers "Rockford, Illinois" 1959 8 565 Observer's Page Suggestions for October Eclipse Observations 1959 8 569 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 8 569 Observer's Page Auroras in June and July 1959 8 573 Observer's Page Sunset Phenomena "Feibelman, Walter A." 1959 8 574 Observer's Page The Cluster Messier 6 1959 8 577 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gasteyer, Charles" 1959 8 577 Books and the Sky "The Sleepwalkers, Arthur Koestler" 1959 8 577 Books and the Sky "Physics of Meteor Flight in the Atmosphere, Ernst J. Opik" 1959 8 577 Books and the Sky Book Review "McKinley, D. W. R." 1959 8 578 Books and the Sky "A Dipper Full of Stars, Lou Williams Page" "Stein, Raymond J." 1959 8 579 Books and the Sky "Dictionary of Astronomy and Astronautics, Armand Spitz and Frank Gaynor" "Lautman, Don A." 1959 8 582 Gleanings for ATMs A Herschelian Telescope for Lunar and Planetary Observing "Lilge, A. W." 1959 8 583 Gleanings for ATMs Making Long-Focus Mirrors "Parmenter, B. C." 1959 8 588 Gleanings for ATMs Penta-Prism Diagonal for Finder Scopes "Everhart, Edgar" 1959 8 590 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 8 590 Celestial Calendar Omicron Ceti 1959 8 590 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1959 8 591 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 8 591 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 9 597 Front-Cover Photo Pic du Midi Observatory 1959 9 599 News Notes Meteoric Satellite of the Earth? 1959 9 600 Feature Mars Observations at the Pic du Midi "Camichel, Henri" 1959 9 604 News Notes Three New Supernovae 1959 9 605 Feature A New Observatory in Japan "Miyadi, Masasi" 1959 9 605 News Notes Meteoritical Society Meeting at Harvard 1959 9 605 News Notes Cornell To Erect Radar To Observe Venus 1959 9 606 Feature The Occultation of Regulus by Venus in July "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1959 9 610 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Techniques of Lunar and Planetary Observing -- I 1959 9 610 Observer's Page Venus Passes Regulus in July Evening Sky 1959 9 612 News Notes Flare Stars "Struve, Otto" 1959 9 614 News Notes Cosmic Abundances 1959 9 614 News Notes Comet Giacobini-Zinner 1959 9 615 News Notes Lick 120-inch Telescope Nearing Completion 1959 9 615 Observing the Satellites Solar Effects on the Upper Atmosphere "Melin, Marshall" 1959 9 616 Observing the Satellites Lunar Seismology 1959 9 617 Feature Nonterrestrial Dust on the Earth "Krinov, E. L." 1959 9 620 Feature An Experiment on Penumbral Lunar Eclipses "Fujinami, Shigetsugo" "Yamasaki, Yasuhiro" 1959 9 621 Books and the Sky Frank's Book of the Telescope 1959 9 621 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 9 621 News Notes New Warner and Swasey Director Appointed 1959 9 622 Amateur Astronomers "Brainin, Clement S., Dies" 1959 9 622 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Observations of Comets 1959 9 622 Amateur Astronomers A Public Observatory in Connecticut 1959 9 622 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States Convention "Williamson, Jo" 1959 9 623 Amateur Astronomers "Erie, Pennsylvania" 1959 9 623 Amateur Astronomers "Dellar, Robert H." 1959 9 623 Amateur Astronomers "Stoughton, Wisconsin" 1959 9 623 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1959 9 627 Observer's Page Observing and Reporting Shadow Bands "Paulton, Edgar M." 1959 9 628 Observer's Page Observations Wanted of Moon's Shadow 1959 9 628 Observer's Page Observations Wanted of Moon's Shadows "Glenn, William H." 1959 9 632 Observer's Page The Peculiar Variable Star V Sagittae "Mayall, Margaret Walton" 1959 9 633 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 9 633 Observer's Page July Auroras 1959 9 637 Books and the Sky "Handbuch der Physic, S. Flugge, editor, Vol. 50, Astrophysics I: Stellar Surfaces -- Binaries, 18:214; Vol. 51, Astrophysics II:" "Irwin, John B." 1959 9 640 Books and the Sky "Soviet Space Science, Ari Shternfeld" 1959 9 643 Gleanings for ATMs A Heavy-Duty Mounting with Friction Control "Semerau, Walter J." 1959 9 650 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 9 651 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 9 651 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 10 657 Front-Cover Photo 19th-century telescope shop 1959 10 659 News Notes Henry Fitz's Optical Workshop 1959 10 660 Feature Convention in Denver 1959 10 664 Astronomical Scrapbook Lassell's 4-foot Telescope "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1959 10 665 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 10 666 Feature Australia's 210-foot Radio Telescope Project "Kerr, Frank J." 1959 10 668 Amateur Astronomers "Goodwin, Frank L., Dies" 1959 10 668 Feature New Experiments on the Moon Illusion 1959 10 669 Feature Stellar Motions "Struve, Otto" 1959 10 672 News Notes North-South Aurora Correlation 1959 10 672 News Notes Occultations of Regulus by Venus 1959 10 673 Observing the Satellites "The """"Paddle-Wheel"""" Satellite" "Melin, Marshall" 1959 10 675 Observing the Satellites Project Tepee 1959 10 675 Observing the Satellites Discoverers V and VI 1959 10 676 News Notes Transatlantic Radio Via the Moon 1959 10 676 News Notes Upper Air Flare 1959 10 676 News Notes 1955 Fireball over France 1959 10 676 News Notes A Lunar Atmosphere and Proton Bombardment 1959 10 676 News Notes American Eclipse Plans 1959 10 677 News Notes Astronomy Magazine Changes Hands 1959 10 677 News Notes Lowell Composite Photographs Extend Limiting Magnitude 1959 10 679 Feature An Amateur's Solar Observations "Semerau, Walter J." 1959 10 680 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane in 1959 1959 10 680 Amateur Astronomers "Montreal, Canada" 1959 10 680 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Convention "Newman, Edward J." 1959 10 680 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Meetings 1959 10 680 Amateur Astronomers Tucson Amateurs Visit Kitt Peak Observatory "Strittmatter, Donald J." 1959 10 681 Amateur Astronomers New Junior Groups in Florida and Minnesota 1959 10 681 Amateur Astronomers "Escondido, California" "Sloan, Martin A." 1959 10 681 Amateur Astronomers "Memphis, Tennessee" 1959 10 681 Amateur Astronomers Latin-American Bulletin 1959 10 686 Observer's Page Four Bright Comets of 1959 1959 10 687 Observer's Page A Naked-Eye Method for Finding Venus by Day "Miller Jr., Franklyn" 1959 10 691 Observer's Page Observations of the Perseids in August 1959 10 693 Observer's Page Photography of the Milky Way "Severin, Marcos A." 1959 10 693 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 10 697 Books and the Sky "The Structure and Evolution of the Universe, G. J. Whitrow" 1959 10 698 Books and the Sky "The Upper Atmosphere, H. S. W. Massey and R. L. F. Boyd" 1959 10 698 Books and the Sky "Man's Conquest of the Stars, Pierre Rousseau" 1959 10 698 Books and the Sky Book Review "Thompson, Steadman" 1959 10 698 Books and the Sky Book Review "Roach, Franklin E." 1959 10 703 Gleanings for ATMs "A Simplified """"Schmidt"""" Camera for Amateurs" "Jones, L. A." 1959 10 705 Gleanings for ATMs Epoxy Resin -- A Cement for Ceramic-Tile Tools "Pocock, Bryant W." 1959 10 706 Gleanings for ATMs Microscope Objectives for Radius Testing "Cox, Robert E." 1959 10 710 Celestial Calendar Delta Cephei 1959 10 710 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1959 10 710 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 10 711 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 10 711 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Total eclipse and shadow 1959 11 3 News Notes Some New American Radio Telescopes 1959 11 7 Feature Reflections of a Spectroscopist "Struve, Otto" 1959 11 11 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1959 11 11 Observing the Satellites Vanguard III 1959 11 11 Observing the Satellites Touching the Moon 1959 11 12 Observing the Satellites First Two Years of the Space Age 1959 11 13 Observing the Satellites Translunar Orbit 1959 11 14 Feature The Great Aurora of Early September 1959 11 16 American Astronomers Report Moon's Distance by Radar 1959 11 16 American Astronomers Report Pressure-Induced Nuclear Reactions in Stars 1959 11 16 American Astronomers Report Distance of the Sun 1959 11 17 American Astronomers Report Polarization of Light of Moon and Planets 1959 11 17 American Astronomers Report Color-Magnitude Diagram for Visual Binaries 1959 11 18 American Astronomers Report Ratio Spectrometer 1959 11 18 News Notes Daylight Auroras 1959 11 19 News Notes Catalogue of Dwarf Galaxies 1959 11 19 News Notes "Land, Gustav, Dies" 1959 11 19 News Notes International Astronomical Union 1961 Meeting 1959 11 19 News Notes Meteor Trails Used in Radio Communication 1959 11 19 News Notes University Gives Observatory to Amateur Astronomer 1959 11 19 News Notes Velocity of Light 1959 11 21 Feature Philipp Fauth and the Moon "Fauth, Hermann" 1959 11 24 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 11 25 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Techniques of Lunar and Planetary Observing -- II 1959 11 26 Feature Radio Astronomy Receivers -- I "Drake, Frank D." 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers "Washington, D.C." 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers "Humboldt County, California" 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers A Young Amateur's Observatory in Texas "May, Tommy" 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers A Michigan Amateur's Basement Planetarium "DeBruyn, David L." 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers "Albuquerque, New Mexico" 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers "Burlington, Iowa" 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers "Bartlesville, Oklahoma" 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers "Riverside, California" 1959 11 29 Amateur Astronomers "Stamford, Connecticut" 1959 11 32 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Parry and Bonpland "Herring, Alika K." 1959 11 32 Observer's Page Parry and Bonpland 1959 11 35 News Notes New Variable Stars 1959 11 35 Observer's Page Observations of a Nova in Ophiuchus "Jones, Albert F." 1959 11 37 Observer's Page Astronomical Seeing "Vaughn, Frank" 1959 11 41 Celestial Calendar Aldebaran Occultation 1959 11 41 Observer's Page Occultation of Neptune "Doucet, Rene" 1959 11 41 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 11 42 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1959 11 44 Books and the Sky "Handbuch der Physik, S. Flugge, editor, Vol. 53, Astrophysics IV: Stellar Systems" "Irwin, John B." 1959 11 51 Gleanings for ATMs A Low-Power Microscope System for High Magnifications "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1959 11 53 Gleanings for ATMs Some Advantages of a Transfer Lens "Cox, Robert E." 1959 11 56 Gleanings for ATMs Telescope Camera Holder "Carter Jr., George D." 1959 11 60 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1959 11 60 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1959 11 60 Celestial Calendar Observable Algol Minima 1959 11 61 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 11 61 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 12 69 Front-Cover Photo Moon's other side 1959 12 71 News Notes Lunar Occultation Observations by Amateurs 1959 12 72 Feature First Photograph of Moon's Far Side 1959 12 73 News Notes Satellite Secures Weather Picture 1959 12 74 Feature Comet Morehouse 1908 III "Struve, Otto" 1959 12 78 Amateur Astronomers Ohio Turnpike Amateurs "Shinkle, C. E." 1959 12 78 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets at Nahant 1959 12 78 Amateur Astronomers "Huntsville, Alabama" 1959 12 78 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1959 12 79 Feature Project Stratoscope Obtains Finest Pictures of the Sun 1959 12 80 News Notes 142-foot Radar Telescope for Stanford University 1959 12 80 News Notes 16th-Century Planetary Position Predictor 1959 12 81 News Notes Auroral Wall of Light 1959 12 81 News Notes December Meetings 1959 12 81 News Notes Peculiar Variable Star 1959 12 81 News Notes New Director for Dearborn 1959 12 81 News Notes Moon-Venus Conjunction 1959 12 82 Feature Total Eclipse at El Aaiun "Waldmeier, M." 1959 12 84 Feature Predicting and Observing Lunar Occultations "Sadler, Flora McBain" 1959 12 87 Feature Radio Astronomy Receivers -- II "Drake, Frank D." 1959 12 90 Observing the Satellites Explorer VII "Melin, Marshall" 1959 12 91 Observing the Satellites Lunik III 1959 12 92 Astronomical Scrapbook A Plato Illusion "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1959 12 93 American Astronomers Report Variable Stars in the Scutum Cloud 1959 12 93 American Astronomers Report Unusual Star Cluster Messier 71 1959 12 93 American Astronomers Report Microwave Study of the Moon 1959 12 94 American Astronomers Report Polarization of Light of Moon and Planets 1959 12 94 American Astronomers Report Absolute Magnitude of X Monocerotis 1959 12 94 American Astronomers Report Shattered Rocks Beneath Meteorite Craters Compared 1959 12 94 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1959 12 94 Letters Letter "Urey, Harold C." 1959 12 97 Observer's Page Amateur Observations of October's Eclipse 1959 12 98 Observer's Page Occultation of Regulus by Venus 1959 12 99 Feature Occultation Supplement -- 1960 Predictions for the United States and Canada 1959 12 107 Observer's Page September's Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon 1959 12 108 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1959 12 111 Observer's Page "The """"Red Tunnel"""" at a Sunrise Total Solar Eclipse" "Stewart, John Q." 1959 12 112 News Notes Comet Giacobini-Zinner 1959 12 115 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Theodore G. Mehlin" "Gingerich, Owen" 1959 12 116 Books and the Sky "The Individual and the Universe, A. C. B. Lovell" "Rush, Joseph H." 1959 12 123 Gleanings for ATMs An English Catadioptric Telescope "Youdale, Jack" 1959 12 124 Gleanings for ATMs A Flat-Roof Observatory "Harris, Wallace E." 1959 12 126 Gleanings for ATMs Proper Location for a Newtonian Diagonal "Masson, Kelvin" 1959 12 130 Celestial Calendar R Leporis 1959 12 131 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1959 12 131 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1959 12 131 Celestial Calendar Giacobinid Meteor Reports 1959 12 131 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1960 1 137 Front-Cover Photo Springfield's Foucault pendulum 1960 1 139 Letters Letter "Fogelquist, Rune" 1960 1 140 Feature How Can We Detect Radio Transmissions from Distant Planetary Systems? "Drake, Frank D." 1960 1 143 News Notes Pioneer Radio Telescope 1960 1 144 Feature A Foucault Pendulum "Fillmore, Warren I." 1960 1 146 News Notes Planetarium Inventor Dies 1960 1 146 News Notes Lunar Ray Formation 1960 1 146 News Notes Unusual Irregular Galaxy 1960 1 147 News Notes Radio Storm in Sun's Corona Recorded 1960 1 147 News Notes Flare-Patrol Photographs 1960 1 147 News Notes General Magnetic Field of the Sun 1960 1 148 Feature The Practical Use of Ephemeris Time "Clemence, G. M." 1960 1 149 News Notes Geochemical Table of the Elements 1960 1 150 Feature Picture Mare Serenitatis region of the moon 1960 1 151 Feature In Focus "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 1 151 News Notes Astronomy TV Programs from Philadelphia 1960 1 151 News Notes New Leuschner Director 1960 1 152 Feature Variable Stars in the Orion Nebula "Robinson, Leif J." 1960 1 154 Feature McCrea's Theory of the Solar System's Origin "Struve, Otto" 1960 1 157 Observing the Satellites Explorer VI and Lunik III 1960 1 157 Observing the Satellites Discoverers VII and VIII 1960 1 157 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1960 1 159 Amateur Astronomers "Milwaukee, Wisconsin" "Brichta, Ralph" 1960 1 159 Amateur Astronomers "Montreal, Canada" 1960 1 159 Amateur Astronomers "Noble, Miss C. M., Dies" 1960 1 159 Amateur Astronomers Ohio Students Build High School Observatory "Stevenson, Merritt" 1960 1 160 Amateur Astronomers A New England Observatory "Boilard, Robert C." 1960 1 160 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 1 160 Amateur Astronomers "Washington, D.C." 1960 1 160 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs To Meet in San Jose 1960 1 165 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1960 1960 1 165 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 1 169 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Bessel "Herring, Alika K." 1960 1 169 Observer's Page Bessel 1960 1 170 Observer's Page A Late-November Aurora 1960 1 171 Observer's Page Sidereal Time for 1960 1960 1 172 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 1 175 Books and the Sky "Paris Symposium on Radio Astronomy, Ronald N. Bracewell, editor" "Hynek, J. Allen" 1960 1 176 Books and the Sky "The Sun, Karl Kiepenheuer" "Zirin, Harold" 1960 1 180 Books and the Sky "Planetaria and Their Use for Education, Miriam Jagger, editor" "Brackbill, M. T." 1960 1 185 Gleanings for ATMs Casting the Parts of an Aluminum Mounting "Acsbock, Joseph L." 1960 1 186 Gleanings for ATMs An All-Purpose Telescope Assembly "Wells, James A." 1960 1 186 Gleanings for ATMs The Twyman Effect in Diagonals "Cox, Robert E." 1960 1 188 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Mounting Made of Thick-Walled Tubing "James, Robert V." 1960 1 190 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1960 1 190 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 1 190 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 1 190 Celestial Calendar Occultations in January 1960 1 190 Celestial Calendar R Hydrae 1960 1 191 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 2 197 Front-Cover Photo Leiden 36-inch light collector in South Africa 1960 2 199 News Notes An Amateur's Night Out "Stevens, Mrs. Joseph E." 1960 2 200 Feature Visual Observations of Meteors "Struve, Otto" 1960 2 205 Feature Instruments at the Leiden Southern Station 1960 2 206 Feature Picture Nebula surrounding Eta Carinae in southern Milky Way 1960 2 207 Feature Abbe Lacaille's List of Clusters and Nebulae "Gingerich, Owen" 1960 2 209 Feature A New Astronomical Chronograph "Mussetter, William" 1960 2 212 News Notes New German Observatory 1960 2 212 News Notes NSF Grants for Observatory Development Projects 1960 2 213 Astronomical Scrapbook The Trapezium in Orion "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 2 214 Feature An Amateur's Tour of Planetary Nebulae "Copeland, Leland S." 1960 2 218 News Notes Rapidly Varying Star 1960 2 218 News Notes Polaris and the Pole 1960 2 218 News Notes "Anderson, John A., Dies" 1960 2 219 Feature German Amateurs View Eclipse "Madlow, Edgar" 1960 2 219 News Notes "Parenago, P. P., Death of" 1960 2 220 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 2 221 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Mercury I 1960 2 222 Observing the Satellites Project Echo "Melin, Marshall" 1960 2 223 Observing the Satellites More About Explorer VII 1960 2 224 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 2 224 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1960 2 224 Amateur Astronomers "Sioux Falls, South Dakota" 1960 2 224 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur's Observatory Down Under "Marks, Allan C." 1960 2 224 Amateur Astronomers "Farmingdale, Long Island, New York" 1960 2 224 Amateur Astronomers "Hampton, Virginia" 1960 2 227 Observer's Page Observing Programs for the Lunar Eclipse in March "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 2 232 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 2 237 Books and the Sky "Elementary Astronomy, Otto Struve, Beverly Lynds, and Helen Pillans" "Shaw, R. William" 1960 2 241 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Photography at the Telescope, Thomas Rackham" "Keene, George T." 1960 2 246 Gleanings for ATMs A 20-inch Reflector Built in Brazil -- I "Young, Bradley H." 1960 2 254 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars -- Betelgeuse 1960 2 254 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 2 254 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 2 255 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 3 261 Front-Cover Photo New projector in New York 1960 3 263 Letters Letter "Bondy, Harry L." 1960 3 263 Letters Letter "Drake, Frank D." 1960 3 263 Letters Letter "Dall'Olmo, U." 1960 3 264 Feature Reminiscences of the Discovery of Pluto "Tombaugh, Clyde W." 1960 3 271 Feature Two Eastern Planetariums Re-equipped 1960 3 274 Feature Astronomy at Brigham Young University "McNamara, D. H." 1960 3 275 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Mercury II 1960 3 276 Feature RZ Scuti -- A Peculiar Spectroscopic Binary "Struve, Otto" 1960 3 280 News Notes "Wilkins, H. P., Dies" 1960 3 280 News Notes New Bright Variable Star 1960 3 281 News Notes Perkins 69-inch Telescope To Be Moved to Arizona 1960 3 281 News Notes Radar Echoes from the Sun 1960 3 281 News Notes Solar System Satellites 1960 3 281 News Notes "Fireball of July 26, 1938" 1960 3 282 News Notes Texas Summer Workshop for High School Students 1960 3 282 News Notes Range of Radio Telescope 1960 3 282 News Notes Ohio Appointment 1960 3 282 News Notes Optical Testing on Stars 1960 3 282 News Notes New Harvard-Smithsonian Research Building 1960 3 282 News Notes Xenon in Meteorites 1960 3 282 News Notes Tycho Brahe's Theory of the Solar System 1960 3 283 Observing the Satellites Astronomical Observing from Above the Earth's Atmosphere "Melin, Marshall" 1960 3 285 American Astronomers Report Spectral Surveys Including the Ultraviolet 1960 3 285 American Astronomers Report Diameters of Lunar Craters 1960 3 285 American Astronomers Report Gas Motions in the Central Part of M31 1960 3 286 American Astronomers Report Are Stars Alike in Different Parts of the Universe? 1960 3 286 American Astronomers Report Older Meteor Streams 1960 3 286 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 3 287 Amateur Astronomers "Yucaipa, California" 1960 3 287 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 3 287 Amateur Astronomers Georgia Amateur Dies 1960 3 287 Amateur Astronomers Contacting National Organizations 1960 3 287 Amateur Astronomers "Omaha, Nebraska" "McDonough, Alexander" 1960 3 287 Amateur Astronomers A Nebraska Planetarium with an Unusual Entrance "Eigsti, W. E." 1960 3 292 Observer's Page Comet Burnham 1959k 1960 3 294 Observer's Page Ursid Meteors Observed "Johnson, Craig L." 1960 3 298 Observer's Page Celestial Shadows 1960 3 298 Observer's Page Another Comet Burnham 1960 3 299 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 3 299 Observer's Page Venus-Jupiter Conjunction 1960 3 301 Books and the Sky "Our Solar System, Holiday Interactive. Our Sun, Donald H. Menzel" "Mohler, Orren C." 1960 3 303 Books and the Sky "Close Binary Systems, Zdenek Kopal" "Wood, Frank Bradshaw" 1960 3 310 Gleanings for ATMs A 20-inch Reflector Built in Brazil -- II "Young, Bradley H." 1960 3 318 Celestial Calendar T Centauri 1960 3 319 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 3 319 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 3 319 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 4 325 Front-Cover Photo Unusual aurora in February 1960 4 327 Letters Letter "Dennington, S. H." 1960 4 327 Letters Letter "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1960 4 327 Letters Letter "Evans, William H." 1960 4 328 Feature Picture "Kappa Crucis, NGC 4755" 1960 4 329 Feature The Structure of Galactic Clusters "Struve, Otto" 1960 4 332 News Notes AAS To Meet in Pittsburgh 1960 4 332 News Notes ASP Meeting in Oregon 1960 4 332 News Notes Soviet Journal 1960 4 333 News Notes Report of New Principal Planet Unfounded 1960 4 333 News Notes "Mitchell, S. A., Passes Away" 1960 4 333 News Notes Big Reflector Planned for Argentina 1960 4 333 News Notes Ejection of Matter from Red Giant Stars 1960 4 334 Feature A Theory of the Origin of Lunar Rills "Fielder, Gilbert" 1960 4 337 Feature Some Observations of VV Puppis "Oosterhoff, P. T." "Thackeray, A. D." 1960 4 338 American Astronomers Report Primordial Composition of the Solar System 1960 4 339 American Astronomers Report Coma Berenices Cluster and White Dwarfs 1960 4 339 American Astronomers Report "Intense Solar Flares of July 16, 1959" 1960 4 342 Astronomical Scrapbook Visual Star Colors and a List of Red Stars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 4 343 Feature A Simple Replica-Grating Spectroscope "Keil, Ernst" 1960 4 343 News Notes Water in Venus' Atmosphere 1960 4 345 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 4 346 Observing the Satellites Satellites in Orbit -- March 1st 1960 4 346 Observing the Satellites "The """"Unknown"""" Satellite" 1960 4 346 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1960 4 347 Feature AAAS Astronomy Highlights "Irwin, John B." 1960 4 350 Amateur Astronomers Two Clubs in Industry 1960 4 350 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 4 350 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium in New Zealand 1960 4 350 Amateur Astronomers "Brisbane, Australia" 1960 4 350 Amateur Astronomers Juniors in Puerto Rico "Nieves Jr., Andres" 1960 4 350 Amateur Astronomers "Kenosha, Wisconsin" 1960 4 350 Amateur Astronomers "La Habra, California" 1960 4 351 Amateur Astronomers "Juniors in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin" 1960 4 351 Amateur Astronomers "Lubbock, Texas" 1960 4 351 Amateur Astronomers New Editor of Reflector 1960 4 351 Amateur Astronomers "Richland, Washington" 1960 4 351 Amateur Astronomers "Toronto, Canada" "Ketchum, Jesse" 1960 4 351 Amateur Astronomers Two Louisiana Groups 1960 4 357 Feature Observing the Moon -- Burg and Lacus Mortis "Herring, Alika K." 1960 4 357 Observer's Page Burg and Lacus Mortis 1960 4 359 Observer's Page Auroras in February 1960 4 359 Observer's Page Solar Photography with Autopositive Film 1960 4 363 Observer's Page Listening to Meteors on Short Wave "Setteducati, Arthur F." 1960 4 365 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 4 366 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lichtenstein, Pearl R." 1960 4 366 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1960 4 366 Books and the Sky "Radio Studies of the Universe, R. D. Davies and H. P. Palmer" 1960 4 366 Books and the Sky "The Sky Observer's Guide, Newton Mayall, Margaret Mayall, and Jerome Wyckoff" 1960 4 369 Books and the Sky "The Rainbow, Carl B. Boyer" 1960 4 370 Books and the Sky "The Planet Venus, Patrick Moore" "Shawcross, William E." 1960 4 374 Gleanings for ATMs A Silo-Domed Observatory for a 12 1/2-inch Telescope "Roth, Nathan R." 1960 4 376 Gleanings for ATMs Concerning Spherical-Mirror Telescopes "Cox, Robert E." 1960 4 380 Celestial Calendar Occultations of the Hyades and Aldebaran 1960 4 380 Celestial Calendar V Bootis 1960 4 381 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 4 381 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 4 381 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 4 381 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1960 5 14 Books and the Sky Book Review "Caldwell, O. H." 1960 5 389 Front-Cover Photo Kitt Peak Observatory 36-inch reflector 1960 5 391 News Notes April Cover Picture Not an Aurora? 1960 5 392 Feature New National Observatory Dedicated at Kitt Peak "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1960 5 398 Feature A Historic Debate About the Universe "Struve, Otto" 1960 5 402 Feature Amateur Photographs of the March Lunar Eclipse 1960 5 406 Feature A Radio Astronomy Study of the Earth's Atmosphere "Aarons, Jules" 1960 5 408 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 5 409 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1960 5 411 Observing the Satellites The Motion of Pioneer V 1960 5 412 Observing the Satellites Satellite Nomenclature 1960 5 413 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 5 413 Amateur Astronomers "Silver Spring, Maryland" 1960 5 413 Amateur Astronomers "Mt. Vernon, Ohio" 1960 5 413 Amateur Astronomers "Cleveland, Ohio" 1960 5 413 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur in Columbia 1960 5 413 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1960 5 414 News Notes Peculiar Southern Binary 1960 5 414 News Notes Nova Herculis 1961 1960 5 415 News Notes Seasonal Changes in Night Vision 1960 5 415 News Notes High Solar Prominences 1960 5 415 News Notes New Lunar Atlas 1960 5 415 News Notes Visiting Professor Program 1960 5 415 News Notes Harvard Appointments 1960 5 416 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Venus I 1960 5 417 Letters Letter "Freeman, Jay" 1960 5 417 Letters Letter "Oort, J. H." 1960 5 417 Letters Letter "Smith, Bradford A." 1960 5 417 Letters Letter "Wylie, Lloyd R." 1960 5 418 Observer's Page Observations of the March Lunar Eclipse "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 5 426 Observer's Page List of Correspondents on March Lunar Eclipse 1960 5 428 Observer's Page March Aurora 1960 5 428 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 5 431 Books and the Sky "The Transits of Venus, Harry Woolf" 1960 5 431 Books and the Sky Book Review "Calder, William A." 1960 5 431 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1960 5 431 Books and the Sky "Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy, Lucien Rudaux and G. de Vaucouleurs" 1960 5 432 Books and the Sky "The Unity of the Universe, D. W. Sciama" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1960 5 438 Gleanings for ATMs The Memphis Astronomical Society Observatory "Snowden, Michael S." 1960 5 440 Gleanings for ATMs Designing a Finder "Cox, Robert E." 1960 5 446 Celestial Calendar Configurations of Jupiter's Four Bright Moons 1960 5 446 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1960 5 446 Celestial Calendar R Virginis 1960 5 447 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 5 447 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 5 447 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 6 453 Front-Cover Photo Weather satellite launching 1960 6 456 Feature Gas and Dust in Globular Clusters "Struve, Otto" 1960 6 459 Observing the Satellites Earth Observations from an Artificial Satellite "Melin, Marshall" 1960 6 461 Observing the Satellites Navigation Satellite 1960 6 462 Observing the Satellites Discoverer XI 1960 6 463 Astronomical Scrapbook "Herschel, William, and the Sun" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 6 463 News Notes New Yerkes-McDonald Director 1960 6 463 News Notes Medal to E. J. Opik 1960 6 464 Feature Why Observe Stellar Eclipses? "Batten, Alan H." 1960 6 466 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 6 467 American Astronomers Report Symposium on Subdwarfs 1960 6 469 American Astronomers Report Proposed Examination of Martian Phenomena 1960 6 469 American Astronomers Report Companion of Fourth Nearest Star 1960 6 470 Feature A New Universal Sundial Design "Egger, Hermann H." 1960 6 472 News Notes Mass of Saturn 1960 6 472 News Notes NSF Tenth Anniversary 1960 6 472 News Notes Peculiar Solar Observations Explained 1960 6 472 News Notes Planetarium Endowment 1960 6 472 News Notes "Gum, C. S., Dies" 1960 6 473 Letters Letter "Sato, Takeshi" 1960 6 473 Letters Letter "Multhauf, Robert P." 1960 6 473 Letters Letter "Miller, Freeman D." 1960 6 473 Letters Letter "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1960 6 474 Feature The Earth's Shadow Size at the March Lunar Eclipse "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 6 476 Amateur Astronomers Small Planetarium in Arizona "Bisjak Jr., Gilford C." 1960 6 476 Amateur Astronomers "Steubenville, Ohio" 1960 6 476 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 6 476 Amateur Astronomers Old Battleship Is Source for an Observatory Dome 1960 6 476 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Region Hold New York City Convention 1960 6 476 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Convention Date Changed 1960 6 476 Amateur Astronomers "Glen Burnie, Maryland" 1960 6 477 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1960 6 477 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League 1960 Convention Plans 1960 6 477 Amateur Astronomers "Richards, Carl P., Dies" 1960 6 479 Observer's Page News of Comet 1959k 1960 6 480 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 6 480 Observer's Page Drawing the Moon and Planets 1960 6 489 Observer's Page April Auroras 1960 6 493 Books and the Sky "Introduction to the Mechanics of the Solar System, Rudolf Kurth" "Davis, Morris S." 1960 6 494 Books and the Sky "Kepler, Max Caspar" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1960 6 495 Books and the Sky "Astrophysique Ganarale, J. C. Pecker and E. Schatzman" "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1960 6 502 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable 6-inch Catadioptric Telescope "Konstanzer, Gordon" 1960 6 504 Gleanings for ATMs Glass Removal in Parabolizing "Mackintosh, Allan M." 1960 6 505 Gleanings for ATMs "Gleanings"""" index" 1960 6 508 Celestial Calendar Mercury in the Evening Sky This Month 1960 6 508 Celestial Calendar SZ Herculis 1960 6 509 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 6 509 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 6 509 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Lick Observatory 1960 7 3 News Notes Testing Gravity's Effect on Radiation 1960 7 4 Feature Lick 120-inch Photographs I 1960 7 6 Feature Picture "Crab nebula, Messier 1" 1960 7 8 News Notes Diameter of a Red Giant Star 1960 7 8 News Notes Canadian Astronomer Dies 1960 7 8 News Notes Astronomy Course for Teachers 1960 7 8 News Notes Solar Heating 1960 7 8 News Notes Test for Water Areas on Mars 1960 7 8 News Notes International Academy of Astronautics 1960 7 9 Feature Exploring the Solar System by Radar "Green Jr., Paul E." "Pettengill, Gordon H." 1960 7 14 Feature Some Spectra of Nova Herculis 1960 1960 7 15 Feature Some Suggestions for a Public Star Party "Robinson, Leif J." 1960 7 15 News Notes Griffith 25th Anniversary 1960 7 16 Feature New Winter: A Total Solar Eclipse "de Saussure, M." 1960 7 18 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 7 18 News Notes American Astronomical Society To Meet in Mexico 1960 7 18 News Notes Planetarium Symposium 1960 7 19 Observing the Satellites Midas II 1960 7 19 Observing the Satellites Sputnik IV 1960 7 19 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1960 7 20 Feature Planets with Rings "Struve, Otto" 1960 7 24 American Astronomers Report Stellar Populations 1960 7 24 American Astronomers Report Solar Cosmic Rays 1960 7 24 American Astronomers Report Metallic-Line Stars in Binary Systems 1960 7 25 American Astronomers Report New Polarization Measurements of the Solar Corona 1960 7 25 American Astronomers Report The Venus Greenhouse 1960 7 26 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs Convention Notes 1960 7 26 Amateur Astronomers "Cocoa, Florida" 1960 7 26 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1960 7 26 Amateur Astronomers North-Central Convention "Hernandez, Jose" 1960 7 26 Amateur Astronomers New Hampshire Amateurs "Pickering, David E." 1960 7 27 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Venus II 1960 7 28 News Notes "Kopff, August" 1960 7 30 Observer's Page Notes on Six Lunar Problems "Cooke, Strathmore R. B." 1960 7 34 Observer's Page Arago 1960 7 34 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Arago "Herring, Alika K." 1960 7 35 Observer's Page California Lunar Project "de Groff, Kent" 1960 7 36 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 7 36 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1960 7 39 Books and the Sky "Photographic Lunar Atlas, G. P. Kuiper, editor" 1960 7 42 Books and the Sky "Handbook for Space Travelers, Walter B. Hendrickson, Jr." "Sternig, John" 1960 7 47 Gleanings for ATMs Measuring the Magnification of a Telescope "Cox, Robert E." 1960 7 50 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Observatory for Small Telescopes "Wells, Millard F." 1960 7 54 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 7 54 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1960 7 54 Celestial Calendar Aldebaran and the Moon 1960 7 54 Celestial Calendar R Bootis 1960 7 55 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 7 55 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 8 61 Front-Cover Photo New Zealand Observatory 1960 8 63 Letters Letter "Loomis, William F." 1960 8 63 Letters Letter "Schlegel, Alfred" 1960 8 63 Letters Letter "Herriman, Charles E." 1960 8 64 Feature The Large Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak "McMath, Robert R." "Pierce, A. Keith" 1960 8 68 Amateur Astronomers New Zealand Observatory Marks 40th Anniversary "Dickson, S. L." 1960 8 68 Amateur Astronomers "Farmingdale, Long Island, New York" 1960 8 68 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs Program 1960 8 69 Amateur Astronomers "Ft. Wayne, Indiana" 1960 8 69 Amateur Astronomers New Junior Group 1960 8 69 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Spring Meeting "Douglas, Jane" 1960 8 69 Amateur Astronomers "Alamosa, Colorado" 1960 8 69 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1960 8 70 Feature Photometry of the Moon "Struve, Otto" 1960 8 74 Feature Two Famous Dutch Astronomers "Bok, Bart J." 1960 8 76 Feature Three American Astronomers Die 1960 8 77 Feature Magnetic Field Effects on Artificial Satellites "Wilson Jr., Raymond H." 1960 8 80 News Notes Extremely Remote Radio Source Identified 1960 8 80 News Notes Lightweight Mirrors of Fused Silica 1960 8 80 News Notes Occultations of Bright Stars by Planets 1960 8 81 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 8 81 News Notes "The Magnetic Field of Lamba Andromedae, 66:397 . Magnetic Field of the Galaxy" 1960 8 81 News Notes Lithium Abundances in T Tauri Stars 1960 8 81 News Notes Molecular Astronomy 1960 8 83 Feature Lick 120-inch Photographs II 1960 8 84 Observing the Satellites Twin Payloads "Melin, Marshall" 1960 8 85 Observing the Satellites Saturn Rocket Program 1960 8 87 Astronomical Scrapbook Linne in Fact and Legend "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 8 87 News Notes Planetarium Summer Show 1960 8 88 News Notes New Kitt Peak Director 1960 8 91 Observer's Page A Total Lunar and a Partial Solar Eclipse in September 1960 8 95 Observer's Page Early June Auroras 1960 8 96 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 8 99 Books and the Sky "al-Biruni on Transits, E. S. Kennedy, commentator" "Gingerich, Owen" 1960 8 100 Books and the Sky "Properties of Double Stars, Leendert Binnendijk" "Irwin, John B." 1960 8 107 Gleanings for ATMs A Solar-Prominence Telescope Using an Interference Filter "Presnell, A. K." 1960 8 114 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 8 114 Celestial Calendar Occultations of the Hyades and Aldebaran (in August) 1960 8 114 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1960 8 114 Celestial Calendar Eta Aquilae 1960 8 115 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 8 115 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 9 121 Front-Cover Photo Swiss observatory 1960 9 123 News Notes Upper-Air Densities 1960 9 124 Feature Picture Fraunhofer Lines and Heights in the Sun's Atmosphere "Mohler, Orren C." 1960 9 128 Feature A New Public Observatory in Switzerland "Rohr, Hans" 1960 9 129 Feature This Month's Solar Eclipse 1960 9 129 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1960 9 130 Observing the Satellites Earth Satellites Now in Orbit "Melin, Marshall" 1960 9 131 Observing the Satellites Orbits of Current Satellites 1960 9 132 Feature The Large Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak -- II "McMath, Robert R." "Pierce, A. Keith" 1960 9 135 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 9 135 News Notes Brookhaven Accelerator Attains 30 Bev. 1960 9 136 Feature Lick 120-inch Photographs III 1960 9 138 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1960 9 138 Amateur Astronomers Peruvian Amateurs Build Planetarium "Estremadoyro R., Victor A." 1960 9 139 Amateur Astronomers New England Meeting 1960 9 139 Amateur Astronomers "Muskegon, Michigan" 1960 9 139 Amateur Astronomers Juniors in New York and Rhode Island 1960 9 139 Amateur Astronomers "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" 1960 9 139 Amateur Astronomers Conquest (poem) "Cole, Eddie-Lou" 1960 9 139 Amateur Astronomers "Springfield, Illinois" 1960 9 139 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 9 140 Feature Ages of the Stars "Struve, Otto" 1960 9 143 News Notes Radio Source Studies 1960 9 143 News Notes Southern Astrograph 1960 9 143 News Notes Mass of M31 1960 9 143 News Notes X-Ray Solar Photograph 1960 9 144 News Notes Stratoscope Photographs Structure in Sunspot Umbra 1960 9 144 News Notes Earth's Hydrogen Corona 1960 9 145 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Earth 1960 9 146 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Convention Program "Bailey, Edwin F." 1960 9 146 Letters Letter "Bergquist, Dewey" 1960 9 149 Observer's Page More About Comet 1959k 1960 9 150 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 9 152 Observer's Page Lunar Photography with a 6-inch Reflector "Dobson, Robert T." 1960 9 156 Observer's Page Observations of SZ Herculis 1960 9 156 Observer's Page Periodic Comet Finlay 1960 9 158 Books and the Sky "Standard Handbook for Telescope Making, N. E. Howard" "Walls, Hoy J." 1960 9 166 Gleanings for ATMs Spider Diffraction in Moderate-Size Telescopes "Cox, Robert E." 1960 9 174 Celestial Calendar Three Red Variables in Triangulum 1960 9 174 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 9 174 Observer's Page September 5th Lunar Eclipse 1960 9 175 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 9 175 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 10 181 Front-Cover Photo Lick Observatory at dusk 1960 10 183 News Notes Promoting American Education in Astronomy 1960 10 184 Feature Astronomers Visit Mexico "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1960 10 189 News Notes Unusual Asteroid 1960 10 189 News Notes South American Double Star Expert 1960 10 189 News Notes Reclassification of Northern Galaxies 1960 10 189 News Notes "294,000 Meteors" 1960 10 189 News Notes Gamma Andromedae As a Quadruple Star 1960 10 189 News Notes Building Plans at Michigan 1960 10 190 Feature Cassiopeia A "Struve, Otto" 1960 10 194 Feature Picture "Trifid nebula, M20, in Sagittarius" 1960 10 195 Feature Lick 120-inch Photographs IV 1960 10 196 Feature The Missing Messier Objects "Gingerich, Owen" 1960 10 200 Observing the Satellites Echo I "Melin, Marshall" 1960 10 201 Observing the Satellites Recovery from Orbit 1960 10 203 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 10 203 News Notes Light-Beam Amplifier 1960 10 204 Feature Convention at San Jose "McClure, Alan" 1960 10 206 Amateur Astronomers Boston Astronomy Classes 1960 10 206 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1960 10 206 Amateur Astronomers A Massachusetts Observatory "Walker, Ralph W." 1960 10 206 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 10 207 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Thoughts on Twilight "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 10 207 News Notes Shatter Cones and Meteorite Impacts 1960 10 214 Observer's Page November Transit of Mercury 1960 10 217 Observer's Page Summer Auroras 1960 10 219 Observer's Page Rumker 1960 10 219 Observer's Page Special Indiana Star Party "Graney, William J." 1960 10 219 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Rumker "Herring, Alika K." 1960 10 220 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 10 220 Observer's Page Another Bright Variable 1960 10 223 Books and the Sky "A Beginner's Guide to the Stars, R. Newton Mayall and Margaret W. Mayall" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1960 10 224 Books and the Sky "Isaac Newton, Beulah Tannenbaum and Myra Stillman" "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1960 10 227 Books and the Sky "Moon Maps, H. P. Wilkins" "Shawcross, William E." 1960 10 232 Gleanings for ATMs A Mounting Made of Automobile Front-Wheel Assemblies "Eoff, J. Dexter" 1960 10 235 Gleanings for ATMs An Australian Amateur's Grinding Machine "Watson, Beau" 1960 10 238 Gleanings for ATMs A Swiss Amateur's Observing Station "Gysler-Abplanalp, K." 1960 10 240 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 10 240 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1960 10 240 Celestial Calendar T Cephei 1960 10 240 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 10 240 Celestial Calendar Occultation of the Hyades and Aldebaran (in October) 1960 10 241 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 11 249 Front-Cover Photo Eclipse camp by moonlight 1960 11 251 News Notes "Ross, Frank E." "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 11 252 Feature The Fine Structure of Solar Prominences -- I "Menzel, Donald H." "Wolbach, John G." 1960 11 256 Feature Amateurs Photograph the Lunar Eclipse 1960 11 259 Feature The Problem of Cygnus A "Struve, Otto" 1960 11 262 Letters Letter "Eksinger, Dragoslav" 1960 11 262 Letters Letter "Ross, William D." 1960 11 262 Letters Letter "McClure, Alan" 1960 11 262 News Notes Peking Planetarium 1960 11 262 News Notes Astronomy in Thailand 1960 11 262 News Notes "Farnsworth, Alice, Dies" 1960 11 263 American Astronomers Report Rotation of Stars in Orion 1960 11 263 American Astronomers Report Stellar Aluminum Oxide 1960 11 263 American Astronomers Report Chemistry of Jupiter's Atmosphere 1960 11 263 American Astronomers Report High-Altitude Balloons 1960 11 264 American Astronomers Report Zeta Aurigae Masses 1960 11 265 Feature Lunik II's Landing on the Moon 1960 11 265 News Notes East-West Exchange 1960 11 266 Feature Convention at Haverford "Hartmann, William K." 1960 11 268 Feature Picture Nebulosity and the cluster M16 in Serpens 1960 11 269 Feature Lick 120-inch Photographs V 1960 11 271 News Notes Copernicus and Calvin 1960 11 271 News Notes Christmas Meetings 1960 11 271 News Notes Planetary Origin and Lithium Abundances 1960 11 271 News Notes Invitations to Berkeley IAU Meeting in 1961 1960 11 271 News Notes New York Planetarium's 25th Anniversary 1960 11 272 Amateur Astronomers A High School Observatory in California "Shahzade, Arthur" 1960 11 272 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1960 11 272 Amateur Astronomers Cleveland Open Nights 1960 11 272 Amateur Astronomers "Jones Beach, New York" 1960 11 273 Amateur Astronomers Florida Group Reorganizes 1960 11 273 Amateur Astronomers New England Amateurs Meet in Rhode Island 1960 11 273 Amateur Astronomers Chicago Astronomy Classes 1960 11 273 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 11 273 Amateur Astronomers "Racine, Wisconsin" "Dechant, George A." 1960 11 274 Observing the Satellites More About Sputnik V 1960 11 274 Observing the Satellites Third Year of the Space Age 1960 11 274 Observing the Satellites Discoverer XV 1960 11 274 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1960 11 275 Observing the Satellites Courier I-B 1960 11 277 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Mars I 1960 11 278 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 11 282 Observer's Page The September Partial Eclipse of the Sun 1960 11 286 Observer's Page Lunar Rills in Eastern Mare Tranquillitatis 1960 11 286 Observer's Page Lunar Rilles in Eastern Mare Tranquillitatis "Warner, Brian" 1960 11 289 Observer's Page Three Current Comets 1960 11 290 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 11 294 Books and the Sky "Arabische Sternnamen in Europa, Paul Kunitzsch" "Davis, George A. [Jr.]" 1960 11 295 Books and the Sky "The Search for Order, Cecil J. Schneer" "Marshall, Roy K." 1960 11 296 Books and the Sky "Physics and Medicine of the Atmosphere and Space, Otis O. Benson, Jr., and Hubertus Strughold, editors" "Laskey, Howard G." 1960 11 302 Gleanings for ATMs A Precision-Mounted Small Refractor "Cox, Robert E." 1960 11 303 Gleanings for ATMs Lightweight Binoculars 1960 11 305 Gleanings for ATMs An Altazimuth Reflector with a Drive "Thomas Jr., William T." 1960 11 306 Gleanings for ATMs Some Rules of Thumb "Cox, Robert E." 1960 11 310 Celestial Calendar The Eclipsing Variable Star RZ Cassiopeiae 1960 11 310 Celestial Calendar Transit of Mercury 1960 11 311 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 11 311 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 11 311 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1960 11 311 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 12 317 Front-Cover Photo Stamford dedication 1960 12 319 News Notes First Reports of Mercury's Transit 1960 12 320 Feature Lunar Cartography "Arthur, D. W. G." 1960 12 324 Astronomical Scrapbook "Carrington, Richard, and a ""Singular Appearance"" on the Sun" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1960 12 325 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1960 12 325 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Eclipse Observers Invited to Cannes 1960 12 325 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1960 12 325 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Fall Meeting Held at Springfield 1960 12 325 Amateur Astronomers New York Observers 1960 12 326 Feature Some Problems of Stellar Rotation -- I "Struve, Otto" 1960 12 328 News Notes Double Star Expert Honored 1960 12 328 News Notes Two Very Faint Stars 1960 12 328 News Notes "Vinter Hansen, Julie" 1960 12 329 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1960 12 329 News Notes Project Westford 1960 12 330 Feature The Fine Structure of Solar Prominences -- II "Menzel, Donald H." "Wolbach, John G." 1960 12 334 American Astronomers Report "Flare"""" Stars in Orion" 1960 12 334 American Astronomers Report Report on Supernovae 1960 12 335 American Astronomers Report Photographic Star Atlas 1960 12 335 American Astronomers Report Astrometric Reflector 1960 12 335 News Notes American Astronautical Society Meeting 1960 12 336 Observing the Satellites Communications Satellite "Melin, Marshall" 1960 12 337 Observing the Satellites "Pioneer V, 19:409 Pioneer V and the Scale of the Solar System" 1960 12 338 Feature Lick 120-inch Photographs VI 1960 12 341 Observer's Page Visual Observations of the September Lunar Eclipse 1960 12 345 Observer's Page A Spectacular Aurora in October 1960 12 347 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1960 12 348 Observer's Page The Occultation of Aldebaran in October 1960 12 349 Feature Occultation Supplement -- 1961 Predictions for the United States and Canada 1960 12 363 Books and the Sky "The Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath al-Din al-Kashi, E. S. Kennedy, translator" "Stebbins, Frederick A." 1960 12 367 Books and the Sky "The Fascinating World of Astronomy, Robert S. Richardson" "LeRoy, Charles H." 1960 12 368 Books and the Sky "The Ocean of Air, David I. Blumenstock" "Carney, Gail B." 1960 12 376 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive but Accurate Sidereal Drive "Wilson, Glenn L." 1960 12 384 Celestial Calendar R Canis Minoris 1960 12 384 Celestial Calendar Two Occultations of Aldebaran 1960 12 385 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1960 12 385 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1960 12 385 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1960 12 385 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1961 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Observing Mercury's transit 1961 1 3 News Notes Orbit of Venus 1961 1 4 Feature Tektites and the Cyrillid Shower "O'Keefe, John A." 1961 1 8 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 1 9 Feature Conferences at La Plata 1961 1 11 Observing the Satellites Explorer VIII and the Ionosphere "Melin, Marshall" 1961 1 12 Observing the Satellites Another Weather-Research Satellite 1961 1 13 News Notes Diameter of Venus 1961 1 13 Observing the Satellites Discoverer XVI 1961 1 13 Observing the Satellites Sputnik VI 1961 1 14 Feature "The Solar Halo Complex of September 17, 1960" "Everhart, Edgar" 1961 1 16 Feature Findings from Mercury's Transit "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 1 21 Feature Some Problems of Stellar Rotation -- II "Struve, Otto" 1961 1 22 News Notes Improving the Performance of a Large Refractor 1961 1 22 News Notes Constellation Sizes 1961 1 23 Letters Letter "Minkowski, R." 1961 1 27 News Notes "Mees, C. E. Kenneth, Dies" 1961 1 27 News Notes Optical Society Meeting 1961 1 27 News Notes Color-Magnitude Diagram for Remote Radio Sources 1961 1 28 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Mars II 1961 1 29 Letters Letter "Luft, Herbert A." 1961 1 29 Letters Letter "Hall, John R." 1961 1 30 Amateur Astronomers Two New Societies 1961 1 30 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 1 30 Amateur Astronomers Pittsburgh Amateur Dies 1961 1 30 Amateur Astronomers "Johnson, Clarence E., Dies" 1961 1 30 Amateur Astronomers A Planetarium Project "Zirpoli, Daniel" 1961 1 30 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1961 1 30 Amateur Astronomers California Amateurs Study at New Observatory "Robinson, Leif J." 1961 1 33 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1961 1961 1 37 Observer's Page A Bright November Aurora 1961 1 38 Observer's Page Venus-Jupiter Conjunction 1961 1 39 Observer's Page Boscovich 1961 1 39 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Boscovich "Herring, Alika K." 1961 1 41 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 1 41 Observer's Page Orionid Meteors in 1960 "Petersen, Norman D." 1961 1 41 Observer's Page The North Star's Ring "Dutton, William" 1961 1 42 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1961 1 45 Books and the Sky "The Radio Noise Spectrum, Donald H. Menzel, editor" "Evans, J. V." 1961 1 46 Books and the Sky "The Exploration of Space, Robert Jastrow, editor" 1961 1 46 Books and the Sky "Advances in Space Science, Vol. II, Frederick I. Ordway III, editor" 1961 1 46 Books and the Sky Book Review "Whitney, Charles A." 1961 1 52 Gleanings for ATMs An 8-inch Fork-Mounted Reflector "Field Sr., R. H." 1961 1 60 Celestial Calendar Comet Encke 1961 1 60 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1961 1 60 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 1 60 Celestial Calendar RT Aurigae 1961 1 61 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 2 69 Front-Cover Photo "Jones, Sir Harold Spencer(1890-1960)" 1961 2 71 News Notes Dust Cloud Around the Earth 1961 2 72 Feature Globular Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds "Hodge, Paul W." 1961 2 76 Feature Tenth Astronomer Royal "Hunter, Alan" 1961 2 78 News Notes New Public Observatory Opened in Cleveland 1961 2 78 News Notes New Standard of Length 1961 2 78 News Notes Did a Comet Strike the Earth in 1908? 1961 2 79 Feature Sixteenth-Century Cosmographer "Suter, Rufus" 1961 2 80 American Astronomers Report Period Changes in RR Lyrae Variable Stars 1961 2 80 American Astronomers Report Australian Radio Observations of the Magellanic Clouds 1961 2 81 News Notes "Elements in Astromechanics""""" 1961 2 82 Feature A Note on the Large Russian Reflectors "Moore, Patrick" 1961 2 83 Observing the Satellites Discoverers XVIII and XIX 1961 2 83 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1961 2 83 Observing the Satellites WWV Broadcasts and Satellite Observations 1961 2 84 Feature A Lunar Contour Map "Baldwin, Ralph B." 1961 2 85 News Notes New Comet 1960n 1961 2 85 News Notes Unusual New Star in M31 1961 2 86 Letters Letter "Bergquist, Dewey" 1961 2 86 Letters Letter "Albers, Henry" 1961 2 86 Letters Letter "Yorks, Terry" 1961 2 87 Feature Virgo A "Struve, Otto" 1961 2 89 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 2 90 Feature Kwasan Observatory in Japan "Miyamoto, Shotaro" 1961 2 92 Astronomical Scrapbook "Krieger, J. N.: The Moon Half-Won" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 2 94 News Notes Variable Star Bibliography 1961 2 94 News Notes "Sitterly, Charlotte Moore, Honored" 1961 2 95 Amateur Astronomers A Sliding-Roof Observatory "Forbes, James W." 1961 2 95 Amateur Astronomers Two Clubs in Industry 1961 2 95 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 2 95 Amateur Astronomers Tape Recording Club? "Plottner, Jarl V." 1961 2 95 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Corrado, Henry M." 1961 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League To Meet in Detroit 1961 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Making -- Some British Views 1961 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Three New Junior Groups 1961 2 96 Amateur Astronomers "St. Joseph, Missouri" 1961 2 96 Amateur Astronomers "Van Nuys, California" 1961 2 97 Observer's Page Jupiter's Red Spot in 1960 "Pearce, Terence" 1961 2 98 Amateur Astronomers Programs at Chicago and Las Cruces 1961 2 98 Observer's Page An Unusual Occultation "Deming, Leo" 1961 2 98 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 2 99 Observer's Page Observations of the Geminid Meteors "Petersen, Norman D." 1961 2 102 Observer's Page Mercury's Transit: Additional Observations "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 2 107 Books and the Sky "A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy, William Chauvenet" 1961 2 107 Books and the Sky Book Review "Glenn, William H." 1961 2 107 Books and the Sky "The Moon, Franklyn M. Branley" 1961 2 108 Books and the Sky "Starbound, Eileen and Raymond Schussler" "Gardner, John" 1961 2 116 Gleanings for ATMs An 8-inch Catadioptric of Superb Observing Qualities "Saul, Sol" 1961 2 118 Gleanings for ATMs An Attachment for Eyepiece-Projection Photography 1961 2 122 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 2 122 Celestial Calendar R Leonis 1961 2 122 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 2 123 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 3 129 Front-Cover Photo "Crescent moon, 29 hours old" 1961 3 131 News Notes Intense Magnetic Field 1961 3 133 Feature Charting the Hidden Side of the Moon "Lipsky, Yuri N." 1961 3 139 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 3 140 Feature Runaway Stars "Struve, Otto" 1961 3 142 Observing the Satellites First Solid-Fuel Satellite Launcher "Melin, Marshall" 1961 3 143 Observing the Satellites The Scout Research Program 1961 3 144 News Notes "Stratton, F. J. M." 1961 3 144 Observing the Satellites Samos II 1961 3 145 Feature Fast-Moving Disturbances on the Sun "Moreton, G. F." 1961 3 146 Feature Picture Sixteen views of the sun in hydrogen-alpha light 1961 3 148 American Astronomers Report Radio Observations of a Planetary Nebula 1961 3 148 American Astronomers Report Clustering of Galaxies 1961 3 148 American Astronomers Report First True Radio Star? 1961 3 149 American Astronomers Report Water Vapor on Mars 1961 3 150 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Asteroids 1961 3 151 Letters Letter "Kordylewski, K." 1961 3 151 Letters Letter "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1961 3 152 News Notes Stratoscope II 1961 3 152 News Notes Meteoritics at Arizona State University 1961 3 153 Amateur Astronomers An Indiana Amateur's Compact Observatory "Koruschak, Raymond" 1961 3 153 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Carney, Gail B." 1961 3 154 Amateur Astronomers Latin-American League Formally Organized "Estremadoyro R., Victor A." 1961 3 154 Amateur Astronomers Two New Groups 1961 3 154 Amateur Astronomers Transatlantic Debate 1961 3 154 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 3 157 Observer's Page Amateur Observations of Two Recent Comets 1961 3 158 Observer's Page Conjunction of Venus and the Moon 1961 3 160 Observer's Page Milky Way Photography Without a Clock Drive "Severin, Marcos A." 1961 3 161 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 3 165 Books and the Sky "Source Book in Astronomy 1900-1950, Harlow Shapley, editor" "Gingerich, Owen" 1961 3 167 Books and the Sky "Beyond the Planet Earth, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky" "Carney, Gail B." 1961 3 172 Gleanings for ATMs A Precision Device to Measure Knife-Edge Settings "Eoff, J. Dexter" 1961 3 177 Gleanings for ATMs The Vista del Cielo Observatory in Alberta "Knox, William A." 1961 3 182 Celestial Calendar The Rapidly Eclipsing Variable UV Leonis 1961 3 182 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 3 182 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 3 182 Celestial Calendar Moon in Partial Eclipse 1961 3 183 Celestial Calendar Occultations in March 1961 3 183 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 4 189 Front-Cover Photo February's total solar eclipse 1961 4 192 Feature Eclipse Over the Mediterranean "Menzel, Donald H." 1961 4 196 Amateur Astronomers Contacting National Organizations 1961 4 197 Feature Contact Binaries "Struve, Otto" 1961 4 199 Letters Letter "Luft, Herbert A." 1961 4 199 Letters Letter "Hedervari, Peter" 1961 4 199 Letters Letter "Chapman, Clark R." 1961 4 200 Observing the Satellites Sputniks VII and VIII "Melin, Marshall" 1961 4 201 Observing the Satellites Discoverers XX and XXI 1961 4 201 Observing the Satellites Explorer IX 1961 4 202 Feature Reports from February Eclipse Observers "Cata, A. H." 1961 4 205 Feature The Ottawa Mirror Transit Telescope "Brealey, G. A." 1961 4 209 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 4 209 Observing the Satellites Transit III-B Launched 1961 4 210 American Astronomers Report Globular Cluster Densities 1961 4 210 American Astronomers Report Local Doppler Effects in the Photosphere 1961 4 210 American Astronomers Report X-Rays from Collisions of Stars 1961 4 212 News Notes Green Flash 1961 4 212 News Notes X-Rays from a Solar Flare 1961 4 212 News Notes Van Allen Belt Produced by Neutrons 1961 4 212 News Notes New Nova Scuti 1961 4 212 News Notes Summer College Programs for High School Students 1961 4 212 News Notes Supernova in Messier 85 1961 4 213 Astronomical Scrapbook The Reputation of Father Hell "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 4 214 News Notes Europe's Largest Reflector Is Built in Soviet Union 1961 4 215 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateur Astronomers To Meet 1961 4 215 Amateur Astronomers Notes on the Astronomical League Convention "Maple, Joseph" 1961 4 215 Amateur Astronomers A Polish Amateur's Observatory "Marks, Andrzej T." 1961 4 216 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Carney, Gail B." 1961 4 216 Amateur Astronomers Amateurs Observe Lunar Eclipse in March 1961 4 216 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Mnemonics 1961 4 216 Amateur Astronomers "Lincoln, Nebraska" 1961 4 216 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 4 216 Amateur Astronomers Tape Recorders in the Darkroom 1961 4 218 Observer's Page Observations of RZ Cassiopeiae "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 4 219 Observer's Page Messier Objects for Spring Viewing "Stairs, Lt. Col. J. A." 1961 4 219 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 4 220 Observer's Page A Perseid Meteor Spectrum "Feibelman, Walter A." 1961 4 222 Observer's Page Bright Meteor Seen over California 1961 4 222 Observer's Page Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction 1961 4 222 Observer's Page Occultation of Aldebaran "Chaldu, Ronald S." 1961 4 227 Books and the Sky "Orthographic Atlas of the Moon -- Part I, D. W. G. Arthur and E. A. Whitaker" 1961 4 228 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, H. C. King" "Levitt, I. M." 1961 4 231 Books and the Sky "Optics and Optical Instruments, B. K. Johnson" "Cox, Robert E." 1961 4 232 Books and the Sky "A Guide to the Stars, Patrick Moore" "Schiffmann, Mary W." 1961 4 236 Gleanings for ATMs Multiple Extrafocal Images of Extended Objects "Cox, Robert E." 1961 4 237 Gleanings for ATMs Clock Drive on a Pier "James, Robert V." 1961 4 238 Gleanings for ATMs Mounting Diagonal Mirrors with Cement "Kiefer Jr., John M." 1961 4 239 Gleanings for ATMs An Aid To Figuring Perforated Mirrors "Zussman, Ronald A." 1961 4 242 Celestial Calendar T Herculis 1961 4 242 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 4 242 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 4 242 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1961 4 243 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 5 249 Front-Cover Photo Launch preparations for Explorer X 1961 5 251 News Notes Radar Contact with Venus 1961 5 252 Feature Early Solar Evolution "Brownlee, Robert R." "Cox, Arthur N." 1961 5 256 News Notes IGY Report on Auroras 1961 5 257 Observing the Satellites Explorer X "Melin, Marshall" 1961 5 260 News Notes Saturn Radio Observations 1961 5 260 News Notes Nova Scuti 1961 5 260 News Notes This Year's Conventions 1961 5 260 Observing the Satellites Sputniks IX and X 1961 5 261 Feature The Triple System of Eta Geminorum "Deutsch, Armin J." 1961 5 262 Letters Letter "Desjardins, Louis" 1961 5 262 Letters Letter "Keen, Richard A." 1961 5 263 Feature Further February Eclipse Observations "Menzel, Donald H." 1961 5 269 Feature Interstellar Gas Clouds "Struve, Otto" 1961 5 271 News Notes Harvard Summer Instruction in Observational Astronomy 1961 5 271 News Notes Coesite and Meteor Craters 1961 5 272 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Jupiter 1961 5 274 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 5 275 News Notes Ellipticity of the Earth's Equator 1961 5 275 News Notes Cooling Photographic Emulsions 1961 5 275 News Notes Helium Flash in Giant Stars 1961 5 276 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 5 276 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Convention "Hudson, Hendrik R." 1961 5 276 Amateur Astronomers "Long Island, New York" 1961 5 276 Amateur Astronomers "Kampar, Malaya" "Pyng, Hwu Yeu" 1961 5 276 Amateur Astronomers Great Plains Convention 1961 5 276 Amateur Astronomers "Bristol, Pennsylvania" 1961 5 276 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Carney, Gail B." 1961 5 276 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO To Meet "Halliday, Ian" 1961 5 278 Observer's Page March 2nd Partial Lunar Eclipse 1961 5 279 Observer's Page Observations of Algol 1961 5 279 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 5 281 Observer's Page Kies 1961 5 281 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Kies "Herring, Alika K." 1961 5 283 Observer's Page A Daytime Meteor over New Jersey "Stein, Raymond J." 1961 5 283 Observer's Page March Occultation of Aldebaran 1961 5 287 Books and the Sky "Tools of the Astronomer, G. R. Miczaika and William M. Sinton" "Irwin, John B." 1961 5 288 Books and the Sky "Outer Space Photography for the Amateur, Henry E. Paul" "Keene, George T." 1961 5 289 Books and the Sky "Michelson and the Speed of Light, Bernard Jaffe" "Palmer, Keith D." 1961 5 293 Gleanings for ATMs An Oblique Reflector as a First Telescope "Avera Jr., C. B." 1961 5 297 Gleanings for ATMs A Novel Arrangement for a Finder "Cox, Robert E." 1961 5 298 Gleanings for ATMs A Maksutov Convertible to a Schmidt Camera "Cox, Robert E." 1961 5 302 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1961 5 302 Celestial Calendar Delta Librae 1961 5 302 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 5 302 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 5 303 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 5 303 Celestial Calendar Aldebaran Occultation 1961 6 309 Front-Cover Photo Green Bank 300-foot radio telescope 1961 6 311 News Notes A New Radio Telescope at Green Bank 1961 6 312 Feature Some Astronomical Aspects of Life in the Universe "Huang, Su-Shu" 1961 6 316 Astronomical Scrapbook Algol and Scientific Conservatism "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 6 317 Feature Why Is Starlight Polarized? "Struve, Otto" 1961 6 321 News Notes American Astronomical Society June Meeting 1961 6 321 News Notes Cepheid Survey 1961 6 321 News Notes Minor Planet Ephemerides 1961 6 321 News Notes Masses of Single Stars 1961 6 322 Feature Solar Disturbances and Radio Communication Forecasts "Brockman, James F." 1961 6 326 Feature The Elusive Maximum of S Andromedae "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1961 6 326 News Notes Rapidly Varying Star 1961 6 328 Feature Soviet Solar Eclipse Observations "Menzel, Donald H." 1961 6 329 News Notes Radio Astronomy Roundup 1961 6 329 Observing the Satellites Manned Spaceflight "Melin, Marshall" 1961 6 330 Observing the Satellites Discoverer XXIII 1961 6 330 Observing the Satellites A Satellite for Gamma-Ray Astronomy 1961 6 332 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 6 332 Observing the Satellites Artificial Meteor Experiment 1961 6 333 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Carney, Gail B." 1961 6 333 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Mnemonics 1961 6 333 Amateur Astronomers "Dubuque, Iowa" "Klauer, Howard W." 1961 6 333 Amateur Astronomers Tapespondence 1961 6 333 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 6 336 Observer's Page Identifying the Satellites of Saturn "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1961 6 337 Observer's Page Some Unusual Observations of Saturn and the Moon "Caragiorgis, George" 1961 6 344 Observer's Page Messier Objects for Summer Viewing "Stairs, Lt. Col. J. A." 1961 6 346 Observer's Page Lunar Rilles near Jansen B "Warner, Brian" 1961 6 346 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 6 349 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Radio Waves, I. S. Shklovsky" "Drake, Frank D." 1961 6 350 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Astrodynamics, Robert M. L. Baker and Maud W. Makemson" "Davis, Morris S." 1961 6 353 Books and the Sky "Nine Planets, Alan E. Nourse" "Both, Ernst E." 1961 6 355 Books and the Sky "The Moon: Our Nearest Celestial Neighbour, Zdenek Kopal" 1961 6 358 Gleanings for ATMs An 8-inch Reflector with a Transistor-Controlled Drive "Gunn, James E." 1961 6 362 Gleanings for ATMs An Amateur Society's Low-Cost Roll-Off-Roof Observatory "Nieuwenhoff, Arnold" 1961 6 366 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 6 366 Celestial Calendar SS Virginis 1961 6 366 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 6 366 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Porrima on June 21st 1961 6 367 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Haute Provence 76-inch reflector 1961 7 3 News Notes Solar Magnetism and Sunspot Formation 1961 7 4 Feature France's Haute Provence Observatory "Dufay, Jean" "Fehrenbach, Charles" 1961 7 9 News Notes "Davis, George A., Jr., Dies" 1961 7 10 News Notes Shapes of Lunar Craters 1961 7 10 News Notes Temperatures on Mercury 1961 7 10 News Notes Interference Coatings on Aluminized Mirrors 1961 7 10 News Notes New Natural Satellites of the Earth? 1961 7 11 News Notes Naval Observatory Library 1961 7 12 Feature Radio Ursigrams "Potter, Martin H." 1961 7 13 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 7 14 Feature E. E. Barnard and Milky Way Photography "Struve, Otto" 1961 7 21 Letters Letter "Gunawardena, D. S. Herschel" 1961 7 21 Letters Letter "Gildenberg, Bernard D." 1961 7 21 Letters Letter "Shinsel, Ruth" 1961 7 21 Letters Letter "Shklovsky, I. S." 1961 7 22 Feature Johann Kepler and the Laws of Planetary Motion "Suter, Rufus" 1961 7 23 Observing the Satellites Man in Space "Melin, Marshall" 1961 7 25 Feature Astronomers Discuss Project West Ford 1961 7 25 News Notes Observing Time on Kitt Peak 1961 7 25 Observing the Satellites Vostok Flight Records 1961 7 26 Amateur Astronomers An Active Amateur in St. Paul "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1961 7 27 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur Observatory in the Transvaal "Botham, J. H." 1961 7 27 Amateur Astronomers "Lakeland, Florida" 1961 7 27 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 7 27 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane Meeting "Gagan, James W." 1961 7 27 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1961 7 27 Amateur Astronomers Report from Rochester 1961 7 27 Amateur Astronomers Westchester Astronomers League "Volk, Victor F." 1961 7 27 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Society in Germany "Quester, Wolfgang" 1961 7 28 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Parker, Gail C." 1961 7 29 Feature Ten Years of Solar Eclipses "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1961 7 32 Observer's Page Mutual Phenomena of Jupiter's Satellites 1961 7 32 Observer's Page SZ Herculis Predictions 1961 7 33 Observer's Page Lassell 1961 7 33 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Lassell "Herring, Alika K." 1961 7 34 Observer's Page Observing with a Clinometer "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 7 34 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 7 35 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1961 7 39 Books and the Sky "Planets, Stars, and Galaxies, Stuart J. Inglis" "Page, Thornton L." 1961 7 40 Books and the Sky "Captured Stars, Heinz Letsch" "Jenzano, Anthony F." 1961 7 41 Books and the Sky Book Review "King, Ivan R." 1961 7 41 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy, F. Graham Smith" 1961 7 41 Books and the Sky "Rival Theories of Astronomy, H. Bondi, W. B. Bonnor, R. A. Lyttleton, and G. J. Whitrow" 1961 7 41 Books and the Sky Book Review "Howard III, W. E." 1961 7 42 Books and the Sky "Handbuch fur Sternfreunde, Gunter Dietmar Roth, editor" 1961 7 47 Gleanings for ATMs "An 8-inch """"Beavertail"""" Dall-Kirkham Reflector" "Doschek, Antony" "Doschek, George" 1961 7 51 Gleanings for ATMs Gleanings notes 1961 7 52 Gleanings for ATMs Checking Concentricity of Maksutov Correcting Lenses "Cox, Robert E." 1961 7 54 Celestial Calendar X Ophiuchi 1961 7 54 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 7 54 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 7 54 Celestial Calendar Jupiter Without Satellites 1961 7 54 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1961 7 54 Celestial Calendar An Early-Morning Occultation of Aldebaran 1961 7 55 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 8 61 Front-Cover Photo Australia's 210-foot radio telescope 1961 8 63 News Notes More About the Earth's Cloud Satellites 1961 8 64 Feature Astronomy in 1900 "Struve, Otto" 1961 8 69 Letters Letter "Cook, Kelly L." 1961 8 69 Letters Letter "Nielsen, Axel V." 1961 8 70 Feature Astronomers Meet at Nantucket 1961 8 72 News Notes IAU Meeting 1961 8 72 News Notes California Fireball 1961 8 72 News Notes Bird Migration Studies 1961 8 72 News Notes Changing Orbit of Comet Oterma 1961 8 73 Feature Visual Observing of Double Stars "Worley, Charles E." 1961 8 77 Feature Some Russian Radio Telescopes "Swenson Jr., George W." "Bracewell, R. N." 1961 8 81 Observing the Satellites Discoverer XXV 1961 8 81 Observing the Satellites Transit IV-A 1961 8 81 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1961 8 82 Observing the Satellites The Ranger Project 1961 8 84 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Parker, Gail C." 1961 8 84 Amateur Astronomers North-Central Report "Hernandez, Jose" 1961 8 84 Amateur Astronomers South Shore Meeting 1961 8 84 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 8 85 Astronomical Scrapbook Beginnings of the Space Age "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 8 85 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 8 85 Observer's Page Mars-Uranus Conjunction 1961 8 86 American Astronomers Report The Interstellar Medium "Bok, Bart J." 1961 8 92 Observer's Page Lunar Eclipse in August "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1961 8 93 Observer's Page Occultation of Porrima by the Moon 1961 8 94 Observer's Page Observations of Saturn and the Moon 1961 8 94 Observer's Page Meteor Shower from Bootes "Fay III, John V." 1961 8 95 Observer's Page Observations of RZ Cassiopeiae Wanted 1961 8 95 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 8 99 Books and the Sky "Physical Science, Donald S. Allen and Richard J. Ordway" "Mathews, Robert T." 1961 8 100 Books and the Sky "The Rotation of the Earth, Walter H. Munk and Gordon J. F. MacDonald" "Gold, Thomas" 1961 8 101 Books and the Sky "Atoms to Galaxies, James Stokley" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1961 8 106 Gleanings for ATMs Cleaning the Lens of a 12 1/4-inch Refractor "Cox, Robert E." 1961 8 109 Gleanings for ATMs Pineview Observatory "Crowley, Ariel L." 1961 8 110 Gleanings for ATMs Help for Beginners 1961 8 110 Gleanings for ATMs A Chicago Amateur's Garage-Top Palomar "Raddatz, Harold G." 1961 8 114 Celestial Calendar Aldebaran Occultation 1961 8 114 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1961 8 114 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 8 114 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 8 114 Celestial Calendar The Eclipsing Variable OO Aquilae 1961 8 115 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 9 121 Front-Cover Photo Bright July comet 1961 9 123 Letters Letter "Wilson, A. Stewart" 1961 9 124 Feature Comet Wilson 1961d 1961 9 126 News Notes Micrometeorite Layer 1961 9 126 News Notes New Harvard Radio Telescope 1961 9 126 News Notes Positions of Features on Mars 1961 9 126 News Notes Aniara 1961 9 127 Feature Variable Star Spectroscopist "Mayall, Margaret Walton" 1961 9 128 Feature Picture "Whirlpool nebula, M51, 14:December, center. Yerkes Observatory 40-inch refractor" 1961 9 129 American Astronomers Report Classification of Galaxies 1961 9 131 American Astronomers Report Binary Frequencies Among A-type Stars 1961 9 131 American Astronomers Report Polarization of Galactic Radio Noise 1961 9 131 American Astronomers Report Radio Source 3C-48 1961 9 131 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 9 132 Feature Stellar Radial Velocities and Their Observation "Struve, Otto" 1961 9 136 Feature Convention at Detroit "Dalke, Norman C." 1961 9 138 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Saturn I 1961 9 140 Feature The Construction of a Filar Micrometer "Worley, Charles E." 1961 9 142 Feature Meteor Photography with a Light Amplifier "Hicks, Grady T." 1961 9 143 Observing the Satellites Forty Fragments 1961 9 143 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1961 9 143 Observing the Satellites Another Weather Satellite 1961 9 145 Observing the Satellites Midas IV and Project West Ford 1961 9 145 Observing the Satellites Midas III 1961 9 146 Amateur Astronomers A High School Observatory and Weather Station "Steuber, Jerome" "Tooley, Russ" 1961 9 146 Observing the Satellites Discoverer XXVI 1961 9 147 Amateur Astronomers A Face in Nebulosity "Smith, Burris" 1961 9 147 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Parker, Gail C." 1961 9 147 Amateur Astronomers "Mansfield, Ohio" "Hamilton, Giles E." 1961 9 147 Amateur Astronomers "York, Pennsylvania" "Katherman, Mrs. Ruth P." 1961 9 147 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 9 147 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium in Brazil "Fucs, Alexandre" 1961 9 149 Observer's Page Celestial Photography with an 8-inch Reflector "Gunn, James E." 1961 9 152 Observer's Page Messier Objects for Fall Viewing "Stairs, Lt. Col. J. A." 1961 9 154 Observer's Page Aurora Predictions Confirmed "Rippen, George W." 1961 9 155 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 9 155 Observer's Page Transits of Jupiter's Red Spot 1961 9 157 Books and the Sky "Telescopes, Gerard P. Kuiper and Barbara M. Middlehurst, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1961 9 158 Books and the Sky Book Review "Naef, Robert A." 1961 9 158 Books and the Sky Book Review "Shapley, Harlow" 1961 9 158 Books and the Sky "Astronomie, Joachim Herrmann" 1961 9 158 Books and the Sky "The Universe at Large, Hermann Bondi" 1961 9 159 Books and the Sky "The Technique of Optical Instrument Design, R. J. Bracey" "Selby, Horace H." 1961 9 166 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Aluminum Camera Support "Norton, Wayne L." 1961 9 168 Gleanings for ATMs A Pole Finder for Portable Telescopes "Konstanzer, Gordon" 1961 9 170 Gleanings for ATMs A Foucault Light Source from a Flashlight Bulb "Cox, Robert E." 1961 9 174 Celestial Calendar A Favorable Occultation of Aldebaran 1961 9 174 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 9 174 Celestial Calendar RT Cygni 1961 9 174 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 9 175 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 10 181 Front-Cover Photo Sundial on the equator 1961 10 183 News Notes An Exciting August 1961 10 184 Feature Picture Adlai E. Stevenson addressing the International Astronomical Union 1961 10 192 Feature A Solar Museum at the Equator "O'Hara, Hazel" 1961 10 194 Feature Convention at Long Beach "McClure, Alan" 1961 10 196 Astronomical Scrapbook The Companion of Rigel "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 10 196 News Notes New Instrument at Fels Planetarium 1961 10 197 Feature T Tauri Stars and Associated Nebulosities "Struve, Otto" 1961 10 200 Observer's Page Lunar Eclipse Roundup 1961 10 202 Letters Letter "Rohr, Hans" 1961 10 202 Letters Letter "Archer, Simon" 1961 10 202 News Notes Comet Humason 1961 10 203 News Notes Atlas of Star Clusters 1961 10 203 News Notes 42 Comae Berenices 1961 10 203 News Notes Unnumbered Minor Planets 1961 10 203 News Notes Layered Surface of the Moon 1961 10 206 Observing the Satellites Short-Lived Explorer XIII 1961 10 206 Observing the Satellites Vostok II 1961 10 206 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1961 10 207 Observing the Satellites Far-Swinging Explorer XII 1961 10 208 Amateur Astronomers The 27th Annual Stellafane Meeting "Gagan, James W." 1961 10 208 Amateur Astronomers "Geelong, Australia" "Cullen, P. F." 1961 10 208 Observing the Satellites Ranger 1 1961 10 209 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Parker, Gail C." 1961 10 209 Amateur Astronomers "Boise, Idaho" 1961 10 209 Amateur Astronomers Tennessee Amateurs Produce Astronomical Exhibit "Turner, George P." 1961 10 209 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 10 209 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1961 10 210 Observer's Page Jupiter's Red Spot "Anderson, Christopher M." 1961 10 212 Observer's Page Notes on Comet Wilson 1961 10 213 Observer's Page Observations of Delta Librae 1961 10 214 Observer's Page August Auroras 1961 10 214 Observer's Page An Amateur's Sky Atlas "Searcy III, William P." 1961 10 215 Observer's Page Observations of the Perseids in August 1961 10 217 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 10 217 Observer's Page Hesiodus 1961 10 217 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Hesiodus "Herring, Alika K." 1961 10 225 Books and the Sky Book Review "Blair, George A." 1961 10 225 Books and the Sky "Changing Views of the Universe, Colin A. Ronan" 1961 10 225 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1961 10 225 Books and the Sky "Science in Space, Lloyd V. Berkner and Hugh Odishaw, editors" 1961 10 226 Books and the Sky "The Milky Way Galaxy, Ben Bova" "Canstein, Ruth" 1961 10 232 Gleanings for ATMs An Improved 4 1/4-inch Unobstructed Oblique Reflector "Knab, Oscar R." 1961 10 235 Gleanings for ATMs Gleanings notes 1961 10 238 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 10 238 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1961 10 238 Celestial Calendar U Vulpeculae 1961 10 239 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 10 239 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 11 245 Front-Cover Photo Planetarium in Venezuela 1961 11 247 News Notes The First Two Decades 1961 11 248 Feature Explosions in Nuclei of Galaxies "Struve, Otto" 1961 11 251 Feature Astronomy in Venezuela "Inglis, Stuart J." 1961 11 253 News Notes Changes in Atmospheric Drag 1961 11 256 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Planets -- Saturn II 1961 11 257 Letters Letter "Ernst, Bruno" 1961 11 258 Feature IAU Symposium on Galaxies "Irwin, John B." 1961 11 261 Feature Measuring Double Stars with a Filar Micrometer "Worley, Charles E." 1961 11 264 Observing the Satellites New Ground-Support Facilities 1961 11 264 Observing the Satellites Notes on Discoverers 1961 11 264 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1961 11 266 Observing the Satellites Unmanned Mercury Orbit 1961 11 267 News Notes Origin of Planetary Material 1961 11 267 News Notes Teaching the Earth Sciences 1961 11 267 News Notes Chemical Analysis of the Lunar Surface 1961 11 267 Observing the Satellites Three Discoverer Satellites 1961 11 268 News Notes Major Solar Flare 1961 11 269 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Parker, Gail C." 1961 11 269 Amateur Astronomers Louisville's Star Lane Observatory "Lipphard, Mrs. Virginia C." 1961 11 270 Amateur Astronomers Iowa Star Party "Wentworth, Jimmy" 1961 11 270 Amateur Astronomers AL Regional Convention "Volcheck, Emil" 1961 11 270 Amateur Astronomers "Clifton, New Jersey" 1961 11 270 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 11 271 Observer's Page Widespread Northern Lights on September 30th 1961 11 273 Feature Occultation Supplement -- 1962 Predictions for the United States and Canada 1961 11 282 Observer's Page Photographing the Perseids "Petersen, Norman D." 1961 11 283 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 11 283 Observer's Page Two Planets and the Moon 1961 11 285 Books and the Sky "Galaxies, Harlow Shapley" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1961 11 286 Books and the Sky "The Telescope and the World of Astronomy, Marvin F. Riemer" "Krumm, Walter J." 1961 11 288 Books and the Sky "Surface of the Moon, V. A. Firsoff" "Herring, Alika K." 1961 11 294 Gleanings for ATMs Eyepieces of Interest to Amateurs "Cox, Robert E." 1961 11 298 Gleanings for ATMs Figuring a Paraboloid with the Ronchi Test "Lumley, Edward" 1961 11 302 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1961 11 302 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 11 302 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Aldebaran and Regulus 1961 11 302 Celestial Calendar SW Andromedae -- A Cluster-Type Variable 1961 11 303 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 11 303 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 12 309 Front-Cover Photo September northern lights 1961 12 311 News Notes News of Four Comets 1961 12 312 Feature Sidelights on Variable Star Observing "Ford, Clinton B." 1961 12 314 News Notes "Young, Anne S., Dies" 1961 12 315 Feature IAU Symposium on Visual Double Stars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 12 318 Feature Weather Prospects for the Eclipse in February "Brooks, Edward M." 1961 12 320 Feature Compact Planetary Groupings "Meeus, Jean" 1961 12 321 News Notes 1961 Solar Eclipse Reports 1961 12 322 Feature Pictures of the September 30th Aurora 1961 12 323 Feature Some Massive Binary Stars "Struve, Otto" 1961 12 326 Feature Two Giant Radio Telescopes 1961 12 328 News Notes Cloud Satellite of the Earth 1961 12 328 News Notes Unusual New Eclipsing Star 1961 12 328 News Notes Man-in-Space Exhibition in New York City 1961 12 329 News Notes 829 Comet Orbits 1961 12 330 Feature Passage of a Flare Spray Through the Solar Corona "Orrall, Frank Q." "Smith, Henry J." 1961 12 331 Astronomical Scrapbook The Great September Comet of 1882 "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1961 12 332 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1961 12 333 Observing the Satellites Fourth Year of the Space Age 1961 12 336 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Briefs "Parker, Gail C." 1961 12 336 Amateur Astronomers A Teaching Observatory in the Netherlands "Ernst, Bruno" 1961 12 337 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1961 12 337 Amateur Astronomers The AAVSO Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary "Giffen, Charles H." 1961 12 344 Observer's Page Observing Venus near Inferior Conjunction "Fies Jr., William J." 1961 12 345 Observer's Page Messier Objects for Winter Viewing "Stairs, Lt. Col. J. A." 1961 12 345 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1961 12 346 Observer's Page Rilles in Palus Epidemiarum "Warner, Brian" 1961 12 346 Observer's Page UV Leonis 1961 12 347 Observer's Page Occultation of Aldebaran "Price, Robert C." 1961 12 351 Books and the Sky "Structure of the Moon's Surface, Gilbert Fielder" 1961 12 353 Books and the Sky "Stellar Atmospheres, Jesse L. Greenstein, editor" 1961 12 353 Books and the Sky "Methods of Celestial Mechanics, Dirk Brouwer and Gerald M. Clemence, editors" 1961 12 353 Books and the Sky Book Review "McCuskey, S. W." 1961 12 353 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1961 12 359 Gleanings for ATMs A Prize-Winning Gregory-Maksutov Telescope "Lucas, Mrs. Diane" 1961 12 362 Gleanings for ATMs The Use of a Barlow Lens "Dakin, Ralph K." 1961 12 363 Gleanings for ATMs Gleanings notes 1961 12 366 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1961 12 366 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1961 12 367 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1961 12 367 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Construction at Kitt Peak 1962 1 3 Feature February's Solar Eclipse and the West Coast 1962 1 5 Feature Kitt Peak's 80-inch Stellar Telescope 1962 1 10 Feature Comet Hunting for Amateurs "Peltier, Leslie C." 1962 1 13 Observing the Satellites Mercury-Atlas 5 1962 1 13 Observing the Satellites The West Ford Orbit 1962 1 13 Observing the Satellites Observing the Satellites "Melin, Marshall" 1962 1 14 Observing the Satellites Ranger 2 Misfires 1962 1 14 Observing the Satellites Transit IV-B and Traac 1962 1 14 Observing the Satellites Discoverers 34 and 35 1962 1 16 Feature Interacting Galaxies "Struve, Otto" 1962 1 20 News Notes The Bruderheim Meteorite 1962 1 20 News Notes Geocoma and Geotail 1962 1 21 News Notes The Draco Dwarf Galaxy 1962 1 21 News Notes Velocity of Light 1962 1 22 Feature The Mulemba Observatory in Angola "Rodrigues, Antonio da Conceicao" 1962 1 23 Feature Some August Lunar Eclipse Results "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1962 1 26 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy "The Planets -- Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto" 1962 1 28 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 1 28 Amateur Astronomers A Florida Observing Station "Sharpless, Albert P." 1962 1 28 Amateur Astronomers Chicago Planetarium Society "Ryan, Louise" 1962 1 29 Feature Graphic Time Table of the Heavens -- 1962 1962 1 33 Observer's Page Hortensius 1962 1 33 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Hortensius "Herring, Alika K." 1962 1 34 Observer's Page Reports on Comet Seki 1962 1 37 Observer's Page A Beautiful Dawn Sight 1962 1 38 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1962 1 39 Observer's Page An Aid to Observing 1962 1 39 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 1 40 Books and the Sky "Atlas of the Other Side of the Moon, N. P. Barbashov, A. A. Mikhailov, and Yu. N. Lipsky, editors; Leon Ter-Oganian, translator" 1962 1 40 Books and the Sky "An Atlas of the Moon's Far Side, N. P. Barabashov, A. A. Mikhailov, and Yu. N. Lipsky, editors; Richard B. Rodman, translator" 1962 1 40 Books and the Sky Book Review "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1962 1 44 Books and the Sky "History of the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society 1888-1960, Cecil M. Billings" 1962 1 48 Gleanings for ATMs Why Not an Erecting System? "Dall, Horace E." 1962 1 54 Celestial Calendar W Geminorum 1962 1 54 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 1 54 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 1 54 Celestial Calendar Occultations of Planets and Bright Stars 1962 1 54 Celestial Calendar Overlapping Occultations of Regulus and Uranus 1962 1 55 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 1 55 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 2 61 Front-Cover Photo Hopkins Observatory 1962 2 63 Letters Letter "Beck, Hans G." 1962 2 63 Letters Letter "Brant, Irving" 1962 2 63 Letters Letter "Tatsch, J. H." 1962 2 64 Feature Leonid Meteors Give Unexpected Display 1962 2 66 Feature Geminid Meteors Widely Observed 1962 2 67 Feature Williams College Renovates Hopkins Observatory "Mehlin, Theodore G." 1962 2 69 News Notes Unusual Optical Elements 1962 2 69 News Notes Lunar Rays 1962 2 69 News Notes Hungarian Astronomer Dies 1962 2 69 News Notes Eclipse Expeditions on New Guinea 1962 2 70 News Notes Dutch Astronomer Dies 1962 2 70 News Notes New Optical Journal 1962 2 70 News Notes "Struve, Otto, Resigns at Green Bank" 1962 2 70 News Notes Radar Observations of the Sun 1962 2 71 Feature The Dwarf Novae -- I "Mumford, George S." 1962 2 75 Feature Props for the Prof "Calder, William A." 1962 2 76 Astronomical Scrapbook Shadows on the Blocksberg "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 2 79 Feature Dilute Stellar Radiation "Struve, Otto" 1962 2 81 Feature A Society-Built Observatory in Texas "Shirey, Floyd L." 1962 2 82 Amateur Astronomers Huge Turnout for Swiss Telescope Makers' Meeting "Rohr, Hans" 1962 2 82 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 2 83 Amateur Astronomers "Flint, Michigan" "Blondin, D. G." 1962 2 83 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Booklets 1962 2 84 American Astronomers Report Micrometeorite Collecting with a High-Altitude Rocket 1962 2 85 American Astronomers Report Colors on the Moon 1962 2 85 Observing the Satellites "Announcement, department discontinued" 1962 2 87 Feature Next Year's Solar Eclipse 1962 2 91 News Notes "McMath, Robert R." 1962 2 92 Observer's Page Viewing the Zodiacal Light and Gegenschein 1962 2 93 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 2 95 Observer's Page Amateur Solar Observations "Parmenter, B. C." 1962 2 100 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics, Theodore E. Sterne" 1962 2 100 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hawkins, Gerald S." 1962 2 100 Books and the Sky Book Review "Page, Thornton L." 1962 2 100 Books and the Sky "Satellite Environment Handbook, Francis S. Johnson, editor" 1962 2 101 Books and the Sky "Medical and Biological Aspects of the Energies of Space, Paul A. Campbell, editor" "Laskey, Howard G." 1962 2 102 Books and the Sky "Basic Physics of the Solar System, V. M. Blanco and S. W. McCuskey" "Linnell, Albert P." 1962 2 109 Gleanings for ATMs A Dall-Maksutov Telescope with an Erecting Lens "Dall, Horace E." 1962 2 112 Gleanings for ATMs A Two-Pier Equatorial Mounting "Fichtl, Darrell R." 1962 2 114 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 2 114 Celestial Calendar R Serpentis 1962 2 114 Celestial Calendar New Algol Observations 1962 2 114 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 2 115 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 2 115 Celestial Calendar Bright Star Occultations 1962 3 121 Front-Cover Photo Star trails over Texas 1962 3 123 Feature First Eclipse Reports 1962 3 124 Feature Astronomers Gather for Eclipse in New Guinea "Dunn, Richard B." 1962 3 126 Letters Letter "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1962 3 126 Letters Letter "Merriam, Carroll F." 1962 3 127 Feature The Story of Epsilon Aurigae "Struve, Otto" 1962 3 129 News Notes "Recht, Albert W., Death of" 1962 3 130 News Notes Leonid Dust Particles 1962 3 130 News Notes Diamonds in Meteorites 1962 3 130 News Notes Gravitational Red Shift 1962 3 131 News Notes Are Comets Radio Sources? 1962 3 131 News Notes 350 Years of Sunspots 1962 3 131 News Notes Radio Astronomy Antennas 1962 3 131 News Notes Nova Aurigae -- An Eclipsing Binary 1962 3 131 News Notes Two Periodic Comets 1962 3 132 Feature New Planetarium Opens at Bridgeport "Newton, Earle W." "Stern, Phillip D." 1962 3 134 Feature An Aid to Study of the Heavens "McDonald, James E." 1962 3 135 Feature The Dwarf Novae -- II "Mumford, George S." 1962 3 138 Feature A Current List of Astronomical Stamps "Mayernik, Alphonse P." 1962 3 139 News Notes Physiological Hazards of Space Travel 1962 3 139 News Notes "Swann, William F. G." 1962 3 140 American Astronomers Report Outlook for Infrared Astronomy 1962 3 140 American Astronomers Report Meteoric Infall 1962 3 140 American Astronomers Report Element Identification in Peculiar Stars 1962 3 141 American Astronomers Report How Much Molecular Hydrogen in Interstellar Space? 1962 3 141 American Astronomers Report Metals in Solar-type Stars 1962 3 141 News Notes "Whipple, Fred L., Award to" 1962 3 142 Feature America's Space Effort Accelerates 1962 3 145 Amateur Astronomers Two Sliding-Roof Observatories in California 1962 3 145 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 3 145 Amateur Astronomers Special Tours Planned for Western Amateurs 1962 3 146 Amateur Astronomers "Reseda, California" 1962 3 146 Amateur Astronomers Albuquerque Moonwatch 1962 3 146 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Our Nearest Star -- The Sun --I 1962 3 148 Observer's Page Amateur Photography with Modest Equipment "Harlan, Eugene A." 1962 3 150 Feature Picture Orion nebula 1962 3 152 Observer's Page Photographing the Moon and Planets "Raddatz, Harold G." 1962 3 153 Observer's Page Planetary in Andromeda 1962 3 153 Observer's Page A Seeing Scale 1962 3 155 Observer's Page Conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter 1962 3 156 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 3 160 Books and the Sky "Meteor Science and Engineering, D. W. R. McKinley" "Opik, Ernst J." 1962 3 161 Books and the Sky "Astronomy with an Opera Glass, Garrett P. Serviss" "Norton, O. Richard" 1962 3 162 Books and the Sky "Man and the Moon, Robert S. Richardson, commentator" "Marshall, Roy K." 1962 3 165 Books and the Sky "Space Nomads, Lincoln LaPaz and Jean LaPaz" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1962 3 168 Gleanings for ATMs Further Notes on Multiple Extrafocal Images "Cox, Robert E." 1962 3 171 Gleanings for ATMs Windows for Reflectors "Cox, Robert E." 1962 3 172 Gleanings for ATMs An Indicator Light for Electric Drives 1962 3 172 Gleanings for ATMs An Indicator Light for Electric Drive "Randi, James" 1962 3 174 Celestial Calendar S Cancri 1962 3 175 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 3 175 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 3 175 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 3 175 Celestial Calendar March Occultations 1962 3 176 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 4 181 Front-Cover Photo Kitt Peak solar telescope 1962 4 183 Feature Life's Spread Through the Universe 1962 4 184 Feature Total Solar Eclipse over New Guinea "Waldmeier, M." 1962 4 185 News Notes Space Exhibit at Seattle World's Fair 1962 4 186 Celestial Calendar New Variable Star 1962 4 186 News Notes Project Oscar 1962 4 186 News Notes Radio Astronomy Course 1962 4 186 News Notes Radar Studies of the Planets 1962 4 186 News Notes Communications Satellites 1962 4 187 News Notes Builder of Solar Observatories "Petrie, R. M." 1962 4 191 Gleanings for ATMs Cassegrain-Type Telescopes "Willey Jr., Ronald R." 1962 4 194 Feature February's Eclipse Viewed by Amateurs 1962 4 197 News Notes Astronomical Society of the Pacific Meeting 1962 4 198 Feature Light Helium in Stellar Atmospheres "Struve, Otto" 1962 4 199 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meeting 1962 4 200 Feature First American Manned Satellite 1962 4 203 Feature A Giant Planisphere in Color "Hoover, Paul K." 1962 4 204 Feature Air Force Atlas of the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 4 204 News Notes Conjunction of Regulus and Uranus 1962 4 205 Feature Picture "Lunar chart, Copernicus region" 1962 4 206 Feature Amateur Astronomy in Milwaukee "Kliman, Carolyn" 1962 4 208 Amateur Astronomers A Colorado Observatory "Lauricella, Dominic" 1962 4 208 Amateur Astronomers Three Astronomical League Conventions Planned 1962 4 209 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 4 209 Amateur Astronomers "New York, New York" 1962 4 210 Astronomical Scrapbook The Lost Legacy of Dr. Peate "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 4 211 Front-Cover Photo Comet Seki-Lines 1962 4 211 Observer's Page Naked-Eye Sunspots "Dombrowski, Philip L." 1962 4 212 Observer's Page Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 1962 4 212 Observer's Page Plateau near Linne 1962 4 212 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Plateau near Linne "Herring, Alika K." 1962 4 215 Feature January's Quadrantid Meteor Shower Observed "Petersen, Norman D." 1962 4 215 Observer's Page January's Quadrantid Meteor Showers Observed 1962 4 216 Observer's Page Three Occultations Observed 1962 4 216 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 4 218 Books and the Sky "The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies, Allan Sandage" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1962 4 221 Books and the Sky "Splendor in the Sky, Gerald S. Hawkins" "Mathews, Robert T." 1962 4 226 Gleanings for ATMs Characteristics and Testing of Cassegrain-Type Telescopes "Willey Jr., Ronald R." 1962 4 229 Gleanings for ATMs Anodizing Aluminum 1962 4 234 Celestial Calendar Bamberg Variable 372 in Corvus 1962 4 234 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 4 235 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 4 235 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 4 235 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 4 236 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 5 241 Front-Cover Photo Chicago telescope fair 1962 5 243 Feature Spotlight on the Moon 1962 5 244 Feature The Collapse Phase of Early Solar Evolution "Cameron, A. G. W." 1962 5 248 Feature Telescope Making at the Adler Planetarium "Ryan, Louise" 1962 5 249 News Notes "Price, Robert L." 1962 5 250 Feature M. A. Kovalsky and His Work on Stellar Motions "Struve, Otto" 1962 5 252 Letters Letter "Nininger, H. H." 1962 5 252 Letters Letter "Werner, Helmut" 1962 5 253 Letters Letter "Warreyn, G. J." 1962 5 253 Letters Letter "Sweetsir, Richard" 1962 5 254 American Astronomers Report Polarization of M82's Light 1962 5 254 American Astronomers Report VV Cephei 1962 5 254 American Astronomers Report Composition of Gaseous Nebulae 1962 5 254 American Astronomers Report American Astronomical Society group photograph 1962 5 256 Feature Space Observations of Sun and Earth 1962 5 259 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1962 5 259 News Notes Some Newly Named Asteroids 1962 5 260 Feature Japanese Photograph February Eclipse 1962 5 262 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Our Nearest Star -- II 1962 5 265 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 5 265 Amateur Astronomers Summer Institute for High School Students 1962 5 265 Amateur Astronomers Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Assembly 1962 5 265 Amateur Astronomers New England Meeting 1962 5 266 News Notes Fate of the First West Ford Package 1962 5 266 News Notes How Rough Is the Moon's Surface? 1962 5 266 News Notes New Director at Michigan 1962 5 266 News Notes Work on 140-foot Radio Telescope Delayed 1962 5 267 Feature Eclipse Observations of the Zodiacal Light "Ney, Edward P." 1962 5 271 News Notes Relocating a 36-inch Telescope 1962 5 271 News Notes "Douglass, A. E., Dies" 1962 5 272 Observer's Page Comet Seki-Lines Well Observed in April Evening Sky 1962 5 273 Observer's Page Comet 1962b 1962 5 273 Observer's Page Pictures of Jupiter 1962 5 274 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 5 276 Observer's Page New Photographic Division of the AAVSO 1962 5 276 Observer's Page March Occultation Reports 1962 5 279 Books and the Sky "Physics of the Solar Chromosphere, Richard N. Thomas and R. Grant Athay" "Pagel, B. E. J." 1962 5 282 Books and the Sky "Principles of Meteoritics, E. L. Krinov" "Donn, Bertram" 1962 5 288 Gleanings for ATMs Photometers for Observing Faint Night-Sky Phenomena "Cox, Robert E." 1962 5 294 Celestial Calendar V Canum Venaticorum 1962 5 294 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 5 295 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 5 295 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 5 296 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 6 301 Front-Cover Photo Comet Seki-Lines 1962 6 303 Feature Meteorite Network 1962 6 304 Feature Comet Seki-Lines Picture Album 1962 6 310 Feature Notes on Falling Bodies "Blair, George A." 1962 6 310 News Notes Venus Photographs 1962 6 311 Feature The Pulsating Star RR Lyrae "Struve, Otto" 1962 6 314 News Notes The Sun's Radio Corona 1962 6 314 News Notes The Binary Nova Sagittae 1962 6 314 News Notes Smallest Known Star 1962 6 315 Feature An Amateur's H-R Diagram "Lambert, Michael J." 1962 6 316 American Astronomers Report Meteor Observing by Radar 1962 6 316 American Astronomers Report Expansion of Planetary Nebulae 1962 6 317 American Astronomers Report Are Clusters of Galaxies Stable? 1962 6 318 American Astronomers Report Jovian Radio Waves and Solar Radiation 1962 6 318 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1962 6 319 Feature The Hydrogen-Fueled Centaur Vehicle 1962 6 321 News Notes Electron Accelerator 1962 6 322 Astronomical Scrapbook Lunar Studies Before the Invention of the Telescope "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 6 323 Feature Three Bright Fireballs in Spring Skies 1962 6 323 News Notes Earth's Radiation Belt 1962 6 324 Feature Amateur Astronomy in San Francisco "Goodman, Joel W." 1962 6 325 News Notes History of the Cateye 1962 6 325 News Notes "Urey, Harold C., Honored" 1962 6 325 News Notes Exosphere Mapped 1962 6 326 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Listing 1962 6 326 Amateur Astronomers A Junior's Home-Built Observatory "Griffith, Tony" 1962 6 327 Amateur Astronomers A British Telescope Made from Scrap "Robinson, Eric" 1962 6 327 Amateur Astronomers "Cox, Robert, Astronomical League Award to" 1962 6 327 Amateur Astronomers Star Study in Arabic "Oates, Richard" 1962 6 327 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 6 327 Amateur Astronomers Three Field Trips Planned 1962 6 333 Observer's Page An Amateur's Portrait of Mercury "Wegner, Gary" 1962 6 335 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 6 336 Observer's Page Lyrid Meteors Observed 1962 6 336 Observer's Page Archimedes "Rost, Carlos E." 1962 6 336 Observer's Page Visibility of Planetary Nebulae 1962 6 337 Observer's Page Comet Humason 1961e 1962 6 339 Observer's Page Rilles near Moore "Warner, Brian" 1962 6 339 Observer's Page The Moon and Four Planets in Early March 1962 6 341 Books and the Sky "Atlas of the Universe, Br. Ernst and Tj. E. de Vries" 1962 6 341 Books and the Sky Book Review "Both, Ernst E." 1962 6 341 Books and the Sky Book Review "Huang, Su-Shu" 1962 6 341 Books and the Sky "The Earth, the Planets, and the Stars, K. E. Edgeworth" 1962 6 342 Books and the Sky "Our Emerging Universe, Allan Broms" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1962 6 347 Gleanings for ATMs Two Reflectors with Simple Mountings of Pipe "Cox, Robert E." 1962 6 350 Gleanings for ATMs The M17 Elbow Telescope as a Finder "Leavitt, Robert K." 1962 6 354 American Astronomers Report RR Lyrae 1962 6 354 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 6 354 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 6 354 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Saturn June 20-21 1962 6 355 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 6 356 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 7 1 Front-Cover Photo First look at the heavens 1962 7 3 News Notes ALPO 15th Anniversary 1962 7 4 Feature Site Testing in New Zealand "Bateson, Frank M." 1962 7 9 Letters Letter "Kalweit, Gerd R." 1962 7 10 Feature Telescope Making at a Boys' Club "Hoffmann, Robert G." 1962 7 11 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1962 7 11 News Notes McMath Solar Telescope 1962 7 11 News Notes Celestial Astronomy Research Center 1962 7 12 Feature Reminiscences of Pulkovo Observatory "Vyssotsky, Alexander N." 1962 7 15 News Notes International Year of the Quiet Sun 1962 7 15 News Notes Spotlighted Moon 1962 7 15 News Notes University of Maryland Astronomy Program 1962 7 16 News Notes Meteorite Expert Dies 1962 7 16 News Notes Large Magellanic Cloud Super-Supergiants 1962 7 16 News Notes Balloon Launch Station 1962 7 16 News Notes Aurora on Jupiter? 1962 7 16 News Notes AAS Headquarters 1962 7 16 News Notes Age of the Galaxy 1962 7 17 Feature Milestones in Double Star Astronomy "Struve, Otto" 1962 7 19 Feature "The New Jersey Fireball of April 23, 1962" "Olivier, Charles P." 1962 7 20 Feature New Planetarium Proposed for Washington "C., D." 1962 7 21 News Notes Progress at Green Bank 1962 7 22 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Our Nearest Star -- III 1962 7 24 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane Program 1962 7 24 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Region "Tumicki, Mrs. Margaret T." 1962 7 24 Amateur Astronomers Blair Award for 1962 1962 7 25 Amateur Astronomers Albuquerque Astronomers To Be Astronomical League's Host "Judd, Dan" 1962 7 25 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1962 7 25 Amateur Astronomers Western Star Parties 1962 7 26 Feature International Space Research 1962 7 30 Observer's Page Lunar and Planetary Exposure Times 1962 7 30 Observer's Page Lunar and Planetary Exposure Timings "Levy, Richard J." 1962 7 31 Observer's Page White-Light Solar Flare "Johnson, Craig L." 1962 7 32 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 7 35 Observer's Page "Mercury, Venus, the Moon, and Aldebaran" 1962 7 36 Observer's Page Flamsteed 1962 7 36 Observer's Page Eta Aquarid Meteors Observed 1962 7 36 Observer's Page Daylight Fireball "Iversen, W. E." 1962 7 36 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Flamsteed "Herring, Alika K." 1962 7 37 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1962 7 39 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hodge, Paul W." 1962 7 39 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Photography, Gerard de Vaucouleurs" 1962 7 39 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy, J. H. Piddington" 1962 7 39 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1962 7 41 Books and the Sky "Moon Atlas, V. A. Firsoff" "Westfall, John E." 1962 7 45 Books and the Sky "This Universe of Space, Peter M. Millman" "Smith, J. Russell" 1962 7 48 Gleanings for ATMs A Large Reflector on a Cross-Axis Mounting "Scarborough, Cullen G." 1962 7 51 Gleanings for ATMs Using Wide-Band Interference Filters for Solar Observing "Klaus, Gerhart" 1962 7 54 Celestial Calendar Saturn To Occult a Star 1962 7 54 Celestial Calendar R Draconis 1962 7 54 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 7 55 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 7 56 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 7 56 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 7 56 Celestial Calendar Eclipses in July 1962 7 56 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 8 61 Front-Cover Photo "85-foot radio telescope at Hat Creek, California" 1962 8 63 News Notes The Astronomical Unit "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 8 64 Feature "Radio Observatory at Hat Creek, California" 1962 8 66 Astronomical Scrapbook Where and When -- Without Instruments "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 8 67 Feature Variable Stars of Low Intrinsic Luminosity "Struve, Otto" 1962 8 70 Feature Observing Jupiter "Reese, Elmer J." 1962 8 74 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meeting 1962 8 74 News Notes Balloon Astronomy 1962 8 74 News Notes Griffith Planetarium Orders New Projector 1962 8 74 News Notes "Schilt, Jan, Retires" 1962 8 74 News Notes Mount Wilson Astronomer 1962 8 75 Feature A Simple Radio Telescope "Downes, Dennis N." 1962 8 77 Feature A Coronograph Above the Atmosphere "Newkirk Jr., Gordon" "Eddy, John A." 1962 8 81 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1962 8 81 News Notes UCLA Expands Astronomy Program 1962 8 82 Feature Amateur Astronomy in Pittsburgh "Scanlon, Leo J." "Delaney, Frank" 1962 8 83 News Notes Giant Radio Array 1962 8 83 News Notes Glenn's Space Report 1962 8 84 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 8 84 Amateur Astronomers Canadian Amateurs Hold Annual Convention "McLennan, Ian C." 1962 8 84 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention "Wright, G. R." 1962 8 85 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1962 8 86 Feature Canada's First Public Planetarium "McLennan, Ian C." 1962 8 88 Letters Letter "Vasilevskis, S." 1962 8 89 Feature Telstar "Satellite, the Communications" 1962 8 92 Observer's Page Observations of Saturn's Occultation in June 1962 8 93 Observer's Page Great Red Spot Timetable "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 8 94 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 8 94 Observer's Page R Coronae Borealis Fading 1962 8 96 Observer's Page Notes on Three Comets 1962 8 99 Books and the Sky "Planets and Satellites, Gerard P. Kuiper and Barbara M. Middlehurst, editors" "Young, Andrew T." 1962 8 100 Books and the Sky "Advances in Space Science and Technology, Vol. 3, Frederick I. Ordway III, editor" "Whitney, Charles A." 1962 8 102 Books and the Sky "The Fabric of the Heavens, Stephen Toulmin and June Goodfield" "Boyer, Carl B." 1962 8 106 Gleanings for ATMs A Precision Caustic-Curve Tester "Reedy, Robert P." 1962 8 109 Gleanings for ATMs "A Rugged, Inexpensive Telescope Mounting" "Hoffmann, Robert G." 1962 8 114 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 8 114 Celestial Calendar Mu Cephei 1962 8 114 Celestial Calendar Venus-Spica Conjunction August 30-31 1962 8 115 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 8 115 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 8 116 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 8 116 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 9 121 Front-Cover Photo Installing a dome by helicopter 1962 9 123 Letters Letter "Victor, Robert C." 1962 9 123 Letters Letter "Rodriguez-Gil, Fernan" 1962 9 123 Letters Letter "Ruiz, John J." 1962 9 124 Feature Comet Humason Displays Unusual Activity 1962 9 126 Feature Careers in Astronomy "Franklin, Kenneth L." 1962 9 130 Feature Helicopter Dome Lift at Berkeley 1962 9 132 News Notes New Zealand Planetarium 1962 9 132 News Notes Jupiter Radio Ephemeris 1962 9 132 News Notes "Reber, Grote, Honored" 1962 9 132 News Notes Sugar Grove Radio Telescope Abandoned 1962 9 132 News Notes Peculiar Variable 1962 9 132 News Notes Argentine Meteorites 1962 9 133 Feature Solar Particles in Interplanetary Space "Warwick, Constance S." 1962 9 137 Feature Galileo's First Records of Jupiter's Satellites "Meeus, Jean" 1962 9 139 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Our Nearest Star -- IV 1962 9 141 Feature Solar Physics News "Struve, Otto" 1962 9 145 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1962 9 146 Feature Mariners To Study Venus 1962 9 148 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 9 148 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Makers Hold Convention at Stellafane 1962 9 149 Amateur Astronomers ALPO Convention "Haas, Walter H." 1962 9 150 Observer's Page Photography with a Portable Telescope "Peters, Philip J." 1962 9 154 Observer's Page Saturn Occults a Star 1962 9 154 Observer's Page July Occultation of Venus Seen from Australia 1962 9 155 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 9 159 Books and the Sky Book Review "McCuskey, S. W." 1962 9 159 Books and the Sky Book Review "Irwin, John B." 1962 9 159 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Space Dynamics, William Tyrell Thomson" 1962 9 159 Books and the Sky "Vistas in Astronomy, Volumes 4 and 5, Arthur Beer, editor" 1962 9 160 Books and the Sky "Captives of the Sun, James S. Pickering" "Moore, Patrick" 1962 9 168 Gleanings for ATMs A Rich-Field Telescope with a Transfer Lens "Clement, Donald M." 1962 9 170 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Telescope for Astrophotography "Peters, Philip J." 1962 9 174 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Saturn on September 10-11 1962 9 174 Celestial Calendar S Cephei 1962 9 175 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 9 176 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 9 176 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 9 176 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 10 181 Front-Cover Photo Giant Australian radio telescope 1962 10 183 News Notes Moonwatch and Sputnik 4 1962 10 184 Feature The Australian 210-Foot Radio Telescope "Minnett, H. C." 1962 10 189 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1962 10 190 Feature The Filamentary Nebula S147 "Struve, Otto" 1962 10 193 Astronomical Scrapbook The Sage of Mare Island "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 10 194 Feature Lunar and Planetary Meeting at Montreal 1962 10 196 News Notes Ammonia and Jovian Rotation 1962 10 196 News Notes Geologic Lunar Maps Available 1962 10 196 News Notes X-Rays from the Milky Way? 1962 10 196 News Notes Punched-Card Catalogue 1962 10 196 News Notes Space Science Journal 1962 10 197 News Notes Astronomy Career Booklet 1962 10 197 News Notes A Coronograph Improvement 1962 10 198 Feature Precise Photographic Measurement of Star Positions "Dieckvoss, W." 1962 10 204 Feature Planning Manned Flight to the Moon 1962 10 207 Letters Letter "Brandt, Rudolf" 1962 10 208 Feature Astronomy at Seattle's World's Fair "Kousbaugh, James" 1962 10 209 Amateur Astronomers San Diego Amateurs 1962 10 210 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 10 210 Amateur Astronomers A Solar Observatory in Yugoslavia "Kolak, Miroslav" 1962 10 210 Amateur Astronomers Observatory in St. Thomas "Etelman, H. I." 1962 10 210 Amateur Astronomers Great Lakes Convention "Bulluck III, James P." 1962 10 215 Observer's Page Recent Disturbances on Saturn "Giffen, Charles H." 1962 10 216 Observer's Page Comet Humason Observations 1962 10 218 Observer's Page Wallace 1962 10 218 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Wallace "Herring, Alika K." 1962 10 219 Observer's Page Finding a Variable Star's Date of Maximum "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 10 219 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 10 219 Observer's Page "Moon, Regulus, and Venus" 1962 10 220 Observer's Page The Perseid Meteor Shower -- 1962 1962 10 221 Observer's Page Amateur Photoelectric Photometry 1962 10 225 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Astronomy, Dean B. McLaughlin" "Davis, Morris S." 1962 10 226 Books and the Sky Book Review "Oriti, Ronald A." 1962 10 226 Books and the Sky "Stars, Men and Atoms, Heinz Haber" 1962 10 226 Books and the Sky Book Review "Davis, C. G." 1962 10 226 Books and the Sky "The Stars: A New Way To See Them, H. A. Rey" 1962 10 231 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Spherical Reflector with a Negative Correcting Lens "Heumann, Sylvain M." 1962 10 238 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 10 238 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 10 238 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 10 238 Celestial Calendar R Arietis 1962 10 239 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 10 240 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 11 245 Front-Cover Photo Astronauts at Morehead Planetarium 1962 11 247 News Notes Schirra's Flight 1962 11 248 Feature Planetary Colloquium at Liege "Minnaert, M." 1962 11 251 News Notes Astrophysics Laboratory 1962 11 251 News Notes Graduate Education Conference 1962 11 251 News Notes Rainfall and the Moon 1962 11 251 News Notes July Annular Eclipse 1962 11 252 Feature Western Amateurs in Hawaii "Cragg, Thomas A." 1962 11 254 Feature 210-Foot Radio Telescope's First Results "Kerr, Frank J." 1962 11 260 News Notes "Coblentz, W. W." 1962 11 261 Feature The Oldest Star Clusters "Struve, Otto" 1962 11 264 Feature Astronomical League Convenes at Albuquerque "McClure, Alan" 1962 11 266 American Astronomers Report Mercury's Atmosphere 1962 11 266 American Astronomers Report Frequency of Binary Stars 1962 11 267 American Astronomers Report Evolution of Protostars 1962 11 267 American Astronomers Report Intergalactic Hydrogen? 1962 11 267 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1962 11 268 Feature The Moon Occults Saturn 1962 11 271 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 11 271 Amateur Astronomers "Junior Activities in Pomona, California" "Hury, John W." 1962 11 271 Amateur Astronomers Junior Telescope Project "Wikswo, John P." 1962 11 272 Observer's Page Venus-Spica Conjunction Observed 1962 11 272 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 11 273 Observer's Page "NGC Numbers for Norton's """"Star Atlas""""" "Meyer Jr., William H." 1962 11 275 Feature Occultation Supplement -- 1963 Predictions for the United States and Canada 1962 11 282 Feature Box: Observing Occultations 1962 11 284 Observer's Page More Perseid Observations "Petersen, Norman D." 1962 11 285 Observer's Page Notes on Observing Meteors and Fireballs 1962 11 290 Books and the Sky "Physics and Astronomy of the Moon, Zdenek Kopal, editor" "Arthur, D. W. G." 1962 11 292 Books and the Sky "The Planet Saturn, A. F. O'D. Alexander" "Robinson, Leif J." 1962 11 295 Books and the Sky "Elements of Mathematical Astronomy, Martin Davidson" "Pearlmutter, Arthur E." 1962 11 300 Gleanings for ATMs Making Low-Power Eyepieces for Amateur Use "Chinzi, Charles C." 1962 11 303 Gleanings for ATMs An Orthoscopic Eyepiece from Stock Parts "Cox, Robert E." 1962 11 306 Celestial Calendar A Well-Known Long-Period Variable -- W Andromedae 1962 11 306 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 11 306 Celestial Calendar The Leonids "Olivier, Charles P." 1962 11 306 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 11 307 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 11 307 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 11 308 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1962 12 313 Front-Cover Photo St. Procopius College Observatory 1962 12 315 Letters Letter "Ramsay, R. V." 1962 12 315 Letters Letter "Steig, Henry" 1962 12 315 Letters Letter "Newkirk Jr., Gordon" 1962 12 316 Feature The Birth of McDonald Observatory "Struve, Otto" 1962 12 321 Astronomical Scrapbook "Pingra, A. G., and his Annals" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1962 12 322 Feature Illinois' Vermilion River Observatory "McVittie, G. C." 1962 12 325 News Notes Giacobinid Meteor Shower Origin 1962 12 326 Feature Florida's Central Museum Planetarium "Gordon Jr., Thomas E." 1962 12 327 Letters Letter "Nininger, H. H." 1962 12 327 Letters Letter "Sahade, Jorge" 1962 12 328 Feature Early Solar Evolution "Ezer, D." "Cameron, A. G. W." 1962 12 331 Feature An Amateur Looks Forward to Next July's Eclipse "Walker, George W." 1962 12 335 News Notes Veteran Dutch Astronomer 1962 12 335 News Notes Upper Atmosphere Density 1962 12 335 News Notes Solar Telescope Dedicated 1962 12 335 News Notes Flexure in Large Fork Mountings 1962 12 335 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meeting 1962 12 335 News Notes Antarctic Micrometeorites 1962 12 336 Feature Comet Humason Still Active 1962 12 338 News Notes Coming Transit of the Earth 1962 12 339 Feature The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 1962 12 342 Amateur Astronomers The St. Procopius College Observatory "Buday O.S.B., Bernard R." 1962 12 342 Amateur Astronomers The Saint Procopius College Observatory 1962 12 343 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1962 12 343 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO October Meeting Report "Shawcross, William E." 1962 12 343 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1962 12 351 Observer's Page Recent Observations of Jupiter 1962 12 352 Observer's Page Some Striking Objects for Telescope Viewing "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1962 12 353 Observer's Page Seeing the North America Nebula 1962 12 356 Observer's Page Search Ephemeris for the L4 Cloud Satellite 1962 12 356 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1962 12 357 Observer's Page Supernovae and Amateur Observations "Robinson, Leif J." 1962 12 360 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1962 12 360 Books and the Sky "History of Astronomy, A. A. Pannekoek" 1962 12 360 Books and the Sky Book Review "Warner, Brian" 1962 12 360 Books and the Sky "The Moon: A Russian View, A. V. Markov, editor" 1962 12 363 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Spectroscopy, A. D. Thackeray" "McLaughlin, Dean B." 1962 12 368 Gleanings for ATMs Placing and Aligning the Newtonian Diagonal "Dakin, Ralph K." 1962 12 370 Gleanings for ATMs "A Practical Heated Observatory""""" 1962 12 374 Celestial Calendar A Northern Variable -- R Camelopardalis 1962 12 374 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1962 12 374 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1962 12 374 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1962 12 375 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1962 12 376 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Solar laboratory at Kitt Peak 1963 1 3 News Notes Radar and Infrared Lunar Observations 1963 1 4 Feature Some Effects of Stellar Proper Motions "Barton Jr., Randolph" 1963 1 6 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 1 7 News Notes Earth's Polar Motion 1963 1 7 News Notes Annular Eclipse Expedition to South Africa 1963 1 7 News Notes Bibliography of Radio Emission Sources 1963 1 7 News Notes Unusual Visual Binary 1963 1 8 Feature Photography Without Lenses or Mirrors "Young, Niels O." 1963 1 9 News Notes Ternary Star 26 Draconis 1963 1 9 News Notes Distance to M31 Revised 1963 1 10 Feature Kitt Peak Solar Telescope Aluminizing Equipment 1963 1 11 News Notes Molecular Spectra "Struve, Otto" 1963 1 14 Letters Letter "Bateson, Frank M." 1963 1 14 Letters Letter "Butler, Blanche" 1963 1 14 Letters Letter "Franklin, Kenneth L." 1963 1 14 Letters Letter "Pokrzywnicki, Jerzy" 1963 1 14 Letters Letter "Young, Andrew T." 1963 1 15 Feature Notes on Total Eclipse Weather and Maine Observing Sites "Brooks, Edward M." 1963 1 15 Letters Letter "Olney, Austin" 1963 1 15 Letters Letter "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1963 1 15 News Notes Supernova in NGC 1073 1963 1 18 Feature A Wide-Angle Sky Photograph "Stambaugh, R. B." 1963 1 19 Feature A Continuous Solar Movie "Smith, Henry J." 1963 1 21 Feature A Device for Finding the Elements of a Visual Binary Star "Kulikovsky, P. G." 1963 1 21 News Notes "Rice, Hugh S., Dies" 1963 1 22 Feature Stratoscope II Flight Plans 1963 1 25 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 1 25 Amateur Astronomers Rooftop Observatory in Mexico "Antonio Oliver, Jose" 1963 1 26 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Moon -- I 1963 1 28 Feature Events of 1963 in the Graphic Time Table 1963 1 31 News Notes Summer Course in Astronomy 1963 1 32 Feature Picture Aristoteles region of the moon 1963 1 36 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to the Orion Nebula "Mallas, John H." 1963 1 38 Observer's Page Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on January 9-10 1963 1 38 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1963 1 41 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Lubiniezky "Herring, Alika K." 1963 1 41 Observer's Page Lubiniezky 1963 1 41 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 1 42 Observer's Page Leonids Give a Fair Display 1963 1 43 Observer's Page European Variable Star Group 1963 1 45 Books and the Sky "The Picture History of Astronomy, Patrick Moore" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1963 1 46 Books and the Sky "A Short History of Astronomy, Arthur Berry" "Ronan, Colin A." 1963 1 48 Books and the Sky "The Universe, Otto Struve" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1963 1 52 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Australian Springfield Reflector "Miles, Gil" 1963 1 55 Gleanings for ATMs Diffraction Reprints Available 1963 1 58 Celestial Calendar V Orionis 1963 1 59 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1963 1 59 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 1 60 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 1 60 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1963 1 60 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 2 65 Front-Cover Photo 300-foot radio telescope in West Virginia 1963 2 67 News Notes Optical Astronomy's Instrumental Needs 1963 2 68 Feature The 300-Foot Radio Telescope at Green Bank "Findlay, John W." 1963 2 75 Astronomical Scrapbook The Double Stars of Christian Mayer "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1963 2 76 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 2 77 Feature First Lady of French Astronomy "Baldet, Fernand" 1963 2 77 News Notes "Pawsey, J. L., Dies" 1963 2 78 Feature The Local System of Stars "Struve, Otto" 1963 2 81 News Notes American Astronomical Society Meetings 1963 2 82 Feature Amateur Astronomy at Sacramento "Leonard, Natalie" "Rohrke, Martin C." 1963 2 83 Feature Visual and Radio Observations of Flare Stars "Slee, O. B." "Higgins, C. S." "Patston, Gordon E." 1963 2 87 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 2 87 Amateur Astronomers Brazilian Amateur Radio Astronomers "Kaufmann, Pierre" 1963 2 87 Amateur Astronomers An Australian Amateur's Observatory "Kerr, A. G." 1963 2 88 News Notes A Magnetic Bridge? 1963 2 88 News Notes Diamonds in a Meteorite 1963 2 88 News Notes Astromechanics Reprints 1963 2 88 News Notes Nordmann-Tikhov Effect Disapproved 1963 2 88 News Notes Quiet-Sun Year Extended 1963 2 89 Feature Results from Mariner 2 1963 2 91 Feature Eclipse Observing from Eastern Maine "Merriam, Carroll F." 1963 2 93 Feature Eclipse Path in Eastern Canada and Maine 1963 2 94 Observer's Page The 1962 Minimum of R Coronae Borealis "Robinson, Leif J." 1963 2 96 Observer's Page An Amateur's Observations of Mars "Northcutt, R. Glenn" 1963 2 97 Observer's Page Hourly Meteor Rates "Defouw, Richard J." 1963 2 99 Observer's Page A Photographic Record of Venus "Heillegger, G. A. T." 1963 2 99 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 2 100 Observer's Page Whirlpool Nebula 1963 2 100 Observer's Page Whirpool Nebula "Shawcross, William E." 1963 2 102 Books and the Sky "Progress in the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. I, S. F. Singer, editor" "Whitney, Charles A." 1963 2 103 Books and the Sky Book Review "Jenzano, Anthony F." 1963 2 103 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1963 2 103 Books and the Sky "The Search for Planet X, Tony Simon" 1963 2 103 Books and the Sky "The Solar System, Clifford D. Simak" 1963 2 104 Books and the Sky "Photographic Star Atlas, Hans Vehrenberg" "Robinson, Leif J." 1963 2 110 Gleanings for ATMs Aspherizing and Other Problems in Making Maksutov Telescopes "Phillips, Frank W." 1963 2 114 Gleanings for ATMs The Hot-Wire Foucault Test "Cox, Robert E." 1963 2 118 Celestial Calendar Ceres To Be Unusually Bright This Month 1963 2 118 Celestial Calendar R Cancri 1963 2 119 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 2 119 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1963 2 120 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 2 120 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 3 125 Front-Cover Photo Western amateur's 18 3/4-inch telescope 1963 3 127 Letters Letter "DeFrance, Smith J." 1963 3 127 Letters Letter "Lawrence, R. V." 1963 3 127 Letters Letter "Mayrhofer, Karl" 1963 3 128 Feature Sohio Project Moonbeam "Burhans, R. W." 1963 3 132 Feature A Spiral Galaxy of Astronomers "Gingerich, Owen" 1963 3 135 News Notes Nova near Vega 1963 3 135 News Notes Stellar Explosion 1963 3 135 News Notes Safer Space Flight 1963 3 135 News Notes New T Association? 1963 3 135 News Notes Betulia Nears Earth 1963 3 135 News Notes Charge Drag on Orbiting Thin Wires 1963 3 136 Feature Understanding the Main-Sequence Stars "Huang, Su-Shu" 1963 3 138 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 3 139 Feature A Magnitude-Distance Nomograph 1963 3 139 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1963 3 140 Feature Some Thoughts on Olbers' Paradox "Struve, Otto" 1963 3 143 American Astronomers Report Telstar Spin-Axis Studies 1963 3 143 American Astronomers Report Microwave Observations of Venus 1963 3 144 American Astronomers Report Fluctuating Zodiacal Cloud 1963 3 145 American Astronomers Report Variation of the Quiet Sun 1963 3 146 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Moon -- II 1963 3 148 Feature The First Five Years of the Space Age 1963 3 151 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 3 151 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy and Rocketry in Chile "de la Vega Letelier, Rodrigo" 1963 3 151 Amateur Astronomers Eclipse Camp Sites Filled 1963 3 153 Observer's Page January's Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Is Widely Viewed 1963 3 154 News Notes Sirius B 1963 3 156 Feature Picture Schickard region of the moon 1963 3 160 Observer's Page Distances on Jupiter 1963 3 161 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 3 161 Observer's Page "NGC Numbers for Norton's """"Star Atlas""""" "Meyer Jr., William H." 1963 3 162 Observer's Page Comet Ikeya(1963a) 1963 3 165 Books and the Sky "The Photographic Story of Mars, Earl C. Slipher" "Dollfus, Audouin" 1963 3 167 Books and the Sky "Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, J. M. A. Danby" "Taylor, Gordon E." 1963 3 172 Gleanings for ATMs An 18 3/4-inch Transportable Cassegrain Telescope "Johnson, Thomas J." 1963 3 182 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Zeta Geminorum 1963 3 182 Celestial Calendar The Rapidly Eclipsing Variable Y Leonis 1963 3 183 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 3 183 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Vesta 1963 3 184 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1963 3 184 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 3 184 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 4 189 Front-Cover Photo Comet Ikeya bright in February 1963 4 191 News Notes Radar Observations of Mars and Mercury 1963 4 192 Feature Mariner-2 Microwave Observations of Venus "Barrett, Alan H." "Lilley, Edward" 1963 4 196 Feature Comet Ikeya Prominent in Southern Sky 1963 4 198 Astronomical Scrapbook Harvester of the Skies "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1963 4 199 Feature The Story of U Cephei "Struve, Otto" 1963 4 201 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 4 202 Feature Eclipse Travel to Alaska and Western Canada "Coe, Lee" 1963 4 204 Feature Observing the Eclipse in Quebec "Williamson, Isabel K." 1963 4 205 Feature The Sky During Totality 1963 4 206 Feature Early Spectral Changes of Nova Herculis 1963 "McLaughlin, Dean B." 1963 4 207 Feature Nova Herculis Roundup 1963 4 209 News Notes Tiny Moving Nebulosity 1963 4 209 News Notes Size and Shape of Mars 1963 4 209 News Notes Stratoscope II Observes Mars 1963 4 209 News Notes Planning New Astronomical Equipment 1963 4 209 News Notes A Supernova Candidate? 1963 4 209 News Notes Arizona Astronomer Dies 1963 4 210 Feature Syncom Lost and Found "W., R. N." 1963 4 212 Letters Letter "Boyko, Anatole" 1963 4 213 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Telescope Maker A. W. Everest Dies "Cox, Robert E." 1963 4 213 Amateur Astronomers "AAVSO To Meet in Long Beach, California" 1963 4 213 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 4 214 Amateur Astronomers Some Variable Star Notes from Holland "Comello, G." 1963 4 214 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League To View Solar Eclipse "Gagan, James W." 1963 4 216 Observer's Page Photographing July's Solar Eclipse "Leavens, Peter A." 1963 4 220 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 4 221 Observer's Page Ramsden 1963 4 221 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Ramsden "Herring, Alika K." 1963 4 224 Books and the Sky "The Discovery of Neptune, Morton Grosser" "Eggen, Olin J." 1963 4 225 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Techniques, William A. Hiltner, editor" "Linnell, Albert P." 1963 4 229 Books and the Sky "Astronomy in Action, Robert S. Richardson" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 4 232 Gleanings for ATMs Eliminating Stray Light in Cassegrain Telescopes "Willey Jr., Ronald R." 1963 4 238 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1963 4 238 Celestial Calendar The Long-Period Variable RY Lyrae 1963 4 239 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 4 240 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 4 240 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 5 245 Front-Cover Photo Saturn launch briefing 1963 5 247 News Notes Otto Struve 1963 5 248 Feature Some Lunar Studies by T. G. Elger "Fielder, Gilbert" 1963 5 252 News Notes A Simple Structure for Nuclear Particles? 1963 5 252 News Notes Collapse of the Galaxy 1963 5 253 Feature Notes on July Eclipse Expeditions 1963 5 253 News Notes Astronomy Courses at Fels Planetarium 1963 5 253 News Notes "Dustheimer, O. L., Dies" 1963 5 254 Feature Birth of the Elements "Cameron, A. G. W." 1963 5 257 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 5 257 News Notes New Solar Telescope 1963 5 258 Feature The Partial Phases of July's Eclipse "W., R. N." 1963 5 260 Feature The Fourth Successful Saturn "W., R. N." 1963 5 263 Feature Photographing Comet Ikeya "McClure, Alan" 1963 5 266 News Notes Comet Probe Proposed 1963 5 267 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy The Moon -- III 1963 5 268 News Notes Astronomical Society of the Pacific Meeting 1963 5 269 Amateur Astronomers Eclipse Train Special 1963 5 269 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateurs Plan Eclipse Expeditions 1963 5 269 Amateur Astronomers Sliding-Roof Observatory "Lutz, Terry F." 1963 5 269 Amateur Astronomers Summer Meeting Calendar 1963 5 270 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 5 274 Feature Picture Archimedes region of the moon 1963 5 277 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 5 277 Observer's Page SZ Herculis Observations Wanted 1963 5 278 Observer's Page More News About Comet Ikeya 1963 5 281 Observer's Page New Comet Alcock 1963 5 284 Books and the Sky "Canon of Eclipses, Theodor von Oppolzer" "Smiley, Charles H." 1963 5 285 Books and the Sky "The Universe, David Bergamini" "Custer, Clarence P." 1963 5 287 Books and the Sky "Challenge of the Universe, J. Allen Hynek and Norman D. Anderson" "Smith, J. Russell" 1963 5 292 Gleanings for ATMs A Wall-Mounted Spiefspiegler for Lunar and Planetary Work 1963 5 292 Gleanings for ATMs A Wall-Mounted Schiefspiegler for Lunar and Planetary Work "Knab, Oscar R." 1963 5 295 Gleanings for ATMs A Split-Beam Planetary Camera "Willoughby, Roy" 1963 5 295 Gleanings for ATMs Split-Beam Planetary Camera 1963 5 298 Celestial Calendar Locating Neptune 1963 5 298 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1963 5 298 Celestial Calendar Saturn Passes Close to Two Stars 1963 5 299 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 5 299 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1963 5 300 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 5 300 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 6 305 Front-Cover Photo "Struve, Otto(1897-1963)" 1963 6 307 News Notes Channel 37 or the Cosmos? 1963 6 308 Feature Otto Struve as an Astrophysicist "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1963 6 311 News Notes Very Remote Radio Galaxies 1963 6 311 News Notes "Neely, Henry M., Dies" 1963 6 311 News Notes Irish Astronomical Journal 1963 6 311 News Notes Project West Ford 1963 6 312 Feature Astronomers Assemble in Arizona 1963 6 316 Feature New Skies for St. Louis "Schweighauser, Charles A." 1963 6 320 News Notes Venus Scanned in Infrared at Palomar Observatory 1963 6 321 Feature Motions in the Solar Atmosphere "Evans, John W." 1963 6 325 Feature Notes on the Coming Solar Eclipse 1963 6 325 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 6 326 Astronomical Scrapbook The Crucial Years of Wilhelm Struve "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1963 6 327 News Notes Naval Observatory Staff Changes 1963 6 328 Feature Eclipse Shadow Band Motions -- An Illusion? "Paulton, Edgar M." 1963 6 329 News Notes High Altitude Observatory's Eclipse Plans 1963 6 330 Feature Lincoln Laboratory's 48-inch Reentry Telescope "W., R. N." 1963 6 332 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Region 1963 6 332 Amateur Astronomers League Convention Notes "Gagan, James W." 1963 6 332 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets in Long Beach "Davis, Richard H." 1963 6 333 Amateur Astronomers "Fort Myers, Florida" "Lucas, Gene" 1963 6 333 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 6 333 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Listing 1963 6 339 Observer's Page The Moon's Shadow at July's Solar Eclipse "Glenn, William H." 1963 6 342 Observer's Page Two Bright Asteroids Observed 1963 6 342 Observer's Page Comet Alcock(1963b) 1963 6 342 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 6 343 Observer's Page Request for Reports of a March Fireball "Olivier, Charles P." 1963 6 343 Observer's Page Amateurs View the Lyrids 1963 6 347 Books and the Sky "Physics of the Solar Corona, I. S. Shklovsky" "Zirin, Harold" 1963 6 348 Books and the Sky "Handbuch der Physik, S. Flugge, editor, Vol. 54, Astrophysics V: Miscellaneous" "Irwin, John B." 1963 6 351 Books and the Sky "Stars and Galaxies, Thornton Page, editor" "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1963 6 352 Books and the Sky "The ABC's of Astronomy, Roy A. Gallant" "Close, William H." 1963 6 355 Gleanings for ATMs Simple Equipment for Precisely Timing Observations "Bowman, Horace A." 1963 6 362 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 6 362 Celestial Calendar SU Cygni: A Bright Cepheid Variable 1963 6 362 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1963 6 363 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 6 364 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Fireball train over Israel 1963 7 3 News Notes Fireball Train Observed Over Israel "Metzger, Eli" 1963 7 4 Feature An International Discussion of Milky Way Research "Bok, Bart J." 1963 7 8 Feature Barnard's Star as an Astrometric Binary "Kamp, Peter van de" 1963 7 9 News Notes New Radar Observations of Mercury 1963 7 9 News Notes Apparatus for Determining the Velocity of Light 1963 7 10 News Notes Brightness of West Ford Belt 1963 7 10 News Notes Graphite Grains in Interstellar Space 1963 7 10 News Notes Gift to St. Louis Planetarium 1963 7 10 News Notes Infrared Saturn Photograph 1963 7 11 News Notes Jonckheere Double Stars 1963 7 11 News Notes Kirkwood's Gaps 1963 7 11 News Notes Nova Ursae Minoris 1956 1963 7 12 Feature The Large Radio Telescope of Ohio State University "Kraus, John D." 1963 7 16 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 7 17 Feature Recent Visual Observations of Mars "Both, Ernst E." 1963 7 20 American Astronomers Report Variable Star Observing With an Image Orthicon 1963 7 20 American Astronomers Report New Climax Coronagraph 1963 7 20 American Astronomers Report "Lithium, Beryllium, and Lead in the Sun" 1963 7 21 American Astronomers Report Dust in Comet Arend-Roland 1963 7 21 American Astronomers Report What Formed the Moon's Sinuous Rilles? 1963 7 22 American Astronomers Report Spicules on the Sun's Face 1963 7 22 American Astronomers Report Explosion in M82? 1963 7 22 American Astronomers Report Central Part of Orion Nebula 1963 7 23 News Notes Space and Satellite News "W., R. N." 1963 7 24 Letters Letter "Ahnert, Paul" 1963 7 24 Letters Letter "Dekenah, Richard" 1963 7 24 Letters Letter "Hutchinson, Mrs. H. G." 1963 7 24 Letters Letter "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1963 7 24 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1963 7 25 Amateur Astronomers The H. P. Wilkins Observatory in Texas "Jones, Thomas" 1963 7 26 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 7 26 Amateur Astronomers Planning for this Month's Solar Eclipse 1963 7 26 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1963 7 26 Amateur Astronomers WAA and ALPO To Meet in San Diego 1963 7 26 Amateur Astronomers Hints for Eclipse Observing 1963 7 26 Amateur Astronomers Comet Hunting During the Eclipse "Dossin, Francois V." "Donn, Bertram" 1963 7 30 Feature Picture Altai Scarp region of the moon 1963 7 33 Observer's Page News About Comet Alcock(1963b) 1963 7 35 Observer's Page Recent Observations of SZ Herculis 1963 7 36 Observer's Page "NGC Numbers for Norton's """"Star Atlas""""" "Meyer Jr., William H." 1963 7 36 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 7 37 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1963 7 38 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Jansen "Herring, Alika K." 1963 7 38 Observer's Page Photographing the Moon on High-Contrast Film "Hopf, John T." 1963 7 38 Observer's Page Jansen 1963 7 41 Books and the Sky "William Herschel, Angus Armitage" 1963 7 41 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Fred Hoyle" 1963 7 41 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1963 7 41 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1963 7 42 Books and the Sky "Tables of the Moon and Sun, Jean Meeus" "Duncombe, Raynor L." 1963 7 48 Gleanings for ATMs A Polar Adjustment Device for Portable Mountings "Pfleumer, Hans" 1963 7 49 Gleanings for ATMs Fabricating a Grinding Tool "Zussman, Ronald A." "Monnier, Richard" 1963 7 51 Gleanings for ATMs A Cream-Separator Mounting with Manual Drive "Thomas, Richard O." 1963 7 54 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Predictions 1963 7 54 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1963 7 54 Celestial Calendar T Coronae Borealis -- A Recurring Nova 1963 7 54 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 7 55 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 7 56 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 8 61 Front-Cover Photo "Aurora at Rochester, New York" 1963 8 63 News Notes Seth B. Nicholson Dies 1963 8 64 Feature Manned Exploration of Mars? "W., R. N." 1963 8 68 News Notes "Babcock, Horace W., Appointed" 1963 8 68 News Notes Unusual Sundial 1963 8 68 News Notes Variable Stars in Globular Clusters 1963 8 68 News Notes "Whipple, Fred L., Honored" 1963 8 68 News Notes Leonard Collection of Meteorites 1963 8 68 News Notes Martian Water Vapor 1963 8 69 Feature Current Studies of the Magellanic Clouds "Faulkner, D. J." 1963 8 74 Feature Color in Astrophotography "Keene, George T." 1963 8 76 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 8 76 Feature Two More Soviet Astronauts "W., R. N." 1963 8 77 Feature Jeans' Criterion of Gravitational Instability "Huang, Su-Shu" 1963 8 80 Astronomical Scrapbook "Not Observed or Existing""""" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1963 8 81 Letters Letter "Pattee, David E." 1963 8 81 Letters Letter "Wood, Frank Bradshaw" 1963 8 82 American Astronomers Report Coronascope II 1963 8 82 American Astronomers Report Lithium and Star Aging 1963 8 83 American Astronomers Report Ultraviolet Radiation from Solar Activity Centers 1963 8 83 American Astronomers Report New Types of Celestial Objects 1963 8 83 American Astronomers Report Photoelectric Recording of Astronomical Seeing 1963 8 84 American Astronomers Report Is the Sun Metal Rich? 1963 8 84 News Notes Dating Meteorite Falls 1963 8 85 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Activity in San Diego "McCalla, Howard L." 1963 8 85 Amateur Astronomers "Mansfield, Ohio" "Cary, Fred" 1963 8 86 Amateur Astronomers North Central Convention "Jones, Ronald E." 1963 8 86 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium on a Shoestring "Carey Jr., Mrs. H. J." 1963 8 86 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 8 88 Observer's Page A Hawaiian Amateur in the Arctic "Morrow, Michael J." 1963 8 91 Observer's Page A Curious Object in Cygnus "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1963 8 91 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 8 95 Books and the Sky "Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T.W. Webb" "Robinson, Leif J." 1963 8 96 Books and the Sky "Point to the Stars, Joseph Maron Joseph and Sarah Lee Lippincott" "Stokley, James" 1963 8 97 Books and the Sky "Space Chemistry, Paul W. Merrill" "Calder, William A." 1963 8 103 Gleanings for ATMs An Altazimuth Mounting with Slow Motions "Cleaveland, H. Lowell" 1963 8 104 Gleanings for ATMs Masking Stray Light in a Large Reflector "King, Ivan R." 1963 8 106 Gleanings for ATMs A Solar Telescope-Spectrograph Combination 1963 8 106 Gleanings for ATMs A Solar Telescope-Spectroscope Combination "Carlen, Edward G." 1963 8 110 Celestial Calendar R Pegasi 1963 8 110 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1963 8 111 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 8 111 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 8 112 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 9 117 Front-Cover Photo Solar eclipse at Cadillac Mountain 1963 9 119 News Notes A Memorable Eclipse 1963 9 120 Feature Astronomers Visit Alaska "Irwin, John B." 1963 9 121 Feature Picture Corona at total eclipse of July 20th 1963 9 126 Feature The Total Eclipse as Seen in Maine "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1963 9 126 Feature Total Eclipse as Seen in Maine "W., R. N." 1963 9 132 News Notes Experimental Exobiology 1963 9 132 News Notes Yale-Columbia Refractor 1963 9 132 News Notes Meteorite Expedition to Australia 1963 9 132 News Notes Life in Meteorites? 1963 9 132 News Notes Scutum Cluster 1963 9 133 Feature The Globular Cluster Omega Centauri "Saunders, Jennifer" 1963 9 138 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Meteors -- I 1963 9 139 Observer's Page A Brilliant Illinois Fireball "Schmidt, Terry E." 1963 9 140 Feature The Eclipse Outside Totality "R., L. J." 1963 9 144 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 9 144 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Convention Is Great Success "Shawcross, William E." 1963 9 146 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 9 147 Feature Planetariums in the United States "Korey, Ruth Anne" 1963 9 153 Observer's Page Observations of Eclipsing Variables 1963 9 154 Observer's Page Delta Aquarids and an Aurora 1963 9 155 Observer's Page Observing a Rapid Variable "Provin, Robert W." 1963 9 155 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 9 157 Observer's Page Sizes of Star Clusters "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1963 9 159 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ronan, Colin A." 1963 9 159 Books and the Sky "Isaac Newton, Louis T. More" 1963 9 159 Books and the Sky Book Review "Baldwin, Ralph B." 1963 9 159 Books and the Sky "The Moon, Zdenek Kopal and Zdenka K. Mikhailov" 1963 9 161 Books and the Sky "Soviet Science of Interstellar Space, S. Pikelner" "Cuffey, James" 1963 9 162 Books and the Sky "Problems of Extra-Galactic Research, G. C. McVittie" "Roberts, Morton S." 1963 9 167 Gleanings for ATMs A Polar Telescope for Visual Solar Work "Parmenter, B. C." 1963 9 174 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 9 174 Celestial Calendar Transits and Shadow Transits of Jupiter's Moons 1963 9 175 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 9 176 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 10 181 Front-Cover Photo Eclipse expedition at Moose River 1963 10 183 News Notes Optical Effects of the West Ford Belt 1963 10 184 Feature The Eclipse Across Canada 1963 10 189 Feature Alaska Notes "Coe, Lee" 1963 10 190 Feature The Dwarf Novae -- III "Mumford, George S." 1963 10 193 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 10 194 Front-Cover Photo New Zealand Observatory 1963 10 194 News Notes Zeta Aurigae 1963 10 194 News Notes Relativity Effects 1963 10 195 Feature Syncom Satellite Operates "W., R. N." 1963 10 196 American Astronomers Report Solar Magnetograph 1963 10 196 American Astronomers Report Sharper Moon Photographs 1963 10 196 American Astronomers Report Chemical Composition of CH stars 1963 10 197 American Astronomers Report Sodium Lines in Galaxies 1963 10 197 American Astronomers Report Weighing a Comet 1963 10 198 American Astronomers Report Two More Ancient Canadian Meteorite Craters 1963 10 199 American Astronomers Report Venus Diameter 1963 10 199 Feature Ejnar Hertzsprung's 90th Birthday 1963 10 199 News Notes Van Biesbroeck Goes to Arizona 1963 10 200 Feature Eclipse Talk -- Air and Ground "R., L. J." 1963 10 204 Astronomical Scrapbook The Visual Milky Way "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1963 10 206 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 10 206 Amateur Astronomers A Gathering of Amateurs in San Diego "Bornhurst, Larry C." 1963 10 217 Observer's Page A Brilliant August Aurora 1963 10 217 Observer's Page Cygnid Meteors Observed "Polley, Kenneth R." 1963 10 218 Observer's Page Grazing Occultation of Zeta Tauri "Dunham, David W." 1963 10 219 Observer's Page Prinz 1963 10 219 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 10 219 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Prinz "Herring, Alika K." 1963 10 222 Books and the Sky "Pictorial Astronomy, Dinsmore Alter, Clarence H. Cleminshaw, and John G. Phillips" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 10 223 Books and the Sky "Sundials, Roy K. Marshall" 1963 10 224 Books and the Sky "Johannes Kepler and Planetary Motion, David C. Knight" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1963 10 225 Books and the Sky Book Review "McVittie, G. C." 1963 10 225 Books and the Sky "Relativity for the Million, Martin Gardner" 1963 10 225 Books and the Sky Book Review "Donn, Bertram" 1963 10 225 Books and the Sky "The Distribution and Motion of Interstellar Matter in Galaxies, L. Woltjer, editor" 1963 10 231 Gleanings for ATMs A New Zealand Amateur's Well-Equipped Observatory "Orr, John B." 1963 10 238 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1963 10 238 Celestial Calendar Jupiter at its Nearest 1963 10 238 Celestial Calendar RZ Cassiopeiae Predictions 1963 10 238 Celestial Calendar T Cassiopeiae -- A 15-Month Variable Star 1963 10 238 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 10 239 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 10 240 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 11 245 Front-Cover Photo Comet Pereyra(1963e) 1963 11 247 Feature Eclipse Films and Slides Available 1963 11 248 Feature California's New Stony Ridge Observatory "Terlep, John J." 1963 11 250 News Notes Naval Observatory Scientific Director 1963 11 250 News Notes Hawaiian Observatory 1963 11 251 Feature Balloon Observations During the July Eclipse "Ney, Edward P." 1963 11 254 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 11 255 Feature Ionosphere Beacon "W., R. N." 1963 11 256 Feature Auroras in September "R., L. J." 1963 11 257 News Notes Martian Atmosphere 1963 11 258 Feature Communicating with Intelligent Life on Other Worlds "Cameron, A. G. W." 1963 11 261 News Notes Visual Brightness Discrimination 1963 11 261 News Notes Cataclysm in Messier 82 1963 11 261 News Notes Comet Tempel-Swift 1963 11 262 News Notes Is the Galactic Radio Halo a Temporary Feature? 1963 11 262 News Notes Solar Planning 1963 11 263 Feature The Path of the March Bolide "Olivier, Charles P." 1963 11 264 Feature The Bamberg Search for Bright Variable Stars "Strohmeier, W." 1963 11 266 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Meteors -- II 1963 11 267 News Notes Long-Range Communication 1963 11 267 News Notes New Director at McDonald 1963 11 268 Feature Did a Comet Collide with the Earth in 1908? "Florensky, Kirill P." 1963 11 270 Amateur Astronomers The Cavendish Experiment 1963 11 270 Letters Letter "Brandt, Rudolf" 1963 11 270 Letters Letter "Elias, Demetrius P." 1963 11 270 Letters Letter "Keator, Frederic W." 1963 11 271 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Makers Convene 1963 11 271 Amateur Astronomers This Month's Programs and Conventions 1963 11 271 Amateur Astronomers "Astro-Observer""""" 1963 11 271 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Region Meets in Spokane "Erickson, Elsie I." 1963 11 275 Feature Occultation Supplement -- 1964 Predictions for the United States and Canada 1963 11 286 Books and the Sky "The Measure of the Moon, Ralph B. Baldwin" 1963 11 287 Books and the Sky "Evolution of Stars and Galaxies, Walter Baade" "Herczeg, Tibor" 1963 11 289 Books and the Sky "Star Gazing with Telescope and Camera, George T. Keene" "Hartmann, William K." 1963 11 292 Gleanings for ATMs A 12 1/2-inch Newtonian for Planetary Observing "Maag, Russell C." 1963 11 295 Gleanings for ATMs A Wye Mount for a 6-inch Reflector "Acker, Lewis" 1963 11 296 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Solar Telescope "Coats, D. R. P." 1963 11 298 Observer's Page Observers Report on the August Perseids 1963 11 300 Front-Cover Photo Comet Pereyra(1963e) 1963 11 301 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 11 302 Observer's Page An Amateur Measurement of Jupiter's Diameter "Solberg, Gordon" 1963 11 303 Observer's Page The Leonid Meteors 1963 11 306 Celestial Calendar XZ Andromedae: An Unpunctual Variable 1963 11 306 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 11 307 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 11 308 Celestial Calendar Predicted Minima of RZ Cassiopeiae 1963 11 308 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1963 11 308 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1963 12 313 Front-Cover Photo "1,000-foot radio telescope" 1963 12 315 Front-Cover Photo Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico 1963 12 316 Feature A Recent Observation of Lunar Color Phenomena "Greenacre, James A." 1963 12 318 Feature University of Nevada's Atmospherium-Planetarium "Marshall, Roy K." 1963 12 322 Feature September Auroral Sequel 1963 12 323 News Notes Newly Named Asteroids 1963 12 323 News Notes Irish Solar Expert Passes 1963 12 323 News Notes Observing Manual 1963 12 323 News Notes Griffith Planetarium To Get New Projector 1963 12 323 News Notes December Meetings 1963 12 324 Feature Moon Eclipse December 30th "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1963 12 327 Feature Project Mercury Concluded "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1963 12 328 News Notes Rare-Earth Metals in the Sun 1963 12 329 Feature Notes on China's Ancient Calendar "Friend, Rabbi Jacob L." 1963 12 329 News Notes Bright Southern Variable 1963 12 330 Feature The B Stars and Galactic Exploration "Petrie, R. M." 1963 12 332 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mayall, R. Newton" 1963 12 335 Astronomical Scrapbook "Pickering, W. H., and the Satellites of Jupiter" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1963 12 336 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1963 12 337 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Convention "Wicke, R. J." 1963 12 337 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Hold Fall Meeting 1963 12 338 Amateur Astronomers A Different Annual Dinner "Benesch, Bill" 1963 12 338 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1963 12 339 Books and the Sky "Fact and Theory in Cosmology, G. C. McVittie" "Motz, Lloyd" 1963 12 340 Books and the Sky "Instrumental Optics, G. A. Boutry" 1963 12 346 Feature Picture Mare Serenitatis region of the moon 1963 12 351 Books and the Sky "The Astronomical Universe, Wasley S. Krogdahl" "Davis, Morris S." 1963 12 355 Gleanings for ATMs Two Folded Refractors with Fixed Eyepieces "Sklar, David F." 1963 12 358 Gleanings for ATMs A Method of Checking Focal Length While Grinding "Patston, Gordon E." 1963 12 364 Observer's Page Widespread Activity on Jupiter "Robinson, Leif J." 1963 12 367 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1963 12 369 Feature "A Well-Observed Grazing Occultation -Dayton, Ohio" "Laird, David E." 1963 12 369 Observer's Page "A Well-Observed Grazing Occultation -- Columbus, Ohio" "Golding, Barnett" 1963 12 369 Observer's Page A Well-Observed Grazing Occultation 1963 12 374 Celestial Calendar Algol: A Naked-Eye Variable Star 1963 12 374 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1963 12 374 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1963 12 375 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1963 12 376 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Catalina observing station 1964 1 3 News Notes Another Lunar Color Phenomenon 1964 1 4 Feature The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory -- I "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1964 1 8 Feature Popular Astronomy in Germany "Roth, Gunter D." 1964 1 12 Feature Astronomical Photography with the New XR Film "Boquist, Wallace P." 1964 1 14 News Notes 1962's Supernovae 1964 1 15 Feature Meteoriticists Meet in Canada "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1964 1 16 News Notes Time Signals Adjusted 1964 1 16 News Notes New Sunspot Cycle 1964 1 16 News Notes Stratoscope II Observes Jupiter and Red Giants 1964 1 16 News Notes New Short-Period Comet 1964 1 17 American Astronomers Report Smallest White Dwarf? 1964 1 17 News Notes Proper Motion Survey 1964 1 18 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 1 18 News Notes Noctilucent Clouds and Low Atmospheric Temperatures 1964 1 18 News Notes IQSY Begins 1964 1 18 News Notes Japanese Radio Astronomer Dies 1964 1 19 Feature Precision Globes of Mars "Roth, James A." 1964 1 20 Feature The Johannesburg Planetarium "Holz, Peter" 1964 1 21 Feature The Local Group of Galaxies 1964 1 22 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Comets -- I 1964 1 24 Feature Algol - Still a Demon Star! "Chou, Kyong Chol" 1964 1 27 Feature Interplanetary Monitoring Platform "W., R. N." 1964 1 30 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomy in Akron "Espenschied, D. L." 1964 1 30 Amateur Astronomers Muskegon Planetarium "Carr, Stanley D." 1964 1 31 Amateur Astronomers New England Amateur Dies 1964 1 31 Amateur Astronomers "San Francisco, California" "Taylor, Edward" 1964 1 32 Feature Events of 1964 in the Graphic Time Table 1964 1 37 Books and the Sky "Astrophysical Quantities, C. W. Allen" "Gingerich, Owen" 1964 1 38 Books and the Sky "Satellites and Scientific Research, Desmond King-Hele" "Leonard, Arthur S." 1964 1 41 Books and the Sky "Solar Research, Giorgio Abetti" 1964 1 41 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1964 1 41 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cragg, Thomas A." 1964 1 41 Books and the Sky "The Earth in Space, John and Cathleen Polgreen" 1964 1 42 Books and the Sky "The Exploration of Outer Space, Bernard Lovell" "Drake, Frank D." 1964 1 46 Gleanings for ATMs Fixed Telescopes with Clock-Driven Mirrors "Cox, Robert E." 1964 1 49 Gleanings for ATMs A Heated Observatory for a 24-inch Reflector 1964 1 50 Gleanings for ATMs Another Folded Refractor "Espenschied, D. L." 1964 1 50 Gleanings for ATMs Gleanings Bulletins 1964 1 54 Observer's Page Many Observers Count Leonids 1964 1 55 Observer's Page Lunar Libration Chart "Herring, Alika K." 1964 1 56 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1964 1 58 Observer's Page Eclipsing Variable Star Observations 1964 1 59 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 1 60 Observer's Page Lansberg D 1964 1 60 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Lansberg D "Herring, Alika K." 1964 1 62 Celestial Calendar SX Cassiopeiae 1964 1 63 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 1 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 1 64 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1964 1 64 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Preview 1964 1 64 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 2 69 Front-Cover Photo 12-inch English telescope 1964 2 71 News Notes OH in Interstellar Space 1964 2 72 Feature Galileo Galilei -- 1564-1642 "Ronan, Colin A." 1964 2 79 Feature Early Lunar Eclipse Notes 1964 2 80 Feature Dallas Conference on Super Radio Sources "Green, Louis C." 1964 2 85 Feature Radio Spectrum Allocations to Astronomy 1964 2 85 News Notes Temperature Study of Jupiter 1964 2 86 News Notes Meteoritic Dust Observed 1964 2 86 News Notes Two Radio Sources and the Moon 1964 2 86 News Notes Virginia Telescope 1964 2 86 News Notes A Flare and Radio Burst of V371 Orionis 1964 2 86 News Notes Fundamental Star Positions 1964 2 87 Letters Letter "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1964 2 87 Letters Letter "Heyden S.J., Francis J." 1964 2 87 Letters Letter "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1964 2 87 Letters Letter "Moore, Patrick" 1964 2 87 Letters Letter "Westfall, John E." 1964 2 87 News Notes New Zeiss Planetariums 1964 2 87 News Notes Temperature of Iron Meteorites in Space 1964 2 88 Feature The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory -- II "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1964 2 93 Feature Another Air-Density Explorer Balloon "W., R. N." 1964 2 94 Astronomical Scrapbook "Watts, C. B., and the Marginal Zone of the Moon" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 2 95 News Notes Radar Contact with Jupiter 1964 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Community Joins Juniors in Building Observatory "Hamilton, Roger A." 1964 2 97 Amateur Astronomers Low-Cost Observatory "Lund, Jeffrey" 1964 2 97 Amateur Astronomers Foucault Pendulums 1964 2 97 Amateur Astronomers Radio Astronomy in Brazil "Kaufmann, Pierre" 1964 2 98 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 2 99 Feature Galileo in Padua "Suter, Rufus" 1964 2 99 Feature Galileo Quadricentennial Supplement 1964 2 101 Feature Galileo's Visits to Rome "Miller, Walter J." 1964 2 105 Feature Galileo's First Records of Jupiter's Satellites "Meeus, Jean" 1964 2 109 Books and the Sky Book Review "Engelkemeir, Donald" 1964 2 109 Books and the Sky "Photoelectric Astronomy for Amateurs, Frank Bradshaw Wood, editor" 1964 2 109 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rush, Joseph H." 1964 2 109 Books and the Sky "The View from a Distant Star, Harlow Shapley" 1964 2 111 Books and the Sky "Atlas de la Lune, Vincent de Callatay" "Both, Ernst E." 1964 2 117 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Mounting for a 35-mm. Camera "Lovell, Wayne C." 1964 2 118 Gleanings for ATMs An Observing Platform "Grimsley, Harry C." 1964 2 120 Gleanings for ATMs An English Observatory with a 12-inch Reflector "Chambers, R. H." 1964 2 122 Observer's Page Easy Ways To Photograph the Moon "Banister, Manly" 1964 2 124 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1964 2 124 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 2 125 Observer's Page R Coronae Borealis Still Active 1964 2 126 Observer's Page Counting the Pleiades 1964 2 126 Observer's Page February Occultation Notes 1964 2 127 Observer's Page 1963 Geminid Meteor Display 1964 2 130 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 2 130 Celestial Calendar RZ Cassiopeiae Timetable 1964 2 130 Celestial Calendar U Herculis -- A Mira-Type Variable 1964 2 131 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 2 132 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 3 137 Front-Cover Photo December's lunar eclipse 1964 3 139 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 3 140 Feature Lunar Luminescence and Solar Flares "Kopal, Zdenek" "Rackham, Thomas W." 1964 3 142 Feature A Remarkable Eclipse of the Moon "R., L. J." 1964 3 147 American Astronomers Report Solar Flare Formation 1964 3 147 American Astronomers Report Probable Nova in the Globular Cluster M14 1964 3 147 American Astronomers Report New Observations of the Galaxy's Center 1964 3 148 American Astronomers Report Disintegrating Comets 1964 3 148 American Astronomers Report How Long Does a Star Cluster Last? 1964 3 149 News Notes "Green, Warren K." 1964 3 149 News Notes New York Astronomer Passes 1964 3 150 News Notes Meteoroid Damage to Spacecraft? 1964 3 150 News Notes Physical Constants Guide 1964 3 150 News Notes Artifacts Made from Meteorites 1964 3 150 News Notes An Unquiet IQSY? 1964 3 151 Feature Solar Symposium at Sydney "Minnaert, M." 1964 3 154 Feature Monochromatic Photographs of the Orion Nebula "Feibelman, Walter A." 1964 3 156 Observer's Page Measuring the Earth's Shadow "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 3 160 News Notes Former Dearborn Director Dies 1964 3 161 Amateur Astronomers The Multiple-Instrument Observatory of Dickinson College 1964 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Eclipse Motion Picture 1964 3 161 Amateur Astronomers "Atlanta, Georgia" "Stephens, H. W." 1964 3 161 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Spring Meeting in Missouri 1964 3 162 Feature Ranger 6 Reaches Moon "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1964 3 168 Feature Picture Southwest portion of the moon's surface 1964 3 173 Books and the Sky "The Moon, Meteorites and Comets, Barbara M. Middlehurst and Gerard P. Kuiper, editors" "Johnson, Hollis R." 1964 3 174 Books and the Sky "The Globe for the Space Age, S. Carl Hirsch" "Sternig, John" 1964 3 175 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Secrets of Space, I. M. Levitt and Dandridge M. Cole" "Johnson, Robert I." 1964 3 180 Gleanings for ATMs A Maksutov 11-inch of Newtonian form "Tuthill, Roger W." 1964 3 187 Observer's Page Increasing the Sensitivity of Commercial Films "Harlan, Eugene A." 1964 3 190 Observer's Page Two Drawings of Linne "Reese, Elmer J." 1964 3 190 Observer's Page Venus-Saturn Conjunction "Kirkley, Kent G." 1964 3 191 Observer's Page Planetaries Observed "McLeod III, Norman" 1964 3 191 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 3 194 Celestial Calendar Two Fine March Occultations 1964 3 195 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 3 195 Celestial Calendar RY Draconis 1964 3 195 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 3 196 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 4 201 Front-Cover Photo Dome of new 61-inch telescope 1964 4 203 News Notes "Alden, H. L., Dies" 1964 4 204 Feature The New 61-inch Astrometric Reflector "Strand, K. A." 1964 4 210 Feature A Giant Detector for Meteoroids "W., R. N." 1964 4 211 News Notes Planetary Research in New Mexico 1964 4 211 News Notes Nova Puppis 1963 1964 4 211 News Notes ONR Grants Available 1964 4 211 News Notes Chemical Analysis of Extraterrestrial Particles 1964 4 212 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 4 212 News Notes Nine New Planetariums 1964 4 212 News Notes Project Moon Harvest 1964 4 212 News Notes Red Variable in Pegasus 1964 4 212 News Notes New Eclipsing Star 1964 4 212 News Notes Time Signal Adjustment 1964 4 213 American Astronomers Report Nuclear Region of M31 1964 4 213 American Astronomers Report Solar Observations in the Extreme Ultraviolet 1964 4 214 American Astronomers Report New Spectra of Symbiotic Stars 1964 4 215 American Astronomers Report X-Rays and Neutron Stars 1964 4 216 American Astronomers Report Stellar Brightnesses in the Far Ultraviolet 1964 4 217 Feature The Einstein Shift -- An Unsettled Problem "Schmeidler, F." 1964 4 219 Astronomical Scrapbook Darkness at Noon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 4 220 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Moon's Orbit "Gingerich, Owen" 1964 4 220 News Notes New Asteroid Names 1964 4 222 Feature Star Charts of Former Days "Lovi, George" 1964 4 226 Amateur Astronomers New Amateur Observatory in South Australia "Sangster, Ralph L." 1964 4 228 Amateur Astronomers Award-Winning Telescope "McKnight, Ron" 1964 4 235 Books and the Sky "Tektites, John A. O'Keefe, editor" "Fireman, Edward L." 1964 4 236 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics: The Atmospheres of the Sun and Stars, Lawrence H. Aller" "Keenan, Philip C. [P.C.]" 1964 4 239 Books and the Sky "The System of Minor Planets, Gunter D. Roth" "Robinson, Leif J." 1964 4 242 Gleanings for ATMs Null Testing Telescope Mirrors by Immersion "Holleran, Robert T." 1964 4 247 Gleanings for ATMs Immersion Test Comments "Cox, Robert E." 1964 4 250 Observer's Page Plato 1964 4 250 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Plato "Herring, Alika K." 1964 4 252 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 4 252 Observer's Page A Finding Chart for Pluto "Young, James W." 1964 4 256 Observer's Page An Evening Spectacle "McDonald, Patrick D." 1964 4 258 Celestial Calendar SV Camelopardalis 1964 4 258 Celestial Calendar Springtime Asteroid -- Pallas 1964 4 259 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 4 259 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 4 259 Celestial Calendar Occultation Calculations "Dunham, David W." 1964 4 259 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1964 4 260 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 5 265 Front-Cover Photo 16-inch Wisconsin reflector 1964 5 267 Feature Periodic Comet Pons-Winnecke Found 1964 5 268 Feature Visiting Germany's Largest Telescope "Bergh, Sidney van den" 1964 5 273 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1964 5 273 Letters Letter "Feibelman, Walter A." 1964 5 273 Letters Letter "Chiu, Hong-Yee" 1964 5 273 Letters Letter "Waldmeier, M." 1964 5 273 Letters Letter "Rohr, Hans" 1964 5 274 Feature Summer at Maria Mitchell Observatory "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1964 5 276 Feature The Detection of Solar Neutrinos "Reeves, Hubert" 1964 5 278 News Notes New Star in Cetus 1964 5 278 News Notes "Dial-a-Satellite""""" 1964 5 279 Feature Echoes Over New Mexico 1964 5 280 Feature Sunspot and Granulation Photography at Sacramento Peak "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1964 5 283 Getting Acquainted with Astronomy Comets -- II 1964 5 285 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 5 286 News Notes Automatic Measurement of Star Photographs 1964 5 286 News Notes Moving Red Nebulae 1964 5 286 News Notes Most Distant Object 1964 5 287 News Notes New Geoalert Codes 1964 5 287 News Notes New Canadian Planetarium 1964 5 287 News Notes Solar Wind 1964 5 287 News Notes Age of Our Galaxy 1964 5 288 Feature Second Ariel in Orbit "W., R. N." 1964 5 290 Amateur Astronomers A New Observatory in Wisconsin "Carey, Paula Birner" 1964 5 291 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Radio Telescope 1964 5 291 Amateur Astronomers Rooftop Telescope in Johannesburg "Richardson, R. G." 1964 5 296 Feature Picture Sirsalis Rille region of the moon 1964 5 299 Books and the Sky "Basic Astronomical Data, K. A. Strand, editor" 1964 5 299 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hodge, Paul W." 1964 5 299 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy Today, H. P. Palmer, R. D. Davies, and M. I. Large, editors" 1964 5 299 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lippincott, Sarah Lee" 1964 5 301 Books and the Sky "Der Mond, Adalbert Guttler and Winfried Petri" 1964 5 303 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 1, Leo Goldberg, editor" "Irwin, John B." 1964 5 308 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple but Accurate Foucault Tester "DaBoll, H. F." 1964 5 310 Gleanings for ATMs A Grinding Machine for Mirrors up to 16-inch Diameter "Cox, Robert E." 1964 5 314 Observer's Page The Tape-Recorder Timing of Astronomical Observations "Geilker, Charles D." 1964 5 316 Observer's Page Observations of Eclipsing Variable Stars 1964 5 318 Observer's Page Loop Prominence Photograph "Brandt, Rudolf" 1964 5 319 Observer's Page March Cover Prints 1964 5 319 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 5 320 Observer's Page Next Total Eclipse of the Moon 1964 5 322 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Ceres 1964 5 322 Celestial Calendar RS Herculis 1964 5 323 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 5 323 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 5 323 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1964 5 324 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 6 329 Front-Cover Photo World's Fair Space Park 1964 6 331 News Notes Water Vapor on Venus 1964 6 333 Feature Space Astronomy at the World's Fair "Leavens, Peter A." 1964 6 335 Feature An Unusual Lunar Halo Photograph 1964 6 336 Feature The Abrams Planetarium in Michigan "Hogg, Victor H." 1964 6 338 News Notes New Iowa Observatory 1964 6 339 Feature The Atmosphere of Mercury "Kozyrev, Nikolai A." 1964 6 340 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cox, Robert E." 1964 6 342 Astronomical Scrapbook The Airy Regime at Greenwich "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 6 344 News Notes More About the Explosion in Messier 82 1964 6 344 News Notes Rectified Photographs of M31 1964 6 345 News Notes Supernova in Ursa Major 1964 6 345 News Notes Testing the Mirror for Stratoscope II 1964 6 345 News Notes New Dwarf Galaxy? 1964 6 345 News Notes New Eclipsing Binary 1964 6 345 News Notes Mees Observatory 1964 6 345 News Notes "Moon Harvest"""" Finds Studied" 1964 6 346 Feature Why Was Last December's Lunar Eclipse So Dark? "Brooks, Edward M." 1964 6 348 Feature Vega's Angular Size Measured 1964 6 348 News Notes Two Astronomers Honored 1964 6 349 Feature Project Apollo Makes Progress "W., R. N." 1964 6 351 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 6 351 Letters Letter "Proback, M. Adrian" 1964 6 351 Letters Letter "Sato, Takeshi" 1964 6 352 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Listing 1964 6 352 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions This Summer 1964 6 352 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets in St. Louis "Cox, Robert E." 1964 6 353 Amateur Astronomers "Hutchinson, Kansas" "Carey Jr., Mrs. H. J." 1964 6 353 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Convention Held "Holton, Chandler H." 1964 6 361 Books and the Sky "A History of Astronomy, Charles-Albert Reichen" 1964 6 361 Books and the Sky Book Review "Kunkel, William" 1964 6 361 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1964 6 361 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy for Amateurs, Frank W. Hyde" 1964 6 363 Books and the Sky Book Review "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1964 6 364 Books and the Sky "Tycho Brahe, J. L. E. Dreyer" "Nielsen, Axel V." 1964 6 369 Gleanings for ATMs A Transistor Oscillator-Amplifier for Sidereal Drives "Fallier Jr., Charles N." 1964 6 376 Observer's Page Visual Impressions of Galaxies "Mallas, John H." 1964 6 380 Observer's Page Venus-Jupiter Conjunction Observed 1964 6 380 Observer's Page A New Lunar Map 1964 6 380 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 6 381 Observer's Page June's Total Lunar Eclipse 1964 6 382 Celestial Calendar Have You Ever Seen 3C-273? 1964 6 382 Celestial Calendar Minima of Eclipsing Variables 1964 6 382 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 6 383 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 6 383 Celestial Calendar Comet Encke 1964 6 384 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 7 1 Front-Cover Photo "1,000-foot radio telescope in Puerto Rico" 1964 7 3 News Notes Are There Changes on the Moon? 1964 7 4 Feature Some Current Programs at Arecibo -- I "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 7 9 Feature Making Portable Sundials "Mayall, R. Newton" 1964 7 13 Feature Recent Findings About Early Solar System History "Huang, Su-Shu" 1964 7 16 Feature The First Flight of Coronascope II "Newkirk Jr., Gordon" "Bohlin, J. David" 1964 7 20 Feature Eclipsing Stars and Their Periods "Szafraniec, Rozalia" 1964 7 22 Feature Saturn-Apollo Test "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1964 7 23 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 7 23 News Notes Infrared Brightness of 3C-273 1964 7 24 News Notes Recent Observations of S Doradus 1964 7 24 News Notes Simolivac and the Moon 1964 7 24 News Notes Radar Observations of Jupiter 1964 7 24 News Notes 1965 Solar Eclipse 1964 7 24 News Notes Cool Clouds in the Corona? 1964 7 24 News Notes Earliest Life? 1964 7 25 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1964 7 25 Amateur Astronomers "Whittier, California" "Morley, John" 1964 7 25 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Region Meeting 1964 7 30 Feature Picture Langrenus region of the moon 1964 7 33 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy, J. L. Steinberg and J. Lequeux" "Haddock, Fred T." 1964 7 34 Books and the Sky "Origin of the Solar System, Robert Jastrow and A. G. W. Cameron, editors" "Young, Andrew T." 1964 7 35 Books and the Sky "Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Zdenek Kopal, editor" 1964 7 40 Gleanings for ATMs An 8-inch Newtonian-Cassegrain Telescope "Coutchie, Raymond G." 1964 7 46 Observer's Page California Observations of a Grazing Occultation 1964 7 48 Observer's Page Vesta Is Back 1964 7 49 Gleanings for ATMs Observing the Moon -- Krieger "Herring, Alika K." 1964 7 49 Observer's Page Krieger 1964 7 49 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 7 50 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1964 7 54 Celestial Calendar A Ruby Star: U Cephei 1964 7 54 Celestial Calendar Daylight Occultations of Mercury 1964 7 55 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1964 7 55 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 7 55 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 7 56 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 8 61 Front-Cover Photo Australian stellar interferometer 1964 8 63 News Notes Radio Observations of Jupiter's Rotation 1964 8 64 Feature The Stellar Interferometer at Narrabri Observatory "Hanbury Brown, R." 1964 8 70 News Notes Checking Up on Kepler 1964 8 70 News Notes Relativity and the Sun's Shape 1964 8 70 News Notes Supernova Roundup 1964 8 70 News Notes Strange Comet Humason(1961e) 1964 8 70 News Notes Near-Miss by an Asteroid 1964 8 71 Celestial Calendar Venus' Inferior Conjunction 1964 8 71 News Notes Texas Symposium 1964 8 71 News Notes Radio Waves and Light 1964 8 71 News Notes West Ford Issue 1964 8 71 News Notes Hayden Planetarium News 1964 8 72 Astronomical Scrapbook The Companion of Procyon: Some Prediscovery Reports "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 8 72 News Notes More Planetaries 1964 8 73 Feature Some Current Programs at Arecibo -- II "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 8 78 Feature More About the OAO "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1964 8 79 Letters Letter "Zwicky, Fritz" 1964 8 79 Letters Letter "Paluzie-Borrell, Antonio" 1964 8 79 Letters Letter "Sutton, Richard M." 1964 8 79 Letters Letter "Brandt, Rudolf" 1964 8 79 News Notes Two American Astronomers Die 1964 8 79 News Notes First Rochester Director 1964 8 80 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- Spectral Classification "Gingerich, Owen" 1964 8 81 Feature Picture Spectrogram of Eta Carinae region of the southern Milky Way 1964 8 83 Feature A Lunar Eruption in 1783? "Middlehurst, Barbara M." 1964 8 84 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 8 84 News Notes X-Rays from the Moon 1964 8 85 Amateur Astronomers RASC General Assembly in Ottawa "Dudgeon, E. H." 1964 8 86 Amateur Astronomers North Central Convention in Wisconsin "Jones, Mrs. Ronald E." 1964 8 86 Amateur Astronomers Convention in England 1964 8 86 Amateur Astronomers Down-Under Eclipse 1964 8 86 Amateur Astronomers 1966 Worldwide Congress in South America 1964 8 87 Amateur Astronomers Astrophotography Booklet 1964 8 87 Amateur Astronomers Nation's Amateurs To Meet in Denver This Month 1964 8 87 Amateur Astronomers "Sarasota, Florida" 1964 8 89 Books and the Sky Book Review "Howard III, W. E." 1964 8 89 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gaherty Jr., Geoffrey" 1964 8 89 Books and the Sky "The Planet Mercury, Werner Sandner" 1964 8 89 Books and the Sky The Mystery of the Expanding Universe 1964 8 90 Books and the Sky "Teachers' Handbook of Astronautics, S. W. Smith, editor" "Leonard, Arthur S." 1964 8 92 Books and the Sky "Life Beyond the Earth, V. A. Firsoff" "Siegel, S. M." 1964 8 97 Gleanings for ATMs The Problem of Focusing in Amateur Instruments "Cox, Robert E." 1964 8 100 Gleanings for ATMs A Semiportable Fork-Mounted Reflector "Friend, Irving H." 1964 8 107 Observer's Page Comet Tomita-Gerber-Honda 1964 8 108 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 8 112 Celestial Calendar Moon in the Hyades 1964 8 113 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1964 8 114 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 8 114 Celestial Calendar The Eclipsing Variable Star TV Cassiopeiae 1964 8 115 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 8 116 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 9 121 Front-Cover Photo Foothill College Planetarium 1964 9 124 Feature Space Education and the Foothill Planetarium "Trejo, Paul E." 1964 9 125 News Notes Recoating the 120-inch Mirror 1964 9 126 Feature Image Orthicon Astronomy "Hynek, J. Allen" "Dunlap, Justus R." 1964 9 131 American Astronomers Report Spectra of Planetary Nebulae 1964 9 131 American Astronomers Report Compact Galaxies 1964 9 131 American Astronomers Report Mizar and Alcor as a Septuple System 1964 9 132 American Astronomers Report Microwave Observations of a Solar Eclipse 1964 9 132 American Astronomers Report Polarized Radio Waves from Remote Sources 1964 9 132 American Astronomers Report The Changing Spectrum of Deneb 1964 9 133 American Astronomers Report Studies of Jupiter and Saturn 1964 9 133 American Astronomers Report How Efficient Are Image Tubes? 1964 9 134 Feature Seven Amateur Observatories "Shawcross, William E." 1964 9 137 Amateur Astronomers "New York, New York" 1964 9 138 News Notes British Observations of Artificial Satellites 1964 9 138 News Notes Another Greenland Meteorite 1964 9 138 News Notes Orbits of Visual Binaries 1964 9 138 News Notes Isaac Newton Telescope 1964 9 138 News Notes Mars' Inner Moon 1964 9 139 News Notes More About X-Rays from the Crab Nebula 1964 9 139 News Notes Secular Perturbations of Asteroid Pallas 1964 9 142 Amateur Astronomers German Amateur in South Africa "Williams, Charles N." 1964 9 143 Feature The Best Lunar Photographs Yet "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1964 9 145 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 9 151 Feature An Album of Ranger 7 Moon Pictures 1964 9 159 Books and the Sky "Pictorial Guide to the Moon, Dinsmore Alter" "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1964 9 160 Books and the Sky "Mondkarte in 25 Sektionen, Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann" 1964 9 161 Books and the Sky "The Sun and the Amateur Astronomer, W. M. Baxter" "Lorenz, Ernest O." 1964 9 162 Books and the Sky "The Friendly Stars, Martha Evans Martin" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1964 9 164 Books and the Sky "Watchers of the Skies, Willy Ley" "Gingerich, Owen" 1964 9 168 Gleanings for ATMs Maksutov Cameras for Astronomical Photography "Cox, Robert E." 1964 9 174 Observer's Page More Observations of Comet 1964c 1964 9 177 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 9 178 Observer's Page New Comet Ikeya(1964f) 1964 9 182 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Satellites and Their Shadows 1964 9 183 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 9 183 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 9 184 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 10 189 Front-Cover Photo 30th Stellafane convention 1964 10 192 Feature Serendipity in Astronomy "Irwin, John B." 1964 10 196 Feature National Convention in Denver "Shawcross, William E." 1964 10 201 American Astronomers Report Optical Spectra from Fast Ion Beams 1964 10 201 American Astronomers Report Lunar Luminescence 1964 10 202 American Astronomers Report Magnetic Fields on the Sun 1964 10 202 American Astronomers Report Photoelectric Observations of Occultations 1964 10 202 American Astronomers Report Telescopes for the Future 1964 10 203 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 10 203 Letters Letter "Buddhue, John D." 1964 10 203 Letters Letter "Gordon, Rodger W." 1964 10 203 Letters Letter "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1964 10 204 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane 1964 Highlights "Cox, Robert E." 1964 10 206 Feature Electric Propulsion of Rockets "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1964 10 208 Feature Reminiscences of E. C. Slipher "Richardson, Robert S." 1964 10 210 Feature Next May's Eclipse in the Pacific "Bateson, Frank M." 1964 10 212 News Notes 152 Supernovae 1964 10 212 News Notes Astronomical Society of the Pacific Meeting 1964 10 212 News Notes Charting the Earth's Radiation Belts 1964 10 213 News Notes Comet Ikeya(1964f) Is Periodic 1964 10 213 News Notes Delta Pictoris 1964 10 213 News Notes Optical Designer Dies 1964 10 214 Feature Strange Sounds from the Sky "Romig, Mary F." "Lamar, Donald L." 1964 10 216 Feature Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center "Hynek, J. Allen" 1964 10 218 Astronomical Scrapbook The Many Moons of Dr. Waltemath "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 10 218 News Notes Silver Anniversary 1964 10 227 Books and the Sky "The Nature of Comets, Nikolaus B. Richter" "Roemer, Elizabeth" 1964 10 228 Books and the Sky "Making Friends with the Stars, Arthur J. Zadde and Theodore A. Smits" "Eastman Jr., F. Jack" 1964 10 229 Books and the Sky "The Elements and Structure of the Physical Sciences, J. A. Ripley, Jr." "Goedicke, Victor" 1964 10 230 Books and the Sky "Habitable Planets for Man, Stephen H. Dole" "Drake, Frank D." 1964 10 235 Gleanings for ATMs Prize-Winning 8-inch Reflector "Sejud, Edward P." 1964 10 240 Observer's Page Many Amateurs Count Perseid Meteors "Robinson, Leif J." 1964 10 242 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 10 243 Observer's Page Gambart B and C 1964 10 243 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Gambart B and C "Herring, Alika K." 1964 10 244 Observer's Page Eclipsing Variable Star Observations 1964 10 246 Observer's Page Comet Everhart(1964h) 1964 10 250 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1964 10 250 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 10 250 Celestial Calendar RZ Cassiopeiae 1964 10 251 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 10 252 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 11 257 Front-Cover Photo Hamburg Observatory 1964 11 259 News Notes European Southern Observatory 1964 11 260 Feature My Trip to the IAU Meeting "Hemenway, David Allen" 1964 11 268 Feature The Recovery of Comet Holmes "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 11 269 Feature Inside a Globular Star Cluster "Boyko, Anatole" 1964 11 271 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1964 11 271 Letters Letter "Wanders, A. J. M." 1964 11 271 Letters Letter "Raeburn, C." 1964 11 274 News Notes Tiros Atlas 1964 11 274 News Notes Rotation of the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri 1964 11 274 News Notes Radio Astronomy Merger 1964 11 274 News Notes Mu Cassiopeiae as a Double Star 1964 11 274 News Notes Many Planetary Systems 1964 11 275 Feature Half-Ton Geophysical Satellite "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1964 11 277 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 11 278 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Rotation of Saturn and Its Rings "Gingerich, Owen" 1964 11 282 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium in Albuquerque "Carl, Eugene E." 1964 11 282 Amateur Astronomers West Coast Telescope Maker Dies "Leonard, Arthur S." 1964 11 282 Amateur Astronomers More Planetarium Notes 1964 11 282 Amateur Astronomers "Your Career in Optics""""" 1964 11 285 Books and the Sky "William Herschel and the Construction of the Heavens, Michael A. Hoskin" "Paterson, E. Russell" 1964 11 286 Books and the Sky "A Star Called the Sun, George Gamow" 1964 11 286 Letters Letter "Cameron, A. G. W." 1964 11 287 Books and the Sky "Kleine Lebensbeschreibung der Sternbilder, Huberta von Bronsart" 1964 11 289 Feature 1965 Occultation Supplement -- Predictions for the United States and Canada 1964 11 305 Gleanings for ATMs Experiments with Cemented Mirrors "Mobsby, Eric G. H." 1964 11 314 Observer's Page Star-Field Photography with a Stationary Camera "Walther, Stephen A." 1964 11 320 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 11 320 Observer's Page December's Partial Solar Eclipse 1964 11 322 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1964 11 322 Celestial Calendar Metis: A Wintertime Asteroid 1964 11 322 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 11 323 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 11 324 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1964 12 329 Front-Cover Photo Color photographs 1964 12 331 News Notes Astronomical News Service 1964 12 331 News Notes Scientist-Astronauts Wanted 1964 12 332 Feature Experiences with Cooled Color Emulsions "Hoag, Arthur A." 1964 12 335 Astronomical Scrapbook "Coleridge's """"Star Within the Moon""""" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 12 336 Feature The Sculptor and Fornax Dwarf Galaxies "Hodge, Paul W." 1964 12 339 News Notes Project Bumoon 1964 12 339 News Notes Moonwatch Chief 1964 12 340 News Notes Meteoritic Mineral 1964 12 340 News Notes Joint Meeting at Montreal 1964 12 340 News Notes Object McLeish 1964 12 340 News Notes "Stetson, Harlan True" 1964 12 340 News Notes Earth's Albedo 1964 12 344 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1964 12 345 Feature Refiguring the 82-inch McDonald Reflector's Optics "Texereau, Jean" 1964 12 349 Feature Haystack Radar-Radio Telescope Dedicated 1964 12 352 Feature Mars-Mariner Program "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1964 12 356 Amateur Astronomers The Schoonover Public Observatory "Lhamon, Earl E." 1964 12 357 Amateur Astronomers Fall Meeting of the AAVSO "Shawcross, William E." 1964 12 358 Amateur Astronomers Ranger 7 Lunar Photographs 1964 12 361 Books and the Sky Book Review "Fleischer, Robert" 1964 12 361 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mathews, Robert T." 1964 12 361 Books and the Sky "Radio Exploration of the Planetary System, Alex G. Smith and T. D. Carr" 1964 12 367 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Optical Phenomena, Michael Cagnet, Maurice Francon, and Jean Claude Thrierr" "Texereau, Jean" 1964 12 368 Books and the Sky "Flying Saucers, Julius D. W. Staal" "Jenzano, Anthony F." 1964 12 371 Books and the Sky "Sun, Moon and Stars, William T. Skilling and Robert S. Richardson" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1964 12 376 Gleanings for ATMs More Reports on Sandwiched Glass Mirror Blanks "Waters, Brian H. J." 1964 12 379 Gleanings for ATMs Lightweight Mirror Blanks of Fused-Silica Elements "Cox, Robert E." 1964 12 382 Gleanings for ATMs The Design of an Observatory with a Two-Way Roof "Orr, W. L." 1964 12 386 Observer's Page December 18th Lunar Eclipse Preview 1964 12 388 Observer's Page A Visual Binary in Andromeda "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1964 12 388 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1964 12 390 Observer's Page Occultations of Mercury and Beta Scorpii 1964 12 391 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1964 12 391 Observer's Page Minor Planet Eunomia 1964 12 394 Celestial Calendar R Canis Majoris: A Bright Eclipsing Variable 1964 12 395 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1964 12 395 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1964 12 396 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Amateur's 8-inch reflector 1965 1 3 News Notes Long-Range Planning for American Astronomy 1965 1 4 Feature The Evolution of Galaxies -- I "Page, Thornton L." 1965 1 10 News Notes "Radio and Radar Astronomy""""" 1965 1 10 News Notes Composite of Radio Telescope for the Netherlands 1965 1 11 Feature Symposium on Abundances of Elements in Stars "Sitterly, Bancroft W." 1965 1 14 Letters Letter "Firsoff, V. Axel" 1965 1 14 Letters Letter "Hale, Arthur B." 1965 1 14 Letters Letter "Bortle, John E." 1965 1 14 Letters Letter "van den Bergh, Sidney" 1965 1 16 Feature A Dynamical Model for Demonstrating Satellite Motions "Blitzer, Leon" 1965 1 18 News Notes Coated Grains in Interstellar Space 1965 1 21 News Notes Variable Star Notes 1965 1 22 News Notes Cyclic Changes in the Interplanetary Magnetic Field 1965 1 23 Feature New Observations of AE Aquarii "Walker, Merle F." 1965 1 26 News Notes "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Quasar" 1965 1 26 News Notes Radar to Distant Mars 1965 1 26 News Notes Image Tubes Available Soon 1965 1 26 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 1 27 News Notes Satellite I and Radio Noise from Jupiter 1965 1 27 News Notes Astronomy and Bridge Building 1965 1 28 Feature A Roster of Space Activity "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 1 28 Feature Roster of Space Activity "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 1 30 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Motion Pictures 1965 1 30 Amateur Astronomers Britain's Second National Convention "Sutherland, W. H." 1965 1 33 Feature Events of 1965 in the Graphic Time Table 1965 1 35 Observer's Page Springtime Auroras 1965 1 36 Books and the Sky "A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, Donald H. Menzel" "van de Kamp, Peter" 1965 1 37 Books and the Sky "Meteorites, Fritz Heide" "Pinson Jr., William H." 1965 1 38 Books and the Sky "Light: Our Bridge to the Stars, John Rublowksy" 1965 1 38 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1965 1 38 Books and the Sky Book Review "Robinson, Leif J." 1965 1 39 Books and the Sky "Solar Energy, Hans Rau" "Menzel, Donald H." 1965 1 41 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Satellite Geodesy, Ivan I. Mueller" "Izsak, Imre G." 1965 1 44 Gleanings for ATMs An 8-inch Reflector with Remote-Reading Circles "Simpson, Clark C." 1965 1 52 Observer's Page High-Resolution Photography "Pope, Thomas" "Osypowski, Thomas" 1965 1 58 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1965 1 59 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Marius "Herring, Alika K." 1965 1 59 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 1 59 Observer's Page Marius 1965 1 60 Observer's Page Venus-Regulus Conjunction "Turner, Pete D." 1965 1 62 Celestial Calendar Uranus and Neptune in 1965 1965 1 62 Celestial Calendar Andrew's Star: A Suspected Variable in Auriga 1965 1 63 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 1 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 1 64 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1965 1 64 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 2 69 Front-Cover Photo December eclipse painting 1965 2 71 News Notes Painting the Eclipse 1965 2 72 Feature December's Well-Observed Lunar Eclipse 1965 2 77 News Notes The Rayleighs in Review 1965 2 77 News Notes Meteoriticists Meet 1965 2 77 News Notes IQSY Booklet 1965 2 78 Feature Infrared Spectroscopy With an Interferometer "Boyce, Peter B." "Sinton, William M." 1965 2 81 Feature The Evolution of Galaxies -- II "Page, Thornton L." 1965 2 85 Letters Letter "O'Dell, C. Robert" 1965 2 85 Letters Letter "Moffet, Alan T." 1965 2 85 Letters Letter "McLennan, Ian C." 1965 2 85 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1965 2 85 Letters Letter "Genatt, S. H." 1965 2 86 Feature Two Peruvian Solar Eclipses "Brooks, Edward M." 1965 2 88 News Notes More About Ammonia and Jupiter's Rotation 1965 2 88 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 2 88 News Notes Where Did Cosmic Helium Originate? 1965 2 88 News Notes Canals of Mars 1965 2 88 News Notes Continual Creation 1965 2 89 News Notes Bright New Variable 1965 2 89 News Notes Solar Flare Symposium 1965 2 90 Amateur Astronomers Polaris Astronomical Society "Firth, Mrs. Mary L." 1965 2 90 Amateur Astronomers Summer Positions in Astronomy 1965 2 92 Astronomical Scrapbook "The """"Long Night"""" of Selenography" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1965 2 94 News Notes Cosmic Ray Pioneer 1965 2 94 News Notes Summer Institute 1965 2 95 Feature Titan and Atlas-Centaur Trials "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 2 96 News Notes Columbia Summer Institute 1965 2 100 Feature Picture Lunar crater Aristarchus 1965 2 103 Books and the Sky "El Planeta Marte, Elpidio Lopez L. and Francisco J. Escalante" "Rost, Carlos E." 1965 2 104 Books and the Sky "A Short History of the Universe, Arthur S. Gregor" "Sternig, John" 1965 2 104 Letters Letter "Sterns, Mabel" 1965 2 106 Books and the Sky "A Survey of the Moon, Patrick Moore" 1965 2 112 Gleanings for ATMs A Novel Duel-Field 8-inch Telescope 1965 2 112 Gleanings for ATMs A Novel Dual-Field 8-inch Telescope "Lindsay, Wesley N." 1965 2 117 Gleanings for ATMs Inexpensive Telescope Mount "Youngclaus, Warren C." 1965 2 118 Observer's Page A Jovian Atmospheric Feature of Special Interest "Smith, Bradford A." "Reese, Elmer J." 1965 2 120 Observer's Page Late-1964 Meteor Shower Roundup "Robinson, Leif J." 1965 2 122 Observer's Page Star Trails and Seeing "Veio, Fredrick N." 1965 2 123 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 2 126 Celestial Calendar SZ Hydrae -- An RR Lyrae Variable with Changing Period "Robinson, Leif J." 1965 2 127 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 2 127 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 2 128 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 3 133 Front-Cover Photo North America Nebula in Cygnus 1965 3 135 News Notes Crisis at Allegheny 1965 3 136 Feature Europe's Second Largest Schmidt Telescope "Wallenquist, Ake" 1965 3 138 Feature Picture Double cluster in Perseus 1965 3 140 News Notes 150-inch Blank Ordered 1965 3 140 News Notes Czech Sky Mapper 1965 3 140 News Notes Planetarium Conference 1965 3 141 American Astronomers Report Pluto's Rotation and Diameter 1965 3 141 American Astronomers Report Motions of Stars in Messier 37 1965 3 142 American Astronomers Report Nova Herculis 1963 1965 3 143 American Astronomers Report Icy Conglomerate Moon 1965 3 144 News Notes Laboratory Simulation of Stellar Spectra 1965 3 145 Feature Relativistic Astrophysics -- I "Green, Louis C." 1965 3 149 Feature Japanese Plans for May's Eclipse "Saito, Kuniji" 1965 3 149 News Notes Copernican Planetarium Presented to Griffith 1965 3 150 Feature Mars Observations Wanted "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 3 153 Letters Letter "Young, Andrew T." 1965 3 153 Letters Letter "Batten, Alan H." 1965 3 153 Letters Letter "Gordon, Rodger W." 1965 3 153 Letters Letter "Hujer, Karel" 1965 3 153 Letters Letter "Pokorny, Zdenek" 1965 3 154 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Making at Bridgeport "Sacharow, Allan" 1965 3 155 Amateur Astronomers AL and ALPO To Hold Dual Convention 1965 3 155 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomy in Pakistan "Michaud, Michael A. G." 1965 3 155 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Region Meeting 1965 3 155 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Meeting 1965 3 155 Amateur Astronomers Ohio Telescope Sought "Smith, James Mitchell" 1965 3 155 News Notes Time Signals Adjusted 1965 3 156 News Notes Unexpected Increase in Meteor Counts 1965 3 156 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 3 156 News Notes New Test of General Relativity 1965 3 156 News Notes Surface Conditions on Venus 1965 3 157 News Notes Supernovae in NGC 3938 1965 3 157 News Notes Relativity and Astrophysics Symposium at Cornell 1965 3 157 News Notes Closest Approaches of Pluto to Neptune 1965 3 157 News Notes An Atmosphere on Io? 1965 3 158 News Notes "Sun, Moon, and Planets Observed" 1965 3 158 News Notes Sunspot Minimum 1965 3 158 News Notes Intergalactic Dark Cloud? 1965 3 158 News Notes Infrared Glows Around Stars 1965 3 162 Feature The Solar Energy Spectrum "Malitson, Harriet H." 1965 3 167 Books and the Sky "Earth, Moon, and Planets, Fred L. Whipple" "Haas, Walter H." 1965 3 168 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Astrophysics: The Stars, Jean Dufay" 1965 3 168 Books and the Sky Book Review "Robinson, Leif J." 1965 3 168 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mumford, George S." 1965 3 168 Books and the Sky "Photographic Star Atlas, Part III -- Southern Sky, Hans Vehrenberg" 1965 3 170 Books and the Sky "Binoculars and All-Purpose Telescopes, Henry E. Paul" "Cox, Robert E." 1965 3 176 Gleanings for ATMs A Straight-Stroke Grinding Machine "Drohomer, William" 1965 3 178 Gleanings for ATMs An M-17 Elbow Telescope Modified to 25 Power "Flathman, Robert F." 1965 3 180 Gleanings for ATMs Rapid Polar Adjustment of an Equatorial Mounting "Davis Jr., William F." 1965 3 182 Observer's Page Some Findings from Last December's Eclipse 1965 3 187 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 3 187 Observer's Page Color-Film Processing "Brandon, D. F." 1965 3 187 Observer's Page Training the Eye 1965 3 189 Celestial Calendar The 1965 Opposition of Mars 1965 3 190 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 3 190 Celestial Calendar Kappa Geminorum and the Moon 1965 3 190 Celestial Calendar U Coronae Borealis -- An Eclipsing Binary Star 1965 3 191 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 3 192 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 4 197 Front-Cover Photo Harvard Patrol Camera 1965 4 199 News Notes Giant Dish Antennas for Caltech's Observatory 1965 4 200 Feature Harvard Observatory's New Patrol Cameras "Ingrao, Hector C." 1965 4 204 News Notes Constancy of the Speed of Light 1965 4 205 Feature Ranger 8 Lunar Reconnaissance "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 4 212 Amateur Astronomers A Radio Telescope for Amateurs "Alexander, Joseph K." "Brown, Larry W." 1965 4 215 Letters Letter "Smith, Harlan J." 1965 4 215 Letters Letter "Moore, Patrick" 1965 4 215 Letters Letter "Keator, Frederic W." 1965 4 215 Letters Letter "Komorowski, Ted R." 1965 4 215 Letters Letter "Carlson, Eric" 1965 4 215 Letters Letter "Alter, Dinsmore" 1965 4 216 Feature A Possible Occultation by the Planet Pluto "Halliday, Ian" 1965 4 217 Astronomical Scrapbook The Inventiveness of Henry Parkhurst "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1965 4 217 News Notes Honor for Paul Herget 1965 4 218 American Astronomers Report Supernova in 1006 1965 4 218 American Astronomers Report Centimeter Radiation from Planets 1965 4 219 American Astronomers Report Helium and the Galaxy's Age 1965 4 219 American Astronomers Report Zeta Tauri -- A Star in Eruption 1965 4 221 American Astronomers Report Radio Source Spectra at Centimeter Wavelengths 1965 4 221 American Astronomers Report Cosmic Radio Observations at 11.4-Meter Wavelength 1965 4 222 News Notes Mass of the Canyon Diablo Meteoroid 1965 4 223 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 4 223 News Notes Twin Chinese Comets 1965 4 223 News Notes American Astronomer Honored 1965 4 224 News Notes New Position of North Magnetic Pole 1965 4 224 News Notes Joint Eclipse Expedition 1965 4 224 News Notes The Clouds of Venus 1965 4 225 News Notes Interstellar Lines Observed at Kitt Peak 1965 4 225 News Notes Former Smithsonian Director 1965 4 226 Feature Relativistic Astrophysics -- II "Green, Louis C." 1965 4 229 Feature A 7th-Century Korean Observatory "Kim, Po Sung" 1965 4 230 News Notes Ranger 7 Lunar Charts Available 1965 4 231 Amateur Astronomers An Observing Platform "Knuijt, Jerome J." 1965 4 231 Amateur Astronomers Ohio Turnpike Meeting "Stokes, Arthur J." 1965 4 233 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Moon: The Apollo Expeditions, David M. Harland, 98(2):78 Exploration of the Universe, George O. Abell" "Code, Arthur D." 1965 4 234 Books and the Sky Book Review "Omer Jr., Guy C." 1965 4 234 Books and the Sky "Modern Theories of the Universe, James A. Coleman" 1965 4 234 Books and the Sky "Relativity and Common Sense, Hermann Bondi" 1965 4 235 Books and the Sky "Space Physics, Donald P. LeGalley and Alan Rosen, editors" "Wolbach, John G." 1965 4 238 Books and the Sky "Pioneer Astronomers, Navin Sullivan" "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1965 4 242 Gleanings for ATMs A Massive Well-Equipped 16-inch Reflector "Aime, Frank L." 1965 4 248 Gleanings for ATMs Detailed Instructions for an Oblique Reflector "Cox, Robert E." 1965 4 250 Observer's Page Some Observations of Noctilucent Clouds "Rodger, David A." 1965 4 251 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 4 252 Observer's Page Milichius 1965 4 252 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Milichius "Herring, Alika K." 1965 4 254 Observer's Page Observations of Eclipsing Variable Stars 1965 4 258 Celestial Calendar R Lyrae: A Semiregular Variable "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1965 4 258 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 4 258 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1965 4 259 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 4 260 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 5 265 Front-Cover Photo 150-inch Telescope Model 1965 5 267 News Notes U.S. Eclipse Expeditions 1965 5 268 Feature The Kitt Peak 150-inch Telescope "Crawford, David L." 1965 5 274 Feature Distance Modulus "Mumford, George S." 1965 5 276 Astronomical Anecdotes Argelander and the BD "Moffet, Alan T." 1965 5 278 Letters Letter "Folsom, Franklin" 1965 5 278 Letters Letter "McLennan, Ian C." 1965 5 278 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1965 5 278 Letters Letter "Simonsen, Wilhelm S." 1965 5 278 Letters Letter "Thurn, Vincent W." 1965 5 279 Feature American Manned Spaceflights Resume "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 5 281 News Notes Radar Reflectivity of Venus 1965 5 281 News Notes Nuclei of Planetary Nebulae 1965 5 281 News Notes The Galaxy's Spiral Shape 1965 5 281 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 5 281 News Notes Atmospheric Density at Extreme Heights 1965 5 282 News Notes Infrared Spectrum of Mars 1965 5 282 News Notes The Heart of the Milky Way 1965 5 282 News Notes Origin of Some Iron Meteorites 1965 5 283 News Notes Observing Conditions on Mt. Wilson 1965 5 283 News Notes Planetarium Course 1965 5 283 News Notes Sodium in the Upper Air 1965 5 283 News Notes Irish Planetarium 1965 5 283 News Notes Nests of Supernovae 1965 5 283 News Notes Time Signal Adjustment 1965 5 283 News Notes "Baldet, Fernand(1885-1964)" 1965 5 284 Feature Five More Amateur Observatories "Shawcross, William E." 1965 5 286 Amateur Astronomers Swiss Convention 1965 5 288 Amateur Astronomers Summer Meetings for Amateur Astronomers 1965 5 288 Amateur Astronomers Pennsylvania Students Build 12 1/2-inch Reflector "Yajko, Robert A." 1965 5 289 Amateur Astronomers An Observatory for Students "Everhart, Edgar" 1965 5 293 Feature Lunar Results from Rangers 7 to 9 "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1965 5 309 Books and the Sky "The Amateur Astronomer and His Telescope, Gunter D. Roth" "Pearlmutter, Arthur E." 1965 5 312 Books and the Sky "International Auroral Atlas, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics" "Petrie, William" 1965 5 313 Books and the Sky "Revue des Constellations, R. Sagot and J. Texereau" "Mallas, John H." 1965 5 318 Gleanings for ATMs A Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical System with a Flat Field -- I "De Vany, Arthur S." 1965 5 323 Observer's Page Photographing the Zodiacal Light "Solberg, H. Gordon" 1965 5 326 Observer's Page Simple Antennas for Radio Time Signals "Shawcross, William E." 1965 5 327 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 5 330 Celestial Calendar Two Occultations of Sigma Sagittarii "Dunham, David W." 1965 5 330 Celestial Calendar The Solar Eclipse 1965 5 330 Celestial Calendar FL Lyrae: A Variable of the Algol Type 1965 5 331 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1965 5 331 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 5 331 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 5 332 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 6 337 Front-Cover Photo 98-inch Mirror in Optical Shop 1965 6 339 News Notes New Arecibo Findings About the Planets 1965 6 340 Feature Practical Astronomy from Shipboard "von Arx, William S." 1965 6 345 Celestial Calendar New Variable Star 1965 6 345 News Notes Asteroid Roemera 1965 6 345 News Notes Can Neutron Stars Be Observed? 1965 6 345 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 6 345 News Notes "Izak, Imre" 1965 6 345 News Notes The Moon's Skin 1965 6 345 News Notes Radio Studies of Venus 1965 6 346 News Notes Mees Observatory Dedicated 1965 6 346 News Notes Unusual Feature Near Spiral Galaxy M81 1965 6 346 News Notes 150-foot Radio Telescope at Sugar Grove 1965 6 347 Feature Light Elements in Stellar Atmospheres -- I "Hack, Margherita" 1965 6 349 Letters Letter "Martz, Roy" 1965 6 349 Letters Letter "Bortle, John E." 1965 6 349 Letters Letter "Boyko, Anatole" 1965 6 350 Feature In-Shop or On-Site Figuring of Large Telescope Mirrors? "Brown, D. S." 1965 6 353 Astronomical Scrapbook Tycho Brahe's Nose "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1965 6 354 Feature Problems of Constructing Large Telescopes "Crawford, David L." 1965 6 355 News Notes Project Mohole Drilling Site 1965 6 356 American Astronomers Report Spectroscopic Binaries in the Pleiades 1965 6 356 American Astronomers Report New Radar Studies of Venus 1965 6 357 American Astronomers Report The Earth's Magnetic Tail 1965 6 359 Feature In-Flight Results from Mariner 4 "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 6 361 Amateur Astronomers Durfee Observatory in Massachusetts "Forczyk, Stephen" "Walczyk, Frederick W." 1965 6 368 Feature Picture Lunar crater Tycho 1965 6 373 Books and the Sky "A Photographic Study of the Brighter Planets, Earl C. Slipher" "Both, Ernst E." 1965 6 374 Books and the Sky "Solar System Astrophysics, John C. Brandt and Paul W. Hodge" "Spinrad, Hyron" 1965 6 375 Books and the Sky "The Astronomers, Colin Ronan" "Petri, Winfried E." 1965 6 377 Books and the Sky "Telecommunication Satellites, K. W. Gatland, editor" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 6 380 Gleanings for ATMs A Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical System with a Flat Field -- II "De Vany, Arthur S." 1965 6 386 Observer's Page Extreme Grazing Occultations "Van Flandern, Thomas C." 1965 6 388 Observer's Page A Pair of Well-Observed Grazing Occultations 1965 6 389 Observer's Page Unusual Lunar Eclipse Photograph 1965 6 389 Observer's Page An Unusual Lunar Eclipse Photograph "Burkhead, Martin S." 1965 6 390 Observer's Page Lyrid Meteors Observed 1965 6 391 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 6 391 Observer's Page The Moon and Distant Hills "McAllister, Robert D." 1965 6 393 Celestial Calendar Eclipsing Star BV 382 Cephei 1965 6 393 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Double Feature 1965 6 394 Celestial Calendar Daylight Occultation of Jupiter 1965 6 394 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 6 395 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 6 395 Celestial Calendar June's Partial Eclipse of the Moon 1965 6 396 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Delaware's New Observatory 1965 7 3 News Notes First Eclipse Reports 1965 7 4 Feature Mount Cuba Observatory in Delaware "Glasser, Leo G." 1965 7 7 Feature Explorer of the Milky Way "MacRae, Donald A." 1965 7 9 Feature Light Elements in Stellar Atmospheres -- II "Hack, Margherita" 1965 7 12 Letters Letter "Halliday, Ian" 1965 7 12 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1965 7 12 Letters Letter "Solomon, Leonard H." 1965 7 13 News Notes V Sagittae 1965 7 13 News Notes Jovian Rotation Rates 1965 7 13 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 7 13 News Notes Color Changes on Mars 1965 7 13 News Notes "Earth's """"Cold Pole""""" 1965 7 14 American Astronomers Report Omega Piscium 1965 7 14 American Astronomers Report Jupiter's Satellites and Its Radio Noise 1965 7 15 American Astronomers Report Bosomtwe: An African Meteorite Crater? 1965 7 16 Feature The Most Remote Objects Ever Identified 1965 7 17 Feature A Month of Notable Space Advances "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 7 19 News Notes Griffith Observatory 1965 7 20 Amateur Astronomers Scarce Magazines Wanted "Feuillebois, G." 1965 7 20 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1965 7 20 Amateur Astronomers Joint Meeting Held in Canada 1965 7 20 Amateur Astronomers Optical Division Journal 1965 7 20 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Regional Meeting Held 1965 7 21 Feature Five-Color Photometry of Bright Stars "Iriarte, Braulio" "Johnson, Harold L." "Mitchell, Richard I." 1965 7 24 Feature The Arizona-Tonantzintla Catalogue 1965 7 32 Books and the Sky "Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies, Gerard de Vaucouleurs and Antoinette de Vaucouleurs" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1965 7 34 Books and the Sky "Physical Characteristics of Comets, S. K. Vsekhsvyatskii" "Meisel, David D." 1965 7 35 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics and Space Science, Allen J. McMahon" "Hardie, Robert H." 1965 7 37 Books and the Sky "Meteors, Comets, and Meteorites, Gerald S. Hawkins" "Comello, G." 1965 7 38 Books and the Sky "Fundamental Astrometry, V. V. Podobed" "Thomson, Malcolm M." 1965 7 41 Gleanings for ATMs The Training of Optical Technicians "Cox, Robert E." 1965 7 43 Gleanings for ATMs A Mechanical Variable-Speed Drive "Secretan, Luc" 1965 7 44 Gleanings for ATMs Michigan Amateurs Build Observatory "Carr, Stanley D." 1965 7 46 Gleanings for ATMs A Homemade Telescope and Mounting for a 6-inch Lens "Kuhn, William A." 1965 7 50 Observer's Page Kepler 1965 7 50 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Kepler "Herring, Alika K." 1965 7 52 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1965 7 53 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 7 53 Observer's Page Strip-Chart Recorders 1965 7 54 Observer's Page Some Double Stars for Low-Power Viewing "Robinson, Leif J." 1965 7 54 Observer's Page Jupiter and the Crescent Moon "Yajko, Robert A." 1965 7 56 Observer's Page Finder Charts for Eclipsing Variables 1965 7 56 Observer's Page Three Lunar Observing Problems "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1965 7 58 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1965 7 58 Celestial Calendar Alpha Herculis -- A Semiregular Variable 1965 7 58 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 7 59 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 7 59 Celestial Calendar "Venus and Mercury as a """"Double Planet""""" 1965 7 60 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 8 65 Front-Cover Photo World's Fair Museum of Science 1965 8 67 News Notes Quasi-Stellar Galaxies 1965 8 68 Feature Space Astronomy at the World's Fair -- II "Leavens, Peter A." 1965 8 71 News Notes Smithsonian Space Science Conferences 1965 8 72 Feature Thirty-Six Miles in the Shadow "Cox, Arthur N." "Liebenberg, Donald H." "Stone, Sidney N." 1965 8 75 Letters Letter "Ploran, Karl W." 1965 8 75 Letters Letter "McIntosh, R. A." 1965 8 75 Letters Letter "Mallas, John H." 1965 8 75 Letters Letter "Barricelli, Nils Aall" 1965 8 76 Feature Observing the Eclipse from Peru "Michalitsanos, Andrew" "Goldstone, Steven" 1965 8 78 Feature Eclipse Expeditions on Manuae Atoll "Bateson, Frank M." 1965 8 80 Feature Notes on Some Planetary Problems "Lynds, Beverly T." 1965 8 83 Astronomical Scrapbook The Earth's Shape "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1965 8 83 News Notes American Astronomical Society To Meet in Michigan 1965 8 84 News Notes Slow Nova in Auriga 1965 8 84 News Notes Structure of 3C-273 1965 8 84 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 8 84 News Notes Moon's Distance 1965 8 84 News Notes New Evidence for Early Life 1965 8 84 News Notes Life in an Ammonia-Rich Atmosphere 1965 8 85 News Notes Improved Pendulum Astrolabe 1965 8 86 Feature The Dual-Fueled Booster Titan 3C "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 8 88 Feature Western Satellite Research Network "McCue, G. A." "Williams, James G." "Hoy, R. C." 1965 8 91 Amateur Astronomers High School Astronomy Club in McKeesport "Macosko, Andrew" 1965 8 92 Amateur Astronomers Dutch Telescope Making "van der Brugge, A. H." 1965 8 95 Books and the Sky "Landolt-Burnstein Astronomy and Astrophysics, H. H. Voight, editor" "Irwin, John B." 1965 8 96 Books and the Sky "All About the Universe, David Dietz" "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1965 8 97 Books and the Sky "Galileo Galilei, Ludovico Geymonat" "Gingerich, Owen" 1965 8 99 Books and the Sky "Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies, F. Zwicky" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1965 8 101 Books and the Sky "We Are Not Alone, Walter Sullivan" "Merrill, John E." 1965 8 104 Gleanings for ATMs Verniers for Setting Circles "Cox, Robert E." 1965 8 107 Gleanings for ATMs A Teen-Ager's First Telescope -- A Dall-Kirkham "Steeg, Richard" 1965 8 110 Celestial Calendar June's Partial Lunar Eclipse 1965 8 114 Observer's Page Photographic Limiting Magnitudes 1965 8 114 Observer's Page Photographing Limiting Magnitudes "Veio, Fredrick N." 1965 8 115 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 8 115 Observer's Page May Sunspot Groups 1965 8 118 Celestial Calendar The August Occultation of Sigma Sagittarii 1965 8 118 Celestial Calendar Season for Minor Planet Ceres Opens 1965 8 119 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 8 119 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 8 119 Celestial Calendar Gamma Cassiopeiae 1965 8 120 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1965 8 120 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 9 125 Front-Cover Photo King College Observatory 1965 9 127 News Notes Radio Astronomers Detect Another Hydrogen Line 1965 9 128 Feature The Edgewise Presentation of Saturn's Rings "Goodman, Joel W." 1965 9 132 Feature Convention in Milwaukee "Shawcross, William E." 1965 9 136 Feature Mariner 4 Completes Mars Mission "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 9 138 Letters Letter "Harkins, Dora" 1965 9 138 Letters Letter "Gaposchkin, Sergei" 1965 9 138 Letters Letter "Simpson, Clark C." 1965 9 139 Feature The Strange Story of Comet de Vico-Swift "Marsden, Brian G." 1965 9 140 News Notes Large Telescope for Hawaii 1965 9 140 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 9 140 News Notes Supernova of 1054 -- A Double Star? 1965 9 140 News Notes Analysis of an Extragalactic Star 1965 9 140 News Notes Decreased Solar Radiation 1965 9 141 News Notes Mount John Observatory 1965 9 141 News Notes Unusual Feature Near Spiral Galaxy M81 Addendum 1965 9 142 Feature A Great Swedish Astronomer "Page, Thornton L." 1965 9 144 Feature A Rotatable Telescope for Polarization Studies "Hiltner, W. A." "Schild, Rudolph E." 1965 9 147 News Notes Jupiter Authority 1965 9 148 Amateur Astronomers The Biggest Stellafane Ever "Shawcross, William E." 1965 9 149 Amateur Astronomers Ohio Amateurs Meet 1965 9 149 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Meeting Held 1965 9 150 Feature Further Notes on the Eclipse 1965 9 150 News Notes "The """"Age"""" of Radio Source 1934-63" 1965 9 155 Feature Mariner 4 Photographs of Mars 1965 9 163 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Samuel Rapport and Helen Wright, editors" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1965 9 164 Books and the Sky "Pictorial Guide to the Planets, Joseph H. Jackson" "Albers, Henry" 1965 9 165 Books and the Sky "Wanderers in the Sky, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" "Storer, N. Wyman" 1965 9 168 Books and the Sky The Solar System and the Constellations "Kraus, Michael" 1965 9 172 Gleanings for ATMs A New Observatory at King College in Tennessee "Burke Jr., Edward W." "Rolland, William W." 1965 9 179 Observer's Page The July Conjunction of Venus and Mercury 1965 9 182 Observer's Page How to Find It: Messier 27 "Busler, William J." 1965 9 183 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 9 184 Observer's Page An Unusual Observation of Plato "Herring, Alika K." 1965 9 186 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- September-November, 1965" "Dunham, David W." 1965 9 187 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 9 188 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 9 188 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 10 193 Front-Cover Photo New Zealand Eclipse Painting 1965 10 195 News Notes Extremely Cool Stars 1965 10 196 Feature Charting the Martian Surface "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1965 10 201 News Notes Ultraviolet Spectrum of Mars 1965 10 202 Astronomical Scrapbook The Fauth Moon Atlas "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1965 10 203 Feature Thoughts About Constellation Figures "Norton, O. Richard" 1965 10 206 Feature Convention Highlights from Reno "McClure, Alan" "Robinson, Leif J." 1965 10 211 American Astronomers Report Search for Cosmic Light 1965 10 211 American Astronomers Report Light Echoes from Ancient Supernovae 1965 10 211 American Astronomers Report Icarus and General Relativity 1965 10 212 American Astronomers Report Updating a Blueprint for American Astronomy 1965 10 213 American Astronomers Report Temperature Measurements of Mars 1965 10 214 Feature Gemini Program Sets Space Records "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 10 217 Feature A Spectrum of Satellite Echo 1 "Przybylski, A." 1965 10 218 News Notes Possible Star Exchanges Between Galaxies 1965 10 218 News Notes Orbital Motion of Polaris 1965 10 218 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 10 218 News Notes Fast-Moving Faint Binary 1965 10 219 News Notes Solar Constant Studies Needed for Spacemen 1965 10 220 Feature A Sundial Monument "Egger, Hermann H." 1965 10 221 Amateur Astronomers Visibility of Nebulae "Olivarez, Jos‚" 1965 10 221 Amateur Astronomers Great Lakes Meeting Held 1965 10 221 Amateur Astronomers A War-Surplus Observatory in Germany "Brandl, Karl" 1965 10 221 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO To Meet at Harvard Observatory 1965 10 235 Books and the Sky "The Nature of the Planets, V. V. Sharonov" "Both, Ernst E." 1965 10 237 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy and How To Build Your Own Telescope, John Heywood" "Burke, Bernard F." 1965 10 243 Gleanings for ATMs A Battery-Powered Transistor Oscillator Drive "Hers, Jan" 1965 10 246 Gleanings for ATMs A Very Rigid Pier "Shartle, Stanley M." 1965 10 248 Observer's Page Two Summer Meteor Showers "Robinson, Leif J." 1965 10 249 Observer's Page Dark Markings near the Earth's Poles 1965 10 250 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 10 250 Observer's Page Observations of a Partial Occultation of Jupiter 1965 10 251 Observer's Page Piton 1965 10 251 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Piton "Herring, Alika K." 1965 10 254 Celestial Calendar CY Aquarii: A Very Rapid Variable 1965 10 254 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1965 10 254 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Galilean Satellites 1965 10 254 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 10 255 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 10 256 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 11 261 Front-Cover Photo Green Bank 140-foot Telescope 1965 11 263 News Notes Harlow Shapley Is 80 1965 11 264 Feature Galactic X-Ray Astronomy "Bowyer, C. Stuart" 1965 11 267 Feature The New 140-foot Radio Telescope "Small, Maxwell M." 1965 11 275 American Astronomers Report Ultraviolet Excess and Atmospheric Turbulence 1965 11 275 American Astronomers Report Relativity and Solar Evolution 1965 11 275 American Astronomers Report A Clue to Jupiter's Decametric Radiation 1965 11 276 American Astronomers Report Shower Micrometeorites Collected by Balloon 1965 11 277 American Astronomers Report Variable Radio Emission from Quasars 1965 11 278 News Notes Chinese Meteorite 1965 11 278 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 11 278 News Notes Infrared Spectra of Saturn's Rings and Jupiter's Satellites 1965 11 278 News Notes Molecular Oxygen in the Atmosphere of Venus 1965 11 279 News Notes JILA Visiting Fellowships 1965 11 279 News Notes "Trees, Carbon-14, and the Sunspot Cycle" 1965 11 279 News Notes An Extremely Red Star 1965 11 280 Feature The Finest Deep-Sky Objects "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1965 11 284 Feature A Rich Harvest of Comets 1965 11 285 Feature Space Notes "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 11 286 Amateur Astronomers Some National Amateur Organizations 1965 11 286 Amateur Astronomers Plans for a Large Reflector in New Jersey "Robinson, Paul" 1965 11 286 Amateur Astronomers Amateurs Exhibit at Charlotte "McInnis, Frank G." 1965 11 291 Feature 1966 Occultation Supplement -- Predictions for the United States and Canada 1965 11 301 Books and the Sky "Physics of Nonthermal Radio Sources, Stephen P. Maran and A. G. W. Cameron, editors" "Gundermann, Ellen J." 1965 11 302 Books and the Sky "The Universe and Its Origin, H. Messel and S. T. Butler, editors" "Mathews, Robert T." 1965 11 303 Books and the Sky "Sunspots, R. J. Bray and R. E. Loughead" "Cragg, Thomas A." 1965 11 305 Books and the Sky "Keoeeit -- The Story of the Aurora Borealis, William Petrie" "Kimball, Donald S." 1965 11 308 Gleanings for ATMs The Silvertooth Method of Working a Cassegrain Secondary "Gagan, James W." 1965 11 314 Observer's Page Celestial Photography at Different Wavelengths "Harlan, Eugene A." 1965 11 317 Observer's Page Jupiter's Equatorial Zone Returns to Normal Brightness "Reese, Elmer J." 1965 11 318 Observer's Page Many View the August Occultation of Nunki 1965 11 320 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 11 320 Observer's Page Comet Alcock(1965h) 1965 11 322 Celestial Calendar Bright Asteroid Vesta Nears Opposition 1965 11 322 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1965 11 322 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 11 322 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Eta Leonis 1965 11 322 Celestial Calendar Phase of Venus 1965 11 323 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 11 324 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1965 12 331 Front-Cover Photo Comet Ikeya-Seki 1965 12 332 Feature The Great Comet of 1965 "Marsden, Brian G." 1965 12 338 Feature Zond-3 Photographs of the Moon's Far Side "Lipsky, Yuri N." 1965 12 343 Feature Photographs of Comet Ikeya-Seki 1965 12 347 Feature China's Largest Meteorite Chou Ming 1965 12 348 Feature Instruments for the New Celestial Navigation "Moskowitz, Saul" 1965 12 352 News Notes Leuschner Observatory To Move 1965 12 352 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1965 12 352 News Notes Rate of Infall of Giant Meteorites 1965 12 352 News Notes Photography of Faint Stars 1965 12 353 Feature OGO 2 Satellite in Orbit "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1965 12 353 News Notes New Government Science Agency 1965 12 353 News Notes Hawaiian 84-inch Reflector 1965 12 355 Astronomical Scrapbook The Long Career of J. G. Galle "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1965 12 356 Feature The Finest Deep-Sky Objects II "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1965 12 359 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Fall Meeting Held at Harvard Observatory "Shawcross, William E." 1965 12 359 Amateur Astronomers A Sixty-Dollar Observatory "Heath, Alan W." 1965 12 360 Letters Letter "Abbot, Charles G." 1965 12 360 Letters Letter "McAllister, E. Lyle" 1965 12 360 Letters Letter "Kozyrev, Nikolai A." 1965 12 360 Letters Letter "Kelly, Allan O." 1965 12 360 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1965 12 360 Letters Letter "Zwicky, Fritz" 1965 12 367 Books and the Sky "Bibliographie Ganarale de l'Astronomie Jusqu'en 1880, J. C. Houzeau and A. Lancaster" "Gingerich, Owen" 1965 12 370 Books and the Sky "Nebulae and Galaxies, Giorgio Abetti and Margherita Hack" "Page, Thornton L." 1965 12 371 Books and the Sky Book Review "Danby, J. M. A." 1965 12 375 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on the Cassegrain Secondary "Cox, Robert E." 1965 12 378 Gleanings for ATMs A Camera Adapter for Eyepiece Projection Photography "Bennett, Brenton" 1965 12 384 Observer's Page Experiments in Cooled-Emulsion Photography "Kreimer, Evered" 1965 12 388 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1965 12 389 Observer's Page An Unusual Observation of Echo 1 "Krienke, Karl" 1965 12 390 Observer's Page News from Occultation Observers 1965 12 390 Observer's Page Observations of Callisto and BD +22o1032 1965 12 391 Observer's Page Observations of CY Aquarii "Zissell, Ronald E." 1965 12 391 Observer's Page How to Find It: Messier 79 "Busler, William J." 1965 12 393 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1965 12 393 Celestial Calendar Algol -- A Naked-Eye Eclipsing Variable 1965 12 394 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- December-February, 1965-66" "Dunham, David W." 1965 12 395 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1965 12 396 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1965 12 396 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Solid-Fuel Booster Test in Florida 1966 1 3 News Notes Astronomy on the Moon 1966 1 4 Feature The Double Star Sirius "Lippincott, Sarah Lee" "Worth, Michael D." 1966 1 6 Feature Prominences at Last May's Eclipse "Boquist, Wallace P." 1966 1 7 Feature First Observations at Short Wavelengths With the 140-foot Radio Telescope "Baars, J. W. M." "Mezger, P. G." 1966 1 10 Feature Lunar Questions Discussed at Pasadena "O'Keefe, John A." 1966 1 13 Feature The Finest Deep-Sky Objects III "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1966 1 16 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 1 17 Feature This Year's Eclipses of the Sun 1966 1 19 News Notes New Southern Telescope 1966 1 20 Feature Photographs of Comet Ikeya-Seki -- II 1966 1 24 Feature The Sodium D Lines in Comet Ikeya-Seki "Livingston, William C." "Roddier, F." "Spinrad, Hyron" 1966 1 25 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 1 25 News Notes New Computation of Moon's Orbit 1966 1 25 News Notes Effect of the Planetary System on Comet Orbits 1966 1 25 News Notes Earth's Size 1966 1 26 News Notes Catalogue of Stellar Spectra 1966 1 26 News Notes Cepheids of the Andromeda Galaxy 1966 1 26 News Notes New Telescope in Chile 1966 1 26 News Notes Michigan Astronomer Dies 1966 1 26 News Notes Space Leader Dies 1966 1 26 News Notes WWV To Move 1966 1 27 Feature NASA's Giant Boosters "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 1 28 Feature Roster of Current Space Activity "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 1 28 Feature A Roster of Current Space Activity "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 1 30 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1966 1 30 Letters Letter "Kennedy, H. D." 1966 1 30 Letters Letter "Tombaugh, Clyde W." 1966 1 30 Letters Letter "Hunaerts, J." 1966 1 30 Letters Letter "Epstein, Lewis C." 1966 1 30 Letters Letter "Burgess, Eric" 1966 1 31 Amateur Astronomers A Texas Amateur's Rotating Observatory "Tate, Gerald L." 1966 1 31 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur's Collection of Old Refractors 1966 1 31 Amateur Astronomers Texas Amateur's Rotating Observatory 1966 1 33 Feature Events of 1966 in the Graphic Time Table 1966 1 37 Books and the Sky "Sourcebook on the Space Sciences, Samuel Glasstone" "Chapman, Clark R." 1966 1 38 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, University of Illinois Elementary-School Science Project" "Wareham, Alice D." 1966 1 39 Books and the Sky "Weather Eyes in the Sky, J. Gordon Vaeth" "Ludlum, David M." 1966 1 40 Books and the Sky "The Sky at Night, Patrick Moore" 1966 1 44 Gleanings for ATMs A One-Man 25-Year Observatory Project "Smolen, Jack" 1966 1 52 Observer's Page Reports of Comet Ikeya-Seki(1965f) "Robinson, Leif J." 1966 1 57 Observer's Page The Venus-Mars-Moon Spectacle in October 1966 1 58 Observer's Page Many Leonids Observed 1966 1 58 Observer's Page Beer and Feuillae 1966 1 58 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Beer and Feuillee "Herring, Alika K." 1966 1 59 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 1 60 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1966 1 60 Celestial Calendar Vesta Reminder 1966 1 60 Observer's Page A Vesta Reminder 1966 1 60 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1966 1 62 Celestial Calendar Uranus and Neptune in 1966 1966 1 62 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 1 62 Celestial Calendar R Lyncis: A Mira-Type Variable Star 1966 1 63 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 1 64 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 2 69 Front-Cover Photo Naval Observatory 6-inch Transit Circle 1966 2 71 News Notes The NASA Cutback 1966 2 72 Feature The Washington 6-inch Transit Circle "Hemenway, Paul D." 1966 2 78 Feature Great Lakes Fireball 1966 2 79 Astronomical Scrapbook The Pulkovo Double Stars and J. H. Medler "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 2 80 Feature The Flights of Gemini 6 and 7 "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 2 83 Amateur Astronomers Student Observers Active in Hong Kong "Chung, D. S." "Cheung, C." 1966 2 84 Feature The Peculiar A Stars "Green, Louis C." 1966 2 89 News Notes Optical Figuring with an Ion Beam 1966 2 89 News Notes How Old Is Mars' Surface? 1966 2 89 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 2 90 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 2 90 News Notes Variations in Regional Interstellar Absorption 1966 2 90 News Notes Toronto's McLaughlin Planetarium 1966 2 90 News Notes 21-Centimeter Line in NGC 5668 1966 2 90 News Notes Aurora Expert 1966 2 91 Feature Michigan Stellar Spectroscopist "Wright, K. O." 1966 2 92 Feature A Graphical Device for Converting Coordinates "Heflinger, Lee" 1966 2 95 Letters Letter "Thackeray, A. D." "Lourens, J. v. B." 1966 2 95 Letters Letter "Wise, Charles" 1966 2 96 Books and the Sky "Starlight Nights, Leslie C. Peltier" "Mullaney, James" 1966 2 97 Books and the Sky "Lighthouse of the Sky, Bessie Zaban Jones" "Berendzen, Richard E." 1966 2 100 Books and the Sky "Telescopes for Skygazing, Henry E. Paul" "Smiley, Charles H." 1966 2 101 Books and the Sky "The Sun in Art, Walter Herdeg, editor" "Robinson, Caroline" "Robinson, Leif J." 1966 2 103 Books and the Sky "The Planet Uranus, A. F. O'D. Alexander" "Ashbrook, Joseph" "Robinson, Leif J." 1966 2 106 Gleanings for ATMs A Giant Binocular of Off-Axis Gregorian Design "Cox, Robert E." 1966 2 110 Gleanings for ATMs "The Design of Small Reflecting Telescopes""""" 1966 2 112 Observer's Page Observations of Three Meteor Showers "Robinson, Leif J." 1966 2 116 Observer's Page Observations of CY Aquarii "Czuia, Klaus" 1966 2 116 Observer's Page A Pilot's Experience "Hibbs, Walter A." 1966 2 117 Observer's Page Observations of Echo 1 and 2 in Eclipse 1966 2 117 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 2 119 Observer's Page Sunrise on Ptolemaeus "Jacobsen, Robert" 1966 2 122 Celestial Calendar 83 Ursae Majoris: A Suspected Variable 1966 2 122 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 2 122 Celestial Calendar Notes on Two Minor Planets 1966 2 123 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 2 124 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 3 129 Front-Cover Photo Ford Observatory on Mount Peltier 1966 3 131 Feature Luna 9's Double Success 1966 3 132 Feature The Interstellar Hydroxyl Radio Emission "Dieter, Nannielou H." "Weaver, Harold F." "Williams, David R. W." 1966 3 137 Feature A Moon-Blink Observation 1966 3 138 Feature Ford Observatory in California "Cragg, Thomas A." 1966 3 141 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 3 142 American Astronomers Report Gravitational Lenses and Radiation Spikes 1966 3 142 American Astronomers Report Interplanetary Radio Scintillation 1966 3 143 American Astronomers Report Motions in the Galaxy M77 1966 3 143 American Astronomers Report A Temperature Anomaly of Mercury 1966 3 143 American Astronomers Report Visual Binary in Ophiuchus 1966 3 144 News Notes AAS Meeting 1966 3 144 News Notes Tracks of Charged Particles in Meteorites 1966 3 144 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 3 144 News Notes Observations of Zodiacal Light and Gegenschein from a Spacecraft 1966 3 145 News Notes Allegheny Observatory Gets Help 1966 3 145 News Notes An Observable Gravitational Lens Effect? 1966 3 145 News Notes From Here and There 1966 3 146 Feature "Yale's Pathfinder of Moons, Planets and Stars" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 3 147 Feature Measuring the Shape of the Moon "Wildey, Robert L." 1966 3 150 Feature James Croll and Solar Evolution "Woolf, Neville J." 1966 3 152 Feature Pioneer 6 Orbits the Sun "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 3 154 Amateur Astronomers 1966 ALPO Convention 1966 3 154 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateurs Aid World Science Center "Douglas, Jane" 1966 3 155 Letters Letter "Stebbins, Frederick A." 1966 3 155 Letters Letter "Naef, Robert A." 1966 3 160 Feature Picture Lunar crater Gassendi 1966 3 163 Books and the Sky Book Review "Dieke, Sally H." 1966 3 163 Books and the Sky "Neighbors of the Earth, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" 1966 3 163 Books and the Sky "Chemistry and Beyond, Herbert Dingle, G. R. Martin, and Eva Paneth, editors" 1966 3 163 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wildt, Rupert" 1966 3 166 Books and the Sky "Introduction to the Atmosphere, Herbert Riehl" "Ward, Fred" 1966 3 170 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Newtonian Reflector Alignment "Cox, Robert E." 1966 3 176 Gleanings for ATMs An Observatory Over a Peaked Roof "Lombardi, Gerald" 1966 3 179 Observer's Page Observations of the Phase of Venus 1966 3 180 Observer's Page Finding the Combined Magnitude of a Double Star "Marshall, Roy K." 1966 3 181 Observer's Page How to Find It: Messier 94 "Busler, William J." 1966 3 182 Observer's Page Observing Plans for Two Grazing Occultations 1966 3 182 Observer's Page Photograph of December's Penumbral Eclipse "Nuccio, M. P." 1966 3 184 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 3 184 Observer's Page News of Meteor Showers 1966 3 185 Celestial Calendar S Canis Minoris: An Orange Variable Star 1966 3 185 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 3 186 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- March-May, 1966" "Dunham, David W." 1966 3 187 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 3 188 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 4 193 Front-Cover Photo Montreal's Dow Planetarium 1966 4 195 News Notes New Harvard Director 1966 4 196 Feature "New Skies for a New City""""" "Davis, Donald D." 1966 4 199 Feature Observational Aspects of Cosmology "Green, Louis C." 1966 4 203 Feature International Activity in Space "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 4 206 Amateur Astronomers "Mazer, Margaret Back, Dies" 1966 4 206 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur's Reminiscences "Shields, Wendell" 1966 4 206 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur Astronomy Group in Montana "Clarke, Urana" 1966 4 207 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Mullaney, James" 1966 4 207 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." "Dauvillier, A." 1966 4 207 Letters Letter "Argyle, Edward" 1966 4 207 Letters Letter "Farone, William A." 1966 4 207 Letters Letter "Secretan, Luc" 1966 4 208 American Astronomers Report Infrared Sky Scanning from a Rocket 1966 4 208 American Astronomers Report Silicon Absorption Effects in the Solar Ultraviolet 1966 4 209 American Astronomers Report Expansion of Supernova Remnants 1966 4 210 Feature The Fan Mountain Station of McCormick Observatory "Birney, D. Scott" 1966 4 212 News Notes Seminar at Madison 1966 4 212 News Notes Miami Summer Course 1966 4 213 News Notes Is There Life on Mars? 1966 4 213 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 4 213 News Notes Orientations of Eclipsing Binary Orbits 1966 4 213 News Notes The Rotation of Mercury 1966 4 213 News Notes Color of the Sun 1966 4 214 News Notes Death of F. G. Houtermans 1966 4 214 News Notes Current Status of Rainmaking 1966 4 214 News Notes "Radio Science""""" 1966 4 214 News Notes "Dial-a-Satellite"""" Expanded" 1966 4 214 News Notes Nova Herculis 1963 Before Its Outburst 1966 4 214 News Notes South Carolina Amateur 1966 4 215 Feature Synchronization in Close Binaries "Huang, Su-Shu" 1966 4 218 Astronomical Scrapbook "Bacon, Roger, and the Voynich Manuscript" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 4 221 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy at the Adler Planetarium 1966 4 222 Books and the Sky "Solar Radio Astronomy, Mukul R. Kundu" "Kiepenheuer, K. O." 1966 4 223 Books and the Sky "Satellites of the Solar System, Werner Sandner" "Brasch, Klaus R." 1966 4 225 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 3, Leo Goldberg, editor" "Mathews, Robert T." 1966 4 228 Books and the Sky "Sky Rangers, Eloise Engle and Kenneth H. Drummond" "Shawcross, William E." 1966 4 231 Gleanings for ATMs A Diffraction-Limited Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope "Cox, Robert E." 1966 4 236 Gleanings for ATMs A Junior's Inexpensive Clock Drive "Collier, Charles" 1966 4 239 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders: The Messier Catalogue "Houston, Walter Scott" 1966 4 241 Observer's Page Some Hints for Observing the Sun 1966 4 244 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 4 244 Observer's Page An Unusual Photograph "Woods, La Verne E." 1966 4 245 Observer's Page Bessarion B 1966 4 245 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Bessarion B "Herring, Alika K." 1966 4 246 Celestial Calendar A Bright Variable in Hercules 1966 4 246 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1966 4 247 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 4 247 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 4 248 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 5 253 Front-Cover Photo Solar Telescope on Capri 1966 5 255 News Notes Space Research Plans 1966 5 256 Feature The Domeless Solar Refractor of Capri Observatory "Kiepenheuer, K. O." 1966 5 259 News Notes Otto Struve Reflector 1966 5 260 Feature The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Today -- I "Hack, Margherita" 1966 5 264 News Notes Potassium Plare 1966 5 264 News Notes Spectrum of 2 Andromedae 1966 5 264 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 5 264 News Notes Antimatter May Matter 1966 5 265 News Notes Cloud Satellites Reobserved 1966 5 265 News Notes NASA Solar Flare Patrol 1966 5 265 News Notes Origin of U Geminorum Stars 1966 5 266 Feature Picture China's Purple Mountain Observatory Chi Yu-ching 1966 5 267 Amateur Astronomers Philipp Fauth Anniversary "Hinckelmann, Otto F." 1966 5 268 Feature American Pioneer in Photoelectric Astronomy "Whitford, A. E." 1966 5 269 Letters Letter "Johansson, Ulf R." "Moore, Patrick" 1966 5 269 Letters Letter "Abetti, Giorgio" "Hack, Margherita" 1966 5 270 Feature Some Facets of Astronomy in the U.S.S.R. 1966 5 271 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Mullaney, James" 1966 5 272 Feature The Scope of Astrophysics Today 1966 5 274 Feature Gemini Docking in Space "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 5 277 Feature Three Offshoots of Astronomy "Dale, E. D." 1966 5 279 News Notes Two Large Optical Telescopes 1966 5 280 Amateur Astronomers Activities of Grazing Occultation Observers 1966 5 281 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Meetings During Coming Months 1966 5 282 Feature An Airborne Eclipse Expedition "Boquist, Wallace P." 1966 5 286 Feature Picture Moon's south-central highlands 1966 5 290 Books and the Sky "Stellar Structure, Lawrence H. Aller and Dean B. McLaughlin, editors" "Huang, Su-Shu" 1966 5 292 Books and the Sky "Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 3, Zdenek Kopal, editor" "MacRae, Donald A." 1966 5 293 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Space Science, Wilmot N. Hess, editor" "Bell, Barbara" 1966 5 295 Books and the Sky All About Light and Radiation "Gale, S. I." 1966 5 300 Gleanings for ATMs Mounting a 12 1/2-inch Long-Focus Mirror "Shinn, B. Franklyn" 1966 5 304 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Pipe-Mounted 6-inch Reflector "Galan, Charles F." 1966 5 306 Observer's Page Unusual Widespread Colors on Jupiter "Olivarez, Jos‚" 1966 5 307 Observer's Page New Naked-Eye Variable 1966 5 308 Observer's Page "Mars, Saturn, and the Moon" "Polley, Kenneth R." 1966 5 308 Observer's Page Some Magnitude Standards "Hilliard, A. L." 1966 5 309 Observer's Page The Convex Floor of the Crater Mersenius "Delano, Rev. Kenneth J." 1966 5 311 Observer's Page Recent Sunspot Activity 1966 5 311 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 5 312 Observer's Page Moon Movies in Color "Bridges, James F." 1966 5 313 Celestial Calendar An Occultation of Alpha Librae 1966 5 314 Celestial Calendar A Variable Star Near the Head of Draco 1966 5 314 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1966 5 314 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 5 315 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 5 316 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 6 321 Front-Cover Photo Three Views of the April 25th Fireball 1966 6 323 News Notes An Ex-Variable Star? 1966 6 324 Feature Splendid April 25th Fireball 1966 6 327 American Astronomers Report Hot Spots on the Moon "Saari, John M." "Shorthill, Richard W." 1966 6 333 Feature The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Today "Hack, Margherita" 1966 6 333 Feature The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Today -- II "Hack, Margherita" 1966 6 337 Feature Spectrum of 10 Lacertae 1966 6 337 News Notes "Catalogue of 258, 997 Stars" 1966 6 337 News Notes ASP Meeting 1966 6 337 News Notes "Shapley's, Harlow, Birthday Reprints Available" 1966 6 338 News Notes Smithsonian Plans New Observatory 1966 6 338 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 6 338 News Notes Mass of the Atmosphere 1966 6 338 News Notes Unusual Binary 1966 6 338 News Notes Yerkes Librarian 1966 6 338 News Notes Are Quasars Truly Remote? 1966 6 338 News Notes From Here and There 1966 6 339 Letters Letter "Epstein, Lewis C." 1966 6 339 Letters Letter "Cross Jr., Eugene W." 1966 6 339 Letters Letter "Moser, Earl" 1966 6 339 Letters Letter "Mellish, John E." 1966 6 339 Letters Letter "Smith, Franklin W." 1966 6 339 News Notes Gamma Ray Source in Cygnus 1966 6 340 Astronomical Scrapbook Father Perry's Expedition to Kerguelen Island "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 6 342 Feature New Giant Tracking Antenna at Goldstone 1966 6 344 American Astronomers Report Spectra of Quasars 1966 6 344 American Astronomers Report Distance of Tycho's Supernova 1966 6 345 American Astronomers Report Faint Blue Objects 1966 6 345 American Astronomers Report Measuring Stellar Scintillation from an Aircraft 1966 6 345 American Astronomers Report Multiple System in Draco? 1966 6 346 American Astronomers Report Radio Observations of Uranus and Neptune 1966 6 346 Feature Soft Landing on Mars "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 6 349 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Observers Society "DiBartolomeo, Dennis" 1966 6 349 Amateur Astronomers New Variable Star Observatory in Germany "Gizinski, Ralph" 1966 6 350 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Region 1966 6 350 Amateur Astronomers Italian Amateur 1966 6 350 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Listing 1966 6 350 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 6 357 Books and the Sky "Galactic Structure, Adriaan Blaauw and Maarten Schmidt, editors" "Bok, Bart J." 1966 6 362 Books and the Sky "Celestial Handbook, Robert Burnham, Jr." "Stewart, Robert Neil" 1966 6 366 Gleanings for ATMs Oregon Amateurs' Simple Equipment for Astrophotography "Harris, Alan" "Wiseman Jr., J. D." 1966 6 374 Observer's Page Saturn: A 1966 Spectacle 1966 6 375 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 6 375 Observer's Page Mercury Setting 1966 6 376 Observer's Page Observations of the Double Nucleus in Comet Ikeya-Seki "Pohn, Howard A." 1966 6 377 Observer's Page Spiral Lunar Craters 1966 6 379 Observer's Page How to Find It: Messier 92 "Busler, William J." 1966 6 380 Observer's Page Photographing the Gegenschein "Solberg, H. Gordon" "Minton, R. B." 1966 6 380 Observer's Page Notes on the Lyrid Meteor Shower 1966 6 381 Celestial Calendar RU Camelopardalis 1966 6 381 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 6 382 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- June-September, 1966" "Dunham, David W." 1966 6 383 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 6 384 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Radio Telescopes in Maryland 1966 7 3 News Notes Mariner 4 Heard from Again 1966 7 4 Feature A High-Precision 85-foot Radio Telescope "McClain, Edward F." 1966 7 7 Feature The Barwell Meteorite "Brown, Peter Lancaster" 1966 7 12 American Astronomers Report Experiments in Infrared Spectroscope 1966 7 12 American Astronomers Report Catalogue of Emission-line Stars 1966 7 12 American Astronomers Report Cosmic X-Ray Sources Observed 1966 7 13 American Astronomers Report Diameter of Antares 1966 7 13 American Astronomers Report Radio Observations of a Solar Flare 1966 7 13 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 7 14 Feature Early Reports of the May Eclipse 1966 7 16 Feature Pictures from the Moon "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 7 21 Feature The Long-Base-Line Interferometer at Jodrell Bank "Frost, Albert D." "Palmer, Henry P." 1966 7 25 Feature R. M. Petrie: Canadian Astrophysicist "Underhill, Anne B." 1966 7 25 News Notes Optical Society History 1966 7 26 News Notes Origin of Secondary Lunar Craters 1966 7 26 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 7 26 News Notes Ultraviolet Observations from a Balloon 1966 7 26 News Notes Comet 1966a 1966 7 27 Letters Letter "Rosebrugh, David W." 1966 7 27 Letters Letter "McVittie, G. C." 1966 7 27 Letters Letter "Herbig, G. H." 1966 7 27 News Notes More About X-Ray Astronomy 1966 7 27 News Notes Origin of Chondrules 1966 7 28 Amateur Astronomers A Two-Hundred-Dollar Observatory "Weinstein, Leo J." 1966 7 29 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1966 7 29 Feature Boston Master Optician Dies "Baker, James G." 1966 7 32 Books and the Sky "Stonehenge Decoded, Gerald S. Hawkins, in collaboration with John B. White" "Gates, Thomas M." 1966 7 36 Books and the Sky "Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use, William H. Allen, editor" "White, John" 1966 7 37 Books and the Sky "The Solar Spectrum, C. de Jager, editor" "Sitterly, Bancroft W." 1966 7 40 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Constructing a 5 1/2-inch Cassegrainian-Maksutov "Louth, Howard" 1966 7 43 Gleanings for ATMs A Pensioner's Telescope "Case, C." 1966 7 46 Observer's Page Composite Pictures of Five Globular Clusters "Robson, Ernest" "Robson, Marion" 1966 7 49 Observer's Page Jansen B 1966 7 49 Observer's Page Zeta Herculid Meteors "Polley, Kenneth R." 1966 7 49 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Jansen B "Herring, Alika K." 1966 7 50 Observer's Page Some Sunspot Observations 1966 7 51 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1966 7 52 Observer's Page Phase-of-Venus Observations 1966 7 52 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 7 54 Celestial Calendar Beta Lyrae This Summer 1966 7 55 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1966 7 55 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 7 55 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 7 56 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 8 61 Front-Cover Photo 119-foot Gun on Barbados 1966 8 63 News Notes Some Surveyor Findings 1966 8 64 Feature Big Gun on Barbados "Millman, Peter M." 1966 8 68 Feature Otto Struve Memorial Symposium "Bok, Bart J." 1966 8 71 News Notes Periodic Comet Halley 1966 8 71 News Notes RR Lyrae Stars in M3 1966 8 71 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 8 71 News Notes Analysis of a Unique Stellar Spectrum 1966 8 72 News Notes "Eckert, W. J., Honored" 1966 8 72 News Notes Tiny Galaxy 1966 8 73 Feature Infrared Stars "Johnson, Harold L." 1966 8 77 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1966 8 77 Amateur Astronomers Southwest Regional Convention Held "Frazier, Charles S." 1966 8 77 Amateur Astronomers WAA Meeting Scheduled 1966 8 77 Amateur Astronomers 1966 Mid-States Meeting "Cox, Robert E." 1966 8 77 News Notes Arecibo Observatory Director Appointed 1966 8 78 Amateur Astronomers International Federation "Ringsdore, Phil" 1966 8 78 Amateur Astronomers Southern Cross in Texas "Olivarez, Jos‚" 1966 8 79 Astronomical Scrapbook "Richer, Jean, and a Possible Nova in 1673" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 8 79 News Notes RAS Awards 1966 8 80 Feature Annular Eclipse of May 20th "Waldmeier, M." "Menzel, Donald H." "Haupt, Hermann F." 1966 8 83 Letters Letter "Matchett, Victor L." 1966 8 83 Letters Letter "Mallas, John H." 1966 8 83 Letters Letter "White, John" 1966 8 84 Feature AFCRL Radio Observations of May's Eclipse "Castelli, John P." "Straka, Ronald M." 1966 8 85 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 8 85 News Notes Tracking-Camera Sites 1966 8 86 Feature New Orbiting Geophysical Observatory "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 8 88 Feature Some Photographs by Hans Vehrenberg 1966 8 93 Books and the Sky "A Fundamental Survey of the Moon, Ralph B. Baldwin" 1966 8 93 Books and the Sky Book Review "Both, Ernst E." 1966 8 93 Books and the Sky Book Review "Preston, George W." 1966 8 93 Books and the Sky "The Doppler Effect, T. P. Gill" 1966 8 94 Books and the Sky "Einfuhrung in die Visuelle Beobachtung der Verenderlichen Sterne, Werner Braune and others" "Ashbrook, Joseph" "Robinson, Leif J." 1966 8 95 Books and the Sky "Astronautics for Science Teachers, John G. Meitner, editor" "Leonard, Arthur S." 1966 8 100 Gleanings for ATMs A Canadian Amateur's Observatory "Doucet, Rene" 1966 8 102 Gleanings for ATMs A Rich-Field Refractor "Pauley Jr., Syl" 1966 8 103 Gleanings for ATMs Barlow Lens Designs for a Spherical Primary Mirror "Brixner, Berlyn" 1966 8 104 Gleanings for ATMs Astrophotography Aids "Richrath, William" 1966 8 106 Observer's Page An Improved Cooled Camera for Astrophotography "Kreimer, Evered" 1966 8 110 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 8 111 Observer's Page An Unusual Lunar Dome "Cooke, Strathmore R. B." 1966 8 113 Observer's Page Scorpiid Meteors "Polley, Kenneth R." 1966 8 114 Celestial Calendar August Planetary Groupings 1966 8 114 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1966 8 115 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 8 115 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 8 115 Celestial Calendar S Sagittae: A Cepheid Variable Star 1966 8 116 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 9 121 Front-Cover Photo Scotland's Royal Observatory 1966 9 123 News Notes Radio Astronomers Detect Cosmic Helium Emission 1966 9 124 Feature Twin 16-inch Photometric Reflectors at Edinburgh "Reddish, V. C." 1966 9 126 News Notes Comet 1966a Photograph 1966 9 126 News Notes Origin of Life 1966 9 127 News Notes Quasar 3C-446 Erupts 1966 9 127 News Notes Satellites of Uranus 1966 9 127 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 9 127 News Notes Are Tektites Terrestrial? 1966 9 128 Feature "Lunar Basins, Lunar Lineaments, and the Moon's Far Side" "Hartmann, William K." 1966 9 131 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 9 132 Feature Convention in Miami "Shawcross, William E." 1966 9 135 Feature A Maximum Eclipse Effort 1966 9 137 News Notes New Director at Mount Stromlo 1966 9 138 Feature A Public Observatory in Czechoslovakia "Polesny, B." 1966 9 139 Letters Letter "Turkson, Peter K." 1966 9 139 Letters Letter "Roosen, Robert G." 1966 9 140 Feature Some Results from Space Studies "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 9 142 Feature The Mark Smith Planetarium in Georgia "Domingos Jr., Angus B." 1966 9 143 News Notes New Planetarium Projector for North Carolina 1966 9 143 News Notes Relativity Expert Dies 1966 9 143 News Notes Fast-Moving Star 1966 9 144 Amateur Astronomers Swiss Convention of Amateur Astronomers "Auerbach, T." 1966 9 153 Books and the Sky Book Review "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1966 9 153 Books and the Sky Book Review "Shatzel, Albert V." 1966 9 153 Books and the Sky "Smithsonian Treasury of 20th-Century Science, Webster P. True, editor" 1966 9 153 Books and the Sky "Naked-Eye Astronomy, Patrick Moore" 1966 9 154 Books and the Sky "Life into Space, Charles C. Wunder" "Mayer, Jean" 1966 9 155 Books and the Sky "The Origin of the Solar System, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" "Goedicke, Victor" 1966 9 159 Gleanings for ATMs "Working a Mirror Blank by """"Zero"""" Expansion Coefficient" 1966 9 159 Gleanings for ATMs "Working a Mirror Blank of """"Zero"""" Expansion Coefficient" "Cox, Robert E." 1966 9 164 Observer's Page Lunar Photography with a 5-inch Refractor "Larson, Stephen M." 1966 9 169 Observer's Page Identifying Barnard's Star 1966 9 170 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 9 171 Observer's Page July Prominence Observed in Czechoslovakia "Klepesta, Joseph" 1966 9 173 Celestial Calendar Minor Planets Pallas and Juno 1966 9 174 Celestial Calendar Gamma Cassiopeiae -- Another Brightenings? 1966 9 174 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 9 174 Celestial Calendar Gamma Cassiopeiae -- Another Brightening? "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 9 175 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 9 176 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 10 183 News Notes "But Who Needs Sun at Night?""""" 1966 10 184 Feature Palomar 60-inch Photometric Reflector "Bowen, Ira S." "Rule, Bruce H." 1966 10 187 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 10 188 Feature Western Amateurs Convene in California "Goodman, Joel W." 1966 10 191 Feature New Comet Kilston (1966b) 1966 10 192 Letters Lunar Orbiter Surveys the Moon "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 10 197 News Notes Unusual Eclipsing Variable 1966 10 198 News Notes Polarization of the Light of Long-Period Variables 1966 10 198 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 10 198 News Notes Maryland Astronomer Dies 1966 10 198 News Notes KO Aquilae as a Fission Binary 1966 10 198 News Notes Dutch Geodesist 1966 10 198 News Notes Comet Barbon 1966c 1966 10 199 Feature The Periods of RR Lyrae Variable Stars "Zessevich, V." 1966 10 202 News Notes Harvard Woman Astronomer Retires 1966 10 203 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Invisible Astronomers "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 10 203 News Notes Lunar Phases 1966 10 204 Feature Stellar Ultraviolet Spectra from Gemini 10 "Henize, Karl G." "Wackerling, Lloyd R." 1966 10 205 Feature Second International Planetarium Executives Conference "Hagar, Charles F." 1966 10 206 American Astronomers Report Sungrazing Comets 1966 10 206 American Astronomers Report High-Latitude Hydrogen Clouds 1966 10 207 American Astronomers Report Weighing Micrometeorites 1966 10 207 American Astronomers Report New Image Tubes for Space Astronomy 1966 10 208 American Astronomers Report New Mechanical Designs for Large Telescopes 1966 10 208 Feature East and West on the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 10 209 Amateur Astronomers Magazine for Amateur Radio Astronomers 1966 10 209 Amateur Astronomers Moon Maps from Ranger Photographs 1966 10 209 Amateur Astronomers 32nd Stellafane Meeting in Vermont "Chellis, Fred F." 1966 10 210 Letters Letter "Nicolini, Jean" 1966 10 210 Letters Letter "Hlavka, George E." 1966 10 210 Letters Letter "Friends, John" 1966 10 221 Books and the Sky "Dictionary of Astronomical Terms, Ake Wallenquist" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1966 10 222 Books and the Sky "Galaxies, Nuclei, and Quasars, Fred Hoyle" "Roberts, Morton S." 1966 10 223 Books and the Sky "Explorer of the Universe, Helen Wright" "Gingerich, Owen" 1966 10 228 Gleanings for ATMs An Engineering Student Builds a Mounting "Nikolashin, Victor G." 1966 10 231 Gleanings for ATMs An Unusual Off-Axis Reflector "Pawlick, Joseph R." 1966 10 233 Observer's Page Many Observers Watch Summer Meteors 1966 10 237 Observer's Page How To Find It -- M2 1966 10 237 Observer's Page Unexpected Meteor Shower from Lyra "Dvorak, Stan" 1966 10 237 Observer's Page How to Find It: Messier 2 "Busler, William J." 1966 10 238 Observer's Page Nova Persei 1901 Active 1966 10 239 Observer's Page Encke 1966 10 239 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 10 239 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Encke "Herring, Alika K." 1966 10 240 Observer's Page Telescope Sky Pointer "Shaffer, David" 1966 10 240 Observer's Page Observations of Deep-Sky Objects "Shaw, Glenn E." 1966 10 241 Celestial Calendar SU Cassiopeiae: A Bright Cepheid 1966 10 241 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 10 242 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- October-December, 1966" "Dunham, David W." 1966 10 243 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 10 243 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1966 10 244 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 11 249 Front-Cover Photo Mosaic Mural at Kitt Peak 1966 11 251 News Notes A Good Leonid Year? 1966 11 252 Feature The Identification of the X-Ray Source in Scorpius "Gursky, Herbert" 1966 11 256 Feature Results of Sundial Competition "Egger, Hermann H." 1966 11 256 News Notes JILA Visiting Fellowships 1966 11 257 Feature What Luna 9 Told Us About the Moon "Lipsky, Yuri N." 1966 11 260 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 11 261 American Astronomers Report Radar Studies of Planetary Orbits 1966 11 261 American Astronomers Report Elevation Differences on Mars 1966 11 262 American Astronomers Report Area Scanning 1966 11 262 American Astronomers Report Radio Observing with a Broad-Band Filter 1966 11 262 American Astronomers Report Solar Observing with a Broad-Band Filter 1966 11 263 News Notes Michigan State Astronomy 1966 11 263 News Notes New Comets 1966 11 264 Feature High-Flying Gemini 11 "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 11 265 Letters Letter "Falworth, Geoffrey" 1966 11 265 Letters Letter "Kalish, Leonard" 1966 11 265 Letters Letter "Rosenwald, Kurt" 1966 11 265 Letters Letter "Rudnicki, Konrad" 1966 11 265 Letters Letter "Wilhelms, Don E." 1966 11 266 Feature ALPO Meets in Tucson "R., L. J." 1966 11 271 Feature Radio Astronomy and the Galactic System -- I "Bok, Bart J." 1966 11 275 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 11 275 News Notes High Central Peaks 1966 11 275 News Notes Evolution of the W Ursae Majoris Binaries 1966 11 275 News Notes Deuterium in Space 1966 11 275 News Notes Belgian Cosmologist 1966 11 276 Feature Night-Sky Phenomena Photographed from Gemini 9 "Ney, Edward P." 1966 11 278 Feature Blaeuw's Celestial Globe and Three New Stars "Hujer, Karel" 1966 11 280 Amateur Astronomers Three Amateur Conventions 1966 11 281 Amateur Astronomers Patrick Moore's Lunar Map 1966 11 283 Feature 1967 Occultation Supplement -- Predictions for the United States and Canada 1966 11 292 Books and the Sky "Canon of Solar Eclipses, Jean Meeus, Carl C. Grosjean, and Willy Vanderleen" "Smiley, Charles H." 1966 11 294 Books and the Sky "The Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Evry Schatzman" "Mathews, Robert T." 1966 11 296 Books and the Sky "Weather on the Planets, George Ohring" "Sagan, Carl" 1966 11 300 Gleanings for ATMs A Connecticut Observatory with Roll-Off Roof "Hammond, C. R." 1966 11 300 Gleanings for ATMs A Connecticut Observatory with a Roll-Off Roof 1966 11 303 Gleanings for ATMs A Rigid Mounting That Required Little Machining "Willingham, Charles R." 1966 11 308 Observer's Page August Planetary Configurations 1966 11 312 Observer's Page Ptolemaeus at Sunrise "Cooke, Strathmore R. B." 1966 11 313 Observer's Page Infrasonic Observations of a Fireball 1966 11 314 Observer's Page Perseid Meteor Rates in 1966 "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 11 315 Observer's Page Telescope Image Reversal "Rosebrugh, David W." 1966 11 316 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 11 318 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1966 11 318 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Ceres 1966 11 318 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 11 318 Celestial Calendar X Trianguli: An Algol Star 1966 11 319 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 11 320 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1966 12 325 Front-Cover Photo California's Lick Observatory 1966 12 327 Letters Letter "Stowe, Bruce B." 1966 12 327 Letters Letter "Modica IV, Robert I" 1966 12 327 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1966 12 328 Feature New Santa Cruz Headquarters for Lick Observatory "Whitford, A. E." 1966 12 332 News Notes Planetarium Director 1966 12 333 News Notes Origin of Planetaries 1966 12 333 News Notes Infrared Photometry of Algol 1966 12 333 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1966 12 333 News Notes Dutch Astronomer Honored 1966 12 333 News Notes Doubts About the Earth's Dust Cloud 1966 12 333 News Notes From Here and There 1966 12 334 Astronomical Scrapbook Review of a Yet-Unwritten Moon Book "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 12 334 News Notes Comet Rudnicki 1966 12 335 Feature Notes on South American Astronomy "Page, Thornton L." 1966 12 341 Feature Radio Astronomy and the Galactic System -- II "Bok, Bart J." 1966 12 344 Feature Toward a New Astronomical Imagination "Richardson, Robert S." 1966 12 346 Feature Lunar Orbiter Photographs Earth and Moon 1966 12 348 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets at Nantucket "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1966 12 349 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1966 12 349 Letters Letter "Sykes, Glenton G." 1966 12 349 News Notes AAS Meeting 1966 12 349 News Notes Moving an Observatory 1966 12 350 Feature New Communications Satellites "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1966 12 359 Feature Picture Earth and moon photographed by Lunar Orbiter I 1966 12 367 Books and the Sky "Essentials of Astronomy, Lloyd Motz and Anneta Duveen" "Mumford, George S." 1966 12 368 Books and the Sky "First Conference on Faint Blue Stars, W. J. Luyten, editor" "Slettebak, Arne" 1966 12 370 Books and the Sky "The Amateur Astronomer, Patrick Moore" "Mullaney, James" "McCall, Wallace" 1966 12 373 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Comparator for Star Photographs "Cox, Robert E." 1966 12 375 Gleanings for ATMs Electrolytic Corrosion 1966 12 376 Gleanings for ATMs A Junior's Telescope "Sauer, Nick" 1966 12 377 Gleanings for ATMs A Variety of Instruments by a California Amateur "Landon, Kenneth W." 1966 12 380 Observer's Page Auroral Activity Increases 1966 12 383 Observer's Page October's Penumbral Eclipse 1966 12 384 Observer's Page Two New Variables 1966 12 386 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1966 12 386 Observer's Page Orionid Meteors -- 1966 1966 12 387 Observer's Page An Observation of Pallas 1966 12 387 Observer's Page Observations of Pallas "Stevens, Robert P." 1966 12 390 Celestial Calendar The Algol-Type Variable EK Cephei 1966 12 390 Celestial Calendar Path of Minor Planet Juno 1966 12 391 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1966 12 391 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1966 12 392 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1966 12 392 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Leonid Meteors in 1966 1967 1 3 News Notes Oriental Records of Novae and Supernovae "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1967 1 4 Feature Great Leonid Meteor Shower of 1966 1967 1 11 Feature Eclipse Over the Andes "Menzel, Donald H." 1967 1 15 Feature Box: Total Eclipse Widely Observed 1967 1 16 Feature The Visual Binary Kruger 60 "Wanner, James F." 1967 1 17 News Notes Fast Infrared Telescope 1967 1 18 Feature Problems of the Solar Corona "Billings, Donald E." 1967 1 22 Feature Results from Lunar Orbiter 2 "W., R. N." "A., J." 1967 1 27 Feature Color Events on the Moon "Moore, Patrick" 1967 1 27 Front-Cover Photo Australia's Largest Meteorite 1967 1 28 Feature A Roster of Space Activity "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 1 28 Feature Roster of Space Activity "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 1 30 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 1 30 News Notes Four-College Doctorates 1967 1 30 News Notes Galaxy Expert Dies 1967 1 31 News Notes From Here and There 1967 1 31 News Notes Two Pygmy Stars 1967 1 31 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 1 31 News Notes Quarks and the Solar Spectrum 1967 1 31 News Notes Solar Astronomer Dies 1967 1 31 News Notes Solving a Photoelectric Problem 1967 1 32 Amateur Astronomers Latin-American League Convenes in Brazil "de Azevedo, Rubens" 1967 1 33 Feature Events of 1967 in the Graphic Time Table 1967 1 33 Letters Letter "Mallas, John H." 1967 1 33 Letters Letter "Cox, D. J." 1967 1 37 Books and the Sky "Spherical Astronomy, Edgar W. Woolard and Gerald M. Clemence" 1967 1 37 Books and the Sky "Mars, Robert S. Richardson and Chesley Bonestell" 1967 1 37 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marsden, Brian G." 1967 1 37 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gaherty Jr., Geoffrey" 1967 1 39 Books and the Sky "Atoms to Andromeda, S. T. Butler and H. Messel, editors" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1967 1 41 Books and the Sky "The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies, International Institute of Physics" "Roberts, Morton S." 1967 1 45 Gleanings for ATMs An Improved Foucault Testing Device "Dakin, Ralph K." 1967 1 49 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Newtonian with Temporary Mounting "Hyde M.D., Howard" 1967 1 52 Observer's Page Equipment for Timing Extreme Grazing Occultations "Halbach, Edward A." 1967 1 57 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1967 1 58 Observer's Page Recent Observations of Saturn 1967 1 60 Observer's Page Pico 1967 1 60 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 1 60 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Pico "Herring, Alika K." 1967 1 61 Celestial Calendar Zeta Geminorum: A 10-Day Cepheid 1967 1 61 Celestial Calendar Uranus and Neptune in 1967 1967 1 62 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- January-March, 1967" "Dunham, David W." 1967 1 63 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 1 63 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 1 64 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1967 1 64 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 2 69 Front-Cover Photo Australia's Largest Meteorite 1967 2 71 Feature A Tenth Satellite of Saturn? 1967 2 72 Feature Western Australia's Mundrabilla Meteorite "Wilson, R. B." "Cooney, A. M." 1967 2 73 Feature Fireballs Associated with the Barwell Meteorite "Miles, Howard" 1967 2 74 Feature Late-Type Stars -- I "Hack, Margherita" 1967 2 77 Feature Rocket Observations of the Eclipse in Brazil "Accardo, Carl A." 1967 2 82 Amateur Astronomers A Treasure House (Poem) "Davis, Paul W." 1967 2 82 Amateur Astronomers A Sky Quiz for Beginners "Jones, Raphael S." 1967 2 82 Amateur Astronomers A Treasure House (poem) 1967 2 83 Feature "The Great Bolide of April 25, 1966" "Olivier, Charles P." 1967 2 84 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1967 2 84 Letters Letter "Hapke, B." "Gold, Thomas" 1967 2 85 Feature Racing the Moon's Shadow "Cox, Arthur N." "Liebenberg, Donald H." "Brownlee, Robert R." 1967 2 90 Feature The Relief Effect in Looking at Lunar Photographs "Minnaert, M." 1967 2 91 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 2 92 Astronomical Scrapbook The Cosmic Vision of Robert Burton "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1967 2 93 News Notes Fossil Meteorite Crater 1967 2 94 News Notes Changes in Triton's Orbit 1967 2 94 News Notes American Spectroscopist 1967 2 94 News Notes Zodiacal Band 1967 2 94 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 2 94 News Notes Lithium in Old Stars 1967 2 95 News Notes Lockheed Astronomer Dies 1967 2 95 News Notes New Australian Society 1967 2 95 News Notes NGC 4038-39: An Exploding Galaxy? 1967 2 95 News Notes From Here and There 1967 2 95 News Notes "The New Universe""""" 1967 2 96 Feature Aerospace Convention in Boston "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 2 98 Amateur Astronomers Hidden Valley Observatory in South Dakota "Dyvig, Ron" 1967 2 101 Books and the Sky "Advances in Earth Science, P. M. Hurley, editor" "Runcorn, S. K." 1967 2 102 Books and the Sky "John Herschel, Gunther Buttmann" 1967 2 106 Books and the Sky Book Review "Westfall, John E." 1967 2 106 Books and the Sky Book Review "Watson, Fletcher G." 1967 2 106 Books and the Sky "Navigation: Land, Sea and Sky, Hal Hellman" 1967 2 106 Books and the Sky "World of the Moon, Henry C. King" 1967 2 112 Gleanings for ATMs An Unusual 12 1/2-inch Rich-Field Reflector and Comet Seeker "Leifer, Bert" 1967 2 115 Gleanings for ATMs An Easily Transported 16-inch Newtonian "Germany, Septimus S." 1967 2 116 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Telescope Drive Corrector "Minton, R. B." 1967 2 117 Observer's Page Measuring the Position Angle of a Double Star "Gleason, Geoffrey" 1967 2 119 Observer's Page Mars and the Moon at Comparable Resolutions "Pope, Thomas" 1967 2 120 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 2 121 Observer's Page How to Find It: M65 and M66 "Busler, William J." 1967 2 122 Observer's Page 9 Puppis -- A Fast-Revolving Binary "Robinson, Leif J." 1967 2 123 Observer's Page The Sun and an Artificial Satellite "Dizer, Muammer" 1967 2 124 Observer's Page October Penumbral Eclipse Photographs 1967 2 126 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 2 126 Celestial Calendar Planetary Configurations in February 1967 2 126 Celestial Calendar TX Ursae Majoris: An Algol Variable 1967 2 127 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 2 128 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 3 133 Front-Cover Photo January 7th Aurora in Minnesota 1967 3 135 Letters Letter "Soter, Steven L." 1967 3 135 Letters Letter "Slabinski, Victor J." 1967 3 136 Feature Coronal Studies at the Eclipse in Bolivia "Malville, J. McKim" 1967 3 137 Feature Picture "Sun's corona, November 12, 1966" 1967 3 139 Feature The Atmosphere Inside a Spacecraft "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 3 141 Feature The Heitkamp Planetarium "Goodman, Thomas G." 1967 3 142 Letters Letter "Sato, Takeshi" 1967 3 143 Feature Nova T Pyxidis Brightens Again 1967 3 144 Feature Ground Observers Report on November's Eclipse 1967 3 149 Feature Cepheids in the Small Magellanic Cloud 1967 3 149 News Notes Italian Astronomer Dies 1967 3 150 Feature The Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics "Garstang, R. H." 1967 3 153 Feature Late-Type Stars -- II "Hack, Margherita" 1967 3 155 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 3 156 Feature Some New Notes on Messier's Catalogue "Jones, Kenneth Glyn" 1967 3 159 News Notes Hydrogen in Spiral Galaxy Halos 1967 3 159 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 3 159 News Notes Occultation of Mars by Venus 1967 3 159 News Notes On the Reported Gamma-Ray Source in Cygnus 1967 3 159 News Notes Saturn's Tenth Satellite 1967 3 159 News Notes From Here and There 1967 3 160 News Notes Resolution of NGC 205 1967 3 160 News Notes Niningerite in Meteorites 1967 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Albuquerque Students Observing Grazing Occultations "Olson, Paul" 1967 3 161 Amateur Astronomers "I, Surveyor" "Dart, Laren" 1967 3 161 Amateur Astronomers "I, Surveyor (poem)" 1967 3 161 Amateur Astronomers "A High School Observatory in Toledo, Ohio" "Gardner, Robert J." 1967 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Albuquerque Students Observe Grazing Occultations 1967 3 162 American Astronomers Report Alpha2 Librae as a Close Double 1967 3 162 American Astronomers Report Ultraviolet Spectra in Orion 1967 3 163 American Astronomers Report Structure of Radio Sources 1967 3 164 Books and the Sky "Space Science, Charles A. Lundquist" 1967 3 164 Books and the Sky Book Review "Popper, Daniel M." 1967 3 164 Books and the Sky "Galaxies and Cosmology, Paul W. Hodge" 1967 3 164 Books and the Sky "The Sun and Stars, John C. Brandt" 1967 3 166 Books and the Sky "Photographic Atlas of the Moon, Zdenek Kopal, Josef Klepesta, and Thomas W. Rackham" "Both, Ernst E." 1967 3 175 Gleanings for ATMs A Telescope in a Bowling Ball "Willard, Berton C." 1967 3 178 Gleanings for ATMs Some Remarks on Eyepieces "Evans, David S." "Young, Andrew T." 1967 3 181 Gleanings for ATMs Extending the Uses of a Rich-Field Telescope "Froehly, Bert" 1967 3 184 Observer's Page Two Fine Auroral Displays in January 1967 3 186 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 3 187 Observer's Page The Central Peaks of Copernicus "Herring, Alika K." 1967 3 189 Observer's Page New Comet Seki(1967b) 1967 3 191 Observer's Page Comet Rudnicki(1966e) 1967 3 192 Observer's Page Periodic Comet Tuttle(1967a) 1967 3 193 Celestial Calendar Five or Six Variable Stars 1967 3 193 Celestial Calendar Vesta: A Naked Eye Asteroid This Spring 1967 3 194 Celestial Calendar Occultation of 76 Geminorum 1967 3 194 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 3 195 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 3 196 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 4 201 Front-Cover Photo All-Mirror Schmidt Camera in New Mexico 1967 4 203 Feature The Galactic Nucleus 1967 4 204 Feature An All-Reflection Schmidt Telescope for Space Research "Epstein, Lewis C." 1967 4 207 News Notes Training Planetarium Operators 1967 4 207 News Notes Dust around R Monocerotis 1967 4 208 Feature Observing Mars in 1967 "Capen, Charles F." 1967 4 211 News Notes An 18-minute Variable Star 1967 4 211 News Notes NGC 2313: A Variable Nebula 1967 4 211 News Notes Supernova Remnants 1967 4 211 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 4 212 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 4 212 Letters Letter "Harris, Alan" 1967 4 212 Letters Letter "Dunham, David W." 1967 4 212 Letters Letter "Rutiser, Sandra J." 1967 4 212 Letters Letter "Slabinski, Victor J." 1967 4 212 Letters Letter "Kurtzman, David H." 1967 4 212 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1967 4 213 Feature A Proposed Very Large Radio Telescope Array 1967 4 214 Feature Picture International Satellite Geodesy "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 4 216 Feature Lunar Photography at Pic du Midi Observatory "Kopal, Zdenek" 1967 4 219 Feature Picture Lunar crater Tycho 1967 4 220 Feature A Spectrogram of Gamma Cassiopeiae "Shelus, Peter J." 1967 4 221 Feature Causes of the Ice Ages "Donn, William L." 1967 4 225 News Notes Temperature of Mercury 1967 4 226 Feature "Observing Saturn's Edgewise Rings, October, 1966" "Texereau, Jean" 1967 4 227 News Notes Two More Comets 1967 4 228 Astronomical Scrapbook "Barry, Roger, and the Mannheim Observatory" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1967 4 229 News Notes ALPO Anniversary 1967 4 230 Amateur Astronomers Two Meetings in Canada 1967 4 230 Amateur Astronomers Charlotte Amateur Astronomers Exhibit "McInnis, Frank G." 1967 4 230 Amateur Astronomers New York Amateur Abroad "Macris, Robert" 1967 4 235 Books and the Sky "Stars and Planets, Giorgio Abetti" "Westbrooke, William J." 1967 4 236 Books and the Sky "Survival on the Moon, Lawrence Maisak" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 4 237 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 4, Leo Goldberg, editor" "Fernie, J. D." 1967 4 238 Books and the Sky "Telescopes: How To Make Them and How To Use them, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" "Milon, Dennis" 1967 4 244 Gleanings for ATMs A Well-Built Roll-Off-Roof Observatory in North Carolina "McInnis, Frank G." 1967 4 248 Gleanings for ATMs Further Improvements on a Slitless Foucault Tester "Cox, Robert E." 1967 4 252 Observer's Page April's Total Lunar Eclipse "Dunham, David W." 1967 4 254 Observer's Page More About Color Moon Movies "Bridges, James F." 1967 4 257 Observer's Page The May Solar Eclipse 1967 4 258 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 4 258 Observer's Page February's Planetary Configurations 1967 4 259 Observer's Page Linne 1967 4 259 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Linne "Herring, Alika K." 1967 4 261 Celestial Calendar R Ursae Majoris 1967 4 261 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1967 4 262 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- April-June, 1967" "Dunham, David W." 1967 4 263 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 4 263 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 4 264 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 5 269 Front-Cover Photo New Observatory in Illinois 1967 5 271 Feature Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center 1967 5 272 Feature Some Notes on Tektites "Futrell, Darryl" 1967 5 276 Feature Giant Prominence Photographed in March 1967 5 278 Feature Cepheid Pulsations "Cox, Arthur N." "Cox, John P." 1967 5 282 News Notes Hyades Distance 1967 5 283 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 5 283 News Notes Oblateness of the Sun 1967 5 283 News Notes 144-inch Mirror Blank Cast 1967 5 284 News Notes A 23-foot Aluminum Mirror 1967 5 284 News Notes New Lines in the Radio Spectrum of Hydrogen 1967 5 285 Feature A Messier Album - 1 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1967 5 288 Feature First Applications Technology Satellite "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 5 289 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 5 290 Feature Visual Aspects of Trans-Stellar Space Flight "Moskowitz, Saul" 1967 5 295 Amateur Astronomers Ten of This Year's Amateur Conventions 1967 5 299 Books and the Sky "Giant Meteorites, E. L. Krinov" "Beals, C. S." 1967 5 302 Feature Picture "A Panorama on the Moon, 16:August, center. Part of Mare Fecunditatis" 1967 5 304 Books and the Sky "Planets, Stars, and Galaxies, A. E. Fanning" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1967 5 307 Books and the Sky "Intelligent Life in the Universe, I. S. Shklovskii and Carl Sagan" "Hynek, J. Allen" 1967 5 312 Gleanings for ATMs A Cooke Triplet Astrographic Lens for the Amateur "Donnel, Roscoe J." 1967 5 322 Observer's Page Photographing Star Spectra "Waber, Robert" "McPherson, Roger" 1967 5 326 Observer's Page February's Large Sunspot Group 1967 5 327 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 5 330 Celestial Calendar ZZ Bootis -- An Algol-Type Variable 1967 5 330 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 5 330 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1967 5 331 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 5 332 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 6 337 Front-Cover Photo New Airglow Observatory 1967 6 339 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1967 6 339 Letters Letter "Levine, Joel S." 1967 6 340 Feature New Airglow Observatory in Pennsylvania "Feibelman, Walter A." 1967 6 342 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1967 6 342 Letters Letter "Whipple, Fred L." 1967 6 342 Letters Letter "Rawlins, Dennis" 1967 6 342 Letters Letter "Rogler, Harold L." 1967 6 342 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1967 6 343 Feature Spiral Patterns in Galaxies -- I "Lynds, Beverly T." 1967 6 346 Astronomical Scrapbook A Harem of Telescopes "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1967 6 347 Feature A Great French Astronomer "Kovalevsky, Jean" 1967 6 350 Feature RU Camelopardalis -- A Unique Cepheid Variable "Hack, Margherita" 1967 6 354 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 6 354 News Notes Radioactivity of Lunar Rocks 1967 6 354 News Notes Brightness Variations of Quasars 1967 6 354 News Notes Fragments of Galaxies 1967 6 355 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 6 355 News Notes Fast-Moving Helium Star 1967 6 355 News Notes Calendar Facts 1967 6 355 News Notes Solar Journal 1967 6 355 News Notes Instrument Maker Dies 1967 6 355 News Notes Variable Star Expert 1967 6 356 Feature A Messier Album - 2 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1967 6 358 Feature Polynesian Navigation "Kals, William S." 1967 6 361 Feature Surveyor 3 on the Moon "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 6 364 Amateur Astronomers A Well-Planned Star Party in Cincinnati "Ellman, Charles" "Dunteman, Howard" 1967 6 365 Amateur Astronomers League General Convention 1967 6 365 Amateur Astronomers Stargazing at Sunol Park "Roberts, William O." 1967 6 365 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Listing 1967 6 373 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, E. G. Ebbighausen" 1967 6 373 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mathews, Robert T." 1967 6 373 Books and the Sky Book Review "Noyes, Robert W." 1967 6 373 Books and the Sky "The Solar Atmosphere, Harold Zirin" 1967 6 375 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy, John D. Kraus" "Epstein, Eugene E." 1967 6 376 Books and the Sky "Astronomisch-chronolgisiche Tafeln, Paul Ahnert" 1967 6 377 Books and the Sky "Les Comates, Jean Dufay" "Marsden, Brian G." 1967 6 382 Gleanings for ATMs An Observatory in Israel with an 8-inch Oblique Reflector "Horowitz, M." 1967 6 387 Gleanings for ATMs A 3 1/2-inch Terrestrial Reflector "Walsh, Mark R." 1967 6 388 Gleanings for ATMs Neutralizing Atmospheric Dispersion 1967 6 390 Observer's Page More on the 1966-67 Apparition of Saturn "Robinson, Leif J." 1967 6 392 Observer's Page Occultations of Faint Stars "Chew, Robert L." 1967 6 392 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 6 393 Observer's Page Barium Clouds Observed 1967 6 394 Observer's Page Astrophotography with a Short-Focus Lens "Shaw, Glenn E." 1967 6 397 Observer's Page Comet News 1967 6 398 Celestial Calendar S Ursae Minoris and Two Suspected Variables 1967 6 398 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 6 399 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 6 400 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 7 1 Front-Cover Photo California Occultation Observer 1967 7 3 News Notes Standard Time and Federal Law 1967 7 4 Feature Meteorite Field Studies at Campo del Cielo "Cassidy, William A." 1967 7 11 News Notes Collapse into the Future 1967 7 11 News Notes Volk's Star Not a Variable? 1967 7 11 News Notes Weapons from the Sky 1967 7 11 News Notes Hexagonal Diamonds in Meteorites 1967 7 11 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 7 11 News Notes Saturn's Exterior Ring 1967 7 12 News Notes Precise Measurement of Local Gravity 1967 7 12 News Notes New Giant Crater in Africa? 1967 7 12 News Notes Comet 1963 IX 1967 7 12 News Notes Earliest Life? 1967 7 13 Feature Current Planetarium Activity in Canada "Rodger, David A." 1967 7 14 Feature Calgary's Planetarium and Museum "Wieser, S." 1967 7 16 Feature A Messier Album - 3 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1967 7 18 Feature Spiral Patterns in Galaxies -- II "Lynds, Beverly T." 1967 7 21 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 7 22 Letters Letter "Pascu, Dan" 1967 7 22 Letters Letter "King, Henry C." 1967 7 23 Feature Picture North-central region of the moon 1967 7 24 Feature Mercury's Rotation and Visual Observations "Cruikshank, Dale P." "Chapman, Clark R." 1967 7 27 Feature Photographs by Lunar Orbiter 4 "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 7 32 Amateur Astronomers "Sperry Observatory Is Dedicated in Cranford, New Jersey" 1967 7 32 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane 1967 7 32 Amateur Astronomers Australian Amateurs Meet at Canberra "Sangster, Ralph L." 1967 7 33 Amateur Astronomers North Central Convention "Wysocki, Mrs. T. J." 1967 7 33 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1967 7 35 Books and the Sky "An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, Francis Baily" "Gingerich, Owen" 1967 7 37 Books and the Sky "Principles of Astrometry, Peter van de Kamp" "Eichhorn, Heinrich" 1967 7 40 Books and the Sky "Modern Optical Engineering: The Design of Optical System, Warren J. Smith" "Cox, Robert E." 1967 7 44 Gleanings for ATMs A Special Portable Refractor for Women "Fisher, William H." 1967 7 47 Gleanings for ATMs Some Three-Gear Sidereal Drive Arrangements "Fagen, Edward A." 1967 7 52 Observer's Page Observations of Two Eclipses This Spring 1967 7 57 Observer's Page White-Light Solar Flare and the May 25th Aurora 1967 7 59 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 7 60 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1967 7 61 Celestial Calendar U Sagittarii: A Variable in a Star Cluster 1967 7 61 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 7 61 Celestial Calendar A Partial Occultation of Saturn in Hawaii 1967 7 62 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- July-September, 1967" "Dunham, David W." 1967 7 63 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1967 7 63 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 7 64 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 8 69 Front-Cover Photo U.S. Pavilion at Expo 67 1967 8 71 News Notes Two 150-inch Telescopes for Southern Hemispheres 1967 8 72 Feature Space Astronomy at Expo 67 "Leavens, Peter A." 1967 8 79 Feature Steward Observatory's New 90-inch Reflector "Hilliard, R. L." 1967 8 81 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 8 82 News Notes "Davis, Watson, Dies" 1967 8 82 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 8 82 News Notes Huge Radio Telescope Planned 1967 8 82 News Notes Nova Delphini 1967 1967 8 82 News Notes Optical Identification of an X-Ray Source in Cygnus 1967 8 83 Feature Naked-Eye Comet 1967f 1967 8 84 Feature "The Fourth """"Texas"""" Symposium -- I" "Green, Louis C." 1967 8 88 News Notes Death of a French Astronomer 1967 8 89 Feature The Mariner-5 Launch Sequence "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 8 90 Letters Letter "Whitney, Charles A." 1967 8 90 Letters Letter "Brown, Peter Lancaster" 1967 8 91 Feature Canadian Amateurs Visit Mexico "Duman, Jacques A." 1967 8 92 Astronomical Scrapbook A Few Notes About Earthshine "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1967 8 93 Feature An Italian Astronomer "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1967 8 94 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Regional Convention Held "Shawcross, William E." 1967 8 94 Amateur Astronomers 17th Mid-States Regional Meeting "Cox, Robert E." 1967 8 95 Amateur Astronomers Recklinghausen Planetarium "Herrmann, J." 1967 8 96 Feature A Messier Album - 4 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1967 8 99 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to the Study of the Moon, Zdenek Kopal" "Hopmann, J." 1967 8 100 Books and the Sky "Observing Earth Satellites, Desmond King-Hele" "Borde, Jack A." 1967 8 101 Books and the Sky "Kepler's Somnium, Edward Rosen, translator" 1967 8 104 Books and the Sky "Astronautics Year 1965, David Howard" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 8 108 Gleanings for ATMs A Twin-Telescope Observatory on Wheels "Oberle, Norman G." 1967 8 113 Gleanings for ATMs A Hungarian Amateur's Rich-Field Telescope "Szentmartoni, Bela" 1967 8 115 Observer's Page Some Hints on Amateur Meteor Photography 1967 8 115 Observer's Page Some Hints on Amateur Meteor Photography "Milon, Dennis" 1967 8 116 Celestial Calendar Venus' Inferior Conjunction 1967 8 117 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 8 118 Observer's Page Moon-Planet Configurations 1967 8 119 Observer's Page Tobias Mayer 1967 8 119 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Tobias Mayer "Herring, Alika K." 1967 8 126 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Sigma Scorpii 1967 8 126 Celestial Calendar New Variable Star 1967 8 126 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 8 127 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 8 127 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1967 8 127 Celestial Calendar CH Cygni: A Combination Variable 1967 8 128 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 9 133 Front-Cover Photo Yerkes 40-inch Refractor Today 1967 9 135 News Notes Three Astronomers Picked To Become Astronauts 1967 9 136 Feature "The Discovery of Janus, Saturn's Tenth Satellite" "Dollfus, Audouin" 1967 9 137 News Notes Project Able Abandoned 1967 9 137 News Notes New Asteroid Names 1967 9 138 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 9 138 News Notes New Radio Dish in Illinois 1967 9 138 News Notes Restoration at Greenwich 1967 9 138 News Notes Fleet Variable Star 1967 9 139 Feature Convention in Washington "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1967 9 142 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 9 143 American Astronomers Report Radio Interferometers with Very Long Base Lines 1967 9 144 American Astronomers Report Solar X-Rays and Flares 1967 9 145 American Astronomers Report Barnard's Loop Nebula 1967 9 147 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Telescope Makers at Stellafane "Ross, Steven S." 1967 9 150 Feature Alcock's Nova in Delphinus "Ashbrook, Joseph" "Robinson, Leif J." 1967 9 152 Feature A Messier Album - 5 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1967 9 153 Feature "The Fourth """"Texas"""" Symposium -- II" "Green, Louis C." 1967 9 156 Feature New Circumlunar Probe "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 9 157 News Notes Space Sciences at the University of Maryland 1967 9 158 Feature Some College Planetariums "Briant B.V.M., Sister Mary" "Martin, Joel" "Young, Warren" 1967 9 167 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bortle, John E." 1967 9 167 Books and the Sky "Getting Acquainted with Comets, Robert S. Richardson" 1967 9 167 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mezger, P. G." 1967 9 167 Books and the Sky "Radioastronomical Methods of Antenna Measurements, A. D. Kuz'min and A. E. Salomonovich" 1967 9 168 Books and the Sky "Beyond the Observatory, Harlow Shapley" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 9 169 Books and the Sky "Weather and Climate, R. C. Sutcliffe" "Brooks, Edward M." 1967 9 172 Books and the Sky "Handbook of the Physical Properties of the Planet Jupiter, C. M. Michaux" 1967 9 176 Gleanings for ATMs A Plywood German-Type Equatorial Mounting "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 1967 9 180 Gleanings for ATMs A Plywood Mounting and Fork for Reflectors "Yeagley, Henry L." "Firebaugh, Douglas B." 1967 9 185 Observer's Page Jupiter's Great Red Spot and Three White Ovals "Reese, Elmer J." 1967 9 187 Observer's Page An Inexpensive Finder and Guide Telescope "Hartman, Robert C." 1967 9 188 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 9 190 Observer's Page Observations of Comet 1967f 1967 9 194 Celestial Calendar Finder Chart for Nova Delphini 1967 1967 9 194 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 9 195 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 9 196 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 10 201 Front-Cover Photo Cornell Cosmic Ray Observatory 1967 10 203 News Notes Giant Radio Telescopes 1967 10 204 Feature High-Energy Cosmic Rays "Bunner, Alan N." 1967 10 209 Feature IAU at Prague 1967 10 213 American Astronomers Report Lightweight Aluminum Mirrors 1967 10 213 American Astronomers Report Lunar Latitude Fluctuation 1967 10 214 American Astronomers Report Coronal Polar Plumes 1967 10 214 News Notes Albany Astronomy Courses 1967 10 214 News Notes Giant Midwestern Radar Planned 1967 10 214 News Notes Solar Conference in Arizona 1967 10 214 News Notes JILA Visiting Scientists Program 1967 10 215 Feature "New Soviet Observatory at Shemakha, Azerbaijan" "Gillmor, C. Stewart" 1967 10 215 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 10 216 Feature Lunar Orbiter 5 Takes Unusual Pictures "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 10 220 Feature A Messier Album - 6 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1967 10 221 News Notes Ionization Energies 1967 10 221 News Notes Identification of Cassiopeia A? 1967 10 221 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 10 221 News Notes Slow Nova Delphini 1967 10 221 News Notes What Causes a Supernova Outburst? 1967 10 221 News Notes Africa and South America Linked by Rock-Age Studies 1967 10 222 News Notes 236-inch Reflecting Telescope 1967 10 222 News Notes Cosmonaut's Memorials 1967 10 222 News Notes "Caldwell, Orestes H., Dies" 1967 10 222 News Notes Unusual Feature Near M81: Another Interpretation 1967 10 222 News Notes Spectroscopist Dies 1967 10 222 News Notes Radar Test of Relativity 1967 10 222 News Notes New York Planetarium's Growth 1967 10 223 Feature Convention at Long Beach "Goodman, Joel W." 1967 10 225 Amateur Astronomers High School Teachers Learn Mirror Grinding in St. Paul "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1967 10 226 Feature A Russell W. Porter Exhibit "Milon, Dennis" 1967 10 229 Astronomical Scrapbook What Is the True Shape of the Sun? "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1967 10 239 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- Variable Stars in M15 "Gingerich, Owen" 1967 10 251 Books and the Sky "History of Rocketry and Space Travel, Wernher Von Braun and Frederick I. Ordway III" "Robinson, Leif J." 1967 10 252 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors, Hans Vehrenberg" "Williamson, Isabel K." 1967 10 254 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Roger C. Jennison" "Ross, Steven S." 1967 10 258 Gleanings for ATMs A First Telescope of Large Aperture "Basiewicz, Willy" 1967 10 262 Gleanings for ATMs An Electric Sidereal Clock "May, Harold E." 1967 10 264 Observer's Page Amateurs Observe Many Summer Meteors 1967 10 267 Observer's Page Jupiter's Red Spot "Sato, Takeshi" 1967 10 267 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 10 272 Celestial Calendar RZ Cassiopeiae 1967 10 272 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 10 272 Celestial Calendar A Widely Observed Occultation of Saturn 1967 10 273 Celestial Calendar Finding the Moons of Saturn "English, L. A." 1967 10 273 Celestial Calendar The Moons of Saturn this Month 1967 10 274 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- October-December, 1967" "Dunham, David W." 1967 10 275 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 10 275 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1967 10 276 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 11 281 Front-Cover Photo Amateur's Solar Observing Room 1967 11 283 Feature John C. Duncan Dies 1967 11 284 Feature Photographic Star Atlases "Ingrao, Hector C." "Kasparian, Elaine" 1967 11 288 Feature A 3-D Star Display "Broderick, W. E." 1967 11 289 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 11 289 News Notes Origin of Galaxies 1967 11 289 News Notes Over-Reddened Stars in Clusters 1967 11 289 News Notes Atlas of Stellar Spectra 1967 11 290 Letters Letter "Henry, Louis R." 1967 11 290 Letters Letter "Dale, E. D." 1967 11 290 Letters Letter "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1967 11 290 Letters Letter "Pitluga, George E." 1967 11 290 Letters Letter "Shuart, Ross" 1967 11 290 News Notes A New Periodical 1967 11 290 News Notes New Low-Expansion Glass 1967 11 291 Feature Astronomy for Juniors in Brooklyn "Levine, Joel S." 1967 11 292 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 11 293 Feature What Is an English Mounting? "Gingerich, Owen" 1967 11 295 News Notes A Rich Comet Haul 1967 11 296 Feature Budapest Symposium on Solar Active Regions "Howard, Robert F." 1967 11 300 Feature More About Nova Delphini 1967 1967 11 302 Amateur Astronomers Swedish Amateur Astrophotographer "Jonsson, Enok" 1967 11 303 Amateur Astronomers Toward an International Society of Amateurs 1967 11 303 News Notes Next Sunspot Maximum 1967 11 304 Feature A Messier Album - 7 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1967 11 305 Feature How Surveyor 5 Was Saved "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 11 307 Amateur Astronomers Second Australian Convention 1967 11 309 Books and the Sky "Motivations, Tools and Theories of Pre-Modern Science, Mark Graubard" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1967 11 310 Books and the Sky Book Review "Danby, J. M. A." 1967 11 310 Books and the Sky "Astrodynamics -- Applications and Advanced Topics, Robert M. L. Baker, Jr." 1967 11 310 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Astrodynamics, Robert M. L. Baker, Jr., and Maud M. Makemson" 1967 11 313 Feature 1968 Occultation Supplement -- Predictions for the United States and Canada 1967 11 322 Books and the Sky "Radio Exploration of the Sun, Alex G. Smith" "Kraus, John D." 1967 11 323 Books and the Sky Book Review "Sagan, Carl" 1967 11 323 Books and the Sky "Curiosities of Light Rays and Light Waves, S. Tolansky" 1967 11 323 Books and the Sky Book Review "Brower, Stanley W." 1967 11 329 Gleanings for ATMs A Remotely Controlled Backyard Solar Observatory "Semerau, Walter J." 1967 11 336 Observer's Page A Notable Occulation of Saturn "Dunham, David W." 1967 11 336 Observer's Page A Notable Occultation of Saturn 1967 11 338 Observer's Page Paths of Recent Fireballs 1967 11 339 Observer's Page Perseid Hourly Rates in 1967 "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1967 11 339 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 11 340 Observer's Page Herodotus 1967 11 340 Observer's Page Observing the Moon -- Herodotus "Herring, Alika K." 1967 11 345 Celestial Calendar Venus-Uranus Event 1967 11 345 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1967 11 345 Celestial Calendar A Bright Eclipsing Star in the Hyades 1967 11 345 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 11 346 Celestial Calendar The Moons of Saturn this Month 1967 11 347 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 11 348 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1967 12 353 Front-Cover Photo Amateur's Galaxy Photographs 1967 12 355 Feature The Sun's Distance 1967 12 356 Feature The 98-inch Isaac Newton Telescope "Brown, Peter Lancaster" 1967 12 361 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1967 12 361 News Notes New Astrophysical Letters 1967 12 361 News Notes Mexican Observatory To Move 1967 12 362 Feature OSO 4 Ultraviolet Solar Observations "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1967 12 368 Feature The Origin of Binary Stars "Huang, Su-Shu" 1967 12 371 Letters Letter "Johnson, Harold L." 1967 12 371 Letters Letter "Dicke, R. H." 1967 12 371 Letters Letter "Hirst, William P." 1967 12 372 Feature Galaxies and Quasars at Prague -- I "Page, Thornton L." 1967 12 377 Amateur Astronomers German Amateur Astronomers Convention "Roth, Gunter D." 1967 12 377 Amateur Astronomers Fall Meeting of the AAVSO "Shawcross, William E." 1967 12 378 Feature A Messier Album - 8 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1967 12 379 News Notes Michelson Award 1967 12 380 News Notes Kitt Peak Mirror Blank 1967 12 380 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1967 12 380 News Notes "Bethe, H. A., Honored" 1967 12 380 News Notes Hazards of Playing with Matches 1967 12 381 News Notes Observatory Dedicated at University of Toledo 1967 12 381 News Notes The Nature of AG Pegasi 1967 12 382 Astronomical Scrapbook Hertzspring's Enigmatic Object "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1967 12 383 News Notes "Hertzsprung, Ejnar, Dies" 1967 12 391 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Astronomy, Charles M. Huffer, Frederick E. Trinklein, and Mark Bunge" "Pryor, Marvin J." 1967 12 392 Books and the Sky "Die Planeten und Ihre Monde, Rolf Muller" "Both, Ernst E." 1967 12 394 Books and the Sky "The Star Lovers, Robert S. Richardson" "Ross, Steven S." 1967 12 395 Books and the Sky "Das Weltall im Bild, Albert Eisenhuth, editor" "Ashbrook, Martha D." 1967 12 400 Gleanings for ATMs Swiss Amateur's Cooled-Emulsion Camera "Eggeling, H." 1967 12 404 Gleanings for ATMs An Italian Observatory and 14-inch Reflector "Toledano M.D., Roberto" 1967 12 408 Observer's Page October Lunar Eclipse Reports 1967 12 412 Observer's Page Saturn Goes Behind the Moon in October 1967 12 413 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1967 12 417 Celestial Calendar W Ursae Minoris 1967 12 418 Celestial Calendar The Moons of Saturn this Month 1967 12 418 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1967 12 419 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1967 12 419 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1967 12 420 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Saturn-Apollo Launching 1968 1 3 News Notes Rotation of Vesta 1968 1 4 Feature Ejnar Hertzsprung -- Measurer of Stars "Nielsen, Axel V." 1968 1 6 News Notes Optical Figuring by Ion Bombardment 1968 1 7 Feature Planetary and Lunar Notes from Prague 1968 1 10 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 1 10 News Notes NASA Board for Astronomy 1968 1 10 News Notes New Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background 1968 1 10 News Notes New Michigan Telescope 1968 1 10 News Notes Giant Radio Telescope in Space Proposed 1968 1 10 News Notes Foveal Blue-Blindness 1968 1 11 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1968 1 11 News Notes British Theoretical Astronomy 1968 1 11 News Notes Nature of the Ring Around M81 1968 1 12 Feature Saturn-Apollo Test Flight "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 1 12 Letters Letter "Hlavka, George E." 1968 1 12 Letters Letter "Caldwell, Robert B." 1968 1 12 Letters Letter "Sharp, Mrs. G. K." 1968 1 12 Letters Letter "Simpson, J. Wesley" 1968 1 16 Feature Galaxies and Quasars at Prague -- II "Page, Thornton L." 1968 1 21 Feature Minor Planet Icarus in 1968 1968 1 22 Feature Kitt Peak's New Photoelectric Guider "Ball, Warren F." "Hoag, Arthur A." 1968 1 24 News Notes Irons Scrutinized 1968 1 27 Feature A Messier Album - 9 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 1 28 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur Astronomer in Iraq "Ahad, Michael Abdul" 1968 1 28 Amateur Astronomers Some National Amateur Organizations 1968 1 31 Feature Events of 1968 in the Graphic Time Table 1968 1 34 Feature Sky and Telescope's New Star Charts "Lovi, George" 1968 1 40 Books and the Sky "Earth Photographs from Gemini III, IV, and V, National Aeronautics and Space Administration" "Bell, Brian H." 1968 1 41 Books and the Sky "Nuclear Astrophysics, William A. Fowler" "Green, Louis C." 1968 1 42 Books and the Sky "Modern Optics, Earle B. Brown" "Cox, Robert E." 1968 1 48 Gleanings for ATMs Two Well-Equipped Observatories in Australia "Cox, Robert E." 1968 1 54 Observer's Page Meteor Photography in the Netherlands "Naber, Frits H." 1968 1 58 Observer's Page November Saturn Occultation 1968 1 60 Observer's Page Nova Still Bright 1968 1 60 Observer's Page No Leonid Storm in 1967 1968 1 60 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 1 61 Celestial Calendar Visibility of Nova Delphini Near Conjunction "Robinson, Leif J." 1968 1 61 Celestial Calendar T Monocerotis: A Cepheid Variable 1968 1 62 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 1 62 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1968 1 62 Celestial Calendar A Grazing Occultation of Antares "Dunham, David W." 1968 1 63 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- January-April, 1968" "Dunham, David W." 1968 1 64 Celestial Calendar Uranus and Neptune in 1968 1968 1 64 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 1 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 2 69 Front-Cover Photo Cerro-Tololo Inter-American Observatory 1968 2 71 News Notes A Record Year for Comets 1968 2 72 Feature The Inter-American Observatory in Chile "Blanco, Victor M." 1968 2 77 Feature Further Comments on Nova Delphini 1967 "Kuhi, Leonard V." 1968 2 78 News Notes White Dwarfs and the Einstein Red Shift 1968 2 78 News Notes Variable X-Ray Source 1968 2 78 News Notes Laser Tracking Station Built in Greece 1968 2 78 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 2 79 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1968 2 79 News Notes Stellar Eclipse? 1968 2 79 News Notes French Astrophysicist Dies 1968 2 80 Feature NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Continues "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 2 85 Feature Gamma-Ray Astronomy "Fichtel, Carl E." 1968 2 88 News Notes Origin of Meteorites 1968 2 89 Amateur Astronomers Pluto and Beyond "Wellman, Wade" 1968 2 89 Amateur Astronomers Escondido Amateurs Visit Palomar "Meyer, Carl V." 1968 2 90 Feature Galaxies and Quasars at Prague -- III "Page, Thornton L." 1968 2 93 American Astronomers Report Gould's Belt: An Expanding Group of Stars 1968 2 93 American Astronomers Report The Moon's Wake in the Solar Wind 1968 2 94 American Astronomers Report Explorer 28 Reentry Predicted 1968 2 94 American Astronomers Report Light Curve of 3C-371 1968 2 95 American Astronomers Report Our Galaxy as Mapped with RR Lyrae Stars 1968 2 96 Feature A Messier Album - 10 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 2 97 Astronomical Scrapbook The Nucleus of the Andromeda Nebula "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 2 98 News Notes Dartmouth Astronomer 1968 2 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 2 107 Books and the Sky "The Craters of the Moon, Patrick Moore and Peter J. Cattermole" "Delano, Rev. Kenneth J." 1968 2 108 Books and the Sky "Quasi-Stellar Objects, Geoffrey Burbidge and Margaret Burbidge" "Huang, Su-Shu" 1968 2 109 Books and the Sky "Interferometry, W. H. Steel" "Mertz, Lawrence" 1968 2 111 Books and the Sky "Aurora and Airglow, Billy M. McCormac, editor" "Feibelman, Walter A." 1968 2 112 Books and the Sky "Lunar Geology, Gilbert Fielder" 1968 2 116 Gleanings for ATMs Elementary Aberration in Telescope Objective Lenses 1968 2 116 Gleanings for ATMs Elementary Aberrations in Telescope Objective Lenses "Coburn, Horace H." 1968 2 121 Gleanings for ATMs A College Student's Telescope and Solar Spectroscope "Crumrine, Robert E." 1968 2 123 Observer's Page Strange Nova Delphini 1968 2 126 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1968 2 127 Observer's Page The Taurid and Geminid Meteors in 1967 1968 2 129 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 2 130 Celestial Calendar Three Asteroids Reach Opposition 1968 2 131 Celestial Calendar February Occultation of Antares "Dunham, David W." 1968 2 131 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 2 132 Celestial Calendar Two Bright Variable Stars in Auriga 1968 2 133 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 3 137 Front-Cover Photo Astronomical Observing with Television Equipment 1968 3 139 News Notes Star Sizes Measured 1968 3 140 Feature Observations with an Ultrasensitive TV Camera "Green, Martin" 1968 3 145 News Notes X-Rays from Outside the Galaxy 1968 3 146 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 3 146 News Notes New White-Dwarf Binary 1968 3 146 News Notes Lithium in Red Giant Stars 1968 3 146 News Notes Airborne Aurora Expedition 1968 3 146 News Notes Are There Radio Stars? 1968 3 147 Feature An Eclipse of the Sun for North America "Smiley, Charles H." 1968 3 150 News Notes Eta Carinae Brightening 1968 3 151 American Astronomers Report Atmospheres Surrounding Manned Spacecraft "Kovar, Natalie S." "Kovar, Robert P." 1968 3 155 News Notes Canadian Space Group Moves 1968 3 156 Feature A Messier Album - 11 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 3 157 Letters Letter "Green, Richard" 1968 3 157 Letters Letter "Shuart, Ross" 1968 3 157 Letters Letter "Mallas, John H." 1968 3 158 American Astronomers Report Structural Changes in a Quasar 1968 3 159 American Astronomers Report Thermal Observations of Mercury Interpreted 1968 3 159 American Astronomers Report Weighing Jupiter 1968 3 159 News Notes Astronomical Honors 1968 3 159 News Notes New Planetarium Directors 1968 3 160 Feature The Mysterious Case of the Planet Pluto "Rawlins, Dennis" 1968 3 162 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1968 3 163 Feature Lunar Module Passes Tests "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 3 165 Amateur Astronomers Mississippi Science Club Builds a Telescope "Izard Jr., E. Ray" 1968 3 170 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 3 174 Books and the Sky Book Review "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1968 3 174 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Stellar Statistics, Rudolf Kurth" 1968 3 174 Books and the Sky Book Review "Milon, Dennis" 1968 3 174 Books and the Sky "The Telescope Handbook and Star Atlas, Neale E. Howard" 1968 3 176 Books and the Sky "Pictorial Guide to the Stars, Henry C. King" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1968 3 177 Books and the Sky "Analytical and Numerical Methods of Celestial Mechanics, G. A. Chebotarev" "Marsden, Brian G." 1968 3 178 Books and the Sky "Mysteries of the Universe, William R. Corliss" "Ross, Steven S." 1968 3 182 Gleanings for ATMs A Pocketable 6-inch Multipurpose Cassegrain Telescope "Dall, Horace E." 1968 3 185 Gleanings for ATMs A 4 1/4-inch Astro-Terrestrial Reflector "Johansen, Ellis E." 1968 3 188 Observer's Page Observing the Satellites of the Planets "Elk III, John" 1968 3 193 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 3 195 Observer's Page Comet Ikeya-Seki(1967n) 1968 3 199 Celestial Calendar Observing U Cephei 1968 3 200 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 3 201 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 4 205 Front-Cover Photo Strasenburgh Planetarium 1968 4 207 News Notes A Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source 1968 4 208 Feature A Major Planetarium in Rochester "McLennan, Ian C." 1968 4 211 Amateur Astronomers Five Amateur Observatories 1968 4 215 Astronomical Scrapbook "Pulfrich, C., and a Short Footnote to Lunar History" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 4 215 News Notes Whiteoak Star Atlas 1968 4 216 News Notes Variable Star Expert Dies 1968 4 216 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 4 216 News Notes Puzzling X-Ray Source in Cygnus 1968 4 216 News Notes The Anticenter Region of the Milky Way 1968 4 217 News Notes New Radio Line of Cosmic Origin 1968 4 217 News Notes More About a Variable X-Ray Source 1968 4 217 News Notes Infrared Nebulosity in Orion 1968 4 218 Feature A Messier Album - 12 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 4 219 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1968 4 220 Feature First Photographs from Earth of a Lunar Satellite 1968 4 222 Feature Echo's Reentry and Moonwatch "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 4 225 News Notes Astronomical Craftsman Dies 1968 4 225 News Notes Another Fossil Meteor Crater? 1968 4 226 American Astronomers Report Bamberg Variable 357 1968 4 226 American Astronomers Report Martian Seasonal Changes and Windblown Dust 1968 4 227 American Astronomers Report Dark Interstellar Clouds 1968 4 230 Feature Precession of the Moon's Poles "Kolaczek, Barbara" 1968 4 231 Feature Box: Some Eclipse Projects 1968 4 231 Feature April's Total Lunar Eclipse "Dunckel, Peter B." 1968 4 234 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Convention Notes 1968 4 234 Amateur Astronomers "Astronomy Group at La Paz, Bolivia" "Schreier, Max" 1968 4 238 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 4 242 Books and the Sky "Interstellar Grains, N. C. Wickramasinghe" "Cernuschi, Felix" 1968 4 243 Books and the Sky "Starlight: What It Tells About the Stars, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" "Oriti, Ronald A." 1968 4 244 Books and the Sky "Methods in Computational Physics, Vol. 7: Astrophysics, Berni Alder, Sidney Fernbach, and Manuel Rotenberg, editors" "Cox, Arthur N." 1968 4 246 Books and the Sky The Radio Sky (Film review) "Gingerich, Owen" 1968 4 249 Gleanings for ATMs A New Catadioptric Telescope Design Suitable for ATM's "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1968 4 258 Observer's Page An Old and a New Dark Streak on Jupiter "Reese, Elmer J." 1968 4 260 Observer's Page Notes on Comet Ikeya-Seki 1968 4 262 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 4 267 Celestial Calendar RR Leonis: A Fast-Changing Variable 1968 4 268 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 4 268 Celestial Calendar Another Occultation of Antares "Dunham, David W." 1968 4 269 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1968 4 269 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 5 275 News Notes Progress in Gamma-Ray Astronomy 1968 5 276 Feature The Discovery of Jupiter's Red Spot "Chapman, Clark R." 1968 5 278 News Notes Brandeis Summer Institute 1968 5 278 News Notes Standard Time in Alaska and Hawaii 1968 5 278 News Notes Recent Observations of the Great Red Spot 1968 5 279 Feature News of the Soviet Six-Meter Reflecting Telescope "Ingrao, Hector C." 1968 5 281 News Notes Some Recent Supernovae 1968 5 282 Feature Nongravitational Forces and Comet Nuclei "Sekanina, Zdenek" 1968 5 286 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1968 5 287 Amateur Astronomers Berlin Moon Atlas 1968 5 287 Amateur Astronomers Computer Availability 1968 5 287 Amateur Astronomers An Arizona Observatory "Paoloni, Ted J." 1968 5 288 Feature Apropos of Algol's Changing Period "Herczeg, Tibor" "Frieboes-Conde, Hildegard" 1968 5 290 Feature Notes on Modern Telescope Mountings "Tichenor, Clyde L." 1968 5 296 News Notes Ice Caps on Venus? 1968 5 296 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 5 296 News Notes Blackbody Radiation in a Cold Universe 1968 5 296 News Notes A Fourth Test of General Relativity 1968 5 297 News Notes Brightness of Comet Ikeya-Seki 1965f 1968 5 297 News Notes Cooperation in Observing Variable Radio Sources 1968 5 297 News Notes The Divisions in Saturn's Rings 1968 5 298 Feature Explorer 37 Studies Sun "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 5 299 News Notes Plasma Conference 1968 5 300 Feature A Messier Album - 13 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 5 301 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1968 5 301 Letters Letter "Gleason, Geoffrey" 1968 5 301 Letters Letter "Abileah, Ronald" 1968 5 302 Letters Letter "Boyko, Anatole" 1968 5 306 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 5 311 Books and the Sky "Magnetism and the Cosmos, W. R. Hindmarsh, F. J. Lowes, P. H. Roberts, and S. K. Runcorn, editors" "Deutsch, Armin J." 1968 5 313 Books and the Sky "The Planetarium and Atmospherium, O. Richard Norton" "Jenzano, Anthony F." 1968 5 314 Books and the Sky "ABC of Astronomy, A. Weigert and H. Zimmermann" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1968 5 319 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Telescope Making from Here and There "Cox, Robert E." 1968 5 326 Observer's Page Amateur Moon Pictures from Germany "Bernhard, Hans" "Suttor, Wolfgang" 1968 5 328 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 5 329 Observer's Page More About Comet Ikeya-Seki 1968 5 335 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1968 5 335 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 5 335 Celestial Calendar The Variable Star g Herculis 1968 5 336 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- May-September, 1968" "Dunham, David W." 1968 5 337 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 6 341 Front-Cover Photo Northern Lights in Action 1968 6 345 News Notes Asteroid Icarus Flies by the Earth 1968 6 346 Feature Visual Studies of the Aurora "Sprague, Gale C." 1968 6 350 Feature Mount Wilson Solar Physicist Dies "Joy, Alfred H." 1968 6 351 Feature Moon in Eclipse "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 6 356 Feature New Trends in Spectral Classification "Whitney, Charles A." 1968 6 359 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 6 359 News Notes Asteroid 1968 AA 1968 6 359 News Notes Astrophysics and Space Science 1968 6 360 News Notes Have Supernova Cosmic Rays Killed Animal Life? 1968 6 360 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 6 360 News Notes New Technique for Stellar Polarimetry 1968 6 360 News Notes Solar Element Abundances 1968 6 361 News Notes New Planetarium Opens in Northern Ireland 1968 6 361 News Notes Weighing a Minor Planet 1968 6 361 News Notes AAS Awards and Lectures 1968 6 362 News Notes Solar System Center of Mass 1968 6 362 News Notes "The Orbit of 61 Cygni, 1(2):6 . Orbit of Triton" 1968 6 362 News Notes Star of Very Low Mass 1968 6 363 Feature Solar Eclipse in September "Brooks, Edward M." 1968 6 365 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag "Shawcross, William E." 1968 6 366 Astronomical Scrapbook Spiral Structure in Galaxies "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 6 368 Feature A Messier Album - 14 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 6 369 Amateur Astronomers Harrisburg Society Activities "Young, Robert R." 1968 6 369 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Listing 1968 6 371 Feature Notes on the Race into Space "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 6 376 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 6 381 Books and the Sky "The Politics of Space Cooperation, Don E. Kash" "Ordway III, Frederick I." 1968 6 383 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 5, Leo Goldberg, editor" "Page, Thornton L." 1968 6 390 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on the Buchroeder Catadioptric Telescope "Cox, Robert E." 1968 6 397 Observer's Page An English Amateur's Two Bright Novae "Robinson, Leif J." 1968 6 399 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 6 400 Observer's Page Antares Occultation Observed in April 1968 6 402 Observer's Page New Japanese Comet 1968 6 403 Observer's Page Neptune Occults a Star 1968 6 404 Observer's Page Beta Virginis Occultation 1968 6 406 Celestial Calendar A Widely Observable Occultation of Antares "Dunham, David W." 1968 6 406 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 6 407 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Lick Observatory's 120-inch Telescope 1968 7 3 News Notes Elusive Solar Neutrinos 1968 7 4 Feature The Enigmatic Pulsars -- Facts and Interpretation "Cameron, A. G. W." "Maran, Stephen P." 1968 7 10 Feature International Satellite Iris "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 7 11 Feature The Australian Radioheliograph Project "Higgs, A. J." 1968 7 15 News Notes The R Monocerotis Puzzle 1968 7 15 News Notes Physical Properties of Meteors 1968 7 15 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 7 16 Feature Spectra of Two Current Novae Compared 1968 7 18 Feature The Magnetic and Related Stars -- I "Hack, Margherita" 1968 7 22 Letters Letter "Boyko, Anatole" 1968 7 22 Letters Letter "Lovi, George" 1968 7 23 Feature AAVSO Meets in Ohio "R., L. J." 1968 7 25 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag 1968 7 26 American Astronomers Report Modern Tools for Photographic Astronomy 1968 7 28 American Astronomers Report Barnard's Star Remeasured 1968 7 29 Feature A Messier Album - 15 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 7 30 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1968 7 30 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Classes in Montreal "Dumas, J. A." 1968 7 30 Amateur Astronomers A Danish Amateur's Observatory 1968 7 33 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane 1968 7 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 7 38 Books and the Sky "Applied Optics and Optical Engineering, Vol. IV: Optical Instruments. Part I, Rudolf Kingslake, editor" "Ingrao, Hector C." 1968 7 40 Books and the Sky "The Evolution of Stars, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1968 7 42 Books and the Sky "Unveiling the Universe, Harley Wood" "Williamson, Isabel K." 1968 7 46 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Declination Slow-Motion Control "Kussner, Conrad L." 1968 7 48 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Telescope and Camera "Michalewski, Henry" 1968 7 51 Observer's Page Simultaneous Solar Disk and Prominence Photography "Semerau, Walter J." 1968 7 54 Observer's Page Mapping Mars in 1967 "Moore, Patrick" 1968 7 55 Observer's Page The Earth's Orbit 1968 7 56 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1968 7 60 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 7 64 Celestial Calendar Two Red Variables in Delphinus "Robinson, Leif J." 1968 7 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 7 65 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1968 7 65 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 8 69 Front-Cover Photo Atlanta's Fernbank Science Center 1968 8 71 Letters Letter "Norton, O. Richard" 1968 8 71 Letters Letter "Rohr, Hans" 1968 8 72 Feature The Fernbank Science Center and Planetarium "Calder, William A." 1968 8 75 Feature Icarus Flies Past the Earth 1968 8 78 American Astronomers Report Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae 1968 8 78 American Astronomers Report 57 Pegasi as a Spectroscopic Double Star 1968 8 79 American Astronomers Report The Most Massive Star Known 1968 8 79 American Astronomers Report Satellites of Our Galaxy? 1968 8 80 American Astronomers Report A Very Small Radio Source 1968 8 81 American Astronomers Report A Radio Determination of the Sun's Distance 1968 8 82 American Astronomers Report Stars of Low Luminosity "Kuman, Shiv S." 1968 8 85 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 8 85 News Notes New Lick Observing Station Selected 1968 8 85 News Notes The Nature of Hydroxyl Emission Sources 1968 8 86 News Notes Temperature Rise During Optical Polishing 1968 8 86 News Notes Moon-Illusion Expert 1968 8 86 News Notes New PZT Observatory in Canada 1968 8 86 News Notes Meteoritical Society 1968 8 87 Astronomical Scrapbook The Gradual Recognition of Helium "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 8 87 News Notes Minor Planet 1746 Brouwer 1968 8 88 Feature The Outlook for Nuclear Spacecraft "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 8 90 Feature A Messier Album - 16 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 8 91 Letters Letter "Claridge, Rev. Geoffrey G." 1968 8 92 Feature The Magnetic and Related Stars -- II "Hack, Margherita" 1968 8 94 Feature Questions from the S&T Mailbag 1968 8 96 Amateur Astronomers Queensland Amateurs' 19-inch Telescope and Observatory "Lister, Herbert G." "Matchett, Victor L." 1968 8 97 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Regional Convention "Shawcross, William E." 1968 8 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 8 106 Books and the Sky "Modern Astrophysics: A Memorial to Otto Struve, M. Hack, editor" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1968 8 107 Books and the Sky "Annals of the IQSY, Vol. I: Geophysical Measurements, C. M. Minnis, editor" "Acton, Loren W." 1968 8 108 Books and the Sky "Quasars, F. D. Kahn and H. P. Palmer" "Green, Louis C." 1968 8 109 Books and the Sky "The Paths of the Planets, R. A. R. Tricker" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 8 115 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Oscillator-Inverter Clock Drive "Galloway, Terry R." 1968 8 121 Observer's Page A Roundup of Four Telescopic Comets 1968 8 124 Observer's Page Some Hints on Photographing the Sun 1968 8 125 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 8 126 Observer's Page June Antares Occultation 1968 8 127 Observer's Page Observing Faint Minor Planets "Pilcher, Frederick" 1968 8 132 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1968 8 132 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 8 132 Celestial Calendar R Aquarii: A Strange Mira-Type Variable 1968 8 133 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 9 137 Front-Cover Photo New Hawaiian Mountaintop Observatory 1968 9 139 News Notes Radar Mapping of Venus 1968 9 140 Feature Progress at Mauna Kea Observatory "Jefferies, John T." "Sinton, William M." 1968 9 145 News Notes Spica as a Double Star 1968 9 147 Feature Some Recent Lunar Atlases and Maps "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 9 152 Feature Explorer 23 Micrometeoroid Results "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 9 153 Letters Letter "Harvey, Stephen C." 1968 9 153 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1968 9 153 Letters Letter "Marshall, Roy K." 1968 9 154 Feature Solar Astronomy at Manila Observatory "Miller S.J., Richard A." 1968 9 156 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 9 156 News Notes Z Andromedae as a Binary 1968 9 156 News Notes Three More Pulsars 1968 9 156 News Notes The Stellar Luminosity Function 1968 9 157 News Notes The Problem of 3C-287 1968 9 157 News Notes Results from a One-Mile Radio Telescope 1968 9 159 Feature A Messier Album - 17 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 9 160 Feature A Solar Interferometer Operating at 3 Centimeters "Cadmus Jr., Robert R." "Warren, Jean L." 1968 9 163 Amateur Astronomers Exhibits for the Public in New York State 1968 9 170 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 9 175 Books and the Sky "The Edge of Space, Richard A. Craig" "Cole, Allen E." 1968 9 176 Books and the Sky "All About Telescopes, Sam Brown" "Dakin, Ralph K." 1968 9 177 Books and the Sky "Theory of Orbits, Victor Szebehely" "Marsden, Brian G." 1968 9 179 Books and the Sky "Generation of Optical Surfaces, K. G. Kumanin, editor" "Cox, Robert E." 1968 9 183 Gleanings for ATMs A New Amateur Observatory in Central Arizona "Lines, Richard" "Lines, Helen" 1968 9 187 Gleanings for ATMs Telescope Mounting Made from a Lathe Head 1968 9 187 Gleanings for ATMs A Telescope Mounting Made from a Lathe Head "Boyles, Alfred" 1968 9 190 Observer's Page A Large Solar Flare Observed in July 1968 9 191 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 9 192 Observer's Page Improved 8-mm. Moon Movies "Waaland, J. Robert" 1968 9 195 Observer's Page Some Recent Fireballs 1968 9 196 Observer's Page Bright Comet Honda(1968c) 1968 9 199 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Vesta and the Variable Star Mira 1968 9 199 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 9 200 Celestial Calendar Nova Delphini News 1968 9 200 Celestial Calendar RZ Cassiopeiae -- A Well-Observed Eclipsing Binary 1968 9 201 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 10 205 Front-Cover Photo Twilight at Stellafane 1968 10 207 Letters Letter "Steele, Mark" 1968 10 207 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" "Forbes, Eric G." 1968 10 208 Feature Stellafane Pictorial "Ross, Steven S." 1968 10 213 Feature Shop-Testing a 107-inch Telescope Mirror "Tull, Robert G." 1968 10 217 American Astronomers Report Radio Bursts in the Outer Corona 1968 10 217 American Astronomers Report Eros and the Sun's Distance 1968 10 219 American Astronomers Report Lumps Inside the Moon 1968 10 219 American Astronomers Report Scorpius XR-1 Scrutinized 1968 10 221 News Notes Meteoritical Society 1968 10 222 Feature A Messier Album - 18 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 10 223 Feature Infrared Images of the Eclipsed Moon "Hunt, Graham R." "Salisbury, John W." "Vincent, Robert K." 1968 10 226 Feature Sundial at Riverside "Kalincsak, Imre" 1968 10 228 Feature The Celescope Experiment "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 10 230 Astronomical Scrapbook Schruter and the Rings of Saturn "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 10 231 News Notes A Remarkable Chain of Galaxies 1968 10 232 News Notes Next Approach of Geographos "Mumford, George S." 1968 10 233 Amateur Astronomers Southeast Region Convenes in Tennessee "Male, Donald W." 1968 10 233 Amateur Astronomers Junior Astronomical Society 1968 10 242 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 10 247 Books and the Sky Book Review "Page, Thornton L." 1968 10 247 Books and the Sky Book Review "Simkover, Howard J." 1968 10 247 Books and the Sky "Moon in Focus, Thomas Rackham" 1968 10 247 Books and the Sky "The Riddle of Gravitation, Peter G. Bergmann" 1968 10 249 Books and the Sky "Nebulae and Interstellar Matter, Barbara M. Middlehurst and Lawrence H. Aller, editors" "Miller, Joseph S." 1968 10 251 Books and the Sky The Baader Planetarium 1968 10 256 Gleanings for ATMs Toledo Amateur's Methods in Astrophotography 1968 10 256 Gleanings for ATMs A Toledo Amateur's Methods in Astrophotography "Zeh, Howard F." 1968 10 265 Observer's Page Word on Three Current Comets 1968 10 269 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 10 273 Celestial Calendar October's Total Lunar Eclipse "Dunckel, Peter B." 1968 10 274 Celestial Calendar A Widely Observable Occultation of Jupiter "Dunham, David W." 1968 10 275 Celestial Calendar Saturn and Its Satellites at Opposition 1968 10 276 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- October-December, 1968" "Dunham, David W." 1968 10 277 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 10 277 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1968 10 277 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 11 281 Front-Cover Photo Smithsonian's 10-meter Light Collector 1968 11 283 News Notes Planetary Astronomy 1968 11 284 Front-Cover Photo Mount Hopkins Observatory "Burke, John J." "Kirchhoff, Werner" 1968 11 290 Feature Total Eclipse in Siberia "Courten, Henry C." "Moore, Patrick" 1968 11 292 Feature NASA's Tenth Anniversary "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 11 293 Feature An Interpreter of the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 11 293 News Notes Zemlya i Vselennaya 1968 11 294 News Notes Nova Herculis 1968 1968 11 294 News Notes Rate of Influx of Extraterrestrial Material 1968 11 294 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1968 11 295 Feature Supernova in Messier 83 "Thackeray, A. D." 1968 11 296 Feature League Convention in Chicago "Shawcross, William E." 1968 11 299 American Astronomers Report Systematic Search for Lunar Events 1968 11 300 American Astronomers Report Six-Channel Spectral Scanner 1968 11 301 American Astronomers Report Radio Sources and Elliptical Galaxies 1968 11 302 Feature Southwestern Astronomical Conference "M., D." 1968 11 308 Feature A Messier Album - 19 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 11 312 Feature 1969 Occultation Supplement -- Predictions for the United States and Canada 1968 11 318 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 11 327 Books and the Sky "Radar Astronomy, John V. Evans and Tor Hagfors, editors" "Carpenter, Roland L." 1968 11 330 Books and the Sky "Moon and Planets, Vol. 2, A. Dollfus, editor" "Salisbury, John W." 1968 11 332 Books and the Sky "Astronomy -- Globes, Orreries, and Other Models, H. R. Calvert" 1968 11 336 Gleanings for ATMs An Improved Buchroeder Catadioptric Design "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1968 11 344 Observer's Page Reports of Two Summer Meteor Showers 1968 11 346 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 11 349 Observer's Page Spectacular Fireball Program 1968 11 351 Celestial Calendar Favorable Opposition of Asteroid Eunomia 1968 11 351 Celestial Calendar Planetary Conjunctions and Occultations 1968 11 352 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 11 352 Celestial Calendar V Cassiopeiae "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 11 353 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1968 11 353 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1968 12 357 Front-Cover Photo New Telescope in Texas 1968 12 359 News Notes The Planetarium Trade 1968 12 360 Feature McDonald Observatory's 107-inch Reflector "Smith, Harlan J." 1968 12 368 Feature Successful Apollo Mission "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1968 12 369 Letters Letter "Brogan, Phil F." 1968 12 370 Astronomical Scrapbook The Star Atlas of Hevelius "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1968 12 372 Feature A Messier Album - 20 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1968 12 373 American Astronomers Report Stratoscope Observation of a Seyfert Galaxy 1968 12 373 American Astronomers Report Winds in Planetary Atmospheres 1968 12 374 American Astronomers Report One Year of Nova Delphini 1968 12 375 American Astronomers Report Do Stars and Gas Move Together? 1968 12 376 Feature Ernst Opik and the Perseid Shower "Muursepp, Peeter" "Preem, Raimund" 1968 12 378 News Notes The Ultrashort-Period Variable HZ 29 "Mumford, George S." 1968 12 379 News Notes Starting a Meteorite Collection 1968 12 380 Feature Solar Eclipse Follow-Up 1968 12 381 Feature Solar Eclipse Follow-Up "Brown, Peter Lancaster" "Waldmeier, M." "Menzel, Donald H." 1968 12 383 Amateur Astronomers The AAVSO's October Meeting 1968 12 384 Feature Thoughts on the Star of Bethlehem "Sinnott, Roger W." 1968 12 390 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1968 12 398 Books and the Sky "Opticalman 3 and 2, Bureau of Naval Personnel" "Cox, Robert E." 1968 12 399 Books and the Sky "Spectral Line Formation, J. T. Jefferies" "Cowley, Charles R." 1968 12 402 Books and the Sky "Space Systems Technology, Regis D. Heitchue, Jr., editor" "Wood, David B." 1968 12 406 Gleanings for ATMs A Sturdy Transportable Mounting for a 12 1/2-inch Reflector "Thurmond, John B." 1968 12 408 Gleanings for ATMs A Slew-and-Drive Unit for Amateur Telescopes "Parmenter, B. C." 1968 12 413 Observer's Page October's Early-Morning Eclipse of the Moon 1968 12 418 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1968 12 420 Celestial Calendar December's Pleiades Occultation "Dunckel, Peter B." 1968 12 420 Celestial Calendar December Pleiades Occultation 1968 12 423 Celestial Calendar A Naked-Eye Occultation of Spica "Dunham, David W." 1968 12 423 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1968 12 424 Celestial Calendar R Andromedae 1968 12 424 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1968 12 425 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Jupiter Occultation Over Colorado 1969 1 3 News Notes Pulsars and Supernovae 1969 1 4 Feature Mare Orientale and Its Intriguing Basin "Hartmann, William K." "Yale, Francis G." 1969 1 8 Feature Planetarium in Baton Rouge "Pettus, David H." 1969 1 9 Letters Letter "Gordon, Rodger W." 1969 1 10 Feature Discovery and Study of Bright Variable Stars "Strohmeier, W." "Mauder, H." 1969 1 13 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1969 1 13 News Notes Magnetic Field of the Milky Way 1969 1 13 News Notes Concerning the Identity of Centaurus XR-2 1969 1 13 News Notes Expansion of the Crab Nebula 1969 1 14 Amateur Astronomers Prediscovery Observations of Uranus 1969 1 14 News Notes High-Resolution Solar X-Ray Photographs 1969 1 15 Feature To Land on the Moon "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 1 20 Feature Ninety Minutes of Totality! "Mercer, Robert D." "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1969 1 23 Feature Very Heavy Nuclei in Cosmic Rays "Apparao, Krishna M. V." 1969 1 25 Feature A Messier Album - 21 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 1 26 Amateur Astronomers A Student Observatory in Nottinghamshire "Birch, Kenneth" 1969 1 27 Amateur Astronomers Webb Society in England 1969 1 31 Feature Events of 1969 in the Graphic Time Table 1969 1 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 1 38 Books and the Sky Book Review "Specht, H. E. M." 1969 1 38 Books and the Sky "Die Welt der Planeten, Wulff Heintz" 1969 1 38 Books and the Sky "Meteorites and the Origin of Planets, John A. Wood" 1969 1 38 Books and the Sky Book Review "Donn, Bertram" 1969 1 40 Books and the Sky "Vistas in Astronomy, Vol. 9, Arthur Beer, editor" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1969 1 45 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Spectrohelioscope by a California Amateur "Veio, Fredrick N." 1969 1 51 Observer's Page News About the October Occultation of Jupiter 1969 1 54 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1969 1 55 Observer's Page Orionids and Leonids in 1968 1969 1 57 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 1 57 Observer's Page The Moon Rides High 1969 1 62 Celestial Calendar RR Geminorum: A Cluster-Type Variable 1969 1 62 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 1 63 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- January-March, 1969" "Dunham, David W." 1969 1 64 Celestial Calendar Paths of the Three Outer Planets This Year 1969 1 65 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1969 1 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 2 69 Front-Cover Photo "Mayan """"Rivers in the Sky""""" 1969 2 71 News Notes Pluto's Mass and the Motion of Neptune 1969 2 72 Feature Five Mayan Eclipses in Thirteen Years "Harber, Hubert E." 1969 2 74 Astronomical Scrapbook The Clarks and Some of Their Refractors "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 2 76 Feature Around the Moon and Back "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 2 79 Feature A Search for Soft X-Rays from the Galaxy "Grader, R. J." "Hill, R. W." "Seward, Frederick D." 1969 2 82 Feature The First Maps of the Moon "Classen, J." 1969 2 83 News Notes Recently Named Variables 1969 2 84 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1969 2 84 News Notes Lunar Landscape Mural 1969 2 84 News Notes Dimming of Starlight in Interplanetary Space 1969 2 84 News Notes Greek Planetographer 1969 2 84 News Notes Comet Medal for Amateurs 1969 2 85 Feature A Radio Telescope and the Heiligenschein "Whipple, Fred L." 1969 2 85 News Notes Large-Scale Solar Magnetic Pattern 1969 2 86 Feature Neutrino Astrophysics Discussed at Moscow "Kuchowicz, Bronislaw" 1969 2 86 News Notes British Plan 400-foot Radio Telescope in Wales 1969 2 86 News Notes AR Cassiopeiae Campaign 1969 2 86 News Notes Harriman Observatory 1969 2 87 Feature New Studies of the Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Shower "Krinov, E. L." 1969 2 87 News Notes Eclipsing-Variable Data 1969 2 91 American Astronomers Report Lunar Riverbeds 1969 2 93 American Astronomers Report The Nature of Icarus 1969 2 94 American Astronomers Report Unique Variable Star 1969 2 95 Feature A Messier Album - 22 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 2 96 News Notes Nova Vulpeculae 1968 No. 2 1969 2 97 Amateur Astronomers Sundials for the Equator "Wood, Charles A." 1969 2 97 Amateur Astronomers A Delaware Amateur's Observatory "Puszcz, Michael" 1969 2 100 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 2 104 Books and the Sky Book Review "Roach, Franklin E." 1969 2 105 Books and the Sky "The Origin of the Solar System, H. P. Berlage" "Huang, Su-Shu" 1969 2 106 Books and the Sky "The Story of Jodrell Bank, Sir Bernard Lovell" "Frost, Albert D." 1969 2 107 Books and the Sky "The Radiation Belt and Magnetosphere, Wilmot N. Hess" "Feibelman, Walter A." 1969 2 109 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 6, Leo Goldberg, editor" "Mathews, Robert T." 1969 2 112 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Reflector Fashioned in Wood "Ludden, Robert C." 1969 2 116 Gleanings for ATMs A Split-Ring 10-inch Equatorial of Low Cost "Haven Jr., Alfred C." 1969 2 118 Observer's Page Cooled-Emulsion Photography Without a Vacuum "Wiseman Jr., J. D." 1969 2 123 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 2 124 Observer's Page Leonids Give Impressive Display in 1968 "Robinson, Leif J." 1969 2 125 Observer's Page Lunar Ghost Ring "MacDonald, Thomas L." 1969 2 128 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 2 128 Celestial Calendar T Leonis: A Phantom Variable "Robinson, Leif J." "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 2 129 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 3 133 Front-Cover Photo An Amateur and His 12-inch Refractor 1969 3 135 News Notes A Pulsar Detected Optically 1969 3 137 Feature Apollo Astronauts Photograph the Moon 1969 3 145 News Notes Astronomy Exhibits at Montreal 1969 3 147 American Astronomers Report Gaseous Nebulae in Messier 31 1969 3 148 American Astronomers Report Improving the Accuracy of Stellar Parallaxes 1969 3 148 American Astronomers Report Rotations and Masses of Some Galaxies 1969 3 149 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1969 3 150 News Notes Surface Temperatures on Mars Charted 1969 3 150 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1969 3 150 News Notes Detection of Ammonia in Interstellar Space 1969 3 151 News Notes Diamond Dust in Space 1969 3 151 News Notes March Annular Eclipse 1969 3 151 News Notes Interstellar Sulfur Hydride Next? 1969 3 151 News Notes Yerkes 41-inch Reflector 1969 3 152 Feature Two Problems in Gravitation -- I "Rood, Herbert J." 1969 3 154 Feature A Messier Album - 23 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 3 155 News Notes Recent Advances in Radio Astronomy 1969 3 156 Feature Optical Observations of Apollo 8 "Liemohn, Harold B." 1969 3 157 News Notes Computer-Controlled Telescope 1969 3 157 News Notes Asteroid Names Explained 1969 3 161 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur's Odyssey "Hoffler M.D., G. Wyckliffe" 1969 3 161 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions and Meetings 1969 3 162 Feature Apollo 9's Busy Schedule "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 3 168 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 3 173 Books and the Sky "Riddle of the Universe, W. M. Smart" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1969 3 174 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes, E. J. Hartung" "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1969 3 176 Books and the Sky "Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, Donald D. Clayton" "Truran, James W." 1969 3 178 Books and the Sky "Telescopes in Space, Zdenek Kopal" "Ross, Steven S." 1969 3 182 Gleanings for ATMs An Amateur's 12-inch Long-Focus Refractor "Shipp, Oliver E." 1969 3 186 Gleanings for ATMs A 5-inch Binocular with Wide-Angle Eyepieces "Fitzgerald, Burton L." 1969 3 188 Gleanings for ATMs A Low-Power Telescope with an Unusual Finder "Landon, Kenneth W." 1969 3 190 Observer's Page The Planet Mars in 1969 "Capen, Charles F." "Capen, Virginia Watkins" 1969 3 195 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 3 196 Observer's Page Occultation of Beta Tauri "Dunham, David W." 1969 3 197 Celestial Calendar Pleiades Occultations: Observations and Predictions 1969 3 200 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 3 200 Celestial Calendar S and U Coronae Borealis 1969 3 201 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 4 205 Front-Cover Photo San Fernando Observatory 1969 4 207 News Notes Studies of Rods and Cones in Color Vision 1969 4 208 Feature A New Solar Observatory in California "Mayfield, E. B." "Vrabec, D." "Rogers, E." 1969 4 214 Feature The 1968 Texas Symposium: Pulsars "Green, Louis C." 1969 4 216 News Notes "Gamow, George, Dies" 1969 4 218 Feature Mariners To Fly Past Mars "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 4 221 News Notes Astronomers' Meetings 1969 4 221 News Notes CO2 in Mars' Atmosphere 1969 4 221 News Notes Toward More Effective Use of Large Reflectors 1969 4 221 News Notes Planetarium Lecturer Dies 1969 4 221 News Notes How Fast Do Comets Decay? 1969 4 221 News Notes Infrared Solar Spectrum from an Aircraft 1969 4 221 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1969 4 222 Feature The Perkins 72-inch Telescope in Arizona "Hall, John S." "Slettebak, Arne" 1969 4 225 Feature Two Problems in Gravitation -- II "Rood, Herbert J." 1969 4 227 News Notes Diameter of Neptune 1969 4 228 Feature A Messier Album - 24 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 4 229 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Questionable Comets "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 4 230 News Notes Hagecius' Book About the Supernova of 1572 1969 4 231 Feature Television Observations of the Crab Nebula Pulsar 1969 4 232 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Activities in Trinidad "Barrow, R." 1969 4 232 Amateur Astronomers Occultation in Italy "Abileah, Ronald" 1969 4 232 Amateur Astronomers Reworking a School Telescope "Yajko, Robert A." 1969 4 232 News Notes Changes in Seyfert Galaxies 1969 4 232 News Notes Bright Variable in Auriga 1969 4 236 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 4 240 Books and the Sky "Trackers of the Skies, E. Nelson Hayes" "Leonard, Arthur S." 1969 4 242 Books and the Sky "Observation in Modern Astronomy, David S. Evans" "Koch, Robert H." 1969 4 243 Books and the Sky "Visitors from Afar: The Comets, Willy Ley" "Marsden, Brian G." 1969 4 247 Gleanings for ATMs 6-inch Springfield Telescope with Remote Reading Dials 1969 4 247 Gleanings for ATMs A 6-inch Springfield Telescope with Remote Reading Dials "Newell, John K." 1969 4 250 Gleanings for ATMs Testing a Schmidt Corrector at a Finite Distance "Labrecque, J. J." 1969 4 252 Gleanings for ATMs A Detroit Amateur's Rich-Field Refractor "Carter, Barry C." 1969 4 253 Gleanings for ATMs Removing Old Aluminum Coatings "Cox, Robert E." 1969 4 254 Observer's Page Observing Solar Flares by Radio "Hossfield, Casper H." 1969 4 258 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 4 262 Celestial Calendar Some Little Known Variables 1969 4 262 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 4 263 Celestial Calendar Venus at Inferior Conjunction 1969 4 264 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- April-August, 1969" "Dunham, David W." 1969 4 265 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1969 4 265 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 5 269 Front-Cover Photo Analyzing a Meteorite's Radioactivity 1969 5 271 News Notes Interstellar Water and Formaldehyde 1969 5 272 Feature Freshly Fallen Meteorites from Portugal and Mexico "Fireman, Edward L." 1969 5 276 Feature Colorful March Aurora 1969 5 280 Feature Some Early Results from Celescope "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 5 282 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- I "Aller, Lawrence H." 1969 5 287 Feature Soft X-Ray Observations from OSO-4 "Culhane, J. L." "Sanford, P. W." "Phillips, K. J. H." 1969 5 288 News Notes Z Chamaeleontis: A Short-Period Eclipsing Binary 1969 5 288 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1969 5 288 News Notes Astrophysics Lectures in Toronto 1969 5 288 News Notes Hale Centennial Exhibit 1969 5 289 News Notes Giant Solar Prominence 1969 5 289 News Notes "Lick Observatory To Get $600,000 Grant" 1969 5 289 News Notes X-Rays from Another Galaxy 1969 5 290 Feature Quasars Six Years Later "Green, Louis C." 1969 5 294 News Notes General Relativity as a Unique Theory 1969 5 294 News Notes Canada's Mount Kobau Project Abandoned 1969 5 295 Feature A Messier Album - 25 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 5 296 American Astronomers Report Round the Clock Solar Movies 1969 5 296 American Astronomers Report Umbral Flashes 1969 5 297 American Astronomers Report Coronal Intensity Variations 1969 5 298 News Notes Astronomy on Mount Elbrus 1969 5 299 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Association 1969 5 299 Amateur Astronomers Bolivia Invites Mars Observers "Schreier, Prof. Max" 1969 5 300 Feature Giant X-Ray Telescope 1969 5 301 News Notes Jansky Lecture 1969 5 302 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 5 307 Books and the Sky "Galactic Astronomy, Dimitri Mihalas" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1969 5 309 Books and the Sky "Mysteries of the Solar System, R. A. Lyttleton" "Owen, Tobias" 1969 5 311 Books and the Sky "Planates et Satellites, Pierre Guarin, editor" "Both, Ernst E." 1969 5 316 Gleanings for ATMs A Combination Wide-Field Telescope and Astrocamera "Pfleumer, Hans" 1969 5 319 Gleanings for ATMs Construction of a Folded Refracting Telescope 1969 5 319 Gleanings for ATMs Construction of a Folded Retracting Telescope "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 1969 5 324 Observer's Page Observations of the March Pleiades Occultation 1969 5 326 Observer's Page Unusual Phenomena of Callisto "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 5 328 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 5 328 Observer's Page Giant March Sunspot Group 1969 5 332 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1969 5 332 Celestial Calendar RZ Ophiuchi's Long Eclipse 1969 5 333 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 5 333 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 6 337 Front-Cover Photo ESO Domes on La Silla 1969 6 339 News Notes Further Observations of Pulsars 1969 6 340 Feature European Southern Observatory Dedicated in Chile "Westerlund, Bengt E." 1969 6 347 News Notes Fifty Years at Victoria 1969 6 348 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- II "Aller, Lawrence H." 1969 6 353 Feature A California Telescope Makers' Conference "Holmes, Clifford W." 1969 6 356 Feature Solar Rocket Observations on an Eclipse Day "Koomen, M. J." "Seal, R. T." "Purcell, J. D." 1969 6 357 News Notes More Lunar Mascons 1969 6 357 News Notes Alleghenia Found Again 1969 6 358 Astronomical Scrapbook "Herschel's, John, Expedition to South Africa" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 6 359 Feature A Messier Album - 26 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 6 360 News Notes News Notes "Mumford, George S." 1969 6 360 News Notes Sprucefield Meteorite 1969 6 360 News Notes Venus' Clouds 1969 6 360 News Notes Barnard's Star and Its Planetary System 1969 6 361 News Notes Nova Vulpeculae 1968 No. 2 1969 6 361 News Notes Partial Eclipse Photograph 1969 6 361 News Notes Hyperballistic Impacts 1969 6 362 American Astronomers Report Temperature Minimum in the Sun 1969 6 363 American Astronomers Report Solar Observations Processed by Computer 1969 6 363 American Astronomers Report Detecting Solar Magnetic Fields by Filter Photography 1969 6 364 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1969 6 364 Letters Letter "Martz, Roy" 1969 6 365 Feature Third Nimbus Weather Satellite "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 6 367 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Listing 1969 6 367 Amateur Astronomers An Indian Amateur's Observatory "Athavale, N. M." 1969 6 367 Amateur Astronomers Denver Convention Program 1969 6 368 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 6 375 News Notes Indiana Astronomer Dies 1969 6 376 Books and the Sky "The Structure of the Universe, E. L. Schatzman" "Maran, Stephen P." 1969 6 377 Books and the Sky "The Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences and Astrogeology, Rhodes W. Fairbridge, editor" "Brooks, Edward M." 1969 6 378 News Notes Another Nova Vulpeculae 1969 6 378 News Notes Geology from Orbit 1969 6 378 News Notes Distances of Pulsars 1969 6 379 Books and the Sky "Stars and Clouds of the Milky Way, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" "Kerr, Frank J." 1969 6 379 News Notes American Astronomical Society 1969 6 379 News Notes Kitt Peak and Cerro Tololo Observing Sites for Lease 1969 6 381 Books and the Sky "A History of Nautical Astronomy, Charles H. Cotter" 1969 6 386 Gleanings for ATMs A Photo-Chronograph for Timing Observations "Clarke, Allen S." 1969 6 389 Gleanings for ATMs An English Observer's 12 1/2-inch Reflector "Long, J. L." 1969 6 392 Observer's Page A Japanese Observer of Mars "Sato, Takeshi" 1969 6 393 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 6 398 Observer's Page Polaris in Twilight "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 6 399 Celestial Calendar A Trio of Bright Asteroids 1969 6 400 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 6 400 Celestial Calendar Two Eclipsing Variables in Ophiuchus "Robinson, Leif J." 1969 6 401 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Indigo Bunting: Celestial Navigator 1969 7 3 News Notes Builder of Telescopes 1969 7 4 Feature The Celestial Guidance System of a Migrating Bird "Emlen, Stephen T." 1969 7 6 Amateur Astronomers Convention of WAA and ALPO in August 1969 7 6 News Notes OGO-6 in Orbit 1969 7 7 Feature Weather Prospects for Next March's Total Eclipse "Brooks, Edward M." 1969 7 11 News Notes Rocket Measurements of Interstellar Hydrogen 1969 7 11 News Notes The Soviet Venus Probes 1969 7 13 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- III "Aller, Lawrence H." 1969 7 18 American Astronomers Report Light Variations of Quasars 1969 7 18 News Notes Odd Southern Star 1969 7 18 News Notes Platinum in Stars 1969 7 18 News Notes "1,344 Fireballs" 1969 7 19 Letters Letter "Lindquist, Thomas R." "Webber, W. R." 1969 7 19 Letters Letter "Patterson, N. Paul" 1969 7 19 News Notes Computer Simulation of Evolving Galaxies 1969 7 19 News Notes Star Cluster Expert 1969 7 19 News Notes New Planetarium Director 1969 7 20 Feature Getting Down onto the Moon "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 7 23 Feature Report on the Magellanic Clouds "Westerlund, Bengt E." 1969 7 28 Feature A Messier Album - 27 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 7 29 News Notes Illinois Amateur Dies 1969 7 30 Amateur Astronomers World Amateurs Meeting in Italy "Chilton, Kenneth E." 1969 7 30 Amateur Astronomers Society Listing 1969 7 31 Amateur Astronomers Third Australian National Convention Held "Sangster, Ralph L." 1969 7 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 7 38 Books and the Sky "Wolf-Rayet Stars, Katharine B. Gebbie and Richard N. Thomas, editors" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1969 7 39 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Planetary Physics, William M. Kaula" "Wilson, L." 1969 7 41 Books and the Sky "Handbook of Military Infrared Technology, William L. Wolfe, editor" "Cox, Robert E." 1969 7 43 Books and the Sky "Variable Stars, John S. Glasby" "Cragg, Thomas A." 1969 7 46 Gleanings for ATMs A Semipermanent Telescope Pedestal "Blackwood, Albert J." 1969 7 49 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Slide-off Roof Observatory "Williams Jr., W. D." 1969 7 51 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Recording Foucault Tester "Haven Jr., Alfred C." 1969 7 54 Observer's Page Observations of Venus near Conjunction "Lovi, George" 1969 7 56 Observer's Page A Bright May Aurora 1969 7 57 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 7 58 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1969 7 62 Observer's Page Apollo 10 Optical Tracking 1969 7 63 Observer's Page Uranus and Its Satellites "Hodgson, Rev. Richard G." 1969 7 64 Celestial Calendar A Good Year for Mira 1969 7 64 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1969 7 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 7 64 Celestial Calendar The Apparent Path of Asteroid No. 1 1969 7 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 8 69 Front-Cover Photo Mars Near Opposition -- 1969 1969 8 71 News Notes Gravitational Waves Detected 1969 8 72 Feature Some Highlights of the Current Apparition of Mars 1969 8 75 Astronomical Scrapbook An Astronomical Pirate "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 8 75 News Notes Man on the Moon 1969 8 76 Feature The Stars of Very Large Proper Motion "Anderson, Jean H." 1969 8 79 News Notes Minor Planet Geographos 1969 8 79 News Notes Historian of the Space Age 1969 8 79 News Notes The Vilna Meteorite 1969 8 79 News Notes Unusual Cepheid Variable 1969 8 80 Feature The Latest Biosatellite "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 8 80 News Notes Enigmatic Black Cloud 1969 8 80 News Notes Guest Investigators at Pasadena 1969 8 82 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- IV "Aller, Lawrence H." 1969 8 86 Feature A Messier Album - 28 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 8 88 Amateur Astronomers Wisconsin Amateur Rebuilds 10-inch Clark "Knuijt, Jerome J." 1969 8 89 Amateur Astronomers Scientific Highlights from the AAVSO Spring Meeting "Baldwin, Marvin E." 1969 8 89 Amateur Astronomers End of Echo 2 1969 8 90 Feature Pictures from Apollo 10 1969 8 95 Feature A Shadow-Band Experiment "Burgess, Roger D." "Hults, Malcolm E." 1969 8 96 Feature Report from Rome: X-Rays and Gamma Rays "Mumford, George S." 1969 8 98 Letters Letter "Gassman, Linda J." "Kelsey, Larry A." 1969 8 98 Letters Letter "Hoff, Darrel B." 1969 8 99 Letters Letter "Adams, Rev. Benjamin N." 1969 8 99 Letters Letter "Leavens, Peter A." 1969 8 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 8 105 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cotter, Charles H." 1969 8 105 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1969 8 105 Books and the Sky "Celestial Navigation, Frances W. Wright" 1969 8 105 Books and the Sky "Modern Astronomy: An Introduction, Hans Kienle" 1969 8 106 Books and the Sky "The Physical Foundations of General Relativity, D. W. Sciama" "Goldberg, Joshua N." 1969 8 107 Books and the Sky "The Sun and Its Influence, M. A. Ellison" "Hossfield, Casper H." 1969 8 109 Books and the Sky "The Book of Mars, Samuel Glasstone" "Young, Andrew T." 1969 8 112 Gleanings for ATMs Fabrication of a Wright Telescope "Waineo, Thomas J." 1969 8 119 Gleanings for ATMs A Small Domed Observatory "Scott, Michael D." 1969 8 124 Observer's Page Some Notes on Recent Solar Activity 1969 8 127 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 8 130 Celestial Calendar Observing Tips for the August Pleiades Occultation "Abileah, Ronald" 1969 8 131 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 8 131 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet 324 Bamberga 1969 8 132 Celestial Calendar DX Delphini: A Cluster-Type Variable 1969 8 132 Celestial Calendar A Favorable Perseid Year "Glenn, William H." 1969 8 133 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 9 137 Front-Cover Photo Pouring a 158-inch Mirror 1969 9 140 Feature Giant Mirror Blanks Poured for Chile and Australia 1969 9 144 Feature The First Men on the Moon "Hillenbrand, Robert" 1969 9 149 Feature The Apollo 11 Experiments "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 9 152 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- V "Aller, Lawrence H." 1969 9 156 Feature Planetary Spectroscopy with the 107-inch Telescope "Tull, Robert G." 1969 9 161 Feature September's Solar Eclipse 1969 9 162 Celestial Calendar New Variable Star 1969 9 163 Feature A Messier Album - 29 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 9 164 Feature Steward 90-inch Telescope Dedicated 1969 9 166 News Notes Unusual Algol-Type Variable 1969 9 166 News Notes Standing Waves on the Moon 1969 9 167 News Notes Coordinated X-Ray and Optical Observations of a Pulsar 1969 9 167 News Notes Ancient Giant Craters 1969 9 168 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Convention Held "Stevens, Clarence E." 1969 9 168 Amateur Astronomers A Hinged-Roof Observatory in Minnesota "Miller, Donald R." 1969 9 168 Amateur Astronomers Wisconsin Amateur Rebuilds 10-inch Clark "Knuijt, Jerome J." 1969 9 169 Amateur Astronomers Observatory in Mexico 1969 9 172 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 9 177 Books and the Sky "Through Rugged Ways to the Stars, Harlow Shapley" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1969 9 179 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Moon through Binoculars, Ernest H. Cherrington, Jr." 1969 9 180 Books and the Sky "Astronomers Royal, Colin A. Ronan" "Rawlins, Dennis" 1969 9 182 Books and the Sky "The Exploration of the Universe, Giorgio Abetti" "Chamberlain, Joseph M." 1969 9 186 Gleanings for ATMs A Homebuilt Machine for Scanning Plates "Vehrenberg, Hans" 1969 9 189 Gleanings for ATMs A Very Sturdy 10-inch Newtonian Reflector "Condoluci, Nicholas" 1969 9 192 Gleanings for ATMs A Sturdily Built Roll-off Roof Observatory "Baize, James C." 1969 9 194 Observer's Page Photography with a 10-inch Reflector "LeGendre, Ginger" 1969 9 200 Observer's Page All-Weather Meteor Observing "Hart, Richard" 1969 9 200 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 9 202 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 9 202 Celestial Calendar The Apparent Path of Asteroid Iris 1969 9 202 Celestial Calendar September Occultations "Bixby, Joan E." 1969 9 202 Celestial Calendar X Cygni: A Classical Cepheid 1969 9 203 Celestial Calendar Mars in the Evening Sky 1969 9 204 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- September-December, 1969" "Dunham, David W." 1969 9 205 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 10 209 Front-Cover Photo Four Planetary Nebulae 1969 10 211 News Notes A Canadian Astronomer 1969 10 212 Feature Mars Pictures from Mariners 6 and 7 1969 10 222 News Notes Progress at Palomar 1969 10 222 News Notes Radar Observations of Martian Relief 1969 10 222 News Notes More Astronomical Journals 1969 10 222 News Notes An Enormous Meteorite 1969 10 223 News Notes Gamma Ray Source 1969 10 223 News Notes News About Comets 1969 10 223 News Notes Unusual Brightness of Mira 1969 10 224 Astronomical Scrapbook "Pond, John: Sixth Astronomer Royal" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 10 226 Amateur Astronomers Great Lakes Convention "Bayers, Steve" 1969 10 226 Amateur Astronomers A Compact Backyard Observatory "Stokes, B. N." 1969 10 227 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- VI "Aller, Lawrence H." 1969 10 230 Feature Another Successful OSO "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 10 232 Feature First Findings from the Mariner Flybys 1969 10 235 Feature A Messier Album - 30 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 10 236 Feature Vienna Planetarium Conference "Lovi, George" 1969 10 239 Amateur Astronomers Why Study Stars? "Komorowski, Ted R." 1969 10 239 Letters Letter "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1969 10 239 Letters Letter "Hedervari, Mrs. Georgiana" 1969 10 240 Feature Highlights from the Denver Convention "Shawcross, William E." 1969 10 244 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 10 248 Books and the Sky "A Portrait of Isaac Newton, Frank E. Manuel" "Gingerich, Owen" 1969 10 249 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy, Thomas L. Swihart" "Mumford, George S." 1969 10 250 Books and the Sky "Optical Physics, S. G. Lipson and H. Lipson" "Miczaika, G. R." 1969 10 252 Books and the Sky "The Amateur Astronomer's Handbook, James Muirden" "Lovi, George" 1969 10 254 Books and the Sky "Beobachtungs-Objekte fur Vier- und Sechszuller, Georg Henneges" 1969 10 258 Gleanings for ATMs An Amateur's Torque-Tube Mount "Link, Herbert" 1969 10 261 Gleanings for ATMs The Aberrations of a Prism Diagonal "Eastman Jr., F. Jack" 1969 10 262 Gleanings for ATMs A Note on Curved Spiders "Werenskiold, Carl H." 1969 10 265 Observer's Page Favorable Skies Aid Perseid Watchers "Ross, Steven S." 1969 10 269 Observer's Page August Occultation of the Pleiades 1969 10 271 Observer's Page June Lyrids Confirmed 1969 10 273 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 10 276 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 10 276 Celestial Calendar RT Persei: A Famous Eclipsing Variable "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 10 276 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1969 10 277 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 11 281 Front-Cover Photo "Sunset on Kitt Peak, Arizona" 1969 11 283 Front-Cover Photo Four Planetary Nebulae 1969 11 283 News Notes A Pulsars' Slowdown 1969 11 283 News Notes A Pulsar's Slowdown 1969 11 284 Feature Photo Album of Kitt Peak's 158-inch Telescope Building 1969 11 290 Feature Ultraviolet Photometry from a Spacecraft "Code, Arthur D." "Houck, T. E." "McNall, J. F." 1969 11 294 Feature Highlights from the San Diego Convention "M., D." 1969 11 299 Feature A Messier Album - 31 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 11 299 News Notes UBV Catalogue 1969 11 300 News Notes Solar Superflare? 1969 11 300 News Notes Fine Structure of a Meteor Train 1969 11 300 News Notes Hektor Scrutinized 1969 11 301 News Notes Some Radio Observations of the Outer Planets 1969 11 301 News Notes Selection Effects on Comet Discoveries 1969 11 302 American Astronomers Report More Computer Studies of Galactic Evolution 1969 11 302 American Astronomers Report Minor Planets from Comets? 1969 11 303 American Astronomers Report Education in Astronomy 1969 11 303 American Astronomers Report Stellar Radii and Absolute Magnitudes 1969 11 304 American Astronomers Report Light Variations of Quasars 1969 11 304 Feature Conference on Laboratory Exercises "Ross, Steven S." 1969 11 306 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- VII "Aller, Lawrence H." 1969 11 309 Amateur Astronomers NASA Apollo Photographs 1969 11 309 Books and the Sky Book Review "Young, Andrew T." 1969 11 309 Letters Letter "Opik, Ernst J." 1969 11 310 Amateur Astronomers Auckland Observatory's Child-Parent Astronomy Classes "Warner, Lionel A. C." 1969 11 312 Feature First Studies of Lunar Material "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 11 317 Feature 1970 Occultation Supplement -- Predictions for the United States and Canada 1969 11 322 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 11 333 Books and the Sky "Atom, Man, and the Universe, Hannes Alfvan" "Reaves, Gibson" 1969 11 334 Books and the Sky "Spherical and Practical Astronomy as Applied to Geodesy, Ivan I. Mueller" "O'Keefe, John A." 1969 11 337 Books and the Sky "Amateur Telescope Mirror Making, Myron N. Emerson" "Cox, Robert E." 1969 11 342 Gleanings for ATMs Some Fine Telescopes Are Exhibited at Stellafane "Milon, Dennis" 1969 11 351 Observer's Page Observations of the September Solar Eclipse 1969 11 357 Observer's Page August Occultation of the Pleiades 1969 11 357 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 11 358 Observer's Page Observations of Apollo 11 1969 11 360 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 11 360 Celestial Calendar Occultation News for Hawaii and Alaska "Dunham, David W." 1969 11 361 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1969 11 361 Celestial Calendar ALPO Lunar Handbook 1969 11 361 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1969 12 365 Front-Cover Photo Sacramento Peak Observatory in New Mexico 1969 12 367 News Notes Space Astronomy Plans 1969 12 368 Feature Sacramento Peak's New Solar Telescope "Dunn, Richard B." 1969 12 376 Letters Letter "Williams, William C." 1969 12 376 News Notes New X-Ray Source 1969 12 377 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- VIII "Aller, Lawrence H." 1969 12 379 News Notes Long-Lasting Meteor Trains 1969 12 379 News Notes Nova Coronae Australis 1969 12 380 Astronomical Scrapbook "Nasmyth's, James, Telescopes and His Observations" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 12 381 News Notes Radar Observations of Martian Relief 1969 12 381 News Notes New Comet 1969h 1969 12 382 Feature Modernization at Two Eastern Planetariums "Knapp, Richard S." "Ross, Steven S." 1969 12 382 News Notes Morehead Planetarium "Knapp, Richard S." 1969 12 385 Feature On the Origin of Arms in Spiral Galaxies "Arp, Halton C." 1969 12 388 News Notes More About an Unusual Eclipsing Variable 1969 12 388 News Notes Murchison Meteorite 1969 12 388 News Notes Nitric Acid in the Upper Atmosphere 1969 12 389 News Notes Tektites from Tycho? 1969 12 389 News Notes New Telescope in Chile 1969 12 390 Feature Far-Ultraviolet Solar Observatory "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1969 12 392 Feature The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy -- I "Bok, Bart J." 1969 12 396 Feature A Messier Album - 32 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1969 12 397 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet "Ford, Clinton B." 1969 12 400 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1969 12 408 Books and the Sky "Vistas in Astronomy, Vol. 11, Arthur Beer, editor" "Page, Thornton L." 1969 12 409 Books and the Sky "Seeing and the Eye, G. Hugh Begbie" "Rosen, Carl" 1969 12 411 Books and the Sky "Concepts of the Universe, Paul W. Hodge" "Cherrington Jr., Ernest H." 1969 12 413 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Atlases, Maps, and Charts, Basil Brown" "Gingerich, Owen" 1969 12 414 Books and the Sky The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Space "Ross, Steven S." 1969 12 418 Gleanings for ATMs A New Three-Mirror Off-Axis Amateur Telescope "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1969 12 424 Observer's Page Perseid Meteor Spectra Photographed in 1969 "Russell, John A." 1969 12 426 Observer's Page Recent Comet Observations "Bortle, John E." "Scovil, Charles E." 1969 12 428 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1969 12 428 Observer's Page The Orionid Meteor Shower in 1969 1969 12 431 Observer's Page A Widely Seen September Aurora 1969 12 432 Celestial Calendar This December's Occultations of Pleiades Stars "Povenmire, Harold R." 1969 12 435 Celestial Calendar "Observing Baily's Beads at the March 7, 1970, Eclipse" "Bixby, Joan E." 1969 12 436 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1969 12 436 Celestial Calendar T Cassiopeiae: Its Light Curve and Its Neighbor "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1969 12 437 Celestial Calendar Occultation Reminder 1969 12 437 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1969 12 437 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Saturn in 1969 1970 1 3 Letters Letter "Abileah, Ronald" 1970 1 3 Letters Letter "Lunetta, Donald M." 1970 1 4 Feature Interstellar Masers "Dickinson, Dale F." "Litvak, Marvin M." "Zuckerman, Benjamin M." 1970 1 8 News Notes Compact Radio Source in M87 1970 1 8 News Notes Recoating the 200-inch Mirror 1970 1 8 News Notes "Slipher, V. M., Dies" 1970 1 8 News Notes Widely Photographed Fireball 1970 1 9 Feature The Send-off of Apollo 12 "Hillenbrand, Robert" 1970 1 11 Feature The Latest Apollo's Experiments "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 1 14 Feature The Composition of Saturn's Rings 1970 1 15 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- IX "Aller, Lawrence H." 1970 1 19 Feature Travel and Eclipse Site Guide for Mexico "Robinson, Leif J." 1970 1 21 Feature The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy -- II "Bok, Bart J." 1970 1 25 News Notes Pulsars' Periods 1970 1 26 Feature A Messier Album - 33 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 1 28 Amateur Astronomers Eclipse Survey for the Astronomical League "Maag, Russell C." 1970 1 31 Feature Double Star Specialists Meet "Lippincott, Sarah Lee" 1970 1 33 Feature An American Astrophysicist "A., J." 1970 1 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 1 35 Feature Events of 1970 in the Graphic Time Table 1970 1 41 Books and the Sky "Edmond Halley: Genius in Eclipse, Colin A. Ronan" "Brown, Peter Lancaster" 1970 1 43 Books and the Sky "Eclipse Phenomena in Astronomy, F. Link" "Schilling, Gerhard F." 1970 1 45 Books and the Sky "La Astronomie Exparimentale, Jean Claude Pecker" "Mulholland, J. Derrel" 1970 1 49 Gleanings for ATMs A Test for Figuring Cassegrain Secondary Mirrors "Richter, John L." 1970 1 49 Gleanings for ATMs Test for Figuring Cassegrain Secondary Mirrors 1970 1 56 Observer's Page New White Spot on Saturn 1970 1 57 Observer's Page A Naked-Eye Sunspot Group Seen in October and November 1970 1 59 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 1 60 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1970 1 62 Observer's Page November Leonid Meteors Observed 1970 1 65 Celestial Calendar Using Universal Time (UT) 1970 1 65 Celestial Calendar A Checklist of Some Events 1970 1 65 Celestial Calendar BM Orionis 1970 1 66 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- January-April, 1970" "Dunham, David W." 1970 1 67 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1970 1 67 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 1 67 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Hebe 1970 1 68 Celestial Calendar "Paths of Uranus, Neptune, and Vesta This Year" 1970 1 69 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 2 73 Front-Cover Photo Russian and English Reflectors 1970 2 75 News Notes Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts 1970 2 76 Feature A Planetary Astronomer Visits the Soviet Union "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1970 2 80 Letters Letter "Helms, R. M." 1970 2 80 Letters Letter "Kuiper, Gerard P." "Cruikshank, Dale P." "Fink, Uwe" 1970 2 80 Letters Letter "Raymond, Q. Guillermo" "Garcia, David Martinez" 1970 2 80 News Notes Lunar Ray Systems 1970 2 81 Feature Roster of Space Activity "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 2 81 Feature A Roster of Space Activity "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 2 82 News Notes Measuring Radial Velocities 1970 2 82 News Notes Rara Astronomica 1970 2 83 News Notes Death of Ivan Thomsen 1970 2 83 News Notes Another Bright Comet 1970 2 83 News Notes Bright Flares on Mars 1970 2 84 Feature V. M. Slipher's Trailblazing Career "Hall, John S." 1970 2 87 Astronomical Scrapbook The Field of Arcturus "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 2 88 Feature Partial Phases of the March Eclipse 1970 2 89 Gleanings for ATMs An Easily Built Solar Viewer "Lemmon, D. C." 1970 2 90 Feature IAU To Convene in England 1970 2 92 American Astronomers Report Movie of the Milky Way's Hydrogen Clouds 1970 2 93 American Astronomers Report Sharpening Optical Images 1970 2 93 American Astronomers Report The Extragalactic Distance Scale 1970 2 93 American Astronomers Report HBV 475: A Peculiar Emission Star 1970 2 95 Feature The Apollo 12 Explorers on the Moon "Hillenbrand, Robert" 1970 2 99 Feature The 236-inch Soviet Reflector "Lutsky, Valery" 1970 2 100 Feature Beyond the NGC Catalogue "Robinson, Leif J." 1970 2 102 Feature Halley's Comet in 1682 "Classen, J." 1970 2 102 News Notes Nova in Sagittarius 1970 2 103 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur Visits Japan "Tuthill, Roger W." 1970 2 104 Feature A Messier Album - 34 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 2 106 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 2 111 Books and the Sky Book Review "Campbell M.D., Paul A." 1970 2 111 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cowley, Charles R." 1970 2 111 Books and the Sky "The Bowl of Night, F. P. Dickson" 1970 2 111 Books and the Sky "Living in Space, Mitchell R. Sharpe" 1970 2 113 Books and the Sky "Exploration of the Universe: Brief Edition, George Abell" "Trimble, Virginia" 1970 2 114 Books and the Sky "Meteorite Research, Peter M. Millman" "Marvin, Ursula B." 1970 2 116 Books and the Sky "Stellar Spectroscopy: Normal Stars, Margherita Hack and Otto Struve" "Keenan, Philip C. [P.C.]" 1970 2 120 Gleanings for ATMs A Spectroscope Attachment for Viewing Solar Prominences "Newton, Jack B." 1970 2 124 Gleanings for ATMs Hints on Eclipse Instrumentation for Photography "Cox, Robert E." 1970 2 127 Observer's Page Optical Observations of Apollo 12 1970 2 131 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 2 132 Observer's Page Recording Shadow Bands at the March Eclipse "Paulton, Edgar M." 1970 2 134 Observer's Page Combining Camera Lenses for Solar Photography "Boyko, Anatole" 1970 2 136 Celestial Calendar Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka 1970 2 136 Celestial Calendar RR Geminorum 1970 2 136 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 2 137 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 3 141 Front-Cover Photo Apollo 11 Lunar Soil Sample 1970 3 143 News Notes Observing a Comet from Space 1970 3 144 Feature Findings from a Sample of Lunar Material "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 3 147 News Notes New Algol Star 1970 3 148 Feature The Chromosphere-Corona Transition Region "Pneuman, G. W." 1970 3 152 Feature Spectra of Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka "Dossin, Francois V." 1970 3 154 Feature The Lost City Meteorite Fall "McCrosky, Richard E." 1970 3 158 Feature The Lost City Meteorite -- A Deep-Space Probe for Cosmic Rays "Fireman, Edward L." 1970 3 159 News Notes Unusual Infrared Object 1970 3 159 News Notes Double Star Measures 1970 3 160 News Notes Griffith Observatory Head 1970 3 160 News Notes Hale Observatories 1970 3 160 News Notes Diameter of Neptune 1970 3 160 News Notes Comet 1970a Appears 1970 3 160 News Notes A Test for Magellanic Cloud Members 1970 3 161 American Astronomers Report Interstellar Formaldehyde Abundances 1970 3 161 American Astronomers Report Computer-Simulated Solar Systems 1970 3 161 American Astronomers Report Coronal Observations from a Manned Spacecraft 1970 3 162 American Astronomers Report Distribution and Motions of Supergiant Stars 1970 3 162 News Notes Texas Planetarium Director 1970 3 162 News Notes Italian Observatory Orders 138-inch Mirror 1970 3 163 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- X "Aller, Lawrence H." 1970 3 167 Feature Scientists' Eclipse Goals "Robinson, Leif J." 1970 3 172 Feature A Messier Album - 35 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 3 173 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions in 1970 1970 3 173 Amateur Astronomers A Club Observatory in California "Fisher, Bill" 1970 3 174 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 3 179 Books and the Sky Book Review "Feibelman, Walter A." 1970 3 179 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1970 3 179 Books and the Sky "Atmospheric Emissions, Billy M. McCormac and Anders Omholt, editors" 1970 3 179 Books and the Sky "Our Blue Planet, Heinz Haber" 1970 3 181 Books and the Sky "Beyond the Milky Way, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" "Birney, D. Scott" 1970 3 182 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Atmosphere, G. M. B. Dobson" "Macdonald, Norman J." 1970 3 186 Gleanings for ATMs On Making a Channeled Pitch Lap "Carle, Jackson T." 1970 3 191 Gleanings for ATMs A Folded Herschelian Off-Axis Reflector "Pawlick, Joseph R." 1970 3 193 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Pipe Mounting "Wimer, Garrett A." 1970 3 196 Observer's Page Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka(1969g) 1970 3 199 Observer's Page The Double Star Burnham 800 "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 3 199 Observer's Page Bright Comet Bennett(1969i) 1970 3 200 Observer's Page A Convenient Stand for High-Power Binoculars "Roche, Hyman" 1970 3 201 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 3 202 Observer's Page Geminid Meteors in 1969 1970 3 204 Celestial Calendar R Crateris: A Red Semiregular Star 1970 3 204 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 3 205 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 4 209 Front-Cover Photo Solar Observatory on Big Bear Lake 1970 4 211 News Notes First Eclipse Reports 1970 4 215 Feature The Big Bear Solar Observatory "Zirin, Harold" 1970 4 220 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- XI "Aller, Lawrence H." 1970 4 223 News Notes "2,304,333 Meteors" 1970 4 223 News Notes Gunfire in the Dome 1970 4 223 News Notes The Rapidly Aging Earth 1970 4 224 News Notes Nova Serpentis 1970 1970 4 224 News Notes Death of T. E. Sterne 1970 4 225 Astronomical Scrapbook How S. W. Burnham Became an Astronomer "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 4 226 Feature Results of Apollo 11 Research "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 4 227 News Notes Improvements at Adler Planetarium in Chicago 1970 4 228 Feature Photos of Comet 1969g from Cerro Tololo 1970 4 232 Feature The Coming Transit of Mercury 1970 4 234 Feature Celestial Photography with Fiber-Optics Image Tubes "Hodge, Paul W." 1970 4 236 Feature A Messier Album - 36 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 4 237 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions in 1970 1970 4 237 Amateur Astronomers "Flanders, Ralph E., Dies" 1970 4 237 Amateur Astronomers Seattle Juniors Conduct Public Exhibit "Matsumoto, Roger" 1970 4 238 Letters Letter "Dinwoodie, Rev. Cameron" 1970 4 238 Letters Letter "Classen, J." 1970 4 238 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1970 4 242 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 4 246 Books and the Sky "Structures Technology for Large Radio and Radar Telescope Systems, James W. Mar and Harold Liebowitz, editors" "Findlay, John W." 1970 4 247 Books and the Sky "Radiotelescopes, W. N. Christiansen and J. A. Hugbom" "Huguenin, G. Richard" 1970 4 248 Books and the Sky "Man on the Moon, John M. Mansfield" 1970 4 248 Books and the Sky "We Reach the Moon, John Noble Wilford" 1970 4 248 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ross, Steven S." 1970 4 250 Books and the Sky "The Attractive Universe: Gravity and the Shape of Space, E. G. Valens" "Glenn, William H." 1970 4 251 Books and the Sky "The High Firmament, A. J. Meadows" 1970 4 254 Gleanings for ATMs A Phoenix Amateur's 12 1/2-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain "Kaufman, Max" 1970 4 262 Observer's Page Comet 1969g Observed Around the World 1970 4 267 Observer's Page Partial Lunar Eclipse Observed 1970 4 268 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 4 269 Observer's Page Quadrantid Meteors in 1970 "Hindley, Keith B." 1970 4 269 Observer's Page American Quadrantid Observations 1970 4 272 Celestial Calendar Watch for Comet Bennett! 1970 4 272 Celestial Calendar Evening Planetary Groupings 1970 4 273 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 4 273 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1970 4 273 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 5 277 Front-Cover Photo Amateurs Study Solar Eclipse 1970 5 279 News Notes Cover Notes 1970 5 280 Feature With the Eclipse Expeditions in Mexico "Little, Robert" "Robinson, Leif J." 1970 5 285 Feature Total Eclipse Along the Eastern Seaboard 1970 5 290 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions in 1970 1970 5 290 News Notes "Henyey, Louis, Dies" 1970 5 290 News Notes Journal for the History of Astronomy 1970 5 290 News Notes Length of Venus' Day 1970 5 291 Amateur Astronomers Eclipse Observers in Florida and Georgia "Milon, Dennis" 1970 5 294 Feature The American Space Program for the 1970's "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 5 295 Feature Artificial Stars in a Teaching Laboratory "Clarke, David" 1970 5 297 Feature A Messier Album - 37 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 5 298 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1970 5 299 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- XII "Aller, Lawrence H." 1970 5 306 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 5 308 Feature A Colorful Solar Eclipse 1970 5 313 Books and the Sky "High-Energy Astrophysics, Trevor C. Weekes" "Greisen, Kenneth" 1970 5 314 Books and the Sky "Practical Work in Elementary Astronomy, M. G. J. Minnaert" "Smith, Elskev. P." 1970 5 318 Gleanings for ATMs A Slitless Spectrograph for the Flash Spectrum "Atkinson, William C." 1970 5 324 Observer's Page Partial-Eclipse Observations on March 7th 1970 5 328 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 5 329 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1970 5 330 Observer's Page Comet Bennett's Fine Show 1970 5 334 Observer's Page More About the New Star 1970 5 335 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 5 336 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- May-August, 1970" "Povenmire, Harold R." 1970 5 337 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 6 341 Front-Cover Photo "Comet Bennett on April 3, 1970" 1970 6 343 Letters Letter "Hammitt, Lewis E." 1970 6 343 Letters Letter "McEwen, Michael T." 1970 6 343 Letters Letter "Kryske, L. M." 1970 6 344 Feature The March Eclipse Rocket Program at Wallops Island "Accardo, Carl A." 1970 6 350 Feature Apollo 13 Makes It Back to Earth "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 6 351 Feature The Great Comet of 1970 1970 6 357 News Notes Galaxies with Bright Infrared Cores 1970 6 357 News Notes Mariners To Test General Relativity 1970 6 357 News Notes Phobos Surveyed 1970 6 358 News Notes Scientific Meetings 1970 6 358 News Notes High-Velocity Variable Star 1970 6 358 News Notes Arecibo's Sky Enlarged 1970 6 359 Feature The High Altitude Observatory's 1970 Eclipse Expedition "Koff, Roger A." 1970 6 363 Astronomical Scrapbook "Burnham's, S. W., Lick and Yerkes Years" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 6 364 News Notes Corning Ships 157-inch Mirror Blank to Canada 1970 6 364 News Notes Dutch Astronomer Honored 1970 6 364 News Notes "Lunar Orbiters""""" 1970 6 365 Feature The Latest Flight of Stratoscope II "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 6 367 News Notes Morehead Planetarium's Two Millionth Patron 1970 6 368 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- XIII "Aller, Lawrence H." 1970 6 371 Feature A Messier Album - 38 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 6 372 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions in 1970 1970 6 374 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 6 383 Books and the Sky "Star Performance, Harriet Pratt Lattin" "Lovi, George" 1970 6 384 Books and the Sky "Stellar Astronomy, Hong-Yee Chiku, Robert L. Warasila, and John L. Remo, editors" "Bohm, Karl-Heinz" 1970 6 389 Gleanings for ATMs An Amateur-Built Precision Mirror Tester "Woerner, John J." 1970 6 394 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable 6-inch Dall-Kirkham and Celestial Camera "Moll, Karl" 1970 6 397 Observer's Page Automatic Photography of Eclipsing Variables "Rawstron, G. O." 1970 6 400 Observer's Page Notes on Some Recent Auroras 1970 6 405 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 6 408 Celestial Calendar Honda's Latest Nova 1970 6 409 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 6 409 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 7 1 Front-Cover Photo England's Old Royal Observatory 1970 7 3 News Notes Oldest Moon Rock 1970 7 4 Feature Restoration at Greenwich Observatory "Howse, Derek" 1970 7 10 Feature The Spar Telescope of Lockheed Solar Observatory "Carroll, George A." 1970 7 14 News Notes Space News Roundup "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 7 15 News Notes Another Sungrazing Comet 1970 7 15 News Notes RAS Commemorative Stamp 1970 7 15 News Notes Optimum Sizes for Infrared Photometric Telescopes 1970 7 15 News Notes New Star in the LMC 1970 7 16 News Notes Reverberation on the Moon 1970 7 16 News Notes New Director at Warner and Swasey 1970 7 16 News Notes Yale Astronomer Dies 1970 7 17 Feature The Electronic Pulsarium "Maran, Stephen P." "Hallberg, Frederick C." "Nyberg, Ernest W." 1970 7 20 Feature Findings from Mercury's Transit "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 7 25 Feature The Planetary Nebulae -- XIV "Aller, Lawrence H." 1970 7 28 Feature Riverside Telescope Meeting 1970 7 31 Feature A Messier Album - 39 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 7 32 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions in 1970 1970 7 32 Amateur Astronomers "Classroom in the Sky""""" "Hartman, Ronald N." 1970 7 32 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Loses Two Well-Known Members 1970 7 33 Amateur Astronomers Comet (poem) "Kissell, Theodora" 1970 7 33 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Activities 1970 7 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 7 39 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Cometary Forms, Jurgen Rahe, Bertram Donn, and Karl Wurm" 1970 7 39 Books and the Sky "Isophotometric Atlas of Comets, W. Hugner and N. Richter" 1970 7 39 Books and the Sky Book Review "Miller, Freeman D." 1970 7 41 Books and the Sky "Supernovae, I. S. Shklovsky" "Arnett, W. David" 1970 7 43 Books and the Sky "Elements and Structure of the Physical Sciences, J. A. Ripley, Jr., and R. C. Whitten" "Glenn, William H." 1970 7 46 Gleanings for ATMs Making a 6-inch Air-Spaced Visual Objective "Knab, Oscar R." 1970 7 56 Observer's Page Hints on Planetary Photography for Amateurs -- I "Minton, R. B." 1970 7 61 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 7 62 Observer's Page Clear Weather Over Nashville "Heiser, A. M." 1970 7 63 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1970 7 64 Celestial Calendar Some July Events of Jupiter's Satellites 1970 7 64 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1970 7 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 7 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 8 69 Front-Cover Photo March 7th Eclipse from Virginia 1970 8 71 News Notes Busy Times at Brighton 1970 8 72 Feature Eclipse Photography with a New Color Film "Wyckoff, Charles W." "Leavitt, Peter R." 1970 8 75 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- Spectral Classification "Gingerich, Owen" 1970 8 77 Feature More March 7th Eclipse Results 1970 8 81 News Notes Death of Sydney Chapman 1970 8 81 News Notes Oxygen in the Atmosphere 1970 8 81 News Notes Nova Cygni 1970 1970 8 82 Feature Plans for Pioneer Flights to Jupiter "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 8 82 News Notes Barium Ion Cloud Experiment 1970 8 84 Feature Stellar Rotation and Atmospheric Motions -- I "Hack, Margherita" 1970 8 86 Astronomical Scrapbook "Halley, Edmond, at St. Helena" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 8 87 News Notes New Director at Steward Observatory in Arizona 1970 8 88 Feature The New Ring of Saturn "Guerin, Pierre" 1970 8 89 American Astronomers Report Meteor Heights and Meteor Streams 1970 8 89 American Astronomers Report A Hot White Dwarf Star in an Eclipsing Binary 1970 8 90 American Astronomers Report Eclipse Phenomena at the Edge of Totality 1970 8 91 Feature A Messier Album - 40 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 8 92 News Notes Astronomy Center in Tasmania 1970 8 92 News Notes 41 Eclipse Reports 1970 8 93 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Convention 1970 8 93 Amateur Astronomers Meteorite Inquiry "Thigpen M.D., Corbett H." 1970 8 93 Amateur Astronomers A Small Observing Shelter for Short-Focus Instruments "Mutti, Elio" 1970 8 94 Feature About Azimuth Sundials "Egger, Hermann H." 1970 8 98 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 8 102 Books and the Sky "Gravitation and the Universe, Robert H. Dicke" "Motz, Lloyd" 1970 8 103 Books and the Sky "The Planet Jupiter, V. A. Bronshten, editor" "Chapman, Clark R." 1970 8 105 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Electrodynamics, J. H. Piddington" "Wilcox, John M." 1970 8 107 Books and the Sky "Star Atlas of Reference Stars and Nonstellar Objects, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory" "Henize, Karl G." 1970 8 108 Books and the Sky "The Velocity of Light and Radio Waves, K. D. Froome and L. Essen" 1970 8 110 Gleanings for ATMs A Chinese 9-inch Semiportable Reflector "Liu, K. L." 1970 8 113 Gleanings for ATMs Improving the Performance of a Large Instrument "Eoff, J. Dexter" 1970 8 114 Gleanings for ATMs A Novel Solar Image Screen "Schwartz, Michael B." 1970 8 116 Observer's Page Hints on Planetary Photography for Amateurs -- II "Minton, R. B." 1970 8 119 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 8 124 Celestial Calendar Sun and Moon Eclipses This Month 1970 8 124 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 8 124 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1970 8 125 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 8 125 Celestial Calendar Two Asteroids 1970 9 129 Front-Cover Photo Oklahoma City Amateur's Backyard Observatory 1970 9 131 News Notes French Solar Leader 1970 9 132 Feature Image-Tube Observations at Cerro Tololo "Walker, Merle F." 1970 9 138 News Notes A Radio Test of Relativity 1970 9 138 News Notes April Meteorite Coincidences 1970 9 138 News Notes Veteran Amateur 1970 9 139 News Notes Interstellar Hydrogen Molecules Found 1970 9 139 News Notes Asteroid Masses and Densities 1970 9 140 Letters Letter "Dicke, R. H." 1970 9 140 Letters Letter "Lang, Bruno" 1970 9 140 News Notes Harvard Observatory's New Perkin Laboratory 1970 9 140 News Notes New Comet Abe 1970g 1970 9 141 American Astronomers Report WY Geminorum as an Eclipsing System 1970 9 141 American Astronomers Report Comet Bennett and Silicate Dust 1970 9 142 American Astronomers Report More About the Explosion in M82 1970 9 142 American Astronomers Report Diffuse Interstellar Bands 1970 9 143 Feature Stellar Rotation and Atmospheric Motions -- II "Hack, Margherita" 1970 9 146 Feature Skylab Scheduled for 1972 "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 9 149 Feature Astronomical League Convenes in Rochester "Valleli, Paul A." 1970 9 152 Feature A Messier Album - 41 "Mallas, John H." "Kreimer, Evered" 1970 9 154 Amateur Astronomers Michigan Amateurs Dedicate Two-Domed Observatory "DeBruyn, David L." 1970 9 158 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 9 162 Books and the Sky "Nikolaus Kopernikus, Felix Schmeidler" "Rosen, Edward" 1970 9 163 Books and the Sky "The Soviet Encyclopedia of Space Flight, G. V. Petrovich, editor" "Ross, Steven S." 1970 9 165 Books and the Sky "Sundials, Frank W. Cousins" "Mayall, R. Newton" 1970 9 169 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Newtonian with Counterpoised Canopy 1970 9 169 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Newtonian with Counter-poised Canopy "Owen, E. Ken" 1970 9 176 Observer's Page Shadow Bands and the March Solar Eclipse -- I "Young, Andrew T." 1970 9 181 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 9 183 Celestial Calendar Some Variable Star Notes 1970 9 183 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 9 184 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- September-December, 1970" "Dunham, David W." 1970 9 185 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 10 189 Front-Cover Photo Officials of the IAU 1970 10 191 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1970 10 191 Letters Letter "Mitchell, Peter W." 1970 10 191 Letters Letter "Visvanathan, N." 1970 10 193 Feature IAU Brighton Assembly 1970 10 197 Feature Visits to Stonehenge and Herstmonceux 1970 10 201 Feature A North Dakota Observatory and Weather Station "Eyton, J. Ronald" 1970 10 202 Feature The Apollo Telescope Mount "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 10 206 News Notes AAS To Meet at Tampa 1970 10 206 News Notes A Former Eclipsing Variable 1970 10 206 News Notes Is 66 Ophiuchi a Flare Star? 1970 10 206 News Notes Observing Sites in California 1970 10 206 News Notes Solar Astronomer Dies 1970 10 208 Feature Stellar Rotation and Atmospheric Motions -- III "Hack, Margherita" 1970 10 210 Feature August 16th Lunar Eclipse and Aurora 1970 10 213 Astronomical Scrapbook "Vogel, Eduard, and His Travels" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 10 214 Feature A Flare Star in Messier 6 "Bakos, Gustav A." 1970 10 215 Feature Lunar Landslides "Cannon, Philip Jan" 1970 10 219 Amateur Astronomers Notes on the 36th Meeting at Stellafane "Milon, Dennis" 1970 10 220 Amateur Astronomers "Page, Beres, Dies" 1970 10 222 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 10 227 Books and the Sky "The Theory of Stellar Spectra, Charles R. Cowley" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1970 10 231 Books and the Sky "Exploring Space with a Camera, Edgar M. Cortright, editor" "Franklin, Kenneth L." 1970 10 232 Books and the Sky "Wonder and Glory: The Story of the Universe, Clifford D. Simak" "Rodger, David A." 1970 10 235 Gleanings for ATMs The Flexure of a Concrete Telescope Pier "Kessler, Gary" 1970 10 237 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Clock-Drive Speed Controls "Cox, Robert E." 1970 10 240 Gleanings for ATMs Remote Declination Readout "Gebhardt, Robert C." 1970 10 242 Observer's Page Shadow Bands and the March Solar Eclipse -- II "Young, Andrew T." 1970 10 245 Observer's Page Pluto Will Transit Two Galaxies in October "Young, James W." 1970 10 247 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 10 252 Celestial Calendar Chi Cygni: A Famous Long-Period Variable "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 10 253 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 10 253 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 10 253 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1970 11 259 News Notes Encke's Comet Is Back 1970 11 260 Feature Pulsars Today -- I "Green, Louis C." 1970 11 262 Feature Names on the Back of the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 11 267 Feature Molecules in the Interstellar Medium -- I "Snyder, Lewis E." "Buhl, David" 1970 11 271 Feature Luna 16's Successful Mission "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 11 272 News Notes Nova Scuti 1970 1970 11 272 News Notes Rapidly Moving Spot on Jupiter 1970 11 272 News Notes Mount Hopkins Observatory Tillinghast Reflector 1970 11 272 News Notes European Fireball 1970 11 272 News Notes An Effect of Light on Interstellar Particles 1970 11 273 News Notes New Head of Astronomy at Michigan 1970 11 273 News Notes Sizes of the Lunar Maria 1970 11 273 News Notes Supernova in Messier 101 1970 11 274 Feature New Radar Maps of Venus 1970 11 276 Feature Mauna Kea Observatory Dedicated 1970 11 278 Feature Highlights from the Sacramento Convention "M., D." 1970 11 282 Amateur Astronomers A Texas Amateur's Domed Observatory "Green, Ernest R." 1970 11 282 Amateur Astronomers Apple-Orchard Observatory 1970 11 283 Feature The IAU Visits Jodrell Bank "R., L. J." 1970 11 286 News Notes "5,326 Emission Stars" 1970 11 290 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 11 291 Feature Picture NASA Lunar Chart 1970 11 304 Books and the Sky "Geology of the Moon, Thomas A. Mutch" "Latham, Gary V." 1970 11 305 Books and the Sky "The Telescope Makers, Barbara Land" "Smiley, Charles H." 1970 11 307 Books and the Sky "The Stars: Their Structure and Evolution, R. J. Tayler" "Cowley, Charles R." 1970 11 309 Books and the Sky "Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vols. 1 and 2, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor-in-chief" 1970 11 313 Gleanings for ATMs Fork-Mounted Telescopes with Dual Eyepiece Positions "Jensen, Robert P." 1970 11 318 Gleanings for ATMs A Short-Focus 12 1/2-inch Newtonian Telescope "Watts, Donald" 1970 11 322 Observer's Page Hypersensitizing Film for Astrophotography 1970 11 322 Observer's Page Hypersensitizing Films for Astrophotography "Melo Santos, Jose" 1970 11 325 Observer's Page Notes on the Perseid Shower 1970 11 325 Observer's Page Notes on the 1970 Perseid Shower "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 11 329 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 11 329 Observer's Page Abe Photographs 1970 11 330 Celestial Calendar VY Canis Majoris: A Unique Variable 1970 11 330 Celestial Calendar Juno: A Bright Asteroid 1970 11 331 Celestial Calendar Meteors "Glenn, William H." 1970 11 331 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1970 11 331 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 12 335 Front-Cover Photo West German Radio Telescope 1970 12 337 Letters Letter "Sato, Takeshi" 1970 12 337 Letters Letter "Schaffer, Charles" 1970 12 338 Feature The New Bonn 100-Meter Radio Telescope "Hachenberg, O." 1970 12 343 News Notes News About Minor Planets 1970 12 344 Feature An Outstanding Solar Astronomer "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 12 344 News Notes Palomar 60-inch Completed 1970 12 344 News Notes Astronomical Consultants 1970 12 345 Feature Molecules in the Interstellar Medium -- II "Snyder, Lewis E." "Buhl, David" 1970 12 348 News Notes A Lunar Magnetic Field 1970 12 349 Feature Another Orbiting Astronomical Observatory "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1970 12 351 News Notes French Astronomers Accept 144-inch Mirror Blank 1970 12 351 News Notes Radio Observations of New Stars 1970 12 351 News Notes Star Cataloguer 1970 12 352 News Notes An All-Japanese Comet: 1970m 1970 12 352 News Notes De Anza Planetarium 1970 12 357 Feature Pulsars Today -- II "Green, Louis C." 1970 12 361 Astronomical Scrapbook The Story of a Lost Planet: 155 Scylla "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1970 12 363 Amateur Astronomers Oriental Astronomical Association Meets in Kyoto "Sato, Takeshi" 1970 12 364 Amateur Astronomers International Organization 1970 12 364 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States Convention "Dodson, Brian" 1970 12 364 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Holds Its 59th Fall Meeting 1970 12 366 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1970 12 374 Books and the Sky "The Making of an Ex-Astronaut, Brian O'Leary" "White, John" 1970 12 375 Books and the Sky "Early Solar Physics, A. J. Meadows" "Eddy, John A." 1970 12 378 Books and the Sky "Radio Astrophysics, A. G. Pacholczyk" "Howard III, W. E." 1970 12 382 Gleanings for ATMs A Versatile Overarm Mirror-Grinding Machine "Zurakowski, Paul R." "Kolberg, Fritz" 1970 12 394 Observer's Page A Mid-October Auroral Display 1970 12 395 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1970 12 398 Celestial Calendar SU Tauri: An Unpredictable Variable "Robinson, Leif J." 1970 12 399 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Glenn, William H." 1970 12 399 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Harrison's Marine Chronometer 1971 1 3 News Notes Harrison's Timekeepers 1971 1 4 Feature Who Discovered Longitude at Sea? "Forbes, Eric G." 1971 1 7 Feature A Planetarium Educators Conference "Sperling, Norman" 1971 1 10 Feature "The Alcan Total Eclipse of July 10, 1972" "Smiley, Charles H." 1971 1 13 News Notes Solar Eclipse Papers 1971 1 14 Feature The First X-Ray Astronomy Satellite "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 1 17 Letters Letter "Birch, Kenneth" 1971 1 17 News Notes Fiftieth Anniversary at Warner and Swasey 1971 1 18 Feature "Ordinary Stars, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars" "Green, Louis C." 1971 1 21 Feature Some Bright Visual Binary Stars -- I "Meeus, Jean" 1971 1 26 News Notes Faint Galaxy with an Unusual Spectrum 1971 1 26 News Notes Earliest Recorded Eclipse 1971 1 26 News Notes HR 465 and Promethium 1971 1 27 News Notes Amino Acids in a Meteorite 1971 1 27 News Notes Van Vleck Observatory Reflector 1971 1 27 News Notes Lunar Maps with New Names 1971 1 28 Amateur Astronomers German Variable Star Observers Meet "Baldwin, Marvin E." 1971 1 28 Amateur Astronomers Shooting Star (poem) "Swanson III, Charles R." 1971 1 28 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane Mentor Dies "Willard, Berton C." 1971 1 32 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 1 33 Feature Events of 1971 in the Graphic Time Table 1971 1 40 Books and the Sky "The Dwarf Novae, John S. Glasby" "Mumford, George S." 1971 1 41 Books and the Sky "Introduction to the Solar Wind, John C. Brandt" "Pneuman, G. W." 1971 1 43 Books and the Sky "The Interstellar Medium, S. A. Kaplan and S. B. Pikelner" "Munch, Guido" 1971 1 46 Gleanings for ATMs CHT: A Catadioptric Herschelian Telescope with Tilted Components "Cox, Robert E." 1971 1 55 Observer's Page Next Month's Lunar Eclipse 1971 1 57 Observer's Page Occultations During the February Eclipse "Abileah, Ronald" 1971 1 58 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1971 1 61 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 1 62 Celestial Calendar Notes for Algol Watchers "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 1 63 Celestial Calendar Neptune in 1971 1971 1 63 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 1 63 Celestial Calendar Uranus in 1971 1971 1 64 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- January-April, 1971" "Dunham, David W." 1971 1 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 2 69 Front-Cover Photo Michigan's 52-inch Telescope 1971 2 71 News Notes Changes in South African Astronomy 1971 2 72 Feature The New Michigan 52-inch Reflector "Wehinger, Peter A." "Mohler, Orren C." 1971 2 76 Feature Starquakes: Have They Been Observed? "Green, Louis C." 1971 2 79 News Notes Infrared Thermal Studies of Mercury's Dark Side 1971 2 79 News Notes Notes on Lunar Samples 1971 2 79 News Notes Wallace Observatory of MIT 1971 2 79 News Notes Social Uses of Astrophysics 1971 2 80 News Notes Celestial Navigation by Migrating Birds 1971 2 80 News Notes 1970 Solar Eclipse Summary 1971 2 81 Feature The Exploration of Venus "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 2 84 American Astronomers Report New Light on Biela's Comet 1971 2 85 American Astronomers Report Cepheid in a Dust Cloud 1971 2 86 American Astronomers Report Radio Observations of Scorpius X-1 1971 2 87 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Glimpses of Early American Astronomy "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 2 88 Feature Some Bright Visual Binary Stars -- II "Meeus, Jean" 1971 2 93 Amateur Astronomers A Backyard Planetarium and Observatory "Fowler, Raymond E." 1971 2 98 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 2 101 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 8, Leo Goldberg, editor" 1971 2 103 Books and the Sky "Der Mond, F. Link" "Both, Ernst E." 1971 2 105 Books and the Sky "The Revolution in Astronomy, Paul W. Hodge" "Hemenway, Curtis L." 1971 2 109 Gleanings for ATMs A 35-mm. Camera for Astrophotography "Cooke, Strathmore R. B." 1971 2 114 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Yoke Mounting for a 12-inch Reflector "Secretan, Luc" 1971 2 117 Observer's Page Martian Yellow Clouds -- Past and Future "Capen, Charles F." 1971 2 122 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 2 123 Celestial Calendar The 1971 Apparition of Mars 1971 2 124 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 2 125 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 3 129 Front-Cover Photo University of Illinois Radio Telescope 1971 3 131 News Notes Southern Hemisphere 100-inch Telescope 1971 3 132 Feature The Illinois 120-foot Radio Telescope "Schriefer Jr., Arno H." "Yang, Kwang-Shi" "Swenson Jr., George W." 1971 3 139 Feature The Dynamics of Star Clusters "King, Ivan R." 1971 3 144 Feature Maffei 1: A New Nearby Galaxy 1971 3 146 Feature The Geometry of the Coronal Magnetic Field "Altschuler, Martin D." 1971 3 151 American Astronomers Report Jupiter's Atmosphere and an Eclipse of Ganymede 1971 3 151 American Astronomers Report A Pulsar Classification 1971 3 152 American Astronomers Report Luminosities of Red Supergiants 1971 3 152 American Astronomers Report USNO Sunspot Program 1971 3 153 News Notes How Often Do Supernovae Occur? 1971 3 153 News Notes Fast-Moving Asteroid? 1971 3 153 News Notes Soft Landing on Venus 1971 3 153 News Notes International Lunar Conference 1971 3 154 News Notes Fireball over Southern Germany 1971 3 154 News Notes Celestial Cannonball 1971 3 154 News Notes Boston's New Zeiss Planetarium Dedicated 1971 3 154 News Notes 696 Visual Binaries 1971 3 155 Feature The Soviet Lunar Rover "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 3 159 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Activities in South Vietnam "Sinnott, Roger W." 1971 3 162 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 3 167 Books and the Sky Book Review "Levine, Mark" 1971 3 167 Books and the Sky Book Review "Bidelman, William P." 1971 3 167 Books and the Sky "Spectroscopic Astrophysics: An Assessment of the Contributions of Otto Struve, G. H. Herbig, editor" 1971 3 169 Books and the Sky "Nine Planets, Alan E. Nourse" "Glenn, William H." 1971 3 171 Books and the Sky "The Moon as Viewed by Lunar Orbiter, L. J. Kosofsky and Farouk El-Baz" "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1971 3 175 Gleanings for ATMs A Guided Camera for a 16 3/8-inch Newtonian Telescope "Warkoczewski, S. J." 1971 3 182 Observer's Page The December Grazing Occultation of Iota Capricorni "Povenmire, Harold R." 1971 3 186 Observer's Page The Planets in December 1971 3 188 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 3 188 Observer's Page Quadrantids in 1971 1971 3 192 Celestial Calendar Notes on Two Variable Stars 1971 3 192 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 3 192 Celestial Calendar Finding Ceres 1971 3 193 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 4 197 Front-Cover Photo Scientific Station on the Moon 1971 4 199 News Notes Explorer of the Past 1971 4 200 Feature Apollo 14's Moon Mission "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 4 209 Feature The February Eclipse of the Moon I "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 4 212 News Notes Antares as a Radio Source 1971 4 212 News Notes Draconid Meteors Expected 1971 4 212 News Notes The Eclipsing Binary LY Aurigae 1971 4 213 News Notes Symposia and Meetings 1971 4 213 News Notes Mexico's Newest Observatory 1971 4 213 News Notes No Local Dust Cloud? 1971 4 214 Feature The Visual Observation of Comets "Rahe, Jurgen" "Donn, Bertram" 1971 4 217 Feature The Byurakan Observatory in Soviet Armenia "Khachikian, Edward Ye." "Weedman, Daniel W." 1971 4 220 Feature Promethium in the Star HR 465 "Aller, Margo F." 1971 4 222 News Notes Origin of Multiple Stars 1971 4 222 News Notes The Comets of 1970 1971 4 223 Astronomical Scrapbook An Episode in Early American Astronomy: The Weston Meteorite "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 4 224 Feature New England Amateurs Visit the Southland "Milon, Dennis" 1971 4 229 Amateur Astronomers The 1971 AL-ALPO Convention Plans "Busler, William J." 1971 4 230 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 4 236 Books and the Sky "Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy, L. Gratton, editor" "Fichtel, Carl E." 1971 4 237 Books and the Sky "The Lunar Rocks, Brian Mason and William G. Melson" "Wood, John A." 1971 4 240 Books and the Sky "The Atlas of the Universe, Patrick Moore" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1971 4 243 Gleanings for ATMs Making an 8-inch Refractor Objective "Quade, Roy G." 1971 4 246 Gleanings for ATMs The Wedge Problem "Cox, Robert E." 1971 4 251 Observer's Page Some Optical Observations of Apollo 14 1971 4 258 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 4 258 Observer's Page Algol Observations "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 4 260 Celestial Calendar Juno To Occult a Star 1971 4 261 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 4 261 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 5 265 Front-Cover Photo Moon in Total Eclipse -- 1971 1971 5 267 News Notes Recent Martian Studies 1971 5 268 Feature What Two Sun-Observing Satellites Tell Us "Thomas, Roger J." "Maran, Stephen P." 1971 5 272 Feature Decreasing Transparency of Our Atmosphere 1971 5 273 Feature The February Eclipse of the Moon II "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 5 277 News Notes "Draper, Arthur L., Dies" 1971 5 277 News Notes Pluto and a Star 1971 5 278 News Notes Mercury in Stellar Atmospheres 1971 5 278 News Notes Strange Compact Galaxies 1971 5 279 News Notes Second Chinese Satellite 1971 5 279 News Notes Newly Named Asteroids 1971 5 279 News Notes Earthquake Damage at a California Observatory 1971 5 280 Letters Letter "Tatham, W. G." 1971 5 280 News Notes Interstellar Formamide 1971 5 281 Feature A New Interplanetary Monitoring Platform "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 5 283 Feature A Mars Chart for the Mariner Flights "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1971 5 288 Celestial Calendar Finding Sidereal Time "Hardie, Robert H." "Krebs, M. E." 1971 5 289 News Notes AAVSO To Receive Bequest 1971 5 290 Feature Weather Prospects for the 1972 Total Solar Eclipse "Brooks, Edward M." 1971 5 292 Amateur Astronomers New Astronomy Film 1971 5 292 Amateur Astronomers A Czechoslovakian Planetarium and Public Observatory "Oburka, Oto" 1971 5 294 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions in 1971 1971 5 298 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 5 303 Books and the Sky "Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Accelerations of the Earth and Moon, Robert R. Newton" "Schove, Derek J." 1971 5 305 Books and the Sky "Widening Horizons, Zdenek Kopal" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1971 5 310 Gleanings for ATMs A Fixed-Eyepiece Refractor with Heated Observatory "Fellows, Walter" 1971 5 314 Gleanings for ATMs Fiber Optics for a Tester "Hurt, Brian D." 1971 5 316 Observer's Page A Possible New Meteor Radiant "Koning, P. A." 1971 5 318 Observer's Page Timings of Inferior Geocentric Conjunctions of Jupiter's Moons "Reese, Elmer J." 1971 5 323 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 5 326 Celestial Calendar The May Occultation of Mars "Dunham, David W." 1971 5 326 Celestial Calendar May Occultation of Mars 1971 5 326 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 5 327 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- May-August, 1971" "Dunham, David W." 1971 5 329 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 6 333 Front-Cover Photo German Amateur's 12-inch Telescope 1971 6 335 News Notes Timekeeping on the Moon 1971 6 336 Feature A New Map of Mars from Planetary Patrol Photographs "Inge, J. L." "Capen, Charles F." "Martin, Leonard J." 1971 6 339 News Notes Indian Radio Telescope 1971 6 340 American Astronomers Report Spectrum of a QSO 1971 6 340 American Astronomers Report Circumstellar Shells 1971 6 341 American Astronomers Report Interstellar Carbon Monoxide 1971 6 341 American Astronomers Report "X-Ray Results from """"Uhuru""""" 1971 6 343 News Notes Shorter Winters 1971 6 344 Feature The Twilight Flash of Sodium "Peterson, Alan W." "Kieffaber, Lois M." 1971 6 345 News Notes Lunar and Planetary Expert 1971 6 346 Feature "The Wethersfield, Connecticut, Meteorite" 1971 6 347 Feature Mariner 9 To Orbit Mars "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 6 351 News Notes Maffei 2 as a Spiral Galaxy 1971 6 351 News Notes Minor Planet 1971 FA 1971 6 351 News Notes Astronomical Investigators Honored 1971 6 352 Astronomical Scrapbook "Campbell, W. W., and a Puzzling Object" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 6 352 News Notes Improvements at Arecibo 1971 6 352 News Notes Mira Stars with Hydroxyl Emission Lines 1971 6 354 Feature Armand N. Spitz -- Planetarium Inventor "F., C. A." 1971 6 356 Feature Two Lunar Scenes from Apollo 14 1971 6 358 Feature Transastronomy at the Dubna Conference "Kuchowicz, Bronislaw" 1971 6 359 Amateur Astronomers "Telescope Makers Meet at Riverside, California" 1971 6 361 Amateur Astronomers June Meetings 1971 6 361 Amateur Astronomers Historical Telescopes 1971 6 361 Amateur Astronomers Pennsylvania Amateur Dies 1971 6 361 Amateur Astronomers August Convention in Peru 1971 6 364 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 6 371 Books and the Sky "Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra and Related Ground-Based Observations, L. Houziaux and H. E. Butler, editors" "Doyle, Robert O." 1971 6 374 Books and the Sky "Verenderliche Sterne, Cuno Hoffmeister" "Strohmeier, W." 1971 6 375 Books and the Sky Book Review "Eddy, John A." 1971 6 379 Gleanings for ATMs A German Amateur's 12-inch Newtonian Reflector "Lammerer, Max" 1971 6 382 Gleanings for ATMs A Collapsible Lightweight Cassegrain Telescope 1971 6 382 Gleanings for ATMs A Collapsible Light-Weight Cassegrain Telescope "Nikolashin, Victor G." 1971 6 384 Gleanings for ATMs A Meccano Telescope "Rorke, C. D." 1971 6 386 Observer's Page The Bright Aurora of April 14th 1971 6 389 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 6 390 Observer's Page The Crescent Moon 1971 6 392 Observer's Page Light Curves of Long-Period Variables 1971 6 393 Observer's Page A Grazing Occultation Observed with Great Accuracy "Povenmire, Harold R." "Dobbings, Michael" 1971 6 395 Celestial Calendar Vesta: The Brightest Asteroid 1971 6 395 Celestial Calendar The Current Minimum of RY Sagittarii 1971 6 397 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 6 397 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Stanford University Radio Interferometer 1971 7 3 Letters Letter "Harrington, Awona" 1971 7 3 Letters Letter "Silverman, Sam" 1971 7 4 Feature Stanford's High-Resolution Radio Interferometer "Bracewell, R. N." "Colvin, R. S." "Price, K. M." 1971 7 10 American Astronomers Report Disk Photography of a Jovian Satellite 1971 7 11 American Astronomers Report Very High-Resolution Photography with Large Reflectors 1971 7 12 News Notes The Cetus Radio Arc 1971 7 12 News Notes The Remarkable Variable Star V1057 Cygni 1971 7 13 News Notes Lick Observatory Open Nights 1971 7 14 Feature The Lunar Roving Vehicle "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 7 14 News Notes New Chief for Kitt Peak 1971 7 14 News Notes New Arecibo Director 1971 7 15 Feature The Exploration of Mars "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 7 16 Feature A Mariners' 1969 Closeup Map of Mars "Cross, Charles A." 1971 7 18 Feature Astronomy in New Zealand "Elby, George A." 1971 7 20 Feature The Old Mount Etna Observatory and the New "Godoli, Giovanni" 1971 7 22 Feature The Asteroid Conference in Tucson "Matthews, Mildred Shapley" 1971 7 25 Amateur Astronomers Students in Maine Cooperate in Making a Telescope "Sneider, Cary I." 1971 7 30 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 7 35 Books and the Sky "The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy, W. Becker and G. Contopoulos, editors" "Lin, C. C." 1971 7 37 Books and the Sky "Galileo Studies, Stillman Drake" "Rosen, Edward" 1971 7 40 Books and the Sky "Frontiers in Astronomy, Owen Gingerich, editor" "Ashman, Mary S." 1971 7 42 Gleanings for ATMs A Double-Field Finder and Guide Telescope "Johns, Fred L." 1971 7 45 Gleanings for ATMs Putting Together a 12 1/2-inch Telescope "Herbstritt, Mark" 1971 7 48 Observer's Page Mars Occultation Roundup 1971 7 51 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 7 54 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1971 7 55 Celestial Calendar Summertime Maximum of T Herculis 1971 7 56 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Nunki 1971 7 56 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 7 57 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 8 61 Front-Cover Photo Bosscha's Twin 23&point;6-inch Refractor 1971 8 63 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1971 8 63 Letters Letter "Howse, Derek" 1971 8 64 Feature Picture The Gum Nebula "Bok, Bart J." 1971 8 70 Feature The Bosscha Observatory in Indonesia "Larson, Stephen M." 1971 8 72 Feature Solar Prominences and Their Magnetic Fields -- I "Tandberg-Hanssen, E." 1971 8 75 Letters Letter "Mayer, Pavel" 1971 8 76 Feature "Observatory-Planetarium at Kutztown, Pennsylvania" "Kiasat, Ahmad" "Chambliss, Carlson R." 1971 8 76 Feature Pennsylvania "Kiasat, Ahmad" "Kutztown, Carlson R. Chambliss Observatory" 1971 8 77 News Notes Density of Matter in the Universe 1971 8 77 News Notes Weighing the Praesepe Cluster 1971 8 77 News Notes West African Meteorite 1971 8 78 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Very Thin Lunar Crescents "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 8 79 News Notes 100-meter Radio Telescope in Operation in Germany 1971 8 80 Feature Some Plans for Apollo 15 "F., C. A." 1971 8 83 Feature The First Laboratory in Space "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 8 84 News Notes Central Florida Museum Opens Enlarged Planetarium 1971 8 84 News Notes Amino Acids in Meteorites 1971 8 84 News Notes More Interstellar Compounds 1971 8 84 News Notes Mass of Pluto 1971 8 85 Feature Observations of the Supernova in M63 1971 8 86 Amateur Astronomers Three Regional Conventions Held 1971 8 86 Amateur Astronomers Conventions in August 1971 8 87 Amateur Astronomers Toledo Amateurs Conduct Second Spring Program "Gardner, Robert J." 1971 8 92 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 8 100 Books and the Sky "Atlas for Objective Prism Spectra, Waltraut Carola Seitter" "Houk, Nancy" 1971 8 102 Books and the Sky "Handbook for Planet Observers, Gunter D. Roth" "Both, Ernst E." 1971 8 105 Books and the Sky "Discovering the Universe, Colin A. Ronan" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1971 8 107 Gleanings for ATMs Apollo Rendezvous and Telescope Fair in Ohio "Milon, Dennis" 1971 8 112 Observer's Page Jupiter and Io Occult Beta Scorpii 1971 8 120 Observer's Page Shortwave Broadcasts of Solar and Geophysical Information 1971 8 121 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 8 124 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 8 124 Celestial Calendar Light Changes of Delta Cephei "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 8 124 Celestial Calendar Two Eclipses This Month 1971 8 125 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 9 129 Front-Cover Photo Working Model of a 70-inch Reflector 1971 9 131 Feature Positional Astronomer 1971 9 132 Feature Joint Soviet-American Radio Interferometry "Kellermann, Kenneth I." 1971 9 134 Feature Telescopic Observations of Mars in 1971 -- I "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1971 9 136 Feature Apollo 15 Television from the Moon "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 9 138 Feature The Ill-Fated Soyuz 11 "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 9 139 Feature Seeing and Scintillation "Young, Andrew T." 1971 9 142 Feature Solar Prominences and Their Magnetic Fields -- II "Tandberg-Hanssen, E." 1971 9 146 News Notes Big Southern Schmidt Telescope 1971 9 146 News Notes OH Molecules in Other Galaxies 1971 9 146 News Notes Supernova of A.D. 1181 1971 9 146 News Notes Solar Eclipse Information for 1973 1971 9 147 Feature Two New Chapters in the Story of U Cephei -- I "Batten, Alan H." "Plavec, Miroslav" 1971 9 152 Amateur Astronomers West Berlin Observatory and Planetarium "Wedel, Bernhard" 1971 9 154 Amateur Astronomers Notes for Amateurs 1971 9 154 Amateur Astronomers Australians Observe Meteors 1971 9 158 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Marshall, Roy K." 1971 9 162 Books and the Sky "This Island Earth, Oran W. Nicks, editor" "Page, Lou Williams" 1971 9 163 Books and the Sky "Stellar Atmospheres, Dimitri Mihalas" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1971 9 165 Books and the Sky "Stellar Spectroscopy: Peculiar Stars, Margherita Hack and Otto Struve" "Aller, Margo F." 1971 9 170 Gleanings for ATMs A Working Model of a 70-inch Telescope "Kaufman, Max" 1971 9 174 Gleanings for ATMs Stock Removal in Mirror Making "Cox, Robert E." 1971 9 176 Observer's Page Observations of New Major Disturbances on Jupiter 1971 9 180 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 9 181 Observer's Page An Amateur's Map of Mars in 1971 "Stencel, Robert E." 1971 9 183 Celestial Calendar R Delphini: A Mira-Type Variable Star 1971 9 184 Celestial Calendar "Occultation Highlights -- September-December, 1971" "Dunham, David W." 1971 9 185 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 9 185 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 10 8 News Notes "Slipher, E. C., Honored" 1971 10 189 Front-Cover Photo Apollo 15 on the Moon 1971 10 191 Feature Progress on the Lick Survey 1971 10 192 Feature Apollo 15 Pictorial "A., J." 1971 10 192 Feature Apollo 11 Pictorial "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 10 202 Feature Optical Tracking of Spacecraft "Slabinski, Victor J." 1971 10 204 Letters Letter "Smith, R. E." 1971 10 204 Letters Letter "Hers, Jan" 1971 10 205 News Notes Infrared Measures of Ganymede 1971 10 205 News Notes Nova Cephei 1971 1971 10 205 News Notes "Radio """"Photography"""" of the Sky" 1971 10 206 News Notes Martian Weather Forecast 1971 10 206 News Notes Theta Coronae Borealis as a Double Star 1971 10 207 Feature A Great American Astronomer "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 10 207 News Notes Star Catalogue Reprinted 1971 10 207 News Notes Slide Repository 1971 10 208 Feature Stellafane Holds Porter Centennial "Milon, Dennis" 1971 10 212 Feature French Weather Satellite "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 10 212 News Notes Parallaxes of Faint Stars 1971 10 213 Feature Two New Chapters in the Story of U Cephei -- II "Batten, Alan H." "Plavec, Miroslav" 1971 10 215 Astronomical Scrapbook "Hagen, J. G., and His Cosmic Clouds" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 10 217 Amateur Astronomers Club Observatory in Indiana "Thomas, Jon C." "Miller, Robert" 1971 10 218 Amateur Astronomers Great Lakes Convention "Woodby, Douglas" 1971 10 222 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1971 10 226 Books and the Sky "Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae, Lawrence H. Aller" "Motz, Lloyd" 1971 10 228 Books and the Sky "Dynamic Astronomy, Robert T. Dixon" "Greig, William E." 1971 10 229 Books and the Sky "Moon: Man's Greatest Adventure, Silvio A. Bedini, Wernher von Braun, and Fred L. Whipple" 1971 10 235 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Knife-Edge Focusing Attachment "Dickinson, Robert C." 1971 10 238 Gleanings for ATMs A Compact Prizewinning Spectrohelioscope "Horne, Clifton" 1971 10 243 Observer's Page The Total Eclipse of the Moon on August 6th 1971 10 245 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 10 246 Observer's Page Notes from Perseid Observers 1971 10 252 Celestial Calendar T Camelopardalis: An S-Type Variable 1971 10 253 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 10 253 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 11 257 Front-Cover Photo Mars at Opposition in 1971 1971 11 259 Feature A Mars Anthology 1971 11 260 Feature Some High-Resolution Maps of Mars "Larson, Stephen M." "Minton, R. B." 1971 11 260 Feature Some High-Resolution Photographs of Mars "Larson, Stephen M." "Minton, R. B." 1971 11 261 Feature International Planetary Patrol Results 1971 11 263 Feature Telescopic Observations of Mars in 1971 -- II "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1971 11 264 Feature Dust Storm Observations from New Mexico "Kirby, Thomas B." "Robinson, Jimmie C." 1971 11 266 Feature Memphis Memorandum 1971 11 270 Feature Mariner 9 Approaches Mars "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 11 271 Feature Seventh OSO in Orbit "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 11 271 Feature A Map of Mars' South Pole "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 11 272 News Notes Green Bank's 300-foot Radio Telescope Resurfaced 1971 11 272 News Notes Is Man Changing Earth's Temperature? 1971 11 273 News Notes Nearest Galaxy or Richest Globular? 1971 11 273 News Notes Finnish Astronomer-Optician 1971 11 274 Feature A Computer-Run Radio Telescope Spectrograph "Winnberg, Anders" 1971 11 277 Feature Where Is Astronomical Education Headed? "Africk, Steven A." 1971 11 279 Feature Some Soviet Space Notes "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 11 279 News Notes Extending the Range of a Radar Telescope 1971 11 279 News Notes Promethium in S Stars 1971 11 280 Feature Four Amateur Observatories 1971 11 285 Amateur Astronomers Western Amateurs Meet in Hawaii "Morrow, Michael J." 1971 11 290 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1971 11 295 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Meteorological Optics, R. A. R. Tricker" "Brooks, Edward M." 1971 11 297 Books and the Sky "An Original Theory of the Universe, Thomas Wright" "Streeter, John W." 1971 11 299 Books and the Sky "A New Photographic Atlas of the Moon, Zdenek Kopal" 1971 11 302 Gleanings for ATMs An Australian 12 1/2-inch Buchroeder Relay Telescope "Coombs, Arthur E." 1971 11 310 Observer's Page A Portfolio of Amateurs' Mars Photographs 1971 11 315 Observer's Page An Optical Double Star -- 32 Orionis 1971 11 315 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 11 318 Celestial Calendar A Bountiful November for Asteroid Watchers 1971 11 319 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1971 11 320 Celestial Calendar The Moon Will Cross the Pleiades in Early November 1971 11 320 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1971 11 321 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 12 325 Front-Cover Photo Frontispiece of Kepler's Rudolphine Tables 1971 12 327 Letters Letter "Wilson Jr., Raymond H." 1971 12 328 Feature Johannes Kepler and the Rudolphine Tables "Gingerich, Owen" 1971 12 334 News Notes CH Cygni: An Eclipsing Binary? 1971 12 334 News Notes Study of a Reflection Nebula 1971 12 334 News Notes New Companion to M31? 1971 12 335 News Notes Radio Emission from X-Ray Sources 1971 12 335 News Notes Statistics of Quasars 1971 12 336 News Notes Minor Planet News 1971 12 336 News Notes Kepleriana 1971 12 336 News Notes "Herzberg, Gerhard, Honored" 1971 12 337 Celestial Calendar Jupiter and Beta Scorpii "Evans, David S." "Hubbard, William B." 1971 12 342 Feature "The """"First"""" Newtonian" "Wells, R. A." 1971 12 344 Astronomical Scrapbook "Scheiner's, Christopher, Observations of an Object near Jupiter" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 12 345 News Notes Solar Station To Close 1971 12 346 Feature OSO 7 Begins Observations "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 12 346 Feature Lunokhod and Salyut End Their Missions "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1971 12 347 Feature The First Century of Cordoba Observatory "Sersic, J. L." 1971 12 351 Letters Letter "Van Flandern, Thomas C." 1971 12 351 Letters Letter "Thomson, Malcolm M." 1971 12 351 Letters Letter "Pilcher, Frederick" 1971 12 351 Letters Letter "Hindley, Keith B." 1971 12 351 News Notes African Diary 1971 12 352 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet in Massachusetts "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1971 12 353 Amateur Astronomers Denver Amateur Dies 1971 12 358 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1971 12 366 Books and the Sky "The Harvard College Observatory, Bessie Zaban Jones and Lyle Gifford Boyd" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1971 12 369 Books and the Sky "Relativistic Astrophysics, Vol. 1: Stars and Relativity, Ya. B. Zeldovich and I. D. Novikov" "Africk, Steven A." 1971 12 374 Gleanings for ATMs Two Amateurs Set Up an Observatory-Telescope Cooperative "Morton, Allan E." 1971 12 378 Gleanings for ATMs An Amateur-Built Chain Drive for a 12 1/2-inch Reflector "Nash, Chuck" 1971 12 382 Observer's Page Observations of a High-Altitude Barium Cloud 1971 12 389 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1971 12 391 Celestial Calendar R Cancri: A Mira-Type Variable 1971 12 392 Celestial Calendar Occultation Reminder 1971 12 393 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1971 12 393 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1971 12 393 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 1 1 Front-Cover Photo The Planet Jupiter 1972 1 3 Letters Letter "Povenmire, Harold R." 1972 1 3 Letters Letter "Mancini, Armando" 1972 1 4 Feature Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Studies of Jupiter -- I "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1972 1 9 Feature An Experiment To Measure the Earth's Orbital Velocity "Hoff, Darrel B." 1972 1 10 News Notes Finnish Meteorite Studied 1972 1 10 News Notes Lunar Module on Exhibit 1972 1 10 News Notes Radio Emission from Antares B 1972 1 11 News Notes Planetariums in North America 1972 1 11 News Notes New Nearby Galaxies 1972 1 11 News Notes Further Renovation at Greenwich Observatory 1972 1 12 News Notes Possible Neutron Star 1972 1 13 News Notes New Work on Sirius B 1972 1 13 News Notes Time Signal Experiment 1972 1 13 News Notes Flare Star Monograph 1972 1 13 News Notes Boston Planetarium Developer 1972 1 13 News Notes Alert to Meteor Watchers 1972 1 14 Feature Three Spacecraft Study the Red Planet "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 1 18 Amateur Astronomers European Amateurs Meet in West Germany "Roth, Gunter D." 1972 1 19 Amateur Astronomers Longtime Amateur Dies "Ravneberg, Ronald L." 1972 1 19 Amateur Astronomers "Observatory at Ridley Peak, Pennsylvania" 1972 1 19 Amateur Astronomers "Observatory at Ridley Park, Pennsylvania" "Ignatuk Jr., Nicholas" 1972 1 20 Feature Telescopic Observations of Mars in 1971 -- III "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1972 1 22 Feature Some Deep-Sky Photographs "Rihm, Kurt" 1972 1 25 Feature "Solar Eclipse of July 10th, 1972" 1972 1 32 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 1 33 Feature Events of 1972 in the Graphic Time Table 1972 1 39 Books and the Sky "White Dwarfs, W. J. Luyten, editor" "Mumford, George S." 1972 1 41 Books and the Sky "Planetary Atmospheres, Carl Sagan, Tobias C. Owen, and Harlan J. Smith, editors" "Smith, Bradford A." 1972 1 44 Books and the Sky "Principles of Astronomy, Stanley P. Wyatt" "Mathews, Robert T." 1972 1 47 Gleanings for ATMs A 4 1/2-inch Unobstructed Maksutov Telescope "Crowe Jr., Arthur E." 1972 1 54 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1972 "Dunham, David W." 1972 1 57 Observer's Page The Leonids in November 1972 1 58 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 1 59 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1972 1 60 Observer's Page The Lunar Eclipse in January 1972 1 63 Celestial Calendar Occultations During the Lunar Eclipse "Bram, Eric M." 1972 1 64 Celestial Calendar Neptune in 1972 1972 1 64 Celestial Calendar Uranus in 1972 1972 1 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 1 65 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 2 69 Front-Cover Photo Dedication of Wise Observatory 1972 2 71 News Notes Havoc at Otterbein 1972 2 72 Feature The Wise Observatory in Israel 1972 2 74 Feature Astronomy in Mid-Atlantic "Packer, J. E." 1972 2 75 Feature Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Studies of Jupiter -- II "Kuiper, Gerard P." 1972 2 82 Feature High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variables "Warner, Brian" "Nather, R. Edward" 1972 2 86 Feature The AFCRL Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment in Arizona "Hunt, Mahlon S." 1972 2 91 Feature Soviet Exploration of Mars "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 2 93 News Notes Catalogues of Supernovae and Quasars 1972 2 93 News Notes Popigay Depression: A Siberian Astrobleme? 1972 2 93 News Notes Minor Planet 1971 UA 1972 2 94 News Notes Moonquakes 1972 2 94 News Notes Sunrise USA 1972 2 94 News Notes The Milky Way Before Galileo 1972 2 94 News Notes Solar System Experts 1972 2 94 News Notes Harvard Directorship 1972 2 95 Astronomical Scrapbook More About the Visibility of the Lunar Crescent "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1972 2 97 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Activities in Mauritius "Carrim, Cader" 1972 2 98 Amateur Astronomers Notes on the British Meteor Society "Mackenzie, R. A." 1972 2 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 2 107 Books and the Sky "The Haven-Finding Art, E. G. R. Taylor" "Smiley, Charles H." 1972 2 108 Books and the Sky "Stellar Rotation, Arne Slettebak, editor" "Hack, Margherita" 1972 2 114 Gleanings for ATMs An 18 1/2-inch Telescope in Memphis "Bratton, Durley H." 1972 2 117 Gleanings for ATMs Telescopes with Unobstructed Light Paths "Cox, Robert E." 1972 2 123 Observer's Page Two Adapters for Projection Photography 1972 2 127 Observer's Page November Sky Configuration 1972 2 129 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 2 130 Observer's Page A Bright Cluster in the February Evening Sky 1972 2 132 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 2 132 Celestial Calendar Favorable Opposition of Minor Planet No. 1 1972 2 133 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 3 137 Front-Cover Photo Table Mountain Observatory 1972 3 139 News Notes First Reports on January Lunar Eclipse 1972 3 140 Feature Observing Venus Near the Sun "Young, Andrew T." "Young, L. G." 1972 3 145 Feature The Third Lunar Science Conference -- I "Page, Thornton L." 1972 3 151 Feature Plans for Apollo 16 "Hillenbrand, Robert" 1972 3 155 Feature Comets Lost and Found 1972 3 156 Feature The Leonids: Who Saw Them First? "Schove, Derek J." 1972 3 157 Letters Letter "Werner, Albert" 1972 3 157 Letters Letter "Rohwer, Alan B." 1972 3 157 Letters Letter "Bates, Harold S." 1972 3 157 Letters Letter "Boyko, Anatole" 1972 3 158 News Notes IC 10 and the Maffei Galaxies 1972 3 158 News Notes Eruption in Solar Corona Observed by OSO 7 1972 3 159 News Notes AAS Meeting in Seattle 1972 3 160 Feature A Far-Ultraviolet Look at Orion "Henry, Richard C." 1972 3 161 News Notes Scientific Attache 1972 3 161 News Notes New Popular Journal 1972 3 162 Feature The Quadrantid Meteor Stream "Hindley, Keith B." 1972 3 165 Amateur Astronomers Occultation Expeditions 1972 3 165 Amateur Astronomers Convention Notes 1972 3 165 Amateur Astronomers An Illinois Amateur's Home-Built Observatory "Betourne, Gil" 1972 3 166 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Stamp Proposed "Sherlin, Jerry M." 1972 3 170 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 3 175 Books and the Sky "Dark Nebulae, Globules, and Protostars, Beverly T. Lynds, editor" "Greenberg, J. Mayo" 1972 3 177 Books and the Sky "Modern Cosmology, D. W. Sciama" "Rood, Herbert J." 1972 3 180 Books and the Sky "The View from Space, Merton E. Davies and Bruce C. Murray" "Larson, Stephen M." 1972 3 183 Gleanings for ATMs A Quickly Aligned Foucault Testing Apparatus "Wilson, Glenn L." 1972 3 189 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Spherometers and Wedge Testers "Cox, Robert E." 1972 3 192 Observer's Page The Aurora Borealis and the 1972 Total Solar Eclipse "Krassa, Robert S." "Hall, William N." 1972 3 195 Observer's Page Dutch Meteor Observations "Apeldoorn, Ben C. J." 1972 3 196 Observer's Page Some Results from the 1971 Geminid Meteor Shower 1972 3 197 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 3 200 Celestial Calendar Double Star Notes: Kappa Geminorum 1972 3 200 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 3 201 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 4 207 News Notes Unmanned Space Missions 1972 4 208 Feature Some Mariner 9 Observations of Mars "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 4 213 News Notes Jupiter-Saturn Flybys in 1977 1972 4 214 Feature Arecibo Observatory Today -- I "Shawcross, William E." 1972 4 219 Feature The Third Lunar Science Conference -- II "Page, Thornton L." 1972 4 223 Astronomical Scrapbook Hevelius and His Star Catalogue "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1972 4 224 Letters Letter "Marsden, Brian G." 1972 4 224 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1972 4 224 Letters Letter "Hunt, Mahlon S." 1972 4 224 Letters Letter "Feldman, Richard L." 1972 4 225 Feature Disk and Ring Structure in the Universe "Huang, Su-Shu" 1972 4 229 News Notes Radio Photograph of Maffei 2 1972 4 229 News Notes The Largest Asteroids 1972 4 229 News Notes Hubble Constant Revised 1972 4 230 News Notes Carbon Dioxide in the Martian Polar Caps 1972 4 230 News Notes Algol as a Radio Source 1972 4 230 News Notes Radial Velocities of Stars 1972 4 231 Letters Letter "Doughty, N. A." 1972 4 233 Amateur Astronomers An Old Observatory Is Modernized "Holzinger, Joseph R." 1972 4 238 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 4 243 Books and the Sky "The Discovery of Our Galaxy, Charles A. Whitney" "Roberts, Morton S." 1972 4 245 Books and the Sky "The Mariner 6 and 7 Pictures of Mars, Steward A. Collins" "Cross, Charles A." 1972 4 247 Books and the Sky "Basic Physics of Stellar Atmospheres, Thomas L. Swihart" "Bohm-Vitense, Erika" 1972 4 248 Books and the Sky "Dividends from Space, Frederick I. Ordway III, Carsbie C. Adams, and Mitchell R. Sharpe" "Brooks, Edward M." 1972 4 252 Gleanings for ATMs Don't Belittle That Small Telescope! "Kussner, Conrad L." 1972 4 257 Gleanings for ATMs Attaching a Large Setting Circle to a Clock Drive "Morrison, Brian D." 1972 4 258 Observer's Page January Lunar Eclipse Synopsis 1972 4 267 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 4 268 Celestial Calendar The April Lyrids: A Faithful Meteor Shower 1972 4 268 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 4 269 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 5 273 Front-Cover Photo Mars Photographed by Mariner 7 1972 5 276 Feature Mars' Great Storm of 1971 "Capen, Charles F." "Martin, Leonard J." 1972 5 280 Feature The Titius-Bode Law: A Strange Bicentenary "Jaki, Stanley L." 1972 5 282 News Notes Popular Astronomy in East Germany 1972 5 282 News Notes Measure-ments of Star Diameters 1972 5 282 News Notes Model of 100-inch du Pont Telescope 1972 5 283 News Notes Solar Neutrino Dilemma 1972 5 283 News Notes Comet Bradfield 1972 5 283 News Notes Intergalactic Matter and the Milky Way 1972 5 284 News Notes Gamma Geminorum as a Binary 1972 5 284 News Notes Evolution in Very Close Binaries 1972 5 284 News Notes Russian Astrophysicist 1972 5 284 News Notes Princeton Astrophysicist 1972 5 285 Feature The Chemical Composition of Cosmic Rays -- I "Aller, Lawrence H." 1972 5 288 Feature More About Sundials -- Old and New "Egger, Hermann H." 1972 5 289 News Notes "Zwicky, Fritz, Honored" 1972 5 289 News Notes Huge Radio Telescope 1972 5 289 News Notes "Solar Eclipse 1973 Bulletin""""" 1972 5 290 Feature Canadian Solar Eclipse Flight "Cox, Arthur N." 1972 5 291 Feature The Problem of Shadow Band Observations "Young, Andrew T." 1972 5 292 Feature Stars and Planets During Totality on July 10th 1972 5 293 Feature Arecibo Observatory Today -- II "Shawcross, William E." 1972 5 295 Letters Letter "de Terwangne, R." 1972 5 295 Letters Letter "McMahon, James H." 1972 5 295 Letters Letter "Terzan, A." 1972 5 296 Feature An Italian 54-inch Reflector of Unusual Design "de Mottoni, G." 1972 5 298 Amateur Astronomers An English Occultation Observing Party "Arbour, Ron W." 1972 5 298 Amateur Astronomers Convention Notes 1972 5 298 Amateur Astronomers South African Club Celebrates 60th Anniversary "Hurley, Rupert F." 1972 5 299 Feature Pioneer 10 Mission to Jupiter "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 5 302 Observing the Satellites Soviet Venus Probe "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 5 306 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 5 310 Books and the Sky "Earthbound Astronauts, Beirne Lay, Jr." "Hillenbrand, Robert" 1972 5 311 Books and the Sky "Eyewitness to Space, Hereward Lester Cooke with James D. Dean" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 5 313 Books and the Sky "The Magellanic Clouds, Andra B. Muller" "Bok, Bart J." 1972 5 316 Books and the Sky Skies of the Andes (Film Review) "di Cicco, Dennis" 1972 5 320 Gleanings for ATMs An Australian 11 1/2-inch Wright Telescope "Whitehead, Don H." 1972 5 327 Observer's Page Recent Solar and Auroral Activity 1972 5 329 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 5 330 Observer's Page How Large Was Earth's Shadow? 1972 5 330 Observer's Page How Large Was the Earth's Shadow? "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1972 5 336 Celestial Calendar An Antares Occultation 1972 5 336 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 5 337 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 6 341 Front-Cover Photo Kitt Peak Solar Spectrograph 1972 6 343 Letters Letter "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1972 6 343 Letters Letter "Delongfield, Charles P." 1972 6 344 Feature Measuring Solar Photospheric Magnetic Fields "Livingston, William C." 1972 6 350 Feature A Magnesium Feature in Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra "Gurzadyan, G. A." 1972 6 350 News Notes ASP Summer Meeting 1972 6 351 News Notes Acoustical Waves on the Sun 1972 6 351 News Notes Occultations of Stars by Jupiter and Ganymede 1972 6 352 News Notes 100th-Birthday Greetings 1972 6 352 News Notes "Crull, Harry E., Dies" 1972 6 352 News Notes Centaurus X-3 as a Binary System 1972 6 352 News Notes Formaldehyde in Allende 1972 6 353 Feature A First Report on Apollo 16 "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 6 358 Feature Hints on Photographing the Eclipse "Leavens, Peter A." 1972 6 358 Feature Box: Expeditions Near the Edge of Totality "Dunham, David W." 1972 6 359 Feature Canadian Eclipse Rocket Program "Bird, John" 1972 6 360 Feature Notes on the Partial Eclipse of July 10th 1972 6 362 Feature The Chemical Composition of Cosmic Rays -- II "Aller, Lawrence H." 1972 6 364 Astronomical Scrapbook "Swift, Lewis, and the Lowe Observatory" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1972 6 368 Amateur Astronomers Riverside: A Western Stellafane "Parks, John A." 1972 6 368 Amateur Astronomers Two Major Conventions 1972 6 372 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 6 380 Books and the Sky "Three Copernican Treatises, Edward Rosen, editor" "Gingerich, Owen" 1972 6 381 Books and the Sky "Nuclei of Galaxies, D. J. K. O'Connell, editor" "Roberts, Morton S." 1972 6 384 Books and the Sky "Vanguard -- A History, Constance McLaughlin Green and Milton Lomask" "Hayes, E. Nelson" 1972 6 388 Gleanings for ATMs The Vacuum Method of Making Corrector Plates "Cox, Robert E." 1972 6 394 Observer's Page The April Venus-Moon Conjunction and Occultation 1972 6 398 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 6 399 Celestial Calendar July Occultation of the Pleiades Star Cluster "Dunham, David W." 1972 6 404 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 6 405 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Eta Carinae in Four Exposures 1972 7 3 News Notes Planetarium Expert Dies 1972 7 4 Feature The Core of Eta Carinae "Gehrz, Robert D." "Ney, Edward P." 1972 7 6 Feature More About Apollo 16 "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 7 14 Feature Hunting Sundials "Mayall, R. Newton" 1972 7 16 News Notes Bright Supernova in NGC 5253 1972 7 16 News Notes Polarized X-Rays from the Crab Nebula 1972 7 17 News Notes New Lick Administrator 1972 7 17 News Notes New Director at Herstmonceux 1972 7 17 News Notes Danish Popularizer of Astronomy 1972 7 17 News Notes Harvard Observatory Opens New Building 1972 7 18 News Notes Astronomical Stamps 1972 7 19 Letters Letter "Epstein, Eugene E." 1972 7 19 Letters Letter "Blanco, Victor M." 1972 7 19 Letters Letter "Brown, Peter Lancaster" 1972 7 19 Letters Letter "Busch, Thomas A." 1972 7 19 Letters Letter "Nieto, Michael Martin" 1972 7 20 Feature The Shape of the Analemma "Oliver, Bernard M." 1972 7 23 Feature Some Current Studies of Galaxies "Hodge, Paul W." 1972 7 28 Feature Here and There with Eclipsegoers 1972 7 29 Amateur Astronomers August Meetings 1972 7 31 Amateur Astronomers An Inexpensive Canvas Dome for an 8-inch Telescope "Vogt, Steven S." 1972 7 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 7 39 Books and the Sky "Geology and Physics of the Moon, G. Fielder, editor" "Salisbury, John W." 1972 7 41 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Space Science, Robert C. Haymes" "Irwin, John B." 1972 7 43 Books and the Sky "Encyclopedia of Astronomy, Gilbert E. Satterthwaite" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1972 7 47 Gleanings for ATMs A Novel Drive on a 20-inch Telescope "Tuthill, Roger W." 1972 7 52 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Dew-Preventive Device "Seslar, Mike" 1972 7 54 Observer's Page Springtime Evening Sky Configuration Album 1972 7 59 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 7 60 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1972 7 61 Observer's Page July's Lunar Eclipse 1972 7 64 Celestial Calendar Some Occultation Notes "Dunham, David W." 1972 7 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 7 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 8 69 Front-Cover Photo Planetarium on Long Island 1972 8 71 News Notes Observer of Galaxies 1972 8 72 Feature The Vanderbilt Planetarium "Harrison, Philip L." 1972 8 77 Feature The New Mariner 9 Map of Mars Mariner 9 Television Experiment 1972 8 83 Feature Titan and Its Atmosphere "Cruikshank, Dale P." "Morrison, David" 1972 8 85 Astronomical Scrapbook About Some Early Eclipse Observations "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1972 8 86 News Notes A Radio Problem at Cambridge 1972 8 86 News Notes World's Largest Optical Telescope Nears Completion 1972 8 86 News Notes Variable Star Observing from Space 1972 8 87 News Notes X-Rays from Rich Clusters of Galaxies 1972 8 87 News Notes Ultraviolet Astronomy Satellite 1972 8 87 News Notes Orbits of Phobos and Deimos 1972 8 87 News Notes Dutch Optical Designer 1972 8 88 Feature Microwave Celestial Water-Vapor Sources "Johnston, K. J." "Knowles, S. H." "Schwartz, P. R." 1972 8 91 Amateur Astronomers August Meetings 1972 8 91 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Region Meets in Massachusetts 1972 8 92 Amateur Astronomers Canadian Astronomers Meet in Vancouver 1972 8 93 Amateur Astronomers Mid-States Region Convenes "Cox, Robert E." 1972 8 98 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 8 100 Feature Mariner 9 Mars Map 1972 8 113 Books and the Sky "Planets, Stars, and Galaxies, Stuart J. Inglis" "Altizer, Robert J." 1972 8 114 Books and the Sky "Les Radiotalescopes, Emile-Jacques Blum" "Gordon, Kurtiss J." 1972 8 116 Books and the Sky "The Radiating Atmosphere, B. M. McCormac, editor" "Roach, Franklin E." 1972 8 117 Books and the Sky "The Beauty of the Universe, Hans Rohr" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1972 8 120 Gleanings for ATMs The Newton Observatory in Manitoba "Newton, Jack B." 1972 8 126 Observer's Page The Brilliant Aurora on June 17-18 1972 8 129 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 8 131 Celestial Calendar A Favorable Year for Perseid Meteors 1972 8 133 Celestial Calendar Reminder for Hawaii Occultation Observers 1972 8 133 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Highlights 1972 8 134 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 8 135 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 9 139 Front-Cover Photo "Total Eclipse, July 10, 1972" 1972 9 141 Observer's Page July's Solar Eclipse 1972 9 142 Feature The Eclipse Across North America 1972 9 150 Feature Two University Field Stations in the Northwest 1972 9 151 Feature Box: Venus Revisited "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 9 151 Feature An Ecology Satellite Eyes the Earth "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 9 151 News Notes Smithsonian Fall Lectures 1972 9 154 Feature The Olympia's Voyage to Darkness "Brooks, Edward M." "Mumford, George S." "Robinson, Leif J." 1972 9 157 News Notes Two Notable Eclipsing Binaries 1972 9 157 News Notes Radio Observations of a Supernova Outburst 1972 9 157 News Notes Early 1973 Eclipse Registration Necessary 1972 9 157 News Notes Another Interstellar Molecule 1972 9 158 News Notes Asteroid Names 1972 9 158 News Notes New Astronomer Royal 1972 9 158 News Notes More About the Supernova in NGC 5253 1972 9 158 News Notes NASA Films Available 1972 9 158 News Notes Messier 13 As Viewed in a Giant Telescope 1972 9 159 Feature The Multiple-Mirror Telescope Project "Weymann, R. J." "Carleton, Nathaniel P." 1972 9 164 Feature The Abundance of Helium in the Cosmos -- I "Hack, Margherita" 1972 9 166 Amateur Astronomers The 1972 Apollo Rendezvous in Dayton 1972 9 167 Amateur Astronomers Middle East Region Meets "Tucker Jr., Alvin H." 1972 9 169 Amateur Astronomers Gathering of Amateurs at Syracuse 1972 9 172 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 9 173 Feature Eclipse Color Album 1972 9 180 Books and the Sky "Physical Cosmology, P. J. E. Peebles" "Wyatt, Stanley P." 1972 9 182 Books and the Sky "The Mind of the Scientist, Michael Hoskin" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1972 9 183 Books and the Sky "Sundials, Rene R. J. Rohr" "Mayall, R. Newton" 1972 9 184 Books and the Sky "New Horizons in Astronomy, John C. Brandt and Stephen P. Maran" "Riegel, Kurt W." 1972 9 186 Books and the Sky "The Ethereal Aether, Loyd S. Swenson, Jr." "Cooper, Leon N." 1972 9 189 Gleanings for ATMs Some Items from the Gleanings Mailbag 1972 9 193 Gleanings for ATMs An Observatory and a Telescope Base for Field Use "Hers, Jan" 1972 9 197 Observer's Page Some Observations of Venus 1972 9 200 Observer's Page Two Astrophotography Projects "Matteson, James L." 1972 9 203 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 9 203 Observer's Page Photometric Observations of the March Aurora "Dandekar, B. S." "Davis Jr., D. J." 1972 9 204 Observer's Page Amateurs Observe CH Cygni "Isles, John [E.]" 1972 9 206 Celestial Calendar Pleiades Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1972 9 206 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 9 206 Celestial Calendar Eunomia Is Back in the Evening Sky 1972 9 207 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 10 211 Front-Cover Photo "Aurora over Stellafane, Vermont" 1972 10 213 Letters Letter "Christensen, Andrew B." "Broadt, Jane" "Hammond, Trey" 1972 10 213 Letters Letter "Gunter, J. U." 1972 10 213 Letters Letter "Mulholland, J. Derrel" 1972 10 214 Feature August Solar Activity and Its Geophysical Effects "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1972 10 217 Letters Letter "Finkenzeller, Hans-Ulrich" 1972 10 218 Feature Sounding Rockets in Space Astronomy "Carruthers, George R." 1972 10 222 Feature A Widely Observed Partial Solar Eclipse 1972 10 225 News Notes Cometary Handbooks 1972 10 225 News Notes Cepheid of Longest Period 1972 10 225 News Notes Giant Radio Outburst of Cygnus X-3 1972 10 225 News Notes Interstellar Hydrogen Sulfide 1972 10 225 News Notes New AAVSO Periodical 1972 10 226 Feature "The Great Solar Flares of August, 1972" "Rust, David M." 1972 10 231 Feature An Astronomy Satellite Named Copernicus "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 10 233 Feature The Abundance of Helium in the Cosmos -- II "Hack, Margherita" 1972 10 236 Astronomical Scrapbook "Tebbutt, John, His Observatory, and a Probable Nova" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1972 10 237 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane -- The Telescope Maker's Mecca "Sinnott, Roger W." 1972 10 244 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 10 249 Books and the Sky "Life on Other Worlds: The 20th-Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate, Steven J. Dick, The Life of Benjamin Banneker, Silvio A. Be" "Peery Jr., Benjamin F." 1972 10 251 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: Fundamentals and Frontiers, Robert Jastrow and Malcolm H. Thompson" "Ebbighausen, E. G." 1972 10 254 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mulholland, J. Derrel" 1972 10 254 Books and the Sky "The Euler-Mayer Correspondence, Eric G. Forbes" 1972 10 254 Books and the Sky "Tobias Meyer's ""Opera Inedita"", Eric G. Forbes" 1972 10 258 Gleanings for ATMs A Wisconsin Amateur's 20-inch Newtonian Reflector "Parmentier, Ronald" 1972 10 262 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Mounting with Fixed Eyepiece "Pfann, John L." 1972 10 264 Observer's Page Notes from Lunar Eclipse Observers 1972 10 269 Observer's Page A Great Daylight Fireball Over the Northwest 1972 10 272 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 10 274 Celestial Calendar A Request for Algol Observations 1972 10 274 Celestial Calendar Conjunctions of Planets with Stars Next Year "Meeus, Jean" 1972 10 275 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 10 275 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 11 279 Front-Cover Photo Amateurs Visit 210-foot Goldstone Antenna 1972 11 281 News Notes A Visit to Goldstone 1972 11 282 Feature "The Total Solar Eclipse of June 30, 1973 -- One of the Best" "Smiley, Charles H." 1972 11 284 Feature Weather Prospects for Next Year's Total Eclipse "Brooks, Edward M." 1972 11 285 Feature Notes on the Eclipse in June 1972 11 285 Feature Notes on the Eclipse of the Sun in June 1972 11 288 Feature A New Observatory at Chapel Hill "Knapp, Richard S." "Christensen, W. A." 1972 11 290 Feature Two Western Conventions "Milon, Dennis" 1972 11 296 Feature Infrared Maps of Jupiter "Keay, G. S. L." "Low, F. J." "Rieke, G. H." 1972 11 297 News Notes Halley's Comet and a Hypothetical New Planet 1972 11 297 News Notes Nova in the LMC 1972 11 298 News Notes Progress on the Anglo-Australian Telescope 1972 11 299 Feature A Hybrid Sundial "Ericson, Albert" 1972 11 300 Feature A Modern Version of the Ole Roemer Experiment "McMillan, Robert S." "Kirszenberg, John D." 1972 11 302 Feature Progress Report of Project Viking "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1972 11 303 Letters Letter "Newton, Robert R." 1972 11 303 Letters Letter "Oliver, Bernard M." 1972 11 304 Feature Near-Infrared View of the Uranus System "Sinton, William M." 1972 11 304 Feature A Near-Infrared View of the Uranus System "Sinton, William M." 1972 11 305 News Notes A Helium-Rich Star in Puppis 1972 11 307 Feature About the Observatory of Copernicus "Classen, J." 1972 11 310 Amateur Astronomers Three Solutions to the Inexpensive Observatory Problem 1972 11 314 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 11 318 Books and the Sky "Structure and Evolution of the Galaxy, L. N. Mavridis, editor" "Shane, W. W." 1972 11 321 Books and the Sky "Handbook of Elemental Abundances in Meteorites, Brian Mason, editor" "Fireman, Edward L." 1972 11 322 Books and the Sky "Thermospheric Circulation, Willis L. Webb, editor" "McIntosh, Bruce A." 1972 11 327 Gleanings for ATMs A Compact 16-inch Cassegrain Reflector "McClure, James" 1972 11 333 Observer's Page Summertime Observations of Sunspots and Auroras 1972 11 339 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 11 340 Observer's Page The Perseids Make a Good Showing 1972 11 345 Celestial Calendar Next Month's Favorable Apparition of Mercury "Victor, Robert C." 1972 11 345 Celestial Calendar Vesta in the Hyades 1972 11 346 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 11 347 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1972 12 351 Front-Cover Photo Harlow Shapley(1885-1972) 1972 12 353 News Notes The Velocity of Light 1972 12 354 Feature Harlow Shapley -- Cosmographer and Humanitarian "Bok, Bart J." 1972 12 358 Feature Six Ultrashort-Period Binary Stars "Warner, Brian" 1972 12 360 Feature Mariner 9 Photography Ends 1972 12 361 Feature Hawaii's Mauna Kea Observatory Today "Morrison, David" "Jefferies, John T." 1972 12 365 News Notes New Smithsonian Director 1972 12 365 News Notes New Chairman at American Museum-Hayden Planetarium 1972 12 366 Astronomical Scrapbook "Mason, E. P., and the Nebulae" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1972 12 367 News Notes Radcliffe Observatory Centennial 1972 12 367 News Notes Unusual New Asteroids 1972 12 367 News Notes Astrophysicists Meet in New York 1972 12 368 News Notes "1,309 Light Curves" 1972 12 368 News Notes Plans for a Joint American-Soviet Space Effort 1972 12 368 News Notes Origin and Evolution of the Earth-Moon System 1972 12 369 Feature The Large Space Telescope Program "O'Dell, C. Robert" 1972 12 372 Feature Apollo 17 Explorations and Experiments "Hillenbrand, Robert" 1972 12 376 Amateur Astronomers Notes on the AAVSO Annual Fall Meeting 1972 12 377 Amateur Astronomers News from Australia 1972 12 382 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1972 12 391 Books and the Sky "Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1970's, Vol. 1: Report of the Astronomy Survey Committee, Jesse L. Greenstein" "Irwin, John B." 1972 12 396 Books and the Sky "Celestial Mechanics, Vol. 2: Perturbation Theory, Yusuke Hagihara" "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" 1972 12 400 Gleanings for ATMs "An """"Old-Fashioned"""" 6-inch Telescope" "Kenney, Capt. Matthew J." 1972 12 404 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Telescope with a Wooden Fork "Grodinsky, Robert" 1972 12 406 Observer's Page Lunar Photographs from Oklahoma 1972 12 410 Observer's Page An Amateur's Map of Mars for 1971 "Salmon, Bruce" 1972 12 411 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1972 12 414 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1972 12 414 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1972 12 414 Celestial Calendar A Spectacular New Year's Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1972 12 415 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Kitt Peak 4-meter Telescope 1973 1 3 News Notes The Apollo Missions in Retrospect 1973 1 4 Feature The OSO-7 Year of Discovery "Maran, Stephen P." "Thomas, Roger J." 1973 1 10 Feature Photographic Report from Kitt Peak 1973 1 19 Feature Astronomy in New Mexico "Reitmeyer, William J." 1973 1 22 News Notes Does Planet X Exist? 1973 1 22 News Notes New Findings About Jupiter's and Saturn's Satellites 1973 1 23 News Notes Measurer of Star Distances 1973 1 23 News Notes Lowell Observatory Leader 1973 1 23 News Notes Total Eclipses in the 1970's 1973 1 24 Feature Progress Report on Skylab "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1973 1 27 Amateur Astronomers A September Conference of Amateurs at Oakland "Bally, John" 1973 1 28 Amateur Astronomers California Amateur Dies 1973 1 32 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 1 33 Feature Events of 1973 in the Graphic Time Table 1973 1 41 Books and the Sky "Selected Exercises in Galactic Astronomy, I. Atanasijevic" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1973 1 42 Books and the Sky "Star Myths and Stories, Percy M. Proctor" "Lovi, George" 1973 1 44 Books and the Sky "Catadioptric Imaging Systems, Jonathan Maxwell" "Cox, Robert E." 1973 1 45 Books and the Sky "Man and His Universe, Zdenek Kopal" "Dickinson, Terence" 1973 1 51 Gleanings for ATMs An Observatory Built as a Retirement Project "Allen, Walter C." 1973 1 56 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Objects in a 24-inch Reflector "McDonald, Lee" 1973 1 60 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1973 1 61 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 1 61 Observer's Page A Large and Very Complex Sunspot Group 1973 1 62 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1973 "Dunham, David W." 1973 1 64 Celestial Calendar Paths of Uranus and Neptune This Year 1973 1 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 1 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 2 69 Front-Cover Photo Nicholas Copernicus(1473-1543) 1973 2 71 News Notes Copernicana 1973 2 72 Feature Copernicus' Place in the History of Astronomy "Rosen, Edward" 1973 2 76 Feature Using an Image Intensifier at a College Observatory "Seeds, Michael A." "Distasio, Anthony J." 1973 2 79 Feature Visit to Taurus-Littrow "Sinnott, Roger W." 1973 2 85 Feature Results from the Utrecht Orbiting Spectrophotometer "Kamperman, T. M." "Hucht, K. A. van der" "Lamers, H. J." 1973 2 87 News Notes Comet Araya 1973 2 88 Feature Pursuing the Lunar Shadow "Cox, Arthur N." 1973 2 90 Astronomical Scrapbook Adventures of C. H. F. Peters -- I "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 2 91 News Notes Diameters of Two Red Stars 1973 2 91 News Notes A Surface Composition of Mercury 1973 2 91 News Notes Very Young Galaxies? 1973 2 92 News Notes More About Stephan's Quintet 1973 2 93 Feature Mutual Phenomena of Jupiter's Satellites in 1973-74 "Brinkmann, R. T." "Millis, Robert L." 1973 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Japanese Amateurs Visit the Land of Morning Calm "Sato, Takeshi" 1973 2 97 Amateur Astronomers More Tours to the June Solar Eclipse 1973 2 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 2 107 Books and the Sky "Astronomy One, J. Allen Hynek and Necia H. Apfel" "Pierce, David A." 1973 2 108 Books and the Sky "Gravitation and Cosmology, Steven Weinberg" "Bergmann, Peter" 1973 2 110 Books and the Sky "The Physics of Cosmic X-ray, Gamma-ray, and Particle Sources, Kenneth Greisen" "Colgate, Stirling A." 1973 2 112 Books and the Sky "Boundaries of the Universe, John S. Glasby" "Carr, John M." 1973 2 116 Gleanings for ATMs A Dual-Power Cassegrain with a Relay Lens "Jones, Edward L." 1973 2 120 Gleanings for ATMs A Motor-Driven Eyepiece Focuser "Bowen Jr., Charles W." 1973 2 120 Gleanings for ATMs Motor-Driven Eyepiece Focuser 1973 2 130 Observer's Page "Photometric Observations of Auroras During August, 1972" "Mullen, E. G." "Davis Jr., D. J." 1973 2 131 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 2 131 Observer's Page Algol Observations "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 2 132 Celestial Calendar February Pleiades Occultation Reminder 1973 2 132 Celestial Calendar Occultations of Bright Stars 1973 2 133 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 2 133 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 3 137 Front-Cover Photo Launch of Apollo 17 1973 3 139 News Notes NASA Programs Are Cut 1973 3 140 Feature The Creation of the Universe "Krogdahl, Wasley S." 1973 3 143 News Notes Comet Keck-Sause(1973a) 1973 3 144 Feature A Brazilian Radio Telescope for Millimeter Wavelengths "Kaufmann, Pierre" "D'Amato, Richard" 1973 3 146 Feature Orange Soil and Other Apollo 17 Results "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1973 3 150 Feature Amateurs View Apollo Launch "Valleli, Paul A." 1973 3 152 Astronomical Scrapbook Adventures of C. H. F. Peters -- II "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 3 155 Feature Gamma-Rays from NP 0532 1973 3 156 Feature Molecules and Evolution in the Galaxy "Buhl, David" 1973 3 158 News Notes "Cameron, Robert C." 1973 3 159 News Notes Big Australian Schmidt 1973 3 159 News Notes Three Astrometric Binaries 1973 3 160 News Notes Unusual Variable in Lacerta 1973 3 160 News Notes Did a Comet Strike the Moon? 1973 3 160 News Notes Dutch Stellar Astronomer 1973 3 161 Feature "Solar Eclipse: June 30, 1973" 1973 3 165 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Activities at Latitude 26o South 1973 3 166 Amateur Astronomers "Hustead, Aubrey, Dies" 1973 3 166 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Conference 1973 3 170 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 3 175 Books and the Sky "The Solar System, Frank W. Cousins" "Hynek, J. Allen" 1973 3 176 Books and the Sky "Solar Magnetic Fields, Robert Howard, editor" "Schatten, Kenneth" 1973 3 178 Books and the Sky "Moons and Planets, William K. Kaufmann" "Veverka, J." 1973 3 179 Books and the Sky "Physics of the Solar System, S. I. Rasool, editor" "Chapman, Clark R." 1973 3 181 Books and the Sky "The Optical Aurora, A. Omholt" "Garstang, R. H." 1973 3 183 Gleanings for ATMs An Arc Lamp for Optical Testing "Cox, Robert E." 1973 3 189 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Photography with Cooled Emulsions "Ernest, Orien A." 1973 3 195 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 3 199 Celestial Calendar Observing the Satellites of Saturn "Gbur, Nicholas J." 1973 3 200 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 3 201 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 4 205 Front-Cover Photo Objective Prism Photograph of the Field of Eta Carinae 1973 4 208 Feature AURA's Fabry-Perot Interferometer "Smith, Malcolm G." 1973 4 212 Feature Ira S. Bowen (1898-1973) "Wilson, O. C." 1973 4 214 News Notes Calendar Reformer 1973 4 214 News Notes Interstellar Hydrogen Map 1973 4 214 News Notes Radar Echoes from Saturn 1973 4 215 News Notes Canterbury Sky Atlas 1973 4 215 News Notes A Well-Observed Fireball 1973 4 216 News Notes Asteroids 1797 to 1813 1973 4 216 News Notes Pleione's New Shell 1973 4 216 News Notes Orange Soil Very Old 1973 4 216 News Notes Nova Carinae 1970 1973 4 217 Feature Gegenschein Observations from Pioneer 10 "Hanner, M. S." "Weinberg, J. L." 1973 4 219 Letters Letter "Gavin, Maurice V." 1973 4 219 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1973 4 219 Letters Letter "Bartky, C. D." "Gordon, E." "Li, F." 1973 4 219 Letters Letter "Larsen, Lionel E." 1973 4 220 Feature The Distribution of X-Ray Sources in Our Galaxy "Seward, Frederick D." 1973 4 224 Feature Two Puzzling Objects: OJ 287 and BL Lacertae "Stull, M. A." 1973 4 226 News Notes Spectra of Rapidly Rotating Objects 1973 4 228 Amateur Astronomers Perseid Observations by Dutch and Belgian Amateurs "Apeldoorn, Ben C. J." 1973 4 234 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 4 236 Feature Picture Eta Carinae nebulae 1973 4 243 Books and the Sky "External Galaxies and Quasi-Stellar Objects, David S. Evans, editor" "Roberts, Morton S." 1973 4 244 Books and the Sky "City of the Stargazers, Kenneth Heuer" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1973 4 247 Books and the Sky "The Emerging Universe, William C. Saslaw and Kenneth C. Jacobs, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1973 4 250 Gleanings for ATMs Moving a 16-inch Telescope "Smith, J. Russell" 1973 4 256 Observer's Page Observations of the Moon in the Pleiades 1973 4 259 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 4 261 Observer's Page A May Occultation of Vesta by the Moon "Dunham, David W." 1973 4 261 Observer's Page A May Occultation of Vesta 1973 4 262 Celestial Calendar The Eclipsing Variable VV Ursae Majoris 1973 4 263 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet No. 2 Pallas 1973 4 263 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 4 265 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 5 269 Front-Cover Photo Skylab Stellar Photometer 1973 5 271 Letters Letter "Abt, Helmut A." 1973 5 271 Letters Letter "Aksnes, Kaare" 1973 5 272 Feature Astronomy Through the Skylab Scientific Airlocks "Henize, Karl G." "Weinberg, J. L." 1973 5 277 News Notes A Strange Star in Aquila 1973 5 277 News Notes A Bright Comet Next Winter! 1973 5 277 News Notes Pluto's Rotation 1973 5 277 News Notes Radioactivity of Aristarchus 1973 5 278 News Notes Mass of the Moon 1973 5 278 News Notes Salute to E. J. Opik 1973 5 278 News Notes Copernicus Medal 1973 5 278 News Notes Historian of Astronomy 1973 5 279 Feature The Early Evolution of Stars -- I "Strom, Stephen E." "Strom, K. M." 1973 5 283 Feature Problems of Lunar Motions and Mapping "Mulholland, J. Derrel" 1973 5 286 Feature Astronomy Education -- New Strategies "Six, Frank" "Wawrukiewicz, Tony" "Campbell, Paul" 1973 5 291 Feature The First New Comet of 1973 "Dossin, Francois V." "Heck, André" 1973 5 292 Astronomical Scrapbook "Bayer, Johann, and His Star Nomenclature" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 5 295 Feature Solar Observers To Cooperate with Skylab "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1973 5 297 Amateur Astronomers Ohio Meeting 1973 5 297 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet in Connecticut "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 5 297 Amateur Astronomers A Compact Telescope Shelter "Montague, Allen C." 1973 5 302 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 5 307 Books and the Sky "The Legacy of George Ellery Hale, Helen Wright, Joan N. Warnow, and Charles Weiner, editors" "Gasteyer, Charles" 1973 5 308 Books and the Sky "The Motion, Evolution of Orbits, and Origin of Comets, G. A. Chebotarev, E. I. Kazimirchak-Polonskaya, and B. G. Marsden, editor" "Delsemme, Armand H." 1973 5 310 Books and the Sky "Physics of the Solar Corona, Constantin J. Macris, editor" "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1973 5 315 Gleanings for ATMs An Easily Constructed Caustic Tester "Kielkopf, John F." 1973 5 319 Gleanings for ATMs Light-Emitting Diodes for Telescope Illumination "Cox, Robert E." 1973 5 322 Observer's Page Some Hints for Photographers of Total Solar Eclipses 1973 5 322 Observer's Page Printing Eclipse Photographs "Mack, Robert" "Weinstein, Leonard" 1973 5 322 Observer's Page Use of a Vignetting Disk "East, George H." 1973 5 324 Observer's Page Extent of the Corona on Photographs "Sinnott, Roger W." 1973 5 327 Observer's Page Observations of the Quadrantid Meteors in 1973 1973 5 328 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 5 331 Celestial Calendar Ceres -- The Best Minor Planet in 1973 1973 5 332 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Venus for Hawaii "Dunham, David W." 1973 5 332 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 5 333 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 5 333 Celestial Calendar Vesta Reminder 1973 6 337 Front-Cover Photo Eclipse Painting from Thailand 1973 6 339 Letters Letter "Cameron, G. Harvey" 1973 6 339 Letters Letter "Smiley, Charles H." 1973 6 340 Feature The Great Eclipse of 1878 "Eddy, John A." 1973 6 346 Feature Another Jupiter Pioneer "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1973 6 346 News Notes Southern Sky Atlas 1973 6 347 Feature South Africa's Newest Observatory "Olowin, R. P." 1973 6 351 Feature Swift as the Moon's Shadow "Liebenberg, Donald H." "Hoffman, M. M." 1973 6 353 News Notes Velocity of Light 300 Years Ago 1973 6 353 News Notes Largest Red Shift 1973 6 353 News Notes More About a Nearby Galaxy 1973 6 354 News Notes Nearby Star 1973 6 354 News Notes San Juan Capistrano Meteorite 1973 6 354 News Notes Sirius Not Triple 1973 6 354 News Notes American Meteor Society Moves 1973 6 355 Feature Notes on the Fourth Lunar Science Conference -- I "Page, Thornton L." 1973 6 358 News Notes Diamonds in Impactite 1973 6 358 News Notes Mars Map 1973 6 358 News Notes Polish Comet Expert 1973 6 359 Feature The Early Evolution of Stars -- II "Strom, Stephen E." "Strom, K. M." 1973 6 363 Amateur Astronomers A South African Amateur's Radio Telescopes "de Villiers, C. W." 1973 6 364 Amateur Astronomers Convention News 1973 6 368 Feature Constellation Postcards and Slides 1973 6 370 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 6 379 Books and the Sky "Atmospheres, Richard M. Goody and James C. G. Walker" "Hendl, Richard G." 1973 6 380 Books and the Sky "The New Astronomies, Ben Bova" "Chartrand III, Mark R." 1973 6 381 Books and the Sky "Laboratory Exercises for General Astronomy, Linda Kelsey, Darrel Hoff, and John Neff" "Marsden, Irving G." 1973 6 383 Books and the Sky "Solar Activity Observations and Predictions, Patrick S. McIntosh and Murray Dryer, editors" "Wolbach, John G." 1973 6 385 Books and the Sky "New Techniques in Astronomy, Hector C. Ingrao, editor" "Carleton, Nathaniel P." 1973 6 389 Gleanings for ATMs A California Amateur's 12 1/2-inch Newtonian-Cassegrain "Leitner, Harry O." 1973 6 392 Gleanings for ATMs Building a Recorder for Sudden Enhancement of Atmospherics "Maag, Russell C." 1973 6 396 Observer's Page Color Infrared Photography of Some Astronomical Objects "Norton, O. Richard" 1973 6 400 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 6 401 Observer's Page Limiting Magnitudes with Amateur Telescopes "Sinnott, Roger W." 1973 6 404 Celestial Calendar Test Objects for Telescope Resolution 1973 6 404 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 6 405 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Stony Ridge Observatory in California 1973 7 3 News Notes Observer of Stellar Spectra 1973 7 4 Feature Radio Emissions from Solar Flares "Maxwell, Alan" 1973 7 9 News Notes Moon Rock Expert 1973 7 10 Feature First 4-Meter Photographs from Kitt Peak 1973 7 14 Feature Notes on the Fourth Lunar Science Conference -- II "Page, Thornton L." 1973 7 19 Feature Stony Ridge Observatory After 10 Years "Milon, Dennis" 1973 7 22 Feature Skylab's Troubled Flight "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1973 7 26 News Notes Meteor Crater in India 1973 7 26 News Notes Radio Detection of a Giant Gas Cloud 1973 7 26 News Notes New Society in India 1973 7 26 News Notes An Astronomical Coincidence 1973 7 26 News Notes Center for Astrophysics 1973 7 27 Astronomical Scrapbook The Eagle Eye of William Rutter Dawes "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 7 28 News Notes Trumpler Award 1973 7 29 Amateur Astronomers Riverside Convention Instruments Pictorial "Holmes, Clifford W." 1973 7 31 Amateur Astronomers Convention News 1973 7 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 7 39 Books and the Sky "Science and Controversy, A. J. Meadows" "Eddy, John A." 1973 7 40 Books and the Sky "The Origin of the Chemical Elements, R. J. Tayler" "Hack, Margherita" 1973 7 43 Books and the Sky "Proceedings of the Third Lunar Science Conference, Elbert A. King, Jr., editor Vol. 1; Dieter Heymann, editor Vol. 2; David R. C" "Page, Thornton L." 1973 7 46 Gleanings for ATMs Casting a Pitch Lap in a Mold "McLaughlin, W. Kenneth" 1973 7 49 Gleanings for ATMs A Large Portable Knockdown Telescope "Walker USAF, Capt. Ronald P." 1973 7 53 Observer's Page The Planet Mars in 1973 "Capen, Charles F." 1973 7 61 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 7 62 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1973 7 63 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 7 64 Celestial Calendar Occultations of Europa by Io 1973 7 64 Celestial Calendar Four Coming Meteor Showers 1973 7 65 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 8 69 Front-Cover Photo Moon and Planets over Walden Pond 1973 8 71 News Notes Walden Pond Evenings 1973 8 72 Feature The Long Eclipse Is Widely Observed 1973 8 74 Feature First Skylab Mission Proves Successful "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1973 8 79 Feature Interpreting Early-Type Stellar Spectra "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1973 8 84 Feature Mariner 9 Picture Differencing at Stanford "Quam, L." "Tucker, Roy A." "Eross, B." 1973 8 88 Feature Notes on the Fourth Lunar Science Conference -- III "Page, Thornton L." 1973 8 91 Feature Comet Kohoutek -- Prospects and Plans 1973 8 94 News Notes Aids for Teachers 1973 8 94 News Notes Is Barnard's Star Single? 1973 8 94 News Notes Mountaintop Telescope in Colorado 1973 8 95 Letters Letter "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1973 8 95 Letters Letter "Duruy, M." 1973 8 95 Letters Letter "Warner, Deborah Jean" 1973 8 95 Letters Letter "Olivier, Charles P." 1973 8 95 Letters Letter "Morris, G. H." 1973 8 95 Letters Letter "Morrison, Philip" 1973 8 96 Amateur Astronomers Apollo Rendezvous in Ohio "Zekowski, Jeanne" 1973 8 98 Amateur Astronomers Convention News 1973 8 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 8 107 Books and the Sky "The Milky Way, Stanley L. Jaki" "Whitney, Charles A." 1973 8 109 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Colin A. Ronan" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1973 8 111 Books and the Sky "Atoms and Molecules in Astrophysics, T. R. Carson and M. J. Roberts, editors" "Dickinson, Dale F." 1973 8 117 Gleanings for ATMs Construction of a 10-inch Cassegrain "Sigler, Robert D." 1973 8 120 Gleanings for ATMs A Driven Pointer for Setting Circles "Bishop Jr., M.D., Carl R." 1973 8 122 Gleanings for ATMs A Leveling Device for Portable Telescopes "Denlinger, Wendell H." 1973 8 124 Observer's Page Saturn: A Photographic Roundup 1973 8 126 Observer's Page Amateur Observations of the Skylab Procession 1973 8 130 Observer's Page The Zodiacal Light Observed from 52o North 1973 8 130 Observer's Page The Zodiacal Light Observed from Latitude 52o North "Clark, T. A." "Babott, F." 1973 8 131 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 8 132 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 8 132 Celestial Calendar Satellites Io and Europa in August 1973 8 133 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 9 137 Front-Cover Photo Eclipse in Mauritania 1973 9 139 Letters Letter "Austin, Rodney R. D." 1973 9 139 Letters Letter "Vsekhsvyatsky, S. [K.]" 1973 9 141 Feature High-Resolution Mars Albedo Maps "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1973 9 144 Feature Violent Changes in Comet 1973b 1973 9 145 News Notes Distance of the Hyades 1973 9 145 News Notes Earliest Life? 1973 9 145 News Notes Far-Side Lunar Basin 1973 9 145 News Notes Nicolaus Copernicus Heritage 1973 9 145 News Notes Pulsating Stars and Helium Abundance 1973 9 146 News Notes Moving a 40-inch Telescope 1973 9 146 News Notes Lunar-Terminator Phenomenon 1973 9 146 News Notes "Spitzer, Lyman, Honored" 1973 9 146 News Notes Gamma Ray Bursts from Deep Space 1973 9 147 Feature The Great Solar Eclipse 1973 9 155 Feature The Recovery of Apollo "Marsden, Brian G." 1973 9 159 Feature Plans for Mars Landings "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1973 9 160 Feature "X-Ray Studies of the Crab Nebula Occultations, 1974-75" "Palmieri, T. M." 1973 9 163 Astronomical Scrapbook Navigation Near the North Pole "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 9 165 Amateur Astronomers Northwest Region Meets in Oregon 1973 9 170 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 9 175 Books and the Sky "From Stonehenge to Modern Cosmology, Fred Hoyle" "Hawkins, Gerald S." 1973 9 176 Books and the Sky "Space Physics and Space Astronomy, Michael D. Papagiannis" "Wilcox, John M." 1973 9 177 Books and the Sky "Clouds of the World, Richard Scorer" "Macdonald, Norman J." 1973 9 180 Books and the Sky "Beyond Jupiter, Chesley Bonestell and Arthur C. Clarke" "White, John" 1973 9 184 Gleanings for ATMs A Dutch Clock Drive Made from Meccano Parts "van Raalten, J." 1973 9 187 Gleanings for ATMs A Three-Way Camera for Solar Eclipse Photography "Piini, Ernie" 1973 9 190 Observer's Page Some Solar Eclipse Highlights 1973 9 194 Observer's Page Partial Eclipse Notes 1973 9 197 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 9 200 Celestial Calendar Some Eclipses of Europa by Io and Ganymede 1973 9 200 Celestial Calendar Occultations of Europa by Io 1973 9 200 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 9 201 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 10 205 Front-Cover Photo U.S. Naval Observatory's 26-inch Refractor 1973 10 207 News Notes Getting Ready for Comet Kohoutek 1973 10 208 Feature A Historic Refractor's 100th Anniversary "Rhynsburger, R. W." 1973 10 215 Feature French Eclipse Studies "Koutchmy, Serge" 1973 10 217 Feature High Altitude Observatory Eclipse Portrait "Rush, Joseph H." 1973 10 218 Feature Eclipse Views 1973 10 220 Feature Joint Japanese Expedition to Mauritania "Kanno, M." 1973 10 222 Feature Airborne Studies of the African Eclipse "Cox, Arthur N." "Liebenberg, Donald H." 1973 10 225 Feature A Ring Eclipse in the Tropics 1973 10 227 Feature The November Transit of Mercury 1973 10 228 News Notes A Search for Optical Pulsars 1973 10 228 News Notes Io's Polar Caps 1973 10 228 News Notes Rapid Changes in Gamma2 Velorum 1973 10 229 Feature Amateurs Convene in Nebraska "Milon, Dennis" 1973 10 234 Amateur Astronomers Notes from a Summer Weekend at Stellafane "Sinnott, Roger W." 1973 10 240 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 10 245 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 10, Leo Goldberg, David Layzer, and John G. Phillips, editors" "Mitton, Simon" 1973 10 246 Books and the Sky "Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. 7, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor-in-chief" 1973 10 247 Books and the Sky "Optical Production Technology, D. F. Horne" "Cox, Robert E." 1973 10 251 Books and the Sky "Handbook of the Constellations, Hans Vehrenberg and Dieter Blank" "Mallas, John H." 1973 10 254 Gleanings for ATMs Construction of a Blink Comparator "Mahon, Laurence F." 1973 10 256 Gleanings for ATMs Temperature Effects on Mirror Cells "Cox, Robert E." 1973 10 259 Gleanings for ATMs Observatory Built for Norman Lockyer Refractor 1973 10 261 Observer's Page Coronal Structures at the June 30th Eclipse "Strong, Paul S." 1973 10 266 Observer's Page A Photographic Guide to Mars 1973 10 267 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 10 269 Celestial Calendar This Month's Occultation of Saturn "Dunham, David W." 1973 10 272 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 10 273 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 11 279 News Notes SAO's Mount Hopkins Observatory Grows 1973 11 280 Feature Optical Fabrication Techniques for the MMT "Sanger, G. M." "Shannon, R. R." 1973 11 285 Feature Comet Kohoutek News 1973 11 286 Letters Letter "Coombs, Arthur E." 1973 11 286 Letters Letter "de Azevedo, Rubens" 1973 11 286 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1973 11 286 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1973 11 287 Feature Some Current Problems Concerning Galaxies "Irwin, John B." 1973 11 291 Feature New Problems in Astrometry "Bok, Bart J." 1973 11 295 Feature "The June, 1974, Total Solar Eclipse" "Roosen, Robert G." "Verdone, Patrick H." "Jackson, Archie" 1973 11 298 Feature More High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variables "Warner, Brian" 1973 11 300 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Bunchings of Planets "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 11 301 Feature Another Skylab Success "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1973 11 304 News Notes Constancy of the Zodiacal Light 1973 11 304 News Notes More About Comet 1973b 1973 11 305 News Notes Shakhbazian I 1973 11 306 Feature The 3.6-Meter Reflector for Hawaii 1973 11 309 Amateur Astronomers Some Summer Conventions 1973 11 314 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 11 319 Books and the Sky "Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel, Banesh Hoffmann with the collaboration of Helen Dukas" "Green, Louis C." 1973 11 321 Books and the Sky "Coronal Expansion and Solar Wind, A. J. Hundhausen" "Burlaga, Leonard F." 1973 11 322 Books and the Sky "Cosmonauts in Orbit, Gene Gurney and Clare Gurney" "Ricketts, Frederick" 1973 11 323 Books and the Sky "The Astronomy of Birr Castle, Patrick Moore" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1973 11 329 Gleanings for ATMs Photographic Polar Alignment of an Equatorial Mounting "Custer, Clarence P." 1973 11 337 Observer's Page Photographing the Infrared Airglow "Peterson, Alan W." "Kieffaber, Lois M." 1973 11 340 Observer's Page Notes on Some Summer Meteor Showers 1973 11 343 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1973 11 343 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 11 346 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 11 346 Celestial Calendar December's Partial Lunar Eclipse 1973 11 347 Celestial Calendar Saturn Occultation 1973 11 347 Celestial Calendar Two Fine Eclipses of Io by Ganymede 1973 11 349 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1973 12 353 Front-Cover Photo Australian Solar Observatory 1973 12 355 Letters Letter "Rahe, Jurgen" 1973 12 355 Letters Letter "Ridpath, Ian" 1973 12 356 Feature World's Astronomers Meet in Australia "Irwin, John B." "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 12 364 Feature The Lunar Crater Linne "Pike, Richard J." 1973 12 366 Amateur Astronomers Whipple Honored 1973 12 366 News Notes How Old Is the Crater Copernicus? 1973 12 366 News Notes Interstellar Sulfur Monoxide 1973 12 367 News Notes Radio Flare Star 1973 12 367 News Notes The Comet of the Perseid Meteors 1973 12 367 News Notes Evolution of the Asteroids 1973 12 367 News Notes Chemistry of Titan 1973 12 367 News Notes A Galaxy Erupts 1973 12 368 Feature Astronomy in Mongolia "Ziolkowski, Krzysztof" 1973 12 371 Feature International Copernican Celebrations in Poland "Gingerich, Owen" 1973 12 377 Feature The International Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite "Underhill, Anne B." 1973 12 379 News Notes The Soyuz 12 Mission 1973 12 380 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Hold Annual Meeting "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1973 12 381 Amateur Astronomers Bay Area Amateurs Hold Convention at Berkeley "Frerichs, Denni" 1973 12 386 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1973 12 395 Books and the Sky "The Evolution of Radio Astronomy, J. S. Hey" "Meeks, M. L." 1973 12 396 Books and the Sky "Guideposts to the Stars, Leslie C. Peltier" "Kohman, Truman P." 1973 12 398 Books and the Sky "Meteorites and Their Origins, G. J. H. McCall" "Marvin, Ursula B." 1973 12 405 Gleanings for ATMs The Focal Reducer as a Telescope Accessory "Valleli, Paul A." 1973 12 412 Observer's Page Another Potpourri from the Observers' Notebook 1973 12 413 Observer's Page Green Flash of Venus 1973 12 414 Feature Night Sky in Kenya "Morrison, Patric" 1973 12 414 Observer's Page Night Sky of Kenya 1973 12 416 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1973 12 416 Observer's Page News of Comet Kohoutek 1973 12 416 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1973 12 417 Celestial Calendar Alinda's Closest Approach to the Earth 1973 12 419 Celestial Calendar December Occultation of Saturn "Dunham, David W." 1973 12 420 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1973 12 420 Celestial Calendar Venus-Jupiter Configuration "Victor, Robert C." 1973 12 421 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 1 1 Front-Cover Photo The Planet Saturn 1974 1 3 Letters Letter "Wallerstein, George" "Hodge, Paul W." 1974 1 4 Feature A Well-Observed Transit of Mercury "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 1 11 Feature Chile's Mountain Observatories Revisited "Irwin, John B." 1974 1 17 Feature Recent Photographs of Mars and Jupiter "Larson, Stephen M." "Fountain, John W." 1974 1 19 Feature News of Mariner 10 and Skylab "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1974 1 23 News Notes Pioneer 10 Passes Jupiter "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1974 1 24 Feature More News of Comet Kohoutek 1974 1 26 Astronomical Scrapbook Something About a Connecticut Amateur "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 1 28 News Notes A Close Pair of Quasars 1974 1 28 News Notes Communications Test 1974 1 28 News Notes Crab Nebula's Distance 1974 1 28 News Notes Fordham Astronomer 1974 1 30 Amateur Astronomers "Copeland, Leland S., Dies" 1974 1 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 1 35 Feature Events of 1974 in the Graphic Time Table 1974 1 43 Books and the Sky "Find a Falling Star, Harvey H. Ninger" 1974 1 43 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hemenway, Curtis L." 1974 1 43 Books and the Sky Book Review "Moses, Ray N." 1974 1 43 Books and the Sky "The Quiet Sun, Edward G. Gibson" 1974 1 44 Books and the Sky "Scientific Instruments of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Maurice Daumas" 1974 1 45 Books and the Sky "The Solar System, Zdenek Kopal" "Haas, Walter H." 1974 1 48 Books and the Sky "Astrodynamics, Samuel Herrick" "Reaves, Gibson" 1974 1 51 Gleanings for ATMs A Motorized Observing Chair for Binoculars "Menoher, P. T." 1974 1 57 Observer's Page Color Pictures of Planets from Black-and-White Images "Jones, S. E." "Cook, N. O." 1974 1 60 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1974 1 61 Observer's Page The Moon's Shadow at a Solar Eclipse "Ashcraft, Verner" 1974 1 62 Observer's Page The January Occultation of Saturn 1974 1 62 Observer's Page The January Occulation of Saturn "Dunham, David W." 1974 1 64 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 1 66 News Notes Accretion onto Black Holes 1974 1 66 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1974 "Dunham, David W." 1974 1 68 Celestial Calendar Paths of Uranus and Neptune This Year 1974 1 69 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 1 69 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet 7 Iris 1974 1 69 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 2 73 Front-Cover Photo Norwegian Amateur's Observatory 1974 2 75 Feature Measurer of Solar Radiation "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 2 76 Feature The Flyby of Jupiter "Gehrels, Tom" 1974 2 79 Feature Pioneer Observes Jupiter "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1974 2 83 News Notes A Great Astronomer Dies 1974 2 83 News Notes X Comae as a Variable Galaxy 1974 2 83 News Notes Radio Observation of Ceres 1974 2 83 News Notes New Solar Cycle Begins 1974 2 84 News Notes The Leo I Dwarf Galaxy 1974 2 84 News Notes The Jansky 1974 2 85 Letters Letter "Linton, Leonard" 1974 2 85 Letters Letter "Jamison, Steven R." 1974 2 85 Letters Letter "Boyko, Anatole" 1974 2 86 Feature A Visit to Tycho Brahe's Observatory "Simonsen, Erik" 1974 2 89 Feature Ireland's Birr Castle Today 1974 2 91 Feature Kohoutek Rounds the Sun 1974 2 92 Feature The Minor Planets: Sizes and Mineralogy "Chapman, Clark R." "Morrison, David" 1974 2 96 Feature A Grating Spectrograph for a College Observatory "Schroeder, Daniel J." 1974 2 100 News Notes Solar Heating and Cooling 1974 2 101 Amateur Astronomers Half a Century of Stellafane Celebrated 1974 2 104 Amateur Astronomers Atlanta Amateur Dies "Abbey, Lenny" 1974 2 108 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 2 113 Books and the Sky "A Short History of Observatories, Marian Card Donnelly" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1974 2 115 Books and the Sky "Binary and Multiple Systems of Stars, Alan H. Batten" "Wood, Frank Bradshaw" 1974 2 117 Books and the Sky "Sterne + Planeten, Gunter D. Roth" "Both, Ernst E." 1974 2 119 Books and the Sky "The Planets: Some Myths and Realities, Richard Baum" 1974 2 122 Gleanings for ATMs A Norwegian Observatory with Sliding Roof Sections "Deberitz, Carsten A." 1974 2 127 Observer's Page Photographing the Rising or Setting Sun "Stewart, Maurice Bruce" 1974 2 130 Observer's Page Reports on December's Two Eclipses 1974 2 134 Observer's Page Notes on Three Autumn Meteor Showers 1974 2 135 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 2 137 Celestial Calendar Interesting Winter Occultations of Mars and Saturn "Dunham, David W." 1974 2 140 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 2 141 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 3 145 Front-Cover Photo Annular Eclipse in Costa Rica 1974 3 147 Letters Letter "Redburn, Fred L." 1974 3 147 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1974 3 148 Feature Astronomy in China Today "Miley, G. K." 1974 3 153 Feature A Scientists' Comet 1974 3 159 Feature 20th-Century Astronomer "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1974 3 165 Astronomical Scrapbook How Far Away Are the Stars? "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 3 165 Letters Letter "Slobins, Robert B." 1974 3 166 News Notes A Russian-American Astronomer 1974 3 166 News Notes About a New Variable Star 1974 3 166 News Notes News About Asteroids 1974 3 167 News Notes Satellite View of an Aurora 1974 3 168 Feature Photographs of a Recent Martian Dust Storm 1974 3 170 Feature New Names on the Moon "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 3 172 Amateur Astronomers Annual Astronomy Day at Morris Museum "Sacks, Irene" 1974 3 174 Amateur Astronomers Spring Astronomy Lectures 1974 3 178 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 3 182 Books and the Sky "The Astronomical Revolution, Alexandre Koyra" "Rosen, Edward" 1974 3 183 Books and the Sky "Variable Stars, W. Strohmeier" "Fernie, J. D." 1974 3 184 Books and the Sky "Introductory Astronomy, Nicholas A. Pananides" "Gehrz, Robert D." 1974 3 186 Books and the Sky "Sonnenuhren, Heinz Schumaker" "Lovi, George" 1974 3 191 Gleanings for ATMs An Automatic Guider for Astrophotography "Covitz, Frank" 1974 3 198 Observer's Page Notes on December's Annular Eclipse 1974 3 202 Observer's Page Mercury Transit: Some Late Reports "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 3 205 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 3 207 Celestial Calendar A Favorable Apparition of Venus 1974 3 208 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 3 208 Celestial Calendar Saturn Occultation in Hawaii 1974 3 209 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 4 213 Front-Cover Photo Chinese Amateur's Observatory 1974 4 215 News Notes Two Leading Astronomers 1974 4 216 Feature The Brightness of Comets "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1974 4 221 Feature A Hong Kong Observatory "Liu, Joseph H. C." 1974 4 227 Feature Skylab Mission Completed "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1974 4 231 Feature The Light of the Night Sky "Roosen, Robert G." 1974 4 235 Feature Venus Observed by Mariner 1974 4 240 News Notes New Comet Bradford(1974b) 1974 4 240 News Notes Composition of Jupiter's Atmosphere 1974 4 241 News Notes Deep-Sky Catalogue 1974 4 241 News Notes Massive Stars and Infrared Sources 1974 4 241 News Notes Massive Visual Binary 1974 4 243 Amateur Astronomers A Canadian Telescope Maker "Thomson, Malcolm M." "Normandin, Martine" 1974 4 244 Amateur Astronomers Comet Kohoutek Pictures 1974 4 248 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 4 252 Books and the Sky "The Master of Light, Dorothy Michelson Livingston" "Bell, Trudy E." 1974 4 253 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 11, Leo Goldberg, David Layzer, and John G. Phillips, editors" "Arny, Thomas" 1974 4 255 Books and the Sky "Meyers Handbuch uber das Weltall, Karl Schaifers and Gerhard Traving, editors" "Both, Ernst E." 1974 4 256 Books and the Sky "J. E. Bode's Sternatlas, Hans Vehrenberg, editor" 1974 4 259 Gleanings for ATMs More About an Automatic Telescope Guider "Covitz, Frank" 1974 4 267 Observer's Page An Album of Comet Kohoutek Portraits 1974 4 274 Observer's Page A Film for Obtaining Isophotic Contours "Beck, Rainer" "Hunecke, Walter" 1974 4 276 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 4 278 Celestial Calendar Hints on Observing the Elusive Planet Pluto 1974 4 279 Celestial Calendar Comet Encke Makes Another Appearance 1974 4 280 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 4 281 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 5 285 Front-Cover Photo 236-inch Telescope in the U.S.S.R. 1974 5 287 Feature Pioneer 11 Retargeted 1974 5 288 Feature News of the Spring Comet 1974b 1974 5 290 Feature A Visit to the Soviet Union's 6-Meter Reflector "Philip, A. G. Davis" 1974 5 296 Astronomical Scrapbook The Story of Groombridge 1830 "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 5 298 Feature "The 72-inch """"Copernicus Telescope""""" "Barbieri, C." "Rosino, L." "Stagni, R." 1974 5 301 Feature A Relativity Eclipse Experiment Refurbished "DeWitt, Bryce S." "Matzner, Richard A." "Mikesell, A. H." 1974 5 306 Feature Super High-Energy Cosmic Radiation "Apparao, Krishna M. V." 1974 5 308 Feature American Prospects in Space "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1974 5 311 Feature A Special Kind of Astronomer "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1974 5 314 News Notes High-Resolution Planetary Photography 1974 5 314 News Notes Variable Stars in Globular Clusters 1974 5 314 News Notes "Plate No. 100,000" 1974 5 315 Amateur Astronomers The Public Observatory at Burke Baker Planetarium "Sumners, Carolyn" 1974 5 317 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Societies Listing 1974 5 320 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 5 325 Books and the Sky "Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Carl Sagan, editor" "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1974 5 326 Books and the Sky "Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics, Elske v. P. Smith and Kenneth C. Jacobs" "Hartmann, William K." 1974 5 328 Books and the Sky "The Backyard Astronomer, Alan E. Nourse" "Benton, William R." 1974 5 333 Gleanings for ATMs The Lensless Schmidt Camera for Astrophotography "Ashcraft, Clif" 1974 5 338 Gleanings for ATMs An Observatory Made from a Prefabricated Toolhouse "Reynolds, Michael" 1974 5 341 Observer's Page A Roundup of Amateur Photographs of Mars 1974 5 346 Observer's Page Occultations of Mars and Saturn 1974 5 348 Observer's Page A Camper Truck for a Large Reflector "Holmes, Clifford W." 1974 5 350 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 5 352 Celestial Calendar About Some Naked-Eye Planets 1974 5 353 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 5 353 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 6 359 Letters Letter "Clarke, Arthur C." 1974 6 359 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1974 6 359 Letters Letter "Rhynsburger, R. W." 1974 6 359 Letters Letter "Isles, John [E.]" 1974 6 360 Feature The Planet Mercury as Viewed by Mariner 10 "Strom, Robert G." 1974 6 370 Feature The Prince of Observers "Worley, Charles E." 1974 6 372 News Notes X-Ray Bright Points on the Sun 1974 6 372 News Notes Radcliffe Observatory Closes 1974 6 373 News Notes Trojan-Type Orbits in the Earth-Sun System 1974 6 373 News Notes Skylab's Stabilized Orbit 1974 6 373 News Notes F-Type Supergiant Stars 1974 6 373 News Notes An Artificial Lunar Atmosphere 1974 6 373 News Notes California Astronomer 1974 6 374 Feature The Prediction of Anomalous Tails of Comets "Sekanina, Zdenek" 1974 6 378 Feature Four Years of Meteor Spectra Patrol "Harvey, Gale A." 1974 6 380 News Notes Why Is the Moon So Dark? 1974 6 381 Feature Toro: The Imprisoned Bull? "Duncombe, Raynor L." "Janiczek, Paul M." "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" 1974 6 384 Feature A Thumbnail Almanac for the Moon "Harvey, O. L." 1974 6 385 Amateur Astronomers A Convenient Roll-off Telescope Shelter "Grigsby, Paul G." 1974 6 385 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO-RASC Joint Meeting 1974 6 385 Amateur Astronomers Gathering at Stellafane 1974 6 385 Amateur Astronomers WAA-ALPO August Convention 1974 6 386 Amateur Astronomers More Summer Meetings 1974 6 390 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 6 399 Books and the Sky Book Review "Eddy, John A." 1974 6 399 Books and the Sky "Sundials: How to Know, Use, and Make Them, R. Newton Mayall and Margaret W. Mayall" 1974 6 399 Books and the Sky "Sundials: Their Theory and Construction, Albert E. Waugh" 1974 6 401 Books and the Sky "Lasers, O. S. Heavens" "Mulholland, J. Derrel" 1974 6 402 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Cosmos, Louis Berman" "West, Frederick R." 1974 6 403 Books and the Sky "The Earth from Space, Johann Bodechtel and Hans-Gunter Gierloff-Emden" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1974 6 404 Books and the Sky "Ideas from Astronomy, Lou Williams Page" "Sternig, John" 1974 6 408 Gleanings for ATMs Russell W. Porter's Folded Refractor "Leonard, Arthur S." 1974 6 411 Gleanings for ATMs A Telescope Drive with a Homemade Worm Gear "Kendall, Weslee W." 1974 6 414 Observer's Page Amateurs Follow Comet Bradfield 1974 6 417 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 6 420 Celestial Calendar The July Occulation of Venus "Dunham, David W." 1974 6 420 Celestial Calendar The July Occultation of Venus 1974 6 424 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 6 424 Celestial Calendar June Eclipses 1974 6 425 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Fireball Over Grand Tetons 1974 7 3 Feature California Astrodynamicist "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 7 4 Feature A Meteorite That Missed the Earth "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1974 7 9 Astronomical Scrapbook A Hole in the Sky "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 7 11 Feature Some Results from Skylab's Solar Experiments 1974 7 17 News Notes Diameter of V Cancri 1974 7 17 News Notes Guest Investigators in California and Chile 1974 7 18 Feature FG Sagittae: Rosetta Stone for Nucleosynthesis? "Kraft, Robert P." 1974 7 22 News Notes Epsilon Eridani's Unseen Companion 1974 7 22 News Notes Speeding Up Astrophotography 1974 7 22 News Notes Pluto's Rotation 1974 7 22 News Notes Methylamine Discovered in Space 1974 7 23 News Notes Supernova in NGC 4414 1974 7 23 News Notes Water in Comet Kohoutek 1974 7 24 Feature Double Star Observer Extraordinary "Finsen, W. S." 1974 7 25 Feature A Space Potpourri "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1974 7 27 Amateur Astronomers An Inexpensive Home-built Planetarium Projector "Smith, Stephen B." 1974 7 29 Amateur Astronomers "Astronomy for the Amateur""""" 1974 7 30 Amateur Astronomers "An Enlarged """"Reflector""""" 1974 7 30 Amateur Astronomers "Luce, Richard S., Honored" 1974 7 30 Amateur Astronomers Observatory in Arkansas 1974 7 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 7 39 Books and the Sky "Out of the Zenith: Jodrell Bank 1957-1970, Bernard Lovell" "Findlay, John W." 1974 7 40 Books and the Sky "Modern Astronomy, Ludwig Oster" "Pierce, David A." 1974 7 42 Books and the Sky "Relativity and Cosmology, William J. Kaufmann III" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1974 7 43 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Astronomy, Laurence W. Fredrick and Robert H. Baker" "Mumford, George S." 1974 7 49 Gleanings for ATMs A Large Reflector with an Unusual Pipe Mounting "Kimmel, Bob" 1974 7 53 Gleanings for ATMs Joint Gleanings Editorship "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1974 7 54 Gleanings for ATMs A Self-Operating Meteor Camera "Mayer, Ben" 1974 7 57 Observer's Page Some Items from Observers' Notebook 1974 7 60 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 7 60 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1974 7 61 Observer's Page Observations of the Green Flash 1974 7 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 7 64 Celestial Calendar Notes for Lunar Occultation Observers 1974 7 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 8 69 Front-Cover Photo German Amateur's Trifid Nebula 1974 8 71 Feature June Solar Eclipse: A First Word 1974 8 72 Feature News of Amateur-Built Observatories "Pohnan Jr., William G." "Steinbrecher, Andrew W." "Marche II, Jordan D." 1974 8 77 News Notes Distance of the Hyades 1974 8 77 News Notes Medicine Wheel Alignments 1974 8 78 Feature A 1974 Tour of the Planets "Hartmann, William K." 1974 8 80 Feature Winnipeg's Solar Telescope "Shinn, B. Franklyn" 1974 8 80 News Notes Astronomical Consultants 1974 8 84 Feature European Site Survey for a Solar Observatory "Kiepenheuer, K. O." 1974 8 88 Feature Notes on Lunar Research "Page, Thornton L." 1974 8 90 News Notes Wisconsin Space Astronomer 1974 8 91 Feature Occultations of Stars by Planetary Satellites and Asteroids "O'Leary, Brian" 1974 8 94 Feature Photometry of UV Ceti Stars "Moffett, Thomas J." 1974 8 97 Amateur Astronomers Telescope Makers Gather in Ohio "Cox, Robert E." 1974 8 98 Amateur Astronomers Toledo Astronomy Symposium 1974 8 99 Amateur Astronomers Two Major Conventions 1974 8 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 8 106 Books and the Sky "Astrophysical Concepts, Martin Harwit" "Lesh, Janet Rountree" 1974 8 107 Books and the Sky "Comets, Meteorites and Men, Peter Lancaster Brown" 1974 8 108 Books and the Sky "From the Black Hole to the Infinite Universe, Donald Goldsmith and Donald Levy" "Kaufmann, William J." 1974 8 109 Books and the Sky "The Light of the Night Sky, F. E. Roach and Janet L. Gordon" "Roosen, Robert G." 1974 8 111 Books and the Sky "Sixth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Dennis J. Hegyi, editor" "Green, Louis C." 1974 8 112 Books and the Sky "Pictorial Guide to the Moon, Dinsmore Alter" "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1974 8 114 Gleanings for ATMs A Retired Engineer's 12 1/2-inch Newtonian-Cassegrain "Sheehan, Wilfred J." 1974 8 120 Observer's Page Color Portraits of Deep-Sky Objects "Rihm, Kurt" 1974 8 127 Observer's Page A Well-Observed Bright Perseid Meteor "Feibelman, Walter A." 1974 8 129 Celestial Calendar June's Partial Eclipse of the Moon 1974 8 129 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 8 131 Celestial Calendar Two Minor Planets Approach Opposition 1974 8 132 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 8 133 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 9 137 Front-Cover Photo July 17th Occultation of Venus by the Moon 1974 9 139 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1974 9 140 Feature The Australian Eclipse of the Sun 1974 9 143 Feature Pacific Astronomers Convene "Sinnott, Roger W." 1974 9 148 Feature Views of the Riverside Conference "Holmes, Clifford W." 1974 9 152 Feature Astronomy with the Space Shuttle "Carruthers, George R." 1974 9 157 News Notes A New Meteorite Crater? 1974 9 157 News Notes 1974 MA 1974 9 157 News Notes Asteroid Expert 1974 9 157 News Notes Catalogue of Stellar Spectra 1974 9 157 News Notes Two Soviet Cosmonauts Spend 15 Days in Space 1974 9 157 News Notes Mariner 10 and Mercury 1974 9 159 News Notes An Irish Astronomer 1974 9 160 Feature Recent Solar Activity 1974 9 163 Astronomical Scrapbook About a Star Observed by Olbers "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 9 165 Amateur Astronomers Catching Up on Our Amateur Briefs 1974 9 170 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 9 175 Books and the Sky "The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, Carl Sagan" 1974 9 177 Books and the Sky "Fundamental Astronomy, Franklyn W. Cole" "Glenn, William H." 1974 9 178 Books and the Sky "Sons of the Blue Planet, L. Lebedev, B. Lyk'yanov, and A. Romanov" "Oberg USAF, Capt. J. E." 1974 9 182 Gleanings for ATMs The Crayford Eyepiece Mounting "Sinnott, Roger W." 1974 9 184 Gleanings for ATMs Pinhole and Knife-Edge -- How Far Apart? "Magee, Robert J." 1974 9 189 Observer's Page Northern Lights Span the Continent in Early July 1974 9 195 Observer's Page A Spectacular Occultation of Venus 1974 9 199 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 9 200 Celestial Calendar The September Occultation of Delta Scorpii "Dunham, David W." 1974 9 200 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 9 201 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 10 205 Front-Cover Photo Sunset at Owens Valley 1974 10 207 Letters Letter "Scagell, Robin" 1974 10 207 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1974 10 208 Feature Comet Kohoutek Drawings from Skylab "Gibson, Edward G." 1974 10 213 Feature Ultraviolet Spectra of Faint Stars from Space "Gurzadyan, G. A." 1974 10 215 News Notes Weighing a White Dwarf 1974 10 215 News Notes Names on the Planets and Satellites 1974 10 215 News Notes New Home for Historic Canadian Telescope 1974 10 216 Letters Letter "Sterns, Mabel" 1974 10 216 News Notes Astronaut Gibson Resigns 1974 10 216 News Notes Directionality of Solar Radio Bursts 1974 10 216 News Notes Explaining Double Radio Sources 1974 10 217 Feature Astronomy in the Owens River Valley "Sinnott, Roger W." 1974 10 221 Feature Eros' Closest Approach to the Earth "Meeus, Jean" 1974 10 224 Feature ESO Schmidt Photographs of the Southern Sky "West, Richard M." 1974 10 230 Feature The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1974 10 232 News Notes Soyuz 15 in Short Flight 1974 10 233 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Youth Camp "Beck, Rainer" 1974 10 233 Amateur Astronomers Texas Amateur Dies "Gangl, Ted F." 1974 10 233 Amateur Astronomers Societies in Great Britain Form a Confederation "York, Peter B." 1974 10 238 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 10 242 Books and the Sky "Soviets in Space, Peter L. Smolders" "Krauchunas, Patricia" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1974 10 244 Books and the Sky "Gamma-Ray Astrophysics, Floyd W. Stecker and Jacob I. Trombka, editors" "Fazio, G. G." 1974 10 246 Books and the Sky "Planets, Stars and Nebulae Studied with Photopolarimetry, T. Gehrels, editor" "Pieters, Carle M." 1974 10 251 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Newtonian with a Steam-Pipe Pier "Pirera, Anthony" 1974 10 253 Gleanings for ATMs Clock Drives for Department-Store Telescopes 1974 10 255 Gleanings for ATMs An Eight-Legged Spider "Davison, John W." 1974 10 256 Gleanings for ATMs About a Mirror That Changed Its Figure 1974 10 257 Observer's Page More Photographs of the July 5-6 Aurora 1974 10 261 Observer's Page 1974 Perseid Notes 1974 10 263 Observer's Page Evening Sky Bunching 1974 10 263 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 10 267 Celestial Calendar A Bright Apparition of Nausikaa 1974 10 267 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 10 268 Celestial Calendar November Planet Arrays "Victor, Robert C." 1974 10 269 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 11 273 Front-Cover Photo Painting of a Black Hole 1974 11 275 Letters Letter "Schneider, Wilbur H." 1974 11 275 Letters Letter "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1974 11 276 Feature Some Kitt Peak Vistas "Strittmatter, Donald J." "Ladd, Gary" "Salanave, Leon E." 1974 11 280 Feature Turin Observatory's New Astrometric Reflector "Lippincott, Sarah Lee" 1974 11 282 News Notes 155-inch Reflector Dedicated 1974 11 283 Astronomical Scrapbook About an Astronomer-Explorer "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 11 284 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1974 11 284 News Notes Quasars and Cosmology 1974 11 285 Feature Telescope Makers Gather in Vermont "di Cicco, Dennis" 1974 11 289 Feature Picture X-Ray Sources and Their Optical Counterparts -- I "Jones, Christine" "Forman, William" "Liller, William" 1974 11 292 Feature AAS 75th Anniversary Meeting "Page, Thornton L." 1974 11 296 News Notes Probable New Satellite of Jupiter 1974 11 296 News Notes OSO-7 Satellite Ends 2 1/2-year Mission 1974 11 297 News Notes JPL Simulator Tests Helios 1974 11 297 News Notes An Infrared Picture of the Galactic Center 1974 11 298 News Notes "12,921 Galaxies" 1974 11 299 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1974 11 299 News Notes Meteorite News 1974 11 299 News Notes Sirius B 1974 11 300 Amateur Astronomers The Astronomical League's National Convention "McCullough, Diane Lee" 1974 11 302 Amateur Astronomers The Life of a Galaxy (poem) "Wellman, Wade" 1974 11 302 Amateur Astronomers Denver Amateur Dies 1974 11 306 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 11 307 Feature Mariner 10's Second Look at Mercury "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1974 11 318 Books and the Sky "Cosmology Now, Laurie John, editor" "McVittie, G. C." 1974 11 319 Books and the Sky "Interstellar Communication, Cyril Ponnamperuma and A. G. W. Cameron, editors" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1974 11 321 Books and the Sky "Photographic Album of Star Fields, Akira Fujii" "Sato, Takeshi" 1974 11 325 Gleanings for ATMs A Ronchi Null Test for Paraboloids "Mobsby, Eric G. H." 1974 11 333 Observer's Page More About Indirect Color Astrophotography "Alt, Eckhard" "Brodkorb, Ernst" "Rusche, Jurgen" 1974 11 338 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 11 342 Celestial Calendar November Eclipse of the Moon 1974 11 344 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 11 344 Celestial Calendar A Finder Chart for Minor Planet Eros 1974 11 345 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1974 12 349 Front-Cover Photo Orion at Christmastime 1974 12 351 Letters Letter "Strom, Karen" 1974 12 352 Feature The National Radio Astronomy Observatory "Findlay, John W." 1974 12 361 Feature Helicopter Views of Green Bank "Milon, Dennis" 1974 12 364 Feature A Deluxe Star Finder "Cuffey, James" 1974 12 366 Feature Transits of Venus and the American Expedition of 1874 "Janiczek, Paul M." "Houchins, Lee" 1974 12 371 Letters Letter "Schulte, D. H." 1974 12 371 Letters Letter "Jones, T. W." 1974 12 371 Letters Letter "Henize, Karl G." 1974 12 371 Letters Letter "Baker, James G." 1974 12 372 Feature X-Ray Sources and Their Optical Counterparts -- II "Jones, Christine" "Forman, William" "Liller, William" 1974 12 376 Feature A Good Partial Eclipse of the Sun 1974 12 378 News Notes A Remarkable Pulsar 1974 12 378 News Notes Jupiter XIII 1974 12 378 News Notes Measuring a Red Giant 1974 12 378 News Notes Nova Sagittarii 1974 12 379 News Notes Astronomers Win Nobel Prize 1974 12 379 News Notes Gigantic Radio Sources 1974 12 380 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets in Western Massachusetts "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1974 12 384 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1974 12 392 Books and the Sky "Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys, Michael Collins" "White, John" 1974 12 394 Books and the Sky "Our World in Space, Robert McCall and Isaac Asimov" "Carr, John M." 1974 12 396 Books and the Sky "Concepts of Contemporary Astronomy, Paul W. Hodge" "Levitt, I. M." 1974 12 401 Gleanings for ATMs A California Amateur's Dall-Kirkham Telescope "Daggit, Al W." 1974 12 405 Gleanings for ATMs Experiences in Figuring a 24-inch Mirror "Dunlop, Storm" 1974 12 413 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1974 12 416 Observer's Page An Amateur's Star-Counting Project "Bishop Jr., M.D., Carl R." 1974 12 419 Celestial Calendar December Finder Chart for Eros 1974 12 420 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1974 12 421 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Science Center in Connecticut 1975 1 3 Letters Letter "Covitz, Frank" 1975 1 3 Letters Letter "Irwin, John B." 1975 1 4 Feature Talcott Mountain Science Center "Schneider, Arthur" "Judd, Robert" 1975 1 8 Space Science Ganymede from Pioneer 10 1975 1 9 Feature Bulletin for Eros Observers 1975 1 10 Feature X-Ray Sources and Their Optical Counterparts -- III "Jones, Christine" "Forman, William" "Liller, William" 1975 1 14 Feature A Radio Picture of the Earth "Webster Jr., W. J." "Wilheit, T. T." "Chang, T. C." 1975 1 17 Astronomical Scrapbook "Serviss, Garrett P., and Some Brooklyn Amateurs" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 1 18 News Notes Cataloguer of Stars 1975 1 18 News Notes Comet Bennett(1974h) 1975 1 18 News Notes Lunar Crater Depths 1975 1 19 Space Science Some International Satellite Programs 1975 1 20 News Notes Soviet Lunar Landing 1975 1 21 Feature "The Mysterious """"Egg Nebula"""" in Cygnus" "Ney, Edward P." 1975 1 23 News Notes Salt-Covered Satellite? 1975 1 24 Feature A Cooke Photovisual Lens in a Compensated Cell "Dewhirst, David W." 1975 1 25 News Notes Editor-in-Chief Retires 1975 1 25 News Notes Syllabus Request 1975 1 26 Feature Atlanta Planetarium Conference "Lovi, George" 1975 1 28 Amateur Astronomers A New York Agricultural College's Observatory "Young, Trisha" 1975 1 28 Amateur Astronomers International Convention To Be Held in Canada "Chilton, Kenneth E." 1975 1 32 Gleanings for ATMs A Folded Refractor Exclusively for the Sun "Dragesco, Jean" 1975 1 32 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 1 33 Feature Events of 1975 in the Graphic Time Table 1975 1 40 Books and the Sky "Galaxies and Relativistic Astrophysics, B. Barbanis and J. D. Hadjidemetriou, editors" "Roberts, Morton S." 1975 1 42 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics, Part A: Optical and Infrared, N. Carleton, editor" "Evans, David S." 1975 1 43 Books and the Sky "The Science of Astronomy, John A. Woods and Duncan R. Hazard, editors" "Peery Jr., Benjamin F." 1975 1 46 Gleanings for ATMs A New Three-Mirror Unobstructed Reflector "Kutter, Anton" 1975 1 48 Gleanings for ATMs Making the Kutter Tertiary "Knab, Oscar R." 1975 1 50 Gleanings for ATMs An Electronic Speed Control for Clock Drives "Saxon Jr., Capt. Vernon P." 1975 1 54 Observer's Page An Amateur Astronomer Observing in Antarctica "Paterson M.D., Robert" 1975 1 58 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1975 1 59 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1975 1 59 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 1 60 Celestial Calendar Special Occultation Projections 1975 1 60 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1975 "Dunham, David W." 1975 1 63 Celestial Calendar Paths of Uranus and Neptune This Year 1975 1 63 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 1 64 Celestial Calendar January's Mercury-Venus Configuration "Victor, Robert C." 1975 1 65 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 2 69 Front-Cover Photo December's Solar Eclipse 1975 2 71 Letters Letter "Hamilton, Thomas W." 1975 2 71 Letters Letter "Pezzarossa, Carlo" 1975 2 72 Space Science Pioneer 11: Through the Dragon's Mouth 1975 2 79 Feature Notes on Four Great Reflectors 1975 2 81 Feature A Hooked-Rug Galaxy 1975 2 82 Feature Mt. Hood Community College Solar Observatory "Del Wiseman Jr., J." 1975 2 87 Feature Studies of Sounds from Meteors "ReVelle, Douglas O." 1975 2 91 Space Science More on Apollo-Soyuz "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1975 2 92 News Notes Distant Comet 1975 2 92 News Notes Nova Persei 1974 1975 2 93 News Notes The Distance of Messier 101 1975 2 93 News Notes "Clemence, G. M., Dies" 1975 2 94 Feature Mosaics of a Southern Nebula "Miller, Ellis W." "Muzzio, Juan C." 1975 2 96 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- Proper Motion "Gingerich, Owen" 1975 2 99 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions in 1975 1975 2 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 2 107 Books and the Sky "The Redshift Controversy, George B. Field, Halton Arp, and John N. Bahcall" "Irwin, John B." 1975 2 110 Books and the Sky "Beyond the Known Universe, I. M. Levitt" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1975 2 111 Books and the Sky "Vistas in Astronomy, Vol. 16, Arthur Beer, editor" "Batten, Alan H." 1975 2 115 Gleanings for ATMs More About the Tri-Schiefspiegler "Kutter, Anton" 1975 2 123 Observer's Page About December's Partial Solar Eclipse 1975 2 126 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 2 128 Observer's Page The November Eclipse of the Moon 1975 2 131 Celestial Calendar Finder Chart for Pluto in 1975 1975 2 131 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 2 132 Celestial Calendar Observe Venus and Jupiter in the Daytime "Victor, Robert C." 1975 2 133 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 3 137 Front-Cover Photo Tucson's Flandrau Planetarium 1975 3 139 Letters Letter "Vanderburgh, Richard C." 1975 3 139 Letters Letter "Smith, Edward J." 1975 3 140 Feature Arecibo's Giant Radio Telescope Upgraded 1975 3 143 Feature "A Major Planetarium for Tucson, Arizona" "Norton, O. Richard" 1975 3 147 Feature The Sky of Capella "Holmes, John C." 1975 3 150 Feature A Spring Walk Across South Carolina "Ottewell, Guy" 1975 3 153 Letters Letter "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1975 3 153 Letters Letter "Lindenblad, Irving W." 1975 3 153 Letters Letter "Moritz, Ken" 1975 3 154 Astronomical Scrapbook The Myth of a Supernova in 1664 "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 3 155 Feature The Earth's Upper Atmosphere -- I "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1975 3 159 News Notes "Whipple's, F. L., Papers" 1975 3 160 News Notes The Corona of Pollux 1975 3 160 News Notes Salyut-Soyuz Linkup 1975 3 160 News Notes "25,140 Variable Stars" 1975 3 160 News Notes Gravity Map of the Moon's Far Side 1975 3 161 News Notes The Cygnus Loop and Cosmic Rays 1975 3 161 News Notes Morehead Observatory 1975 3 162 Feature The Eros Flyby 1975 3 164 Feature Report from Gainesville "Irwin, John B." 1975 3 170 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 3 175 Books and the Sky "Galileo, Colin A. Ronan" "Gingerich, Owen" 1975 3 177 Books and the Sky "An Introduction to Experimental Astronomy, Roger B. Culver" "Birney, D. Scott" 1975 3 179 Books and the Sky "The Amateur Astronomer's Handbook, James Muirden" "Lovi, George" 1975 3 180 Books and the Sky "Stars, Galaxies, and Southern Skies (Film Review)" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1975 3 183 Gleanings for ATMs Some New Illuminated Finders "Cox, Robert E." 1975 3 188 Gleanings for ATMs A Dome Substitute "Huling Jr., John" 1975 3 190 Observer's Page Far-East Photographs of November's Lunar Eclipse 1975 3 193 Observer's Page News About Meteors 1975 3 196 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 3 197 Observer's Page Haidinger's Brush 1975 3 200 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 3 200 Celestial Calendar Detecting the Companion of Sirius 1975 3 201 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 4 205 Front-Cover Photo Ceiling Sundial 1975 4 207 Feature Saturn's Rings and Perfect Seeing "Livingston, William C." 1975 4 208 Amateur Astronomers Five Amateur Observatories 1975 4 210 Feature Five Amateur Observatories 1975 4 213 News Notes Giant Spicules on the Sun 1975 4 213 News Notes Comet Boethin(1975a) 1975 4 213 News Notes ASP To Meet in Mexico 1975 4 214 News Notes Environment of the 200-inch Telescope 1975 4 214 News Notes Distances of the Planetary Nebulae 1975 4 215 Feature The Keeper of Mars "Herget, Paul" 1975 4 216 News Notes Interstellar Vinyl Cyanide 1975 4 217 Feature A Sundial on an Office Ceiling "Shrader, William W." 1975 4 219 Feature Penn State's New 60-inch Telescope "Zabriskie, Franklin R." 1975 4 222 Feature A New Variation on Mars "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1975 4 223 News Notes Eclipses for Big-City Dwellers 1975 4 224 Feature Armagh Planetarium Expands "Murtagh, Terence" 1975 4 226 Space Science An Orbiting Solar Power Station 1975 4 229 Feature The Earth's Upper Atmosphere -- II "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1975 4 232 News Notes Nucleus of Messier 31 1975 4 233 Amateur Astronomers Coming Meetings 1975 4 233 Amateur Astronomers A Michigan Amateur Designs an Unusual Reflector "Martinsen, Jerry" 1975 4 238 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 4 242 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 4 243 Celestial Calendar Observing Saturn's Satellites 1975 4 244 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 4 245 Books and the Sky "The Invisible Universe, Gerrit L. Verschuur" "Bolton, John G." 1975 4 246 Books and the Sky "The Astrolabe, Roderick S. Webster" "Mayall, R. Newton" 1975 4 248 Books and the Sky "The Nebular Variables, John S. Glasby" "Lowder, Wayne M." 1975 4 250 Books and the Sky "The Milky Way, Bart J. Bok and Priscilla F. Bok" "Kerr, Frank J." 1975 4 255 Gleanings for ATMs The Large Reflector of a California Amateur "Nye, Ralph A." 1975 4 263 Observer's Page A Simple Camera Mounting for Short Exposures "Haig, G. Y." 1975 4 267 Observer's Page A Pair of Planets in January's Evening Sky 1975 4 269 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 4 269 Observer's Page Sky Patrol in Britain "Anderson, Steven" 1975 5 273 Front-Cover Photo Star Trails and a Fireball 1975 5 275 Feature Polar Star Trails "Hellman, Marco W." 1975 5 276 Feature Venus-Jupiter Encounter 1975 5 280 Feature An Observer's Kit for This Month's Lunar Eclipse 1975 5 284 Space Science Europe in Space: The Emergence of ESA 1975 5 287 Feature Australia's Henbury Craters 1975 5 291 News Notes First Helios Successful 1975 5 291 News Notes Argon in Mars' Atmosphere 1975 5 291 News Notes Capella an X-ray Source? 1975 5 291 News Notes New ESO Director 1975 5 291 News Notes Radiation Dosage Near Jupiter 1975 5 292 Space Science Mercury Revisited by Mariner 10 1975 5 294 Feature The Earth's Upper Atmosphere -- III "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1975 5 299 Astronomical Scrapbook "The File on an """"Ordinary"""" Star: GC 21827" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 5 300 News Notes RAS Gold Medal 1975 5 301 Amateur Astronomers Some Amateur Astronomical Organizations 1975 5 306 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 5 310 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 5 311 Celestial Calendar Venus-Saturn Configuration 1975 5 311 Celestial Calendar Colorful Double Stars for May 1975 5 312 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 5 312 Celestial Calendar Partial Solar Eclipse 1975 5 315 Books and the Sky "Supernovae and Supernovae Remnants, Cristiano Batalli Cosmovici, editor" "Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia" 1975 5 318 Books and the Sky "Outline of Astronomy, Hans-Heinrich Voight" "Mumford, George S." 1975 5 327 Gleanings for ATMs Crayford Manor Revisited 1975 5 328 Gleanings for ATMs A Nomogram That Tells Eyepiece Travel "Sinnott, Roger W." 1975 5 331 Observer's Page Amateurs Observe the Rotation of Eros "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 5 333 Observer's Page Amateurs Photograph Atmospheric Experiments 1975 5 336 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 6 341 Front-Cover Photo VLA Antennas in New Mexico 1975 6 343 Letters Letter "Dutton, Denis" 1975 6 343 Letters Letter "Waldmeier, M." 1975 6 343 Letters Letter "Wills, Derek" "Wills, Bev" 1975 6 344 Feature The Very Large Array "Heeschen, David S." 1975 6 352 Feature Milky Way Portraits 1975 6 354 Feature An Early Photograph of Fornax A "Hodge, Paul W." 1975 6 355 Feature The Last OSO Satellite "Maran, Stephen P." "Thomas, Roger J." 1975 6 359 Feature Interpretation of the Be Stars "Huang, Su-Shu" 1975 6 363 Feature Observing Prospects for Halley's Comet "Roosen, Robert G." "Marsden, Brian G." 1975 6 364 News Notes A Nearby Star 1975 6 365 Feature A Large Crater Field Recognized in Central Europe "Classen, J." 1975 6 368 News Notes Greenwich Tercentenary 1975 6 368 News Notes Interstellar Ethyl Alcohol 1975 6 368 News Notes Leading German Astronomer 1975 6 368 News Notes Mapping the Martian Satellites 1975 6 369 News Notes Resolving a Spectroscopic Binary 1975 6 370 Letters Letter "Shudde, Rex H." 1975 6 370 Letters Letter "Simmons, Karl S." 1975 6 372 Amateur Astronomers An Italian Amateur's Rising Floor "Toledano M.D., Roberto" 1975 6 376 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 6 384 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 6 385 Celestial Calendar The Galilean Satellites Once More Make the Scene 1975 6 386 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 6 389 Books and the Sky "Science Awakening II: The Birth of Astronomy, Bartel L. van der Waerden" "Henderson, Janice A." 1975 6 390 Books and the Sky "Meteorites, John T. Wasson" "Fireman, Edward L." 1975 6 392 Books and the Sky "Astronomy of Star Positions, Heinrich Eichhorn" 1975 6 393 Books and the Sky "Starfall, Betty Grissom and Harry Still" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1975 6 399 Gleanings for ATMs A Northwesterner and His Astrophotography Equipment "Dittmer, Herman R." 1975 6 407 Observer's Page Some Sightings of Sirius' Companion "di Cicco, Dennis" 1975 6 408 Observer's Page Photographs of Jupiter and Saturn 1975 6 410 Observer's Page Projection Photography and a Dixie Cup "Tomljanovich, Tim" 1975 6 413 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 7 1 Front-Cover Photo The Crew of Apollo-Soyuz 1975 7 3 Feature Two Eclipses Observed 1975 7 4 Feature Extreme-Ultraviolet Astronomy from Apollo-Soyuz "Margon, Bruce" "Bowyer, Stuart" 1975 7 10 News Notes How Common Are Planetary Systems? 1975 7 10 News Notes Catalogue of Cometary Orbits 1975 7 11 News Notes Extreme Ultraviolet Coronal Observations 1975 7 12 News Notes An Unexpected New Variable in Orion 1975 7 12 News Notes Prairie Network Closes Down 1975 7 12 News Notes Pioneer Woman Astronomer 1975 7 12 News Notes Optical Testing Bibliography 1975 7 13 Space Science "All Systems """"Go"""" for ASTP" 1975 7 15 Space Science Viking to Mars: The Mission Strategy "Sagan, Carl" 1975 7 20 Feature Black Holes and Their Astrophysical Implications -- I "Block, David L." 1975 7 24 Space Science Refined Close-ups of Jupiter 1975 7 26 Astronomical Scrapbook "Foucault's, Leon, Heritage to Telescope Making" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 7 28 Feature "Saturn, Seeing, and Percival Lowell" "Hoyt, William Graves" 1975 7 29 Amateur Astronomers A Photography Seminar and Other Topics 1975 7 29 Amateur Astronomers Plans for Stellafane 1975 7 30 Amateur Astronomers Protecting Star Charts "Leifer, Bert" 1975 7 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 7 38 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 7 39 Celestial Calendar Venus in Binoculars 1975 7 39 Celestial Calendar Mercury and the Moon on July 7th 1975 7 40 Celestial Calendar Vesta Visible 1975 7 41 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 7 43 Books and the Sky "The Solar Chromospheres, R. J. Bray and R. E. Loughhead" "Harvey, John W." 1975 7 45 Books and the Sky "Everyman's Astronomy, R. H. Stoy, editor" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1975 7 46 Books and the Sky "Atlas of the Planets, Vincent de Callatay and Audouin Dollfus" "Both, Ernst E." 1975 7 50 Gleanings for ATMs Making a Pitch Lap with the Mirror Underneath "Moniot, Philip E." 1975 7 53 Gleanings for ATMs Lap-Making Techniques at Macalester College "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1975 7 59 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1975 7 61 Observer's Page An Evaluation of Eight Films for Astrophotography "Keene, George T." "Sewell, M. H." 1975 7 65 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 8 69 Front-Cover Photo Eclipsed Moon in Scorpius 1975 8 71 Feature The Sun's Shape "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 8 72 Feature The Lunar Eclipse Seen from Coast to Coast "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1975 8 80 Feature Western Telescope Makers Meet Near Big Bear "McDermott, Ashley T." 1975 8 84 Feature Discoveries in NGC 5128 1975 8 87 Feature Black Holes and Their Astrophysical Implications -- II "Block, David L." 1975 8 90 Space Science Viking to Mars: The Orbiter 1975 8 93 News Notes Asteroid 1940 Whipple 1975 8 93 News Notes The Lack of Interstellar Comets 1975 8 93 News Notes Remotest Galaxy 1975 8 94 News Notes Nova Scuti 1975 1975 8 94 News Notes New Director for JPL 1975 8 94 News Notes Changes in Cygnus X-1 1975 8 95 News Notes Reprints on Stonehenge 1975 8 95 News Notes The Whirlpool Galaxy's Outer Envelope 1975 8 97 Amateur Astronomers Bok Astronomy Awards 1975 8 97 Amateur Astronomers Gleanings from the Mailbag for the Lunar Eclipse 1975 8 102 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 8 106 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 8 107 Celestial Calendar Mars in Taurus and Gemini "Victor, Robert C." 1975 8 107 Celestial Calendar Jovian Satellite Events 1975 8 108 Celestial Calendar A Month for Meteor Watchers 1975 8 109 Celestial Calendar Vesta and Pallas for the Next Six Months 1975 8 110 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 8 112 Books and the Sky "The New Mars: The Discoveries of Mariner 9, William K. Hartmann, and Odell Raper" 1975 8 112 Books and the Sky "Mars as Viewed by Mariner 9, Mariner 9 Television Team and Planetology Program Principal Investigators" 1975 8 112 Books and the Sky Book Review "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1975 8 115 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae, Donald E. Osterbrock" "Munch, Guido" 1975 8 117 Books and the Sky "Artificial Satellite Observing and Its Applications, Howard Miles, editor" "Werner, Albert" 1975 8 122 Gleanings for ATMs A Cold Camera That Needs No Vacuum "Jones, Edward L." 1975 8 125 Gleanings for ATMs A Crystal-Controlled Oscillator for Telescope Drives "West, John B." "Bradford Jr., Robert S." 1975 8 129 Observer's Page Artists' Impressions of the May Lunar Eclipse 1975 8 132 Observer's Page European Amateurs Report the May Solar Eclipse 1975 8 133 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 9 137 Front-Cover Photo "Spectrum of Las Cruces, N. M." 1975 9 139 Letters Letter "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1975 9 139 Letters Letter "Hall, Margaret" 1975 9 139 Letters Letter "Albrecht, Herbert O." 1975 9 140 Feature The Fiske Planetarium in Boulder "Verschuur, Gerrit L." "Sharp, J. H." 1975 9 145 Feature Astronomy and Music "Ronan, Colin A." 1975 9 149 Feature Indiana Astronomy Homecoming 1975 9 150 Space Science Viking to Mars: The Lander 1975 9 154 Letters Letter "Hodge, Paul W." 1975 9 154 Space Science Apollo-Soyuz Mission Successful 1975 9 155 Feature The Spectrum of a City "Cuffey, James" 1975 9 156 News Notes Another Giant Meteorite Crater Identified? 1975 9 156 News Notes Astronomy Music Broadcast 1975 9 156 News Notes Our Next Supernova 1975 9 156 News Notes New 102-inch Mirror 1975 9 157 Astronomical Scrapbook Old Greenwich Observatory and Flamsteed's Well "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 9 158 Feature A Bright Summer Comet 1975 9 160 Feature The Moonwatch Era Ends "Cornell, James" 1975 9 165 Amateur Astronomers Apollo-Soyuz Models Exhibited by Belgian Amateurs "Van der Elst, Andre" 1975 9 170 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 9 174 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 9 175 Celestial Calendar Venus' Entrance Into the Morning Sky "Victor, Robert C." 1975 9 175 Celestial Calendar Jovian Moon Configurations 1975 9 176 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 9 181 Books and the Sky """It Is I, Sea Gull"", Mitchell R. Sharpe" "Roman, Nancy Grace" 1975 9 183 Books and the Sky Explorations in Space and Time (Film) "Mumford, George S." 1975 9 190 Gleanings for ATMs A High-Performance Maksutov Telescope "Sigler, Robert D." 1975 9 196 Observer's Page Some Highlights from the Observers' Notebook 1975 9 199 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 10 205 Front-Cover Photo Viking 1 Launch 1975 10 207 Space Science Viking: On to Mars 1975 10 208 Feature The League Convenes in Georgia "Shawcross, William E." 1975 10 212 Feature New Studies of Jupiter "Hubbard, William B." "Jokipii, J. R." 1975 10 217 Feature Greenwich Tercentenary Symposium "Gingerich, Owen" 1975 10 219 Feature Some Results from May's Lunar Eclipse "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 10 225 Feature The 153-inch Anglo-Australian Telescope "Wampler, E. Joseph" 1975 10 229 Feature Brightest Nova in 33 Years 1975 10 230 News Notes "X-Ray Novae""""" 1975 10 230 News Notes A German Astronomer 1975 10 230 News Notes Herzberg Institute Founded 1975 10 230 News Notes VW Cephei as a Triple Star 1975 10 231 News Notes Wyoming Infrared Telescope 1975 10 231 News Notes Meteor Expert 1975 10 232 Amateur Astronomers The Rockford Planetarium Dream "Beaman, Carol Jeanne" 1975 10 238 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 10 242 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 10 243 Celestial Calendar Jovian Satellite Events Near Opposition 1975 10 244 Celestial Calendar Vesta and Pallas Form a Close Pair "Victor, Robert C." 1975 10 245 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 10 247 Books and the Sky "Astrophysical Formulae, Kenneth R. Lang" "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1975 10 249 Books and the Sky "The Galactic Club, Ronald N. Bracewell" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1975 10 251 Books and the Sky "The Astronomical Telescope, Boris V. Barlow" "Irwin, John B." 1975 10 253 Books and the Sky "Pioneer Odyssey: Encouner with a Giant, Richard O. Fimmel, William Swindell, and Eric Burgess" "Budine, Phillip W." 1975 10 255 Gleanings for ATMs Stellafane: A Year for the Newtonian "Sinnott, Roger W." 1975 10 261 Observer's Page Pictures of Comet Kobayashi-Berger-Milon 1975 10 267 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 11 273 Front-Cover Photo Hartness Turret Telescope 1975 11 275 Letters Letter "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1975 11 275 Letters Letter "Shipp, Oliver E." 1975 11 275 Letters Letter "Richey, V. Bayard" 1975 11 276 Feature Tokyo Observatory Today "Moriyama, Fumio" 1975 11 281 Letters Letter "Schmidt-Kaler, Hermann" 1975 11 281 Letters Letter "Holmes, Clifford W." 1975 11 281 Letters Letter "Campbell Jr., Thomas H." 1975 11 282 Feature More About Nova Cygni 1975 11 285 Feature An Unusual California Observatory "Custer, Clarence P." 1975 11 288 Space Science Our Next 25 Years in Space "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1975 11 291 Amateur Astronomers West Coast Convention "Milon, Dennis" 1975 11 295 News Notes Mishap to a 127-inch Telescope Mirror 1975 11 296 Feature Morrison Observatory's First 100 Years "Brown, David R." 1975 11 298 News Notes Nature of Cosmological Redshifts 1975 11 298 News Notes X-Rays from Sirius 1975 11 298 News Notes Chlorofluorocarbons and the Greenhouse Effect 1975 11 298 News Notes Comets 1975j and 1975k 1975 11 299 Astronomical Scrapbook The Visual Orion Nebula "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 11 302 Feature A Meteorite Fall in Eastern New Guinea 1975 11 305 Amateur Astronomers Simon Stevin Public Observatory in the Netherlands "van Apeldoorn, Ben C. J." 1975 11 308 Amateur Astronomers District of Columbia Planetarium Projector 1975 11 312 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1975 11 316 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1975 11 317 Celestial Calendar The November Total Lunar Eclipse 1975 11 319 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1975 11 319 Celestial Calendar Observing Ceres in November and December 1975 11 320 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1975 11 323 Books and the Sky "The Nature of Scientific Discovery, Owen Gingerich, editor" "Hetherington, Norriss S." 1975 11 325 Books and the Sky "Aberrations of the Symmetrical Optical System, W. T. Welford" "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1975 11 327 Books and the Sky "Watchers of the Stars, Patrick Moore" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1975 11 332 Gleanings for ATMs Old Telescopes at Hartness House "Sinnott, Roger W." 1975 11 338 Gleanings for ATMs How To Beautify and Protect Telescopes "Pierce, William H." 1975 11 343 Observer's Page The Brightness of Comet 1975h "Morris, Charles S." 1975 11 344 Observer's Page Glimpses of the 1975 Perseid Meteor Shower 1975 11 346 Observer's Page Sun Shows Vigorous Activity in August 1975 11 347 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1975 12 353 Front-Cover Photo Observing Station in South West Africa 1975 12 355 Letters Letter "Bisard, Walter J." 1975 12 355 Letters Letter "Sawyer III, Frederick W." 1975 12 355 Letters Letter "Riherd, Paul S." 1975 12 356 Feature Measuring the Sizes of Saturn's Satellites "Veverka, J." "Elliot, James L." "Goguen, J." 1975 12 367 Feature Views of Those Glorious Southern Skies 1975 12 368 Feature A Design for an Analemmatic Standard-Time Sundial "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" 1975 12 370 Feature A Forgotten 41-inch Refractor "Warner, Brian" 1975 12 371 Feature Some Thoughts About Randomness "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1975 12 374 News Notes Red Coloring on Jupiter 1975 12 374 Space Science Veneras 9 and 10 on Venus 1975 12 376 Feature New Findings About Eros "Zellner, Ben" 1975 12 379 News Notes What Energizes a Flare Star? 1975 12 380 News Notes Scottish Astronomer 1975 12 380 News Notes Notes on Jupiter's Moons 1975 12 380 News Notes More About the New Trapezium Variable 1975 12 380 News Notes Ice Grains Around HL Tauri 1975 12 381 News Notes Curious Object in Sagittarius 1975 12 381 News Notes Dean of British Amateurs 1975 12 381 News Notes Update on the Cygnus Nova 1975 12 382 Letters Letter "Strelnitsky, V. S." 1975 12 382 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1975 12 382 Letters Letter "Keen, Richard A." 1975 12 384 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Meets in Massachusetts "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1975 12 385 Amateur Astronomers Prominent Amateurs Die in Iowa and Tennessee 1975 12 386 Amateur Astronomers Star Parties in Honolulu "Stone, Dennis" 1975 12 386 Amateur Astronomers ESO Slide Sets 1975 12 390 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Lick Observatory's 36-inch Refractor 1976 1 3 Feature An Exceptional Year for the Quadrantids 1976 1 4 Feature An Inside Look at NASA Planetology "Dwornik, Stephen E." 1976 1 9 Feature The California-Wisconsin Axis in American Astronomy -- I "Osterbrock, Donald E." 1976 1 15 Astronomical Scrapbook Otto Struve 21 and Some Other Double Stars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 1 16 Feature Astronomy East and West "Trombino, Donald F." 1976 1 23 Feature The New McGraw-Hill Observatory on Kitt Peak "Mook, Delo E." 1976 1 25 News Notes "Bok, Priscilla" 1976 1 26 News Notes The Sun as a Variable Star 1976 1 26 News Notes Two Bright Comets 1976 1 26 News Notes Algol as a Triple Star 1976 1 28 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Gatherings for the November Eclipse 1976 1 30 Amateur Astronomers An Israeli Amateur Reports 1976 1 34 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 1 35 Feature Events of 1976 in the Graphic Time Table 1976 1 42 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 1 43 Celestial Calendar Highlights for the Inner Planets This Year 1976 1 43 Celestial Calendar Highlights of the Inner Planets This Year "Victor, Robert C." 1976 1 44 Celestial Calendar "Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in 1976" 1976 1 45 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 1 47 Books and the Sky "Highlights in Astronomy, Fred Hoyle" "Dickinson, Dale F." 1976 1 48 Books and the Sky "The Intensity Interferometer, R. Hanbury Brown" "Wesselink, A. J." 1976 1 56 Gleanings for ATMs A Fork-Mounted 10 1/4-inch Reflector "Lundegard, Bruce" 1976 1 59 Gleanings for ATMs Making a Projection Blink Comparator "Mayer, Ben" 1976 1 62 Observer's Page A Transatlantic Eclipse of the Moon 1976 1 66 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1976 "Dunham, David W." 1976 1 68 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1976 1 69 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 2 73 Front-Cover Photo Mount Wilson Observatory's 100-inch Reflector 1976 2 75 Letters Letter "Giller, Roger" 1976 2 75 Letters Letter "McLaren, A. Douglas" 1976 2 76 Feature November's Lunar Eclipse: An Analysis "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 2 79 Feature Eclipse in Color 1976 2 83 Feature A New Look at the Hubble Diagram "Lang, Kenneth R." "Mumford, George S." 1976 2 88 Space Science Solar-Electric Rocket Propulsion "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1976 2 90 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1976 2 90 Letters Letter "Eberst, Russell" 1976 2 90 Letters Letter "Baum, William A." 1976 2 90 Letters Letter "Ravneberg, Ronald L." 1976 2 91 Feature The California-Wisconsin Axis in American Astronomy -- II "Osterbrock, Donald E." 1976 2 91 Feature California-Wisconsin Axis in American Astronomy "Osterbrock, Donald E." 1976 2 98 News Notes 150-inch Telescope Mirror for Hawaii 1976 2 98 News Notes What Does Mariner 9 Say About Mars' Canals? 1976 2 98 News Notes Runaway Interstellar Object 1976 2 98 News Notes Soviet Astrophysicist 1976 2 98 News Notes Strasenburgh Dome Painting 1976 2 100 News Notes Ultraviolet Views of Orion 1976 2 100 News Notes Center for Short-Lived Phenomena 1976 2 103 Amateur Astronomers A Portable Shelter for a Vintage Refractor "Ravneberg, Ronald L." 1976 2 108 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 2 112 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 2 113 Celestial Calendar Occultation Highlights for Hawaii and Alaska "Dunham, David W." 1976 2 114 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 2 117 Books and the Sky "A Survey of the Almagest, Olaf Pedersen" "Henderson, Janice A." 1976 2 118 Books and the Sky "New Frontiers in Astronomy, Owen Gingerich, editor" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1976 2 120 Books and the Sky "X-Ray Astronomy, Riccardo Giacconi and Herbert Gursky, editors" "Bunner, Alan N." 1976 2 123 Books and the Sky "Eyes on the Universe, Isaac Asimov" "Bell, Trudy E." 1976 2 127 Gleanings for ATMs A Graphical Approach to the Foucault Test "Millies-Lacroix, Adrien" 1976 2 130 Gleanings for ATMs Astronomy's Neglected Child -- The Long Refractor "Berry, Richard" 1976 2 135 Observer's Page Polar Alignment of Portable Equatorial Telescopes "Kohman, Truman P." 1976 2 137 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 3 145 Front-Cover Photo Tucson Planetarium Mural 1976 3 147 Feature California Astrophysicist 1976 3 148 Feature New Vistas in Planetary Radio Astronomy "Alexander, Joseph K." 1976 3 154 Feature The New Greek 48-inch Cassegrain-Coude Telescope "Contopoulos, G." "Banos, C." 1976 3 156 News Notes Yale Astrophysicist 1976 3 156 News Notes Microwave Observations of Carbon Monoxide on Venus 1976 3 156 News Notes Looking Down on the Sun 1976 3 157 Amateur Astronomers Note to Contributors 1976 3 157 News Notes Very High Resolution Views of the Sun 1976 3 157 News Notes Dome Heating and Cooling 1976 3 158 Feature More About Astronomy and Music 1976 3 158 News Notes A New Interior Planet 1976 3 159 Feature Comet Hunters in the Land of the Rising Sun "Bortle, John E." 1976 3 162 Feature Mars To Occult Epsilon Geminorum 1976 3 163 Astronomical Scrapbook America's Last King and His Observatory "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 3 165 Feature An Astronomical Mural at Flandau Planetarium 1976 3 169 Feature Space Highlights from Around the World 1976 3 169 Space Science Viking Update 1976 3 169 Space Science Second Helios in Orbit 1976 3 169 Space Science Space Highlights Around the World 1976 3 169 Space Science Pioneer 11 Course Change 1976 3 169 Space Science Chinese Satellite Program 1976 3 170 Space Science New NASA Budget Announced 1976 3 170 Space Science NASA 1976 Launch Schedule 1976 3 170 Space Science Soviet-American Biology Satellite 1976 3 172 Feature On the Summit of Colorado's Mount Evans 1976 3 173 Feature The Stage Is Set for Comet West 1976 3 175 Amateur Astronomers A Carryall for Telescope Accessories "Kazmierski, Fredrick" 1976 3 180 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 3 184 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 3 185 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 3 185 Celestial Calendar Juno and 35 Sextantis 1976 3 185 Celestial Calendar The March Occultation of Neptune 1976 3 189 Books and the Sky "Graze Observer's Handbook, Harold R. Povenmire" "Nolthenius, Richard" 1976 3 190 Books and the Sky "The Dark Night Sky, Donald D. Clayton" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1976 3 192 Books and the Sky "Dividing, Ruling and Mask-Making, D. F. Horne" "Cox, Robert E." 1976 3 194 Books and the Sky "Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, Martin Rees, Remo Ruffini, and John Archibald Wheeler" "Harrison, Edward R." 1976 3 199 Gleanings for ATMs Miscellaneous Items from Our Mailbag 1976 3 207 Observer's Page Observations of the Geminid and Quadrantid Meteors 1976 3 210 Observer's Page Observations of the New Trapezium Variable "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 3 211 Observer's Page Notes About Fireballs and an Unexpected Shower 1976 3 212 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 4 217 Front-Cover Photo "Comet West on March 8, 1976" 1976 4 219 Feature Comet West in the Morning Sky 1976 4 220 Feature A Roundup of Observatories by Amateurs 1976 4 225 Feature "Quadrantid Meteors from 41,000 Feet" "Millman, Peter M." 1976 4 228 News Notes News of Two Observatories 1976 4 229 News Notes Perfecting Lenses of Varying Index 1976 4 229 News Notes Galilean Satellites of Jupiter 1976 4 229 News Notes ASP To Meet in Berkeley 1976 4 230 News Notes Nearest Galaxy 1976 4 230 News Notes Update on 1976 AA 1976 4 231 Feature Visiting Cerro Tololo 1976 4 235 Letters Letter "Warner, Brian" 1976 4 235 Letters Letter "Young, Allan" 1976 4 235 Letters Letter "Mullaney, James" 1976 4 235 Letters Letter "Baum, Richard" 1976 4 235 Letters Letter "Haupt, Hermann F." 1976 4 236 Feature Cassiopeia A -- An Unseen Supernova "Kamper, Karl" "Bergh, Sidney van den" 1976 4 242 Feature All the Outer Satellites of Jupiter 1976 4 244 Feature Thin-Prism Spectra of Messier 4 in Scorpius "Philip, A. G. Davis" 1976 4 246 Feature A Remote Globular Cluster in Reticulum 1976 4 247 Feature A Diagram for Scheduling Daylight Saving Time "Hirsch, A. Adler" 1976 4 248 Feature The Solar Eclipse of April 29th 1976 4 251 Amateur Astronomers An Amateur Eclipse Chaser from Peru 1976 4 253 Amateur Astronomers Some Amateur Conventions in 1976 1976 4 256 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 4 262 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 4 263 Celestial Calendar A Guide to Saturn's Satellites 1976 4 265 Celestial Calendar R Camelopardalis 1976 4 266 Celestial Calendar Occultation Reminder 1976 4 266 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 4 269 Books and the Sky "Positional Astronomy, D. McNally" "Dunham, David W." 1976 4 271 Books and the Sky "Archaeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America, Anthony F. Aveni, editor" "Hicks III, Robert D." 1976 4 273 Books and the Sky "Optics, Eugene Hecht and Alfred Zajac" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1976 4 278 Gleanings for ATMs A 12 1/4-inch Folded Newtonian Reflector "Danilovicz, Edward S." 1976 4 283 Gleanings for ATMs The Light-Gathering Efficiency of Telescopes "Cox, Robert E." 1976 4 287 Observer's Page The Coming Flyby of Asteroid Betulia 1976 4 292 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 5 297 Front-Cover Photo "October Path of Totality, Melbourne, Australia" 1976 5 299 Letters Letter "Hall, George M." 1976 5 299 Letters Letter "LoGuirato, June" 1976 5 299 Letters Letter "Townsend, Charles" "Rogers, John" 1976 5 300 Feature October's Total Solar Eclipse in Australia "Trainor, J. B." 1976 5 307 Feature The Significance of the Planet Mercury "Hartmann, William K." 1976 5 312 Feature Comet West's Fine Performance 1976 5 322 Astronomical Scrapbook Capella as a Close Visual Binary "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 5 323 News Notes Palomar Observing Nights 1976 5 323 News Notes New Mirror for Mauna Kea 1976 5 324 News Notes Unusual X-Ray Source 1976 5 324 News Notes Carbon Monoxide in a Neighbor Galaxy 1976 5 324 News Notes European Fireball 1976 5 325 News Notes Jupiter's Magnetic Tail 1976 5 327 Amateur Astronomers Notes on the October Total Eclipse in Australia "Trainor, J. B." 1976 5 328 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League and ALPO Sponsor AstroCon 76 1976 5 332 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 5 336 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 5 337 Celestial Calendar A Photography Project "Victor, Robert C." 1976 5 337 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 5 337 Celestial Calendar Mars and the Beehive Cluster "Fillmore, James A." 1976 5 338 Celestial Calendar Betulia Reminder 1976 5 340 Books and the Sky "Problems in Stellar Atmospheres and Envelopes, B. Baschek, W. H. Kegel, and G. Traving, editors" "Hack, Margherita" 1976 5 342 Books and the Sky "Thinkers and Tinkers, Silvio A. Bedini" "Bell, Trudy E." 1976 5 343 Books and the Sky "Pulsating Stars, B. V. Kukarkin, editor" "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1976 5 349 Gleanings for ATMs A Pillow-Block Mounting for a 12 1/2-inch Cassegrain "Schug, August" 1976 5 353 Gleanings for ATMs A Nomogram for Astrophotographers "Fowler Jr., Thomas B." 1976 5 355 Gleanings for ATMs Further Notes on Exposure Times "Sinnott, Roger W." 1976 5 359 Observer's Page Recording Meteor Echoes by FM Radio "Suzuki, K." "Nagafuji, N." "Kinoshita, M." 1976 5 364 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 6 369 Front-Cover Photo Caracol Observatory in Yucatan 1976 6 371 Letters Letter "Esposito, Nicholas M." 1976 6 371 Letters Letter "Courten, Henry C." 1976 6 371 Letters Letter "Trainor, J. B." 1976 6 372 Feature Astronomy in the Ancient Americas "Hicks III, Robert D." 1976 6 379 Feature A View of the Eta Carinae Nebula 1976 6 380 News Notes "Obese"""" Neutron Stars" 1976 6 380 News Notes Chemical Composition of the Sun 1976 6 380 News Notes Mapping the Core of an Active Galaxy 1976 6 381 News Notes Sky Illumination Over Kitt Peak 1976 6 381 News Notes Chinese Meteorite Fall 1976 6 382 Space Science Building the Space Shuttle 1976 6 386 Feature Disintegration Phenomena in Comet West "Sekanina, Zdenek" 1976 6 394 Feature The Maunder Minimum 1976 6 396 Amateur Astronomers Ontario Project AFC -- Astronomy for Campers "Gada, Andreas" 1976 6 398 Amateur Astronomers Bok Astronomy Awards 1976 6 402 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 6 410 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 6 411 Celestial Calendar The July Occultation of Beta Scorpii 1976 6 412 Celestial Calendar Ephemeris for Comet West 1976 6 412 Celestial Calendar BF Ophiuchi 1976 6 413 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 6 413 Celestial Calendar Occultation of Messier 67 1976 6 415 Books and the Sky "Ancient Cosmologies, Carmen Blacker and Michael Loewe, editors" "Kiang, T." 1976 6 417 Books and the Sky "Planetary Geology, Nicholas M. Short" "Green, Jack" 1976 6 423 Gleanings for ATMs Structural Considerations for Telescope Makers "Brooks, John J." 1976 6 430 Observer's Page Big Sunspot Group Triggers the Aurora Borealis 1976 6 434 Observer's Page Mars Occults a Bright Star 1976 6 437 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Viking Nears Mars 1976 7 3 Space Science National Air and Space Museum 1976 7 4 Space Science Viking and Mars: A Prelude "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1976 7 10 Feature Comet d'Arrest Approaches the Earth "Marsden, Brian G." "Bortle, John E." 1976 7 14 Feature The MMT Observatory on Mount Hopkins "Carleton, Nathaniel P." "Hoffman, Thomas E." 1976 7 22 Astronomical Scrapbook "An Almanac for July, 1776" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 7 23 Feature A Unique Airborne Observation "Elliot, James L." "Dunham, Edward" "Church, C." 1976 7 26 Feature The Beginnings of American Astronomy "Bell, Trudy E." 1976 7 31 Letters Letter "Seargent, David A. J." 1976 7 31 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1976 7 31 Letters Letter "Bishop, Roy L." 1976 7 32 News Notes Eggen's Nearby Star 1976 7 32 News Notes Gamma Cassiopeiae as an X-ray Source 1976 7 32 News Notes New Observations of Lupus Supernova 1976 7 33 News Notes Radar Studies of Jovian Moons 1976 7 33 News Notes Distant Comet Schuster(1976c) 1976 7 34 News Notes More About the Egg Nebula 1976 7 34 News Notes Star Collisions 1976 7 37 Amateur Astronomers Planetarium Educators Meet in New Jersey 1976 7 38 Amateur Astronomers WAA Convention Dates 1976 7 40 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 7 43 Amateur Astronomers Sledus 1976 7 46 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 7 47 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Satellites in the Morning Sky 1976 7 48 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 7 49 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 7 49 Celestial Calendar Beta Scorpii Reminder 1976 7 51 Books and the Sky "The Universe, Its Beginning and End, Lloyd Motz" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1976 7 52 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: A Popular History, J. Dorschner, C. Friedemann, S. Marx, and W. Pfau" "Both, Ernst E." 1976 7 54 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Franklyn M. Branley, Mark R. Chartrand III, and Helmut K. Wimmer" "Gehrz, Robert D." 1976 7 55 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomer's Notebook, Jeff Lichtman and Bob Sickels" "Buhl, David" 1976 7 59 Gleanings for ATMs A Digital Clock for Sidereal Time "Reid, Frank" "Honeycutt, Kent" 1976 7 64 Gleanings for ATMs A Visual Photometer for Small Telescopes 1976 7 69 Observer's Page The April Solar Eclipse -- Annular and Partial 1976 7 76 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1976 7 77 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 8 81 Front-Cover Photo Lowell Observatory's 42-inch Reflector 1976 8 83 Letters Letter "Brennan, Patrick H." 1976 8 83 Letters Letter "Heard, John F." 1976 8 84 Feature Solar Heating at an Observatory "Hall, John S." "Wade, Herbert" 1976 8 86 Feature Photoelectric Photometry at a Small College "Grauer, A. D." "Pittman, C. E." "Russwurm, G." 1976 8 91 News Notes Double Star Cataloguer 1976 8 91 News Notes Lunar Meteorite Showers 1976 8 91 News Notes Regiomontanus Remembered 1976 8 91 News Notes New Variable Star List 1976 8 92 Space Science The Viking 1 Landing-Site Decision 1976 8 96 Feature The Next Decade of Solar Eclipses "Meeus, Jean" 1976 8 98 News Notes Nonexpansion of Our Galaxy 1976 8 99 Feature Polar Motion: History and Recent Results "Markowitz, William" 1976 8 104 Feature Penetrating Puppis "FitzGerald, M. Pim" "Moffat, A. F. J." 1976 8 108 Letters Letter "Wright, John R." 1976 8 108 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1976 8 111 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomy in Hungary "Papp, Janos" 1976 8 113 Amateur Astronomers Beta Capricorni Graze 1976 8 113 Amateur Astronomers Florida Amateurs Plan for Spica's Occultation 1976 8 116 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 8 120 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 8 121 Celestial Calendar Daytime Occultation of Spica 1976 8 123 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 8 125 Books and the Sky "The Amazing Universe, Herbert Friedman" 1976 8 125 Books and the Sky "Kepler: Four Hundred Years, Arthur Beer and Peter Beer, editors" 1976 8 125 Books and the Sky Book Review "Duncombe, Raynor L." 1976 8 125 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1976 8 125 Books and the Sky "Copernicus: Yesterday and Today, Arthur Beer and K. Aa. Strand, editors" 1976 8 127 Books and the Sky "Pictorial Guide to Planet Earth, Frederick I. Ordway III" "Cutts, James A." 1976 8 129 Books and the Sky "Astronomy and Cosmology, Fred Hoyle" "Toomri, Alar" 1976 8 130 Books and the Sky "Comet Kohoutek, Gilmer Allen Gary, editor" "Morris, Charles S." 1976 8 135 Gleanings for ATMs Ideas from Resourceful Readers 1976 8 143 Observer's Page Odds and Ends from the Observers' Notebook 1976 8 147 Observer's Page More About Mars and Epsilon Geminorum 1976 8 149 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 9 153 Front-Cover Photo Australian Observatory on a Water Tower 1976 9 155 Letters Letter "Warner, Deborah Jean" 1976 9 155 Letters Letter "Tonkli, Mario" 1976 9 156 Space Science Viking 1 Lands on a Very Red Planet "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1976 9 162 Feature New Evidence Favors the Big Bang 1976 9 163 News Notes Eighth Texas Symposium 1976 9 163 News Notes American Astronomer Honored 1976 9 164 Astronomical Scrapbook "Perrine, C. D., and Jupiter's Sixth Satellite" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 9 165 Letters Letter "Hughes, David W." 1976 9 165 Letters Letter "Hill, Charles M." 1976 9 166 Feature The Eighth Annual Riverside Conference "Selden, Sandra" 1976 9 171 Space Science Mars Viewed from the Viking 1 Orbiter 1976 9 175 Feature Baltimore's New Davis Planetarium "Zirpoli, Daniel" 1976 9 179 News Notes Meteors and Sun Aid Western Meteorologist 1976 9 180 News Notes Solar Interference and CB Radio 1976 9 180 News Notes Unusual Flare Star 1976 9 180 News Notes Einstein Shift Tested 1976 9 181 News Notes Supernova Remnants in M31 1976 9 181 News Notes Telescope Engineer 1976 9 181 News Notes Solar Energy Research Institute Applications 1976 9 181 News Notes What Betulia Told Us 1976 9 181 News Notes Plaskett's Star Revisited 1976 9 182 Feature Two Queensland Observatories 1976 9 187 Amateur Astronomers Great Lakes and Northeast Regions Hold Conventions 1976 9 192 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 9 196 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 9 197 Celestial Calendar Current Apparition of Venus "Victor, Robert C." 1976 9 198 Celestial Calendar Hebe in 1976 1976 9 199 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 9 201 Books and the Sky "The Universe Unfolding, Ivan R. King" "Irwin, John B." 1976 9 203 Books and the Sky "Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, Edgar M. Cortright, editor" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1976 9 205 Books and the Sky "The Universe and Its Structure, Beryl E. Clotfelter" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1976 9 207 Books and the Sky "291 Doffelstern-Ephemeriden fur die Jahre 1975-2000, Wolfgang Wepner" 1976 9 210 Gleanings for ATMs Extensions of the Dall Null Test "Stoltzmann, David E." "Hatch, Marcus" 1976 9 215 Gleanings for ATMs Additional Notes on Null Testing "Cox, Robert E." 1976 9 220 Observer's Page Planetary Photography at High Resolution "Price, Ronald S." 1976 9 225 Observer's Page Another Strong Display of Northern Lights 1976 9 227 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 9 228 Observer's Page Observations of the Beta Scorpii Occultation 1976 10 233 Front-Cover Photo 100-inch Mirror in Chile 1976 10 235 Letters Letter "Finsen, W. S." 1976 10 235 Letters Letter "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" 1976 10 235 Letters Letter "Trimble, Virginia" 1976 10 236 Feature Nuclear and Differentiated Abundance Patterns -- I "Cowley, Charles R." 1976 10 239 Feature Observing Eclipses of Jupiter's Moons 1976 10 240 Feature A New Radio Telescope for Sweden "Menzel, Donald H." 1976 10 243 Feature Some Recent Advances in X-Ray Astronomy "Lightman, Alan P." 1976 10 247 Feature A Visit to Washington's Air and Space Museum "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1976 10 252 Space Science "Viking 2 on Mars: """"A Forest of Rocks""""" 1976 10 254 Feature Self-Discovery in Astronomy for the Public "Schatz, Dennis" "Friedman, Alan J." 1976 10 259 News Notes Water Ice Detected on Four Satellites of Saturn 1976 10 259 News Notes New Future for UU Sagittae 1976 10 260 News Notes Why R Cor Bor Fades 1976 10 261 Celestial Calendar Occultation Supplement 1976 10 263 Amateur Astronomers Some Fine Telescopes at Stellafane 1976 10 272 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 10 278 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 10 279 Celestial Calendar November's Full Moon Passes Through the Penumbra 1976 10 280 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 10 282 Books and the Sky "Lowell and Mars, William Graves Hoyt" "Bell, Trudy E." 1976 10 284 Books and the Sky "Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Jeanne L. Hopkins" "Abell, George O." 1976 10 287 Books and the Sky "Galaxies and the Universe, Allan Sandage, Mary Sandage, and Jerome Kristian, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1976 10 293 Gleanings for ATMs A Split-Ring Mount from Aluminum Extrusions "Shutt, Barbara" 1976 10 297 Gleanings for ATMs Making an RFT as a First Telescope "Schirmer, Ewell" 1976 10 299 Gleanings for ATMs On Focusing a Cassegrain 1976 10 302 Observer's Page Summer Reports of Comet d'Arrest 1976 10 309 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 11 313 Front-Cover Photo The Very Large Array in New Mexico 1976 11 315 Letters Letter "Hunt, Ted A." "Victor, Robert C." 1976 11 315 Letters Letter "Heintz, Wulff D." 1976 11 315 Letters Letter "Rickard, Lee J" 1976 11 316 Feature World's Astronomers Meet at Grenoble "Irwin, John B." "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 11 320 Feature The VLA Take Shape 1976 11 323 News Notes A Well-Observed Quasar and the Variability of Constants 1976 11 323 News Notes How Big is the Gum Nebula? 1976 11 323 News Notes X-Ogen Identified 1976 11 324 News Notes New Test for Solar Neutrinos Proposed 1976 11 325 News Notes Solar Power at Georgia Tech 1976 11 326 News Notes High-Resolution Radar Images of Venus' Surface 1976 11 327 Feature NASA's 91-cm Airborne Telescope "Cameron, Robert M." 1976 11 332 Space Science Space Shuttle Rollout 1976 11 333 Space Science Viking Update 1976 11 334 Feature Color Pictures of Doppler Shifts "Allen, R. J." 1976 11 336 Feature The National Convention in Pennsylvania "Milon, Dennis" "Sperling, Norman" 1976 11 341 Feature Nuclear and Differentiated Abundance Patterns -- II "Cowley, Charles R." 1976 11 345 Astronomical Scrapbook Computers: Electronic and Human "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 11 346 News Notes Comet Kohoutek Revisited 1976 11 349 Amateur Astronomers National Astrophotography Contest at Kutztown 1976 11 356 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 11 362 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 11 363 Celestial Calendar Vesta Becomes Stationary This Month 1976 11 364 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 11 367 Books and the Sky "Russell W. Porter: Arctic Explorer, Artist, Telescope Maker, Berton C. Willard" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1976 11 369 Books and the Sky "Moon Morphology, Peter H. Schultz" "Pike, Richard J." 1976 11 372 Books and the Sky "Geschichte der Astronomie von Herschel bis Hertzsprung, Dieter R. Herrmann" "Both, Ernst E." 1976 11 376 Gleanings for ATMs Correcting Astigmatism of the Observer's Eye "Sinnott, Roger W." 1976 11 382 Gleanings for ATMs Construction of a 12-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain "Nijborg, L." 1976 11 390 Observer's Page Highlights from the Observers' Notebook 1976 11 393 Observer's Page A Dutch Observatory 1976 11 397 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1976 12 401 Front-Cover Photo Solar Corona Over Australia 1976 12 403 Feature October's Total Eclipse "Sinnott, Roger W." 1976 12 404 Feature Vikings Rest During Mars' Conjunction "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1976 12 404 Space Science Viking Rests During Mars' Conjunction 1976 12 410 Feature Golden Anniversary of Hubble's Classification System "Bergh, Sidney van den" 1976 12 415 Feature Western Amateurs Meet in Southern California "Townsend, Peggy" 1976 12 415 Feature Western Astronomers Meet in Southern California "Townsend, Peggy" 1976 12 418 Feature Astronomical Notes from Grenoble "Irwin, John B." "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1976 12 419 Space Science Venera Surface Results 1976 12 421 Space Science Moon Sample from Luna 24 1976 12 422 Feature Planetarians Convene in Colorado "Lovi, George" 1976 12 425 Feature Radio Astronomy and Cosmology "Irwin, John B." 1976 12 428 Letters Letter "Spear, Gordon G." 1976 12 428 Letters Letter "Kuhns, James L." 1976 12 429 News Notes Antarctic Meteorites 1976 12 429 News Notes Nova Vulpeculae 1976 1976 12 429 News Notes Reading the Earth's Temperature Chart 1976 12 430 News Notes Globular Clusters in Hydra 1 1976 12 430 News Notes Enlarged Student Observatory 1976 12 431 Amateur Astronomers Mid-City Astronomy in the Big Apple 1976 12 431 Amateur Astronomers Long Island Star Parties 1976 12 432 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Convention in Massachusetts 1976 12 433 Amateur Astronomers California Conclave "Gingrich, Mark" 1976 12 435 Amateur Astronomers Grand Rapids Juniors Visit Yerkes Observatory 1976 12 442 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1976 12 452 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1976 12 453 Celestial Calendar The Eclipsing Binary RW Tauri "Baldwin, Marvin E." 1976 12 455 Celestial Calendar Coming Eclipse of the New Trapezium Variable 1976 12 456 Celestial Calendar A Fine Maxima of Mira 1976 12 457 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1976 12 459 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: The Evolving Universe, Michael Zeilik" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1976 12 461 Books and the Sky "Second Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies, Gerard de Vaucouleurs, Antoinette de Vaucouleurs, and Harold G. Corwin, Jr." "van den Bergh, Sidney" 1976 12 462 Books and the Sky "The Webb Society Observers Handbook, Vol. 1: Double Stars, Kenneth Glyn Jones, editor" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1976 12 464 Books and the Sky "The Stars Belong to Everyone, Helen Sawyer Hogg" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1976 12 471 Gleanings for ATMs A Well-Equipped 8-inch Newtonian Reflector "Piini, Ernie" 1976 12 478 Observer's Page A Guiding Reticle for Astrophotography "Fogelquist, Rune" 1976 12 482 Observer's Page Naked-Eye Observations of Jupiter's Moons "Dutton, Denis" 1976 12 484 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Australian Eclipse Mosaic 1977 1 3 Feature About Our Cover 1977 1 4 Feature Totality from Zanzibar to Merrimbula 1977 1 12 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Naked-Eye Observations of Venus "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1977 1 13 Feature Armenian 2.6-meter Telescope Dedicated "Evans, David S." 1977 1 14 Feature Touring American Observatories "Sperling, Norman" 1977 1 20 News Notes High-Latitude Reflection Nebulosities 1977 1 20 News Notes An Escaping Globular Cluster 1977 1 20 News Notes Minor Planet 1976 UA 1977 1 21 News Notes The Rotation of Mercury 1977 1 22 News Notes How X-ogen Was Identified 1977 1 23 Letters Letter "Carroll, Joseph E." 1977 1 23 News Notes More About Nova Vulpeculae 1977 1 24 Feature New Trends in Celestial Photography "Smith, Alex G." 1977 1 32 Amateur Astronomers An Eclipse Flight Over East Africa "Osborne, Thomas" 1977 1 38 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 1 39 Feature Events of 1977 in the Graphic Time Table 1977 1 46 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 1 47 Celestial Calendar The Planets Mercury and Venus During 1977 "Victor, Robert C." 1977 1 49 Celestial Calendar Three Minor Planets for Binoculars 1977 1 51 Celestial Calendar "Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in 1977" 1977 1 53 Celestial Calendar Eclipses of Jupiter's Moons 1977 1 54 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 1 57 Books and the Sky "Trilogy of ""Time"" Instruments, Paul R. MacAlister and Flolydia M. Etting" "Mayall, R. Newton" 1977 1 58 Books and the Sky "The Space Telescope, National Aeronautics and Space Administration" "Cox, Robert E." 1977 1 59 Books and the Sky "Mapping of the Moon: Past and Present, Zdenek Kopal and Robert W. Carder" 1977 1 64 Gleanings for ATMs An Equatorial Table for Astronomical Equipment "Poncet, Adrien" 1977 1 68 Gleanings for ATMs Making a Vinyl Dust Cap "Moon, Terry" 1977 1 71 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1977 "Dunham, David W." 1977 1 74 Observer's Page A Cloud Shadow at Sunset 1977 1 76 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1977 1 77 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 2 81 Front-Cover Photo MacMillan Planetarium 1977 2 83 Letters Letter "Liller, William" 1977 2 83 Letters Letter "Lanzerotti, Louis J." 1977 2 84 Feature Ancient Astronomical Records from the Orient "Stephenson, F. Richard" "Clark, David H." 1977 2 91 Letters Letter "Lovi, George" 1977 2 91 Letters Letter "Victor, Robert C." "Bakich, M." 1977 2 92 Feature Notes on Soviet Space Astronomy "Oberg, James E." 1977 2 96 News Notes Viking Activities Resumed 1977 2 97 Feature "First Light"""" for the ESO 3.6-meter Telescope" "Laustsen, S." 1977 2 104 Feature Communicating Astronomy in Vancouver "Rodger, David A." 1977 2 107 News Notes Eggen's Star Not Nearby 1977 2 108 Feature W. E. Wilson and the Daramona Observatory "Warner, Brian" 1977 2 111 News Notes Amateur Astrophotographer 1977 2 111 News Notes Astronomical Leader Dies 1977 2 111 News Notes Whither Thou Goest ... 1977 2 111 News Notes Soviet 6-meter Telescope 1977 2 112 News Notes A New Look at the Loop Nebula 1977 2 112 Observer's Page "Orders for """"Double Stars""""" 1977 2 115 Amateur Astronomers A Private Observatory Association in California "Tichenor, Clyde L." 1977 2 116 Amateur Astronomers Active Canadian Amateur 1977 2 117 Amateur Astronomers Bok Astronomy Awards 1977 2 120 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 2 124 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 2 125 Celestial Calendar "Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn for the Coming Year" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 2 126 Celestial Calendar Occultation Reminder 1977 2 127 Celestial Calendar Kalliope in the Pleiades 1977 2 128 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 2 130 Books and the Sky "Quasars, Pulsars, and Black Holes, Frederic Golden" 1977 2 130 Books and the Sky "Big Ear, John Kraus" 1977 2 130 Books and the Sky Book Review "Chartrand III, Mark R." 1977 2 130 Books and the Sky Book Review "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1977 2 132 Books and the Sky "Solar Flares, Zdenek Svestka" "Loughhead, R. E." 1977 2 133 Books and the Sky "Infrared: The New Astronomy, David A. Allen" "Ney, Edward P." 1977 2 139 Gleanings for ATMs A Large Maksutov with Newtonian and Cassegrain Foci "Louth, George" 1977 2 149 Observer's Page Reports on November's Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 1977 2 152 Observer's Page The 1976 Apparition of Periodic Comet d'Arrest "Bortle, John E." 1977 2 157 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 3 161 Front-Cover Photo Circumpolar Stars from Australia 1977 3 163 Feature Nova Sagittae 1977 1977 3 164 Feature What's New on the Moon? -- I "French, Bevan M." 1977 3 170 News Notes Computer Enhanced Photographs of Galaxies 1977 3 172 News Notes A Black Hole in Messier 15? 1977 3 172 News Notes Methane Frost on Pluto 1977 3 173 Astronomical Scrapbook "Schmidt, Julius, and His Book About Lunar Eclipses" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1977 3 174 Letters Letter "Wallentine, Derek" 1977 3 174 Letters Letter "Wilson, Bob" 1977 3 174 Letters Letter "O'Dell, S. L." "Roberts, D. H." 1977 3 174 Letters Letter "Patterson, Kenneth A." 1977 3 175 Feature A Summer Science Program "Pierce, David A." 1977 3 177 Feature Box: Henry E. Paul: An Appreciation "Keene, George T." 1977 3 178 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- Pulsars "Gordon, Kurtiss J." 1977 3 181 Feature Diameters of Minor Planets "Morrison, David" 1977 3 184 Feature Two Solar Eclipses in 1977 1977 3 186 Feature Looking South from Siding Spring "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1977 3 189 News Notes Space for Women 1977 3 190 Feature NASA Plans for 1977 1977 3 195 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomy in Poland "Trombino, Donald F." 1977 3 197 Amateur Astronomers International Astronomical Youth Camp 1977 1977 3 198 Amateur Astronomers Comet Award 1977 3 198 Amateur Astronomers Coming Astronomical Gatherings in 1977 1977 3 200 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 3 206 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 3 207 Celestial Calendar Observing Venus near Inferior Conjunction "Victor, Robert C." 1977 3 208 Celestial Calendar Nysa Crosses the Beehive 1977 3 208 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 3 209 Celestial Calendar Mercury in the Evening Sky 1977 3 209 Celestial Calendar Uranus To Occult a Star 1977 3 211 Books and the Sky "Black Holes, Quasars, and the Universe, Harry L. Shipman" "Irwin, John B." 1977 3 212 Books and the Sky "North Star to Southern Cross, Will Kyselka and Ray Lanterman" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1977 3 213 Books and the Sky "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Space, Ian Ridpath, editor" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1977 3 214 Books and the Sky "Atlas Obratnoi Storony Luny, Chast' III, Yu. N. Lipsky, editor" "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1977 3 220 Gleanings for ATMs The Size of the Newtonian Diagonal "Peters, William T." "Pike, Robert" 1977 3 224 Gleanings for ATMs An Easily Transported 20-inch Telescope "Grebner, Arthur" 1977 3 236 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 4 241 Front-Cover Photo Dome for 3&point;6-meter Telescope in Hawaii 1977 4 243 Feature Adonis Recovered 1977 4 244 Feature Donald Howard Menzel "Goldberg, Leo" 1977 4 252 News Notes HEAO-A Launch 1977 4 252 News Notes Rossi Honored 1977 4 252 News Notes Large Antarctic Meteorite 1977 4 253 News Notes How Much Deuterium? 1977 4 254 Feature Progress on the CFH Reflector 1977 4 256 News Notes Lowell Director 1977 4 257 Feature What's New on the Moon? -- II "French, Bevan M." 1977 4 262 Feature Sequoia Star Stomp "Henry, Jean G." 1977 4 266 Feature A History of the Earth's Atmosphere 1977 4 267 Feature The 1977 Solar Eclipse in Colombia "Tinker, Allen A." 1977 4 270 Feature A Far-Ultraviolet Rocket Survey of Orion "Carruthers, George R." "Opal, Chet B." 1977 4 276 Amateur Astronomers A Large Observatory for Amateurs in the Northwest 1977 4 278 Amateur Astronomers Coming Astronomical Gatherings in 1977 1977 4 284 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 4 290 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 4 291 Celestial Calendar Observing Saturn's Moons Titan and Iapetus 1977 4 292 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 4 295 Books and the Sky "Man Discovers the Galaxies, Richard Berendzen, Richard Hart, and Daniel Seeley" "Fernie, J. D." 1977 4 296 Books and the Sky "Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Vagn F. Buchwald" "Fireman, Edward L." 1977 4 297 Books and the Sky "Space Science and Astronomy: Escape from Earth, Thornton Page and Lou Williams Page, editors" "Hillenbrand, Robert" 1977 4 298 Books and the Sky "Meteorology: The Earth and Its Weather, Joseph S. Weisberg" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1977 4 299 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: The Structure of the Universe, William J. Kaufmann -- III" "Page, Thornton L." 1977 4 306 Gleanings for ATMs "Bradfield, W. A., and His Comet Seeker" 1977 4 306 Gleanings for ATMs W. A. Bradfield and His Comet Seeker "Sinnott, Roger W." 1977 4 314 Observer's Page On the Road to Better Astronomical Photographs -- I "Wallis, Brad D." "Provin, Robert W." 1977 4 319 Observer's Page Amateurs Observe the New Trapezium Variable 1977 4 323 Observer's Page Photographing the Shadow of the Moon 1977 4 323 Observer's Page Photographing the Moon's Shadow "di Cicco, Dennis" 1977 4 324 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 4 324 Observer's Page Telescopic Meteors 1977 5 329 Front-Cover Photo A Denver Amateur's Observatory 1977 5 331 Front-Cover Photo The Rings of Uranus 1977 5 332 Feature Panorama of Observatories 1977 5 339 Feature The Innisfree Meteorite 1977 5 340 Feature Some New Developments in X-Ray Astronomy "Green, Louis C." 1977 5 343 News Notes Older Universe 1977 5 344 Feature A New Radio Astronomy "Sumners, Carolyn" 1977 5 346 Feature Binary-Star Speckle Interferometry "McAllister, Harold A." 1977 5 351 Feature The Story of AM Herculis "Liller, William" 1977 5 354 Letters Letter "Seiler, Michael" 1977 5 354 Letters Letter "Benton Jr., Julius L." 1977 5 354 Letters Letter "Harris, William E." 1977 5 356 Astronomical Scrapbook About an Astronomical Woodcut "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1977 5 357 News Notes Structure of the Sun's Magnetic Field 1977 5 357 News Notes ERDA Chooses Colorado 1977 5 357 News Notes Asymmetry of Saturn's Ring A 1977 5 362 Amateur Astronomers Astrophotographers Meet in California "Townsend, Peggy" 1977 5 363 Amateur Astronomers Coming Astronomical Gatherings in 1977 1977 5 368 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 5 374 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 5 375 Celestial Calendar Venus and Mars in the Morning Sky "Victor, Robert C." 1977 5 376 Celestial Calendar The May 14th Occultation of Venus "Dunham, David W." 1977 5 377 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 5 379 Books and the Sky "The Whisper and the Vision, Donald Fernie" "DeVorkin, David H." 1977 5 380 Books and the Sky "Cosmological Letters on the Arrangement of the World-Edifice, J. H. Lambert" "Henderson, Janice A." 1977 5 382 Books and the Sky "Astronomy for the Southern Hemisphere, Lionel Warner" 1977 5 384 Books and the Sky "Astronomy with Binoculars, James Muirden" "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1977 5 385 Books and the Sky "Methods of Experimental Physics, Vols. 12B and 12C, M. L. Meeks, editor" "Fomalont, Edward B." 1977 5 391 Gleanings for ATMs A Homemade Filar Micrometer "Polman, Jorge" 1977 5 399 Observer's Page On the Road to Better Astronomical Photographs -- II "Wallis, Brad D." "Provin, Robert W." 1977 5 405 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 6 411 Letters Letter "Aranoff, Yaakov" 1977 6 411 Letters Letter "Vsekhsvyatsky, S. [K.]" 1977 6 412 Feature Discovering the Rings of Uranus "Elliot, James L." "Dunham, Edward" "Millis, Robert L." 1977 6 417 Feature "Vikings to Earth: """"It's Cold Up Here!""""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1977 6 420 Feature Thomas Clap and the Terrestrial Comets "Smith, Horace A." 1977 6 423 Feature April's Partial Lunar Eclipse "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1977 6 427 News Notes Inside Messier 11 1977 6 427 News Notes Hebe Occults a Star 1977 6 427 News Notes Skylab Optics 1977 6 428 News Notes The Next Generation Telescope 1977 6 429 News Notes Uganda and Mars 1977 6 429 News Notes "Star Tests of a """"Rubber Mirror""""" 1977 6 429 News Notes Reports on Neptune and Uranus 1977 6 429 News Notes Astronomical Brochures 1977 6 430 News Notes Minor Planet 1983 Bok 1977 6 431 Feature Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory "Arny, Thomas" "Valeriani, G." 1977 6 436 Feature Super-Wide-Angle Photographs of the Milky Way "Schmidt-Kaler, Theodor" "Schlosser, Wolfhard" 1977 6 440 Feature Some Photographs of Young Moons 1977 6 443 Amateur Astronomers Clubs Pair for Tour and Newsletters 1977 6 445 Amateur Astronomers American Meteor Society 1977 6 450 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 6 460 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Notes 1977 6 460 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 6 461 Celestial Calendar More Uranus Ring Events? 1977 6 461 Celestial Calendar Double Stars for June Evenings 1977 6 462 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 6 464 Books and the Sky "Astronomy Transformed, David O. Edge and Michael J. Mulkay" "Findlay, John W." 1977 6 465 Books and the Sky "Galileo Against the Philosophers, Stillman Drake, editor" "Rosen, Edward" 1977 6 468 Books and the Sky "Our Changing Universe, John Gribbin" "Cohen, Nathaniel" 1977 6 469 Books and the Sky "Beginner's Guide to Astronomical Telescope Making, James Muirden" "Cox, Robert E." 1977 6 475 Gleanings for ATMs "A """"Porter's Folly"""" Mounting in Europe" "Schlafke, Rudolf" 1977 6 481 Gleanings for ATMs A Foucault Tester for Short-Focus Mirrors "Carle, Jackson T." 1977 6 484 Observer's Page On the Road to Better Astronomical Photographs -- III "Wallis, Brad D." "Provin, Robert W." 1977 6 492 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 7 1 Front-Cover Photo The Great Pyramid at Night 1977 7 3 Letters Letter "Swenson Jr., George W." 1977 7 3 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1977 7 4 Feature The Comsat Revolution "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1977 7 9 Feature MMT Update 1977 7 11 Feature Supernovae Today "Green, Louis C." 1977 7 15 Feature An Astronomer's Impressions of Ancient Egypt "Allen, David A." 1977 7 19 News Notes Long-Term Stability of the Earth-Moon System 1977 7 20 Astronomical Scrapbook "Hall, Asaph, Finds the Moons of Mars" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1977 7 22 Feature Structure in the Carina Nebula and Eta Carinae "Walborn, Nolan R." "Ingerson, Thomas E." 1977 7 25 Feature Sundial at the San Diego Zoo 1977 7 26 News Notes CM Draconis: A Very Useful Eclipsing System 1977 7 26 News Notes Flashes of Light from the Vela Pulsar 1977 7 27 News Notes Double Star Discoverer 1977 7 27 News Notes 2&point;1-meter Reflector for Argentina 1977 7 27 News Notes Planetarium Directory 1977 7 28 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1977 7 28 Observer's Page Note to Photographers 1977 7 29 Letters Letter "Heidmann, J." 1977 7 32 Feature On the Road with Better Bumper Stickers 1977 7 33 Amateur Astronomers A Dimmer View of Things 1977 7 36 Amateur Astronomers A Cornucopia of Calendars 1977 7 40 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 7 44 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 7 45 Celestial Calendar Bright Planets in the Predawn Sky "Victor, Robert C." 1977 7 46 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 7 49 Books and the Sky "Joseph von Fraunhofer, Gunter D. Roth" "Both, Ernst E." 1977 7 50 Books and the Sky "The Aerospace Environment, Tom Beer" "Macdonald, Norman J." 1977 7 52 Books and the Sky "A Geological Basis for the Exploration of the Planets, Ronald Greeley and Michael H. Carr, editors" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1977 7 53 Books and the Sky "Doctor Copernicus, John Banville" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1977 7 54 Books and the Sky "Space Geology, Elbert A. King" "Lowman Jr., Paul D." 1977 7 60 Gleanings for ATMs What Is a Fabry Lens? "Africano, John" "Quigley, Robert" 1977 7 63 Gleanings for ATMs A Camera Mount for Projection Photography "Harbour, David A." 1977 7 65 Gleanings for ATMs A Spectroscope with a Holographic Grating "DelVo, Pierino" 1977 7 70 Observer's Page Venus Passes Inferior Conjunction 1977 7 75 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1977 7 76 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 8 81 Front-Cover Photo Earthshine and Venus 1977 8 83 Feature Worldwide Burster Stakeout 1977 8 84 Feature Out from Under the Cosmic Censor: Stephen Hawking's Black Holes "Overbye, Dennis" 1977 8 90 Feature First Tests of the Irenee du Pont Telescope "Babcock, Horace W." 1977 8 95 Feature Voyaging to the Outer Planets "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1977 8 100 Feature Ninth Riverside Convention "McDermott, Ashley T." "di Cicco, Dennis" 1977 8 105 News Notes Dwarf Galaxy in Carina 1977 8 105 News Notes X-Rays from Superclusters of Galaxies 1977 8 106 News Notes Length of the Solar Cycle 1977 8 107 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1977 8 107 News Notes Alaskan Meteorite Crater 1977 8 108 News Notes An Extragalactic Water Hole 1977 8 112 Amateur Astronomers Highlights of Spring Conventions 1977 8 114 Amateur Astronomers Autumn Astronomical Conventions 1977 8 120 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 8 126 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 8 127 Celestial Calendar The Perseids and Two Other August Showers 1977 8 128 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 8 128 Celestial Calendar Three Morning Planets 1977 8 131 Books and the Sky "Cosmology Now, Laurie John, editor" "Fernie, J. D." 1977 8 132 Books and the Sky "Contemporary Astronomy, Jay M. Pasachoff" "Pierce, David A." 1977 8 133 Books and the Sky "Solar Energy: The Awakening Science, Daniel Behrman" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1977 8 135 Books and the Sky "Ten Faces of the Universe, Fred Hoyle" 1977 8 135 Books and the Sky "The Radio Universe, J. S. Hey" 1977 8 135 Books and the Sky Book Review "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1977 8 135 Books and the Sky Book Review "Liller, Martha H." 1977 8 136 Books and the Sky "The Solar Chromosphere and Corona: Quiet Sun, R. Grant Athay" "Kundu, M. R." 1977 8 140 Gleanings for ATMs A Foucault Tester with Digital Readout "McKeon, Richard J." 1977 8 144 Gleanings for ATMs Calculating a Mirror's Surface Accuracy "Sinnott, Roger W." 1977 8 150 Observer's Page "Venus, Mars, and the Moon Come Together" 1977 8 153 Observer's Page Observations of Eclipses of Jupiter's Moons "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1977 8 157 Observer's Page Jovian Moons: Naked-Eye Observations "Schaaf, Fred" 1977 8 157 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 9 161 Front-Cover Photo Light for a Solar Spectrum 1977 9 163 Feature Who Invented the Telescope? 1977 9 164 Feature Photoelectric Observing of Occultations -- I "Evans, David S." 1977 9 166 News Notes Maria Mitchell Directorship 1977 9 167 Feature The Case of the Setting Sun "Irwin, John B." 1977 9 171 Feature Some Student Projects in Astronomy 1977 9 174 Astronomical Scrapbook "Herschel's """"Large 20-foot"""" Telescope" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1977 9 176 Feature Eight Feet of Solar Spectrum "Norton, O. Richard" 1977 9 180 Feature Cosmology Today "Green, Louis C." 1977 9 185 Feature Solar Halo Complexes 1977 9 188 Letters Letter "Prideaux, Jean P." 1977 9 188 Letters Letter "Bayman, Kenneth C." 1977 9 188 Letters Letter "Colombo, Giuseppe" 1977 9 188 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1977 9 189 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1977 9 189 Letters Letter "Parker, Jack C." 1977 9 189 Letters Letter "Westbrooke, William J." 1977 9 190 News Notes Eclipses of Iapetus by Saturn's Rings 1977 9 191 News Notes Funding for Space Telescope and Jupiter Mission 1977 9 191 News Notes Unseen Companions of 61 Cygni? 1977 9 191 News Notes New England Astronomer 1977 9 192 News Notes Old Woman Meteorite 1977 9 192 News Notes "Gamma Ray """"Stars""""" 1977 9 193 News Notes Consequences of Meeting a Dense Interstellar Cloud 1977 9 193 News Notes Notes about Minor Planets 1977 9 193 News Notes Rocket Pioneer 1977 9 194 Feature AN Ursae Majoris -- Another AM Herculis? "Mumford, George S." 1977 9 200 Amateur Astronomers Some Notes from Summer Meetings 1977 9 204 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Kit 1977 9 204 Amateur Astronomers California ATM Star Party 1977 9 208 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 9 214 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 9 215 Celestial Calendar A Photography Project for the 1977-78 School Year 1977 9 215 Celestial Calendar Photography Project for the 1977-78 School Year "Victor, Robert C." 1977 9 216 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 9 216 Celestial Calendar Eclipse Predictions for Jupiter's Moons 1977 9 217 Celestial Calendar September's Lunar Eclipse 1977 9 221 Books and the Sky "Observe and Understand the Sun, Russell C. Maag, Jerry M. Sherlin, and Rollin P. Van Zandt, editors" "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1977 9 222 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, W. M. Protheroe, E. R. Capriotti, and G. H. Newsom" "Janes, Kenneth" 1977 9 225 Books and the Sky "Experiments in Astronomy for Amateurs, Richard Knox" "Lovi, George" 1977 9 227 Books and the Sky "The Gresham Lectures of John Flamsteed, Eric G. Forbes, editor" "Gingerich, Owen" 1977 9 229 Books and the Sky "Legends of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: An Encyclopedia of Nature Myths, Tamra Andrews, 98(5):79 The Lens in Action, Sidney F. Ray" "Cox, Robert E." 1977 9 233 Gleanings for ATMs The New 24-inch Reflector at Crayford "Wall, John" 1977 9 240 Gleanings for ATMs Some Very Large Amateur Telescopes 1977 9 243 Observer's Page Finding Faint Planetary Satellites "Wheatcraft, Steven" 1977 9 246 Observer's Page Projection Blinking: A Way Toward Discovery "Mayer, Ben" 1977 9 252 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 9 252 Observer's Page When the Lights Went Out 1977 10 257 Front-Cover Photo Dawn of the Space Shuttle 1977 10 259 Feature Looking Back: 20 Years in Space 1977 10 260 Feature Recent Astronomical Research in China "Kiang, T." 1977 10 264 Feature Cornell's 25-inch Training Telescope "Houck, J. R." "Gull, G. E." 1977 10 266 News Notes A Supernova Remnant in an Open Cluster 1977 10 267 News Notes A 56-minute Variable Star 1977 10 267 News Notes Coming Occultations by Uranus' Rings 1977 10 267 News Notes The Milky Way's Tiny Heart 1977 10 267 News Notes "Rey, H. A." 1977 10 268 News Notes The Disappearing Nebula: A Star Turns On? 1977 10 269 News Notes Striations on Phobos 1977 10 269 News Notes Northernmost Observatory 1977 10 270 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1977 10 271 Feature The Space Shuttle in Free Flight "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1977 10 275 Feature Space Highlights 1977 10 276 Feature Partial Phases of This Month's Solar Eclipse 1977 10 277 News Notes New Head of Allegheny 1977 10 277 News Notes Alpine Fireball 1977 10 278 Feature Amateur Progress Seen at Boulder 1977 10 283 Feature Some Astrophotos To Enjoy 1977 10 288 Letters Letter "Righini, Marciano" 1977 10 288 Letters Letter "Longden, Jerry" 1977 10 288 Letters Letter "Hirst, William P." 1977 10 288 Letters Letter "Griffin, Roger F." 1977 10 288 Letters Letter "Evans, David S." 1977 10 288 Letters Letter "Dunham, David W." 1977 10 289 Feature Photoelectric Observing of Occultations -- II "Evans, David S." 1977 10 296 Amateur Astronomers Stars Behind Bars "Heyn, Herman M." 1977 10 300 Amateur Astronomers Deep Sky Monthly 1977 10 304 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 10 310 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 10 311 Celestial Calendar Jupiter and Saturn Begin Retrograde Motion "Wenning, Carl [J.]" 1977 10 312 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 10 312 Celestial Calendar Venus and Spica in the Dawn Sky 1977 10 315 Books and the Sky "Tektites and Their Origin, J. A. O'Keefe" "Marvin, Ursula B." 1977 10 318 Books and the Sky "Sunlight Convergence Solar Burn, Charles Ross" "White, John" 1977 10 319 Books and the Sky "On the Path of Venus, Lloyd Motz" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1977 10 323 Books and the Sky "Textbook on Spherical Astronomy, W. M. Smart" 1977 10 328 Gleanings for ATMs Some Highlights at Stellafane 1977 10 328 Gleanings for ATMs Some Highlights of Stellafane "Sinnott, Roger W." 1977 10 339 Observer's Page Solar Activity Increases 1977 10 343 Observer's Page Morning Sky Configurations 1977 10 348 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 11 353 Front-Cover Photo Stamps and Stars 1977 11 355 Feature Observing Equipment for Amateurs 1977 11 356 Feature The Soviet 6-meter Altazimuth Reflector "Ioannisiani, Bagrat K." 1977 11 362 Letters Letter "Reed, George" 1977 11 362 Letters Letter "Allen, David A." 1977 11 363 News Notes Change of Directors at Hale Observatories 1977 11 363 News Notes Halley's Comet 1977 11 363 News Notes Is the Star MWC 349 Forming a Planetary System? 1977 11 364 News Notes Meteorite Fall in Iraq 1977 11 364 News Notes SS Cygni and the Rapid Burster 1977 11 364 News Notes Brouwer Award 1977 11 365 Astronomical Scrapbook "Dase, Johann, and Some Other Mental Calculators" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1977 11 366 Feature A Universe of Stamps -- I "Young, George G." 1977 11 371 Feature Ultraviolet Spectroscopy with Copernicus "Snow Jr., Theodore P." 1977 11 375 Feature A New West German Planetarium "Keller, Hans-Ulrich" 1977 11 378 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Crab Nebula "Gingerich, Owen" 1977 11 382 News Notes Nova Ophiuchi 1977 1977 11 383 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1977 11 384 Feature Radio Galaxies and Quasars "Green, Louis C." 1977 11 393 Amateur Astronomers Bulgarian amateur activity "Papp, Janos" 1977 11 393 Amateur Astronomers East European Amateur Activity 1977 11 394 Amateur Astronomers Yugoslavian amateur activity "Bermanac, Vladimir" "Orsic, Dag" 1977 11 395 Amateur Astronomers Polish amateur activity "Korpikiewicz, Honorata" 1977 11 396 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical League Observer's Package 1977 11 396 Amateur Astronomers "Walther, Stephen A." 1977 11 400 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 11 406 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 11 407 Celestial Calendar Three Meteor Showers To Observe in November 1977 11 408 Celestial Calendar The Beehive and Mars 1977 11 409 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 11 409 Celestial Calendar Mercury Reappears 1977 11 409 Celestial Calendar A Favorable Minimum of Theta1 Orionis A 1977 11 413 Books and the Sky "The Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativity, William J. Kaufmann III" "Carr, Bernard J." 1977 11 416 Books and the Sky "Jupiter, Tom Gehrels, editor" "Baum, William A." 1977 11 417 Books and the Sky "A Universe To Explore, Ralph O. Ewers and Lynda M. Ewers" "Edwards, Nancy P." 1977 11 419 Books and the Sky "An Atlas of Spectra of the Cooler Stars, Philip C. Keenan and Raymond C. McNeil" 1977 11 419 Books and the Sky "Atlas for Objective Prism Spectra -- II, Waltraut Carola Seitter" 1977 11 419 Books and the Sky Book Review "Overbye, Dennis" 1977 11 425 Gleanings for ATMs A New Catadioptric Telescope -- I "Dilworth, Donald C." 1977 11 435 Observer's Page A Good Year for Perseids 1977 11 442 Observer's Page Occultation of Mercury 1977 11 444 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 12 449 Front-Cover Photo Tycho Brahe at 50 1977 12 451 Feature A Portrait of Tycho "Watson, Fletcher G." "Reedtz-Thott, Baron Otto" 1977 12 452 Feature Tycho Brahe and the Great Comet of 1577 "Gingerich, Owen" 1977 12 458 News Notes Radar Detection of Ceres 1977 12 459 Feature Recent Findings About Planetary Nebulae "Terzian, Yervant" 1977 12 463 News Notes Satellite Tracker Dies 1977 12 464 Feature Project Parsec Goes to Mars "Hillenbrand, Robert" "Ryan, Michael F." 1977 12 466 Feature "From the NASA """"Oops!"""" File" 1977 12 467 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1977 12 468 News Notes The Long-Range Martian Forecast 1977 12 468 News Notes International Flare-Star Campaign 1977 12 469 News Notes Faint Variable Star 1977 12 469 News Notes Zooming in on Phobos and Deimos 1977 12 470 Feature Eclipse at Sea "di Cicco, Dennis" 1977 12 475 Feature Dazzling Czechoslovakian Fireball 1977 12 478 Letters Letter "Billaud, G." 1977 12 478 Letters Letter "Dunham, David W." 1977 12 478 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1977 12 479 Feature The Sodium Cloud of Io 1977 12 484 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet on Nantucket 1977 12 487 Amateur Astronomers NASA Is Host to Northern California Convention "Berger, Doug" 1977 12 489 Amateur Astronomers Opportunities for Students 1977 12 489 Amateur Astronomers Correspondents Wanted 1977 12 494 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1977 12 500 News Notes Soviet Variable Star Specialist 1977 12 504 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1977 12 505 Celestial Calendar Planets in the Morning and Evening Sky "Wenning, Carl [J.]" 1977 12 506 Celestial Calendar Eclipse Predictions for Jupiter's Moons 1977 12 507 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1977 12 509 Books and the Sky "The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe, Timothy Ferris" "Irwin, John B." 1977 12 512 Books and the Sky "The First Three Minutes, Steven Weinberg" "Overbye, Dennis" 1977 12 517 Books and the Sky "Guidelines for Astronomy Courses, T. Michael Flick and others" "Dickinson, Terence" 1977 12 518 Books and the Sky "Astronomy for the Amateur, Vol. I: Planetary Astronomy, Rollin P. Van Vandt" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1977 12 521 Gleanings for ATMs A New Catadioptric Telescope -- II "Dilworth, Donald C." 1977 12 521 Gleanings for ATMs Change in Gleanings Editorship 1977 12 531 Observer's Page Rapid Changes in a Solar Prominence "Ammons, Doug" 1977 12 532 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1977 12 533 Observer's Page Notes on the Lunar Eclipse of September 27th 1977 12 536 Observer's Page Colorful Groupings of the Bright Planets 1978 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Composite Eclipse Photograph 1978 1 3 Letters Letter "Griffiths, Richard E." 1978 1 3 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1978 1 4 Feature Kowal's Strange Slow-Moving Object "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 1 6 Amateur Astronomers North America's Partial Eclipse 1978 1 9 Feature Budapest Finally Gets Its Big Planetarium "Schalk, Gyula" 1978 1 13 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 1 14 Comet Digest Comet Arend-Rigaux: Not Dead Yet "Degewij, Johan" 1978 1 15 Feature October's Partly Cloudy Solar Eclipse 1978 1 19 News Notes van den Bergh to Victoria 1978 1 19 News Notes Solar Energy's Day in the Sun 1978 1 19 News Notes The Petrozavodsk Phenomenon 1978 1 19 News Notes Millarville Meteorite 1978 1 20 Astronomical Scrapbook The Four Lives of a 60-inch Reflector "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 1 23 Feature A Universe of Stamps -- II "Young, George G." 1978 1 27 Feature The NASA Dilemma: What Price Space? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1978 1 31 Feature Quasars in Ultraviolet -- Comparing Oranges and Oranges "Overbye, Dennis" 1978 1 37 Amateur Astronomers Meteor Monitoring Is Meaningful 1978 1 39 Amateur Astronomers Free Telescopes 1978 1 46 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 1 47 Feature Events of 1978 in the Graphic Time Table 1978 1 56 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 1 58 Celestial Calendar "Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in 1978" 1978 1 59 Celestial Calendar The Planet Mercury During 1978 "Victor, Robert C." 1978 1 60 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 1 64 Books and the Sky "The Structure of the Universe, Jayant Narlikar" "Arp, Halton C." 1978 1 65 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Astronomy, Ronald A. Oriti and William B. Starbird" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1978 1 68 Books and the Sky "Apollo Soyuz, Walter Froehlich" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1978 1 69 Books and the Sky "Celestial Horizons, John C. Rosemergy" "Rush, William F." 1978 1 73 Books and the Sky "Creation by Natural Law: Laplace's Nebular Hypothesis in American Thought, Ronald L. Numbers" "DeVorkin, David H." 1978 1 75 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, Frank N. Bash" "Annett, Clarence H." 1978 1 78 Gleanings for ATMs The Precise Adjustment of an Equatorial Mounting "Souther, B. L." 1978 1 86 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1978 "Dunham, David W." 1978 1 92 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 2 100 Feature Forefathers of the MMT "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1978 2 103 Feature Astronomy in Venezuela Today "Alvarez, Hector" "MacConnell, Darrell J." 1978 2 106 News Notes A New Cluster of Galaxies 1978 2 106 News Notes Chinese-American Astronomer 1978 2 106 News Notes More About Chiron 1978 2 106 News Notes Occultations by Neptune 1978 2 106 News Notes Viking amid Martian Frost 1978 2 107 News Notes The Dwarf Nova V442 Centauri 1978 2 107 News Notes A Quasar in a Galaxy 1978 2 108 News Notes How Large Is the Sun? 1978 2 108 News Notes Pioneer 11 and Saturn 1978 2 109 Feature Planetary Mapping with the Airbrush "Batson, Raymond M." 1978 2 113 Feature A Search for Exploding Black Holes "Porter, Neil A." "Weekes, Trevor C." 1978 2 115 Feature The Anomalous Cepheid Masses "Cox, Arthur N." 1978 2 118 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 2 119 Letters Letter "Moses, A." 1978 2 119 Letters Letter "Labeyrie, Antoine" 1978 2 119 Letters Letter "Kiang, T." 1978 2 119 Letters Letter "Gerharz, Reinhold" 1978 2 120 Feature Milky Way Photographs from Queensland "Page, Arthur A." 1978 2 124 Feature An Almanac Ring from the Middle Ages "Moskowitz, Saul" 1978 2 126 Feature A Bright Future for the Night Sky "Pike, Robert" "Berry, Richard" 1978 2 133 Amateur Astronomers How To Fight Light-Pollution 1978 2 139 Amateur Astronomers Planetarians Meet in Ohio and Nebraska 1978 2 144 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 2 150 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 2 151 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Eastward Motion Resumes "Wenning, Carl [J.]" 1978 2 155 Celestial Calendar "Observing RT Aurigae, A Cepheid Variable" 1978 2 156 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 2 160 Books and the Sky "Pulsars, F. G. Smith" "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1978 2 162 Books and the Sky "Principles of Astronomy, Stanley P. Wyatt" "Mathews, Robert T." 1978 2 163 Books and the Sky "The Moon Book, Bevan M. French" "Westfall, John E." 1978 2 164 Books and the Sky "The Universe, Donald Goldsmith" "Grenchik, Raymond" 1978 2 165 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Galaxies, Simon Mitton" "Page, Thornton L." 1978 2 166 Books and the Sky "Sterne-Kosmos-Weltmodelle, Otto Heckmann" "Herrmann, Dieter B." 1978 2 173 Gleanings for ATMs Further Notes on Adjusting a Telescope "Souther, B. L." 1978 2 178 Gleanings for ATMs More About the Thumbwheel-Controlled Oscillator "West, John B." 1978 2 181 Observer's Page More About October's Solar Eclipse 1978 2 187 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 2 188 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1978 3 193 Front-Cover Photo Home-built Refractor in California 1978 3 195 Letters Letter "Wallerstein, George" 1978 3 195 Letters Letter "Kowal, Charles T." 1978 3 196 Feature Optical Remnant of the Supernova of 1181 "Bergh, Sidney van den" 1978 3 198 Feature Watching the Earth Move from Space "Wong, Cynthia" 1978 3 203 Feature "Cosmonauts, Astronauts, Spaceships Galore" 1978 3 206 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 3 207 Feature A Universe of Stamps -- III "Young, George G." 1978 3 211 Astronomical Scrapbook A Solar Eclipse Expedition in 1883 "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 3 213 News Notes Planetary Nebula with a Double Nucleus 1978 3 213 News Notes Meteorite Bonanza 1978 3 213 News Notes Fiber Optics in a Big Telescope 1978 3 214 News Notes Jerslev Meteorite 1978 3 214 News Notes Rotation of a Comet Nucleus 1978 3 215 News Notes Voyager Update 1978 3 215 News Notes Eavesdropping on the Earth 1978 3 216 Feature A Solar Observatory in the Canary Islands "Zirker, Jack B." 1978 3 218 Feature "Little Green Men, White Dwarfs, or What?" "Burnell, S. Jocelyn Bell" 1978 3 221 Amateur Astronomers Autumn Meetings 1978 3 222 Feature New Hampshire's Student-Run Planetarium "Milliken, Eleanor" 1978 3 224 Letters Letter "Cherrington Jr., Ernest H." 1978 3 227 Amateur Astronomers "Summer Camps in Idaho, West Germany, and New York" 1978 3 228 Amateur Astronomers "Summer Camps in Idaho, West Germany, and New York" "Vis, Tjalling" "Patsakos, George" "Rao, Joe" 1978 3 230 Amateur Astronomers Amateur and Planetarium Meetings This Spring 1978 3 236 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 3 242 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 3 246 Celestial Calendar Venus Enters the Evening Sky "Wenning, Carl [J.]" 1978 3 246 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 3 247 Celestial Calendar Total Lunar Eclipse 1978 3 249 Books and the Sky "Essentials of Astronomy, Lloyd Motz and Anneta Duveen" "Mumford, George S." 1978 3 251 Books and the Sky "Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, Vol. 40: Photo-Electronic Image Devices, B. L. Morgan, R. W. Airey, and D. McMulla" "Serkowski, Krzysztof" 1978 3 253 Books and the Sky "Pulsars, Richard N. Manchester and Joseph H. Taylor" "Terzian, Yervant" 1978 3 257 Gleanings for ATMs A California Amateur's 11-inch Refractor "Schroeder, Jeff R." 1978 3 265 Observer's Page Observed Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 3 268 Observer's Page Jupiter's Close Encounter with 1 Geminorum 1978 3 271 Observer's Page Recent Auroral Activity 1978 3 272 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 3 275 Observer's Page Pazmino's Cluster 1978 4 281 Front-Cover Photo Solar Collector in New Mexico 1978 4 283 Letters Letter "Chambliss, Carlson R." 1978 4 283 Letters Letter "Gursky, Herbert" 1978 4 283 Letters Letter "Soffen, Gerald A." 1978 4 284 Feature "Reflections Concerning Neptune's """"Ring""""" "Hoyt, William Graves" 1978 4 286 Feature Solar Thermal Test Facility "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1978 4 292 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 4 293 Comet Digest Photographs of Comet P/Arend-Rigaux "A'Hearn, Michael F." 1978 4 294 News Notes First Results from IUE 1978 4 294 News Notes How Many Satellites Has Saturn? 1978 4 294 News Notes "Makemson, Maud" 1978 4 295 Feature Photographs of Deep-Sky Objects "Vehrenberg, Hans" 1978 4 299 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- Hubble's Law "Evans, Aneurin" 1978 4 302 Feature A Small Image-Intensifier Spectrograph "Seeds, Michael A." "Horan, Stephen" 1978 4 303 Feature Michigan's Space Center and Model Solar System "Johnson, Nan" "Yoss, Kenneth M." 1978 4 306 Feature Henry Norris Russell and the H-R Diagram "Philip, A. G. Davis" "Green, Louis C." 1978 4 310 News Notes Almanac for Computers for the Year 1978 1978 4 314 Amateur Astronomers Syndicated Astronomical Newspaper Columns 1978 4 315 Amateur Astronomers Summer Gatherings in 1978 1978 4 324 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 4 330 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 4 333 Celestial Calendar Vesta Reaches Naked-Eye Brightness This Spring 1978 4 335 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 4 337 Books and the Sky "Native American Astronomy, Anthony F. Aveni, editor" "Krupp, E. C." 1978 4 341 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: Fundamentals and Frontiers, Robert Jastrow and Malcolm H. Thompson" "Ebbighausen, E. G." 1978 4 347 Gleanings for ATMs Star Images in the Presence of Aberrations "Blote, H. W. J." 1978 4 356 Observer's Page More Asteroid Occultations for 1978 1978 4 357 Observer's Page Problicom Discovery Prize 1978 4 358 Observer's Page A Very Old and Some Very Young Moons "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 4 358 Observer's Page A Very Old and Some Very New Moons 1978 4 362 Observer's Page Atmospheric Distortion of the Rising Moon 1978 4 364 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 5 369 Front-Cover Photo Herstmonceux Castle 1978 5 371 News Notes A. D. Thackeray 1978 5 372 Feature Variable Galactic Nuclei "Hamilton, Donald" "Keel, William C." "Nixon, J. F." 1978 5 375 Feature Touring in England "Reed, George" 1978 5 380 Astronomical Scrapbook Three Hundred Years of Satellite Eclipses "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 5 381 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 5 382 Letters Letter "Walker, Merle F." 1978 5 382 Letters Letter "Slettebak, Arne" 1978 5 382 Letters Letter "Upgren, Arthur R." 1978 5 382 Letters Letter "Ford, Bruce C." 1978 5 383 Letters Letter "Beattie, John R." 1978 5 383 Letters Letter "Matthijs, A. W. D." 1978 5 383 News Notes Two Unusual Minor Planets 1978 5 384 News Notes VLA Goes into Operation 1978 5 384 News Notes Variable Star Inside a Nebula 1978 5 384 News Notes Canadian Astrophysicist 1978 5 385 Feature An Amateur Radio Telescope -- I "Swenson Jr., George W." 1978 5 391 Feature A Universe of Stamps -- IV "Young, George G." 1978 5 395 Feature The H-R Diagram as an Astronomical Tool "Philip, A. G. Davis" "Green, Louis C." 1978 5 399 Feature Lady of the Night "Lutnes, John" 1978 5 401 Amateur Astronomers Which Films Are Worth Hydrogenating? "Lapointe, Mario" 1978 5 412 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 5 416 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 5 418 Celestial Calendar The May 8th Occultation of the Hyades "Dunham, David W." 1978 5 419 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 5 421 Books and the Sky "The Inner Planets, Clark R. Chapman" "Pike, Richard J." 1978 5 424 Books and the Sky "The New Cosmos, Albrecht Unsold" "Arny, Thomas" 1978 5 425 Books and the Sky "Mars and Its Satellites: A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, Jurgen Blunck" 1978 5 427 Books and the Sky "The Galaxy and the Local Group, R. J. Dickens and Joan E. Perry, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1978 5 433 Gleanings for ATMs Sidereal Conversion of a Heathkit Digital Clock "Gilbert, Richard E." 1978 5 436 Gleanings for ATMs Grinding a Clock Crystal "Dupuy, David L." 1978 5 439 Gleanings for ATMs Correcting Periodic Error in a Clock Drive "Faix, Louis J." 1978 5 446 Observer's Page Starry Scenes from the Southwest 1978 5 453 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 5 453 Observer's Page More Young Moon Sightings 1978 6 457 Front-Cover Photo Five Naked-Eye Planets 1978 6 459 Letters Letter "Ferrin, Ignacio" 1978 6 459 Letters Letter "Evans, David S." 1978 6 459 Letters Letter "Fairall, Anthony P." 1978 6 460 Feature A Forgotten Bicentenary: Johann Georg Soldner "Jaki, Stanley L." 1978 6 461 News Notes What Are Zwicky's Compact Galaxies? 1978 6 462 Feature The Spacelab 2 Mission "Rosendhal, J. D." 1978 6 464 Feature The Jiling Meteorite "Tsung, Thomas" 1978 6 466 Feature Exploring the Infrared Universe from Wyoming "Gehrz, Robert D." "Hackwell, John A." 1978 6 474 Astronomical Scrapbook "Innes, R. T. A, and Jupiter's Satellites" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 6 475 Feature An Amateur Radio Telescope -- II "Swenson Jr., George W." 1978 6 480 Feature Planetarium Design: A Winner Near Dallas "Rusk, James" 1978 6 481 Letters Letter "Weeks, Albert L." 1978 6 483 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 6 484 News Notes The Object in Front of NGC 1199 1978 6 484 News Notes Minor Planet Center To Move 1978 6 484 News Notes AS 239:A Slow Nova? 1978 6 485 News Notes How Big Are the Galilean Satellites? 1978 6 485 News Notes Huge Gas Shell Around Betelgeuse 1978 6 485 News Notes Meteoritic Night-Glow 1978 6 485 News Notes Kitt Peak Directorship 1978 6 486 Feature "The Total Eclipse of February 26, 1979" 1978 6 491 Amateur Astronomers From Kids to Quasars "Sperling, Norman" 1978 6 495 Amateur Astronomers Southwestern Planetarians Meet in Arkansas "Cotton, John L." 1978 6 497 Amateur Astronomers Pennsylvania Planetarian 1978 6 502 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 6 512 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 6 514 Celestial Calendar A Little Something for Everybody 1978 6 515 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 6 518 Books and the Sky "Planetary Satellites, Joseph A. Burns, editor" "Chapman, Clark R." 1978 6 520 Books and the Sky "The Evolution of Galaxies and Stellar Populations, Beatrice M. Tinsley and Richard B. Larson, editors" "Tifft, William G." 1978 6 523 Books and the Sky "Maria Mitchell, First Lady of American Astronomy, Helen L. Morgan" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1978 6 526 Books and the Sky "Astronomie selbst erlebt, Klaus Lindner" 1978 6 530 Gleanings for ATMs A Tangent Arm with a Specially Cut Cam "Hamon, Andre" 1978 6 533 Gleanings for ATMs A Reusable Pitch Mold "Raycraft, Alan" 1978 6 534 Gleanings for ATMs Man Versus Machine 1978 6 535 Gleanings for ATMs Experiments with Hydraulic Tracking "Fisher, Harold" 1978 6 539 Observer's Page Notes from Solar Observers 1978 6 543 Observer's Page Five Planets in the Evening Sky 1978 6 545 Observer's Page An Eastern Lunar Eclipse 1978 6 548 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 7 1 Front-Cover Photo NASA's New Infrared Observatory 1978 7 4 Feature Weather Prospects for February's Eclipse "Brooks, Edward M." 1978 7 5 News Notes An Unusual Minor Planet 1978 7 5 News Notes News of Chiron 1978 7 6 Feature An Echelle Spectrograph "Hearnshaw, John B." 1978 7 8 Feature An Echellogram of Saturn "Latham, David W." 1978 7 10 Letters Letter "Boeshaar, Gregory O." 1978 7 10 Letters Letter "Moore, A. Reed" 1978 7 10 Letters Letter "Lunsford, Bob" 1978 7 11 Letters Letter "King-Hele, Desmond" 1978 7 11 Letters Letter "Kloeppel, James Eugene" 1978 7 11 Letters Letter "Barlow, Boris V." 1978 7 12 News Notes M87's Massive Heart 1978 7 12 News Notes Mexican Centennial 1978 7 12 News Notes UU Sagittae and the Planetary Nebulae 1978 7 12 News Notes Bound for Venus 1978 7 15 Feature A Universe of Stamps -- V "Young, George G." "Green, Jack H." 1978 7 19 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 7 20 Feature Notes on the H-R Diagram "Philip, A. G. Davis" 1978 7 22 Feature The United Kingdom's Giant Infrared Reflector "Humphries, Colin M." 1978 7 25 Feature Progress on NASA's 3-meter Infrared Telescope "Smith, Gerald M." 1978 7 28 Feature An Amateur Radio Telescope -- III "Swenson Jr., George W." 1978 7 35 Amateur Astronomers "Astronomy Day"""" Sprouts Nationwide" "Sperling, Norman" 1978 7 44 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 7 48 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 7 50 Celestial Calendar A Notable Month for Occultations in Taurus "Morgan, Walter V." 1978 7 52 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 7 56 Books and the Sky "Pioneer Odyssey, Richard O. Fimmel, William Swindell, and Eric Burgess" "Jokipii, J. R." 1978 7 58 Books and the Sky "A Concise Encyclopedia of Astronomy, A. Weigert and H. Zimmermann" "Both, Ernst E." 1978 7 60 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Catalogues 1951-1975, Mike Collins, compiler" "Lang, Kenneth R." 1978 7 65 Gleanings for ATMs A Telescope with Variable Eyepiece Height "Cline, Jack" 1978 7 66 Gleanings for ATMs Mounting a Finder Scope "Hatfield, Larry S." 1978 7 67 Gleanings for ATMs Winter Observing from a Heated Dome "Sahula, Peter" 1978 7 67 Gleanings for ATMs Foucault Enigma "Smolek, Michael K." 1978 7 73 Gleanings for ATMs A Pipe Mount for Comet Seeking "Saulietis, Andy" "Maley, Paul D." 1978 7 75 Observer's Page Of Planets and Stars 1978 7 77 Observer's Page Major Auroras in Early May 1978 7 83 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1978 7 84 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1978 7 84 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 8 89 Front-Cover Photo Astronaut Memorial Hall 1978 8 92 Feature A Better Photograph of Coronal Streamers "Martinez, Johnnie" 1978 8 94 News Notes Aid for Solar Energy Users 1978 8 95 Feature Astronomy Education for the Space Coast "Hutton, Michael T." 1978 8 99 Astronomical Scrapbook An Elusive Asteroid: 719 Albert "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 8 101 Feature A New Look at Karl Jansky's Original Data "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1978 8 105 News Notes Solar Specialist 1978 8 105 News Notes Soviet Lunar Expert 1978 8 106 Feature Mars' Closest Approaches to Earth "Goffin, Edwin" "Meeus, Jean" 1978 8 107 Letters Letter "Woolf, Neville J." 1978 8 107 Letters Letter "Walborn, Nolan R." 1978 8 107 Letters Letter "Boss, Lewis J." 1978 8 108 News Notes More Rings Around Uranus 1978 8 108 News Notes Algol B Detected 1978 8 109 News Notes Atlas of a Nearby Galaxy 1978 8 109 News Notes Washington Astronomer 1978 8 110 News Notes Unusual Antarctic Meteorite 1978 8 110 News Notes Pluto's Possible Satellite 1978 8 110 News Notes Another X-ray Binary and Possible Black Hole 1978 8 110 News Notes A Near-Eastern Record of the Supernova of 1054 1978 8 111 Feature Riverside 1978: A Celebration of the First Decade "di Cicco, Dennis" 1978 8 114 Feature An Amateur Radio Telescope -- IV "Swenson Jr., George W." 1978 8 121 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 8 121 News Notes X-Rays from SS Cygni 1978 8 123 Amateur Astronomers The Rich Variety of Canadian Astronomy "Sperling, Norman" 1978 8 132 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 8 138 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 8 140 Celestial Calendar Perseid Prospects for Meteor Watchers 1978 8 141 Celestial Calendar Venus and the Moon on August 7th "Dunham, David W." 1978 8 142 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 8 144 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 15, Geoffrey Burbidge, David Layzer, and John G. Phillips, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1978 8 147 Books and the Sky "The Atlas of Mercury, Charles A. Cross and Patrick Moore" "Krumenaker, Lawrence" 1978 8 148 Books and the Sky "Decalages ver le Rouge et Expansion de l'Univers: l'Evolution des Galaxies et Ses Implications Cosmologiques, C. Balkowski and B" "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1978 8 155 Gleanings for ATMs Channeling Pitch Laps "Drohomer, William" 1978 8 156 Gleanings for ATMs Creativity and Computers "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1978 8 157 Gleanings for ATMs Some Forerunners of the Sellers Mount 1978 8 161 Gleanings for ATMs An Automatic Electronic Dewcap "Kussner, Conrad L." "Rogers, Van" 1978 8 168 Observer's Page More About Last March's Lunar Eclipse 1978 8 169 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation 1978 8 170 Observer's Page Eclipse Observations of Jovian Moons "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 8 172 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 8 173 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1978 9 177 Front-Cover Photo Phobos and Deimos 1978 9 180 Feature First World Astronomy Meeting in America "Osterbrock, Donald E." 1978 9 184 Feature The League Convenes in Madison "Sperling, Norman" 1978 9 186 Feature The Puzzling Moons of Mars "Veverka, Jospeh F." "Thomas, Peter" "Duxbury, Thomas" 1978 9 190 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 9 191 Feature New Observatories Designed for Public Viewing 1978 9 199 Feature Mapping Planetary Nebulae with the VLA "Hjellming, Robert M." "Bignell, Carl" "Balick, Bruce" 1978 9 201 Feature An Amateur Radio Telescope -- V "Swenson Jr., George W." "Yang, Kwang-Shi" 1978 9 207 Letters Letter "Copeland, Bennett S." 1978 9 207 Letters Letter "Anderson, Jay" 1978 9 207 Letters Letter "West, Richard M." 1978 9 207 Letters Letter "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1978 9 207 Letters Letter "Needham, Grenville" 1978 9 208 Letters Letter "Williams, John O." 1978 9 209 News Notes Runaway Star in Virgo 1978 9 209 News Notes Forecasting the Next Sunspot Maximum 1978 9 210 News Notes Herculina as a Double Asteroid 1978 9 210 News Notes Pacific Meteorite Fall? 1978 9 211 News Notes Pluto's Satellite 1978 9 211 News Notes Is the Solar System Heading into an Interstellar Cloud? 1978 9 211 News Notes Belated Comet 1978 9 211 News Notes Age of the Geminid Meteor Stream 1978 9 212 News Notes Calibrating Quasars 1978 9 215 Amateur Astronomers Computers and the Amateur Astronomer "Johnston, William D." 1978 9 224 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 9 230 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 9 234 Celestial Calendar An Exceptional Occultation of the Hyades 1978 9 237 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 9 240 Books and the Sky "Discovering Astronomy, R. D. Chapman" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1978 9 242 Books and the Sky Mars At Last! Mark Washburn "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1978 9 243 Books and the Sky "This Wild Abyss, Gale E. Christianson" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1978 9 245 Books and the Sky "From Vinland to Mars, Richard S. Lewis" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1978 9 249 Gleanings for ATMs Mirror Making at Macalester College "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1978 9 257 Observer's Page An Album of Planetary Groupings 1978 9 267 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 9 268 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1978 10 273 Front-Cover Photo Moon and Venus Conjunction 1978 10 276 Feature The Origin of NASA: A 20-Year Perspective "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1978 10 279 Feature American Astronomers Visit China -- I "Goldberg, Leo" 1978 10 283 News Notes A Study of Sirius 1978 10 283 News Notes Earliest Life? 1978 10 283 News Notes Scientists for Spacelabs 1 and 2 1978 10 284 News Notes Missions to the Planets 1978 10 284 News Notes Daytime Sky Phenomenon 1978 10 284 News Notes 1978 Spectroscopic Binaries 1978 10 285 Letters Letter "Grossmann, Martin" 1978 10 285 Letters Letter "Page, Thornton L." 1978 10 285 News Notes Notes on Some Asteroids 1978 10 286 Feature A New Absolute Calibration of Vega "Lockwood, G. W." "White, N. M." "Tug, H." 1978 10 290 Feature An Amateur Radio Telescope -- VI "Swenson Jr., George W." 1978 10 294 Astronomical Scrapbook "de Morgan's, August, Budget of Paradoxes" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 10 295 Feature A Sampler of Personal Observatories "Schricker, Don" "Worrick, Charles" "Cortes R., Manuel" 1978 10 295 Feature A Sampler of Personal Observatories 1978 10 299 Feature Modeling and Mapping Phobos "Turner, Ralph" 1978 10 304 Feature Telling Time With Dolphins 1978 10 305 Feature Einstein at the Royal Society "Overbye, Dennis" 1978 10 306 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 10 309 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions Galore 1978 10 309 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Conventions Galore 1978 10 320 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 10 326 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 10 329 Celestial Calendar Two Fine Variable Stars Ready to Perform 1978 10 330 Celestial Calendar Sunrise at the Moon's Straight Wall 1978 10 331 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 10 334 Books and the Sky "In Search of Ancient Astronomies, E. C. Krupp, editor" "Hicks III, Robert D." 1978 10 337 Books and the Sky "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy, Simon Mitton, editor-in-chief" "Olowin, R. P." 1978 10 338 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey, William K. Hartmann" "Annett, Clarence H." 1978 10 345 Gleanings for ATMs New Directions for an Old Hobby? "di Cicco, Dennis" 1978 10 356 Observer's Page A Telescope for Solar Photography "Rouviere, Francois" 1978 10 361 Observer's Page A Midsummer Night's Conjunction 1978 10 363 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 10 364 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1978 11 369 Front-Cover Photo Space Shuttle Fuel Tank 1978 11 372 Feature On the Road with the Space Shuttle 1978 11 380 Feature Why Is the Brightest Lunar Crater Named Aristarchus? "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1978 11 383 Feature American Astronomers Visit China -- II "Goldberg, Leo" 1978 11 387 Letters Letter "Dunham, David W." 1978 11 387 Letters Letter "Smolek, Michael K." 1978 11 387 Letters Letter "Marsden, Brian G." 1978 11 388 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 11 389 Feature The Structure and Evolution of NGC 5128 "Dufour, Reginald J." "Bergh, Sidney van den" 1978 11 395 News Notes Observing Time at Cloudcroft 1978 11 396 Feature Waiting for HEAO B "Overbye, Dennis" 1978 11 397 Feature The Distances of VV Cephei and Epsilon Aurigae "Kamp, Peter van de" 1978 11 399 News Notes "22,000 Stellar Spectra" 1978 11 399 News Notes Asteroids and Planet X 1978 11 400 Feature John Goodricke and His Variable Stars "Gilman, Carolyn" 1978 11 404 News Notes Nova Cygni 1978 1978 11 405 News Notes Ra-Shalom 1978 11 405 News Notes Listening with the Big Ear 1978 11 405 News Notes Two Cepheids of Very Long Period? 1978 11 405 News Notes Successful Preventive Surgery on the 40-inch Yerkes Objective 1978 11 406 News Notes Change in Uranus' Atmosphere 1978 11 406 News Notes How Far Are the Nearest Galaxies? 1978 11 409 Amateur Astronomers The International Union of Amateur Astronomers "Sperling, Norman" 1978 11 424 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 11 428 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 11 433 Celestial Calendar November's Well-Placed Occultation of Aldebaran 1978 11 434 Celestial Calendar Conjunctions of the Jovian Moons 1978 11 434 Celestial Calendar Jupiter Satellite Eclipses 1978 11 435 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 11 439 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: Principles and Practices, A. E. Roy and D. Clarke" 1978 11 439 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: Structure of the Universe, A. E. Roy and D. Clarke" 1978 11 439 Books and the Sky Book Review "Birney, D. Scott" 1978 11 443 Books and the Sky "Beyond the Moon, Paolo Maffei" "Page, Thornton L." 1978 11 444 Books and the Sky "Mission to Earth: Landsat Views the World, Nicholas M. Short, Paul D. Lowman, Jr., Stanley C. Freden, and William A. Finch, Jr." "Pike, Richard J." 1978 11 455 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on a 16-inch Astrometric Reflector "Penhallow, William S." 1978 11 457 Gleanings for ATMs Miniature Telescopes "Covey, John R." 1978 11 460 Gleanings for ATMs A New Way To Make Pinhole Light Sources 1978 11 461 Gleanings for ATMs More on Contact Lenses "Bowen O.D., Keith P." 1978 11 462 Gleanings for ATMs Astrophotography with a Poncet Mounting "Entrop, Hubert A." 1978 11 465 Observer's Page Are the Perseids Improving 1978 11 473 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 11 476 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1978 12 481 Front-Cover Photo An Array of Star Atlases 1978 12 484 Feature Encounters with Venus "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1978 12 487 Feature Alberta's Roving Planetarium "Musgrave, John Brent" 1978 12 490 Feature X-Ray Astronomy with HEAO 1 "Friedman, Herbert" "Wood, Kent S." 1978 12 495 Feature Updating Goethe Link Observatory "Honeycutt, R. Kent" "Kephart, J. E." "Henden, Arne A." 1978 12 497 News Notes Gamma Rays from the Galactic Center 1978 12 497 News Notes First Glimpse of Uranus' Rings 1978 12 497 News Notes Well-Deserved Nobel Prize 1978 12 497 News Notes The Tunguska Event and Encke's Comet 1978 12 498 News Notes Michigan Astronomer 1978 12 498 News Notes Extraterrestrial Particles in Deep-Sea Sediments 1978 12 499 Feature In Search of X-Ray Quasars "Bradt, Hale" "Margon, Bruce" 1978 12 504 Feature Western Amateurs Meet in California "Yantis, William F." 1978 12 506 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1978 12 507 Feature Some Selected Sky Charts for the Amateur "Larson, William J." 1978 12 515 Astronomical Scrapbook The Curious Career of Leo Brenner "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1978 12 517 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1978 12 517 Letters Letter "Lowe, Andrew" 1978 12 517 Letters Letter "Tangherlini, Frank R." 1978 12 517 Letters Letter "Standing, William H." 1978 12 517 Letters Letter "Warner, Brian" 1978 12 517 Letters Letter "Gordon, Rodger W." 1978 12 518 Feature "Behind the Scenes at """"Sky and Telescope""""" "Shawcross, William E." 1978 12 525 Amateur Astronomers Checking Out Club Telescopes 1978 12 527 Amateur Astronomers Update on Astronomy Days 1978 12 527 Amateur Astronomers Photo Contest 1978 12 534 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1978 12 544 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1978 12 546 Celestial Calendar Occultations by the Moon and Two Asteroids "Dunham, David W." 1978 12 548 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1978 12 551 Books and the Sky "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: SETI, Philip Morrison, John Billingham, and John Wolfe, editors" "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1978 12 553 Books and the Sky "Closeup: New Worlds, Ben Bova and Trudy Bell, editors" "Dickinson, Terence" 1978 12 555 Books and the Sky "Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium, Lyman Spitzer, Jr." "Cohen, Martin" 1978 12 558 Books and the Sky "Astronomy Now, Jay M. Pasachoff" "Koegler, Claire Ann" 1978 12 566 Gleanings for ATMs A Drive Control in an Ammo Box "Koolish, Richard M." 1978 12 569 Gleanings for ATMs "The """"Hairbrush"""" Telescope Mirror" "Mobsby, Eric G. H." 1978 12 577 Celestial Calendar September's Total Lunar Eclipse 1978 12 582 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1978 12 583 Observer's Page Notes on Some Auroral Activity 1978 12 588 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 1 1 Front-Cover Photo On the Plains of San Augustin 1979 1 4 Feature The Mystery of Vega "Wisniewski, Wieslaw Z." "Johnson, Harold L." 1979 1 7 Feature An Artist's Astronomical Odyssey "Pander, Henk" 1979 1 11 News Notes Variable Stars in the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy 1979 1 11 News Notes The Variability of R Puppis 1979 1 11 News Notes The Moons of Mars 1979 1 12 News Notes Mass Loss from Red Stars 1979 1 12 News Notes Enlargement of the Earth's Shadow at Lunar Eclipses 1979 1 12 News Notes Einstein in Orbit 1979 1 13 Feature The Ultimate Fate of the Universe "Islam, Jamal N." 1979 1 19 Feature On Teaching Observational Astronomy "di Cicco, Dennis" 1979 1 21 Feature Video Techniques in Comet-Debris Studies "Millman, Peter M." "Clifton, K. Stuart" 1979 1 24 Feature Project: Universe "Pierce, David A." 1979 1 26 Feature Is M82 Really Exploding? "Morrison, Philip" 1979 1 32 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 1 33 Letters Letter "Blake, W. Russell" 1979 1 33 Letters Letter "Mayer, Ernst H." 1979 1 33 Letters Letter "Muller, Peter" 1979 1 33 Letters Letter "Nash, Graeme" 1979 1 34 Letters Letter "Baroni, S." "Cavagna, Marco" 1979 1 34 Letters Letter "Hoskin, Michael A." 1979 1 35 Letters Letter "Hodgson, William Dave" 1979 1 35 Letters Letter "Hibner, D. H." 1979 1 35 Letters Letter "Fries, Allan G." 1979 1 35 Letters Letter "Bisard, Walter J." 1979 1 36 Feature Partial Phases of February's Solar Eclipse 1979 1 42 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Observers Meet "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 1 54 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 1 55 Feature Events of 1979 in the Graphic Time Table 1979 1 64 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 1 66 Celestial Calendar A 1979 Guide to the Not-So-Conspicuous Planets 1979 1 68 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 1 72 Books and the Sky "Skylab, Classroom in Space, Lee B. Summerlin, editor" "Marsden, Irving G." 1979 1 73 Books and the Sky "A Guide to the Literature of Astronomy, Robert A. Seal" "Sperling, Norman" 1979 1 75 Books and the Sky "A Handbook of Quasistellar and BL Lacertae Objects, Eric R. Craine" "Liller, William" 1979 1 77 Books and the Sky "Illustrated Glossary for Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, A. Bruzek and C. J. Durrant, editors" "Kalkofen, Wolfgang" 1979 1 79 Books and the Sky "Skylab Explores the Earth, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center" "Brooks, Edward M." 1979 1 87 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable 16-inch of Great Steadiness "Dischner, Brad" 1979 1 92 Gleanings for ATMs Almost a Null Test for Paraboloids "Barrett, Andrew" 1979 1 97 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1979 "Dunham, David W." 1979 1 103 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 1 105 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1979 1 108 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 2 113 Front-Cover Photo Cape Cod from Landsat 1979 2 116 Feature A Tale of Two Eclipses "Marschall, Laurence A." 1979 2 119 Feature Pioneer Venus: A First Report "Loudon, Jim" 1979 2 123 News Notes Veneras on Venus 1979 2 124 News Notes The Great Toba Eruption 1979 2 124 News Notes The Visual Binary Star Alpha Fornacis 1979 2 124 News Notes Emission Lines in the Spectrum of Vega? 1979 2 124 News Notes Cyclonic Storm on Mars 1979 2 125 News Notes Glass Eye for the Space Telescope 1979 2 125 News Notes Implications of an Orbiting Solar Power Station 1979 2 126 Feature Examining Planet Earth "Sperling, Norman" 1979 2 132 Feature The Strange RS Canum Venaticorum Binary Stars "Zeilik, Michael" "Hall, Douglas S." "Feldman, Paul A." 1979 2 138 Feature The Atkinson Sundial at Indiana University "Hazelrigg, Hugh C." 1979 2 141 Astronomical Scrapbook The Star Photographs of Lewis M. Rutherfurd "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 2 142 Feature Measuring Radial Velocities with an Objective Prism "Gieseking, Frank" 1979 2 145 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 2 146 Feature Testing Gravity in a Binary Pulsar "Overbye, Dennis" 1979 2 149 Amateur Astronomers Last-Minute Eclipse Notes 1979 2 154 Amateur Astronomers A Brazilian Observatory's 30th Anniversary "Nicolini, Jean" 1979 2 155 Amateur Astronomers Two New Movies 1979 2 160 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 2 166 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 2 168 Celestial Calendar Bright Stars and Planets During Totality "Victor, Robert C." 1979 2 170 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 2 173 Books and the Sky "Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites, A. H. Delsemme, editor" "Bowell, Edward" 1979 2 176 Books and the Sky "A Handbook of Radio Sources, A. G. Pacholczyk" "Liller, William" 1979 2 179 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors, Hans Vehrenberg" "Mayer, Ben" 1979 2 185 Gleanings for ATMs Report of a Belgian Telescope Maker "Cardoen, Dany" 1979 2 192 Gleanings for ATMs Recording the Time on Astronomical Photographs "Allen, Richard P." 1979 2 197 Observer's Page Astrophotography: Planning Pays Off "Healy, David" 1979 2 204 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 2 205 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 3 209 Front-Cover Photo Homing in on Jupiter 1979 3 212 Feature The Committee of 10 "Bishop, Jeanne E." 1979 3 215 Feature L'Observatoire Astronomique du Quebec "Demers, Serge" 1979 3 217 Feature ESA Update: Spacelab and Ariane "Lewis, Richard S." 1979 3 220 Feature Mutual Occultations of Planets: 1557 to 2230 "Albers, Steven C." 1979 3 222 News Notes Galileo's Drawings of the Moon 1979 3 223 Feature Making It in Monterey "Overbye, Dennis" 1979 3 231 Feature Filters to Pierce the Nighttime Veil "di Cicco, Dennis" 1979 3 239 Feature A Visit to Paris Observatory "Lopez, Victor" 1979 3 241 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- Cepheid Variables and the Cosmic Distance Scale "Pasachoff, Jay M." "Goebel, Ronald W." 1979 3 245 Books and the Sky Book Review "Kresak, Lubor" 1979 3 245 Letters Letter "Kearns, Mark" 1979 3 245 Letters Letter "Simpson, Roger K." 1979 3 245 Letters Star Struck "Ruga, Lucille" 1979 3 246 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 3 247 News Notes Precision Radial Velocities of Stars 1979 3 247 News Notes Barnard's Star Updated 1979 3 248 News Notes IAU Membership 1979 3 248 News Notes The Alpha Capricornid Meteors 1979 3 249 News Notes Past and Future Orbit of Chiron 1979 3 249 News Notes Italian Solar Expert 1979 3 249 News Notes Alpha and Proxima Centauri 1979 3 249 News Notes 155 Pulsars 1979 3 253 Amateur Astronomers Exploring Astronomy for Youth 1979 3 256 Amateur Astronomers Amateur and Education Meetings This Spring 1979 3 264 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 3 270 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 3 272 Celestial Calendar Some Notes for Occultation Observers "Dunham, David W." 1979 3 276 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 3 276 Celestial Calendar Eclipses of Rhea 1979 3 279 Books and the Sky "Stars: Their Birth, Life, and Death, Iosif S. Shklovskii" "Trimble, Virginia" 1979 3 282 Books and the Sky "The Handbook of Solar Flare Monitoring & Propagation Forecasting, Carl M. Chernan" "Hossfield, Casper H." 1979 3 284 Books and the Sky "Orbital Motion, A. E. Roy" "Meeus, Jean" 1979 3 287 Books and the Sky "The New Astronomy, Paul Muirdin and Lesley Murdin" "Cohen, Nathaniel" 1979 3 294 Gleanings for ATMs The Hastings-Byrne 6 1/4-inch Refractor "Church, John A." 1979 3 303 Observer's Page 'Twas the Morning After Christmas... 1979 3 309 Observer's Page Observed Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 3 311 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 3 316 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 4 321 Front-Cover Photo Rho Ophiuchi Nebula 1979 4 324 Feature The Soviet RATAN-600 Radio Telescope "Korolkov, D. V." "Pariiskii, Yu. N." 1979 4 330 Feature Organic Clues in Carbonaceous Meteorites "Pellegrino, Charles R." "Stoff, Jesse A." 1979 4 333 Letters Letter "Shurman, Michael M." 1979 4 333 Letters Letter "Pierce, David A." 1979 4 333 Letters Letter "Russell, Christopher T." 1979 4 333 Letters Letter "Nichelson, Oliver" 1979 4 333 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1979 4 333 Letters Letter "Dawson, John M." 1979 4 333 Letters Letter "Dessler, A. J." 1979 4 333 Letters Letter "Hamilton, Thomas W." 1979 4 334 Front-Cover Photo Galileo Galilei 1979 4 334 News Notes AAS Moves to Washington 1979 4 334 News Notes Catalogue of Cometary Orbits 1979 4 334 News Notes The Nucleus of NGC 1275 1979 4 334 News Notes Toronto 1979 4 335 News Notes X-Rays from the Orion Trapezium 1979 4 335 News Notes Unusual Variable Star 1979 4 335 News Notes Morasko Meteorite Craters 1979 4 335 News Notes "NASA to Japan: """"Just in Case ...""""" 1979 4 336 Feature Ken Mattingly Planetarium "Gegen, Doug" "Simonsen, Erik" 1979 4 338 Feature Antennas for Amateur Radio Interferometers "Swenson Jr., George W." 1979 4 342 Astronomical Scrapbook Some British Amateurs of the Golden Age "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 4 343 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 4 344 Feature Early Reports on the Solar Eclipse 1979 4 346 Feature Dateline: Jupiter "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 4 347 Feature Solid Particles in Space "Knacke, Roger" 1979 4 354 Feature Astrophotography with Unsharp Masking "Malin, David F." "Zealey, William J." 1979 4 361 Amateur Astronomers Astronomical Conventions This Summer 1979 4 368 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 4 374 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 4 376 Celestial Calendar Conjunctions of Asteroids with Bright Stars 1979 4 377 Celestial Calendar Two Occultations in April 1979 4 378 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 4 381 Books and the Sky "The Restless Universe, Harry L. Shipman" 1979 4 381 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Evolution, George B. Field, Gerrit L. Verschuur, and Cyril Ponnamperuma" 1979 4 381 Books and the Sky Book Review "Irwin, John B." 1979 4 381 Books and the Sky "Journey Through the Universe, Thomas L. Swihart" 1979 4 383 Books and the Sky "Guide to Mars, Patrick Moore" "Capen, Virginia Watkins" 1979 4 385 Books and the Sky "Man and the Stars, Hanbury Brown" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1979 4 388 Books and the Sky "Astronaut Observations from the Apollo-Soyuz Mission, Farouk El-Baz" "Macdonald, Norman J." 1979 4 392 Gleanings for ATMs Driving a Telescope with Wood Putty "Bartels, Mel" 1979 4 395 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Technique for Recording the Sun's Spectrum "Schmiedeck, Walter" 1979 4 401 Observer's Page Unusual Pages from the Observers' Notebook 1979 4 411 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 4 412 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 5 417 Front-Cover Photo "Jupiter, Io, and Europa" 1979 5 420 Feature E. E. Barnard and the Comet-Seeker Hoax of 1891 "Lankford, John" 1979 5 423 Feature Far-Out Worlds of Voyager 1 -- I "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 5 423 Feature The Far-Out Worlds of Voyager 1 - I "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 5 428 News Notes Einstein: A Centenary Exhibition 1979 5 428 News Notes Japanese Astronomer 1979 5 428 News Notes Precise Positions of Mercury by Radio 1979 5 428 News Notes Pallas Surveyed 1979 5 429 News Notes What Is Going On in SS 433? 1979 5 429 News Notes Diameter of Aldebaran 1979 5 429 News Notes A New Eclipsing Variable 1979 5 430 News Notes Canadian Astronomer 1979 5 430 News Notes X-Rays from Kepler's Supernova 1979 5 430 News Notes New Saturnian Satellites? 1979 5 430 News Notes Margaret Harwood 1979 5 431 Feature The Eclipse in the Northwest 1979 5 438 Feature IUE and the Search for a Lukewarm Corona "Pasachoff, Jay M." "Linsky, Jeffrey L." "Haisch, Bernhard M." 1979 5 444 Letters Letter "Davidson, Gerald T." 1979 5 444 Letters Letter "Glaser, Peter E." 1979 5 444 Letters Letter "Maag, Russell C." 1979 5 444 Letters Letter "Ludington, E. Whit" 1979 5 444 Letters Letter "Wadsworth, Arthur J." 1979 5 444 Letters Letter "Young, Andrew T." 1979 5 445 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 5 445 Letters Letter "Siok, Stephen C." 1979 5 445 Letters Letter "Spargo, Jonathan C." 1979 5 445 Letters Letter "Flescher, Eric Z." 1979 5 446 Feature What Are X-Ray Bursters? "Lewin, Walter H. G." "Paridijs, Jan van" 1979 5 456 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 5 458 Celestial Calendar R Draconis: A Fine Circumpolar Variable 1979 5 459 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 5 464 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 5 471 Books and the Sky "Project Daedalus, A. Bond and others" 1979 5 471 Books and the Sky "The Road to the Stars, Iain Nicolson" 1979 5 471 Books and the Sky Book Review "Michaud, Michael A. G." 1979 5 473 Books and the Sky "Crystals in the Sky, Travis Hudson and Ernest Underhay" "Eddy, John A." 1979 5 474 Books and the Sky "Sky and Sextant, John P. Budlong" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1979 5 476 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Papers Dedicated to Bengt Strumgrem, A. Reiz and T. Andersen, editors" "Mathews, Robert T." 1979 5 487 Gleanings for ATMs An Altazimuth Observing Chair for Binoculars "Leifer, Bert" 1979 5 489 Gleanings for ATMs Aluminized Mylar as a Flux Collector "Gavin, Maurice V." 1979 5 491 Gleanings for ATMs Experiments with Vacuum-Formed Mirrors "Cock, Guillermo J." 1979 5 495 Observer's Page Airborne Eclipse Observing and the Moon's Shadow "di Cicco, Dennis" 1979 5 506 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 5 507 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 6 513 Front-Cover Photo Boston Sunset 1979 6 516 Feature Far-Out Worlds of Voyager 1 -- II "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 6 516 Feature The Far-Out Worlds of Voyager 1 - II "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 6 521 Feature Starmaking with Colliding Molecular Clouds "Loren, Robert B." "Vrba, Frederick J." 1979 6 526 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 6 527 Feature The X-Ray Eyes of Einstein "Overbye, Dennis" 1979 6 535 Feature A Bumper Crop of License Plates 1979 6 536 Feature Exposing the Analemma "di Cicco, Dennis" 1979 6 540 News Notes Supernova in Messier 100 1979 6 540 News Notes Supernova in NGC 3913 1979 6 541 News Notes The Nature of MWC 349 1979 6 541 News Notes Thomas Johnson Honored 1979 6 541 News Notes Two French Astronomers 1979 6 541 News Notes "30,760 Galaxies" 1979 6 542 Feature Space Shuttle: Problems and Progress "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 6 545 Astronomical Scrapbook The Diary of an Early American Amateur "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 6 550 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 6 552 Celestial Calendar A Dipperful of Fun 1979 6 553 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 6 558 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 6 569 Books and the Sky "Double Stars, Wulff D. Heintz" "Holden, Frank" 1979 6 570 Books and the Sky "Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Vols. 1, 2, and 3, Robert Burnham, Jr." "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 1979 6 573 Books and the Sky Book Review "Benton, William R." 1979 6 573 Books and the Sky "Investigations in Observatory Astronomy, Wayne A. Christianson, Ronald H. Kaitchuk, and Michelle D. Kaitchuk" 1979 6 573 Books and the Sky "Activities in Astronomy, Darrel B. Hoff, Linda J. Kelsey, and John S. Neff" 1979 6 577 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy in the Decorative Arts -- I 1979 6 578 Amateur Astronomers NASA Educator 1979 6 578 Amateur Astronomers Prominent California Amateur 1979 6 584 Gleanings for ATMs A Canadian Amateur's 15-inch Portable Reflector "Taylor, Michael M." 1979 6 592 Observer's Page February 26th Solar Eclipse: A Supplement 1979 6 595 Observer's Page Pluto Passes the Galaxy NGC 5248 1979 6 600 Observer's Page Partial Lunar Eclipse in March 1979 6 602 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 6 603 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Eclipse at Saturn 1979 7 4 Feature Next February's Total Solar Eclipse 1979 7 6 Feature Touring the Jai Singh Observatories "Mayer, Ben" 1979 7 11 News Notes Decade of Moon Rocks 1979 7 11 News Notes Guest Investigators at the Hale Observatories 1979 7 11 News Notes Star Clusters and Their Decay 1979 7 11 News Notes Nova Vulpeculae 1979 1979 7 12 News Notes Star Position Expert 1979 7 12 News Notes Supernova in Messier 100 1979 7 13 Feature Pioneers' Venus: More than Fire and Brimstone "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 7 16 Letters Letter "Vsekhsvyatskii, S." 1979 7 16 Letters Letter "Roth, Roger" 1979 7 16 Letters Letter "Lovi, George" 1979 7 16 Letters Letter "Kracht, Rainer" 1979 7 16 Letters Letter "Astley, Malcolm" 1979 7 17 Letters Letter "Bennett, Christopher A." 1979 7 17 Letters Letter "Hillenbrand, Robert" 1979 7 17 Letters Letter "Johnson, James L." 1979 7 17 Letters Letter "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1979 7 18 Feature Did the Solar System Start with a Bang? "Falk, Sydney W." "Schramm, David N." 1979 7 23 Feature Six New Eyes Peer from Mount Hopkins "Cornell, James" 1979 7 25 Feature Aids for the Calculating Astronomer 1979 7 28 Feature Apollo Remembered: Conference Notes from Houston "Page, Thornton L." 1979 7 29 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 7 29 Front-Cover Photo Swap Table at Stellafane 1979 7 30 Feature Exploring the Southern Sky "Overbye, Dennis" 1979 7 42 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 7 44 Celestial Calendar Seven Meteor Showers in July-August 1979 7 46 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 7 52 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 7 60 Books and the Sky "Space Art, Ron Miller, compiler" "Chartrand III, Mark R." 1979 7 62 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy and Cosmology, David L. Jauncey, editor" "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1979 7 63 Books and the Sky "Galileo at Work, Stillman Drake" "Gingerich, Owen" 1979 7 65 Books and the Sky "The Messier Album, John H. Mallas and Evered Kreimer" "Allen, David A." 1979 7 66 Books and the Sky "God and the Astronomers, Robert Jastrow" "Dutton, Denis" 1979 7 72 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy in the Decorative Arts -- II 1979 7 78 Gleanings for ATMs German Amateur's Solar Telescopes "Lammerer, Max" 1979 7 83 Gleanings for ATMs Combination Photometer and Telescope Guider 1979 7 83 Gleanings for ATMs A Combination Photometer and Telescope Guider "Minton, R. B." 1979 7 87 Observer's Page Making Polaroid Color Prints from Slides "Yuill, Lester" "Kimmel, Bob" 1979 7 90 Observer's Page Amateurs Record a Supernova in M100 1979 7 96 Observer's Page Isophotes of the Sun's Corona "Espenak, Fred" 1979 7 97 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1979 7 98 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 7 99 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 8 105 Front-Cover Photo Sun Treader 1979 8 108 Feature Glimpses of Ancient Japanese Astronomy "Saito, Kuniji" 1979 8 110 Feature Highlights from Riverside 1979 "Sinnott, Roger W." 1979 8 115 Letters Letter "Gursky, Herbert" 1979 8 115 Letters Letter "Gyulbudaghian, Armen L." 1979 8 115 Letters Letter "Hansen, Todd" 1979 8 115 Letters Letter "Palmer, E. Samuel" 1979 8 115 Letters Letter "Rainge, Roland" 1979 8 115 Letters Letter "Knight, Joshua W." 1979 8 115 Letters Letter "Lamprecht, Vera" 1979 8 116 Astronomical Scrapbook Story of the Bond Zones "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 8 117 Feature An Ohio Astronomer "Miller, Freeman D." 1979 8 118 Feature NASA's Search for the Solar Connection -- I "Chapman, Robert W." 1979 8 123 News Notes Ammonia in Other Galaxies 1979 8 123 News Notes Searching for Nonsolar Planets 1979 8 123 News Notes Loose Clusterings of Stars 1979 8 123 News Notes Moving a Schmidt Telescope 1979 8 123 News Notes Mexican Meteorite 1979 8 124 News Notes Measuring the Solar Rotation 1979 8 124 News Notes Music of the Spheres 1979 8 124 News Notes Optical and Infrared Telescopes for the 1990's 1979 8 125 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 8 125 News Notes Cassiopeia A: A Black Hole? 1979 8 126 Feature The Fate of a Kansas Meteorite Crater "Peck, Ellis" 1979 8 129 Feature The Emission Nebula IC 1396 in Cepheus 1979 8 130 Feature Measuring Diameters of Stars "Evans, David S." "Barnes, Thomas G." "Lacy, Claud H." 1979 8 135 Feature When Comets Were Discovered from Newark "Sperling, Norman" 1979 8 137 News Notes Double Star Observer 1979 8 142 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 8 144 Celestial Calendar September's Total Lunar Eclipse 1979 8 146 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 8 152 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 8 159 Books and the Sky "The Beginning of the Long Dash, Malcolm M. Thomson" "Markowitz, William" 1979 8 160 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 16, Geoffrey Burbidge, David Layzer, and John G. Phillips, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1979 8 163 Books and the Sky "Planetary Nebulae, Yervant Terzian, editor" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1979 8 167 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1979:The Biggest Yet "Sperling, Norman" 1979 8 171 Amateur Astronomers Amateur's Asteroid 1979 8 175 Gleanings for ATMs 16 1/2-inch Reflector with a Porthole-Glass Mirror 1979 8 175 Gleanings for ATMs A 16 1/2-inch Reflector with a Porthole-Glass Mirror "Schwaar, Pierre Y." 1979 8 180 Gleanings for ATMs Simple Polishing Test 1979 8 180 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Polishing Test "Carle, Jackson T." 1979 8 184 Observer's Page Enhancing Astronomical Photographs "Gorski, Alan B." 1979 8 187 Observer's Page Center of M31 1979 8 192 Observer's Page Photographs from the Observers' Notebook 1979 8 194 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 8 195 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 9 201 Front-Cover Photo Jovian Computer Simulation 1979 9 204 Feature Radar Imagery of Arizona's Meteor Crater "Pietsch, Roy" "Rasco Sr., William A." 1979 9 206 Feature Voyager's Encore Performance "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 9 217 Feature The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium "Ryder, Jeff" 1979 9 219 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Rotation of Mercury "Hoff, Darrel B." "Schmidt, Gary" 1979 9 220 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 9 223 Feature NASA's Search for the Solar Connection -- II "Chapman, Robert W." 1979 9 228 Feature Student Projects 1978-79 "Sperling, Norman" 1979 9 232 News Notes "Halley's Comet: Past, Present, and Future" 1979 9 232 News Notes Fourth Dominion Astronomer 1979 9 232 News Notes Pioneer Update 1979 9 232 News Notes Minor Planet Observer 1979 9 233 News Notes Soviet Moon Map 1979 9 234 Letters Letter "Wallner, Ed" 1979 9 234 Letters Letter "Lewin, Walter H. G." "Paridijs, Jan van" 1979 9 234 Letters Letter "Nicolson, Iain" 1979 9 234 Letters Letter "Howse, Derek" 1979 9 238 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 9 240 Celestial Calendar September: A Special Month for Occultations 1979 9 243 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 9 248 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 9 257 Books and the Sky "The Martian Landscape, Viking Lander Imaging Team" "Allen, Deborah" 1979 9 259 Books and the Sky "Panoptikum der Sterne, Max Waldmeier" "Both, Ernst E." 1979 9 261 Books and the Sky "Planetary Encounters, Robert M. Powers" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1979 9 264 Amateur Astronomers Harrisburg and Winnipeg Clubs Cope with Emergencies 1979 9 265 Amateur Astronomers Groundbreaking with a Bang "Butler, Mary Jane" 1979 9 267 Amateur Astronomers California Convention 1979 9 270 Gleanings for ATMs Mounting a 6-inch Tri-Schiefspiegler "Benson, Harold M." 1979 9 274 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Stargazing Through Mylar "Scarr D.V.M., Leonard W." 1979 9 280 Observer's Page Some Notes on Polar Alignment 1979 9 288 Observer's Page Fisheye View of the Summer Sky 1979 9 290 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 9 291 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 10 300 Feature Space-Age Spectroscopy with Optical Heterodynes "Goebel, Ronald W." 1979 10 302 News Notes New Galaxy of the Local Group? 1979 10 303 Feature Report from Breezy Hill "Keene, George T." 1979 10 307 Feature The Crossley Reflector: A Centennial Review -- I "Stone, Remington P. S." 1979 10 312 Feature First Report from the IAU 1979 10 314 Feature A New Look at Kitt Peak "Elliot, Jacquelyn" "Dittemore, Diane Dean" 1979 10 315 Feature Warming Up for the Solar Maximum Year "Rust, David M." 1979 10 319 Feature On a Mountain in Hawaii 1979 10 323 News Notes Cygnus X-1 and the Supernova of a.d. 1408 1979 10 324 Astronomical Scrapbook Next Transit of Venus "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 10 324 News Notes Bhaskara 1979 10 324 News Notes Observing Time on the NASA Infrared Telescope 1979 10 326 Feature Starlight in My Pocket "Mayer, Ben" 1979 10 329 Letters Letter "Lunsford, Danny" 1979 10 329 Letters Letter "Annett, Clarence H." 1979 10 329 Letters Letter "Brooks, Daniel E." 1979 10 330 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 10 330 Letters Letter "Piip, Ants" 1979 10 334 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 10 336 Celestial Calendar Unusual Gathering of the Superior Planets "Victor, Robert C." 1979 10 338 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 10 344 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 10 350 Books and the Sky "New Concise Atlas of the Universe, Patrick Moore" 1979 10 350 Books and the Sky "Exploration of the Solar System, William J. Kaufmann -- III" 1979 10 350 Books and the Sky Book Review "Westfall, John E." 1979 10 350 Books and the Sky Book Review "Van Zandt, Rollin P." 1979 10 351 Books and the Sky "The Large Scale Structure of the Universe, M. S. Longair and J. Einasto, editors" "Huchra, John P." 1979 10 353 Books and the Sky "The Structure of Planets, G. H. A. Cole" "Hartmann, William K." 1979 10 354 Books and the Sky "Applications of Early Astronomical Records, F. Richard Stephenson and David H. Clark" "Levine, Randolph H." 1979 10 359 Books and the Sky "Mars, Percival Lowell" "Hoyt, William Graves" 1979 10 362 Amateur Astronomers Scope for a Skywalker 1979 10 365 Amateur Astronomers This Fall's Astronomical Gatherings 1979 10 367 Gleanings for ATMs Hindle-Type Grinding Machine for Large Mirrors 1979 10 367 Gleanings for ATMs A Hindle-Type Grinding Machine for Large Mirrors "Germany, Septimus S." 1979 10 371 Gleanings for ATMs Porter's Reverie 1979 10 372 Gleanings for ATMs "Norman, Burton A., Dies" 1979 10 372 Gleanings for ATMs Riverside Proceedings 1979 10 377 Observer's Page Observed Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 10 388 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 10 389 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 11 396 Feature The Crossley Reflector: A Centennial Review -- II "Stone, Remington P. S." 1979 11 401 Feature Rendezvous with Saturn "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1979 11 405 Feature Observing Saturn from Pioneer 11 "Smith, Peter H." "Doose, Lyn R." 1979 11 407 Feature Amateur Astronomers Convene in Portland "Wilson, Kenneth" 1979 11 411 Feature "The Famous Eclipse of June 8, 1918" "Bracher, Katherine" 1979 11 414 Feature A New Look at Supernova Remnants "Weiler, Kurt W." 1979 11 419 Feature Scientific Notes from the IAU at Montreal 1979 11 422 Feature An R. F. Converter for Amateur Radio Astronomy "Swenson Jr., George W." "Franke, S. J." 1979 11 426 Letters Letter "Evans, David S." 1979 11 426 Letters Letter "Yeomans, Donald K." 1979 11 426 Letters Letter "Rathbun, Donald" 1979 11 426 Letters Letter "Lemay, Damien" 1979 11 427 News Notes Case of the Double Quasar 1979 11 427 News Notes Spectrum of Procyon 1979 11 428 News Notes New Mars Atlas 1979 11 428 News Notes New Nearby Galaxy 1979 11 429 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 11 429 News Notes Archaeoastronomy 1979 11 429 News Notes 70 Ophiuchi 1979 11 434 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 11 436 Celestial Calendar Venus in the Evening Sky "Victor, Robert C." 1979 11 437 Celestial Calendar Star To Be Occulted by an Asteroid "Maley, Paul D." 1979 11 438 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 11 444 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 11 452 Books and the Sky "Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record, Carl Sagan, F. D. Drake, Ann Druyan, Timothy Ferris, Jon Lomberg, and Linda S" "White, John" 1979 11 454 Books and the Sky "Structure and Properties of Nearby Galaxies, Elly M. Berkhuijsen and Richard Wielebinski, editors" "Faber, Sandra M." 1979 11 456 Books and the Sky "Mysterious Universe, William R. Corliss, compiler" 1979 11 464 Amateur Astronomers Some Amateur Conventions of Note 1979 11 464 Amateur Astronomers Some Amateur Conventions of Note "Peery, Richard" "Goldstein, Alan" "Sperling, Norman" 1979 11 467 Amateur Astronomers Association of Astronomy Educators 1979 11 473 Gleanings for ATMs Making an Aplanatic 4-inch Telescope "Turco, Edward" 1979 11 482 Observer's Page Observing Galaxies Visually -- I "Buta, Ronald J." 1979 11 491 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 11 492 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1979 12 497 Front-Cover Photo Unusual Lunar Eclipse 1979 12 500 Feature "Disappearances of Saturn's Rings, 1600-2100" "Schmidt, Richard E." 1979 12 503 Feature Blues for Apollo "Pelinka, David" 1979 12 505 Feature Palomar's Hale Telescope: The First 30 Years "Oke, J. B." 1979 12 510 Feature Does Anyone Understand SS 433? "Overbye, Dennis" 1979 12 517 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1979 12 517 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1979 12 518 Feature Peering Ahead in Astronomy "McDonough, Thomas R." 1979 12 523 Astronomical Scrapbook "Barnard, E. E. and the Globular Clusters" "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1979 12 524 Feature "What's New at """"Sky and Telescope""""" "Shawcross, William E." 1979 12 526 Feature Observatories for Students and Club Members 1979 12 532 News Notes New Saturnian Moons? 1979 12 532 News Notes New Jovian Moon? 1979 12 532 News Notes Motions of Stars in Messier 3 1979 12 532 News Notes Large Telescopes in Hawaii 1979 12 533 News Notes Length of the Martian Day 1979 12 533 News Notes Mission Beyond the Planets 1979 12 533 News Notes Ephemerides of Minor Planets for 1980 1979 12 534 Feature Starlight and Snowballs "Mayer, Ben" 1979 12 542 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1979 12 544 Celestial Calendar Year's End Occultation of Aldebaran 1979 12 545 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1979 12 545 Celestial Calendar Occultation by Doris 1979 12 550 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1979 12 562 Books and the Sky "Great Sundial Cutout Book, Robert Adzema and Mablen Jones" "Daniel, Christopher St. J. H." 1979 12 564 Books and the Sky "ESO Conference: Optical Telescopes of the Future, F. Pacini, W. Richter, and R. N. Wilson, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1979 12 575 Amateur Astronomers Through a Glass Colorfully 1979 12 582 Gleanings for ATMs 6-inch Binocular with Tilted Primary Mirrors 1979 12 582 Gleanings for ATMs A 6-inch Binocular with Tilted Primary Mirrors "Hale, Arthur H." 1979 12 590 Observer's Page September's Total Lunar Eclipse: A Pictorial Record "di Cicco, Dennis" 1979 12 595 Observer's Page Observing Galaxies Visually -- II "Buta, Ronald J." 1979 12 602 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1979 12 603 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1980 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Pic du Midi Observatory 1980 1 4 Feature Charles Piazzi Smyth at the Cape of Good Hope "Warner, Brian" 1980 1 6 Feature The French Quest for High Resolution "Rosch, Jean" "Dragesco, Jean" 1980 1 12 News Notes Bright Dots Inside Sunspots 1980 1 14 Letters Letter "Stone, Remington P. S." 1980 1 14 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1980 1 14 Letters Letter "Capen, Charles F." 1980 1 14 Letters Letter "Combes, Claude" 1980 1 14 Letters Letter "Hedervari, Peter" 1980 1 14 Letters Letter "Kelly, William R." "Wasserburg, G. J." 1980 1 15 Letters Letter "Kimpton, Chris" 1980 1 15 Letters Letter "Oliver, John P." 1980 1 15 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1980 1 15 Letters Letter "Brind'Amour, Pierre" 1980 1 16 Feature "80,000 Stars an Hour" "Humphreys, Roberta M." "Landau, Robert" 1980 1 17 News Notes Hottest White Dwarf 1980 1 18 Feature Imaging in Infrared "Herzog, Adrian" "Grasdalen, Gary L." "Hackwell, John A." 1980 1 19 Feature Stellar Radial Velocities: The Case of 1 Geminorum "Griffin, Roger F." 1980 1 23 Feature Personal Observatories Reflect Owner's Interests "Gavin, Maurice V." "Whyte, Tony" "Root, Nile" 1980 1 27 News Notes Far-Ultraviolet Study of the North America Nebula 1980 1 27 News Notes Giant Mirror Blank 1980 1 28 News Notes Solar Mission Readied 1980 1 28 News Notes Very Remote Globular Cluster 1980 1 29 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 1 29 News Notes Minor Planets 1958 and 2188 1980 1 30 Feature About Last September's Lunar Eclipse "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1980 1 36 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 1 38 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1980 "Dunham, David W." 1980 1 41 Celestial Calendar The Outermost Planets 1980 1 42 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 1 46 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 1 47 Feature Events of 1980 in the Graphic Time Table 1980 1 57 Books and the Sky "New Sun: The Solar Results from Skylab, John A. Eddy" "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1980 1 59 Books and the Sky "Nature and Origin of Meteorites, D. W. Sears" "Fireman, Edward L." 1980 1 60 Books and the Sky "Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 4, Edith A. Muller, editor" "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1980 1 61 Books and the Sky "Projects and Demonstrations in Astronomy, D. Tattersfield" 1980 1 64 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1980 1980 1 64 Amateur Astronomers California Conference with a Capacity Crowd 1980 1 64 Amateur Astronomers A California Conference with a Capacity Crowd "Parlette, Ralph W." "Pinschmidt, Penny" 1980 1 71 Gleanings for ATMs Volume Method for Finding Radius of Curvature 1980 1 71 Gleanings for ATMs The Volume Method for Finding Radius of Curvature "McGrath, Peter D." 1980 1 74 Gleanings for ATMs A Sturdy Junkyard Pier "Callahan, Chris" 1980 1 74 Gleanings for ATMs Sturdy Junkyard Pier 1980 1 78 Gleanings for ATMs Corrector Blanks 1980 1 78 Gleanings for ATMs Lens Cells of Label Tape "Polczyk, Stan" 1980 1 79 Gleanings for ATMs Homemade Pitch Mat "Magee, Robert J." 1980 1 79 Gleanings for ATMs Huge Pipe Fittings for an 8-inch Catadioptric "Tagliati, Giancarlo" 1980 1 80 Gleanings for ATMs Caution When Casting Lead "Lipofsky, Burton" 1980 1 83 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1980 "Dunham, David W." 1980 1 89 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1980 1 90 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 1 91 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1980 2 97 Front-Cover Photo Horsehead Region of Orion 1980 2 100 Feature The Story of Paris Observatory "Barthalot, Raymonde" 1980 2 108 Letters Letter "Rosch, Jean" 1980 2 108 Letters Letter "Fitzsimons, John F." 1980 2 108 Letters Letter "Margon, Bruce" 1980 2 109 Feature Cloudcroft Observatory Today "Schneeberger, Timothy J." "Worden, Simon P." "Africano, John" 1980 2 111 Feature Does the Sun's Luminosity Vary? "Foukal, Peter" 1980 2 114 News Notes Oldest Open Cluster 1980 2 115 Observer's Page Starlight Gallery "Mayer, Ben" 1980 2 119 Feature An Acre of Vegas 1980 2 120 News Notes Xi Cephei as a Close Binary 1980 2 120 News Notes Space Telescope Mirror 1980 2 121 News Notes Saturn's System 1980 2 121 News Notes Voyager 1 Radio Interruption 1980 2 121 News Notes Jupiter's Sulfur Ring 1980 2 122 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 2 123 Feature Teaching Astronomy with Computers "Carr, Claire J." "Carr, Everett Q." 1980 2 124 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1980 2 124 Letters Letter "Geldzahler, Barry" 1980 2 125 Astronomical Scrapbook Arizona Artist and an Anglo-Saxon Monk "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1980 2 130 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 2 132 Celestial Calendar Planetary Peregrinations in 1980 "Victor, Robert C." 1980 2 133 Celestial Calendar Pluto Occultation Update 1980 2 133 Celestial Calendar Satellites of Saturn "Victor, Robert C." 1980 2 134 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 2 140 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 2 147 Books and the Sky "Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, Vol. 1: Double Stars; Vol. 2: Planetary and Gaseous Nebulae, Kenneth Glyn Jones, edit" "Bortle, John E." 1980 2 148 Books and the Sky "Nicholas Copernicus On the Revolutions, Edward Rosen, translator and commentator" "Gingerich, Owen" 1980 2 150 Books and the Sky "Shuttle, Robert M. Powers" 1980 2 150 Books and the Sky "Space Shuttle, David Baker" 1980 2 150 Books and the Sky "Enterprise, Jerry Grey" 1980 2 150 Books and the Sky Book Review "Michaud, Michael A. G." 1980 2 157 Amateur Astronomers Spreading Out the Sun's Spectrum "Buchanan, Tom" 1980 2 163 Gleanings for ATMs Spin-offs of the Poncet Mounting 1980 2 170 Observer's Page A New Way to Photograph the Sun "Fuller, G. Carey" 1980 2 170 Observer's Page New Way to Photograph the Sun 1980 2 179 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 2 180 Observer's Page Lunar Crater Sizes 1980 3 185 Front-Cover Photo Einstein in the Park 1980 3 188 Feature "Optical and X-ray Outbursts of Aquila X-1, The" "Charles, Philip A." 1980 3 191 Letters Letter "Toone, John" 1980 3 191 Letters Letter "Saemundsson, Thorsteinn" 1980 3 191 Letters Letter "Huling Jr., John" 1980 3 191 Letters Letter "Irving, J. K." 1980 3 192 Feature What Is a Rich-Field Telescope? "Shaw, Glenn E." 1980 3 194 News Notes "1,980 Double Stars" 1980 3 195 Feature A Bubble in Space: The Shell of NGC 2359 "Schneps, Matthew H." "Wright, Ned" 1980 3 200 Feature The Story of oi 341 "Batten, Alan H." 1980 3 203 Feature Putting the Stars at Einstein's Feet "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" "Schmidt, Richard E." "Berks, R." 1980 3 207 Feature Newton's Telescope Revealed "Bishop, Roy L." 1980 3 208 News Notes Rotating Nucleus of Periodic Comet Encke 1980 3 209 News Notes Shuttle Delay Lengthens 1980 3 209 News Notes Unusual Object NGC 6240 1980 3 209 News Notes How Large Is Pluto? 1980 3 209 News Notes Distinguished Amateur 1980 3 210 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 3 210 News Notes Albireo as a Triple Star 1980 3 210 News Notes Ariane Launch 1980 3 212 Feature Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Astronomer's Astronomer "Whitney, Charles A." 1980 3 218 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 3 220 Celestial Calendar "Saturn: Rings Disappear, Moons Play Tag" 1980 3 223 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 3 228 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 3 235 Books and the Sky Book Review "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1980 3 235 Books and the Sky "Dictionary of Astronomy, Space, and Atmospheric Phenomena, David F. Tver" 1980 3 235 Books and the Sky "Man's View of the Universe: A Pictorial History, Gerald E. Tauber" 1980 3 237 Books and the Sky "Chariots for Apollo, Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr." "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1980 3 246 Amateur Astronomers Where Is Everybody Going This Year? 1980 3 251 Gleanings for ATMs Further Notes on the Poncet Platform 1980 3 258 Observer's Page Good Year for the Geminids 1980 3 266 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 3 267 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1980 4 273 Front-Cover Photo Pioneer's Saturn 1980 4 276 Feature Measuring the Diameter of Juno "Dunham, Edward" 1980 4 279 Feature The German-Spanish Connection "Robinson, Leif J." 1980 4 287 Feature Inside Dwarf Galaxies "Hirshfeld, Alan W." 1980 4 292 Feature Pioneer Saturn Pictorial 1980 4 294 News Notes "What Happened on March 5, 1979?" 1980 4 295 News Notes Flamsteed's Possible Supernova 1980 4 295 News Notes Companion of Eta Aquilae 1980 4 296 News Notes New Saturn Sightings 1980 4 297 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 4 299 Feature Eclipse 80: A Tortured Corona 1980 4 300 Astronomical Scrapbook How the BD Was Made "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1980 4 308 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 4 310 Celestial Calendar Getting Acquainted with the Remote Planet Pluto 1980 4 312 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 4 316 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 4 323 Books and the Sky "Geared to the Stars: The Evolution of Planetariums, Orreries, and Mechanical Clocks, Henry C. King with John R. Millburn" "Bedini, Silvio A." 1980 4 324 Books and the Sky "Cosmogony of the Solar System, Fred Hoyle" "Page, Thornton L." 1980 4 325 Books and the Sky "Apollo: Ten Years Since Tranquility Base, Richard P. Hallion and Tom D. Crouch, editors" "Lewis, Richard S." 1980 4 327 Books and the Sky "Stars and Clusters, Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin" "Fernie, J. D." 1980 4 333 Amateur Astronomers Conventions for Every Speciality This Summer 1980 4 338 Gleanings for ATMs "Have Telescopes, Will Travel" "Dobson, John L." 1980 4 348 Observer's Page Starlight and Patience "Mayer, Ben" 1980 4 351 Observer's Page Photographs of Comet Bradfield 1979l 1980 4 354 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 4 355 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1980 5 361 Front-Cover Photo Eclipse over Kenya 1980 5 364 Feature The Cosmic Tapestry "Chincarini, Guido" "Rood, Herbert J." 1980 5 372 News Notes Chemical Composition of the Oldest Stars 1980 5 372 News Notes Asteroid and a Mubius Strip 1980 5 372 News Notes Saturn and Voyager 1: Two A.U. and Closing 1980 5 372 News Notes Last Words from the Viking 2 Lander 1980 5 373 News Notes Mapping the Galilean Satellites 1980 5 373 News Notes Youngest Stars 1980 5 373 News Notes "Comet Bowell, 1980b" 1980 5 373 News Notes Disappearing Acts 1980 5 374 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 5 376 Feature At the Volcano's Edge "Lankton, Mark" 1980 5 377 Feature China's Elegant Old Instruments "Tritton, K. P." "Tritton, S. B." 1980 5 381 Feature More Aids for the Calculating Amateur 1980 5 383 Feature The Maximum Eclipse 1980 5 389 Astronomical Scrapbook Missing BD Stars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1980 5 390 Letters Letter "Hollister, C. C." 1980 5 390 Letters Letter "Gerharz, Reinhold" 1980 5 394 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 5 396 Celestial Calendar Tracking Down the Moons of Saturn 1980 5 396 Celestial Calendar Venus at Sunset 1980 5 398 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 5 404 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 5 410 Books and the Sky "Astroblemes--Cryptoexplosion Structures, G. J. H. McCall, editor" "Sperling, Norman" 1980 5 411 Books and the Sky "Crab Nebula, Simon Mitton" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1980 5 413 Books and the Sky "Guia del Firmamento, Jose Luis Comellas" "Olivarez, Jos‚" 1980 5 414 Books and the Sky "Red Giants and White Dwarfs, Robert Jastrow" "Page, Thornton L." 1980 5 422 Amateur Astronomers Cosmic Startoons 1980 5 425 Gleanings for ATMs Collapsible Telescope Stand of Plywood 1980 5 425 Gleanings for ATMs A Collapsible Telescope Stand of Plywood "Stacey, Geoffrey" 1980 5 427 Gleanings for ATMs Perforating a 22-inch Mirror Blank "Goff, William N." 1980 5 433 Observer's Page An Evaluation of Films for Astrophotography "Brown, G. P." "Keene, George T." "Millikan, A. G." 1980 5 433 Observer's Page Evaluation of Films for Astrophotography 1980 5 441 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 5 442 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1980 6 449 Front-Cover Photo Milky Way in Cygnus 1980 6 452 Feature Pluto: Still an Enigma After 50 Years "Harrington, Robert S." "Harrington, B. J." 1980 6 455 Feature Stalking the Cygnus Superbubble "Cash, Webster" "Charles, Philip A." 1980 6 462 News Notes Very Rapidly Evolving Star 1980 6 462 News Notes VW Cephei as an X-Ray Source 1980 6 462 News Notes Firewheel in the Sky 1980 6 463 News Notes Radar Map of Venus 1980 6 464 Feature Crater Hunting in Brazil "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1980 6 468 Letters Letter "Vorontsov-Velyaminov, B. [A.]" 1980 6 468 Letters Letter "Wayman, P. A." 1980 6 468 Letters Letter "Swallow M.D., James W." 1980 6 469 Feature Monster Mirrors and Telescopes "Robinson, Leif J." 1980 6 478 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 6 479 Feature Odd Loops in the Sky "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1980 6 484 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 6 486 Celestial Calendar Spectacular Grazing Occultation of Regulus 1980 6 486 Celestial Calendar A Spectacular Grazing Occulation of Regulus "Dunham, David W." 1980 6 488 Celestial Calendar Daytime Occultation of Saturn 1980 6 489 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 6 494 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 6 503 Books and the Sky "Active Galactic Nuclei, C. Hazard and S. Mitton, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1980 6 504 Books and the Sky "Cloudy Night Book, George S. Mumford" "Zeilik, Michael" 1980 6 505 Books and the Sky "Choice of Catastrophes, Isaac Asimov" "White, John" 1980 6 507 Books and the Sky "Infrared Astronomy, Giancarlo Setti and Giovanni Fazio, editors" "Gehrz, Robert D." 1980 6 512 Amateur Astronomers Leading the Blind to the Stars "Warner, Lionel A. C." 1980 6 519 Gleanings for ATMs Measuring Double Stars with a Grating Micrometer "Pither, Colin M." 1980 6 528 Observer's Page Starlight Gallery "Mayer, Ben" 1980 6 530 Observer's Page Photography with an Intensifier Camera "Palermiti, Michael" 1980 6 538 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 6 539 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1980 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Messier 83 1980 7 4 Feature Nicolas de la Caille and the Southern Sky "Evans, David S." 1980 7 8 Feature A Corona to Remember "Durst, J." "Zelenka, A." 1980 7 10 News Notes Shrinking Sun? 1980 7 10 News Notes Delta Aurigid Meteors 1980 7 10 News Notes An Unusual Supernova Remnant 1980 7 11 News Notes British Solar Astronomer 1980 7 11 News Notes "Haro, Guillermo" 1980 7 11 News Notes New Saturnian Satellites: Convergence Is Near 1980 7 12 News Notes IRAS and the Asteroids 1980 7 12 News Notes Two New Jovian Moons Photographed by Voyager 1 1980 7 13 News Notes "Peltier, Leslie C." 1980 7 13 News Notes Masses of Red Variable Stars 1980 7 13 News Notes About a Recently Identified BL Lacertae Object 1980 7 14 Feature Meteorites That Glow "McKeever, S. W. S." "Sears, D. W." 1980 7 17 Feature Licking Light-Pollution "Sperling, Norman" 1980 7 21 Astronomical Scrapbook Three Problematical Stars "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1980 7 22 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 7 23 Feature Anatomy of a Spiral Galaxy "Talbot Jr., Raymond J." "Jensen, Eric B." "Dufour, Reginald J." 1980 7 32 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 7 34 Celestial Calendar Two Occultations of Bright Planets in July "Dunham, David W." 1980 7 37 Celestial Calendar Venus in the Morning Sky "Victor, Robert C." 1980 7 37 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 7 38 Celestial Calendar Alpha Centauri Is Widest 1980 7 44 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 7 52 Books and the Sky "The Astronomical Companion, Guy Ottewell" "Lovi, George" 1980 7 53 Books and the Sky "A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975, Kenneth R. Lang and Owen Gingerich, editors" "Whitney, Charles A." 1980 7 55 Books and the Sky "Planets X and Pluto, William Graves Hoyt" "Herget, Paul" 1980 7 61 Amateur Astronomers Finding Observatories Around Nottingham "Northrop, David K." 1980 7 63 Amateur Astronomers Dutch Radio Amateur "Peelen, Ronald" 1980 7 64 Gleanings for ATMs Optical Configurations for Astronomical Photography "Simmons, Mike" 1980 7 72 Observer's Page Two Unexpected Jupiter Satellite Events 1980 7 83 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 7 84 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1980 8 89 Front-Cover Photo Laser Spectrograph 1980 8 92 Feature Life in the Hot Seat: An Interview with Brian Marsden "Overbye, Dennis" 1980 8 97 Feature A Spare Parts 40-inch Telescope "Osborne, Jack" 1980 8 99 Feature "AAVSO Variable Star Atlas""""" "Scovil, Charles E." 1980 8 102 Feature Recent Satellite Observations of the Corona "Koomen, M. J." "Sheeley Jr., N. R." "Michels, D. J." 1980 8 104 Feature Leslie Peltier Remembered "Hurless, Carolyn" 1980 8 106 News Notes The Planetary Society 1980 8 106 News Notes Saturn's Radio Pulse 1980 8 106 News Notes Satellite Observations of a Famous Nova 1980 8 106 News Notes Supergiant Variable Star 1980 8 106 News Notes The Center Star of Abell 46 1980 8 107 News Notes Mars: A Clear Day and New Cloud Forms 1980 8 107 News Notes A Celestial Street Directory 1980 8 108 Feature The AOS: Widening the Radio Sky "Cole, T. W." 1980 8 111 Feature Searching for Other Planetary Systems "O'Leary, Brian" 1980 8 113 News Notes 2-meter Telescope for Bulgaria 1980 8 113 News Notes No Cause for Alarm 1980 8 114 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 8 115 Feature The Ghost Universe of Neutrinos "Overbye, Dennis" 1980 8 118 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 8 121 Celestial Calendar The Solar Eclipse and Other Summer Sky Events 1980 8 122 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 8 123 Celestial Calendar Hyades Occultation Finale "Dunham, David W." 1980 8 132 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 8 139 Books and the Sky "Disturbing the Universe, Freeman Dyson" "Michaud, Michael A. G." 1980 8 141 Books and the Sky "The Rocket: The History and Development of Rocket & Missile Technology, David Baker" "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1980 8 142 Books and the Sky "Galaxies and Quasars, William J. Kaufmann III" "Irwin, John B." 1980 8 149 Amateur Astronomers The Resounding Success of Astronomy Day 1980 1980 8 149 Feature Resounding Success of Astronomy Day 1980 "Sperling, Norman" 1980 8 158 Gleanings for ATMs Telescope Makers Gather for Riverside 1980 "di Cicco, Dennis" 1980 8 167 Observer's Page Starlight Gallery "Mayer, Ben" 1980 8 173 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 9 177 Front-Cover Photo "Spaceship in """"Cosmos""""" 1980 9 180 Feature Variable Stars and the AAVSO "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" "Mayer, Ernst H." "Baldwin, Marvin E." 1980 9 185 Feature Venus Revealed "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1980 9 188 News Notes Cost-Effectiveness of Observatory Telescopes 1980 9 188 News Notes More About Nova Aquilae 1918 1980 9 188 News Notes Fresh Light on an Ancient Catastrophe 1980 9 189 News Notes IAU in 1982 1980 9 189 News Notes Hot Gas Halos Around Galaxies 1980 9 189 News Notes Solar Flare Hotline 1980 9 190 Letters Letter "Vorontsov-Velyaminov, B. [A.]" 1980 9 190 Letters Letter "Wittmann, Axel" 1980 9 190 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1980 9 190 Letters Letter "Fairall, Anthony P." 1980 9 190 Letters Letter "Dunkle, Terry" 1980 9 190 Letters Letter "Oravec, Edward G.[EO]" 1980 9 190 Letters Letter "Reed, Frank E." 1980 9 191 Feature "Carl Sagan's """"Cosmos"""": Prime-Time Astronomy" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1980 9 195 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Orbit of a Visual Binary "Evans, Aneurin" 1980 9 198 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 9 199 Feature The Stormy Sun "O'Leary, Brian" 1980 9 202 Astronomical Scrapbook A Mexican Amateur in Baja California "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1980 9 203 Feature The Unusual Asteroid 216 Kleopatra "Tholen, David J." 1980 9 210 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 9 212 Celestial Calendar This Month's Agenda of Sky Happenings 1980 9 214 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 9 220 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 9 227 Books and the Sky "The Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500-1800, Deborah J. Warner" "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1980 9 228 Books and the Sky "The Amateur Astronomer, Antonin Rukl" "Chartrand III, Mark R." 1980 9 229 Books and the Sky "University Astronomy, Jay M. Pasachoff and Marc L. Kutner" "Zimmerman, R. Erik" 1980 9 231 Books and the Sky "Astronomers at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, Brian Warner" "Overbeek, Danie" 1980 9 232 Books and the Sky "The Guinness Book of Astronomy Facts & Feats, Patrick Moore" "Mumford, George S." 1980 9 239 Amateur Astronomers Meeting Your Fellow Amateur Astronomers "Sperling, Norman" 1980 9 241 Books and the Sky Book Review "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1980 9 244 Amateur Astronomers Autumn Astronomical Assemblies 1980 9 245 Gleanings for ATMs A White-Light Solar Telescope "Pike, Robert" 1980 9 248 Gleanings for ATMs South African Amateur's Radio Telescope "Kelly, Alan N." 1980 9 257 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 9 258 Observer's Page Observed Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1980 10 265 Front-Cover Photo Boston Moonrise 1980 10 268 Feature Radio Astronomy: Achievements and Prospects "Kardashev, Nikolai" 1980 10 270 Feature A New Observatory for Mexico "Allen, Christine" "Herran, Jose de la" "Johnson, Harold L." 1980 10 274 Feature How High the Moon: A Decade of Laser Ranging "Mulholland, Derral" 1980 10 279 News Notes Hiatus Ahead 1980 10 279 News Notes First Indian Launch 1980 10 279 News Notes Asteroid Occultation Alert 1980 10 280 News Notes Eurasian Optimism 1980 10 280 News Notes Palomar Separated from Mount Wilson Management 1980 10 280 News Notes Very Distant Supernova 1980 10 281 Feature Joseph Ashbrook: Renaissance Man "Bok, Bart J." "Chapman, Clark R." "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1980 10 285 Feature Observing Variable Stars "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" "Mayer, Ernst H." "Baldwin, Marvin E." 1980 10 290 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 10 291 Letters Letter "Weiler, Kurt W." 1980 10 291 Letters Letter "Warner, Deborah Jean" 1980 10 291 Letters Letter "Luft, Herbert A." 1980 10 291 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1980 10 291 Letters Letter "Greenfield, James D." 1980 10 298 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 10 300 Celestial Calendar The Zodiacal Light and Elusive Gegenschein 1980 10 302 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 10 308 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 10 315 Books and the Sky "The Big Bang, Joseph Silk" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1980 10 317 Books and the Sky "Discovering the Universe, Charles E. Long" "Ottewell, Guy" 1980 10 319 Books and the Sky "The Constellations: How They Came To Be, Roy A. Gallant" "Henry, Jean G." 1980 10 324 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomy in the People's Republic of China Bian Depei 1980 10 330 Gleanings for ATMs "A Short, Movable Foucault Pendulum" "Kruglak, Haym" "Pittet, Rene" "Steele, Stanley" 1980 10 333 Gleanings for ATMs Some Experiments with Curved-Bolt Drives "Jones, Edward L." 1980 10 338 Observer's Page Starlight for Everyone "Mayer, Ben" 1980 10 347 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 11 353 Front-Cover Photo Mars' Olympus Mons 1980 11 356 Feature "Saturn's """"New"""" Satellites: A Perspective" "Larson, Stephen M." "Fountain, John W." 1980 11 358 Feature A Cosmic Dance of Moons and Rings "Loudon, Jim" 1980 11 360 Feature Voyager 1 and Saturn 1980 11 362 News Notes Rare Eruptive Prominence 1980 11 362 News Notes Stellar Parallax Expert 1980 11 362 News Notes Minor Planet News 1980 11 363 News Notes Galileo Saw Neptune 1980 11 363 News Notes The End of a Serene Era 1980 11 364 Astronomical Scrapbook The First Photograph of a Nebula "Gingerich, Owen" 1980 11 364 News Notes Energetic Galactic Radio Sources 1980 11 367 Feature Fishing on Saturn with the KAO "di Cicco, Dennis" 1980 11 372 Letters Letter "Warren, Mark" 1980 11 372 Letters Letter "Roberts, George C." 1980 11 372 Letters Letter "Hall, Alan C." 1980 11 372 Letters Letter "Geisler, Doug" 1980 11 372 Letters Letter "MacConnell, Darrell J." 1980 11 372 Letters Letter "Kitt, Sandra" 1980 11 373 Feature Of Computing and Astronauts "Herget, Paul" 1980 11 376 Feature Aristarchus of Samos Symposium "Gingerich, Owen" 1980 11 378 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 11 379 Feature Visual Double Stars for the Amateur "Ashbrook, Joseph" 1980 11 382 Feature Student Projects 1979-80 "Sperling, Norman" 1980 11 386 Feature Viking Orbiters: One Last Look at Mars 1980 11 392 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 11 393 Celestial Calendar "The """"Great Conjunction""""" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 11 394 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 11 396 Celestial Calendar November's Occultation of a Star by Sophrosyne "Maley, Paul D." 1980 11 397 Celestial Calendar Profile of an Asteroid 1980 11 398 Celestial Calendar Celestial Preludes 1980 11 404 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 11 411 Books and the Sky "Monsters in the Sky, Paolo Maffei" 1980 11 412 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Mars, R. M. Batson, P. M. Bridges, and J. L. Inge" "Blunck, Jurgen" 1980 11 413 Books and the Sky "The Pocket Guide to Astronomy, Patrick Moore" "Clark, Gail O." 1980 11 415 Books and the Sky "White Dwarfs -- Black Holes, Roman Sexl and Hannelore Sexl" "Green, Louis C." 1980 11 416 Books and the Sky "The Realm of the Terrestrial Planets, Zdenek Kopal" "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1980 11 424 Amateur Astronomers Solid-State Television for Amateur Telescopes "Manly, Peter L." 1980 11 432 Gleanings for ATMs The Stellafane Experience 1980 11 433 Gleanings for ATMs "English, R. E." 1980 11 436 Gleanings for ATMs "Chellis, Fred, 1925-1980" 1980 11 437 Gleanings for ATMs Riverside Proceedings 1980 11 437 Gleanings for ATMs Waffle-Iron Pitch Lap "Miller, Robert P." 1980 11 438 Gleanings for ATMs A Tap for Large Sectors "Benson, Harold M." 1980 11 444 Observer's Page Photographs of the Zodiacal Light "Peterson, Alan W." 1980 11 448 Observer's Page Three Lunar Occultations 1980 11 451 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 12 457 Front-Cover Photo Voyager's Saturn 1980 12 460 Feature Return of the Feathered Serpent "Goffin, Edwin" "Meeus, Jean" 1980 12 462 Feature NASA's New Infrared Eye "Telesco, Charles M." "Becklin, E. E." "Capps, R. W." 1980 12 465 News Notes News of the Local Group 1980 12 466 Feature "How the U. S. Naval Observatory Began, 1830-65" "Dick, Steven J." 1980 12 472 Feature The VLA: Ears on the Universe "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1980 12 474 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1980 12 475 Letters Letter "Warren Jr., Wayne H." 1980 12 475 Letters Letter "Mosley, John E." 1980 12 475 Letters Letter "Etz, Don" 1980 12 475 Letters Letter "Durst, J." 1980 12 475 Letters Letter "Bennett, Christopher A." 1980 12 476 Feature Observing the Deep Sky "Houston, Walter Scott" 1980 12 481 Feature Closing In on Saturn "Robinson, Leif J." 1980 12 482 News Notes What Powers Messier 17? 1980 12 482 News Notes X-Ray Halo Around SU Ursae Majoris 1980 12 483 News Notes Planetary Nebulae: Central-Star Microvariability 1980 12 483 News Notes Noted Planetologist 1980 12 483 News Notes Natural Lasers in Planetary Atmospheres 1980 12 483 News Notes Heresy Reconsidered 1980 12 483 News Notes A Puzzle for Stellar Astronomers 1980 12 483 News Notes Pluto's Atmosphere 1980 12 484 News Notes Exotic Carbon in Meteorites 1980 12 484 News Notes McMath-Hulbert Closes 1980 12 484 News Notes Star Trouble for U Coronae Borealis 1980 12 484 News Notes Vibrating Neutron Star 1980 12 485 News Notes Starspots and Stellar Variability 1980 12 485 News Notes Currents on the Sun 1980 12 486 Feature Multiple Quasars and Gravitational Lenses "Shawcross, William E." 1980 12 488 Feature Low-Frequency Radio Astronomy in Antarctica "Fant Jr., Alfred" 1980 12 492 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1980 12 493 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1980 12 495 Celestial Calendar How To Catch a Falling Star 1980 12 497 Celestial Calendar Celestial Preludes 1980 12 502 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1980 12 513 Books and the Sky "Greenwich Time and the Discovery of the Longitude, Derek Howse" "Thomson, Malcolm M." 1980 12 514 Books and the Sky "The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe" "Lampton, Michael" 1980 12 516 Books and the Sky "The Large-Scale Characteristics of the Galaxy, W. B. Burton, editor" "Bok, Bart J." 1980 12 517 Books and the Sky "Starlight Nights, Leslie C. Peltier" "Hoffman, David" 1980 12 522 Amateur Astronomers 400 Attend California Conference "Pinschmidt, Penny" 1980 12 530 Gleanings for ATMs The Plastic Astrocamera "Anderson, Bill" "Sikes, Ken" 1980 12 534 Gleanings for ATMs Climb a Mountain with Your Telescope "Patrick, John R." 1980 12 542 Observer's Page More on the 1980 Perseids 1980 12 544 Observer's Page August's Annular Eclipse 1980 12 547 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1980 12 548 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 1 1 Front-Cover Photo New World 1981 1 4 Astronomical Scrapbook Early Textbook with Moving Parts "Gingerich, Owen" 1981 1 7 Feature Rendezvous with a Ringed Giant "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1981 1 19 News Notes Sneaking Up on a Black Hole 1981 1 19 News Notes How To Survive As an Open Star Cluster 1981 1 19 News Notes Inside a Stellar Nursery 1981 1 20 News Notes Evolution of S Doradus 1981 1 20 News Notes Glimpse a Supernova 1981 1 20 News Notes Betelgeuse's Giant Shell 1981 1 21 News Notes Good News from Santa Cruz 1981 1 21 News Notes Variable Star Astronomer Dies 1981 1 22 News Notes Ultraviolet Image of M31 from a Balloon 1981 1 22 News Notes "One Up, One Down" 1981 1 23 Feature 50 Celestial Splendors To View "Houston, Walter Scott" 1981 1 29 Letters Letter "Africano, John" "Klimke, A." "Rogers, W." 1981 1 29 Letters Letter "Tagan, Francis X." 1981 1 29 Letters Letter "McLaughlin, William I." 1981 1 30 Letters Letter "Lomberg, Jon" 1981 1 30 Letters Letter "Kebabian, John S." 1981 1 30 Letters Letter "Hynes, William Michael" 1981 1 30 Letters Letter "Mulholland, J. Derrel" 1981 1 30 Letters Letter "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" 1981 1 30 Letters Letter "Simmerman O.D., Steven J." 1981 1 31 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 1 36 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 1 36 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 1 38 Celestial Calendar Planets and Asteroids That Will Hide Stars in 1981 "Dunham, David W." 1981 1 41 Celestial Calendar Probing the Solar System's Outer Reaches 1981 1 42 Celestial Calendar Celestial Preludes 1981 1 46 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 1 47 Feature Graphic Ephemeris 1981 -- The Night Sky at a Glance "Jones, Michael Jay" 1981 1 57 Books and the Sky "True Visual Magnitude Photographic Star Atlas, Vol. 1: Southern Stars; Vol. 2: Equatorial Stars, Christos Papadopoulos, compiler" "Olowin, R. P." 1981 1 59 Books and the Sky "Time and Clocks for the Space Age, James Jespersen and Jane Fitz-Randolph" "McCracken, Robert H." 1981 1 66 Amateur Astronomers Hunting Meteors with Automated Cameras "Betlem, Hans" 1981 1 71 Gleanings for ATMs Running a Telescope with a Microcomputer "Skillman, David R." 1981 1 83 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1981 1 85 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1981 "Dunham, David W." 1981 1 89 Observer's Page One Step Astrophotography 1981 1 89 Observer's Page OneStep Astrophotography "Seslar, Mike" 1981 1 91 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 1 91 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 2 97 Front-Cover Photo Great Comet over Notre Dame 1981 2 100 Feature Adventures in Fine-Grain Astrophotography "Everhart, Edgar" 1981 2 104 Feature Star Colors: An Astronomical Myth? "Cohen, Howard L." "Oliver, John P." 1981 2 106 News Notes Two Algerian Meteorite Craters 1981 2 106 News Notes The Sun Among the Stars 1981 2 107 News Notes The Uhuru Legacy 1981 2 107 News Notes Twisting a Comet's Tail 1981 2 107 News Notes New Comet Panther 1981 2 108 Feature Galactic Cannibalism "Robinson, Leif J." 1981 2 110 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 2 111 Feature In Pursuit of Halley's Comet "Washburn, Mark" 1981 2 114 Feature Measuring Background Starlight "Weinberg, J. L." 1981 2 116 Feature In Quest of Telescopes "Cohen, Martin" 1981 2 120 Feature Getting to the 1860 Solar Eclipse "Bracher, Katherine" 1981 2 123 Feature Comets and How To Hunt Them "Bortle, John E." 1981 2 126 Letters Letter "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1981 2 126 Letters Letter "Richter, Charles F." 1981 2 126 Letters Letter "Briggs, John Wright" 1981 2 126 Letters Letter "Butler, Norman" 1981 2 126 Letters Letter "Dunham, David W." 1981 2 130 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 2 131 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 2 132 Celestial Calendar Observing the Planet That Dogs the Sun 1981 2 133 Celestial Calendar Bright Asteroids 1981 2 134 Celestial Calendar Celestial Preludes 1981 2 140 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 2 147 Books and the Sky "Life Beyond Earth, Gerald Feinberg and Robert Shapiro" 1981 2 148 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Landscape, Michael Rowan-Robinson" "Maran, Stephen P." 1981 2 151 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Solar Radio Astronomy and Radio Physics, Albrecht Kruger" "Schmahl, Edward" 1981 2 158 Amateur Astronomers A Typical Month for Astronomy Clubs 1981 2 160 Amateur Astronomers Three American Amateurs 1981 2 162 Gleanings for ATMs Comfort for Astronomers: An Observing Chair "Riggs, John" 1981 2 165 Gleanings for ATMs The Nassau Memorial Telescope "Gregory, John" 1981 2 174 Observer's Page Experiments with Gas-Hypered Film "Healy, David" 1981 2 176 Observer's Page Notes on Gas Hypersensitizing 1981 2 178 Observer's Page November's Dance of the Planets 1981 2 179 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 2 179 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 3 185 Front-Cover Photo Saturn Moon Montage 1981 3 188 Feature The Discovery of Uranus "Bennett, J. A." 1981 3 192 Feature The Herschel House in Bath "Stott, Carole" 1981 3 195 Feature William Herschel and His Music "Ronan, Colin A." 1981 3 197 News Notes New Astronomical Almanac 1981 3 197 News Notes Modeling a Molecular Cloud 1981 3 198 News Notes New Research Journal 1981 3 198 News Notes Illinois Astronomer 1981 3 198 News Notes The Viking Fund 1981 3 198 News Notes A Quasar with a Radio-Bright Jet 1981 3 198 News Notes Charon Update 1981 3 199 Feature Chaco Canyon Lures Astronomical Historians "Mulholland, Derral" 1981 3 200 Feature Are Quasars Luminous Nuclei of Galaxies? "Wyckoff, Susan" "Wehinger, Peter A." 1981 3 205 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 3 210 Feature How To Observe Comets "Bortle, John E." 1981 3 215 Astronomical Scrapbook Atget's Eclipse Watchers "Gingerich, Owen" 1981 3 216 Letters Letter "Allen, David A." 1981 3 216 Letters Letter "Koeckelenberg, Andre" 1981 3 222 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 3 223 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 3 224 Celestial Calendar "Jupiter, Saturn, and the Meaning of ""Conjunction""" 1981 3 226 Celestial Calendar Celestial Preludes 1981 3 232 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 3 240 Books and the Sky "Album of Science, I. Bernard Cohen" "White, John" 1981 3 242 Books and the Sky "Spacetime, Geometry, Cosmology, William L. Burke" "Shipman, Harry L." 1981 3 244 Books and the Sky "Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto, Clyde W. Tombaugh and Patrick Moore" "Harrington, Robert S." 1981 3 247 Books and the Sky Book Review "O'Leary, Brian" 1981 3 249 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy on Four Wheels 1981 3 250 Amateur Astronomers Conventions for Every Interest 1981 3 256 Gleanings for ATMs The Large Reflector of a Texas Society "Ciampi, Art" "Williams, Thomas R." 1981 3 260 Gleanings for ATMs Turning a Clothes Drier into a Grinding Machine "Wimer, Garrett A." 1981 3 266 Observer's Page Saturn's Rings Seen Edge On 1981 3 275 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 3 275 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 4 281 Front-Cover Photo Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius 1981 4 284 Feature Early Phases of Star Formation "Bok, Bart J." 1981 4 294 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 4 296 Feature The Shadows Know "Kuhlman, Henry" 1981 4 298 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1981 4 298 Letters Letter "Martinez, Leonardo" 1981 4 298 Letters Letter "Millman, Peter M." 1981 4 298 Letters Letter "Chester, Margaret J." 1981 4 298 Letters Letter "Witkoski, F. Michael" 1981 4 299 News Notes Is There a Black Hole in M87? 1981 4 299 News Notes On to Uranus! 1981 4 299 News Notes Do Nearby Stars Have Planets? 1981 4 300 News Notes A New Sky Survey 1981 4 300 News Notes Tale of Two Fireballs 1981 4 301 News Notes Planetary Geochemist Honored 1981 4 301 News Notes Astronomy Benefactor 1981 4 301 News Notes A Dipsy Doodle Flare Star 1981 4 302 News Notes Another Satellite for Jupiter 1981 4 302 News Notes Cosmochemistry and the Origin of Life 1981 4 302 News Notes Fornax A in the News Again 1981 4 302 News Notes The Shape of Nova Remnants 1981 4 303 Feature Telescopes for the Record "Classen, J." "Sperling, Norman" 1981 4 308 Feature Protecting Radio Windows for Astronomy "Pankonin, Vernon" 1981 4 311 Feature The Origin of the Julian Day System "Moyer, Gordon" 1981 4 318 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 4 319 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 4 320 Celestial Calendar July 31st Total Solar Eclipse in Russia 1981 4 321 Celestial Calendar Lyrid Meteor Shower 1981 4 322 Celestial Calendar Celestial Reminder 1981 4 328 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 4 335 Books and the Sky "Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, Vol. 3: Open and Globular Clusters, Kenneth Glyn Jones, editor" 1981 4 336 Books and the Sky "Objects of High Redshift, G. O. Abell and P. J. E. Peebles, editors" "Tinsley, Beatrice M." 1981 4 339 Books and the Sky "Amateur Astronomer's Handbook, J. B. Sidgwick" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1981 4 340 Books and the Sky "Star Clusters, James E. Hesser, editor" "Hodge, Paul W." 1981 4 346 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy This Summer 1981 4 356 Gleanings for ATMs Optical-Ray Tracing on a Microcomputer "Larks, Leonard" 1981 4 360 Gleanings for ATMs Scopes with Wooden Tubes "Gunnerson, Bob" 1981 4 365 Observer's Page Cataracts 1981 4 366 Observer's Page January's Total Penumbral Eclipse 1981 4 368 Observer's Page Will the Real NGC 2474 Please Stand Up? "Buta, Nancy" "Buta, Ronald J." 1981 4 371 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 4 371 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 5 377 Front-Cover Photo Hiroshima's New Planetarium 1981 5 380 Feature What Shape Are Elliptical Galaxies? "Bertola, Francesco" 1981 5 387 News Notes Where Are All the Supernova Remnants? 1981 5 387 News Notes Far Out: The Observable Universe Gets Bigger 1981 5 388 News Notes A Bright New Cluster of Galaxies 1981 5 388 News Notes Chinese Astronomy to Expand 1981 5 389 News Notes Are Both Components of a Binary Coeval? 1981 5 389 News Notes AAS Officer Dies 1981 5 389 News Notes 1981's Super(nova) Start 1981 5 389 News Notes Is the Milky Way a Cannibal? 1981 5 390 News Notes Thar She Blows -- Again! 1981 5 390 News Notes RZ Ophiuchi Alert 1981 5 390 News Notes Do Black Holes Hide in Star Clusters? 1981 5 391 News Notes A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma 1981 5 391 News Notes Solar-Event Hotline 1981 5 391 News Notes New Meteorite Exhibit 1981 5 391 News Notes New Names for Variable Stars 1981 5 392 Feature New Stars for Hiroshima "Sato, Takeshi" 1981 5 394 Astronomical Scrapbook "Great Conjunctions, Tycho, and Shakespeare" "Gingerich, Owen" 1981 5 396 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 5 397 Feature Harold Clayton Urey: Chemist of the Cosmos "Ponnamperuma, Cyril" 1981 5 397 News Notes "Huffer, C. M.(1894-1981)" 1981 5 398 Feature The Mystery of Urania's Mirror "Sperling, Norman" 1981 5 403 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1981 5 403 Letters Letter "de la Herran, J." "Diego, F." 1981 5 403 Letters Letter "Mulholland, J. Derrel" 1981 5 403 Letters Letter "Provine, Robert R." 1981 5 404 Letters Letter "Quasha, Solomon" 1981 5 404 Letters Letter "Frydman, David H." 1981 5 404 Letters Letter "Sepheri, Teymour" 1981 5 404 Letters Letter "Warmus, Tony" 1981 5 405 Feature A Mobile Telescope for Measuring Continental Drift "Silverberg, Eric C." "Byrd, Deborah L." 1981 5 414 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 5 415 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 5 417 Celestial Calendar Projects for May with a Sky Crossbow 1981 5 418 Celestial Calendar Celestial Preludes 1981 5 424 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 5 432 Books and the Sky "The Brightest Stars, Cornelis de Jager" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1981 5 434 Books and the Sky "Cosmic X-Ray Astronomy, D. J. Adams" "Tananbaum, Harvey" 1981 5 437 Books and the Sky "Relativistic Cosmology, Jean Heidmann" "Noonan, Thomas W." 1981 5 442 Amateur Astronomers Broadcasting Astronomy "Byrd, Deborah L." 1981 5 443 Amateur Astronomers More on Conventions 1981 5 444 Amateur Astronomers A Seasonal Variable 1981 5 444 Amateur Astronomers Wanted 1981 5 448 Gleanings for ATMs Microprocessor Control of an Eclipse Camera "East, George H." 1981 5 452 Gleanings for ATMs How To Make Precision Pinholes "Sinnott, Roger W." 1981 5 462 Observer's Page Astrophotography from Canada 1981 5 466 Observer's Page Photoelectric Observers Organize "Genet, Russell M." 1981 5 467 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 5 467 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 6 473 Front-Cover Photo STS-1 Awaiting Launch 1981 6 476 Feature Picture Render Not Unto Tycho That Which Is Not Brahe's "Rosen, Edward" 1981 6 478 Feature Wings for a New Era "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1981 6 484 Feature """Columbia"", Flight Controllers, and the Future" "Chaikin, Andrew" 1981 6 488 News Notes Winds of Venus: Venera 11 and 12 Results 1981 6 489 News Notes "The """"Earliest"""" Sunspot" 1981 6 489 News Notes Saturn Close-Up 1981 6 489 News Notes Face to Face 1981 6 489 News Notes ACT Supports Congressional Space Coalition 1981 6 490 News Notes An Extraordinary Ordinary Star 1981 6 490 News Notes Double Dollars for Mira? 1981 6 490 News Notes Monitoring Jupiter's Aurora in the Ultraviolet 1981 6 491 News Notes Hot Spot Acts Up 1981 6 491 News Notes When Amateurs and Professionals Found Separate Identities 1981 6 492 News Notes "Where, Oh Where, Did the Nebula Go?" 1981 6 492 News Notes Vela X -- An Old Plerion 1981 6 493 News Notes The Youngest Galaxy in the Universe: Is It I Zw 18? 1981 6 493 News Notes "Move Over, 30 Doradus!" 1981 6 493 News Notes Juno Revealed 1981 6 494 News Notes What Lights Up North America? 1981 6 495 Feature Radio Waves from M31 and M33 "Beck, Rainer" "Wielebinski, Richard" 1981 6 499 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 6 500 Feature Looking for Halley's Comet 1981 6 502 Letters Letter "Wyckoff, Susan" 1981 6 502 Letters Letter "Dunham, David W." 1981 6 502 Letters Letter "Burbidge, E. Margaret" 1981 6 502 Letters Letter "McLeod III, Norman" 1981 6 503 Letters Letter "Stott, Carole" 1981 6 504 Feature Sky Atlas 2000.0 "Tirion, Wil" 1981 6 510 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 6 511 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 6 512 Celestial Calendar Peering Down at the Triesnecker Rilles 1981 6 513 Celestial Calendar Leap Second 1981 6 514 Celestial Calendar Celestial Preludes 1981 6 514 Celestial Calendar Antigone and S Scuti 1981 6 518 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 6 531 Books and the Sky "The AAVSO Variable Star Atlas, Charles E. Scovil" "Cragg, Thomas A." 1981 6 533 Books and the Sky "Close Binary Stars, Mirek J. Plavec, Daniel M. Popper, and Roger K. Ulrich, editors" "Eaton, Joel A." 1981 6 535 Books and the Sky "The Search for Gravity Waves, P. C. W. Davies" "Weber, Joe" 1981 6 536 Books and the Sky "Cosmos, Carl Sagan" "DeVorkin, David H." 1981 6 542 Amateur Astronomers What's Your Speciality? 1981 6 544 Amateur Astronomers Convention Continuum 1981 6 545 Gleanings for ATMs "A """"Folded Newtonian"""" with Dual Focal Lengths" "Loveday, Nick" 1981 6 548 Gleanings for ATMs Wobbly Stands 1981 6 549 Gleanings for ATMs Balancing a Telescope with a Spring "Caudell, Thomas" 1981 6 559 Observer's Page More on Image-Intensifier Cameras 1981 6 560 Observer's Page "Seeing 1,000 Tiny Planets" "Pilcher, Frederick" 1981 6 563 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 6 563 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Aurora in Moonlight 1981 7 4 Feature Improved Techniques for Astrophotography "Malin, David F." 1981 7 8 Feature Voyager 1 Pictorial Update 1981 7 13 Astronomical Scrapbook Unlocking the Chemical Secrets of the Cosmos "Gingerich, Owen" 1981 7 15 Letters Letter "Stott, Carole" 1981 7 15 Letters Letter "Simonenko, A. N." 1981 7 15 Letters Letter "Kluepfel, Charles" 1981 7 15 Letters Letter "Cohen, Howard L." "Oliver, John P." 1981 7 16 Letters Letter "Huling Jr., John" 1981 7 16 Letters Letter "Toledano M.D., Roberto" 1981 7 16 Letters Letter "van Gent, Robert H." 1981 7 16 Letters Letter "Warner, Brian" 1981 7 17 Feature New Italian Infrared Telescope "Citterio, O." "Dilworth, C." "Iucci, N." 1981 7 18 News Notes Building the Next Space Shuttle 1981 7 19 News Notes Lost but Not Forgotten 1981 7 19 News Notes Missing Mass--Is It Neutrinos? 1981 7 19 News Notes Minority Grants 1981 7 20 News Notes Medusa: A Multiple-Object Spectrograph 1981 7 20 News Notes Investigators Wanted 1981 7 20 News Notes Rotation of Comets 1981 7 20 News Notes Space Photo Exhibit in New York City 1981 7 21 News Notes Upcoming Venus Conference 1981 7 21 News Notes IRAS Telescope Rollout 1981 7 22 News Notes Comet Halley: A Program and a Fund 1981 7 23 Feature The Skidi Pawnee Chart of the Heavens "Chamberlain, Von Del" 1981 7 29 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 7 30 Feature A Loopy Asteroid: 1981 Midas "Jacchia, Luigi G." 1981 7 31 News Notes Unusual Antarctic Meteorite 1981 7 40 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 7 41 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 7 41 Celestial Calendar Venus in Coming Months 1981 7 42 Celestial Calendar Observing July's Lunar Eclipse 1981 7 44 Celestial Calendar Celestial Preludes 1981 7 48 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 7 54 Books and the Sky "The Physics of the Interstellar Medium, J. E. Dyson and D. A. Williams" "Cohen, Martin" 1981 7 56 Books and the Sky "Galaxies, Timothy Ferris" "Abell, George O." 1981 7 58 Books and the Sky "Handbook of Soviet Lunar and Planetary Exploration, Nicholas L. Johnson" 1981 7 58 Books and the Sky "Handbook of Soviet Manned Flight, Nicholas L. Johnson" 1981 7 58 Books and the Sky Book Review "Covault, Craig" 1981 7 65 Amateur Astronomers Interpreting the Sky "Hoyle, Robert C." 1981 7 70 Gleanings for ATMs Decentering a Lens for Comet Photography "Pansecchi, Luigi" 1981 7 74 Gleanings for ATMs The Saga of a 24-inch Reflector "Drisdelle, Paul" 1981 7 83 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1981 7 86 Observer's Page April's Intense Auroral Display 1981 7 91 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 7 91 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 8 97 Front-Cover Photo SS 433--Stranger Than Fiction! 1981 8 100 Feature SS 433 -- Enigma of the Century "Schorn, Ronald A." 1981 8 103 Feature How a Cometary Nucleus Turns On "Ferrin, Ignacio" "Guzman, Edgar" 1981 8 105 News Notes V1500 Cygni Nova Remnant Photographed at Last 1981 8 105 News Notes Popular Support for Shuttle and Planetary Exploration 1981 8 105 News Notes 100-inch Telescope Honored 1981 8 106 News Notes Atomic and Ionized Hydrogen in Three Dimensions 1981 8 106 News Notes First Director of ST ScI 1981 8 107 News Notes Roster of Gamma-ray Sources 1981 8 107 News Notes Twenty Years of Geminids 1981 8 108 News Notes The Strangest of Mira-Type Stars 1981 8 108 News Notes Here and There with Superbright Stars 1981 8 109 News Notes Voyager 2 Ready for Saturn 1981 8 110 Feature Extreme Perigees and Apogees of the Moon "Meeus, Jean" 1981 8 112 Feature Star Cluster Membership: Separating Sheep from Goats "Marschall, Laurence A." "Chiu, Liang-Tai George" "Altena, William F. van" 1981 8 116 Feature NGC 6872: The Largest Known Barred Spiral "Block, David L." 1981 8 117 Letters Letter "Drummond, Jack D." 1981 8 117 Letters Letter "Brown Jr., Edmund G." 1981 8 117 Letters Letter "Plotkin, Howard" 1981 8 118 Letters Letter "Moyer, Gordon" 1981 8 118 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" "Kluepfel, Charles" "Meeus, Jean" 1981 8 118 Letters Letter "Roggemans, Paul" 1981 8 119 Feature Safe Solar Filters "Chou, B. Ralph" 1981 8 122 Feature Big Bear's Festival of Wooden Telescopes "Sinnott, Roger W." 1981 8 125 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 8 126 Comet Digest Comet Filters "A'Hearn, Michael F." 1981 8 126 Comet Digest "Prediscovery Observation of Comet Panther, 1980u" 1981 8 132 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 8 133 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 8 134 Celestial Calendar Close Double Stars for August Nights 1981 8 135 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations 1981 8 140 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 8 149 Books and the Sky "Oort and the Universe, Hugo van Woerden, Willem N. Brouw, and Henk C. van de Hulst, editors" "Whitney, Charles A." 1981 8 151 Books and the Sky "Radio Physics of the Sun, Mukul R. Kundu and Tomas E. Gergely, editors" "Maxwell, Alan" 1981 8 153 Books and the Sky "The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe, P. J. E. Peebles" "Silk, Joseph" 1981 8 160 Amateur Astronomers Visiting Mauna Kea Observatory "Klein, Fred" 1981 8 162 Amateur Astronomers "13,800 Feet Closer to Heaven" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1981 8 166 Gleanings for ATMs Maksutovs with Subaperture Correctors "Field, Ralph W." 1981 8 166 Gleanings for ATMs Further Notes From Riverside "Selden, Sandra" 1981 8 169 Gleanings for ATMs Further Notes from Riverside 1981 8 174 Observer's Page Relative Size of Planet Images 1981 8 174 Observer's Page Relative Sizes of Planet Images "McEwen, Michael T." 1981 8 179 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 8 179 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 9 193 Front-Cover Photo Heart of the Milky Way 1981 9 196 Feature The Great Moon Hoax -- I "Evans, David S." 1981 9 199 Feature The Canary Islands -- An Astronomer's Experiment "Jones, Anthony W." 1981 9 203 News Notes Astronomical Publishing Trends 1981 9 203 News Notes Ringlike Nebulae 1981 9 204 News Notes Ionized Hydrogen in M33 1981 9 204 News Notes II Pegasi: 27 Percent Starspots 1981 9 204 News Notes Ariane Launch 1981 9 205 News Notes Ancient Martian Ice Streams? 1981 9 205 News Notes Soviet 6-meter Photographs of M33 1981 9 207 Feature Extraterrestrial Beings Don't Exist "Schorn, Ronald A." 1981 9 208 Feature Nature's Own Particle Accelerator "Waldrop, M. Mitchell" 1981 9 216 Feature The Deep Sky in Color "Malin, David F." 1981 9 220 Feature "On the Trail of the """"Jupiter Effect""""" "Thompson, L. G." 1981 9 221 Feature Box: Fear No Syzygy "Sinnott, Roger W." 1981 9 222 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 9 223 Letters Letter "Walborn, Nolan R." 1981 9 223 Letters Letter "Hopf, John T." 1981 9 223 Letters Letter "Dunlop, Storm" 1981 9 223 Letters Letter "Kemp, James C." 1981 9 224 Letters Letter "Lockett, Brian" 1981 9 224 Letters Letter "Davis, Morris S." 1981 9 224 Letters Letter "Tuthill, Roger W." 1981 9 225 Feature Unveiling Interstellar Clouds "Righini-Cohen, G." "Simon, M." "Felli, M." 1981 9 234 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 9 235 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 9 236 Celestial Calendar Some Challenges in the September Sky 1981 9 244 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 9 252 Books and the Sky "The Ancient Sun, R. O. Pepin, J. A. Eddy, and R. B. Merrill, editors" "Howard, Robert F." 1981 9 253 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 18, Geoffrey Burbidge, David Layzer, and John G. Phillips, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1981 9 256 Books and the Sky "The State of the Universe, G. Bath, editor" "Robinson, Leif J." 1981 9 265 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1981 "Sperling, Norman" 1981 9 272 Gleanings for ATMs A 10-inch Reflector and Unusual Dome in Surrey "Northrop, David K." 1981 9 274 Gleanings for ATMs Image Orientation at a Coude or Springfield Focus "Young, Andrew T." 1981 9 286 Observer's Page M13 Revisited 1981 9 287 Observer's Page Short-Exposure Astrophotography "Fujii, Akira" 1981 9 291 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 9 291 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 10 297 Front-Cover Photo Summer's Siberian Eclipse 1981 10 300 Feature Are We Beginning to Understand T Tauri Stars? "Cohen, Martin" 1981 10 304 Letters Letter "Smith, Franklin W." 1981 10 304 Letters Letter "Morgan, Stephen L." 1981 10 304 Letters Letter "Oliver, Richard C." 1981 10 304 Letters Letter "Pansecchi, Luigi" 1981 10 304 Letters Letter "Pirera, Andrea M." 1981 10 305 Letters Letter "Moyer, Gordon" 1981 10 305 Letters Letter "Sagan, Carl" 1981 10 305 Letters Letter "van Zyl, J. E." 1981 10 306 Letters Letter "Sampaio, Fernando G." 1981 10 306 Letters Letter "Schmidt, Richard E." 1981 10 306 Letters Letter "Smolek, Michael K." 1981 10 306 Letters Letter "Heifner, Mark" 1981 10 306 Letters Letter "French, Bruce M." 1981 10 307 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 10 308 Feature The Great Moon Hoax -- II "Evans, David S." 1981 10 312 News Notes Activity Cycles in Other Stars 1981 10 313 News Notes Stonehenge Today 1981 10 314 News Notes An Insider's Reflections on Chinese Astronomy 1981 10 314 News Notes ATT for Australia 1981 10 315 News Notes "Snowballs at the Outer Limits, I: The Methane Atmosphere of Pluto" 1981 10 316 News Notes "Snowballs at the Outer Limits, II: No Methane Atmosphere on Triton?" 1981 10 316 News Notes "Very, Very Red Stars" 1981 10 317 News Notes Uranus and Neptune: Diamond-Studded Interiors? 1981 10 317 News Notes Neptune's Third Satellite 1981 10 317 News Notes Astrosat Roundup 1981 10 318 News Notes 3C 129: Another Case of Precessing Beams? 1981 10 319 Feature Darkness at Midday "Lovi, George" "Seltzer, Allen" 1981 10 322 Feature Reflections: Solar Eclipse '81 "Bok, Bart J." 1981 10 324 Astronomical Scrapbook Eighteenth-Century Eclipse Paths "Gingerich, Owen" 1981 10 328 Feature Robots for the Longest Voyage "Chaikin, Andrew" 1981 10 329 Feature "Saturn: """"An Even Better Look""""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1981 10 338 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 10 339 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 10 340 Celestial Calendar Stalking the Variable Star T Tauri 1981 10 348 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 10 355 Books and the Sky "The Search for Life in the Universe, Donald Goldsmith and Tobias Owen" "Garrison, Robert F." 1981 10 356 Books and the Sky "Fireballs, Meteors, & Meteorites, Harold R. Povenmire" "Millman, Peter M." 1981 10 357 Books and the Sky "From Atoms to Quarks, James S. Trefil" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1981 10 359 Books and the Sky "Earth and Cosmos, Robert S. Kandel" "McElroy, Doug" 1981 10 360 Books and the Sky "Interstellar Molecules, B. H. Andrew, editor" "Dickinson, Dale F." 1981 10 368 Amateur Astronomers My First Stellafane "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1981 10 376 Gleanings for ATMs An Apochromatic Triplet Objective "Christen, Roland" 1981 10 390 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 10 391 Observer's Page A Midsummer's Night Eclipse 1981 10 395 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 11 401 Front-Cover Photo Voyager 2 at Saturn 1981 11 404 Feature The Chronology of Archbishop James Ussher "Reese, Ronald Lane" "Everett, Steven M." "Craun, Edwin D." 1981 11 406 Feature Surveying Velocity Fields in Galaxies "Vaucouleurs, Gerard de" 1981 11 406 Feature Survey Velocity Fields in Galaxies "de Villiers, C. W." 1981 11 411 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 11 412 Letters Letter "Shine, Daniel P." 1981 11 412 Letters Letter "Mendez, Roberto H." 1981 11 412 Letters Letter "Kemp, James C." 1981 11 413 Feature Crisis at Kitt Peak "Robinson, Leif J." 1981 11 413 Letters Letter "Hansen, Terry" 1981 11 413 Letters Letter "Smith, Horace A." 1981 11 414 Feature The Orion Nebulae in Color "Malin, David F." 1981 11 418 News Notes "Superclusters of Galaxies, I: An Open Universe" 1981 11 418 News Notes "Superclusters of Galaxies, II: Strange Quasar Spectra" 1981 11 418 News Notes More on the Rings of Uranus 1981 11 419 News Notes New Asteroid Names 1981 11 419 News Notes "Superclusters of Galaxies, III: Home of Quasars?" 1981 11 419 News Notes Precambrian Solar Observatory 1981 11 419 News Notes X-Ray Stars 1981 11 420 News Notes Merging Galaxies: Caught in the Act? 1981 11 421 News Notes Flare Star Extraordinary 1981 11 421 News Notes Solar Granulation and Filigree 1981 11 422 News Notes New Asteroid Survey 1981 11 423 Feature The Search for Antarctic Meteorites "Marvin, Ursula B." 1981 11 428 Feature New Light on the Moon Hoax "Crowe, Michael J." 1981 11 430 Feature "Voyager at Saturn, Act II" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1981 11 450 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 11 451 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 11 452 Celestial Calendar Venus Occults a Star This Month 1981 11 460 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 11 469 Books and the Sky Book Review "Page, Thornton L." 1981 11 469 Books and the Sky Book Review "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1981 11 469 Books and the Sky "Voyage to Jupiter, David Morrison and Jane Samz" 1981 11 469 Books and the Sky "Our Cosmic Universe, John Kraus" 1981 11 472 Books and the Sky "The UFO Verdict -- Examining the Evidence, Robert Sheaffer" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1981 11 474 Books and the Sky "Beyond the Atmosphere, Homer E. Newell" "Goldberg, Leo" 1981 11 488 Amateur Astronomers International Amateur Observatories "Geljon, Leon" "Sutsch, Arthur" "Griesser, Markus" 1981 11 496 Gleanings for ATMs Arizona Amateur's Photoelectric Photometer "Nye, Ralph A." 1981 11 510 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1981 11 511 Observer's Page July's Solar Eclipse: A Photo Album 1981 11 515 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 12 521 Front-Cover Photo "Royal Observatory, Edinburgh" 1981 12 524 Feature The Milky Way at a Glance 1981 12 527 Feature Etch a Meteorite "Fortier, Edmund" 1981 12 530 Feature Starscapes Near the Speed of Light 1981 12 531 Feature Paul Herget: Tracker of the Skies "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" 1981 12 532 Astronomical Scrapbook Piccolomini's Star Atlas "Gingerich, Owen" 1981 12 534 News Notes M87's Swarm of Globular Clusters 1981 12 535 Feature Showcase for Scotland's Royal Observatory "Watson, Fred G." 1981 12 538 Feature Image Processing with COSMOS "Stobie, R. S." "Dodd, R. J." "MacGillivray, H. T." 1981 12 540 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1981 12 541 News Notes Satellite Occultation Alert 1981 12 541 News Notes Superheavy Elements and Anomalous Xenon 1981 12 541 News Notes Kirkwood's Gaps and Neptune's Rings: Resonance at Work? 1981 12 542 News Notes Catastrophic Impacts in the Laboratory 1981 12 543 News Notes "A """"Hole"""" in M31" 1981 12 543 News Notes RR Lyrae Stars: The P-L-A Relation 1981 12 543 News Notes Three Emmys for Carl 1981 12 544 News Notes New Visitors Center at McDonald Observatory 1981 12 545 News Notes IC 5174: The Largest Spiral of All? 1981 12 545 News Notes X-Ray Emitting Dwarf Nova 1981 12 545 News Notes "Whipple, Fred, Honored" 1981 12 545 News Notes Possible Satellite of Asteroid 9 Metis 1981 12 546 News Notes A Cubic Megaparsec of Nothing 1981 12 547 Feature Magnetic Loops in the Sun's Atmosphere "Foukal, Peter" 1981 12 551 Feature "Sun, Moon, Eclipse: All at Once" "Sinton, William M." 1981 12 552 Letters Letter "Trombino, Donald F." 1981 12 552 Letters Letter "Green, Daniel W. E." "Marsden, Brian G." "Whipple, Fred L." 1981 12 552 Letters Letter "Gaida, Manfred" 1981 12 553 Letters Letter "Firsoff, V. Axel" 1981 12 553 Letters Letter "Clark, Benjamin" 1981 12 553 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1981 12 553 Letters Letter "Shelander, Anne" 1981 12 554 Feature The Largest Schmidt's First 20 Years 1981 12 564 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1981 12 565 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1981 12 567 Celestial Calendar Bright Superior Planets Gather "Victor, Robert C." 1981 12 568 Celestial Calendar Occultation by Chiron 1981 12 574 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1981 12 587 Books and the Sky "Sky Atlas 2000&point;0, Wil Tirion" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 1981 12 588 Books and the Sky "Earthlike Planets, Bruce Murray, Michael C. Malin, and Ronald Greeley" "Wood, John A." 1981 12 589 Books and the Sky "Planetary Geology, John Guest with Paul Butterworth, John Murray, and William O'Donnell" "Hale, Wendy S." 1981 12 590 Books and the Sky "Telescopes for the 1980s, G. Burbidge and A. Hewitt, editors" "Robinson, Leif J." 1981 12 601 Amateur Astronomers Planetfest '81 "Stevens, Pamela" 1981 12 603 Amateur Astronomers Iowa Astronomers Meet "Troeger, Jack Clayton" 1981 12 610 Gleanings for ATMs Modifying a Reflector for Planetary Observations "Najman, Lee S." 1981 12 623 Observer's Page Viewing the Triangulum 1981 12 624 Observer's Page The 1981 Perseids: Fine Indeed 1981 12 626 Observer's Page Sunset Gathering 1981 12 627 Observer's Page Metric-English Equivalents 1981 12 627 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 1 1 Front-Cover Photo French Revolutionary Sundial 1982 1 5 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1982 1 5 Letters Letter "Kraus, John D." 1982 1 5 Letters Letter "Bunner, Alan N." 1982 1 5 Letters Letter "Bortle, John E." 1982 1 5 Letters Letter "Dutch, Steven I." 1982 1 5 Letters Letter "Edberg, Stephen J." 1982 1 6 Letters Letter "Pruckmayr, G." 1982 1 7 Feature Archaeoastronomers Convene in Oxford "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 1 10 News Notes Upcoming Saturn Conference 1982 1 10 News Notes H ii-Regionlike Galaxies and Their Relatives -- I: NGC 2976 1982 1 10 News Notes Chasing Jupiter's Rings 1982 1 11 News Notes H ii-Regionlike Galaxies and Their Relatives -- II: H II Systems 1982 1 12 News Notes Io's Plasma Torus Revisited 1982 1 12 News Notes Linking Our Astronomical and Climatic Pasts 1982 1 12 News Notes September's Extraordinary Sunspot Group 1982 1 13 News Notes Listening to the Solar System I: Radar Echoes from Asteroids 1982 1 13 News Notes II: Radar Detection of P/Encke's Nucleus 1982 1 14 News Notes MacArthur Awards 1982 1 14 News Notes Tunguska Meteorite and Atmospheric Ozone 1982 1 15 News Notes Venera Launches 1982 1 15 News Notes Mass of the Crab's Progenitor Star 1982 1 15 News Notes FK Comae Stars: Coalesced Binaries? 1982 1 16 Feature A Bit of Porcelain "Mayall, R. Newton" 1982 1 18 Feature A Sunspot Maximum Corona "Fisher, R. R." 1982 1 20 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- Quasars "Hoff, Darrel B." 1982 1 22 Feature A Look at Some Unstable Stars "Malin, David F." 1982 1 27 Feature An Eclectic Astronomer "Sugden, Keith" 1982 1 32 Feature Salyut 6: Milestone Mission 1982 1 33 Feature Astronomy with Salyut 6 "Lutskij, Valery" 1982 1 35 Feature Charting the Moons of Saturn - II 1982 1 40 Books and the Sky "Rainbows, Halos, and Glories, Robert Greenler" "Brooks, Edward M." 1982 1 42 Books and the Sky "New Solar System, J. Kelly Beatty, Brian O'Leary, and Andrew Chaikin, editors" "Pilcher, Carl B." 1982 1 44 Books and the Sky "Physics-Astronomy Frontier, Fred Hoyle and Jayant Narlikar" "Shipman, Harry L." 1982 1 47 Books and the Sky "In Quest of Telescopes, Martin Cohen" "Gehrz, Robert D." 1982 1 53 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 1 60 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 1 61 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 1 62 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1982 "Dunham, David W." 1982 1 65 Celestial Calendar Tracking the Three Outer Planets 1982 1 66 Celestial Calendar January Lunar Eclipse 1982 1 73 Amateur Astronomers Two Memorable Conventions 1982 1 73 Amateur Astronomers Two Memorable Conventions "O'Meara, Stephen James" "Williams, Thomas R." 1982 1 85 Gleanings for ATMs Alvan Clark 48-inch Optical Flat 1982 1 85 Gleanings for ATMs The Alvan Clark 48-inch Optical Flat "Fitzgerald, Burton L." 1982 1 88 Gleanings for ATMs Contact Lenses and Testing "Bowen O.D., Keith P." 1982 1 88 Gleanings for ATMs Notes About Equal-Radius Schmidt-Cassegrains "Gregory, John" 1982 1 89 Gleanings for ATMs More on Pinhole Light Sources "Smith, Ron Paul" 1982 1 89 Gleanings for ATMs Biscuit Cutters from Steel Water Pipe "Harger, Ronald" 1982 1 95 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1982 1 97 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 1 98 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 1 99 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1982 "Dunham, David W." 1982 2 113 Front-Cover Photo Columbia Begins Second Mission 1982 2 117 Letters Letter "Armitage Jr., M.D., Henry G." 1982 2 117 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1982 2 117 Letters Letter "Dvorak, Ed" 1982 2 117 Letters Letter "Briggs, John Wright" 1982 2 117 Letters Letter "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1982 2 118 Feature Columbia's Troubled Reprise "Chaikin, Andrew" 1982 2 124 Feature The Voice of Astronomical History "Weart, Spencer" "DeVorkin, David H." 1982 2 128 Feature An Eye for Tomorrow "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 2 129 Feature Bubbles from Dying Stars "Kaler, James B." 1982 2 134 Feature Venus: The Mystery Continues "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1982 2 139 Feature SAR Imaging: Seeing the Unseen "Kobrick, Michael" 1982 2 141 Feature Unveiling Venus with VOIR "James, Warren" 1982 2 145 News Notes "Galilean Satellites 2,000 Years Before Galileo" 1982 2 145 News Notes Monogem Ring: An X-Ray Doughnut 1982 2 145 News Notes Space Telescope Center in Europe 1982 2 146 News Notes Very-High-Velocity H I Clouds: Are They Magellanic Material? 1982 2 147 News Notes Far-Out Giant Molecular Clouds 1982 2 147 News Notes Antiprotons in Cosmic Radiation 1982 2 148 News Notes Finding a Nebular Powerhouse 1982 2 148 News Notes Hottest Plasma? 1982 2 148 News Notes NASA's Astronomical Publications 1982 2 148 News Notes Mass of M31 1982 2 148 News Notes Star-Burst Nucleus of NGC 7714 1982 2 149 News Notes Life and Times of the Oort Comet Cloud 1982 2 150 News Notes Just How Big is M101? 1982 2 150 News Notes 4U 1915--05:A Binary X-Ray Burster at Last? 1982 2 152 News Notes Northern Lights at a Glance 1982 2 153 Books and the Sky "Structure and Evolution of Normal Galaxies, S. M. Fall and D. Lynden-Bell, editors" "Whitmore, Bradley C." 1982 2 154 Books and the Sky "Red Star in Orbit, James E. Oberg" "Page, Thornton L." 1982 2 155 Books and the Sky "Strategies for the Search for Life in the Universe, Michael D. Papagiannis, editor" "Oliver, Bernard M." 1982 2 156 Books and the Sky "Contemporary Astronomy, Jay M. Pasachoff" "Lestrade, John Patrick" 1982 2 158 Books and the Sky "Field Guide to the Atmosphere, Vincent J. Schaefer and John A. Day" "Brooks, Edward M." 1982 2 167 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 2 170 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 2 171 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 2 173 Celestial Calendar This Winter's Visit by Minor Planet Eros 1982 2 175 Celestial Calendar Venus in 1982 1982 2 185 Amateur Astronomers Two New Public Observatories 1982 2 185 Amateur Astronomers Two New Public Observatories "George, Alvin D." "Menke, David H." 1982 2 198 Gleanings for ATMs A Steel-Ball Drive for Small Cameras "Lind, Paul U." 1982 2 198 Gleanings for ATMs Steel-Ball Drive for Small Cameras 1982 2 199 Gleanings for ATMs Driving a Telescope with a Wire Cable "Zeljko, Andreic" 1982 2 200 Gleanings for ATMs Guiding Reticle Illuminated by Starlight 1982 2 200 Gleanings for ATMs A Guiding Reticle Illuminated by Starlight "Britton, Tom" 1982 2 201 Gleanings for ATMs To Tighten a Mounting 1982 2 201 Gleanings for ATMs More on the Christen Lens "Weissman, Paul R." 1982 2 207 Observer's Page Venus Occults Nunki 1982 2 208 Observer's Page English Amateur's Schmidt Camera 1982 2 208 Observer's Page An English Amateur's Schmidt Camera "Martys M.D., Cedrick R." 1982 2 210 Observer's Page Polarized Corona in Color 1982 2 215 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 2 215 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 3 225 Front-Cover Photo Splendor in Sagittarius 1982 3 229 Letters Letter "Warren Jr., Wayne H." 1982 3 229 Letters Letter "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1982 3 229 Letters Letter "Briggs, John Wright" 1982 3 229 Letters Letter "Bennett, Christopher A." 1982 3 229 Letters Letter "Lopez, Victor" 1982 3 229 Letters Letter "Moyer, Gordon" 1982 3 230 Feature Radio Maps of the Sky "Haslam, Glyn" "Wielebinski, Richard" "Priester, Wolfgang" 1982 3 233 Feature Tycho Country in Scandinavia "Steel, Duncan" "Seb-Olsson, Margareta" 1982 3 236 Feature "Rescuing """"Solar Max""""" 1982 3 237 Feature The Analemmas of the Planets "Harvey, David A." 1982 3 240 Feature Our Turn at Kitt Peak "Genet, Russell M." "Kissell, Kenneth" "Roberts, George" 1982 3 243 Feature NASA and the Selling of Space Science "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1982 3 246 Feature Geoffrey Chaucer: Amateur Astronomer? "Carter, Tom" 1982 3 248 News Notes UX Ursae Majoris: A Violent Ultraviolet Spectrum Variable 1982 3 248 News Notes New Look at the Night Sky 1982 3 249 News Notes Possible Yucatan Impact Basin 1982 3 250 News Notes Pioneer 10:25 A.U. and Beyond 1982 3 250 News Notes First Spacelab Arrives at Kennedy Space Center 1982 3 251 News Notes Markarian 335: An Extraordinary Seyfert Galaxy 1982 3 252 News Notes Superthin Galaxies 1982 3 252 News Notes Voyager Status 1982 3 253 Letters Letter "Kamoun, Paul G." 1982 3 253 Letters Letter "Bishop, Roy L." 1982 3 253 Letters Letter "Flodqvist, Gote" 1982 3 254 Feature Dust Clouds of Sagittarius "Malin, David F." 1982 3 261 Books and the Sky "Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, Anthony F. Aveni" "Mulholland, J. Derrel" 1982 3 262 Books and the Sky "Sun as a Star, Stuart Jordan, editor" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1982 3 264 Books and the Sky "Encyclopedia of Physics, Rita G. Lerner and George L. Trigg, editors" "Lang, Kenneth R." 1982 3 265 Books and the Sky "Infrared Astronomy, C. G. Wynn-Williams and D. P. Cruikshank, editors" "Cohen, Martin" 1982 3 275 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 3 278 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 3 279 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 3 280 Celestial Calendar Mars' Springtime Opposition 1982 3 293 Amateur Astronomers Inside Boston's Hayden Planetarium "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1982 3 295 Amateur Astronomers Three Upcoming Meetings 1982 3 302 Gleanings for ATMs Optical Designs of Some Famous Refractors "Church, John A." 1982 3 311 Observer's Page Exploring the Stars with a Spectrograph "Edberg, Stephen J." 1982 3 314 Observer's Page Measuring the Earth's Shadow "Sinnott, Roger W." 1982 3 315 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 3 317 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 4 329 Front-Cover Photo Avant-garde French Observatory 1982 4 333 Letters Letter "Grant, James T." 1982 4 333 Letters Letter "Kluepfel, Charles" 1982 4 333 Letters Letter "LoGuirato, June" 1982 4 333 Letters Letter "Rao, Joe" 1982 4 333 Letters Letter "Page, Thornton L." 1982 4 333 Letters Letter "Schmahl, Edward" 1982 4 334 Feature Stellar Interferometry: A Widening Frontier "Labeyrie, Antoine" 1982 4 339 Feature Astronomy in the Next Decade "Schorn, Ronald A." 1982 4 343 Feature Astronomy and Federal $pending "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 4 344 Feature Pieces of the Sky "Chaikin, Andrew" 1982 4 350 Feature SETI Conference at Tallinn "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1982 4 354 Feature "The Disquieting Sun: How Big, How Steady?" "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 4 354 Feature "Disquieting Sun: How Big, How Steady?" "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 4 358 Astronomical Scrapbook Astrolabe from Lahore "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 4 361 News Notes Seasat Results: Seasonal Averages 1982 4 362 News Notes Visions of Einstein 1982 4 363 News Notes Moon Rocks and Meteorites Compared 1982 4 363 News Notes "HD 15558:A Very Bright, Very Hot Binary Star" 1982 4 363 News Notes Interstellar Rubidium 1982 4 364 News Notes HR Delphini's Expanding Shell 1982 4 364 News Notes Short-Lived Nebula 1982 4 364 News Notes Split Comet 1982 4 365 News Notes Quasar 1525+227: More Evidence for Beaming? 1982 4 365 News Notes New Detail from NGC 604 1982 4 366 Feature A Comet in a Million "Green, Daniel W. E." "Marsden, Brian G." 1982 4 368 Books and the Sky "Majestic Lights, Robert H. Eather" "Akasofu, S.-I." 1982 4 369 Books and the Sky "Astronomy Through the Telescope, Richard Learner" "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 4 372 Books and the Sky "Computational Spherical Astronomy, Laurence G. Taff" "Meeus, Jean" 1982 4 373 Books and the Sky Book Review "Watts Jr., Raymond N." 1982 4 373 Books and the Sky "Fertile Stars, Brian O'Leary" 1982 4 373 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 1982 4 373 Books and the Sky "Sky Atlas 2000&point;0: Deluxe Edition, Wil Tirion" 1982 4 383 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 4 386 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 4 387 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 4 388 Celestial Calendar Springtime Observing Challenges 1982 4 390 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1982 4 401 Amateur Astronomers House of Telescopes 1982 4 401 Amateur Astronomers A House of Telescopes "Levy, David H." 1982 4 407 Gleanings for ATMs Advantages of a Slow Worm 1982 4 407 Gleanings for ATMs The Advantages of a Slow Worm "Fountain, Patrick" 1982 4 411 Gleanings for ATMs Revised Triplet Design "Christen, Roland" 1982 4 411 Gleanings for ATMs Drawing Setting Circles by Computer "McCarty, Joe" 1982 4 412 Gleanings for ATMs Observer Comments 1982 4 423 Observer's Page 1982's Lunar Eclipses: Round 1 1982 4 427 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 4 430 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 5 441 Front-Cover Photo GEODSS Telescopes on Patrol 1982 5 445 Letters Letter "Pershey, Edward Jay" 1982 5 445 Letters Letter "Goldberg, Leo" "Gehrels, Tom" 1982 5 445 Letters Letter "Dyck, Gerald P." 1982 5 446 Feature Lick Observatory's Chile Station "Stone, Remington P. S." 1982 5 449 Feature Not with a Bang but a Whimper "Kwok, Sun" 1982 5 452 Feature Report from a Torrid Planet "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1982 5 454 News Notes AAS Resolutions 1982 5 454 News Notes South Pole Auroral Station 1982 5 454 News Notes Guide to Palomar Sky Survey 1982 5 455 News Notes New Apollo Asteroid 1982 5 455 News Notes Adalberta Does Not Exist 1982 5 455 News Notes Chinese Participation in VLBI Experiment 1982 5 455 News Notes Cosmic Soup Kitchen 1982 5 456 News Notes "Landsat Imagery: 1,000,000 and Counting" 1982 5 456 News Notes Elusive X-Ray Sources 1982 5 457 News Notes Hearts of Globular Clusters 1982 5 458 News Notes First Protostar Found in a Neighboring Galaxy 1982 5 458 News Notes Saturn's Growing Family 1982 5 459 Letters Letter "Wilkinson, R. H." 1982 5 459 Letters Letter "Vorontsov-Velyaminov, B. [A.]" 1982 5 459 Letters Letter "Harris, Alan" 1982 5 459 Letters Letter "Ferrin, Ignacio" "Guzman, Edgar" 1982 5 460 Feature The Mystery of Epsilon Aurigae "Reddy, Francis J." 1982 5 463 Feature The SC1 Chart as a Celestial Cylinder "Manley, Don L." 1982 5 465 Astronomical Scrapbook Fake Astrolabes "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 5 469 Feature The GEODSS Difference "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1982 5 475 Books and the Sky "Observing Visual Double Stars, Paul Couteau" "Worley, Charles E." 1982 5 476 Books and the Sky "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Technology, Kenneth Gatland and others" NexDome 1982 5 478 Books and the Sky "Revised Shapley-Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies, Allan Sandage and G.A. Tammann" "Rubin, Vera C." 1982 5 480 Books and the Sky "The Practical Astronomer, Colin A. Ronan" "Hoff, Darrel B." 1982 5 491 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 5 494 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 5 495 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 5 496 Celestial Calendar "Big Three"""" Asteroids Arrive" 1982 5 498 Celestial Calendar May Meteors 1982 5 509 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Worldwide 1982 5 509 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Worldwide "Ghazni, S." "Man, Tang Wai" "Vervliet, Chris" 1982 5 519 Gleanings for ATMs Surface Profiles from the Foucault Test "Holleran, Robert T." 1982 5 523 Gleanings for ATMs Evolution of an 8-inch Newtonian "Wile, David S." 1982 5 528 Observer's Page Eros Cross NGC 1647 1982 5 531 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 5 532 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 5 533 Observer's Page Observing with a TV Camera "Tichenor, Clyde L." 1982 6 545 Front-Cover Photo Aurora over Finland 1982 6 549 Letters Letter "Cornell, James" 1982 6 549 Letters Letter "Bergquist, Russell R." 1982 6 549 Letters Letter "Parker, Donald C." 1982 6 549 Letters Letter "Meadows, Jim" 1982 6 549 Letters Letter "Jefferies, John T." 1982 6 550 Feature Unscrambling the Local Supercluster "Tully, R. Brent" 1982 6 555 Feature Astronomy in New Zealand "Blow, Graham L." 1982 6 558 Feature Where Did the 1780 Eclipse Go? "Rothschild, Robert F." 1982 6 560 Feature The Gamma-Ray Burster Puzzle "Schorn, Ronald A." 1982 6 560 Feature Gamma-Ray Burster Puzzle "Schorn, Ronald A." 1982 6 563 Letters Letter "Tuttle, Seth L." 1982 6 563 Letters Letter "Rea, Donald G." 1982 6 563 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 6 563 Letters Letter "Hall, John S." 1982 6 564 Feature A Festival of Planets 1982 6 566 News Notes Unusual Apparitions of Old Comets 1982 6 566 News Notes Tipler vs. Sagan? 1982 6 566 News Notes Ultraviolet Close-up of the Orion Nebula 1982 6 567 News Notes Pulsar Giant Glitches 1982 6 567 News Notes First Detection of Stars in a Quasar 1982 6 567 News Notes DPS To Meet in October 1982 6 567 News Notes Bok Prize Winners 1982 6 568 News Notes Clusters Rich in Binary Galaxies 1982 6 568 News Notes Earth-Based Photograph of Jupiter's Ring 1982 6 569 News Notes No Time Warp in 1982 1982 6 570 News Notes "NGC 7252, a Dichotomous Galaxy" 1982 6 570 News Notes NexDome 1982 6 570 News Notes Close Encounters in Space 1982 6 571 Feature STS-3: Science Rides the Shuttle "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1982 6 574 Feature The Local System of Stars "Herbst, William" 1982 6 579 Books and the Sky "Universe, Don Dixon" 1982 6 579 Books and the Sky "Grand Tour, Ron Miller and William K. Hartmann" 1982 6 579 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lomberg, Jon" 1982 6 580 Books and the Sky "Cosmology: The Science of the Universe, Edward R. Harrison" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1982 6 581 Books and the Sky "Planets, Peter Francis" "Chaikin, Andrew" 1982 6 593 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 6 600 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 6 601 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 6 602 Celestial Calendar Observing July's Total Lunar Eclipse 1982 6 604 Celestial Calendar Occultation notes "Dunham, David W." 1982 6 612 Amateur Astronomers "Land of the Long White Cloud""""" 1982 6 612 Amateur Astronomers "The Land of the Long White Cloud""""" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1982 6 621 Gleanings for ATMs Experiments with All-Sky Photography "Schur, Chris" 1982 6 624 Gleanings for ATMs "Silvernail, Chester J." 1982 6 625 Gleanings for ATMs Restoring Old Tubes "Mayenschein, Joseph" 1982 6 626 Gleanings for ATMs Night Viewer for Star Charts "Tanner, Ralph L." 1982 6 634 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 6 635 Observer's Page Monitoring the Aurora Electronically "Knight, Jesse W." 1982 6 638 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Gulf of Suez 1982 7 5 Letters Letter "Gerharz, Reinhold" 1982 7 5 Letters Letter "Gething, P. J. D." 1982 7 5 Letters Letter "Cooke, Donald Alan" 1982 7 5 Letters Letter "Reiland, Tom" 1982 7 5 Letters Letter "Moeschl, Richard" 1982 7 5 Letters Letter "Katz, Daniel E." 1982 7 6 Feature Probing the Radio Sun "Kundu, M. R." 1982 7 10 Feature Did the Perseids Peak in 1980? "Russell, John A." 1982 7 12 Feature The Craig Telescope of 1852 "Steel, Duncan" 1982 7 14 Letters Letter "Verseau, Rene" 1982 7 14 Letters Letter "Moyer, Gordon" 1982 7 14 Letters Letter "Black, Lawrence M." 1982 7 14 Letters Letter "Huling Jr., John" 1982 7 15 Feature "The """"Jupiter Effect"""" -- Maybe Good from Bad" "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 7 16 Feature Eta Carinae's Numbered Days "Walborn, Nolan R." "Gull, Theodore R." "Davidson, Kris" 1982 7 17 News Notes Mira Update 1982 7 17 News Notes A Ring and Its Fellowship 1982 7 18 News Notes Doing the NASA Shuffle 1982 7 18 News Notes Neptune's Rotation 1982 7 18 News Notes History of the Interstellar Medium in Tiny Stones? 1982 7 19 News Notes Odd Planetary Nebula Structures 1982 7 19 News Notes Where Is Population III? 1982 7 20 News Notes Telescope Manufacture Retires 1982 7 20 News Notes "Life Among the Lowly I: Faint, Cool, White Dwarfs" 1982 7 20 News Notes Increasing Redshift 1982 7 21 News Notes Life Among the Lowly II: Theoretical Limits 1982 7 21 News Notes Life Among the Lowly III: The Winner is ... 1982 7 21 News Notes Solar Neutrinos: A Persistent Problem 1982 7 22 News Notes Spinning Asteroids 1982 7 22 News Notes The Newest Landsat 1982 7 22 News Notes Mass Loss Bubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud 1982 7 25 Feature Satellite Observations of Cataclysmic Variables "Mason, Keith O." "Cordovda, France A." 1982 7 30 Astronomical Scrapbook Darkness at Noon 1982 7 33 Feature Iraq's New National Observatory "Bok, Bart J." 1982 7 36 Astronomical Scrapbook A Search for Russell's Original Diagram "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 7 40 Books and the Sky "First of Life, Smithsonian Institution" "Zirker, Jack B." 1982 7 41 Books and the Sky "Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy, A. P. Clay Sherrod" "Feibelman, Walter A." 1982 7 42 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Discovery, Martin Harwit" "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 7 44 Books and the Sky "Sky Catalogue 2000&point;0, Vol. 1: Stars to Magnitude 8&point;0, Alan Hirshfield and Roger W. Sinnott, editors" "Morris, Charles S." 1982 7 45 Books and the Sky "X-ray Astronomy, J. Leonard Culhane and Peter W. Sanford" "Lampton, Michael" 1982 7 55 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 7 58 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 7 59 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 7 60 Celestial Calendar The Busiest Month of the Year! 1982 7 86 Gleanings for ATMs A Sundial That Tells Standard Time "Hamkins, C. P." 1982 7 88 Gleanings for ATMs Timing the Sun 1982 7 89 Gleanings for ATMs Stands for Binoculars "Mandler, Rudolf" 1982 7 91 Gleanings for ATMs Telescope Parameters from a Handy Graph "Dobbin Jr., James W." 1982 7 99 Observer's Page Stellar Spectra the Easy Way "Lacroix, D. P." 1982 7 101 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 7 101 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1982 7 102 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 7 103 Observer's Page Summer's Colorful Skies 1982 7 104 Observer's Page A Film Tester for Deep-Sky Photography "Ernest, Orien A." 1982 7 106 Observer's Page Of April Lyrids and a Supernova 1982 8 113 Front-Cover Photo Black Hole Vista 1982 8 117 Letters Letter "Grossi, Mario D." 1982 8 117 Letters Letter "Glaser, Arthur" 1982 8 117 Letters Letter "Michaelis, Anthony R." 1982 8 117 Letters Letter "Miller, Frank A." 1982 8 117 Letters Letter "Reidhead, Sarah J." 1982 8 117 Letters Letter "Rast, Richard H." 1982 8 118 Feature Opinautics: A Matter of Much Gravity "Sheldon, Eric" 1982 8 123 Feature Keeler's Gap in Saturn's A Ring "Osterbrock, Donald E." "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1982 8 127 Feature An Amateur Space Telescope "Sawyer, Robert J." 1982 8 129 News Notes New Award 1982 8 129 News Notes First Quasar Yields Another Secret 1982 8 130 News Notes Whipple Observatory 1982 8 130 News Notes "A Very Rich, Very Red, Very Distant, Very Normal Cluster of Galaxies" 1982 8 131 News Notes In Search of Neptune's Ring 1982 8 132 News Notes New Light on a Biological Mystery 1982 8 132 News Notes Three New Catalogues 1982 8 132 News Notes Size of Mira 1982 8 133 Feature Black Heart of the Milky Way "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 8 133 Feature The Black Heart of the Milky Way "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 8 136 Feature The Wanderings of a 25-inch Refractor "Dialetis, D." "Matsopoulos, N." "Prokakis, Th." 1982 8 138 Astronomical Scrapbook Dreyer and Tycho's World System "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 8 141 Feature R Aquarii: An Extraordinary Variable Star "Kaler, James B." 1982 8 144 Books and the Sky The First Stargazers 1982 8 144 Letters Letter "Hicks III, Robert D." 1982 8 145 Books and the Sky "Horizons: Exploring the Universe, Michael A. Seeds" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1982 8 146 Books and the Sky "Life in the Universe, John Billingham, ed." "Page, Thornton L." 1982 8 148 Books and the Sky "The Moon -- Our Sister Planet, Peter H. Cadogan" "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1982 8 150 Books and the Sky "Mysteries of the Universe, Nigel Henbest" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1982 8 159 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 8 162 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 8 163 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 8 164 Celestial Calendar Does 9 Metis Have a Satellite? "Pilcher, Frederick" 1982 8 176 Amateur Astronomers The Texas Star Party "Milon, Dennis" 1982 8 183 Gleanings for ATMs Riverside '82:A Year for Big Telescopes "di Cicco, Dennis" 1982 8 188 Gleanings for ATMs A Null Test for Cassegrain Secondaries "Spooner, Michael V." 1982 8 197 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 8 198 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 8 198 Observer's Page "Newly Discovered Comet Austin, 1982g" 1982 8 199 Observer's Page Zodiacal Light in Color 1982 8 199 Observer's Page The Zodiacal Light in Color "Schur, Chris" 1982 8 200 Observer's Page You Can Take It with You "Smith, David L." 1982 9 209 Front-Cover Photo Summer's Lunar Eclipse 1982 9 213 Letters Letter "Barrett, Michael F." 1982 9 213 Letters Letter "Moore, T. E." "Arnoldy, R. L." 1982 9 213 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1982 9 214 Feature "Jupiter """"Without a Visible Satellite""""" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1982 9 216 Feature ZZ Ceti Stars: Variable White Dwarfs "Winget, Donald E." "Horn, Hugh M. Van" 1982 9 220 Feature Barnard's Satellite of Jupiter "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1982 9 225 News Notes Stalking the Shuttle 1982 9 225 News Notes New Criterion Owners 1982 9 225 News Notes Hottest White Dwarf 1982 9 226 News Notes The Centaurus-A Enigma 1982 9 226 News Notes Chance Discovery of an Extragalactic Star Cluster 1982 9 227 News Notes "Uranus Updates, I: Rings" 1982 9 227 News Notes "Uranus Updates, II: Satellites" 1982 9 228 News Notes Shell Nebula in NGC 55 1982 9 228 News Notes How Things Spin 1982 9 228 News Notes Naming Mount Hamilton 1982 9 229 News Notes IAU and Naming Stars 1982 9 229 News Notes Bright Compact Galaxy Found in Ursa Major 1982 9 230 News Notes X-Rays and an Alternative Theory of Gravitation 1982 9 230 News Notes Warp in M31 1982 9 231 Feature Wisconsin's Teaching Observatory "Campbell, Warren" 1982 9 232 Feature A Summerful of Space Flights "Chaikin, Andrew" 1982 9 234 Feature Box: No Maunder Minimum? "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 9 234 Feature Sunspot Numbers and Solar Cycles "Wallenquist, Steven G." 1982 9 237 Astronomical Scrapbook "The Great Comet and the """"Carte""""" "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 9 240 Books and the Sky "Make-It-Yourself Nocturnal, Carole Stott" "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 9 241 Books and the Sky "Stages to Saturn, Roger E. Bilstein" "Burke, James D." 1982 9 242 Books and the Sky "At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky, Gary Upton" "Shawcross, William E." 1982 9 244 Books and the Sky "Photometric and Spectroscopic Binary Systems, Ellen B. Carling and Zdenek Kopal, editors" "Plavec, Mirek J." 1982 9 245 Books and the Sky "In the Light of the Sun, Mark Washburn" "Foukal, Peter" 1982 9 254 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 9 258 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 9 259 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 9 260 Celestial Calendar Interesting Double and Triple Stars 1982 9 272 Amateur Astronomers "Astronomy Day, 1982" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1982 9 279 Gleanings for ATMs Constructing a Measuring Engine "Everhart, Edgar" 1982 9 284 Gleanings for ATMs How to Reduce Plate Measurements "Marsden, Brian G." 1982 9 294 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 9 295 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 9 296 Observer's Page 1982's Lunar Eclipses: Round 2 1982 10 305 Front-Cover Photo Sputnik 1 1982 10 309 Letters Letter "Barnwell, G. C." 1982 10 309 Letters Letter "Lorber, Richard D." 1982 10 309 Letters Letter "Gordon, Rodger W." 1982 10 309 Letters Letter "Botley, Cicely M." 1982 10 309 Letters Letter "Brown, R. Hamilton" "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1982 10 309 Letters Letter "Catlin, Kenneth G." 1982 10 310 Feature "The """"Space Age"""" (25 Years and Counting)" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1982 10 313 Feature Lessons Learned: Americans in Space "Kranz, Eugene" 1982 10 317 Feature Perspectives on Space Astronomy "Greenstein, Jesse L." 1982 10 320 Feature NASA and the Planetary Imperative "Van Allen, James A." 1982 10 323 Feature The International Space Arena "Gatland, Kenneth" 1982 10 323 Feature An Interview with James M. Beggs 1982 10 326 Feature Asia in Space "Chaikin, Andrew" 1982 10 327 Feature The New Ocean of Space "Schmitt, Harrison H." 1982 10 327 Feature New Ocean of Space "Schmitt, Harrison H." 1982 10 330 Feature An Interview with T. Keith Glennan 1982 10 334 News Notes T Tauri's Infrared Companion 1982 10 334 News Notes Facelift for the 36-footer 1982 10 334 News Notes Neutrino Rest Mass: Negative Results 1982 10 334 News Notes Cometlike Solar Surge 1982 10 335 News Notes "First Host of """"Today""""" 1982 10 335 News Notes Elemental Abundances: What is Normal? 1982 10 335 News Notes Resolving M87's Jet 1982 10 336 News Notes Magnetic Monopole: Found at Last? 1982 10 337 News Notes Two More Sungrazing Comets 1982 10 338 Books and the Sky "Our Turbulent Sun, Kendrick Frazier" "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 10 339 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Dawn, Eric Chaisson" "Goldsmith, Donald" 1982 10 340 Books and the Sky Book Review "Eicher, David J." 1982 10 342 Books and the Sky "The Physical Universe, Frank H. Shu" "Trimble, Virginia" 1982 10 344 Books and the Sky "Black Holes, Walter Sullivan" 1982 10 344 Books and the Sky Book Review "Block, David L." 1982 10 344 Books and the Sky "Gravity, Black Holes and the Universe, Iain Nicolson" 1982 10 351 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 10 354 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 10 355 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 10 356 Celestial Calendar Mystery in Monoceros 1982 10 368 Amateur Astronomers The League's Peoria Convention "Milon, Dennis" 1982 10 371 Amateur Astronomers 1983 Solar Eclipse Tours 1982 10 375 Gleanings for ATMs Peoria's New 24-inch Telescope "Grebner, Arthur" 1982 10 380 Gleanings for ATMs "Optics and the """"Golden Ratio""""" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1982 10 390 Observer's Page More About July's Lunar Eclipse 1982 10 396 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 10 397 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 11 401 Front-Cover Photo Eclipse over Paris 1982 11 405 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1982 11 405 Letters Letter "Spratt, C. E." 1982 11 405 Letters Letter "Rollinson, John" 1982 11 405 Letters Letter "Brody, Judit" "Fyffe, Graeme" 1982 11 405 Letters Letter "Joffe, Howard" 1982 11 405 Letters Letter "Larson, Stephen M." 1982 11 406 Feature "Moussaka, Retsina, and the IAU" "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 11 409 Feature Box: Alert for Astronomers: 1984 Is Coming "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" "Kaplan, George H." 1982 11 410 News Notes New 2&point;4-meter Telescope on Kitt Peak 1982 11 411 News Notes The 100-second Seyfert Galaxy 1982 11 412 News Notes The 200-second Quasar 1982 11 412 News Notes Till the End of Time 1982 11 413 News Notes Star Formation in Barred Spirals 1982 11 413 News Notes Fullam Award 1982 11 414 News Notes Comet Tempel-Tuttle and the Leonids 1982 11 414 News Notes A Tangled Skein: Emission Lines of EF Eridani 1982 11 415 News Notes 2228 Soyuz-Apollo 1982 11 416 Amateur Astronomers Bok Astronomy Awards 1982 11 416 News Notes 3C 345:A Far-Infrared Quasar 1982 11 416 News Notes Conestoga 1 Launch 1982 11 416 News Notes Herschel Concert 1982 11 417 Feature How Accurate Is The Gregorian Calendar? "Kluepfel, Charles" 1982 11 418 Feature Luigi Lilio and the Gregorian Reform of the Calendar "Moyer, Gordon" 1982 11 420 Feature The Amazing Olympus Mons "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1982 11 423 Feature Images of Other Worlds "Chaikin, Andrew" 1982 11 428 Feature Barnard and His Observations of Io "Griffin, Roger F." 1982 11 430 Feature Orion's Stellar Nursery "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 11 433 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Rotation of the Sun "Gingerich, Owen" "Tresch-Fienberg, Richard" 1982 11 438 Letters Letter "Pansecchi, Luigi" 1982 11 438 Letters Letter "Phelps Jr., John D." 1982 11 438 Letters Letter "Heiser, A. M." 1982 11 441 Books and the Sky "The Surface of Mars, Michael H. Carr" "Pieters, Carle M." 1982 11 442 Books and the Sky "Revealing the Universe, James Cornell and Alan P. Lightman, editors" 1982 11 442 Books and the Sky Book Review "Weedman, Daniel W." 1982 11 442 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lovi, George" 1982 11 442 Books and the Sky "Astronomy for Dummies, Stephen P. Maran, 99(5):78 Astronomy for the Inquiring Mind, Eric M. Rogers" 1982 11 444 Books and the Sky "Planetary Science: A Lunar Perspective, Stuart Ross Taylor" "Page, Thornton L." 1982 11 445 Books and the Sky "Gamma Ray Astrophysics, Carl E. Fichtel and Jacob I. Trombka" "Kraushaar, William L." 1982 11 446 Books and the Sky "Comets and the Origin of Life, Cyril Ponnamperuma, editor" "Andrew, Brian" 1982 11 455 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 11 458 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 11 459 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 11 460 Celestial Calendar How Many Stars in the Square of Pegasus? 1982 11 472 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane '82 "di Cicco, Dennis" 1982 11 486 Gleanings for ATMs An Analemmatic Sundial at Union College "Ohanian, Hans C." 1982 11 488 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Mirror System for Binoculars "Matsumoto, Tatsuro" 1982 11 490 Gleanings for ATMs 6-inch Cassegrain Binoculars "Butler, Norman P." 1982 11 502 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 11 503 Observer's Page July's Partial Solar Eclipse 1982 11 504 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 12 513 Front-Cover Photo Observing Station at the South Pole 1982 12 517 Letters Letter "Eddy, John A." 1982 12 517 Letters Letter "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1982 12 517 Letters Letter "Nordley, Gerald D." 1982 12 517 Letters Letter "Williams, David B." 1982 12 517 Letters Letter "Sheehan, William" 1982 12 517 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1982 12 518 Feature Soviet Astronomy Today: A Personal View "Robinson, Leif J." 1982 12 520 Feature Astronomy on Ice "Harvey, John W." "Pomerantz, M." "Duvall Jr., T." 1982 12 524 Feature "Venus 1882: Public, Parallax, and HNR" "DeVorkin, David H." 1982 12 527 Feature The Space Shuttle's Uncertain Environment "Chaikin, Andrew" 1982 12 530 Astronomical Scrapbook Notes on the Gregorian Calendar Reform "Gingerich, Owen" 1982 12 533 Letters Letter "Archer, Don" 1982 12 533 Letters Letter "Marlett, Margaret M." 1982 12 533 Letters Letter "Grillet, Jean Paul" 1982 12 534 Feature The Aurora: New Light on an Old Subject "Akasofu, S.-I." 1982 12 538 News Notes Guggenheim Fellowship 1982 12 538 News Notes Planetary Nebula in M31 1982 12 538 News Notes The Milky Way in Gamma Rays: COS B Results 1982 12 538 News Notes The Observatories 1982 12 539 News Notes The Milky Way: A Twinkling Quasar 1982 12 540 News Notes Is the Universe Rotating? 1982 12 541 News Notes Photographing Faint Satellites 1982 12 542 News Notes Minor Planet Names 1982 12 542 News Notes Giant Halo Around Quasar 1982 12 542 News Notes Too Much to Swallow? 1982 12 543 News Notes British Astronomers Look South 1982 12 543 News Notes AAS Awards 1982 12 544 Feature Radio Astronomy's Golden Anniversary "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1982 12 551 Feature Comet Halley Found "di Cicco, Dennis" 1982 12 553 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Comets, John C. Brandt and Robert D. Chapman" "Delsemme, Armand H." 1982 12 554 Books and the Sky "Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations: Supplement I, J. Ruprecht, B. Balazs, and R. E. White" "Mermilliod, J.-C." 1982 12 555 Books and the Sky "The Nature of Matter, J. H. Mulvey, editor" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1982 12 557 Books and the Sky "The Moon, Patrick Moore" 1982 12 557 Books and the Sky "Jupiter, Garry Hunt and Patrick Moore" 1982 12 557 Books and the Sky Book Review "Batson, Raymond M." 1982 12 565 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1982 12 572 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1982 12 573 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1982 12 574 Celestial Calendar The Lunar Eclipse: Shades of '63 "Dunham, David W." 1982 12 576 Celestial Calendar Partial Solar Eclipse 1982 12 586 Amateur Astronomers Five Amateur Observatories "Anderson, Peter E." "Reed, Steve" "Dyck, Gerald P." 1982 12 598 Gleanings for ATMs The Acme Telescope "Richter, John L." 1982 12 601 Gleanings for ATMs A Vote from Spokane: Make It Yourself! "Martin, Wesley K." 1982 12 615 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1982 12 616 Observer's Page An East Coast Fireball 1982 12 617 Observer's Page Comet Bowell and the Trifid Nebula 1982 12 617 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1982 12 618 Observer's Page What Size the Umbra? "Sinnott, Roger W." 1983 1 1 Front-Cover Photo al-Sufi's Perseus 1983 1 5 Letters Letter "Armstrong, H. L." 1983 1 5 Letters Letter "Cobaugh, Stephen M." 1983 1 5 Letters Letter "Borst, Lyle B." 1983 1 5 Letters Letter "Loudon, Jim" 1983 1 5 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1983 1 6 Feature X-Ray Jets of Centaurus A and M87 "Feigelson, Eric D." "Schreier, Ethan J." 1983 1 11 News Notes Aurora Urani? 1983 1 12 News Notes Changes in Earth's Tilt 1983 1 12 News Notes "The Oldest """"Old Nova""""" 1983 1 12 News Notes SETI Manifesto 1983 1 13 News Notes Circinus X-1: More Bewildering Than Ever 1983 1 13 News Notes A Globular Cluster's Central Core 1983 1 14 News Notes Asteroid Grant 1983 1 14 News Notes Quasar Near Edge of Universe 1983 1 15 News Notes Volcanoes on Europa? 1983 1 16 News Notes Gravitinos Explain Lumpy Universe 1983 1 17 Feature Astronomy at Armagh "Michaud, Michael A. G." 1983 1 20 Feature "How We Got Our """"Arabic"""" Star Names" "Kunitzsch, Paul" 1983 1 23 Feature Night Sky from Salyut "Koutchmy, Serge" "Nikol'skij, Guenadi M." 1983 1 26 Feature Crab's Mysterious Jet 1983 1 27 Feature Giorgio Abetti (1882-1982) "Hack, Margherita" 1983 1 28 Feature Great Debate Revisited "Smith, Robert W." 1983 1 30 Feature Center of Our Galaxy "Kraus, John D." 1983 1 32 Feature Space Astronomy on Videodisk "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1983 1 33 Feature Adalberta Mystery "Schmadel, Lutz D." "West, Richard M." "Madsen, Claus" 1983 1 35 Books and the Sky "A Meeting with the Universe, Bevan M. French and Stephen P. Maran, editors" "Morrison, David" 1983 1 37 Books and the Sky "Stellar Paths, Peter van de Kamp" "Kamper, Karl" 1983 1 38 Books and the Sky "Other Worlds, Paul Davies" "Robinson, Leif J." 1983 1 39 Books and the Sky "Mysterium Cosmographicum: The Secret of the Universe, Johannes Kepler" "Gingerich, Owen" 1983 1 40 Books and the Sky "Observational Astronomy for Amateurs, J. B. Sidgwick" "Pearce, G. S." 1983 1 41 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos, Isaac Asimov" "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1983 1 49 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1983 1 51 Feature Sky-Gazers Almanac 1983 "Sinnott, Roger W." 1983 1 56 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 1 57 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 1 58 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1983 "Dunham, David W." 1983 1 61 Celestial Calendar A Guide to the Outer Solar System 1983 1 72 Amateur Astronomers Trends from Recent Meetings "Briggs, John Wright" 1983 1 74 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1983 1 74 Amateur Astronomers Three Award Winners 1983 1 81 Gleanings for ATMs An Amateur Solar Telescope "Gottschalk, Gert" 1983 1 85 Gleanings for ATMs Equatorial Tracking with a Dobsonian "Baetens, Chris" "Kinnet, F." 1983 1 92 Observer's Page Occultation Highlights for the Year -- 1983 "Dunham, David W." 1983 1 96 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1983 1 98 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 1 99 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 2 105 Front-Cover Photo Outer Space House Guest 1983 2 109 Letters Letter "Stone, Dennis" 1983 2 109 Letters Letter "Rosyidi, Hidayatullah" 1983 2 109 Letters Letter "Wilson Jr., Raymond H." 1983 2 109 Letters Letter "Osterbrock, Donald E." "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1983 2 109 Letters Letter "Buckley, Robert G." 1983 2 109 Letters Letter "Chapman, Clark R." 1983 2 110 Feature Infrared Views of the Giant Planets "Allen, David A." 1983 2 113 Feature An Antebellum Observatory in Alabama "Byrd, Gene" "Mellown, Robert" 1983 2 115 Letters Letter "Muzzio, Juan C." 1983 2 116 Feature Planetary Game Plan "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1983 2 116 Feature A Planetary Game Plan "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1983 2 118 Feature Wethersfield Meteorite: The Odds Were Astronomical "di Cicco, Dennis" 1983 2 119 Letters Letter "Dick, Steven J." 1983 2 120 Feature Australia's Bicentennial Bonanza "Smith, David H." 1983 2 122 Feature A Stone's Throw from the Planets "Chaikin, Andrew" 1983 2 124 Astronomical Scrapbook Great Comet That Never Came "Gingerich, Owen" 1983 2 127 Feature San Diego's Adventure in Space "Crooks, Pamela D." 1983 2 130 News Notes Star Formation in Bok Globules 1983 2 131 News Notes Search for Gravitational Radiation Continues 1983 2 131 News Notes Millisecond Pulsar Puts Astronomers in a Spin 1983 2 132 News Notes Doppler Imaging of Starspots 1983 2 133 News Notes High-Redshift Galaxies 1983 2 133 News Notes Ring Nebula Update 1983 2 134 News Notes Water Ice Detected in Comet Bowell 1983 2 135 News Notes Gould's Belt and the Local Gas Ring 1983 2 135 News Notes "P/Giacobini-Zinner, Ho!" 1983 2 137 Feature M. K. Vainu Bappu: Pioneer Astronomer "Swarup, G." "Venugopal, V. R." 1983 2 139 Books and the Sky Book Review "Paul, E. Robert" 1983 2 140 Books and the Sky "The History of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography, David H. DeVorkin" "Lankford, John" 1983 2 142 Books and the Sky "B-Stars With and Without Emission Lines, Anne Underhill and Vera Doazan, editors" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1983 2 144 Books and the Sky "The Unfolding Universe, Patrick Moore" "Trombino, Donald F." 1983 2 151 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1983 2 154 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 2 156 Celestial Calendar Supergiant Stars and Visual Observers "Robinson, Leif J." 1983 2 158 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 2 168 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy in Egypt: A Monument for Alexandria "Seal, David" 1983 2 176 Gleanings for ATMs Resolution Criteria for Diffraction-Limited Telescopes "Stoltzmann, David E." 1983 2 190 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 2 195 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 3 201 Front-Cover Photo December's Dusky Eclipse 1983 3 205 Letters Letter "Sheldon, Eric" 1983 3 205 Letters Letter "Doggett, LeRoy E." "Kaplan, George H." 1983 3 205 Letters Letter "Murray, Alasdair M." 1983 3 205 Letters Letter "Mozel, Philip" 1983 3 205 Letters Letter "Masthay, Carl" 1983 3 206 Letters Letter "Knox Jr., Reed" 1983 3 206 Letters Letter "Joka, Herbert J." 1983 3 206 Letters Letter "Greenstein, Jesse L." 1983 3 206 Letters Letter "Gurley, Robert E." 1983 3 206 Letters Letter "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1983 3 207 Feature Inflationary Universe Lives? "Smith, David H." 1983 3 211 Feature Beyond the Big Bang "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 3 214 Feature "Big Ear"""" vs. Golfballs" "Robinson, Leif J." 1983 3 215 Feature "ASA 1,000 and Color Too!" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1983 3 218 Feature Exploring the Martian Arctic "Parker, Donald C." "Capen, Charles F." "Beish, Jeff D." 1983 3 221 News Notes A Better Black Hole? 1983 3 221 News Notes Cygnus X-1: The Longest-Period Celestial X-ray Source 1983 3 222 News Notes Chratien Award 1983 3 222 News Notes New Comet Halley Photograph 1983 3 223 News Notes "Tycho, Kepler, and Einstein" 1983 3 224 News Notes Ordinary Nova Remnants: Oblate or Prolate? 1983 3 224 News Notes . . . And the Large Magellanic Cloud as Well 1983 3 226 Feature Observing White-Light Flares "Neidig, Donald F." "Beckers, Jacques M." 1983 3 228 Feature Founding of Kitt Peak "Goldberg, Leo" 1983 3 234 Books and the Sky "Space, James A. Michener" 1983 3 234 Books and the Sky Book Review "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1983 3 234 Books and the Sky Book Review "Washburn, Mark" 1983 3 234 Books and the Sky "Cambridge Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences, David G. Smith, editor" 1983 3 235 Books and the Sky "Antimatter Propulsion, A. R. Martin, editor" "Robertson, Donald F." 1983 3 237 Books and the Sky "Bright Star Catalogue, Dorrit Hoffleit with Carlos Jaschek" "Davidson, Gerald T." 1983 3 239 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Photometry, Arne A. Henden and Ronald H. Kaitchuck" 1983 3 239 Books and the Sky Book Review "Kemp, James C." 1983 3 239 Books and the Sky "Photoelectric Photometry of Variable Stars, Douglas S. Hall and Russell M. Genet" 1983 3 247 Rambling Through the Skies Rambling Through the Skies "Lovi, George" 1983 3 250 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 3 251 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 3 252 Celestial Calendar R Leonis at Maximum 1983 3 262 Amateur Astronomers Finnish Observatory 1983 3 262 Amateur Astronomers A Finnish Observatory "Salmi, Juhani" 1983 3 264 Amateur Astronomers South American League "Savio, Jorge Balseiro" 1983 3 264 Amateur Astronomers Summer Opportunities for Students "Esquivel-Sirvent, Raul P." 1983 3 273 Gleanings for ATMs The Neglected Schupmann Refractor "Wolter, Christian" "Merz, Rainer" 1983 3 278 Gleanings for ATMs The Schupmann Club "Daley Jr., James A." 1983 3 285 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 3 287 Observer's Page 1982's Lunar Eclipses: Round 3 1983 3 290 Observer's Page December's Partial Solar Eclipse 1983 3 291 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 4 297 Front-Cover Photo Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232 1983 4 301 Letters Letter "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" 1983 4 301 Letters Letter "Stone, Remington P. S." 1983 4 301 Letters Letter "Cesarone, Robert J." 1983 4 301 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1983 4 301 Letters Letter "Loader, Brian" 1983 4 302 Letters Letter "Hutchinson, Michael J." 1983 4 302 Letters Letter "Powell, Conley" 1983 4 302 Letters Letter "Ebdon, John" 1983 4 302 Letters Letter "Giller, Roger" 1983 4 303 Feature Early Views from Landsat 4 1983 4 307 Feature Related Galaxies with Different Redshifts? "Arp, Halton C." 1983 4 310 Feature Absentee Astronomy "Robinson, Leif J." 1983 4 312 Feature Infrared and Submillimeter Astronomy from Space "Strom, Stephen E." 1983 4 316 Feature What Ever Happened to Bufo the Toad? "Drennan, Anthony" 1983 4 320 Feature "Daniel J. K. O'Connell, S.J.(1896-1982)" "Coyne S.J., George V." "McCarthy, Martin F." 1983 4 321 News Notes Losing the Martian Connection 1983 4 321 News Notes 3C 324: Most Distant Galaxy 1983 4 322 News Notes Are Quasars Nearby? 1983 4 322 News Notes First Images from the IRAS Telescope 1983 4 323 News Notes FK Comae: A Coalescing Binary System? 1983 4 324 News Notes Educational Opportunity 1983 4 324 News Notes Problicom Paydirt 1983 4 324 News Notes Clumpy NGC 7673 1983 4 325 News Notes The Binary Pulsar -- A Textbook Example 1983 4 325 News Notes The Center of M31 1983 4 326 News Notes Asteroid Classes: Alphabet Soup 1983 4 328 News Notes Farewell to a Space Pioneer 1983 4 330 Books and the Sky "Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, Vol. 4: Galaxies, Kenneth Glyn Jones, editor, 64:340 . Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer" "Buta, Ronald J." 1983 4 331 Books and the Sky "Space Travellers: The Bringers of Life, Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe" "Tarter, Jill C." "Lawless, James G." 1983 4 334 Books and the Sky "Mission to Mars, James Oberg" "Page, Thornton L." 1983 4 336 Books and the Sky "Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, George B. Rybicki and Alan P. Lightman" "Porter, Alain" 1983 4 343 Rambling Through the Skies Stalking the Mighty Lion "Lovi, George" 1983 4 346 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 4 347 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 4 348 Celestial Calendar The Outer Limits: How Far Can You See? "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 4 349 Celestial Calendar Pluto Occultation Alert 1983 4 350 Celestial Calendar Moon Occults Jupiter 1983 4 350 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Notes 1983 4 359 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1983 4 359 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Education Without a Budget "Nightingale, Stephen" 1983 4 361 Amateur Astronomers South American Amateur Observatory 1983 4 361 Amateur Astronomers Popular Astronomy in Kuwait "Abdul-Rahman, Mahmood" 1983 4 366 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Platform for Astrophotography "Mandler, Rudolf" 1983 4 369 Gleanings for ATMs Making a Simple Chronograph "Boulet, Dan L." 1983 4 381 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 4 382 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 4 383 Observer's Page More on December's Lunar Eclipse 1983 4 387 Observer's Page Readers Gauge the Umbra Again "Sinnott, Roger W." 1983 5 393 Front-Cover Photo Chabot's Transit Room 1983 5 397 Letters Letter "Adel, Arthur" 1983 5 397 Letters Letter "Worden, Simon P." 1983 5 397 Letters Letter "Franke, John M." 1983 5 397 Letters Letter "Dorst, Friedhelm" 1983 5 397 Letters Letter "Bullen, M. A." 1983 5 398 Feature Chabot's Century of Science Education "Morrison, Martin E." "Takahashi, Allen B." "Wightman, Kingsley W." 1983 5 401 Feature Challenge of Salyut 7 "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1983 5 405 Letters Letter "Gilmore, Michael R." 1983 5 405 Letters Letter "Gingrich, Mark" 1983 5 405 Letters Letter "Hochgraf, Lester" 1983 5 405 Letters Letter "Moyer, Gordon" 1983 5 405 Letters Letter "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1983 5 406 News Notes Stalking the W Particle 1983 5 406 News Notes AURA's Triple Celebration 1983 5 407 News Notes New AAVSO Report 1983 5 407 News Notes Next Year's Explosion of VY Aquarii? 1983 5 408 News Notes Nitrogen-Rich Novae: Are We Breathing Their Shells? 1983 5 408 News Notes 1983a Doesn't Exist 1983 5 409 News Notes New Power for VLBI 1983 5 409 News Notes Rejuvenated Quasars? 1983 5 410 News Notes The Spaghetti Universe 1983 5 410 News Notes Next DPS Meeting 1983 5 411 Feature "New, Improved SETI" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1983 5 413 Feature IUE Looks at the Algol Paradox "Plavec, Mirek J." 1983 5 417 Feature Robert d'Escourt Atkinson (1898-1982) "Honeycutt, R. Kent" 1983 5 418 Astronomical Scrapbook Ancient Egyptian Sky Magic "Gingerich, Owen" 1983 5 422 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Serpent, Victor Clube and Bill Napier" "Weissman, Paul R." 1983 5 423 Books and the Sky "Searching Between the Stars, Lyman Spitzer, Jr." "Marschall, Laurence A." 1983 5 424 Books and the Sky "The Nature of Symbiotic Stars, Michael Friedjung and Roberto Viotti, editors" "Willson, Lee Anne" 1983 5 426 Books and the Sky "Software for Photometric Astronomy, Silvano Ghedini" "Krisciunas, Kevin" 1983 5 435 Rambling Through the Skies Cosmic Clusters Large and Small "Lovi, George" 1983 5 438 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 5 439 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 5 440 Celestial Calendar Pallas Occultation: A Rare Spectacle "Dunham, David W." "Maley, Paul D." 1983 5 452 Amateur Astronomers Space Advocacy Movement 1983 5 452 Amateur Astronomers The Space Advocacy Movement "Stone, Dennis" 1983 5 453 Amateur Astronomers The Mount Wilson Observatory Association "Simmons, Michael" 1983 5 453 Amateur Astronomers Mount Wilson Observatory Association 1983 5 460 Gleanings for ATMs An Objective-Prism Spectrograph "Sorensen, Brent" 1983 5 465 Gleanings for ATMs Correcting the Eye's Astigmatism "van Ellinckhuysen, Jack" 1983 5 470 Observer's Page The Changing Face of Mars "Chaikin, Andrew" 1983 5 472 Observer's Page Spectacular Rocket Launch 1983 5 475 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 5 476 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 6 17 Books and the Sky "The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupary" 1983 6 481 Front-Cover Photo Mauna Kea Moonset 1983 6 485 Letters Letter "O'Brien M.D., Kennedy J." 1983 6 485 Letters Letter "Kaitchuck, Ronald H." "Hendon, Arne" 1983 6 485 Letters Letter "Bourgeois, Jean" 1983 6 485 Letters Letter "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1983 6 486 Letters Letter "Ganoe, William H." 1983 6 486 Letters Letter "Wilson Jr., Raymond H." 1983 6 486 Letters Letter "Wilson, Allan" 1983 6 486 Letters Letter "Seeds, Michael A." 1983 6 487 Feature Long Thread of Danish Astronomy "Beekman, George W. E." 1983 6 487 Feature The Long Thread of Danish Astronomy "Beekman, George W. E." 1983 6 492 Feature Planetarium in Central Mexico "Cornell, James" 1983 6 492 Feature A Planetarium in Central Mexico "Cornell, James" 1983 6 493 Feature Return to the Moon "Chaikin, Andrew" 1983 6 494 Feature Astrophysics in Austin "Ohanian, Hans C." "Schorn, Ronald A." 1983 6 497 Feature A0538-66: The Most Powerful X-ray Star "Charles, Philip A." 1983 6 500 Feature Ebenezer Henderson's Astronomical Clock "Edwards, John" 1983 6 502 News Notes M8: An Active Star-Forming Region 1983 6 503 News Notes MR 2251-178:A Quasar Weighs In 1983 6 504 News Notes On the Trail of the Crab 1983 6 504 News Notes The Slowest Spinning Asteroids 1983 6 505 News Notes The Horizon-to-Horizon Supercluster 1983 6 505 News Notes Getting a Job in Astronomy 1983 6 506 News Notes The Moon's Ancient Magnetism 1983 6 506 News Notes Case of PG 1159-035:A New Type of Variable Star 1983 6 507 News Notes Former Managing Editor Dies 1983 6 507 News Notes Pioneer 10: Beyond the Known Planets 1983 6 507 News Notes New Gallery at NASM 1983 6 508 Books and the Sky "The 1769 Transit of Venus, Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., editor" "Bracher, Katherine" 1983 6 509 News Notes "Ancient Solar Observatory?, 65:11 (correction" 1983 6 510 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hack, Margherita" 1983 6 512 Books and the Sky "Book of Calendars, Frank Parise, editor" "Moyer, Gordon" 1983 6 513 Books and the Sky Book Review "Taylor, J. G." 1983 6 513 Books and the Sky "Early Emission Line Stars, C. R. Kitchin" 1983 6 513 Books and the Sky "The Lighter Side of Gravity, Jayant Narlikar" 1983 6 521 Rambling Through the Skies What's Official in the Sky? "Lovi, George" 1983 6 528 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 6 529 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 6 530 Celestial Calendar The Lesser Lights "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 6 531 Celestial Calendar June's Partial Lunar Eclipse 1983 6 532 Celestial Calendar Jovian Moons Bunch 1983 6 532 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation Reminder 1983 6 537 Amateur Astronomers Astrophotography with a Small Refractor "DelVo, Pierino" 1983 6 539 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1983 6 548 Gleanings for ATMs An Observatory with a Voice "Otis, Michael G." 1983 6 552 Gleanings for ATMs Telescope Making and Robotics -- A Look Back "Sinnott, Roger W." 1983 6 559 Observer's Page Mars from Earth and Space "Martin, Leonard J." 1983 6 559 Observer's Page Pluto's Near Miss 1983 6 564 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 6 565 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Vulpecula's Dumbbell Nebula 1983 7 4 Letters Letter "Wenzlau, Thomas E." 1983 7 4 Letters Letter "Wesson, Paul S." 1983 7 4 Letters Letter "Genet, Russell M." 1983 7 4 Letters Letter "Cornell, James" 1983 7 4 Letters Letter "Kraus, John D." 1983 7 4 Letters Letter "Lago, Don" 1983 7 5 Letters Letter "McAlister, Harold A." 1983 7 5 Letters Letter "Nijenhuis, W." 1983 7 5 Letters Letter "Faber, Sandra M." 1983 7 6 Feature Color Photography from Mauna Kea "Thompson, Laird A." "Pierce, Michael" 1983 7 11 Astronomical Scrapbook Ptolemy and the Maverick Motion of Mercury "Gingerich, Owen" 1983 7 14 News Notes Lightning on Saturn 1983 7 14 News Notes Ethnoastronomy Conference 1983 7 14 News Notes Planetary Exploration Report 1983 7 15 News Notes The Nucleus of M77 1983 7 15 News Notes European Infrared Telescope 1983 7 17 News Notes Galactic Supernova Remnants 1983 7 17 News Notes Gravitational Background Radiation: Too Weak to Measure 1983 7 18 News Notes Pulsars of the Second Kind 1983 7 18 News Notes The Crab Misses a Beat 1983 7 19 Feature Are Black Holes Necessary? "Peratt, Anthony L." 1983 7 23 Feature New Light on Cold Worlds "Chaikin, Andrew" 1983 7 26 Feature 1983d: May's Surprise Comet "Marsden, Brian G." "Green, Daniel W. E." 1983 7 30 Books and the Sky "The History of Manned Space Flight, David Baker" "Michaud, Michael A. G." 1983 7 31 Books and the Sky "Stellar Astronomy: Historical Studies, Michael Hoskin" "Abell, George O." 1983 7 34 Books and the Sky "Observatories of the World, Siegfried Marx and Werner Pfau" "Wehinger, Peter A." 1983 7 35 Books and the Sky "Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 20, Geoffrey Burbidge, David Layzer, and John G. Phillips, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1983 7 43 Rambling Through the Skies Finding Your Way Around the Heavens "Lovi, George" 1983 7 46 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 7 47 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 7 48 Celestial Calendar SZ Herculis: A Fast Eclipsing Binary "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 7 49 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation 1983 7 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Great Red Spot "Van Nuland, James H." 1983 7 60 Amateur Astronomers A Mysterious Phenomenon over Hawaii "Urbanczyk, Andrew" 1983 7 61 Amateur Astronomers Observing Meteors by Radio "Black, William H." 1983 7 63 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Meteor Groups 1983 7 63 Amateur Astronomers The Great Leonid Meteor Storm 1983 7 67 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Coma Corrector for Newtonians "Mikesic, Dragan" 1983 7 70 Gleanings for ATMs More on All-Sky Photography "Sloan, Jeff" 1983 7 72 Gleanings for ATMs Resolution of the Craig 24-inch Refractor "Rainge, Roland" 1983 7 77 Observer's Page April's Occultation of Jupiter 1983 7 81 Observer's Page Asteroid Appulse 1983 7 82 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1983 7 83 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 7 84 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 8 89 Front-Cover Photo Galileo at Jupiter 1983 8 93 Letters Letter "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1983 8 93 Letters Letter "Beris, Anthony" "Stoukides, Michael" 1983 8 93 Letters Letter "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1983 8 93 Letters Letter "McLaughlin, William I." 1983 8 94 Feature Bipolar Gas Jets in Star-Forming Regions "Bally, John" 1983 8 98 Letters Letter "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" 1983 8 98 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1983 8 98 Letters Letter "Wood, Charles A." 1983 8 99 Feature Return to Jupiter: Project Galileo "Johnson, Torrence V." "Yeates, Clayne M." 1983 8 107 Feature From Cambridge to Cosmology "Smith, David H." 1983 8 110 News Notes Soviet Veneras Launched 1983 8 110 News Notes Small Magellanic Cloud's Anomalous Red and Blue Clusters 1983 8 110 News Notes Cygnus X-1: A New Clue 1983 8 111 News Notes Maya Astronomical Codex Authenticated 1983 8 112 News Notes IRAS Looks at M31 1983 8 112 News Notes Filaments of Galaxies: Fact or Fancy? 1983 8 113 News Notes Palomar Loses a Round in Light-Pollution Battle 1983 8 114 News Notes Planet-Size Stars or Star-Size Planets? 1983 8 114 News Notes A Solar Telescope in Space 1983 8 115 News Notes "Shane, C. Donald(1895-1983)" 1983 8 115 News Notes Where Are They Now? 1983 8 116 Backyard Astronomy The Power of the Naked Eye "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 8 120 Feature "Gerhana Matahari Total""""" "Robinson, Leif J." 1983 8 122 Books and the Sky "Comets, Laurel L. Wilkening, editor" "Cochran, Anita L." 1983 8 124 Books and the Sky "Comets: Vagabonds of Space, David A. Seargent" "Bortle, John E." 1983 8 125 Books and the Sky "Distant Encounters, Mark Washburn" 1983 8 125 Books and the Sky Book Review "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1983 8 125 Books and the Sky "Voyages to Saturn, David Morrison" 1983 8 127 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: The Evolving Universe, Michael Zeilik" "Zimmerman, R. Erik" 1983 8 135 Rambling Through the Skies Looking at Ophiuchus "Lovi, George" 1983 8 138 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 8 139 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 8 140 Celestial Calendar A Crucial Year for the Perseids 1983 8 141 Celestial Calendar SS Cygni: A Favorite Summer Variable 1983 8 142 Celestial Calendar Tracking the First Asteroid 1983 8 153 Amateur Astronomers In Search of Neglected Telescopes "Briggs, John Wright" 1983 8 155 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1983 8 159 Gleanings for ATMs Riverside 1983 "Briggs, John Wright" 1983 8 174 Observer's Page An Upsilon Pegasid Fireball "Povenmire, Harold R." "Ceplecha, Zdenek" 1983 8 175 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 8 181 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 9 185 Front-Cover Photo Solar Eclipse '83 1983 9 188 Books and the Sky Book Review "Young, Andrew T." 1983 9 188 Letters Letter "Weasner, Capt. Michael L." 1983 9 188 Letters Letter "Wehlau, William L." 1983 9 188 Letters Letter "Sturdy, Keith M." 1983 9 188 Letters Letter "Thompson, Laird A." 1983 9 188 Letters Letter "Clube, S. V. M." "Napier, W. M." 1983 9 188 Letters Letter "Bopp, Bernard W." 1983 9 189 Feature Space Telescope: Problems and Progress "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1983 9 191 Feature Eclipse '83 1983 9 195 Feature Geoffrey Burbidge: KPNO's Man at the Top "Robinson, Leif J." 1983 9 199 Feature Rings and Things 1983 9 203 Astronomical Scrapbook How Astronomers Finally Captured Mercury "Gingerich, Owen" 1983 9 206 Feature Tracing the Gas in Galaxies "Keel, William C." 1983 9 211 Feature A User's Guide to Halley's Comet "di Cicco, Dennis" 1983 9 213 News Notes What Shape Are Coronal Outbursts? 1983 9 213 News Notes Observatory Superdirector 1983 9 213 News Notes Geminga: A Unique Object 1983 9 214 News Notes VLA Visitors' Center 1983 9 214 News Notes Saturn Spot 1983 9 214 News Notes Astrophysics at Fermilab 1983 9 215 News Notes Introducing the Herschel 1983 9 215 News Notes New Space Observatories 1983 9 216 News Notes "10,000 White Dwarfs per Globular Cluster?" 1983 9 217 News Notes A Very Bipolar Planetary 1983 9 218 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mason, John" 1983 9 218 Books and the Sky Book Review "Nicks, Oran W." 1983 9 218 Books and the Sky "JPL and the American Space Program, Clayton R. Koppes" 1983 9 218 Books and the Sky "Skyguide, Mark R. Chartrand III, with Helmut K. Wimmer" 1983 9 220 Books and the Sky "Mercury's Perihelion: From Le Verrier to Einstein, N. T. Rosevearae" 1983 9 221 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Planetary Geology, Billy P. Glass" "Morgan, John W." 1983 9 222 Books and the Sky "The Planet Jupiter: The Observer's Handbook, Bertrand M. Peek" "Westfall, John E." 1983 9 231 Rambling Through the Skies Notes from an Eclipse Trip "Lovi, George" 1983 9 234 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 9 236 Celestial Calendar An Asteroid Occultation of 14 Piscium "Dunham, David W." "Kristensen, L. K." 1983 9 238 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 9 247 News Notes Farewell to the Cancer Cluster of Galaxies 1983 9 249 Amateur Astronomers The 1983 Texas Star Party "Levy, David H." 1983 9 255 Gleanings for ATMs A Polar-Disk Mounting for Astrophotography "Hooley, Mace D." 1983 9 255 Gleanings for ATMs Polar-Disk Mounting for Astrophotography 1983 9 257 Gleanings for ATMs A Drive-Control Frequency Monitor "Harner M.D., Marvin" 1983 9 259 Gleanings for ATMs Refractor Design: Clairaut's Forgotten Legacy "Church, John A." 1983 9 270 Observer's Page May's Pallas Occultation a Success "Dunham, David W." 1983 9 271 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 9 273 Observer's Page Eclipse Color Snapshots "Robinson, Leif J." 1983 9 274 Celestial Calendar June's Partial Lunar Eclipse 1983 9 277 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 10 281 Front-Cover Photo Enjoying Astronomy 1983 10 284 Letters Letter "Dutton, Denis" 1983 10 284 Letters Letter "Ernst, Albert J." 1983 10 284 Letters Letter "Gielingh, Wim" "Meeus, Jean" 1983 10 284 Letters Letter "Genet, Russell M." 1983 10 284 Letters Letter "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1983 10 284 Letters Letter "McCall, Marshall" 1983 10 284 Letters Letter "Mayes, Victor" 1983 10 284 Letters Letter "Laureys, Roger" 1983 10 285 Feature Solar Flares and Shock Waves "Maxwell, Alan" 1983 10 289 News Notes The Next Supernova: Where and How? 1983 10 290 News Notes Polarization Map of the Crab Nebula 1983 10 290 News Notes Supernova Postscript 1983 10 291 News Notes Patterns on the Sun 1983 10 291 News Notes Double-Mode RR Lyrae Stars 1983 10 292 News Notes How To Switch Off a Comet 1983 10 293 News Notes "Shane, Mary Lea(1987-1983)" 1983 10 294 Feature Testing General Relativity: 20 Years of Progress "Will, Clifford M." 1983 10 300 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Orbit of Mars "Gingerich, Owen" 1983 10 303 Feature "Bart J. Bok (1906-83) -- A Personal Memoir from a """"Grandson""""" "White, Raymond E." 1983 10 307 Backyard Astronomy Observing with Binoculars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 10 311 Feature The Melodious Pulsar "Smith, David H." 1983 10 314 Books and the Sky "The Orion Complex: A Case Study of Interstellar Matter, C. Goudis" "Bok, Bart J." 1983 10 315 Books and the Sky "Are We Alone?, Robert T. Rood and James S. Trefil" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1983 10 316 Books and the Sky "Physics of Stellar Evolution and Cosmology, Howard S. Goldberg and Michael D. Scadron" "Shipman, Harry L." 1983 10 317 Books and the Sky "Modern Astronomy: An Activities Approach, R. Robert Robbins and Mary Kay Hemenway, with William H. Jeffreys" "Straka, William C." 1983 10 319 Books and the Sky "Supernovae: A Survey of Current Research, Martin J. Rees and Ray J. Stoneham, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1983 10 327 Rambling Through the Skies Moonwatching "Lovi, George" 1983 10 330 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 10 331 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 10 332 Celestial Calendar Mercury and Venus at Dichotomy "Chaikin, Andrew" 1983 10 334 Celestial Calendar Juno and Vesta Through Fall and into Winter 1983 10 345 Amateur Astronomers The Astronomical League and Its Origins "Briggs, John Wright" 1983 10 347 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1983 10 351 Gleanings for ATMs A Cross-Axis Mount in a Box "Simon, Barry" 1983 10 353 Gleanings for ATMs An Easy-Viewing Newtonian Finderscope "Lahiri, Manindranarayan" 1983 10 355 Gleanings for ATMs Viewing Diffraction Patterns "Redburn, Fred L." 1983 10 356 Gleanings for ATMs When Is a Spherical Mirror Good Enough? "Cannon, Capt. James P." 1983 10 367 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 10 369 Observer's Page More Photography with a Small Refractor "Entrop, Hubert A." 1983 10 372 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 11 377 Front-Cover Photo Astronomy by Balloon 1983 11 380 Letters Letter "Loudon, Jim" 1983 11 380 Letters Letter "Milone, E. F." "Wesselink, A. J." 1983 11 380 Letters Letter "Harvey, O. L." 1983 11 380 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1983 11 380 Letters Letter "Dunham, David W." 1983 11 380 Letters Letter "Black, Ted" 1983 11 381 Feature Pioneering Balloon Astronomy in France "Dollfus, Audouin" 1983 11 386 Feature "Box: """"That Outfit in Texas""""" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1983 11 387 Feature Early Thoughts About Lenses in the Sky "Robinson, Leif J." 1983 11 390 Feature Charting Paths Through Gravity's Lens "Gorenstein, Marc V." 1983 11 396 News Notes Hale Telescope Model Relocated 1983 11 396 News Notes Dust from Beyond the Solar System 1983 11 396 News Notes Asteroid Hunting: Three in One Night 1983 11 397 News Notes "Newell, Homer H., Jr.(1915-83)" 1983 11 398 News Notes Stars of Glass 1983 11 398 News Notes X-Rays from Jupiter 1983 11 399 News Notes June's Neptune Occultation: No Evidence for Rings 1983 11 399 News Notes Extragalactic Pulsar Discovered 1983 11 400 Feature Next May's Eclipse: Not Annular After All? "Sinnott, Roger W." 1983 11 405 Feature Planetary Satellites: An Update "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1983 11 408 Feature The 100th Anniversary of Our Galaxy "Waller, William Howard" 1983 11 410 Astronomical Scrapbook From Aristarchus to Copernicus "Gingerich, Owen" 1983 11 414 Books and the Sky "The Sun, Our Star, Robert W. Noyes" "Livingston, William C." 1983 11 415 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Moon: The Apollo Expeditions, David M. Harland, 98(2):78 Exploration of the Universe, George O. Abell" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1983 11 416 Books and the Sky "Deep Space, Colin A. Ronan" 1983 11 416 Books and the Sky Book Review "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 11 416 Books and the Sky "The Restless Universe, Nigel Henbest and Heather Couper" 1983 11 418 Books and the Sky "Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980's, Vol. 1, Astronomy Survey Committee" "Millman, Peter M." 1983 11 427 Rambling Through the Skies Peregrinations with Pegasus "Lovi, George" 1983 11 430 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 11 431 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 11 432 Celestial Calendar An Observer's Collection of White Dwarfs "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 11 433 Celestial Calendar Epsilon Aurigae in Eclipse 1983 11 444 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane '83 "McGregor, Doug" 1983 11 453 Gleanings for ATMs "An Easy, Inexpensive Sidereal Clock" "Newton, R. J." 1983 11 454 Gleanings for ATMs A Silicon-Rubber Pitch-Lap Mold 1983 11 454 Gleanings for ATMs A Silicone-Rubber Pitch-Lap Mold "Harlow, Michael J." 1983 11 456 Gleanings for ATMs A Lightweight 8-inch Newtonian "Condit, Ralph E." 1983 11 458 Gleanings for ATMs Charting Telescope Attributes "Simoes Correa, Odilon" 1983 11 469 Observer's Page Photographing Mars "Melka, James T." 1983 11 470 Observer's Page The 1983 Perseids: A Disappointment? 1983 11 473 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 11 477 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1983 12 481 Front-Cover Photo Milky Way on Superfilm 1983 12 484 Letters Letter "Beetle, Dorothy E." 1983 12 484 Letters Letter "Rizzo, Patrick V." 1983 12 484 Letters Letter "Fischer, Daniel" 1983 12 484 Letters Letter "Goldberg, Leo" 1983 12 484 Letters Letter "Little, Robert T." 1983 12 485 Feature Supernovae: Still a Challenge "Reddy, Francis J." 1983 12 491 Feature "Orion's """"Unseen"""" Skeins" 1983 12 492 Backyard Astronomy How To Choose a Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 1983 12 495 Feature The Nobeyama Radio Observatory "Akabane, Kenji" "Morimoto, Masaki" "Kaifu, Norio" 1983 12 500 News Notes Interferometry in Space 1983 12 500 News Notes When It Really Rains in Arizona 1983 12 500 News Notes The Milky Way's Massive Halo 1983 12 501 News Notes A More Active Moon? 1983 12 501 News Notes Catching Betelgeuse's Next Pop 1983 12 502 News Notes Universal Rotation Revisited 1983 12 502 News Notes How Many Black Holes in the Milky Way? 1983 12 502 News Notes "First """"Map"""" of Vesta" 1983 12 502 News Notes Newly Named Asteroids 1983 12 503 News Notes Z Particle Discovered 1983 12 504 News Notes The December Eclipse of 22 Vulpeculae 1983 12 504 News Notes NGC 6240:A Unique Pair of Merging Galaxies 1983 12 505 News Notes Stamps in Space 1983 12 505 News Notes Daylight Auroras 1983 12 506 Feature Another Superspeed Color Film "di Cicco, Dennis" 1983 12 511 Feature The Distance Scale of the Universe "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1983 12 517 Books and the Sky "Classics in Radio Astronomy, Woodruff Turner Sullivan -- III, editor" "Kraus, John D." 1983 12 518 Books and the Sky "Astrophotography, Barry Gordon" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1983 12 520 Books and the Sky "Observing Earth Satellites, Desmond King-Hele" "Charles, Donald" 1983 12 521 Books and the Sky "The Origin and Evolution of Galaxies, B. J. T. Jones and J. E. Jones, editors" "Huchra, John P." 1983 12 529 Rambling Through the Skies Books Under the Christmas Tree "Lovi, George" 1983 12 536 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1983 12 537 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1983 12 538 Celestial Calendar A Dawn Occultation of Saturn 1983 12 540 Celestial Calendar Partial Solar Eclipse 1983 12 549 Amateur Astronomers Astrophotography from 50o North "Leoder, John A." 1983 12 551 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1984 1983 12 557 Gleanings for ATMs A Featherweight 24-inch Equatorial -- I "Sanders, Roger R." 1983 12 574 Observer's Page Enhancing Astronomical Photographs with a Slide Copier "Baumgardt, James" 1983 12 576 Observer's Page Another Well-Observed Asteroid Occultation 1983 12 577 Observer's Page Jupiter Occultation 1983 12 578 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1983 12 580 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 1 1 Front-Cover Photo IRAS Views Orion 1984 1 4 Feature The Frigid World of IRAS -- I "Robinson, Leif J." 1984 1 9 Feature Brighter Prospects for Halley's Comet "Bortle, John E." "Morris, Charles S." 1984 1 13 News Notes The Meter Redefined 1984 1 13 News Notes RR Telescopii: Slow Progress in Understanding a Slow Nova 1984 1 13 News Notes A Galaxy That Never Grew Up 1984 1 14 News Notes "Stalking """"Minisuns""""" 1984 1 14 News Notes Unveiling Maffei 1 1984 1 14 News Notes Nobel Prize for Chandra and Willy 1984 1 15 News Notes Disparate Views of Puppis A 1984 1 16 News Notes The Crab Nebula in 3-D 1984 1 16 News Notes R Aquarii and Its Jet 1984 1 17 News Notes The Newest Space Shuttle 1984 1 18 Feature Target: Tunguska "Chaikin, Andrew" 1984 1 22 Feature George O. Abell: 1927-83 "Page, Thornton L." 1984 1 23 Feature Names on Other Worlds "Millman, Peter M." 1984 1 28 Feature Finding Your Telescope's Magnitude Limit "Everhart, Edgar" 1984 1 31 Feature MERLIN: A Wizard of a Telescope "Smith, David H." 1984 1 34 Books and the Sky "The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of the Planets, Geoffrey Briggs and Fredric Taylor" "Chapman, Clark R." 1984 1 35 Books and the Sky "Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, Martin V. Zombeck" "Lang, Kenneth R." 1984 1 36 Books and the Sky "Landolt-Burnstein Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 2, K. Schaifers and H. H. Voigt, editors" "Irwin, John B." 1984 1 38 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: The Cosmic Perspective, Michael Zeilik and John Gaustad" "Papagiannis, Michael D." 1984 1 49 Rambling Through the Skies Our New Planet Chart "Lovi, George" 1984 1 51 Feature Sky-Gazers Almanac 1984 "Sinnott, Roger W." 1984 1 56 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 1 57 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 1 58 Celestial Calendar A 1984 Planet Preview "Victor, Robert C." 1984 1 60 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1984 "Dunham, David W." 1984 1 62 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1984 "Dunham, David W." 1984 1 64 Celestial Calendar A Peek at the New Astronomical Almanac "Sinnott, Roger W." 1984 1 72 Amateur Astronomers The AAVSO and Maria Mitchell Observatory "Briggs, John Wright" 1984 1 79 Gleanings for ATMs A Featherweight 24-inch Equatorial -- II "Sanders, Roger R." 1984 1 94 Observer's Page Conversation with Robert Evans "di Cicco, Dennis" 1984 1 94 Observer's Page A Conversation with Robert Evans 1984 1 97 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1984 1 99 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 1 100 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 2 105 Front-Cover Photo Mauna Kea Sunset 1984 2 108 Letters Letter "Roggemans, Paul" 1984 2 108 Letters Letter "Tholen, David J." "Tucker, Roy A." "Ulich, Bob" 1984 2 108 Letters Letter "Isaacman, Richard" 1984 2 108 Letters Letter "McLeod III, Norman" 1984 2 108 Letters Letter "Harris, Alan" 1984 2 109 Letters Letter "Roques, Paul E." 1984 2 109 Letters Letter "Sacasas i Domenech, Jaume" 1984 2 109 Letters Letter "Wilson Jr., Raymond H." 1984 2 110 Feature Radar Views of Venus "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1984 2 113 Feature Impressions of Czech Astronomy "Percy, John R." 1984 2 116 Feature Shadow Bands -- Solar Eclipse Phantoms "Marschall, Laurence A." 1984 2 119 Feature The Frigid World of IRAS -- II "Schorn, Ronald A." 1984 2 124 Feature Box: A Telescope in a Bottle "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1984 2 125 Front-Cover Photo Hubble Space Telescope 1984 2 125 News Notes VY Aquarii Explodes 1984 2 125 News Notes "Good News for the """"Pancake"""" Theory of Galaxy Formation" 1984 2 126 Amateur Astronomers Bok Astronomy Awards 1984 2 126 News Notes Champion Supernova Remnant 1984 2 126 News Notes The British Interplanetary Society Is 50 1984 2 127 News Notes Giant Bubbles in the Sky 1984 2 128 News Notes Geminga: The Plot Thickens! 1984 2 128 News Notes Five Telescopes View One Star 1984 2 129 News Notes Doughnuts Around the Sun 1984 2 129 News Notes Active Volcanoes on Venus? 1984 2 130 News Notes Jets from Young Stars 1984 2 131 Backyard Astronomy The Art of Using a Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 2 134 Feature The Supermassive Star Debate "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 2 136 Books and the Sky "The Right Stuff (film), Philip Kaufman, director" 1984 2 136 Books and the Sky The Right Stuff (Film Review) "Chaikin, Andrew" 1984 2 137 Books and the Sky "Submillimetre Wave Astronomy, J. E. Beckman and J. P. Phillips, editors" 1984 2 138 Books and the Sky "McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Astronomy, Sybil P. Parker, editor-in-chief, with George O. Abell, consulting editor" "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1984 2 139 Books and the Sky "Essays in Nuclear Astrophysics, C. A. Barnes, D. D. Clayton, and D. N. Schramm, editors" "Morgan, John A." 1984 2 141 Books and the Sky "The Great Extinction, Michael Allaby and James Lovelock" "Asaro, Frank" 1984 2 151 Rambling Through the Skies A Night with a 24-inch Dobsonian "Lovi, George" 1984 2 154 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 2 156 Celestial Calendar The Big Switch: 1950&point;0 to 2000&point;0 1984 2 157 Celestial Calendar Jovian Satellite Events 1984 2 158 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 2 158 Celestial Calendar An Eclipsing Binary for Binoculars 1984 2 169 Amateur Astronomers Observing from Mauna Kea "Fabre, Ray E." 1984 2 171 Amateur Astronomers ALPO Minor Planets Section "Binzel, Richard P." 1984 2 175 Gleanings for ATMs An Inexpensive Wooden Equatorial "Gerken, David" "Sisson, Paul" 1984 2 177 Gleanings for ATMs Image Processing with an Apple Computer "Peelen, Ronald" 1984 2 189 Observer's Page The NGC 1332 Galaxy Group "Morales, Ronald J." 1984 2 191 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 2 195 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 3 201 Front-Cover Photo Peru's Machu Picchu 1984 3 204 Letters Letter "Serio, Giorgia Fodera" 1984 3 204 Letters Letter "Catlin, Kenneth G." 1984 3 204 Letters Letter "Brower, Stanley W." 1984 3 204 Letters Letter "Dollfus, Audouin" 1984 3 204 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1984 3 204 Letters Letter "Povenmire, Harold R." 1984 3 205 Feature Astronomy from Satellite Clusters "Stachnik, Robert" "Labeyrie, Antoine" 1984 3 210 Letters Letter "Rao, Joe" 1984 3 210 Letters Letter "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1984 3 210 Letters Letter "Mayer, Ernst H." 1984 3 210 Letters Letter "Hirsch, Edwin" 1984 3 210 Letters Letter "Wirz, Paul" 1984 3 211 Feature The Boom in Small Telescope Photometry "Hall, Douglas S." "Genet, Russell M." 1984 3 214 Feature Approaching First Light on La Palma "Smith, David H." 1984 3 218 Astronomical Scrapbook The Origin of the Zodiac "Gingerich, Owen" 1984 3 221 Feature Ancient Inca Observatories "Shawcross, William E." 1984 3 222 Feature Infrared Images of the Orion Nebula "Allen, David A." "Bailey, Jeremy" "Hyland, A. R." 1984 3 225 Feature Modeling National New Technology Telescopes "Yarborough, J. Michael" 1984 3 226 News Notes Proliferating Names 1984 3 226 News Notes The Unusual Dust Cloud of Comet Kopff 1984 3 227 News Notes Starbirth on Display 1984 3 227 News Notes Palomar and Light-Pollution: An Update 1984 3 227 News Notes Grubb Parsons to Close 1984 3 228 News Notes "Is the End of Matter """"Near""""?" 1984 3 229 News Notes NGC 5128:A Troubled Union 1984 3 229 News Notes Comets Around Vega 1984 3 230 News Notes A Nova in the Making 1984 3 230 News Notes A Stranger in the Neighborhood 1984 3 230 News Notes Sunspot Information 1984 3 231 News Notes Space Shuttle Launches: An Ambitious Schedule for 1984 1984 3 231 News Notes Dutch Planetarium 1984 3 232 Books and the Sky "Physics of the Jovian Magnetosphere, Alex J. Dessler, editor" "Lanzerotti, Louis J." 1984 3 233 Books and the Sky "Kepler, John Banville" "Moyer, Gordon" 1984 3 234 Books and the Sky "Echoes of the Ancient Skies, E. C. Krupp" "Aveni, Anthony F." 1984 3 236 Books and the Sky "Satellites of Jupiter, David Morrison, editor" "Duke, Michael B." 1984 3 247 Rambling Through the Skies A Peek into Celestial Mechanics "Lovi, George" 1984 3 250 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 3 251 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 3 252 Celestial Calendar Observing Mars This Spring and Summer "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 3 254 Celestial Calendar Accurate Telephone Time 1984 3 265 Amateur Astronomers Observing Satellites "Fischer, Eric M." 1984 3 267 Amateur Astronomers "The Naked Eye""""" 1984 3 271 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Mount for Star-Field Photography "Tindall, David A." 1984 3 272 Gleanings for ATMs Standardizing the Ronchi Test Pattern "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1984 3 275 Gleanings for ATMs A Binocular Blink Comparator "Lazerson, Howard E. [M.D]" 1984 3 284 Observer's Page Luna Incognita: Completing Map of the Moon 1984 3 284 Observer's Page Luna Incognita: Completing the Map of the Moon "Westfall, John E." 1984 3 286 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 3 290 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 4 297 Front-Cover Photo Wisps of the Gum Nebula 1984 4 300 Letters Letter "Schaaf, Fred" 1984 4 300 Letters Letter "Blitzstein, William" 1984 4 300 Letters Letter "MacLean, A." 1984 4 300 Letters Letter "Liller, Martha H." 1984 4 300 Letters Letter "Laufer, Joseph M." 1984 4 300 Letters Letter "Kopf, John" 1984 4 301 Feature Schmidt Views of the Southern Sky "Cannon, Russell D." 1984 4 306 Backyard Astronomy Mastering Polar Alignment "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 4 309 Feature The Early Telescopes of Warner & Swasey "Pershey, Edward Jay" 1984 4 309 Feature The Early Telescopes of Warner & Swasey "Pershey, Edward Jay" 1984 4 312 Feature Alec Boksenberg: King of the Castle "Smith, David H." 1984 4 316 News Notes Old Star or New? 1984 4 316 News Notes Space Telescope Star Sensors Pass Critical Test 1984 4 316 News Notes The Most Distant Milky Way Star 1984 4 316 News Notes Where To Find It? 1984 4 317 News Notes The Three Magellanic Clouds 1984 4 317 News Notes Nebulae Small and Large 1984 4 318 News Notes Two New Gravitational Lenses 1984 4 318 News Notes The X-ray Christmas Tree 1984 4 319 News Notes M92 and M15:18-Billion-Year-Old Stars? 1984 4 320 News Notes A Solar Observatory in Australia 1984 4 321 Feature Vision and the Amateur Astronomer "Bowen O.D., Keith P." 1984 4 325 Feature "Pol Swings, 1906-83" "Ledoux, Paul" 1984 4 326 Feature A New Surface for an Old Scope "Gordon, Mark A." 1984 4 329 Books and the Sky "Moon and Planets, William K. Hartmann" "Veverka, J." 1984 4 330 Books and the Sky "Gregorian Reform of the Calendar, G. V. Coyne, S. J., M. A. Hoskin, and O. Pedersen, editors" "Moyer, Gordon" 1984 4 331 Books and the Sky "Foundations of Astrodynamics, Archie E. Roy, Frame of the Universe, Frank Durham and Robert D. Purrington" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1984 4 332 Books and the Sky "The A-type Stars: Problems and Perspectives, Sidney C. Wolff" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1984 4 343 Rambling Through the Skies The Treasures of Argo "Lovi, George" 1984 4 346 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 4 347 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 4 348 Celestial Calendar Observing Motions of Double Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 4 358 Astronomical Computing TRS-80 Versus a Giant Brain of Yesterday 1984 4 358 Astronomical Computing TRS-80 Versus a Giant Brain of Yesteryear "Feuchter, Christopher A." 1984 4 359 Computers in Astronomy About This Department 1984 4 359 Computers in Astronomy Mini Bits 1984 4 359 Computers in Astronomy Programming Quickies 1984 4 360 Amateur Astronomers The Viking Memorial Observatory "Ledbetter, Kenneth W." 1984 4 362 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1984 4 367 Gleanings for ATMs How To Design Telecompressors "Gee, Alan E." 1984 4 383 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 4 384 Observer's Page Last December's Annular Eclipse "Clawson, Hiram" 1984 4 386 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 4 387 Observer's Page A Good Year for the Quadrantids 1984 5 393 Front-Cover Photo Amateur's Super Scope 1984 5 396 Letters Letter "Baldwin, George C." 1984 5 396 Letters Letter "Strom, Stephen E." 1984 5 396 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1984 5 396 Letters Letter "Smith, Ron Paul" 1984 5 396 Letters Letter "Kuchinsky, Gloria" 1984 5 396 Letters Letter "Burnham, Robert" 1984 5 396 Letters Letter "Edberg, Stephen J." 1984 5 396 Letters Letter "Hughes, David W." 1984 5 397 Feature Exosat: Europe's New X-ray Satellite "Cordova, France Anne" "Mason, Keith O." 1984 5 402 Feature Nearing First Light at the J. R. Frost Observatory "Flint, Graham" 1984 5 406 Feature Special Report: Of Comets and Cataclysms "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1984 5 407 Feature The Magic of Image Processing "Sulentic, Jack W." "Lorre, Jean J." 1984 5 412 Feature Our Endangered Night Skies "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1984 5 415 News Notes Gas in X-ray Clusters of Galaxies 1984 5 415 News Notes Comet Austin's Puzzling Plasma Tail 1984 5 416 News Notes "Clocks, Radar Ranging, and G Dot" 1984 5 416 News Notes More Maunder Minima? 1984 5 416 News Notes Where the Quasars Live 1984 5 417 News Notes The First Stars 1984 5 417 News Notes Nova Delphini 15 Years Later 1984 5 417 News Notes An Orbiting Astrolabe 1984 5 418 News Notes A Dearth of Dwarfs 1984 5 419 News Notes A Sharper View of Cygnus A 1984 5 419 News Notes Colonizing Mars 1984 5 419 News Notes Prime Brown Dwarf Candidate 1984 5 419 News Notes SETI Conference 1984 5 419 News Notes Van Biesbroeck Award 1984 5 420 News Notes New French Journal 1984 5 420 News Notes New Asteroid Names 1984 5 420 News Notes "Columbo, Giuseppe" 1984 5 420 News Notes British Exhibition 1984 5 421 Astronomical Scrapbook Some Puzzles of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue "Gingerich, Owen" "Welther, Barbara L." 1984 5 424 Books and the Sky video review "Chaikin, Andrew" 1984 5 424 Books and the Sky "Sunsets, Twilights, and Evening Skies, Aden Meinel and Marjorie Meinel" 1984 5 424 Books and the Sky "Space Shuttle Mission Reports: STS 5, 6 & 7 (videodisk)" 1984 5 424 Books and the Sky Book Review "Schaefer, Vincent J." 1984 5 425 Books and the Sky "The Very Early Universe, G. W. Gibbons, S. W. Hawking, and S. T. C. Siklos, editors" "Silk, Joseph" 1984 5 427 Books and the Sky "Telescopes, Tides, and Tactics, Stillman Drake" 1984 5 427 Books and the Sky Book Review "Harwit, Martin" 1984 5 427 Books and the Sky "Galileo Galilei, Rudolf Kremer-Badoni" 1984 5 439 Rambling Through the Skies The Crux Connection "Lovi, George" 1984 5 442 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 5 444 Celestial Calendar The May 30th Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 5 445 Celestial Calendar Eclipse Event Timings Sought 1984 5 445 Celestial Calendar Callisto Eclipses Resume 1984 5 446 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 5 446 Celestial Calendar Transit of Earth 1984 5 454 Astronomical Computing Taming Our Chaotic Calendar "Sinnott, Roger W." 1984 5 455 Computers in Astronomy Electronic News Service 1984 5 455 Computers in Astronomy Image Processing "Marsh, James S." 1984 5 456 Amateur Astronomers The Bifrost Observatory "Fogelquist, Rune" 1984 5 457 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1984 5 463 Gleanings for ATMs Drive Correcting with a Joystick "Calloway, Frank L." 1984 5 466 Gleanings for ATMs A Universal Camera-to-Eyepiece Mount "Annett, Clarence H." 1984 5 467 Gleanings for ATMs Arthur Grebner: ATM "Van Zandt, Rollin P." 1984 5 479 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 5 480 Observer's Page The Corona at This Month's Eclipse "Edberg, Stephen J." 1984 5 482 Observer's Page January's Eclipse Display 1984 5 483 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 6 489 Front-Cover Photo Solar Max Rescued 1984 6 492 Letters Letter "Wilkinson, Peter N." 1984 6 492 Letters Letter "Friedrich, Benjamin C." 1984 6 492 Letters Letter "DeVorkin, David H." 1984 6 492 Letters Letter "Corwin Jr., Harold G." 1984 6 492 Letters Letter "Moyer, Gordon" 1984 6 492 Letters Letter "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1984 6 493 Letters Letter "Eshleman, Von R." 1984 6 493 Letters Letter "Hardisty, Danny J." 1984 6 493 Letters Letter "Vranjican M.D., Mladen" 1984 6 493 Letters Letter "Allen, David A." 1984 6 494 Feature Solar Max: Back from the Edge "Chaikin, Andrew" 1984 6 498 Feature A Second Chance for Solar Max "Maran, Stephen P." "Woodgate, Bruce E." 1984 6 501 Feature The Inconstant Solar Constant "Willson, Richard C." "Hudson, Hugh" "Woodard, Martin" 1984 6 503 Feature Box: The Solar Constant "Eddy, John A." 1984 6 504 Feature Light-Pollution: A Status Report "Hendry, Allan" 1984 6 508 Feature Bioastronomy: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life "Papagiannis, Michael D." 1984 6 512 News Notes Lunar Eclipses and Volcanoes 1984 6 512 News Notes Landsat 5 in Orbit 1984 6 512 News Notes A Report from the Light-Pollution Front 1984 6 513 News Notes IRAS Views the Milky Way 1984 6 514 News Notes VLBA To Be Funded 1984 6 514 News Notes Polar-Ring Galaxies 1984 6 514 News Notes The Astronomical Journal's New Look 1984 6 515 News Notes The Littlest Galaxy 1984 6 515 News Notes Geminids To Disappear? 1984 6 516 Feature Malcolm Longair: Scotland's Astronomer Royal "Smith, David H." 1984 6 519 Feature The Radio Sky from Clark Lake "Kundu, M. R." 1984 6 520 Feature Box: India's Low-Frequency Radio Telescopes "Sastry, C. V." 1984 6 522 Books and the Sky "The Dynamic Universe, Theodore P. Snow" "Birney, D. Scott" 1984 6 523 Books and the Sky "The Planiverse, A. K. Dewdney" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1984 6 524 Books and the Sky "Mindsteps to the Cosmos, Gerald S. Hawkins" "Sessions, Larry C." 1984 6 525 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Horizons, Robert V. Wagoner and Donald W. Goldsmith" "Lynds, Beverly T." 1984 6 537 Rambling Through the Skies Stars Hot and Cold "Lovi, George" 1984 6 544 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 6 545 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 6 546 Celestial Calendar An Observer's Guide to Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 6 548 Celestial Calendar Central Meridian Longitudes 1984 6 558 Astronomical Computing Where Is It in the Sky? 1984 6 559 Computers in Astronomy Electronic News Service 1984 6 560 Amateur Astronomers A Brazilian Amateur Observatory "de Azevedo, Rubens" 1984 6 562 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1984 6 567 Gleanings for ATMs A Deluxe 10-inch Newtonian-Cassegrainian "Karas, Robert E." 1984 6 582 Observer's Page Advances in Astrophotography "Marling, Jack B." 1984 6 587 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 6 588 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Space Art Classic 1984 7 4 Letters Letter "Baldwin, Ralph B." 1984 7 4 Letters Letter "Stoff, Joshua J." 1984 7 4 Letters Letter "Heck, André" "Manfroid, Jean" 1984 7 4 Letters Letter "Eisenberg O.D., Richard S." 1984 7 4 Letters Letter "Planchon, Michael" 1984 7 4 Letters Letter "Pisani, Robert" 1984 7 4 Letters Letter "Keedy, David R." 1984 7 5 Feature Archenhold Observatory Past and Present "Herrmann, Dieter B." 1984 7 7 Feature Fires from Heaven and Hell "Hartmann, William K." "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1984 7 10 Astronomical Scrapbook The Discovery of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms "Gingerich, Owen" 1984 7 13 News Notes A More Active Early Sun 1984 7 13 News Notes Asteroid San Diego 1984 7 13 News Notes "Geminga: Proper Motion Maybe, Gravitational Waves No" 1984 7 13 News Notes New Kitt Peak Director 1984 7 14 News Notes News from ASP 1984 7 14 News Notes M33's X-ray Powerhouse 1984 7 14 News Notes Gamma Rays from Cygnus X-3 1984 7 15 News Notes "Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright" 1984 7 16 News Notes Old and New Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud 1984 7 16 News Notes Astronomy on Norwegian TV 1984 7 16 News Notes A Double Gravitational Lens? 1984 7 17 News Notes Jupiter Probe Completed 1984 7 17 News Notes The Next Optical Giant 1984 7 18 Feature Astronomy from Spacelab 1 "Dooling, David" 1984 7 20 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- The Wilson-Bappu Effect "Bord, Donald J." "Ogle, V. Marye" 1984 7 24 Feature "Stellar Coronas, X-rays, and Einstein" "Stern, Robert A." 1984 7 29 Backyard Astronomy Close-Up of an Alien World "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 7 32 Books and the Sky "Worlds Beyond: The Art of Chesley Bonestell, Frederick C. Durant -- III, and Ron Miller" "Chaikin, Andrew" 1984 7 34 Books and the Sky "Relativity and Its Roots, Banesh Hoffmann" "Sheldon, Eric" 1984 7 35 Books and the Sky "Realm of the Long Eyes, James E. Kloeppel" "Maran, Stephen P." 1984 7 36 Books and the Sky "The Physics of Stars, S. A. Kaplan" "Bodenheimer, Peter" 1984 7 47 Rambling Through the Skies Constellations with Your Camera "Lovi, George" 1984 7 50 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 7 52 Celestial Calendar A Summer Asteroid Hunt "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 7 53 Celestial Calendar Alert for New Meteors 1984 7 53 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 7 53 Celestial Calendar More Jovian Satellite Lineups 1984 7 54 Celestial Calendar Rima Tenuis Recovered on Mars "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1984 7 62 Computers in Astronomy "Jumping Off an Asteroid"""" and Other Puzzles" 1984 7 64 Amateur Astronomers Photographing Nebulae with Kodak Technical Pan Film "Martys M.D., Cedrick R." 1984 7 65 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1984 7 66 Amateur Astronomers Shortwave Radio Program "Rosenthal, David A." 1984 7 71 Gleanings for ATMs The Real Making of a Mirror "Rokosz, Richard" 1984 7 74 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Solar Telescope "Knox, William A." 1984 7 76 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Photochronograph "Boulet, Dan L." 1984 7 85 Observer's Page Observing the Ringed World of Saturn "Benton Jr., Julius L." 1984 7 88 Observer's Page NGC 6380:An Elusive Globular Cluster "Meketa, James [E.]" 1984 7 89 Observer's Page Call for Observations 1984 7 90 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1984 7 91 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 7 92 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 8 97 Front-Cover Photo Solar Diamond Necklace 1984 8 100 Feature Box: A Philosopher's Viewpoint "Winkler, Kenneth" 1984 8 100 Letters Letter "Steel, Duncan" 1984 8 100 Letters Letter "Thompson, George" 1984 8 100 Letters Letter "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" 1984 8 100 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1984 8 100 Letters Letter "Foley, Gerard M." 1984 8 100 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1984 8 100 Letters Letter "Coulson, Iain M." 1984 8 101 Feature May's Eclipse: Flirting with Totality "Robinson, Leif J." 1984 8 106 Feature A Universe in Our Own Image "Finkbeiner, Ann K." 1984 8 112 News Notes T Tauri's Enigmatic Companion 1984 8 112 News Notes A Space-Age First: The All-Commercial Satellite 1984 8 113 News Notes Astronomy Education and the AAPT 1984 8 113 News Notes Gamma Ray Origin 1984 8 113 News Notes Is IC 310 Blowing Bubbles? 1984 8 114 News Notes Pioneer Venus Tracks Comet Encke 1984 8 114 News Notes Comet Kopff Picked for Rendezvous 1984 8 115 News Notes A Quick Quasar 1984 8 115 News Notes Stalking Neptune's Rotation 1984 8 115 News Notes "Viking 1 Lander """"Given"""" to Smithsonian" 1984 8 116 Feature Filling in the IRAS Blanks 1984 8 117 News Notes IRAS Views the Milky Way -- II 1984 8 118 Feature Simulating Spiral Galaxies "Peratt, Anthony L." 1984 8 123 Feature Intergalactic Dust "Rudnicki, Konrad" 1984 8 127 Feature Black Hole Weighs In at One Billion Suns "Smith, David H." 1984 8 131 Books and the Sky "The Moment of Creation, James S. Trefil" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 8 132 Books and the Sky "The Edmund Mag 6 Star Atlas, Terence Dickinson, Victor Costanzo, and Glenn F. Chaple" "Scovil, Charles E." 1984 8 133 Books and the Sky "B.A.A. Star Charts, Wil Tirion" "Raymo, Chet" 1984 8 134 Books and the Sky "100 Billion Suns, Rudolf Kippenhahn" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1984 8 135 Books and the Sky "The Cambridge Deep-Sky Album, Jack Newton and Philip Teece" "Coco, Mark J." 1984 8 143 Rambling Through the Skies Light and Dark in the Milky Way "Lovi, George" 1984 8 146 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 8 147 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 8 148 Celestial Calendar In Search of the Upsilon Pegasids "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 8 149 Celestial Calendar A Poor Year for Perseids 1984 8 149 Celestial Calendar Asteroids in Clusters 1984 8 158 Computers in Astronomy Computing Under the Open Sky "Shumaker M.D., Bryan P." 1984 8 159 Astronomical Computing Virtues of the Haversine "Sinnott, Roger W." 1984 8 161 Amateur Astronomers Riverside 1984 "di Cicco, Dennis" 1984 8 167 Gleanings for ATMs A 22-inch Equatorial Dobsonian "Dodson, Stephen A." 1984 8 181 Observer's Page Timing Eclipses of Jupiter's Moons "Westfall, John E." 1984 8 182 Observer's Page Callisto's Partial Eclipse 1984 8 184 Celestial Calendar Upcoming Eclipses 1984 8 187 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 8 188 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 9 193 Front-Cover Photo Alaskan Barium Blast 1984 9 196 Letters Letter "Sperling, Norman" 1984 9 196 Letters Letter "Sato, Takeshi" 1984 9 196 Letters Letter "Cupillari, Thomas G." 1984 9 196 Letters Letter "Noyes, Robert W." 1984 9 196 Letters Letter "Page, Thornton L." 1984 9 197 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1984 9 197 Letters Letter "Duriscoe, Dan M." 1984 9 197 Letters Letter "Schmidt, Terry E." 1984 9 197 Letters Letter "Sofian, Maral" 1984 9 197 Letters Letter "Baumann, Walter A." 1984 9 198 Feature Mystery on the Desert -- The Nazca Lines "Shawcross, William E." 1984 9 201 News Notes Space Telescope Instruments Pass NASA Tests 1984 9 201 News Notes ESA at 20 1984 9 202 News Notes Rocket Launches Probe Magnetospheric Currents 1984 9 203 News Notes The First Comet Atlas 1984 9 203 News Notes A Second Life for Mount Wilson Observatory? 1984 9 203 News Notes "Dunham, Theodore,(1897-1984)" 1984 9 204 News Notes DPS To Meet 1984 9 204 News Notes Quasar Seen Through Galaxy 1984 9 205 News Notes Satellite Threat to Radio Astronomy 1984 9 205 News Notes Halley's Comet: New Looks at Old Views 1984 9 205 News Notes Nordic Telescope on La Palma 1984 9 206 Feature Cosmic Dust and the Comet Connection "Knacke, Roger" 1984 9 211 Backyard Astronomy A Guided Tour of the Moon "Chaikin, Andrew" 1984 9 214 Feature In Search of Henry Fitz "Lankford, John" 1984 9 216 Feature Box: Restoring a 13-inch Fitz-Clark Refractor "Jones, Timothy R." 1984 9 219 Feature Probing 47 Tucanae "Harris, William E." "Hesser, James E." "VandenBerg, Don A." 1984 9 221 Feature An Interview with Roald Sagdeev "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1984 9 224 Feature Lunar Meteorites: Three and Counting "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1984 9 225 Books and the Sky "Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography and Other Recollections, Katherine Haramundanis, editor" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1984 9 227 Books and the Sky "A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, Donald H. Menzel and Jay M. Pasachoff" "Mumford, George S." 1984 9 229 Books and the Sky "God and the New Physics, Paul Davies" "Dutton, Denis" 1984 9 239 Rambling Through the Skies Some Random Thoughts "Lovi, George" 1984 9 242 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 9 244 Celestial Calendar A South Pacific Eclipse 1984 9 245 Celestial Calendar Bagging Elusive Mercury "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 9 246 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 9 254 Computers in Astronomy Counting the Sunny Hours "Meeus, Jean" 1984 9 255 Computers in Astronomy Mini Bits 1984 9 257 Amateur Astronomers The 1984 Texas Star Party "West, John E." "Shearer, George" 1984 9 264 Gleanings for ATMs A New Method for Lap Making "Liebig, Horst" 1984 9 265 Gleanings for ATMs An Illuminated Chart Box for Any Season "Baglo, Dale" 1984 9 266 Gleanings for ATMs Liquid-Mirror Telescopes "Schorn, Ronald A." 1984 9 277 Observer's Page Cheap Astronomy: The Joy of Sketching "Romer, Jan" 1984 9 280 Observer's Page Photographs of May 30th's annular eclipse 1984 9 283 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 9 284 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 10 289 Front-Cover Photo Milky Way and Zodiacal Light 1984 10 292 Letters Letter "Roques, Paul E." 1984 10 292 Letters Letter "Dollfus, Audouin" 1984 10 292 Letters Letter "Orchiston, Wayne" 1984 10 292 Letters Letter "Martin, Jay" 1984 10 293 Feature The Astronomical Visions of Lucien Rudaux "Miller, Ron" 1984 10 296 Feature Solar Eclipse Diary: 1985-1995 "Meeus, Jean" 1984 10 299 Feature Box: Saros: The Clockwork of Eclipses "Chaikin, Andrew" 1984 10 300 Feature Greenwich: Where East Meets West "Stott, Carole" 1984 10 304 Feature Where To Observe Halley's Comet "Brooks, Edward M." 1984 10 306 Feature A Field Guide to Close Binary Stars "Trimble, Virginia" 1984 10 312 News Notes Solar Flare Heat Conduction 1984 10 312 News Notes Naming Names 1984 10 312 News Notes Black Hole Bicentennial 1984 10 313 News Notes Carbon Stars: Tracers of Stellar Populations 1984 10 313 News Notes Compressed States of Matter 1984 10 313 News Notes The Canterbury Swarm 1984 10 314 News Notes The Blue Heart of NGC 205 1984 10 314 News Notes The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Detected at Last? 1984 10 314 News Notes U.S. X-ray Observatory To Be Studied 1984 10 314 News Notes An Oasis in the Desert 1984 10 315 News Notes Did the Orion Nebula Just Light Up? 1984 10 315 News Notes IMAX Photograph from Orbit 1984 10 316 News Notes MIRA's New Observing Station 1984 10 316 News Notes Comet Cernis: A Hint of Ice 1984 10 316 News Notes Astro Halley Team Chosen 1984 10 317 Astronomical Scrapbook Herschel's 1784 Autobiography "Gingerich, Owen" 1984 10 322 Books and the Sky "Astronomy from Space: Sputnik to Space Telescope, James Cornell and Paul Gorenstein" "Morgan, John W." 1984 10 323 Books and the Sky Book Review "Sumners, Carolyn" 1984 10 323 Books and the Sky "The New Astronomy, Nigel Henbest and Michael Marten" 1984 10 323 Books and the Sky "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe, Richard S. Lewis and others" 1984 10 324 Books and the Sky "Superstars, David H. Clark" "Seward, Frederick D." 1984 10 325 Books and the Sky "Concepts of the Cosmos, Barry R. Parker" "Odell, Andrew P." 1984 10 335 Rambling Through the Skies A Sky Full of Dippers "Lovi, George" 1984 10 338 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 10 339 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 10 342 Celestial Calendar Ceres This Fall 1984 10 346 Astronomical Computing Telescope Control Comes of Age "Sinnott, Roger W." 1984 10 347 Astronomical Computing What Month Is It? "Berry, Dana A." 1984 10 349 Amateur Astronomers Booming Western Astronomy "Briggs, John Wright" 1984 10 356 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on a 20-inch Reflector "Horvath, Joe" 1984 10 357 Gleanings for ATMs A Tangent Arm for Wide-Angle Astrophotography "Loflin II, Frank W." 1984 10 359 Gleanings for ATMs Building Laminated Glass Tools "Holman, Marshal" 1984 10 371 Observer's Page Film Notes for Astrophotographers "di Cicco, Dennis" 1984 10 377 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 10 378 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 11 385 Front-Cover Photo Justice in Space 1984 11 388 Letters Letter "Mayer, Pavel" 1984 11 388 Letters Letter "Paine, Alan" "Powell, Dave" 1984 11 388 Letters Letter "Polman, Jorge" 1984 11 388 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1984 11 388 Letters Letter "Boyd, Austin" 1984 11 389 Feature Whence Came the Moon? "Rubin, Alan E." 1984 11 392 Feature Box: A Once-Closer Relative "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1984 11 394 Feature Planets in Binary Star Systems "Schechter, Murray" 1984 11 396 Feature Dark Matter in the Universe "Burns, Jack O." 1984 11 400 Feature The Naming of Pluto "Moore, Patrick" 1984 11 402 Feature The Stellafane Spirit "di Cicco, Dennis" 1984 11 406 Feature Space Law: Justice for the New Frontier "Christol, Carl Q." 1984 11 410 Feature Galactic Jets: Two Exotic Cases "Schorn, Ronald A." 1984 11 412 News Notes NASA's SIRTF Recast as Orbiting Free-Flyer 1984 11 412 News Notes Nova Cygni 1975: Expanding Shell Detected 1984 11 412 News Notes "3,000 Asteroids and Still Counting" 1984 11 413 News Notes More Crab Nebulae! 1984 11 413 News Notes "Low, George M.(1926-84)" 1984 11 414 News Notes Helium-3 Detected 1984 11 414 News Notes Space Telescope: The Line Forms to the Right 1984 11 414 News Notes Solar Polar Mission Renamed 1984 11 415 News Notes The Strange Case of K1-16 1984 11 415 News Notes New Asteroid Data 1984 11 416 News Notes A Trio of Birthdays 1984 11 417 Backyard Astronomy Observing Double Stars 1984 11 420 Books and the Sky Book Review "Schorn, Ronald A." 1984 11 420 Books and the Sky "Rare Halos, Mirages, Anomalous Rainbows, William R. Corliss, compiler" 1984 11 420 Books and the Sky "Wonders of the Sky, Fred Schaaf" 1984 11 421 Books and the Sky "Frozen Star, George Greenstein" "Page, Thornton L." 1984 11 423 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe, Jay M. Pasachoff" "Boyle, Robert James" 1984 11 424 Books and the Sky "Understanding Relativity, Stanley Goldberg" "McVittie, G. C." 1984 11 425 Books and the Sky "Low Light Level Detectors in Astronomy, M. J. Eccles, M. Elizabeth Sim, and K. P. Tritton" "Spinrad, Hyron" 1984 11 435 Rambling Through the Skies The Eclipse Mystique "Lovi, George" 1984 11 440 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 11 441 Celestial Calendar Evening-Planet Photography 1984 11 443 Celestial Calendar Chanal's Variable: An Update 1984 11 445 Celestial Calendar Accurate Time Signals 1984 11 445 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 11 450 Computers in Astronomy Designing an Aplanatic Doublet "Church, John A." 1984 11 452 Amateur Astronomers Shortwave Detection of Solar Flares "Hudak, John" 1984 11 453 Amateur Astronomers Flare Observing Networks 1984 11 459 Gleanings for ATMs Lighted Setting Circles "Pettingill, Dwynal" 1984 11 460 Gleanings for ATMs A 17 1/2-inch Binocular Reflector "Cain, Lee" 1984 11 464 Gleanings for ATMs A Circumpolar Star Dial "Merritt, Everett L." 1984 11 475 Observer's Page Counting Starspots 1984 11 475 Observer's Page Counting Sunspots "Taylor, Peter O." 1984 11 476 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 11 478 Observer's Page One Nova and Three Supernovae 1984 11 482 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1984 12 489 Front-Cover Photo Within Saturn's Rings 1984 12 492 Letters Letter "Rosen, Michael" 1984 12 492 Letters Letter "Sim, Tan Cheng" 1984 12 492 Letters Letter "Herman, Jan K." 1984 12 492 Letters Letter "Page, Thornton L." 1984 12 492 Letters Letter "Kraft, Robert P." 1984 12 493 Letters Letter "Phillips, Tony" "Flory, Robert" 1984 12 493 Letters Letter "Flower, Phillip J." 1984 12 493 Letters Letter "Chandrasekhar, S." 1984 12 493 Letters Letter "Day, Geraint J." 1984 12 493 Letters Letter "Coco, Mark J." 1984 12 493 Letters Letter "White, Nicholas E." 1984 12 494 Feature Dissecting the Hub of Our Galaxy "Smith, David H." "Robinson, Leif J." 1984 12 498 Feature Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy -- How Far Is the Galactic Center? "Hirshfeld, Alan W." 1984 12 503 Feature A Celebration of Finnish Astronomy "Oja, Heikki" "Markkanen, Tapio" 1984 12 504 Feature Box: Amateurs in Finland "Beekman, George W. E." 1984 12 506 News Notes Flip-Flop Radio Jets? 1984 12 506 News Notes Update on Solar Neutrinos 1984 12 507 News Notes The Windblown Planet Mars 1984 12 507 News Notes How Thick are Saturn's Rings? 1984 12 508 News Notes Turning Planets into Stars 1984 12 508 News Notes The Sky in the Far Infrared 1984 12 508 News Notes Radio Emission from the Shell of Nova Persei 1901 1984 12 509 News Notes Planets Around Beta Pictoris? 1984 12 509 News Notes Alpha Centauri's Five-minute Oscillations 1984 12 510 News Notes The Brightest Stars Known 1984 12 510 News Notes The 100-inch Hunts for Planets 1984 12 511 Feature Ringed Planets: Still Mysterious -- I "Cuzzi, Jeffrey N." 1984 12 516 Feature AMPTE and the Artificial Comet "Washburn, Mark" 1984 12 517 Feature "Cepheids: Cosmic Yardsticks, Celestial Mysteries?" "Percy, John R." 1984 12 519 Feature Box: Eddington's Value and Cepheid Pulsations "Smith, David H." 1984 12 520 Astronomical Scrapbook Galileo and the Phases of Venus "Gingerich, Owen" 1984 12 524 Books and the Sky "Catalogue of the Central Stars of True and Possible Planetary Nebulae, A. Acker, F. Gleizes, and others" "Morales, Ronald J." 1984 12 525 Books and the Sky "From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, James Jesperson and Jane Fitz-Randolph" "Moyer, Gordon" 1984 12 526 Books and the Sky "Man on Earth, Charles Sheffield" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1984 12 528 Books and the Sky "Apollo 17: Mission to Taurus Littrow, Space Archive, Vol. 22 (videodisk)" "Chaikin, Andrew" 1984 12 537 Rambling Through the Skies Some Recent Ideas on the Star of Bethlehem "Lovi, George" 1984 12 544 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1984 12 545 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1984 12 546 Celestial Calendar Occultations near the Rosette Nebula "MacRobert, Alan M." 1984 12 547 Celestial Calendar R Andromedae: A Large-Amplitude Variable 1984 12 547 Celestial Calendar Iris in Taurus 1984 12 547 Celestial Calendar Christmas Barium Blast 1984 12 555 Astronomical Computing Viewing Our Galaxy from Afar "Waldron, R. P." 1984 12 558 Amateur Astronomers ALCON '84 Features Amateur-Pro Teamwork "Beaman, Carol Jeanne" 1984 12 566 Gleanings for ATMs A Coude Mounted 6-inch Refractor "Blevins, George" 1984 12 566 Gleanings for ATMs Coude Mounted 6-inch Refractor 1984 12 570 Gleanings for ATMs A Really Dry Idea "Schneider, Philip H." 1984 12 576 Observer's Page Astrophotography -- One Night's Results "Riffle, Jim" 1984 12 578 Observer's Page The Abell 347 Cluster of Galaxies "Morales, Ronald J." 1984 12 582 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1984 12 583 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Just Part of the Job 1985 1 4 Letters Letter "Williams, James G." 1985 1 4 Letters Letter "Roques, Paul E." 1985 1 4 Letters Letter "Dunham, Miriam P." 1985 1 4 Letters Letter "Hays Jr., Robert H." 1985 1 4 Letters Letter "Hahn, Hermann-Michael" 1985 1 4 Letters Letter "Neely, Richard W." 1985 1 4 Letters Letter "Kemp, James C." 1985 1 5 Letters Letter "Mertz, Lawrence" 1985 1 5 Letters Letter "Cavagna, Marco" 1985 1 5 Letters Letter "Speare, William" 1985 1 5 Letters Letter "Smith, Jonathan R." 1985 1 5 Letters Letter "Troiani, Daniel M." 1985 1 5 Letters Letter "Aldrich, Michael R." 1985 1 6 Feature The Fantastic Voyages of Digistar "Smith, Charles D." 1985 1 9 News Notes Gale Observatory: Just for Undergraduates 1985 1 9 News Notes A Nearby Supernova -- The Professional's Dilemma 1985 1 10 News Notes Astronomy Newsletter for Teachers 1985 1 10 News Notes White-Light Solar Flares 1985 1 10 News Notes The Nuclei of Arp 299 1985 1 11 News Notes Water-Vapor Masers and Starburst Galaxies 1985 1 11 News Notes Supernova's Superwind 1985 1 11 News Notes Are Blue Compact Galaxies Young? 1985 1 12 News Notes The Horsehead Nebula: A Bok Globule in the Making? 1985 1 13 News Notes Are We Inside a Supernova Remnant? 1985 1 13 News Notes Cine-CCD 1985 1 14 Feature A Shuttle Gallery 1985 1 18 Feature Supernovae: Mileposts of the Universe "Smith, David H." 1985 1 19 Feature Ringed Planets: Still Mysterious -- II "Cuzzi, Jeffrey N." 1985 1 24 Feature Arp 220 Revealed "Schild, Rudolph E." 1985 1 26 Feature "Elijah Burritt and the """"Geography of the Heavens""""" "Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich" 1985 1 31 Books and the Sky "Beyond Vision, Jon Darius" "Smith, David H." 1985 1 32 Books and the Sky "Nightwatch: An Equinox Guide to Viewing the Universe, Terence Dickinson" "Raymo, Chet" 1985 1 33 Books and the Sky "Early Man and the Cosmos, Evan Hadingham" "Hicks III, Robert D." 1985 1 34 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics I: Stars. Astrophysics II: Interstellar Matter and Galaxies, Richard L. Bowers and Terry Deeming" "Morgan, John A." 1985 1 45 Rambling Through the Skies The Distance Dilemma -- I "Lovi, George" 1985 1 47 Feature Sky-Gazers Almanac 1985 1985 1 52 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1985 1 53 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 1 54 Celestial Calendar Comet Mania Spreads as Halley Approaches 1985 1 54 Celestial Calendar A 1985 Planet Preview "Victor, Robert C." 1985 1 56 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1985 "Dunham, David W." 1985 1 58 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1985 "Dunham, David W." 1985 1 60 Celestial Calendar Adding Your Horizon to the Planet Chart 1985 1 62 Computers in Astronomy How High Are Lunar Mountains? "Holder, Herbert E." 1985 1 64 Amateur Astronomers Chiro: Tale of a Japanese Legend "Sato, Takeshi" 1985 1 66 Amateur Astronomers Discovering Comet Levy-Rudenko 1985 1 71 Gleanings for ATMs A Charge-Coupled Device for Amateurs "Buil, Christian" 1985 1 74 Gleanings for ATMs An Economical Homemade Mount "Hughes, Jene D." 1985 1 75 Gleanings for ATMs A Constant Power Source for Accessories "Lightfoot, Dale R." 1985 1 75 Gleanings for ATMs "Thin Glass, Thick Plaster" "Vranjican M.D., Mladen" 1985 1 81 Observer's Page A Messier Marathon "Harrington, Philip" 1985 1 81 Observer's Page A Messier Marathon 1985 1 83 Observer's Page Capturing Faint Nebulae with Contrast Enhancement "Koch, Bernd" "Sommer, Norbert" 1985 1 85 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1985 1 86 Observer's Page Nebula Filter Excitement 1985 1 87 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 1 88 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 1 88 Observer's Page "Comet Levy-Rudenko, 1984t" 1985 2 97 Front-Cover Photo Tropical Eclipse 1985 2 100 Letters Letter "Beck, M. Linwood" 1985 2 100 Letters Letter "Trimble, Virginia" 1985 2 100 Letters Letter "Croswell, Ken" 1985 2 100 Letters Letter "Hart, Thomas A." 1985 2 100 Letters Letter "Epstein, Eugene E." 1985 2 100 Letters Letter "Page, Thornton L." 1985 2 100 Letters Letter "Osterbrock, Donald E." 1985 2 101 Letters Letter "Hilliard, Elizabeth" 1985 2 101 Letters Letter "Texereau, Jean" 1985 2 101 Letters Letter "Waldron, Arthur N." 1985 2 101 Letters Letter "Archenhold, G. H." 1985 2 102 Feature A Visitor's Guide to NASA 1985 2 106 News Notes Mixtec Mixup 1985 2 106 News Notes Advanced Technology Telescope 1985 2 107 News Notes "Dirac, P. A. M., 1902-84" 1985 2 107 News Notes Soviets Set Space Endurance Mark 1985 2 107 News Notes Ring of Galaxies 1985 2 108 News Notes Teachers in Space 1985 2 108 News Notes Globular Statistics 1985 2 108 News Notes A Dark-Nebula Catalogue for Southern Skies 1985 2 109 News Notes SS 433: Jets Caught in the Act 1985 2 110 News Notes UGC 6697: Ring or Spiral Galaxy? 1985 2 110 News Notes Kitt Peak's First Employee 1985 2 110 News Notes Did Comet Halley's Tail Cause a Geomagnetic Storm in 1910? 1985 2 110 News Notes Astron Observes Lead 1985 2 111 News Notes A Glimpse of the Heliopause? 1985 2 111 News Notes Soviet Halley Probes Launched 1985 2 112 Feature Relics of Creation "Davies, Paul" 1985 2 118 Feature Box: Telescopic Views "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 2 119 Feature Leiden Observatory: 350 Years of Astronomy "Bijleveld, Willem" "Burton, W. Butler" 1985 2 123 Feature "Martin Ryle, Pioneer Radio Astronomer" "Smith, F. Graham" 1985 2 124 Backyard Astronomy The Lure of the Variables "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 2 126 Feature VB 8B: Brown Dwarf or Planet? "Schorn, Ronald A." 1985 2 127 Feature An Asteroid for the Asking "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1985 2 128 Books and the Sky Book Review "Fabian, Andrew" 1985 2 128 Books and the Sky "Glimpsing an Invisible Universe, Richard F. Hirsh" 1985 2 128 Books and the Sky "The Star Splitters, Wallace H. Tucker" 1985 2 129 Books and the Sky "Canon of Solar Eclipses -- -2003 to +2526, Hermann Mucke and Jean Meeus" "Fiala, Alan D." 1985 2 130 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars, David Chandler" 1985 2 130 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lovi, George" 1985 2 130 Books and the Sky "To Know the Stars, Guy Ottewell" 1985 2 130 Books and the Sky "Starwatch, Ben Mayer" 1985 2 131 Books and the Sky "A Hilltop on Foggy Bottom, Jan K. Herman" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1985 2 143 Rambling Through the Skies The Distance Dilemma -- II "Lovi, George" 1985 2 146 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1985 2 148 Celestial Calendar The Case of the Aries Flasher "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 2 149 Celestial Calendar Vesta in Virgo 1985 2 150 Celestial Calendar Occultation Reminder 1985 2 150 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 2 158 Astronomical Computing Small Angular Distances Reconsidered "Slabinski, Victor J." 1985 2 158 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1985 2 158 Computers in Astronomy Photoelectric Data Reduction "Drobnock, George John" 1985 2 160 Amateur Astronomers "Tebbutt, John: Australia's Premier Comet Observer" 1985 2 160 Amateur Astronomers John Tebbutt: Australia's Premier Comet Observer "Bathal, Ragbir" 1985 2 162 Amateur Astronomers Tuthill Comet Award 1985 2 167 Gleanings for ATMs Point-Diffraction Interferometry Made Easy 1985 2 167 Gleanings for ATMs Point-Diffraction Inter-ferometry Made Easy "DelVo, Pierino" 1985 2 171 Gleanings for ATMs An Easy Chair for Binocular Viewing "Baetens, Chris" 1985 2 172 Gleanings for ATMs A Merry-Go-Round Binocular Chair "Talbot, John C." 1985 2 182 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 2 183 Observer's Page November's Chancy Eclipse 1985 2 187 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 3 193 Front-Cover Photo M87 and Its Jet 1985 3 196 Letters Letter "Zinns, J. S." 1985 3 196 Letters Letter "Tucker, Roy A." 1985 3 196 Letters Letter "Halliday, Ian" 1985 3 196 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1985 3 196 Letters Letter "Owen, Michael R." 1985 3 196 Letters Letter "Kozai, Yoshihide" 1985 3 197 Letters Why Mount Wilson Shouldn't Be Scrapped "Robinson, Leif J." 1985 3 198 Feature The Enigma Called Io "Morrison, David" 1985 3 202 Feature "Io and the """"Jovian Nebula""""" "Morgan, Jeffrey S." 1985 3 206 Astronomical Scrapbook The Astronomy of Alfonso the Wise "Gingerich, Owen" 1985 3 208 Letters Letter "Johnson, Douglas" 1985 3 208 Letters Letter "Coles, Charles H." 1985 3 209 Feature The Moon -- A Second Time Around? "Washburn, Mark" 1985 3 212 Feature Maxwell's Last Frontier "Washburn, Mark" 1985 3 213 Feature Mysteries of Cosmic Jets "Smith, David H." 1985 3 214 Feature An Astrometric Lens Caper "Hoag, Arthur A." 1985 3 216 Feature The Seven Dwarfs "Smith, David H." 1985 3 218 News Notes The Markarian Connection 1985 3 218 News Notes Independent Origins for Pluto and Triton 1985 3 219 News Notes Young Astronomer Program 1985 3 219 News Notes QSO Trio 1985 3 219 News Notes Chratien Award 1985 3 220 News Notes What Powers the Lagoon Nebula? 1985 3 220 News Notes Minor Planet Names 1985 3 220 News Notes New Evidence on the Hubble Parameter 1985 3 222 News Notes Pinpointing the Stars 1985 3 222 News Notes Keeping Tabs on Supernovae 1985 3 222 News Notes Japanese Deep-Sky Probe Launched 1985 3 222 News Notes Two Meteorite Falls 1985 3 223 Feature W. M. Keck Observatory: When $36 Million Isn't Enough "Robinson, Leif J." 1985 3 225 Books and the Sky "The Solar System, Roman Smoluchowski" "Washburn, Mark" 1985 3 226 Books and the Sky "The Newtonian Revolution, I. Bernard Cohen" 1985 3 226 Books and the Sky "Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton, Richard S. Westfall" 1985 3 226 Books and the Sky "In the Presence of the Creator, Gale Christianson" 1985 3 226 Books and the Sky Book Review "Usher, Peter D." 1985 3 228 Books and the Sky "Serendipitous Discoveries in Radio Astronomy, K. Kellerman and B. Sheets, editors" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1985 3 229 Books and the Sky "Prelude to the Space Age: The Rocket Societies, 1924-1940, Frank H. Winter" "Page, Thornton L." 1985 3 239 Rambling Through the Skies Where Should Planetariums Head? "Lovi, George" 1985 3 242 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1985 3 243 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 3 244 Celestial Calendar Venus Misses the Sun "Victor, Robert C." 1985 3 245 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations 1985 3 246 Celestial Calendar Trapezium Variable in Eclipse 1985 3 254 Astronomical Computing The Waxing and Waning Moon "Sinnott, Roger W." 1985 3 257 Amateur Astronomers New Zealand's Solo Eclipse Team "Wolf, Graham W." 1985 3 258 Amateur Astronomers The Star of San Diego "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1985 3 259 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1985 3 264 Gleanings for ATMs A 12 1/2-inch Newtonian-Cassegrain "Lula, Brian" 1985 3 267 Gleanings for ATMs Some Modifications to a Hindle-Type Grinding Machine "Nichol, John R." 1985 3 268 Gleanings for ATMs Observatory Fires "Wingate, Bruce" 1985 3 278 Observer's Page "Chaucer, Two Planets, and the Moon" "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1985 3 281 Observer's Page Last November's Two Eclipses 1985 3 284 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 3 285 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 4 289 Front-Cover Photo Hubble Space Telescope 1985 4 292 Letters Letter "Young, Robert R." 1985 4 292 Letters Letter "Stinebring, Daniel R." 1985 4 292 Letters Letter "Fried, Robert" 1985 4 292 Letters Letter "McDonough, Thomas R." 1985 4 292 Letters Letter "McFeely, Jim" 1985 4 292 Letters Letter "Marshall, Kevin P." 1985 4 292 Letters Letter "Miller, Alice" 1985 4 293 Letters Letter "Luft, Herbert A." 1985 4 293 Letters Letter "Mayer, Ben" 1985 4 293 Letters Letter "Hunstead, Richard W." 1985 4 293 Letters Letter "King, Arthur C." 1985 4 294 Feature Blaeu's Failed Celestial Globe "Warner, Deborah Jean" 1985 4 295 Feature Space Telescope Science Institute "Tucker, Wallace" 1985 4 295 News Notes The Space Telescope Science Institute "Tucker, Wallace" 1985 4 300 Feature "Astronomers, Congress, and the Large Space Telescope" "Hanle, Paul A." 1985 4 302 Feature Box: HST and the Military Edge "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1985 4 306 Feature The Scientific Challenge of Space Telescope "Longair, Malcolm [S.]" 1985 4 312 News Notes Magnetic White Dwarf 1985 4 312 News Notes Charon at Last? 1985 4 312 News Notes AST Camera Fund 1985 4 312 News Notes "An """"Ampte"""" Christmas Stocking" 1985 4 313 News Notes Unique Shuttle Film 1985 4 314 News Notes "M76, The Magnetic Nebula" 1985 4 314 News Notes A Ring for Neptune? 1985 4 315 News Notes Nearest Gravitational Lens 1985 4 315 News Notes Eclipse Blindness: A Casualty Report 1985 4 316 News Notes Edison Award Recipient 1985 4 316 News Notes How Deep Are Crater Rays? 1985 4 317 News Notes "Hoyt, William G.: Historian of Astronomy" 1985 4 317 News Notes "Variable Stars, Small 'Scopes" 1985 4 317 News Notes Tarnished Stars 1985 4 317 News Notes Galactic Center Found? 1985 4 320 Books and the Sky "Out of the Cradle: Exploring the Frontiers Beyond Earth, W. Hartmann, R. Miller, and P. Lee" "Lomberg, Jon" 1985 4 321 Books and the Sky "The New Race for Space, James E. Oberg" "Paine, Thomas O." 1985 4 322 Books and the Sky "Orbits for Amateurs with a Microcomputer, D. Tattersfield" "Marsden, Brian G." 1985 4 323 Books and the Sky "James E. Keeler, Pioneer American Astrophysicist, Donald E. Osterbrock" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1985 4 324 Books and the Sky "The Light-Hearted Astronomer, Ken Fulton" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 4 335 Rambling Through the Skies Tangled Sky Names "Lovi, George" 1985 4 338 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1985 4 340 Celestial Calendar Venus in Daylight 1985 4 341 Celestial Calendar Uranus and Neptune This Year 1985 4 341 Celestial Calendar Pluto Flies by Two Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 4 342 Celestial Calendar Occultation Reminder 1985 4 342 Celestial Calendar Vesta at Naked-Eye Brightness 1985 4 342 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations 1985 4 342 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 4 350 Astronomical Computing Stepper-Motor Control of Telescopes -- I 1985 4 350 Feature Stepper-Motor Controls of Telescopes -- I "Genet, Russell M." "Boyd, Louis J." "Trueblood, Mark" 1985 4 354 Amateur Astronomers A Small SETI Radio Telescope "Gray, Robert H." 1985 4 357 Amateur Astronomers Halley Battle Plans 1985 4 357 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1985 4 359 Gleanings for ATMs A Filar Micrometer for Comets and Double Stars "Robertson, Timothy J." 1985 4 361 Gleanings for ATMs A Family of Calculator Clocks "Johnson, Ben" 1985 4 372 Observer's Page How To Report a Fireball "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 4 373 Observer's Page Is NGC 4689 Really M91? "Sykora, Larry Carl" 1985 4 375 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 4 376 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 4 376 Observer's Page The Visual Recovery of Halley's Comet "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1985 5 385 Front-Cover Photo Hubble Telescope Primary Mirror 1985 5 388 Letters Letter "Sandford, Scott" "Walker, Robert" 1985 5 388 Letters Letter "Sheffer, Yaron" 1985 5 388 Letters Letter "Knacke, Roger" 1985 5 388 Letters Letter "Herring, Phil" 1985 5 388 Letters Letter "Hoffelder, T. C." 1985 5 389 Feature Birkeland and the Electromagnetic Cosmology "Peratt, Anthony L." 1985 5 392 News Notes Tracking a Quasar to Its Lair 1985 5 392 News Notes Halley's Comet: Closing In 1985 5 392 News Notes Exhibiting the Stars 1985 5 393 News Notes More Space Films 1985 5 393 News Notes New Course Offering 1985 5 393 News Notes Violent Star Formation Regions 1985 5 394 News Notes The Milky Way: Gaining Weight? 1985 5 394 News Notes Lifetimes of Comets 1985 5 395 News Notes The Heart of M33 1985 5 395 News Notes Chair of Space History Established at Smithsonian 1985 5 396 News Notes Van Biesbroeck Award 1985 5 396 News Notes Stephan's Quintet: New Light on an Old Puzzle 1985 5 397 Backyard Astronomy Close-Up of a Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 5 399 Feature What Color Is the Solar System? "Young, Andrew T." 1985 5 404 Feature Sizing Up the Planets "Meszaros, Stephen P." 1985 5 406 Astronomical Scrapbook Ptolemaic Astronomy for an Emperor's Eyes "Gingerich, Owen" 1985 5 409 Feature HST: Astronomy's Greatest Gambit "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1985 5 415 Feature Artistic Sundials of Japan "Sekiguchi, Naosuke" 1985 5 417 Books and the Sky "The Astronomical Scrapbook, Joseph Ashbrook" "Baum, Richard" 1985 5 418 Books and the Sky "Comets: A Descriptive Catalog, Gary W. Kronk" "Green, Daniel W. E." 1985 5 420 Books and the Sky "Genesis on Planet Earth, William Day" "Hobish, Mitchell K." 1985 5 431 Rambling Through the Skies Faint Neighbors Nearby "Lovi, George" 1985 5 434 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1985 5 435 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 5 436 Celestial Calendar The Satellites of Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 5 437 Celestial Calendar Eastern Hemisphere Lunar Eclipse 1985 5 437 Celestial Calendar Amphitrite in Libra 1985 5 437 Celestial Calendar A Polar Solar Eclipse 1985 5 448 Astronomical Computing Stepper-Motor Control of Telescopes -- II 1985 5 448 Astronomical Computing Stepper-Motor Controls of Telescopes -- II "Genet, Russell M." "Boyd, Louis J." "Trueblood, Mark" 1985 5 449 Computers in Astronomy Astronomical Software 1985 5 449 Computers in Astronomy Image Processing: Another Way "Otis, Michael G." 1985 5 450 Amateur Astronomers "Clark, Dawes, and the Birth of Temple Observatory" "Marriott, R. A." 1985 5 456 Gleanings for ATMs Rx for the Newtonian Telescope "Richter, John L." 1985 5 461 Gleanings for ATMs Optical Innovator Dies "Sinnott, Roger W." 1985 5 472 Observer's Page Waiting for the Comet "di Cicco, Dennis" 1985 5 473 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 5 476 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 6 481 Front-Cover Photo Don Davis' Orion Nebula 1985 6 484 Letters Letter "Armstrong, Alex C." 1985 6 484 Letters Letter "Turco, Edward" 1985 6 484 Letters Letter "Davidson, Kris" 1985 6 484 Letters Letter "Brunner, Bernard H." 1985 6 484 Letters Letter "Briggs, John Wright" 1985 6 484 Letters Letter "Loudon, Jim" 1985 6 485 Feature More Sites for Observing Halley's Comet "Brooks, Edward M." 1985 6 487 Feature VLBA -- A Continent-Size Radio Telescope "Gordon, Mark A." 1985 6 491 News Notes Swapping Globular Clusters 1985 6 491 News Notes Supernova Twins Not Identical 1985 6 491 News Notes Ashes of the Stars 1985 6 492 News Notes Bushnell Science Awards 1985 6 492 News Notes "The """"Great Comet"""" of 1985" 1985 6 492 News Notes Space Toys 1985 6 493 News Notes Spica's Nebula 1985 6 493 News Notes New Light on Galactic Evolution 1985 6 493 News Notes PG 1159-035:A Pre-White Dwarf 1985 6 494 News Notes New Class of Radio Sources 1985 6 494 News Notes ASP Awards 1985 6 494 News Notes Better Clocks 1985 6 495 News Notes New Ear for the South 1985 6 495 News Notes "Globes, Globes, Globes" 1985 6 495 News Notes First X-Rays from a Nova 1985 6 496 News Notes End of a Pyramid Myth 1985 6 496 News Notes Last Aerobee Launched 1985 6 497 Feature Cygnus X-3: Cosmic-Ray Powerhouse "Smith, David H." 1985 6 501 Feature Pluto and Charon: The Dance Begins "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1985 6 503 Feature The Worlds of Don Davis 1985 6 507 Feature A Radar Tour of Venus "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1985 6 514 Books and the Sky "Entering Space: An Astronaut's Odyssey, Joseph P. Allen with Russell Martin" "Collins, Michael" 1985 6 515 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics and Twentieth-Century Astronomy to 1950, Part A, Owen Gingerich, editor" "Greenstein, Jesse L." 1985 6 517 Books and the Sky "The New Atlas of the Universe, Patrick Moore" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1985 6 529 Rambling Through the Skies Concerning Halley Hype "Lovi, George" 1985 6 536 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1985 6 537 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 6 538 Celestial Calendar An RR Lyrae Observing Program "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 6 540 Celestial Calendar Occultation Reminder 1985 6 541 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Satellites 1985 6 544 Astronomical Computing Software Available "Eagle, David" 1985 6 544 Astronomical Computing Shutter Speeds for Astrophotography "Neus, Mike" 1985 6 545 Astronomical Computing Spectral Lines "Minton, R. B." 1985 6 546 Computers in Astronomy Computer Benchmarks "Feuchter, Christopher A." 1985 6 550 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane 1985 6 550 Amateur Astronomers June Gatherings and Other Events 1985 6 551 Amateur Astronomers Philip Stooke: A Mapper of Worlds "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1985 6 558 Gleanings for ATMs Fiberglass for an Observatory Dome "Matsumoto, Tatsuro" 1985 6 562 Gleanings for ATMs A Rugged Amateur Scope of Yore "Davis, Lincoln" 1985 6 572 Observer's Page Binocular Astronomy: Is There a Difference? "Bowen O.D., Keith P." 1985 6 577 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 6 578 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Aurora from Challenger 1985 7 4 Letters Letter "Sperbund, Sven" 1985 7 4 Letters Letter "Kubinec, William R." 1985 7 4 Letters Letter "Naiden, James" "III, Woodruff T. Sullivan" 1985 7 5 Feature Spacelab 2: A Preview "Henize, Karl G." 1985 7 7 Feature The Incredible Spinning Oven "Mammana, Dennis L." 1985 7 10 Feature Roger Angel: The Glass Giant of Arizona 1985 7 12 Feature The Shuttle Looks at Earth 1985 7 15 Letters Letter "Young, Peter F." 1985 7 15 Letters Letter "Rhynsburger, R. W." 1985 7 15 Letters Letter "Mayes, Victor" 1985 7 15 Letters Letter "Crowe, Michael J." 1985 7 15 Letters Letter "Davis, Clark" 1985 7 16 Feature APT's: Automatic Photoelectric Telescopes "Boyd, Louis J." "Genet, Russell M." "Hall, Douglas S." 1985 7 20 Backyard Astronomy Comet-Watching Tips "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 7 21 Backyard Astronomy Comet Giacobini-Zinner Now Visible All Night 1985 7 22 Feature No Missing Mass? "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 7 23 Feature New Homes for Monster Telescopes "Smith, David H." 1985 7 28 News Notes The Moon and Murder 1985 7 28 News Notes Minor Planet Names 1985 7 28 News Notes Hidden Mass in Elliptical Galaxies 1985 7 29 News Notes Jovian Color Quandary 1985 7 29 News Notes Celestial Smog 1985 7 30 News Notes "Celestial Listening: """"Hearts of Space""""" 1985 7 30 News Notes Mu Cephei: Betelgeuse's Big Sister 1985 7 30 News Notes HD 37776 and Its Quadrupole Magnetic Field 1985 7 30 News Notes The Search Goes On 1985 7 31 News Notes Solar Systems in the Making? 1985 7 31 News Notes Fourth Shuttle Orbiter 1985 7 31 News Notes Are Asteroids Piles of Rubble? 1985 7 32 News Notes Liners: Photons Make Them Glow 1985 7 33 Books and the Sky "Colours of the Stars, David Malin and Paul Murdin" "Young, Andrew T." 1985 7 34 Books and the Sky "Rings: Discoveries from Galileo to Voyager, James Elliot and Richard Kerr" "Dermott, Stanley F." 1985 7 36 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: Activities and Experiments, Linda J. Kelsey, Darrel B. Huff, and John S. Neff" 1985 7 36 Books and the Sky "A Workbook for Astronomy, Jerry Waxman" 1985 7 36 Books and the Sky Book Review "Dukes Jr., Robert J." 1985 7 47 Rambling Through the Skies Some Summer Constellation Sidelights "Lovi, George" 1985 7 51 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Victor, Robert C." 1985 7 51 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 7 53 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations 1985 7 54 Celestial Calendar The Aries Flasher: A Status Report "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 7 62 Astronomical Computing Satellites of the Outer Planets "Arlot, J.-E." 1985 7 62 Computers in Astronomy Bulletin-Board Woes "Kellock, Gerry" 1985 7 62 Computers in Astronomy A Perpetual Gregorian Calendar "Harrington, Robert S." 1985 7 64 Amateur Astronomers Kazuaki Iwasaki: Japan's Honorable Astronomer-Artist "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1985 7 71 Gleanings for ATMs A Swiss Solar Telescope "Tarnutzer, Andreas" 1985 7 73 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Fixed Telescopes Fed by Mirrors "Sinnott, Roger W." 1985 7 86 Observer's Page Revival of a Jupiter Disturbance "Budine, Phillip W." 1985 7 89 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1985 7 91 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 7 92 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 7 92 Observer's Page A Bright New Comet? 1985 8 97 Front-Cover Photo Comet Halley in 1910 1985 8 100 Letters Letter "Arp, Halton C." 1985 8 100 Letters Letter "White, William H." 1985 8 100 Letters Letter "Griffin, Roger F." "Griffin, Roger F." 1985 8 101 Feature Neutrino Astronomy: A New Window on the Universe "Norman, Eric B." 1985 8 105 News Notes van Gogh's Starry Nights 1985 8 105 News Notes Sac Peak Scare 1985 8 105 News Notes "M82: 100,000 Orion Nebulae?" 1985 8 105 News Notes European Digistar 1985 8 106 News Notes More Jets from Young Stars 1985 8 106 News Notes "Pulsars, Pulsars! How Many?" 1985 8 106 News Notes Arecibo Upgrade 1985 8 107 News Notes Astronomical Anniversaries 1985 8 107 News Notes Supernova in a Quasar 1985 8 107 News Notes The IRAS Harvest 1985 8 108 News Notes Gradual Star Formation 1985 8 108 News Notes Dust Devils on Mars 1985 8 109 Feature Josif Shklovsky: A Personal Reflection "Goldberg, Leo" 1985 8 110 Letters Letter "Tenn, Joseph S." 1985 8 110 Letters Letter "Seidelmann, Kenneth" 1985 8 110 Letters Letter "Hodgkinson, George" 1985 8 110 Letters Letter "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1985 8 110 Letters Letter "Kremer, Richard L." 1985 8 110 Letters Letter "Plotkin, Howard" 1985 8 110 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1985 8 111 Feature Venus and the Maya "Shawcross, William E." 1985 8 115 Feature The Supernova of 1885 in Messier 31 "de Villiers, C. W." 1985 8 119 Feature The Submillimeter Giants "Smith, David H." 1985 8 126 Feature Box: The View from Colonial America "Broughton, Peter" 1985 8 126 Feature "Comet Halley: A Newsmaker for 2,000 Years" "Bortle, John E." 1985 8 129 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wehinger, Peter A." 1985 8 129 Books and the Sky "The Comet Book, Robert D. Chapman and John C. Brandt" 1985 8 129 Books and the Sky "The Comet Is Coming, Nigel Calder" 1985 8 129 Books and the Sky "The Return of Halley's Comet, Patrick Moore and John Mason" 1985 8 130 Books and the Sky "Halley's Comet, 1910: Fire in the Sky, Jerred Metz" "Robinson, Leif J." 1985 8 131 Books and the Sky "Halley's Comet, Donald Tattersfield" 1985 8 131 Books and the Sky "Comets: The Swords of Heaven, David Ritchie" 1985 8 131 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mumford, George S." 1985 8 131 Books and the Sky "Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet, Isaac Asimov" 1985 8 131 Books and the Sky "The Science Digest Book of Halley's Comet, John Tullius" 1985 8 131 Books and the Sky "The Comet Book, Garry Stasiuk and Dwight Gruber" 1985 8 143 Rambling Through the Skies Edmond Halley's Planisphere "Lovi, George" 1985 8 146 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1985 8 148 Celestial Calendar A Banner Year for the Perseid Meteors? "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 8 149 Celestial Calendar Galilean Satellite Clumps 1985 8 149 Celestial Calendar No Sign of Upsilon Pegasids 1985 8 149 Celestial Calendar R Aquilae: A Binocular Variable 1985 8 150 Celestial Calendar XZ Cygni Update 1985 8 150 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 8 150 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations 1985 8 158 Computers in Astronomy A Computer Assault on Kepler's Equation "Sinnott, Roger W." 1985 8 162 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1985 8 167 Gleanings for ATMs "A """"Universal"""" Telescope of the Wright Type" "De Vany, Arthur S." 1985 8 183 Observer's Page May's Cool Lunar Eclipse 1985 8 187 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 8 188 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 9 193 Front-Cover Photo Tulsa Conjunction 1985 9 196 Letters Letter "O'Sullivan, Tony" "Jordan, C." "Bailey, Mark E." 1985 9 196 Letters Letter "Parker, Jack C." 1985 9 196 Letters Letter "Krisciunas, Kevin" 1985 9 196 Letters Letter "Bernstein M.D., Richard K." 1985 9 196 Letters Letter "Grier, James W." 1985 9 196 Letters Letter "Tuthill, Roger W." 1985 9 197 Letters Letter "Ritchey, Brian" 1985 9 197 Letters Letter "Combes, Claude" 1985 9 197 Letters Letter "Lanzerotti, Louis J." 1985 9 197 Letters Letter "Malen, Paul G." 1985 9 197 Letters Letter "Barksdale M.D., Byron" 1985 9 198 Feature On the Trail of Comet G-Z "Maran, Stephen P." 1985 9 204 Backyard Astronomy Secrets of Deep-Sky Observing "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 9 207 Feature Reflection Nebulae: Celestial Veils "Smith, David H." 1985 9 211 Feature The Prolific Pen of Agnes Clerke "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1985 9 213 Astronomical Scrapbook "Trumpler, Robert, and the Dustiness of Space" "Gingerich, Owen" 1985 9 216 Feature King of the Space Telescopes "Smith, David H." 1985 9 217 News Notes Heineman and Warner Prizes 1985 9 217 News Notes 8-meter Scope in Arizona? 1985 9 217 News Notes Are Megamasers Image Processors? 1985 9 218 News Notes New Light on Galactic Cirrus 1985 9 218 News Notes OJ 287 Has the Jitters 1985 9 218 News Notes Space Telescope Check-Out 1985 9 219 News Notes R Aquarii Again 1985 9 219 News Notes Canceling Out Bad Seeing 1985 9 220 News Notes Newspaper Astrology Disclaimer 1985 9 223 Halley Notebook Comet Giacobini-Zinner Steals the Show "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 9 226 Books and the Sky "Handbook for the White Light Observation of Solar Phenomena, Richard Hill" "Cragg, Thomas A." 1985 9 227 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Cosmology, Jayant V. Narlikar" "Harrison, Edward R." 1985 9 228 Books and the Sky Book Review "Trimble, Virginia" 1985 9 228 Books and the Sky "Universe in the Classroom, Andrew Fraknoi" 1985 9 228 Books and the Sky "Universe, William J. Kaufmann III" 1985 9 243 Rambling Through the Skies Light-Pollution Action "Lovi, George" 1985 9 246 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1985 9 248 Celestial Calendar Eunomia and the Pinwheel 1985 9 249 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 9 249 Celestial Calendar A Favorable Asteroid Occultation 1985 9 250 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Satellites 1985 9 261 Computers in Astronomy Predicting Heliacal Risings and Settings "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1985 9 263 Computers in Astronomy Messier Finder "Howard, Greg" 1985 9 263 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- World Map, Charles Kluepfel" 1985 9 264 Amateur Astronomers Charleston's Comet Halley Mission "Kubinec, William R." "Drake, Nicholas" 1985 9 265 Amateur Astronomers The Discovery of Comet Machholz "Machholz, Don" 1985 9 271 Gleanings for ATMs Comet over Riverside "Briggs, John Wright" 1985 9 286 Observer's Page An Eyepiece Primer "Nagler, Albert" 1985 9 291 Observer's Page Halley in Mexico 1985 9 292 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 9 293 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 10 297 Front-Cover Photo Arizona Evening 1985 10 300 Letters Letter "Atwater, Gordon A." 1985 10 300 Letters Letter "Allen, David A." 1985 10 300 Letters Letter "Sanderson, Richard H." 1985 10 300 Letters Letter "Greenberg, Stephen D." 1985 10 301 Feature Gamma-Ray Astronomy Comes of Age "Bignami, Giovanni F." 1985 10 305 News Notes Universal Rotation: Round 3 1985 10 305 News Notes Planet A Is on Its Way 1985 10 305 News Notes 100-inch Telescope Closed 1985 10 306 News Notes AMPTE's Last Hurrah 1985 10 306 News Notes Leo Intergalactic Cloud: Maybe a Dark Ring 1985 10 306 News Notes Where Chondrites Come from 1985 10 307 News Notes Giant H ii Regions 1985 10 307 News Notes Astronomy Popularizer Dies 1985 10 308 News Notes "Big Ear"""" Is Alive and Well" 1985 10 308 News Notes The Next Solar Cycle 1985 10 309 News Notes Halley Turns On 1985 10 309 News Notes Halley Camera Tested 1985 10 309 News Notes NYC Hayden Is 50 1985 10 309 News Notes 50 Years at DDO 1985 10 310 Feature A Soviet Space Odyssey "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1985 10 315 Feature Box: A Future Together in Space? "Friedman, Louis" 1985 10 317 Feature Is 3200 Phaethon a Dead Comet? "Davies, John K." 1985 10 319 Feature Resolving the Nearest Gravitational Lens "Tyson, Tony" "Gorenstein, Marc V." 1985 10 321 Feature India in Space: A Talk with U. R. Rao 1985 10 324 Feature Finding Halley's Comet with Starframes "Mayer, Ben" 1985 10 331 Books and the Sky "The New York Times Guide to the Return of Halley's Comet, Richard Flaste, Holcomb Noble, Walter Sullivan, and John Noble Wilford" 1985 10 331 Books and the Sky "Observer's Guide to Halley's Comet, James Muirden" 1985 10 331 Books and the Sky "Halley's Comet Finder, Ben Mayer" 1985 10 331 Books and the Sky Book Review "di Cicco, Dennis" 1985 10 332 Books and the Sky "Planet Earth: Solar System, Kendrick Frazier" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1985 10 333 Books and the Sky "Moments of Discovery, Unit 1: The Discovery of Fission, and Unit 2: A Pulsar Discovery, Arthur Eisenkraft and others" "Kokesh, Judy" 1985 10 334 Books and the Sky "How To Make a Telescope, Jean Texereau" "Rohwer, Alan B." 1985 10 347 Rambling Through the Skies Some Chinese Autumn Constellations "Lovi, George" 1985 10 350 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1985 10 351 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 10 352 Celestial Calendar "Two Comets, Two Meteor Showers" 1985 10 353 Celestial Calendar Trapezium Variable in Eclipse 1985 10 353 Celestial Calendar Kleopatra in the Hyades 1985 10 354 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Satellites 1985 10 366 Astronomical Computing What Saros Number? "Kluepfel, Charles" 1985 10 366 Computers in Astronomy Halley's Comet in Stereo "Minton, R. B." 1985 10 367 Astronomical Computing Significant Digits "Saemundsson, Thorsteinn" 1985 10 369 Amateur Astronomers Yellowstone: A Natural Phenomenon "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1985 10 370 Amateur Astronomers The Lesson from Tucson: Observe! "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1985 10 375 Gleanings for ATMs A New Approach to Color Correction "Christen, Roland" 1985 10 391 Observer's Page A Simple Camera Mounting for Astrophotography "Zullo, Frank" 1985 10 394 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 10 395 Observer's Page Notes on an Active Giant 1985 10 397 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 11 401 Front-Cover Photo Voyager 2 at Uranus 1985 11 404 Letters Letter "Simon, Barry" 1985 11 404 Letters Letter "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1985 11 404 Letters Letter "Firestone, Roger M." 1985 11 404 Letters Letter "MacLean, A." 1985 11 404 Letters Letter "Jones, John L." 1985 11 404 Letters Letter "Porter Jr., E. F." 1985 11 405 Letters Letter "Morrow, Michael J." "Moore, Ruthi" 1985 11 405 Letters Letter "Krupp, E. C." 1985 11 405 Letters Letter "Ridpath, Ian" 1985 11 405 Letters Letter "Aveni, Anthony F." 1985 11 406 Feature New Physics and the New Big Bang "Davies, Paul" 1985 11 411 Feature A Visual History of Uranus "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1985 11 415 Feature Uranus: The View from Earth "Elliot, James L." 1985 11 420 Feature Voyager 2 and Uranus "Miner, Ellis D." 1985 11 424 Feature Will Mount Graham Have an Observatory? "Woolf, Nick" 1985 11 426 Feature Comet G-Z: The Inside Story "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1985 11 430 News Notes The Warped Disk of NGC 3718 1985 11 430 News Notes Mercury's Atmosphere Is Rich in Sodium 1985 11 431 News Notes Missing Neutrinos and Missing Mass 1985 11 431 News Notes Astronomy on TV 1985 11 432 News Notes Gravity Rings: Putting Gravitational Lenses to Work 1985 11 432 News Notes Two Rocket Goofs 1985 11 432 News Notes Radar Probes of Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock 1985 11 433 News Notes McDonnell Star Theater 1985 11 433 News Notes Keeping the Skies Dark 1985 11 433 News Notes A Right Royal Occasion 1985 11 434 News Notes "Fire and Ice: A History of Comets in Art""""" 1985 11 434 News Notes Super Starburst Galaxies 1985 11 442 Books and the Sky "The X-Ray Universe, Wallace Tucker and Riccardo Giacconi" "Cordova, France Anne" 1985 11 443 Books and the Sky "Measuring the Universe, Albert Van Helden" "Harwit, Martin" 1985 11 445 Books and the Sky "Sky Catalogue 2000&point;0, Vol. 2: Double Stars, Variable Stars and Nonstellar Objects, Alan Hirshfeld and Roger W. Sinnott, ed" "Buta, Ronald J." 1985 11 449 Books and the Sky "Superforce, Paul Davies" "Smith, David H." 1985 11 459 Rambling Through the Skies Advanced Comet Observing "Lovi, George" 1985 11 462 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1985 11 462 Letters Letter "Chriss, Michael" 1985 11 464 Celestial Calendar How Many Pleiads? 1985 11 464 Celestial Calendar "An Occultation """"First""""" "Goffin, Edwin" 1985 11 465 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 11 465 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Satellites 1985 11 470 Computers in Astronomy The Changing Character of Astronomical Tables "Sinnott, Roger W." 1985 11 471 Astronomical Computing The Star Board 1985 11 471 Computers in Astronomy Review Corner -- various programs for viewing Halley's Comet 1985 11 473 Amateur Astronomers Stellafane: 50 Years and Still Growing "di Cicco, Dennis" 1985 11 487 Gleanings for ATMs A Grab-Bag of Ideas for Halley "Sinnott, Roger W." 1985 11 491 Gleanings for ATMs Flexure of a Telescope Pier "Kessler, Gary" 1985 11 503 Observer's Page Depths of Space "Bonney, William H." 1985 11 504 Observer's Page August's Peculiar Meteor Shower 1985 11 508 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 11 509 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1985 11 509 Observer's Page "Comet Hartley-Good, 1985l" 1985 12 521 Front-Cover Photo Messier 31: Spiral Galaxy 1985 12 524 Letters Letter "Arauco, Juan Zapata" 1985 12 524 Letters Letter "Faria, Cristovao J. L." 1985 12 524 Letters Letter "Harvey, O. L." 1985 12 524 Letters Letter "Lugo, Gilbert" 1985 12 524 Letters Letter "Maura, Luis" 1985 12 524 Letters Letter "Perkins, A. J." 1985 12 524 Letters Letter "Weekley, Alton L." 1985 12 525 Feature Sir James South and the Cauchoix Objective "Der Bagdasarian, Nicholas" 1985 12 527 Feature The Puzzle of Epsilon Aurigae "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 12 530 Feature How Not to Run an International Halley Watch "Lankford, John" 1985 12 534 Feature Will Planetariums Become Extinct? "Norton, O. Richard" 1985 12 539 Feature Crab Jet Update "Killian, Anita M." 1985 12 540 Feature Harlow Shapley and the Cepheids "Gingerich, Owen" "Welther, Barbara L." 1985 12 543 News Notes Quadruple Jets from a Galaxy's Double Nucleus 1985 12 543 News Notes Eta Carinae: A Smoking Star 1985 12 543 News Notes Careening Protoplanets Invade Early Solar System? 1985 12 544 News Notes Interstellar Cirrus: Dust and Gas Near the Sun 1985 12 544 News Notes Laser Upgrade at McDonald 1985 12 544 News Notes Keck Telescope Under Way 1985 12 545 News Notes SETI Program Expands 1985 12 546 News Notes Satellite Link to South Pole 1985 12 546 News Notes RS Ophiuchi's Radio Outburst 1985 12 546 News Notes Call for Slides 1985 12 547 News Notes Blowing Bubbles in the Center of M51 1985 12 547 News Notes Betelgeuse: Dust and Companions 1985 12 547 News Notes Giant Interstellar Atoms 1985 12 548 News Notes Forming Stars in Clusters 1985 12 548 News Notes Minkowski's Object -- A Jet Hits the Jackpot! 1985 12 553 Letters Letter "Sanford, John" 1985 12 553 Letters Letter "Schalck, Robert E." 1985 12 553 Letters Letter "Seargent, David A. J." 1985 12 553 Letters Letter "Morris III, M.D., James C." 1985 12 553 Letters Letter "Cavagna, Marco" "Vicentini, Massimo" 1985 12 562 Books and the Sky "Secrets of the Sun, Ronald G. Giovanelli" "Hill, Richard E." 1985 12 563 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: From Stonehenge to Quasars, Michael W. Friedlander" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1985 12 564 Books and the Sky "The Invisible Universe, George B. Field and Eric J. Chaisson" "Krisciunas, Kevin" 1985 12 565 Books and the Sky "On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1978, Edward Clinton Ezell and Linda Neuman Ezell" "Page, Thornton L." 1985 12 566 Books and the Sky "How To Use an Astronomical Telescope, James Muirden" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1985 12 577 Rambling Through the Skies A Look at Seeing "Lovi, George" 1985 12 584 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1985 12 585 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1985 12 586 Celestial Calendar Mars Behind the Moon 1985 12 587 Celestial Calendar A Far-Southern Asteroid 1985 12 588 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Satellites 1985 12 588 Celestial Calendar Two Asteroid Occultations 1985 12 590 Computers in Astronomy Computing a Comet Ephemeris "Sinnott, Roger W." 1985 12 591 Computers in Astronomy Commodore Astronomy S.I.G. 1985 12 593 Amateur Astronomers Staying Behind: Viewing Halley from the U.S.A. 1985 12 607 Gleanings for ATMs How To Build a Coronagraph "Gallagher, Dennis" 1985 12 612 Gleanings for ATMs A Lightweight Astrocamera for Pennies "Vranjican M.D., Mladen" 1985 12 623 Observer's Page In Quest of Meteor Sounds "Keay, Colin S. L." 1985 12 628 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1985 12 629 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 1 1 Front-Cover Photo The Northern Lights 1986 1 4 Letters Letter "Campbell, Donald B." "Hagfors, Tor" 1986 1 4 Letters Letter "Gordon, Rodger W." 1986 1 4 Letters Letter "Westfall, John E." 1986 1 5 Letters Letter "Gordon, Rodger W." 1986 1 5 Letters Letter "Geisert, Ted" 1986 1 5 Letters Letter "Green, Daniel W. E." 1986 1 5 Letters Letter "Covington, Michael A." 1986 1 6 Feature Neutron Stars in Supernova Remnants "Seward, Frederick D." 1986 1 11 Feature Uranus' Last Stand "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1986 1 13 Feature Good-bye to Supermassive Stars "Schorn, Ronald A." 1986 1 14 Feature Old Stars: Ormsby Mitchel "Weddle, Kevin J." 1986 1 17 News Notes Minnesota Star Cruncher 1986 1 17 News Notes Space Powers Meet To Coordinate Halley Plans 1986 1 17 News Notes "Planet Earth"""" Series" 1986 1 18 News Notes Star Theater in the Andes 1986 1 18 News Notes Supernovae of a Different Kind 1986 1 18 News Notes Industry in Space 1986 1 19 News Notes NASA and Chratien Awards 1986 1 19 News Notes Beta Camelopardalis: A Visible-Light Burster? 1986 1 19 News Notes Pluto's Atmosphere 1986 1 20 News Notes "An """"A"""" for STScI" 1986 1 20 News Notes The Farthest Galaxy: A New Record 1986 1 21 News Notes The Constancy of Light 1986 1 21 News Notes Coolest White Dwarf? 1986 1 22 News Notes Cosmic-Ray Course 1986 1 22 News Notes A Rapid Flare Star 1986 1 22 News Notes The Big Bang: Alive and Well 1986 1 23 Feature Shooting Halley "di Cicco, Dennis" 1986 1 30 Backyard Astronomy The Aurora "MacRobert, Alan M." 1986 1 34 Books and the Sky "The Skywatcher's Handbook, Colin A. Ronan, Storm Dunlop, and Brian Jones" 1986 1 35 Books and the Sky "Universe Guide to Stars and Planets, Ian Ridpath with Wil Tirion" 1986 1 35 Books and the Sky "Astronomy: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Night Sky, Storm Dunlop" 1986 1 35 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lovi, George" 1986 1 36 Books and the Sky "The Jodrell Bank Telescopes, Bernard Lovell" "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1986 1 37 Books and the Sky "The Heavens and the Earth, ..., Walter A. McDougall" "Logsdon, John M." 1986 1 57 Rambling Through the Skies Winter Binocular Observing "Lovi, George" 1986 1 59 Feature Sky-Gazers Almanac 1986 1986 1 66 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 1 68 Celestial Calendar A 1986 Planet Preview "Victor, Robert C." 1986 1 71 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1986 "Dunham, David W." 1986 1 72 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1986 "Dunham, David W." 1986 1 74 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 1 74 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 1 86 Computers in Astronomy Making Slides from Computer Displays "Hunter, Tim B." "Brewer M.D., Marshall L." 1986 1 87 Computers in Astronomy Numbers To Crunch 1986 1 87 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Saturn Navigator, Sublogic Communications Corp." 1986 1 89 Amateur Astronomers Pele's Atmospheric Creations "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 1 90 Amateur Astronomers Two Rare Displays "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 1 95 Gleanings for ATMs Observing with an El-El Mounting "Wehler, Randall" 1986 1 97 Gleanings for ATMs A Schupmann Booklet 1986 1 98 Gleanings for ATMs Mounting Accessories for Quick Interchange "Kimmel, Bob" 1986 1 99 Gleanings for ATMs In Defense of the Doublet "Church, John A." 1986 1 99 Gleanings for ATMs Interocular Spacing "Allen, Ed" 1986 1 100 Gleanings for ATMs "De Veny, A. S.(1905-80)" 1986 1 100 Gleanings for ATMs 48-inch Backyard Scope? 1986 1 110 Observer's Page In Pursuit of OB Associations "Caruso, Joseph" 1986 1 113 Observer's Page Halley Showcase 1986 1 114 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 1 115 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1986 1 117 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 2 121 Front-Cover Photo "Starship Arrival""""" 1986 2 124 Letters Letter "Rasmussen, Ralph" 1986 2 124 Letters Letter "Mathews, Kirk A." 1986 2 124 Letters Letter "Mathias, Gerald B." 1986 2 124 Letters Letter "Lopez Alvarez, Manuel" 1986 2 125 Letters Letter "Marcus, Joseph" 1986 2 125 Letters Letter "de Gibaja, Jerjes H. Gil" 1986 2 127 Feature Discover the Southern Skies I "Cozens, Glen" 1986 2 129 Feature Origins of the Spectral Sequence "Kaler, James B." 1986 2 135 Feature "Other Suns, Other Worlds" "Worlds, Other" 1986 2 139 Feature How Good Is Your Observing Site? "Walker, Merle F." 1986 2 140 Feature Box: What Causes Seeing? "Woolf, Neville J." 1986 2 144 News Notes Nuclear Activity Trigger 1986 2 144 News Notes New Soviet Space Agency 1986 2 144 News Notes Dutch Space Expo 1986 2 144 News Notes A Supernova Remnant's Jet 1986 2 145 News Notes IUE: A Miraculous Recovery 1986 2 145 News Notes Observe with the HST! 1986 2 146 News Notes Super Star Cluster Found 1986 2 146 News Notes "Red Sirius"""": The Plot Thickens" 1986 2 146 News Notes A Comet's Missing Carbon 1986 2 147 News Notes Bok Globules and Star Birth 1986 2 147 News Notes The Brightness and Shape of the Corona 1986 2 147 News Notes The Great Galactic Ring 1986 2 148 News Notes Spitzer Receives Prize 1986 2 148 News Notes Perkin-Elmer Optics Facility 1986 2 148 News Notes NASA Administrator Charged 1986 2 148 News Notes Keck Mirrors 1986 2 148 News Notes Halley Hotlines 1986 2 148 News Notes ESA Expands 1986 2 149 Feature The Turbulent Life of E. J. Opik "Moore, Patrick" 1986 2 152 Books and the Sky "The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy, Jean Audouze and Guy Israel, editors" "Smith, Harlan J." 1986 2 153 Books and the Sky "Astrophysical Techniques, C. R. Kitchin" "Huchra, John P." 1986 2 157 Books and the Sky "Space, Time, Infinity, James S. Trefil" "Shipman, Harry L." 1986 2 171 Rambling Through the Skies Darkness and Light "Lovi, George" 1986 2 174 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 2 175 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 2 176 Celestial Calendar Watching the Winking of Algol "MacRobert, Alan M." 1986 2 177 Celestial Calendar Two Asteroid Occultations 1986 2 177 Celestial Calendar The Largest Asteroid 1986 2 177 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 2 179 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 2 190 Astronomical Computing Tracking Tolerances in Astrophotography "Rowe, Basil H." 1986 2 191 Computers in Astronomy Celestial Replay "Hannenberg, D'Arcy" 1986 2 191 Computers in Astronomy Planetarium Simulator 1986 2 193 Amateur Astronomers Foundations of the AAVSO "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 2 194 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Discovers Space 1986 2 199 Gleanings for ATMs Four-Speed 17 1/2-inch Newtonian "Van Slyke, Paul B." 1986 2 203 Gleanings for ATMs Observing Sidereal Time "Mills, H. Robert" 1986 2 215 Observer's Page Enhancing Color Photographs with Filters "Coco, Mark J." 1986 2 220 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 2 221 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 3 225 Front-Cover Photo Halley Closes In 1986 3 228 Letters Letter "Wingate, Bruce" 1986 3 228 Letters Letter "Brooks, Edward M." 1986 3 228 Letters Letter "Hess, Merrill" 1986 3 229 Letters Letter "Fitzsimons, James R." 1986 3 229 Letters Letter "Chafee M.D., Francis H." 1986 3 229 Letters Letter "Louden, Jim" 1986 3 229 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1986 3 229 Letters Letter "Vanden Bout, Paul A." 1986 3 229 Letters Letter "Telesco, Charles M." 1986 3 230 Feature "Newton, Halley, and the Comet" "Gingerich, Owen" 1986 3 236 Feature Testing Relativity with DI Herculis "Smith, David H." 1986 3 237 Feature Discover the Southern Skies II "Cozens, Glen" 1986 3 240 News Notes Soapsuds Universe 1986 3 241 News Notes Frank Collection for Sale 1986 3 241 News Notes Jets from Halley 1986 3 242 News Notes Telescope Available 1986 3 242 News Notes The Real Asteroid Belts 1986 3 243 News Notes NOAO Picture Catalogue 1986 3 243 News Notes A First Map of Halley's Nucleus 1986 3 244 Feature The High Road to Halley "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1986 3 248 Feature Cosmic Masers "Norris, Ray" 1986 3 253 Feature Portrait of a 40-foot Giant "Warner, Brian" 1986 3 255 Feature Galactic Center Update "Killian, Anita M." 1986 3 256 Books and the Sky "Comet, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan" "Hughes, David W." 1986 3 257 Books and the Sky Book Review "Mumford, George S." 1986 3 257 Books and the Sky Book Review "Briggs, John Wright" 1986 3 257 Books and the Sky "Observer -- Comets, Stephen J. Edberg and David H. Levy" 1986 3 257 Books and the Sky "Mankind's Comet, Guy Ottewell and Fred Schaaf" 1986 3 259 Books and the Sky "The Mystery of Comets, Fred L. Whipple" "Maran, Stephen P." 1986 3 275 Rambling Through the Skies "A March Sky Long, Long, Ago" "Lovi, George" 1986 3 278 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 3 279 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 3 280 Celestial Calendar Optical Double Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1986 3 281 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 3 294 Astronomical Computing When Is Easter? "Horne, George H." 1986 3 294 Computers in Astronomy Butcher's Method "Freeman, William H." 1986 3 295 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- The Halley Project: A Mission in Our Solar System, Mindscape, Inc." 1986 3 297 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1986 "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 3 299 Amateur Astronomers Upcoming Meetings 1986 3 303 Gleanings for ATMs A Fold-Up Equatorial Mounting "Pearson, Joe" 1986 3 307 Gleanings for ATMs A Beeper Box To Time Observations "Redburn, Fred L." 1986 3 319 Observer's Page Halley Gallery -- I 1986 3 323 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 3 323 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 4 329 Front-Cover Photo Crescent Uranus 1986 4 332 Letters Letter "Taulman, Dan" 1986 4 332 Letters Letter "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1986 4 333 Feature A Place Called Uranus "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1986 4 338 Feature Voyager Among the Ice Worlds "Chaikin, Andrew" 1986 4 347 Feature The Journey of the 200-inch Mirror "di Cicco, Dennis" 1986 4 349 Feature The Legacy of the 200-inch "Learner, Richard" 1986 4 354 News Notes New Mission Names 1986 4 354 News Notes Space Shuttle Lost 1986 4 354 News Notes An Infrared View of the Orion Nebula 1986 4 355 News Notes Asteroid Names 1986 4 355 News Notes A Billion Light-Years of Galaxies 1986 4 355 News Notes Space Shuttle Film Honored 1986 4 356 News Notes Halley Emerges from Behind the Sun 1986 4 356 News Notes A New Film for Astronomers? 1986 4 358 News Notes Gagarin: T Plus 25 Years and Counting 1986 4 358 News Notes Eutvus Experiment Revisited 1986 4 358 News Notes Keeping Track of QSO's 1986 4 359 News Notes Halley on Ice 1986 4 359 News Notes Halley's Dust 1986 4 361 Books and the Sky "Perfect Symmetry, Heinz R. Pagels" "Smith, David H." 1986 4 362 Books and the Sky "The Life and Death of Stars, Donald A. Cooke" "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1986 4 363 Books and the Sky "Masks of the Universe, Edward R. Harrison" 1986 4 363 Books and the Sky Book Review "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1986 4 363 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marschall, Laurence A." 1986 4 363 Books and the Sky "Constructing the Universe, David Layzer" 1986 4 379 Rambling Through the Skies Points of View "Lovi, George" 1986 4 382 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 4 383 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 4 384 Celestial Calendar Eclipses of the Sun and Moon 1986 4 385 Celestial Calendar Occultations by Halley 1986 4 387 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 4 398 Computers in Astronomy Making Your Own Globular Cluster "Velt, Kik" 1986 4 400 Amateur Astronomers "Webb, T.W., and His Celestial Handbook" 1986 4 400 Amateur Astronomers T. W. Webb and His Celestial Handbook "Price, Fred W." 1986 4 401 Amateur Astronomers French Space Art 1986 4 407 Gleanings for ATMs Silicon Eye: A CCD Imaging System "Harris, Clifford" 1986 4 423 Observer's Page Halley Gallery -- II 1986 4 426 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 4 426 Observer's Page Halley Recovered 1986 4 428 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 5 433 Front-Cover Photo Halley's Comet from Australia 1986 5 436 Letters Letter "Wilson, Robert E." 1986 5 436 Letters Letter "Dutton, Denis" 1986 5 436 Letters Letter "Ducoty, Richard" 1986 5 436 Letters Letter "Minton, R. B." 1986 5 436 Letters Letter "Mosley, John E." 1986 5 437 Feature The Iron Sun "Graham, James R." 1986 5 438 Feature An Inside Look at Halley's Comet "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1986 5 444 News Notes Lean Times for Astronomy 1986 5 444 News Notes Third Millisecond Pulsar 1986 5 445 News Notes Supershells and Starbursts 1986 5 445 News Notes Photometry Symposium 1986 5 445 News Notes Dusty Ellipticals 1986 5 446 News Notes Canada Cancels Rockets 1986 5 446 News Notes Most Rapidly Rotating Disk Galaxy 1986 5 446 News Notes Milky Way Occultations 1986 5 447 News Notes State-of-the-Art Image Processing 1986 5 447 News Notes Assessing the Earth 1986 5 448 News Notes Draper Symposium 1986 5 448 News Notes IAU XIX 1986 5 449 News Notes Processing Galaxy Images 1986 5 450 Feature M Stars: Supergiants to Dwarfs "Kaler, James B." 1986 5 457 Feature Observing Artificial Satellites "King-Hele, Desmond" "Eberst, Russell" 1986 5 462 Feature Box: How High Is That Satellite? "Keen, Richard A." 1986 5 464 Books and the Sky Book Review "Coombs, Lee C." 1986 5 464 Books and the Sky "Astrophotography for the Amateur, Michael A. Covington" 1986 5 464 Books and the Sky "Astrophotography: A Step-by-Step Approach, Robert T. Little" 1986 5 465 Books and the Sky "The Cosmological Distance Ladder, Michael Rowan-Robinson" "White, Raymond E." 1986 5 467 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes, E. J. Hartung" "Cozens, Glen" 1986 5 469 Books and the Sky "The Moon and the Planets: A Catalog of Astronomical Anomalies, William J. Corliss" "Martin, Leonard J." 1986 5 483 Rambling Through the Skies A Dipper by Any Other Name "Lovi, George" 1986 5 486 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 5 487 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 5 488 Celestial Calendar Identifying the Moons of Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 1986 5 489 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 5 489 Celestial Calendar R Leonis Minoris at Maximum 1986 5 501 Astronomical Computing Tracking Satellites on Your Computer 1986 5 502 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- The Observatory, Lightspeed Software" 1986 5 503 Amateur Astronomers Turning On to Asteroids "Levy, David H." 1986 5 504 Amateur Astronomers Tonight's Asteroids 1986 5 505 Amateur Astronomers Award-Winning Amateurs 1986 5 511 Gleanings for ATMs Focusers and Things "Luke, Paul" 1986 5 514 Gleanings for ATMs Tracking a Comet "Liller, William" 1986 5 515 Gleanings for ATMs Soviet Telescope "Boschat, Michael E." 1986 5 516 Gleanings for ATMs Time Without Instruments "Gwillam, Oakley B." 1986 5 526 Observer's Page The NGC 5322 Galaxy Group "Morales, Ronald J." 1986 5 527 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 5 532 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 5 537 Front-Cover Photo Halley: Gas and Dust 1986 5 540 Letters Letter "Schmidt, Richard E." 1986 5 540 Letters Letter "Miller, Freeman D." 1986 5 540 Letters Letter "Grice, Noreen A." 1986 5 541 Letters Letter "Heslop, Nancy C." 1986 5 541 Letters Letter "Friedman, Alan J." 1986 5 541 Letters Letter "Monda, Richard" 1986 5 541 Letters Letter "Roddier, F." 1986 6 542 Feature Ulugh Beg's Forgotten Observatory "Piini, Ernie" 1986 6 545 Feature The Earth's Inconstant Rotation "Wahr, John" 1986 6 550 News Notes 1961v: An Extraordinary Supernova 1986 6 550 News Notes Lensing Galaxy Discovered 1986 6 551 News Notes Rifts in the Milky Way 1986 6 552 News Notes The Nature of Arp 220 1986 6 552 News Notes The Sudbury Structure: An Impact Crater? 1986 6 553 News Notes Quasar Fuzz 1986 6 553 News Notes New Observing Station in Southern Brazil 1986 6 553 News Notes Halley Among the Stars 1986 6 554 Feature Night Brought to Numbers "Raymo, Chet" 1986 6 557 Feature Geostationary Satellites "Taylor, Gordon E." 1986 6 559 Feature A Halley Showcase 1986 6 563 Feature Photographing Earth Satellites "Maley, Paul D." 1986 6 570 Books and the Sky "The Nova Space Explorer's Guide, Richard Maurer" 1986 6 570 Books and the Sky Book Review "Burke, James D." 1986 6 570 Books and the Sky Book Review "Kokesh, Judy" 1986 6 570 Books and the Sky "Far Travelers: The Exploring Machines, Oran W. Nicks" 1986 6 573 Books and the Sky Book Review "Page, Thornton L." 1986 6 573 Books and the Sky Book Review "Carter, Leonard J." 1986 6 573 Books and the Sky "Pioneering Space, James E. Oberg and Alcestis R. Oberg" 1986 6 573 Books and the Sky "Spacefarers of the '80s and '90s, Alcestis R. Oberg" 1986 6 575 Books and the Sky "Extraterrestrials: Science and Alien Intelligence, Edward Regis, Jr." "Jones, Eric M." 1986 6 585 Rambling Through the Skies A Future for Planetariums "Lovi, George" 1986 6 592 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 6 593 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 6 594 Celestial Calendar An Excellent Year for Mars "Capen, Charles F." 1986 6 596 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 6 606 Astronomical Computing Observing Geosynchronous Satellies "Welch, Douglas L." 1986 6 606 Computers in Astronomy Observing Geosynchronous Satellites 1986 6 610 Amateur Astronomers Quest for High-Resolution Photography "Hornung, Helmut" 1986 6 620 Gleanings for ATMs Amasa Holcomb: Yankee Telescope Maker "Der Bagdasarian, Nicholas" 1986 6 620 Gleanings for ATMs "Holcomb, Amasa: Yankee Telescope Maker" 1986 6 622 Gleanings for ATMs A Mobile Observatory "Bittman M.D., Barry B." 1986 6 631 Observer's Page In Pursuit of Planetaries "Marling, Jack B." 1986 6 635 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Mars' South Pole 1986 7 4 Letters Letter "Olsson-Steel, Duncan" 1986 7 4 Letters Letter "Loomis, Thomas J." 1986 7 4 Letters Letter "Bray, Max R." 1986 7 5 Letters Letter "Feibelman, Walter A." 1986 7 5 Letters Letter "Jarrett, A. H." 1986 7 6 Computers in Astronomy Computing the Star of Bethlehem "Sinnott, Roger W." 1986 7 6 Feature Comet Halley: An Appreciation "Raymo, Chet" 1986 7 12 Backyard Astronomy Pathfinding in the Sky "MacRobert, Alan M." 1986 7 14 Feature Viking Remembered 1986 7 17 Feature "Mars, Earth, and Ice" "Cordell, Bruce M." 1986 7 20 Feature Box: Mars: Where Has All the Water Gone? "Clifford, Stephen M." 1986 7 23 Feature Update: Telescopes of the Future "Robinson, Leif J." 1986 7 26 News Notes IRAS Data Center 1986 7 26 News Notes Stars Forming? 1986 7 26 News Notes The Dimmest Old Nova 1986 7 27 News Notes Unbarred Spirals? 1986 7 27 News Notes HST Launch Delay 1986 7 27 News Notes Forming a Galaxy 1986 7 28 News Notes Look Out -- It's a Meteorite 1986 7 28 News Notes Streams in the Cosmic Flow 1986 7 28 News Notes "Britain's """"NASA""""" 1986 7 29 News Notes Stars on the Run 1986 7 29 News Notes Esoxat Mission Ends 1986 7 30 News Notes New Aten Asteroid 1986 7 30 News Notes R Aquarii's Brilliant Past 1986 7 30 News Notes Clark Lake Closing? 1986 7 31 News Notes Appointments and Awards 1986 7 31 News Notes AAVSO Is 75 1986 7 31 News Notes Tenth Anniversary of Air and Space Museum 1986 7 31 News Notes New NASA Administrator 1986 7 34 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Galactic Nebulae, Part 1, Thorsten Neckel and Hans Vehrenberg" "Jones, Kenneth Glyn" 1986 7 36 Books and the Sky "Supernovae, Paul Murdin and Lesley Murdin" "Wheeler, J. Craig" 1986 7 37 Books and the Sky "Variable Stars, C. Hoffmeister, G. Richter, and W. Wenzel" "Hall, Douglas S." 1986 7 39 Books and the Sky "Star Maps for Beginners, I. M. Levitt and Roy K. Marshall" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1986 7 51 Rambling Through the Skies Some Chinese Constellations of Summer "Lovi, George" 1986 7 54 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 7 55 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 7 56 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Antares 1986 7 57 Celestial Calendar Two Unique Stars 1986 7 59 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 7 70 Computers in Astronomy Atmospheric Refraction "Saemundsson, Thorsteinn" 1986 7 70 Computers in Astronomy No Cubic Cluster "Velt, Kik" 1986 7 71 Astronomical Computing Satellite Bulletin Board "Kelso, T. S." 1986 7 71 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Sky Travel, Deltron, Ltd." 1986 7 71 Computers in Astronomy A New Forum 1986 7 73 Amateur Astronomers Tales from the Pacific "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 7 75 Amateur Astronomers A Texas Star "Kehoe, Ann" 1986 7 76 Amateur Astronomers More Conventions 1986 7 80 Gleanings for ATMs A Stepping Motor for Your Telescope "Holbrook, John" 1986 7 84 Gleanings for ATMs A Daytime Test of Resolving Power "Sinnott, Roger W." 1986 7 95 Observer's Page Sky Photography from Cumberland Gap "Capps, Gary" 1986 7 98 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 7 99 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1986 7 101 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 8 105 Front-Cover Photo Centaurus A: Mystery Galaxy 1986 8 108 Letters Letter "Archenhold, G. H." 1986 8 108 Letters Letter "Moyer, Gordon" 1986 8 108 Letters Letter "Hughes, David W." 1986 8 109 Feature The Triumph of Dorothea Klumpke "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1986 8 110 Feature Box: The Klumpke-Roberts Award "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1986 8 111 Feature A Sideways Look at Galactic History "Smith, David H." 1986 8 115 Feature The Rise and Fall of a Cosmic String "Smith, David H." 1986 8 117 Feature J. Allen Hynek: 1910-86 "Henize, Karl G." 1986 8 118 Feature Halley Finale 1986 8 124 News Notes "Centaurus A, I: Evan Bags Another" 1986 8 124 News Notes "Centaurus A, II: Nucleus Unveiled?" 1986 8 124 News Notes "Centaurus A, III: Caught in the Act" 1986 8 125 News Notes How Many Dimensions? 1986 8 126 News Notes Hoag's Object Revisited 1986 8 126 News Notes Meteorite Pioneers 1986 8 126 News Notes Solar Telescope Canceled 1986 8 126 News Notes Dick Scobee Scholarship Fund 1986 8 127 News Notes Supernovae of a Different Kind 1986 8 128 News Notes New Asteroid Names 1986 8 128 News Notes Galactic Bulge Stars 1986 8 129 News Notes A Smaller Milky Way 1986 8 130 Feature The K Stars: Orange Giants and Dwarfs "Kaler, James B." 1986 8 134 Feature "The First 100 Days of """"Mir""""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1986 8 136 Books and the Sky "The Cosmic Inquirers, Wallace Tucker and Karen Tucker" "Robinson, Leif J." 1986 8 137 Books and the Sky "Stargazing: Astronomy Without a Telescope, Patrick Moore" "Lovi, George" 1986 8 138 Books and the Sky "The Planets, Byron Preiss, editor" "Lomberg, Jon" 1986 8 139 Books and the Sky "Radio Astronomy Handbook, R. M. Sickels" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1986 8 155 Rambling Through the Skies The Solar System Seen from Outside "Lovi, George" 1986 8 158 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 8 159 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 8 160 Celestial Calendar The Perseid Meteors 1986 8 160 Celestial Calendar Venus at Sunset 1986 8 161 Celestial Calendar Stellar Opposites: R and T Coronae Borealis 1986 8 161 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 8 174 Computers in Astronomy How To Measure Your Reaction Time "Rowe, Basil H." 1986 8 175 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1986 8 177 Amateur Astronomers The 1986 Texas Star Party "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 8 184 Gleanings for ATMs From Riverside: What's in the Wind "Sinnott, Roger W." 1986 8 198 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Globular Clusters "Harrington, Philip" 1986 8 202 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 8 204 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 9 209 Front-Cover Photo Ear of the Matterhorn 1986 9 212 Letters Letter "Whistler, Ross" 1986 9 212 Letters Letter "Falworth, Geoffrey" 1986 9 212 Letters Letter "Ciaccio, Edward J." 1986 9 212 Letters Letter "Kaler, James B." 1986 9 213 Letters Letter "Gilkison, John" 1986 9 213 Letters Letter "Hoag, Arthur A." 1986 9 213 Letters Letter "Walker, Alta" 1986 9 214 Feature The Celestial Solitaire "Mayer, Gordon" 1986 9 216 Feature Cologne's Submillimeter Dwarf "Smith, David H." 1986 9 218 Feature The Strange Case of NGC 6164-6165 "Schorn, Ronald A." 1986 9 220 Feature John Bevis and a Rare Occultation "Sinnott, Roger W." "Meeus, Jean" 1986 9 223 Feature Celestial Scenes from the Land of the Rising Sun 1986 9 227 Feature Discovery of the Expanding Universe "Parker, Barry" 1986 9 231 News Notes Vegas at Venus -- I 1986 9 232 News Notes Vegas at Venus -- II 1986 9 232 News Notes "Bonestell, Chesley: Pioneer Space Artist" 1986 9 233 News Notes Amateurs and the HST 1986 9 233 News Notes 3C 120's Radio Jet 1986 9 233 News Notes Refusenik Astronomer 1986 9 234 News Notes "Holy Moses, It's Hailing Comets!" 1986 9 235 News Notes Galaxies in the Infrared 1986 9 236 News Notes Radio Beats Light for Astrometry 1986 9 236 News Notes "An """"Oatmeal"""" Sun" 1986 9 237 News Notes Comet Dust Trails 1986 9 237 News Notes Funny Light 1986 9 238 Feature October 3rd's [1986] Quickie Eclipse "Brooks, Edward M." 1986 9 239 Feature The Arrow of Time "Davies, Paul" 1986 9 245 Books and the Sky "Planetary Landscapes, Ronald Greeley" "Pike, Richard J." 1986 9 246 Books and the Sky "Build Your Own Telescope, Richard Berry" "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1986 9 247 Books and the Sky "Galaxies, Paul W. Hodge" "Waller, William Howard" 1986 9 263 Rambling Through the Skies Visibility of Venus "Lovi, George" 1986 9 266 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 9 267 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 9 268 Celestial Calendar Minor Planet Vesta in Cetus 1986 9 268 Celestial Calendar The Moons Brightest Crater 1986 9 270 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 9 278 Computers in Astronomy Getting the Most from a Spherometer "McGrath, Michael" 1986 9 279 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Moon and Sun and Eclipse Map, Charles Kluepfel" 1986 9 289 Amateur Astronomers "The Good, the Bad, and the Halley" 1986 9 289 Amateur Astronomers "The Good, the Bad, and Halley" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 9 290 Amateur Astronomers I Love New York "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 9 295 Gleanings for ATMs A Lightweight Pulse-Counting Photometer "Simons, Doug" 1986 9 300 Gleanings for ATMs "Dall, Horace E." 1986 9 310 Observer's Page More Globulars for Observers "Harrington, Philip" 1986 9 313 Observer's Page April's Eclipses 1986 9 314 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 9 315 Observer's Page "Houston, Walter Scott, Honored" 1986 9 317 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 10 321 Front-Cover Photo Uranus' Miranda 1986 10 324 Letters Letter "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1986 10 324 Letters Letter "Ferrin, Ignacio" 1986 10 324 Letters Letter "Rast, Richard H." 1986 10 325 Letters Letter "MacLean, A." 1986 10 325 Letters Letter "Mathews, Kirk A." 1986 10 325 Letters Letter "Yurchesyn, Joseph A." 1986 10 325 Letters Letter "Barth, Richard" 1986 10 326 Feature In Search of Star Colors "Malin, David F." 1986 10 331 News Notes Super Magnetic White Dwarf 1986 10 331 News Notes New 3&point;5-meter Telescope 1986 10 332 News Notes New Black-Hole Candidate 1986 10 332 News Notes History of Space Science 1986 10 332 News Notes HST and Amateurs 1986 10 332 News Notes Youth of Trapezium Systems 1986 10 333 News Notes Origin of Planetary Nebula Halos 1986 10 334 Feature Star in the Making "Lada, Charles J." 1986 10 336 Feature Voyager 2's Triumph "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1986 10 343 Feature Crisis at Herstmonceux "Smith, David H." 1986 10 344 Feature Excerpts from an Australian Journal "di Cicco, Dennis" 1986 10 348 Feature White Dwarfs: The Once and Future Stars "Trimble, Virginia" 1986 10 349 Feature Box: Photographic Spectra of White Dwarfs "Greenstein, Jesse L." 1986 10 354 Feature The Farthest Thing Ever Seen "Finkbeiner, Ann K." 1986 10 357 Books and the Sky "Medieval Cosmology, Pierre Duhem with Roger Ariew, editor and translator" "Harrison, Edward R." 1986 10 358 Books and the Sky "Spherical Astronomy, Robin M. Green" "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" 1986 10 359 Books and the Sky "An Astronaut's Diary, Jeffrey A. Hoffman" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1986 10 360 Books and the Sky "Planet Earth, Jonathan Weiner" "Wood, Charles A." 1986 10 375 Rambling Through the Skies "Aratus, the Constellation Bard" "Lovi, George" 1986 10 378 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 10 379 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 10 382 Celestial Calendar Eastern Hemisphere Lunar Eclipse 1986 10 383 Celestial Calendar Metis in the Hyades 1986 10 383 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 10 392 Astronomical Computing Surface Brightness as a Clue to Visibility "Kinsman, Gary" 1986 10 392 Computers in Astronomy Anomalous Refraction Low in the Sky 1986 10 401 Amateur Astronomers Space Art: Changing Perspectives "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 10 404 Amateur Astronomers Charles F. Capen: An Assiduous Planetary Observer "Haas, Walter H." 1986 10 407 Gleanings for ATMs "A Masonite Tube for a Big """"Dob""""" "Benson, Harold M." 1986 10 410 Gleanings for ATMs A Preeminent Optician "Hysom, E. J." 1986 10 422 Observer's Page Messier 33 An Amateur's Galaxy "Corder, Jeffrey" 1986 10 428 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 10 429 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 10 429 Observer's Page "Comet Wilson, 1986l" 1986 11 433 Front-Cover Photo A Yellow Star Rises 1986 11 436 Letters Letter "Simon, Paul" 1986 11 436 Letters Letter "Meurs, E. J. A." 1986 11 436 Letters Letter "Clark, Gail O." 1986 11 436 Letters Letter "Corsano, Ilona J." 1986 11 437 Letters Letter "Brooks, Edward M." 1986 11 437 Letters Letter "Plotkin, Howard" 1986 11 437 Letters Letter "McLaughlin, William I." 1986 11 438 Feature Spacelab 2: Science in Orbit "Smith, David H." "Page, Thornton L." 1986 11 446 Feature Conversations with an Astronomer-Astronaut "Robinson, Leif J." 1986 11 450 Feature Cousins of Our Sun: The G Stars "Kaler, James B." 1986 11 454 Feature How Big Is M81? "Block, David L." 1986 11 455 Feature The AAVSO at 75 "Robinson, Leif J." 1986 11 456 Feature "Archaeoastronomy: Past, Present, and Future, Anthony F. Aveni" 1986 11 456 Feature "Archaeoastronomy: Past, Present, and Future" "Aveni, Anthony F." 1986 11 461 Feature "The Story of """"The Sky""""" "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1986 11 463 News Notes Imaging Distant Stars 1986 11 463 News Notes "Rittenhouse, David" 1986 11 464 News Notes Dark Gravitational Lens 1986 11 465 News Notes The Crowded North 1986 11 465 News Notes Interstellar Grains and the IRAS Background 1986 11 466 News Notes Molecular Clouds in the Inner Galaxy 1986 11 466 News Notes Sunspot Futures 1986 11 467 News Notes Searching for Primordial Pancakes 1986 11 467 News Notes Extraterrestrial Concrete 1986 11 468 News Notes The Disappearing SMC 1986 11 468 News Notes A Smooth Radio Sky 1986 11 471 Books and the Sky "Atlas of the Night Sky, Storm Dunlop, general editor, with Wil Tirion" "Sperling, Norman" 1986 11 472 Books and the Sky "Observe -- Meteors, David H. Levy and Stephen J. Edberg" "Spalding, George H." 1986 11 473 Books and the Sky "The Cambridge Astronomy Guide, William Liller and Ben Mayer" "Mattei, Michael" 1986 11 477 Books and the Sky "Polarized Light in Nature, G. P. Kunnen" "Brooks, Edward M." 1986 11 491 Rambling Through the Skies Our Galactic Suburb "Lovi, George" 1986 11 494 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 11 495 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 11 496 Celestial Calendar A Last Look at Halley's Comet 1986 11 498 Celestial Calendar Transit of Mercury 1986 11 499 Celestial Calendar RZ Cassiopeiae 1986 11 499 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 11 515 Astronomical Computing The Sun's Obscuration at an Eclipse "Merletti, Ralph J." 1986 11 517 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1986 11 517 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- MacStronomy, Elton Software" 1986 11 520 Amateur Astronomers Harboring Dreams in Baltimore "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 11 522 Amateur Astronomers Changing of the Guard "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1986 11 527 Gleanings for ATMs Stellafane: A First Visit "Medkeff, Jeff" 1986 11 529 Gleanings for ATMs "Flanders, Ernest V." 1986 11 529 Gleanings for ATMs Ernest V. Flanders "Rohwer, Alan B." 1986 11 530 Gleanings for ATMs Stellafane Expands "di Cicco, Dennis" 1986 11 542 Observer's Page The Changing Face of Mars "di Cicco, Dennis" 1986 11 546 Observer's Page Of Perseids and Spiral Clouds 1986 11 547 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 11 549 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1986 12 553 Front-Cover Photo Lunar Badlands 1986 12 556 Letters Letter "Marino, Brian F." 1986 12 556 Letters Letter "Carter, Tom" 1986 12 557 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1986 12 557 Letters Letter "Schilling, Govert" 1986 12 557 Letters Letter "van Gent, Robert H." 1986 12 557 Letters Letter "Smith, Ron Paul" 1986 12 557 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1986 12 557 Letters Letter "Beagle, Harold" 1986 12 558 Feature The Making of a Better Moon "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1986 12 560 Feature A Hunt for Flashing Stars "Schwartz, Richard" 1986 12 561 Feature Box: Perseus Flasher Update "MacRobert, Alan M." 1986 12 562 Feature First Light for Space Telescope "Tresch-Fienberg, Richard" 1986 12 566 Feature Trouvelot: From Moths to Mars "Herman, Jan K." "Corbin, Brenda G." 1986 12 569 Backyard Astronomy Photography Through a Telescope "di Cicco, Dennis" 1986 12 573 News Notes X-ray Excited Nebula 1986 12 573 News Notes New Instruments for Space Telescope 1986 12 574 News Notes Feeding the Monster 1986 12 574 News Notes Sponge Universe? 1986 12 575 News Notes Space Astronomy 1986 12 575 News Notes Pluto-Charon Update 1986 12 575 News Notes Finland Joins ESA 1986 12 576 News Notes New IRAS Views 1986 12 577 News Notes Our Active Galactic Nucleus 1986 12 577 News Notes Tunguska: Comet or Asteroid 1986 12 578 News Notes Cataclysmic Confusion 1986 12 579 Feature The Dawn of Balloon Astronomy "DeVorkin, David H." 1986 12 582 Feature Formation of the Galaxies "Silk, Joseph" 1986 12 588 Feature Binary Pulsars: Back from the Grave "Schorn, Ronald A." 1986 12 589 Books and the Sky "The Star Guide, Steven L. Beyer" "Lovi, George" 1986 12 590 Books and the Sky "The Universe Next Door, Terry Holt" 1986 12 590 Books and the Sky Book Review "Enright, Leo" 1986 12 590 Books and the Sky "Astronomy with a Small Telescope, James Muirden" 1986 12 591 Books and the Sky "Astronomy with Your Personal Computer, Peter Duffett-Smith" "Dawes, Ron" 1986 12 593 Books and the Sky "Astronomy, SpaceDisc 5" "Smith, David H." 1986 12 609 Rambling Through the Skies The Navigator's Stars "Lovi, George" 1986 12 616 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1986 12 617 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1986 12 618 Celestial Calendar RW Tauri: A Dramatic Eclipsing Binary 1986 12 619 Celestial Calendar Mirror Images 1986 12 620 Celestial Calendar A Planetary Nebula's Variable Central Star 1986 12 621 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1986 12 638 Amateur Astronomers Beauty and the Balcony "Hogan, Bryan G." 1986 12 647 Gleanings for ATMs Building a Vintage-Style Telescope "Dyvig, Ron" 1986 12 650 Gleanings for ATMs Folding a 3-inch Refractor "Della Prugna, Franco" 1986 12 662 Observer's Page Visual Astronomy Rediscovered "Cain, Lee" 1986 12 666 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1986 12 669 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Eta Carinae Close-up 1987 1 4 Letters Letter "Vorontsov-Velyaminov, B. [A.]" 1987 1 4 Letters Letter "Moyer, Gordon" 1987 1 4 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1987 1 5 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1987 1 5 Letters Letter "Salanave, Leon E." 1987 1 6 Feature In Search of Martian Seas "Goldman, Stuart J." 1987 1 7 Feature Japan's Blossoming Space Science "Oda, Minoru" "Tanaka, Yasuo" 1987 1 12 Feature The March [1987] Annular-Total Eclipse "Brooks, Edward M." 1987 1 13 Feature IRAS and the Quasars "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1987 1 14 Feature The Splendor of Eta Carinae "Malin, David F." 1987 1 19 Feature Quantized Galaxy Redshifts "Tifft, William G." "Cocke, W. John" 1987 1 22 Feature New-Wave Pulsars "White, Nicholas E." 1987 1 25 News Notes Radio Lobes Revealed 1987 1 25 News Notes Families of Giant Stars 1987 1 26 News Notes Graying of Astronomy 1987 1 26 News Notes Solar Gold 1987 1 26 News Notes "Staal, Julius(1917-86)" 1987 1 27 News Notes Shadow Bands Explained 1987 1 27 News Notes CCD Images of Supernova Remnants 1987 1 28 News Notes New Distance to the Hyades 1987 1 28 News Notes Lithium Casts Doubt on Galactic History 1987 1 29 News Notes Bright Infrared Galaxies 1987 1 30 News Notes A Stellar Quick-Change Artist 1987 1 30 News Notes A Herbig-Haro Object Unmasked 1987 1 31 News Notes Mars Explorer 1987 1 31 News Notes Hubble Trouble? 1987 1 32 Feature The Bygone Era of Time Balls "Bartky, Ian R." 1987 1 39 Books and the Sky "The Nemesis Affair, David M. Raup" "Weissman, Paul R." 1987 1 40 Books and the Sky "The Extraterrestrial Life Debate 1750-1900, Michael J. Crowe" "Paul, E. Robert" 1987 1 41 Books and the Sky "Physics Through the 1990s: Gravitation, Cosmology, and Cosmic Ray Physics, Physics Survey Committee, National Research Council" "Garmire, Gordon P." 1987 1 45 Books and the Sky "The Quest for SS433, David H. Clark" "Kemp, James C." 1987 1 57 Rambling Through the Skies The High-Low Moon of 1987 "Lovi, George" 1987 1 59 Feature Sky-Gazers Almanac 1987 1987 1 64 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 1 65 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1987 1 66 Celestial Calendar Halley Bowing Out 1987 1 66 Celestial Calendar A 1987 Planet Preview 1987 1 68 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1987 "Dunham, David W." 1987 1 70 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1987 "Dunham, David W." 1987 1 72 Celestial Calendar Mira Nears Maximum 1987 1 73 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 1 83 Computers in Astronomy The Flight of a Meteor "Kennewell, John A." 1987 1 85 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Floppy Almanac, U. S. Naval Observatory" 1987 1 88 Amateur Astronomers Clyde Tombaugh: Planetary Observer and Telescope Maker "Levy, David H." 1987 1 89 Amateur Astronomers The Clyde Tombaugh Scholars Program 1987 1 95 Gleanings for ATMs A Way To Make Big Focusers "Heslop, A. C." 1987 1 97 Gleanings for ATMs Crosshairs from Spider Web "Sinnott, Roger W." 1987 1 98 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Slit Spectrograph "Sorensen, Brent" 1987 1 110 Observer's Page Adventures in Gas Hypering "Iburg, Bill" 1987 1 112 Observer's Page "Hypering?, Cooling?, How About Both?" "Mattox, John" "Vervack, Ronald" 1987 1 113 Observer's Page October's Solar Eclipse 1987 1 114 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 1 114 Observer's Page "Comet Sorrells, 1986n" 1987 1 115 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1987 1 116 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 2 121 Front-Cover Photo Roman Eclipse 1987 2 124 Letters Letter "Robinson, Jack H." 1987 2 124 Letters Letter "Walch, Michel" 1987 2 124 Letters Letter "Giammanco, Jim" 1987 2 124 Letters Letter "Ridley, Harold B." 1987 2 125 Feature The Shaping of Planetary Nebulae "Balick, Bruce" 1987 2 128 Feature Box: Radio Images and Planetaries' Distances "Terzian, Yervant" 1987 2 129 Feature Box: Molecular Hydrogen Envelopes "Zuckerman, Benjamin M." 1987 2 131 Feature The Temperate F Stars "Kaler, James B." 1987 2 135 Feature Tracing M81's Spiral Arms "Kaufman, Michele" 1987 2 138 Feature The Education of Mary Somerville "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1987 2 140 Feature Light from the Depths of Time "Kippenhahn, R." 1987 2 143 Backyard Astronomy Star Finding with a Planisphere "MacRobert, Alan M." 1987 2 146 Feature Will Space Telescope Be Ready? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1987 2 149 Feature Vanishing Solar Neutrinos "Franco, Anna" "Smith, David H." 1987 2 150 News Notes Chratien Award 1987 2 150 News Notes What Color Is Venus? 1987 2 150 News Notes HST Proposal Deadline Extended for Amateurs 1987 2 150 News Notes Herstmonceux To Close 1987 2 150 News Notes Missing Mass: What It's Not 1987 2 151 News Notes Oort Cloud or Bust 1987 2 152 News Notes New Paris Planetarium and Omnimax Theater 1987 2 152 News Notes Hawaii's Radio Eyes 1987 2 153 News Notes Solar Records Set in Stone 1987 2 154 News Notes Stellar Mass-Loss Theory Spells Trouble 1987 2 154 News Notes Ultrafast Binary Star 1987 2 154 News Notes Alien Comets: No Threats to Earth 1987 2 155 News Notes Ultimate Space Debris 1987 2 155 News Notes Escape from Mars 1987 2 156 Books and the Sky "The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, John D. Barrow and Frank J. Tipler" "Islam, Jamal N." 1987 2 157 Books and the Sky A Short Guide to Modern Star Names and Their Derivation: Paul Kunitzsch and Tim Smart "Krupp, E. C." 1987 2 158 Books and the Sky "To Utopia and Back: The Search for Life in the Solar System, Norman H. Horowitz" "Owen, Tobias" 1987 2 175 Rambling Through the Skies A North View "Lovi, George" 1987 2 178 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 2 179 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1987 2 180 Celestial Calendar The Asteroid Astraea 1987 2 180 Celestial Calendar T Pyxidis Outburst Due 1987 2 181 Celestial Calendar Nova Andromedae 1986 1987 2 183 Celestial Calendar The Moon Covers Spica 1987 2 185 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 2 196 Astronomical Computing Tracking Down a Comet "Everhart, Edgar" 1987 2 200 Amateur Astronomers Spotlight on Japan "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1987 2 201 Amateur Astronomers Japan's Largest Public Observatory "Sato, Takeshi" 1987 2 202 Amateur Astronomers Japanese Data Center in Australia "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1987 2 203 Amateur Astronomers U.S. News 1987 2 208 Gleanings for ATMs Tracking Comets with a Stepping Motor "Everhart, Edgar" 1987 2 222 Observer's Page "October's Remarkable """"Totality""""" "Schneider, G." 1987 2 223 Observer's Page November 13th Transit of Mercury 1987 2 226 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 2 229 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 3 233 Front-Cover Photo Halley's Elusive Nucleus 1987 3 236 Focal Point Cometary Studies Come of Age "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1987 3 237 Letters Letter "Beekman, George W. E." 1987 3 237 Letters Letter "Smith, Ron Paul" 1987 3 237 Letters Letter "Priester, Wolfgang" "Blome, Hans-Joachim" "Hoell, Josef" 1987 3 237 Letters Letter "Frydman, David H." 1987 3 237 Letters Letter "Block, David L." 1987 3 238 Feature Realm of the Comets "Weissman, Paul R." 1987 3 238 Feature Box: Our Celebration of Halley "Robinson, Leif J." 1987 3 242 Feature The Black Heart of Comet Halley "Whipple, Fred L." 1987 3 246 Feature Sampling the Stuff of a Comet "Knacke, Roger" 1987 3 251 Feature "Box: Observing Halley from 41,000 feet" "Campins, Humberto" "Weaver, Harold A." 1987 3 252 Feature Comet Halley and the Solar Wind "Sagdeev, Roald Z." "Galeev, Albert A." 1987 3 256 Feature Inside the IHW: The Professionals "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1987 3 258 Feature The IHW Island Network "Niedner Jr., Malcolm B." "Liller, William" 1987 3 264 Feature Inside the IHW: The Amateurs "MacRobert, Alan M." 1987 3 266 Feature Comet Rendevouz -- The Next Step "Neugebauer, Marcia" 1987 3 267 Feature Box: Playing Cometary Tag "Farquhar, Robert W." 1987 3 268 Feature Box: NASA and Halley: The Road Not Taken "Logsdon, John M." 1987 3 272 News Notes FU Orionis and Its Ilk 1987 3 272 News Notes Keeping Up with Cygnus X-3 1987 3 273 News Notes Uranus' Methane Cloud 1987 3 274 News Notes Electroglow Explained 1987 3 274 News Notes Circumstellar Disk Update 1987 3 276 News Notes Exciting Solar Oscillations 1987 3 279 Books and the Sky "Thunderstones and Shooting Stars, Robert T. Dodd" "Wood, John A." 1987 3 281 Books and the Sky "Nicolas Copernicus, Vol. 3: Minor Works, Pawel Czartoryski, editor" 1987 3 281 Books and the Sky "Amateur Astronomer's Catalog of 500 Deep-Sky Objects, Vol. 1, Ronald J. Morales" 1987 3 281 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1987 3 281 Books and the Sky Book Review "Harrington, Philip" 1987 3 291 Rambling Through the Skies Teaching Space Science "Lovi, George" 1987 3 294 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 3 295 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1987 3 296 Celestial Calendar The March 5th Pleiades Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1987 3 297 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 3 297 Celestial Calendar Astraea Crosses the Beehive 1987 3 309 Computers in Astronomy Astronomical Software Benchmarks "Kelso, T. S." 1987 3 310 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Star Search, Earthware Computer Services" 1987 3 315 Amateur Astronomers In Search of Historic Observatories 1987 3 323 Gleanings for ATMs Building Lightweight Telescopes for Two "Clark, Tom" 1987 3 327 Gleanings for ATMs Keeping the Snow Out "Bennett, Walter" 1987 3 343 Observer's Page Sky Photography near the Arctic Circle 1987 3 346 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 3 349 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 4 353 Front-Cover Photo Galileo Swings Past Earth 1987 4 356 Focal Point In Defense of the Sun "Jolly, Wanda" 1987 4 357 Letters Letter "DeYoung, James A." "Hilton, James L." 1987 4 357 Letters Letter "Phillips M.D., James H." 1987 4 357 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1987 4 358 Letters Letter "Gordy, Leland" 1987 4 358 Letters Letter "White, David" 1987 4 358 Letters Letter "Smith, Bill R." 1987 4 359 Feature Project Galileo: The Phoenix Rises "Carroll, Michael W." 1987 4 362 Feature Gauging Angles in the 17th Century "Chapman, Allan" 1987 4 365 News Notes Galaxy in the Making? 1987 4 365 News Notes New X-Ray Satellite 1987 4 365 News Notes "The Most Distant """"Normal"""" Galaxy" 1987 4 366 News Notes Making a Better Star Show 1987 4 366 News Notes And Then There Were Three . . . 1987 4 367 News Notes Mexican Telescope Sees First Light 1987 4 367 News Notes Greenland's Cosmic Dust Deposits 1987 4 368 News Notes Circinus X-1's Giant Radio Nebula 1987 4 368 News Notes Doublespeak Award 1987 4 369 News Notes Astrocentre in Toronto 1987 4 369 News Notes Help for Teaching Astronomy 1987 4 369 News Notes R Cor Bor's Cold Nebula 1987 4 370 News Notes Supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud 1987 4 370 News Notes Extending VLBI into Space 1987 4 371 News Notes Were Titius and Bode Right? 1987 4 371 News Notes China's Sakharov 1987 4 372 Feature Star Formation and IRAS Galaxies "Allen, David A." 1987 4 375 Feature Kavalur's Stellar Hermitage "Salwi, Dilip M." 1987 4 377 Feature Secrets of Galaxy Clusters "Smith, David H." 1987 4 379 Feature Giant Galactic Arcs "Robinson, Leif J." 1987 4 380 Backyard Astronomy Caring for Optics "MacRobert, Alan M." 1987 4 382 Feature A Supernova in Our Backyard "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 4 383 Feature Satellites on a String "Nichols, Robert G." 1987 4 389 Books and the Sky "Big and Bright: A History of the McDonald Observatory, David S. Evans and J. Derrel Mulholland" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 4 390 Books and the Sky "Einstein's Dream, Barry Parker" "Morgan, John A." 1987 4 391 Books and the Sky "Synopsis of the Nomenclature of the Fixed Stars, Helmut Werner and Felix Schmeidler" "Lovi, George" 1987 4 393 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Impact, John K. Davies" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1987 4 407 Rambling Through the Skies Star Names and Other Updates "Lovi, George" 1987 4 410 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 4 411 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1987 4 412 Celestial Calendar A Beautiful Occultation of Venus "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1987 4 413 Celestial Calendar Watching Pluto Blink 1987 4 414 Celestial Calendar A Shallow Eclipse 1987 4 414 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 4 415 Backyard Astronomy Observing from the City 1987 4 426 Computers in Astronomy Extinction Angles and Megaliths "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1987 4 427 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1987 4 432 Amateur Astronomers The Philippines: A Land in Shadow 1987 4 439 Gleanings for ATMs A Digital Foucault Tester "Redburn, Fred L." 1987 4 443 Gleanings for ATMs Resolution Results "Sinnott, Roger W." 1987 4 454 Observer's Page The E-M Method of Polar Alignment "Gordon, Barry" 1987 4 455 Observer's Page Mars and Jupiter Pair Together 1987 4 456 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 4 460 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 5 465 Front-Cover Photo Supernova! 1987 5 468 Focal Point "Astronomy, Challenger, and Budget Cuts" "Boyce, Peter B." 1987 5 469 Letters Letter "Schneider, Stephen E." 1987 5 469 Letters Letter "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1987 5 470 Feature Supernova Shines On "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 5 476 Letters Letter "Romero, Joseph" 1987 5 476 Letters Letter "Puhakka, Timo" 1987 5 477 Feature Neutrinos from Hell "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 5 480 News Notes Astronomers Honored 1987 5 480 News Notes SN 1006's Radio Portrait 1987 5 480 News Notes Giacobini-Zinner's Magnetic Tail 1987 5 481 News Notes Tektites and Lunar Volcanoes 1987 5 481 News Notes Yu-Che Chang 1987 5 481 News Notes Balloon Flights View Sun and Gather Cosmic Rays 1987 5 482 News Notes The Real Orion 1987 5 482 News Notes Gravitationally Lensed Giant Galaxy 1987 5 483 News Notes Quasar Cluster Discovered 1987 5 484 News Notes "Newton Vindicated -- Einstein, Too!" 1987 5 485 News Notes Tales from Io -- I: A Volcano Shuts Down 1987 5 485 News Notes Tales from Io -- II: An Atmosphere Outsmarted 1987 5 485 News Notes The Milky Way's Fountain 1987 5 486 Feature Where Are We Going? "Ferris, Timothy" 1987 5 491 Feature White Sirian Stars: Class A "Kaler, James B." 1987 5 495 Feature Monster Telescopes for the 1990's "Robinson, Leif J." 1987 5 497 Feature British Plan for the Year 2000 "Smith, David H." 1987 5 500 Books and the Sky "The Invisible Universe Revealed, Gerrit L. Verschuur" "Kellermann, Kenneth I." 1987 5 501 Books and the Sky Was Einstein Right? Clifford M. Will "Schutz, Bernard" 1987 5 503 Books and the Sky "Star Gazing Through Binoculars, Stephen Mensing" 1987 5 503 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars, Patrick Moore" 1987 5 503 Books and the Sky Book Review "MacRobert, Alan M." 1987 5 507 Books and the Sky "Reaching for the High Frontier, Michael A. G. Michaud" "Bova, Ben" 1987 5 519 Rambling Through the Skies That Amazing Analemma "Lovi, George" 1987 5 522 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 5 523 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1987 5 524 Celestial Calendar The Great Supernova of 1987 1987 5 526 Celestial Calendar Pallas This Spring and Summer 1987 5 526 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 5 535 Computers in Astronomy More on Kepler's Equation "Landgraf, Werner" 1987 5 536 Computers in Astronomy Adding the Moon to a Real-Time Clock "Sinnott, Roger W." 1987 5 537 Astronomical Computing Software Magazine 1987 5 537 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- The Visible Universe, Parsec Software" 1987 5 545 Amateur Astronomers Two New Major Observatories 1987 5 545 Amateur Astronomers Powell Observatory's 30-inch Reflector "Martinez, Tom J." 1987 5 546 Amateur Astronomers A New California Observatory "Sanford, John" 1987 5 546 Amateur Astronomers "The Discovery of Comet Levy, 1987a" "Levy, David H." 1987 5 548 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1987 5 551 Gleanings for ATMs A Couple of Hefty Scopes 1987 5 551 Gleanings for ATMs Long Island Amateur's Reflector "Hines, Jeffrey A." 1987 5 554 Gleanings for ATMs "A 17 1/2-inch """"Chameleon""""" "Beach, Greg" 1987 5 555 Gleanings for ATMs Notes on Movable Primary Mirrors "Gebelein, Rolin" 1987 5 566 Observer's Page Dean of the Deep Sky Turns 75 "di Cicco, Dennis" 1987 5 570 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 5 573 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 6 577 Front-Cover Photo Supernova Sleuths 1987 6 580 Focal Point Is the U.S. Abandoning the Solar System? "Morrison, David" 1987 6 581 Letters Letter "Sanderson, Richard H." 1987 6 581 Letters Letter "Trueblood, Mark" 1987 6 581 Letters Letter "Moore, Patrick" 1987 6 581 Letters Letter "Nicholson, Donald S." 1987 6 582 Feature A Surprising Supernova "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 6 584 Feature The Challenge of Space Surveillance "Howell, Capt. J. Andreas" 1987 6 587 Feature Box: Space Debris: More Than Meets the Eye "Kessler, Donald J." 1987 6 589 Feature The Sunspot Cycle: Tip of the Iceberg "Robinson, Leif J." 1987 6 592 Images Composite Image of the Surface of Mars 1987 6 594 Feature Desperately Seeking Supernovae "Kahn, Ronald N." 1987 6 598 News Notes Speckled Vesta 1987 6 598 News Notes Astronomy from Mir 1987 6 599 News Notes "A Quasar with """"Rotating"""" Fuzz" 1987 6 599 News Notes IRAS Asteroid Catalogue 1987 6 600 News Notes The True Nature of Stormy XY Leonis 1987 6 601 News Notes Voyager 2 Takes Aim at Neptune 1987 6 601 News Notes Infrared Cirrus 1987 6 602 News Notes Oceans under the Crust of Europa 1987 6 602 News Notes Recent Volcanism on Mars? 1987 6 602 News Notes Double Beta Decay Observed? 1987 6 603 News Notes Convection Theory Vindicated 1987 6 603 News Notes A Truly Extraterrestrial UFO 1987 6 603 News Notes "Active Nucleus"""" at a Galaxy's Edge?" 1987 6 604 News Notes Super Collider Approved 1987 6 604 News Notes Zeiss Shoots for the Moon 1987 6 604 News Notes The Perseus Flasher: Mystery Solved! 1987 6 604 News Notes New Herschel Memorial 1987 6 605 Letters Letter "Dryer, Ivan" 1987 6 605 Letters Letter "Greenberg, J. Mayo" 1987 6 606 Feature From Aerobee to AXAF "Smith, David H." 1987 6 610 Feature Stardust on Earth "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1987 6 611 Feature New Charts for the Deep Sky "Lovi, George" 1987 6 618 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Debris: Meteorites in History, John G. Burke" "Hughes, David W." 1987 6 619 Books and the Sky "Advanced Telescope Making Techniques, Vol. 1: Optics; Vol. 2: Mechanical, Allan Mackintosh, editor, with G. Kenneth Hawkins and " "Hysom, E. J." 1987 6 629 Rambling Through the Skies "Magellanic """"Toolhouses of Great Merit""""" "Lovi, George" 1987 6 636 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 6 637 Celestial Calendar Moon Phases and Distances 1987 6 638 Celestial Calendar The Many Moons of Saturn 1987 6 639 Celestial Calendar The Lunar Straight Wall 1987 6 639 Celestial Calendar Voyager 2 Sails Across the Trifid 1987 6 639 Celestial Calendar Ceres Sails by the Lagoon 1987 6 639 Celestial Calendar The Straight Lunar Wall "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1987 6 642 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 6 646 Astronomical Computing The Savage Benchmark Revisited 1987 6 647 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1987 6 656 Amateur Astronomers Project Milky Way "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1987 6 658 Amateur Astronomers "Finding Variable Stars by Fishhooks, Lampshades, and Candlesticks" "Dyck, Gerald P." 1987 6 659 Amateur Astronomers U.S. News 1987 6 662 Gleanings for ATMs A Quest for the Perfect Refractor "Gregory, John" 1987 6 676 Observer's Page "M101, The Ursa Major Spiral" "Corder, Jeffrey" 1987 6 680 Observer's Page High-Resolution Views of Mars and Jupiter 1987 6 682 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 6 685 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Earthbound 1987 7 4 Focal Point Century 21:The Age of Space Junk? "van den Bergh, Sidney" 1987 7 5 Focal Point "A """"Yes"""" for the French Space Ring" "Raymo, Chet" 1987 7 6 Letters Letter "Hoffman, Tony" 1987 7 6 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1987 7 6 Letters Letter "Burnett, Gregory A." 1987 7 6 Letters Letter "Minanel, Shelley" 1987 7 7 News Notes Case for Mars III 1987 7 7 News Notes Pioneer 9 Lost 1987 7 7 News Notes More on Noctilucent Clouds 1987 7 7 News Notes HST's Power Struggle: An Update 1987 7 8 News Notes How Many Stars Are Binary? 1987 7 8 News Notes Mauna Kea Wins the NNTT 1987 7 8 News Notes Teaching Astronomy 1987 7 9 News Notes The Largest Galaxy 1987 7 9 News Notes Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Bursters? 1987 7 10 News Notes Radar Can Find Antarctic Meteorites 1987 7 10 News Notes A Hole at the Heart of Andromeda 1987 7 11 News Notes American-Soviet Space Pact 1987 7 11 News Notes Satellite Storage 1987 7 11 News Notes Trillion-Dollar Asteroids? 1987 7 12 News Notes Indian Telescope Projects 1987 7 12 News Notes A Big Splash in the Pacific 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express Saturn's Rings: How Old? 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express Shocking Impacts 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express SN 1987A's Companion 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express People 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express Messier 87's Core 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express Halley's Hydrocarbons 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express Hot Lines and Bulletin Boards 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express Klumpke-Roberts Award 1987 7 13 Astronomy Express Mars Observer Delayed 1987 7 14 Feature SN 1987A: Watching and Waiting "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 7 18 Feature Newton's Principia: A Retrospective "Christianson, Gale E." 1987 7 21 Feature "The Total Solar Eclipse of March, 1988" "Brooks, Edward M." 1987 7 23 Feature America in Space: Where Next? "David, Leonard" 1987 7 27 Feature Box: Astronomy from the Moon "Smith, Harlan J." 1987 7 29 Feature Box: After Challenger: Astronomical Angst "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1987 7 30 Feature Legacy of E. E. Barnard "Mumford, George S." 1987 7 30 Feature The Legacy of E. E. Barnard "Mumford, George S." 1987 7 35 Backyard Astronomy Observing from the City 1987 7 39 Books and the Sky "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Thomas R. McDonough" "Drake, Frank D." 1987 7 41 Books and the Sky "The Universe ... and Beyond, Terence Dickinson" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1987 7 44 Books and the Sky "The Joshua Factor, Donald D. Clayton" "Smith, David H." 1987 7 55 Rambling Through the Skies Invitation to Imbrium "Lovi, George" 1987 7 58 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 7 60 Celestial Calendar The Librations of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1987 7 60 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1987 7 63 Celestial Calendar Viewing Libration with the Naked Eye "Meketa, James [E.]" 1987 7 64 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 7 71 Astronomical Computing The Orbit of a Binary Star "Greaney, Michael P." 1987 7 71 Computers in Astronomy Orbit of a Binary Star 1987 7 73 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Planetary Programs and Tables from -4000 to +2800, Willmann-Bell, Inc." 1987 7 81 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy under Texas Skies "Preston, Sandra" 1987 7 83 Amateur Astronomers Stonehenge in Missouri 1987 7 87 Gleanings for ATMs A Portable Observatory You Say? "Clapp, Doug" 1987 7 90 Gleanings for ATMs "Halbach's """"Astroflash""""" "Halbach, Edward A." 1987 7 102 Observer's Page A One-Second Total Eclipse "Maley, Paul D." 1987 7 106 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1987 7 107 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 7 108 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 7 109 Observer's Page Astraea in M44 1987 8 113 Front-Cover Photo Make-believe Astronaut 1987 8 116 Focal Point Supernova 1987A and the Press "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 8 117 Letters Letter "West, John E." 1987 8 117 Letters Letter "Wagman, Morton" 1987 8 117 Letters Letter "Jones, Jonathan Spencer" 1987 8 118 Letters Letter "Mullis, Christopher R." 1987 8 118 Letters Letter "Rast, Richard H." 1987 8 118 Letters Letter "Wharton, John" 1987 8 118 Letters Letter "Schalk, Robert E." 1987 8 119 News Notes The Great Attractor 1987 8 119 News Notes Methanol Masers 1987 8 120 News Notes Lofty Millimeter Telescope 1987 8 120 News Notes Hexagonal Galaxy 1987 8 121 News Notes Everest Toppled 1987 8 121 News Notes 100 Trillion Clouds 1987 8 122 News Notes A Young Dwarf Galaxy ...and a Giant 1987 8 123 News Notes A Young Dwarf Galaxy ...and a Giant 1987 8 124 News Notes New Light on Cassiopeia A 1987 8 125 Astronomy Express Undersea Impact Crater 1987 8 125 Astronomy Express More on SN 1987A's Companion 1987 8 125 Astronomy Express No Primordial Galaxy? 1987 8 125 Astronomy Express Other Jupiters? 1987 8 125 Astronomy Express Pleione's Vanishing Shell 1987 8 125 Astronomy Express M28's Millisecond Pulsar 1987 8 126 Feature A Gamma-Ray Pinhole Camera "Wild, Walter J." 1987 8 128 Feature Surveying the Northern Sky "Schombert, James" 1987 8 132 Feature White Dwarfs: Fossil Stars "Kawaler, Steven D." "Winget, Donald E." 1987 8 136 Feature Spirals from Order and Chaos "Smith, David H." 1987 8 139 Feature VB 8B's Vanishing Act "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 8 140 Feature Six-Meter Views of M33 "Smith, David H." 1987 8 142 Feature The Solar-Stellar Connection "Giampapa, Mark S." 1987 8 147 Feature The B Stars: Beacons of the Skies "Kaler, James B." 1987 8 151 Books and the Sky "Quasar Astronomy, Daniel W. Weedman" "Smith, Harlan J." 1987 8 152 Books and the Sky "Practical Astronomy, David H. DeVorkin" "Gingerich, Owen" 1987 8 153 Books and the Sky "Your Future in Space: The U.S. Space Camp Training Program, Flip Schulke, Debra Schulke, Penelope McPhee and Raymond McPhee" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1987 8 167 Rambling Through the Skies Milky Way Meanderings "Lovi, George" 1987 8 170 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 8 172 Celestial Calendar A Far-Eastern Annular Eclipse 1987 8 172 Celestial Calendar An Appulse of Asteroids 1987 8 174 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 8 174 Celestial Calendar Daytime Occultation of Spica 1987 8 175 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1987 8 182 Computers in Astronomy Do Orbits Change in 100 Million Years? 1987 8 183 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1987 8 192 Amateur Astronomers "The Pride of Globe, Arizona" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1987 8 198 Gleanings for ATMs Regulating the Voltage of a DC Motor "Kremers, Adam" 1987 8 202 Gleanings for ATMs A Garage-Roof Observatory "Wingate, Bruce" 1987 8 214 Observer's Page April's Occultation of Venus "di Cicco, Dennis" 1987 8 217 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 8 221 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 9 225 Front-Cover Photo Orion's Dark Horse 1987 9 228 Focal Point Let's Save Mars First "Louden, Jim" 1987 9 229 Letters Letter "Powers, William T." 1987 9 229 Letters Letter "Colgate, Stirling A." 1987 9 230 Letters Letter "Bethune, Robert W." 1987 9 230 Letters Letter "Emry, Marishka K." 1987 9 230 Letters Letter "Muller, Richard A." "Pennypacker, Carlton R." 1987 9 231 News Notes Pulsar Sets New Record 1987 9 231 News Notes New Detector Captures Uranus' Rings 1987 9 231 News Notes Educating for Space 1987 9 231 News Notes Heating the Sun's Corona: Still a Mystery? 1987 9 232 News Notes What's in the Bootes Void? 1987 9 233 News Notes Interstellar Ooze? 1987 9 233 News Notes IRAS Unveils the Cygnus Loop 1987 9 234 News Notes Michael Ovenden Dead 1987 9 234 News Notes Supernova Prologue 1987 9 235 News Notes New Views of Neptune 1987 9 235 News Notes Aging of Primordial Hydrogen Clouds 1987 9 236 News Notes At the Diffraction Limit 1987 9 236 News Notes "Deuterium, Dust, and Infant Stars" 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express Martian Water 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express Kitt Peak Skies 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express Herschel Telescope 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express Comet NTT a Meteor Source? 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express Binary Quasar Found? 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express A New Type of Redshift 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express A Younger Universe? 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express Radio Dish Renamed 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express Palomar Threatened 1987 9 237 Astronomy Express Still No Planet X 1987 9 238 Feature Sky on a Chip: The Fabulous CCD "Janesick, James" "Blouke, Morley" 1987 9 243 Feature Charting the Southern Sky "Lankford, John" 1987 9 247 Feature Stellar Granulation "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 9 248 Feature Pluto and Charon: The Dance Goes On "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1987 9 252 Feature A Mysterious Woodcut "Hughes, David W." 1987 9 253 Feature In the Shadow of the Horsehead "Malin, David F." 1987 9 258 Feature Supernova 1987A's Fading Glory "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 9 260 Books and the Sky "Cosmology: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe, G. Contopoulos and D. Kotsakis" "Trimble, Virginia" 1987 9 261 Books and the Sky Book Review "Schweitzer, Linda Y." 1987 9 261 Books and the Sky Book Review "Thomsen, Dietrick E." 1987 9 261 Books and the Sky "My Daughter Beatrice: A Personal Memoir of Dr. Beatrice Tinsley, Astronomer, Edward Hill" 1987 9 261 Books and the Sky "Thursday's Universe, Marcia Bartusiak" 1987 9 262 Books and the Sky "The Mind-Boggling Universe, Neil McAleer" 1987 9 262 Books and the Sky "Light from the Depths of Time, Rudolf Kippenhahn" 1987 9 262 Books and the Sky Book Review "Raymo, Chet" 1987 9 262 Books and the Sky Book Review "Harrison, Edward R." 1987 9 279 Rambling Through the Skies The Soccer-Ball Sky "Lovi, George" 1987 9 282 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 9 284 Celestial Calendar A Grand Pleiades Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1987 9 286 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1987 9 287 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 9 294 Astronomical Computing Stars and Spikes "Sinnott, Roger W." 1987 9 296 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Sky Lab, Minnesota Educational Computing Corp" 1987 9 303 Amateur Astronomers To Catch a Child's Imagination "Nicholson, James H." 1987 9 305 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1987 9 310 Gleanings for ATMs A Wire Micrometer for Photographs "Balbi, Luigi" 1987 9 314 Gleanings for ATMs "How To """"Steady"""" a Rooftop Telescope" "Wagner, Andrew" "Stiles, Phillip J." 1987 9 326 Observer's Page Improving Astrophotos by Copying "Hunter, Tim B." 1987 9 329 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 9 333 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 10 337 Front-Cover Photo Planet Catcher 1987 10 340 Focal Point Why Astronomers Should Love SDI "Worden, Simon P." 1987 10 340 Focal Point Why Star Wars Is Bad for Astronomy 1987 10 340 Focal Point Why Stars Wars Is Bad for Astronomy "Sagan, Carl" 1987 10 342 Letters Letter "Vaughan, Robert" 1987 10 342 Letters Letter "Rasmussen, Ralph" 1987 10 342 Letters Letter "Falworth, Geoffrey" 1987 10 342 Letters Letter "Fleet, Richard" 1987 10 342 Letters Letter "Henshaw, Colin" 1987 10 342 Letters Letter "Harris, Joel K." 1987 10 343 News Notes The Comet-Asteroid Connection 1987 10 343 News Notes The Sun's Hidden Magnetism 1987 10 344 News Notes A New Light on Auroras 1987 10 345 News Notes Curious Cluster 1987 10 345 News Notes A Hotter Earth's Core 1987 10 346 News Notes Globular Clusters in the Coma Cluster of Galaxies 1987 10 346 News Notes Frosty the ... Nebula? 1987 10 347 News Notes White Dwarfs and the Age of the Universe 1987 10 347 News Notes Countdown to Ulysses 1987 10 348 News Notes "Bengt Strumgren, 1908-87" 1987 10 348 News Notes Solar Systems in the Orion Nebula? 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express That's More Small Steps . . . 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express The Hub of Our Galaxy 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express Moons from the Asteroid Belt 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express Mystery Spot Gone? 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express New Redshift Record 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express Astronomy on PBS 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express Fifth-Force Restrictions 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express Diamonds in the Sky 1987 10 349 Astronomy Express First Space Polymer 1987 10 350 Feature Laying Bare Venus' Dark Secrets "Allen, David A." 1987 10 354 Feature The Strange Case of Beta Lyrae "Tomkin, Jocelyn" "Lambert, David L." 1987 10 358 Feature Perfecting the Modern Reflector "Tobin, William" 1987 10 360 Feature The Wandering Stars of Allegheny "Sinnott, Roger W." 1987 10 364 Feature Gravity Waves: A Progress Report "Trimble, Virginia" 1987 10 370 Backyard Astronomy The Art of Planetary Observing -- I "Parker, Donald C." "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1987 10 373 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hoag, Arthur A." 1987 10 373 Books and the Sky Book Review "Page, Thornton L." 1987 10 373 Books and the Sky "James Lick's Monuments, Helen Wright" 1987 10 373 Books and the Sky "The Birth of the Earth, David E. Fisher" 1987 10 374 Books and the Sky "Variable Stars, Michel Petit" 1987 10 374 Books and the Sky "The Study of Variable Stars Using Small Telescopes, John R. Percy" 1987 10 374 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hazen, Martha L." 1987 10 375 Books and the Sky "Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, Vol. 6: Anonymous Galaxies; Vol. 7: The Southern Sky, Kenneth Glyn Jones, editor" "Evans, Robert" 1987 10 391 Rambling Through the Skies An Early Star Mapper "Lovi, George" 1987 10 394 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 10 396 Celestial Calendar "The """"Great Black Lake"""" of Plato" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1987 10 398 Celestial Calendar Two Short-Period Variables "MacRobert, Alan M." 1987 10 398 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1987 10 399 Celestial Calendar A Deep Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon 1987 10 400 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 10 407 Computers in Astronomy Fun With Stereographic Projections "Mulford, Robert A." 1987 10 417 Amateur Astronomers The Children of Stellafane "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1987 10 420 Amateur Astronomers What To Do If You Discover a Comet "Green, Daniel W. E." 1987 10 421 Amateur Astronomers A Sample Telegram 1987 10 424 Gleanings for ATMs A Homemade Wide-Angle Eyepiece "Rehnlund, Sven O." 1987 10 426 Gleanings for ATMs "Possibilities of a """"Tetrapod""""" "Trott, Dave" 1987 10 428 Gleanings for ATMs A Camera That Tracks Comets "Arbour, Ron W." 1987 10 438 Observer's Page A Night on Historic Mount Wilson "Green, Darrell W." 1987 10 442 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 10 445 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 11 449 Front-Cover Photo The Ringing Sun 1987 11 452 Focal Point Secret Weapons: Astronomy 1987 11 452 Focal Point Secret Weapon: Astronomy "Sadler, Philip M." 1987 11 453 Letters Letter "Brown, Stanley G." 1987 11 453 Letters Letter "Dawes, Ron" 1987 11 453 Letters Letter "Kemble OFM, Fr. Lucian J." 1987 11 454 Letters Letter "Tifft, William G." 1987 11 454 Letters Letter "Stangl, Martin" 1987 11 455 News Notes Still No Stonehenge Satellites 1987 11 455 News Notes Lambda Orionis' Molecular Ring 1987 11 456 News Notes Planetary Probes Double as Space Telescopes 1987 11 457 News Notes Quasars: The Movie 1987 11 457 News Notes Bloated Stars in Quasars? 1987 11 458 News Notes La Palma's Giant Telescope 1987 11 458 News Notes Goodbye Olbers' Paradox! 1987 11 459 News Notes New Evidence Unearthed at Tunguska Site 1987 11 459 News Notes "Oort Cloud Comets: Blasted, Bumped, and Baked?" 1987 11 459 News Notes Polar-Ring Galaxies 1987 11 460 News Notes Satellite To Search for Relativity Proof 1987 11 460 News Notes Supernovae: How Often? 1987 11 461 News Notes Star-Forming Globule 1987 11 461 News Notes Faint Stars and Brown Dwarfs 1987 11 462 News Notes Scum on Triton's Seas? 1987 11 462 News Notes Chewing on Gomez's Hamburger 1987 11 463 Astronomy Express Galileo Addition? 1987 11 463 Astronomy Express New Solar Observatory Plans 1987 11 463 Astronomy Express Phosphorus Among the Stars 1987 11 463 Astronomy Express Palomar Schmidt To Be Renamed 1987 11 463 Astronomy Express Pope Meets Angel 1987 11 463 Astronomy Express The Infinite Series 1987 11 463 Astronomy Express Submillimeter Dish at ESO 1987 11 464 Feature The Spectacular O Stars "Kaler, James B." 1987 11 470 Feature GONG: To See Inside Our Sun "Harvey, John W." "Kennedy, James R." "Leibacher, John W." 1987 11 475 Feature Box: The Birth of Stellar Seismology "Smith, David H." 1987 11 477 Feature Supernova 1987A after 200 Days "Schorn, Ronald A." 1987 11 480 Feature Amateurs Triumph in Paris "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1987 11 484 S&T Test Report Observing with the CAT "East, George H." 1987 11 487 Books and the Sky Astronomy Texts from Abell to Zeilik "Coyle, Harold P." 1987 11 488 Books and the Sky The 1987 S&T Guide to Introductory Astronomy Texts 1987 11 507 Rambling Through the Skies Zodiacal Signs vs. Constellations "Lovi, George" 1987 11 510 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 11 512 Celestial Calendar A Binocular Hyades Variable 1987 11 513 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Great Red Spot "MacRobert, Alan M." 1987 11 515 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1987 11 515 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 11 526 Astronomical Computing The Tide at Tarawa "Olson, Donald W." 1987 11 529 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Deep Space, David Chandler Co." 1987 11 535 Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Day at Leiden "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" 1987 11 536 Amateur Astronomers "Amateur's, Professional Unite in England" 1987 11 536 Amateur Astronomers "Amateurs, Professionals Unite in England" "Henbest, Nigel" 1987 11 537 Amateur Astronomers Amateurs To Get RGO Telescopes? 1987 11 543 Gleanings for ATMs Progress and Panic at Puimichel "Vanhoeck, Luc" 1987 11 546 Gleanings for ATMs Experiments with a Toothless Sector "Harbour, David A." 1987 11 558 Observer's Page Skyshooting with the Fastest Color Film "di Cicco, Dennis" 1987 11 562 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 11 563 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1987 12 569 Front-Cover Photo Simulating the Big Bang 1987 12 572 Focal Point "Who the Heck Are You, Anyway?" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1987 12 573 Letters Letter "Valleli, Paul A." 1987 12 573 Letters Letter "Dunham, Robert S." 1987 12 574 Letters Letter "Crist, Michael" 1987 12 574 Letters Letter "Morris, Michael" 1987 12 574 Letters Letter "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1987 12 575 News Notes When the Sun Swallows the Earth 1987 12 575 News Notes Infrared Telescopes Take to the Road 1987 12 575 News Notes Keck Observatory Takes Shape 1987 12 576 News Notes Pinpointing Near-Earth Asteroids 1987 12 576 News Notes NGC 4013's Warped Hydrogen Disk 1987 12 576 News Notes "Alan Moffet, 1936-87" 1987 12 577 News Notes Quasars in the Making? 1987 12 578 News Notes The Young Virgo Cluster? 1987 12 578 News Notes Hunting for the Heliosphere 1987 12 579 News Notes Twisters on the Red Planet? 1987 12 580 News Notes Satellite Trackers Bag Soviet Space Station 1987 12 580 News Notes Strange Stars Don't Glitch 1987 12 580 News Notes New Amateur Radio Astronomy Journal 1987 12 581 Astronomy Express Shuttle Scheduled 1987 12 581 Astronomy Express Second Pulsar in a Globular 1987 12 581 Astronomy Express Pluto Update 1987 12 581 Astronomy Express Reset Your Clocks 1987 12 581 Astronomy Express Return of the 100-inch 1987 12 581 Astronomy Express Nova in LMC 1987 12 581 Astronomy Express Everest Second to None 1987 12 581 Astronomy Express Giant Arc Are Lensed 1987 12 582 Feature Particle Physics for Everybody "Davies, Paul" 1987 12 588 Feature Box: Why Astronomers Need the SSC "Schramm, David N." 1987 12 590 Feature The Top 10 Telescope Ideas of 1987 1987 12 595 Feature Discovering M31's Spiral Shape "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1987 12 598 Feature Box: Antoinette de Vaucouleurs "Robinson, Leif J." 1987 12 599 Feature The High-Flying Kvant Module "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1987 12 599 Letters Letter "Abt, Helmut A." 1987 12 602 S&T Test Report Thermopack Heat at the Press of a Button "Koolish, Richard M." 1987 12 602 S&T Test Report Thermopak -- Heat at the Press of a Button 1987 12 603 Backyard Astronomy The Art of Planetary Observing -- II "Parker, Donald C." "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1987 12 605 Backyard Astronomy A Case Study: How To Draw Mars 1987 12 608 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Southern Sky, Sven Laustsen, Claus Madsen, and Richard M. West" "Raymo, Chet" 1987 12 609 Books and the Sky "The Particle Explosion, Frank Close, Michael Marten, and Christine Sutton" "Davies, Paul" 1987 12 610 Books and the Sky "Astronomical Observations: An Optical Perspective, Gordon Walker" "Huchra, John P." 1987 12 611 Books and the Sky "The Left Hand of Creation, John D. Barrow and Joseph Silk" "Lindley, David" 1987 12 625 Rambling Through the Skies The Celestial Sky "Lovi, George" 1987 12 632 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1987 12 634 Observer's Page Timing Eclipses of Jupiter's Moons "Westfall, John E." 1987 12 635 Celestial Calendar Upcoming Eclipses 1987 12 636 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1987 12 636 Celestial Calendar Mira Brightening 1987 12 637 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1987 12 637 Celestial Calendar A Hyades-Crossing Asteroid 1987 12 646 Astronomical Computing Sundials on Walls "Maddux, William S." 1987 12 648 Computers in Astronomy Measuring a Wall's Azimuth 1987 12 656 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy for the Italian Public "Palumbo, G. G. C." "Serra, R." 1987 12 664 Gleanings for ATMs A Boatbuilder's Dome in Chile "Liller, William" 1987 12 665 Gleanings for ATMs A Motorized Observing Chair "Larr, Eugene C." 1987 12 678 Observer's Page The Ursid Meteor Stream "Roggemans, Paul" "Laurent, Dirk" "Steyaert, Christian" 1987 12 678 Observer's Page Counting Meteors 1987 12 680 Observer's Page Bidding the Day Adieu 1987 12 681 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1987 12 683 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Galaxy-Quasar Link? 1988 1 4 Focal Point Where Are All the Women Amateur Astronomers? "Couper, Heather" 1988 1 5 Letters Letter "Van Orden, Timothy" 1988 1 5 Letters Letter "Brandt, John C." 1988 1 5 Letters Letter "Hladik, Mark" 1988 1 5 Letters Letter "Humphreys, Roberta M." 1988 1 6 Letters Letter "Harbour, David A." 1988 1 6 Letters Letter "Marcialis, Robert L." 1988 1 6 Letters Letter "Bales, Ronald M." 1988 1 7 News Notes Giant Arcs: Light Echoes or Lensed Galaxies? 1988 1 8 News Notes Hibernating Novae 1988 1 8 News Notes Largest Gamma-Ray Observatory Nears Completion 1988 1 9 News Notes "Of Whirlpools, Warps, Bubbles, and Jets" 1988 1 10 News Notes Is the Galactic Center Exploding? 1988 1 10 News Notes The Fading Sun 1988 1 11 News Notes Cometary Scars on the Moon? 1988 1 12 News Notes Redshift Record Shattered 1988 1 13 News Notes Remote-Control Telescopes 1988 1 13 News Notes New Light on Hoag's Object 1988 1 13 News Notes Magellan's Radar OK 1988 1 14 Astronomy Express Soviet Space Milestone 1988 1 14 Astronomy Express Supernova Still Fading Smoothly 1988 1 14 Astronomy Express Redshift Update 1988 1 14 Astronomy Express No Planets For HST 1988 1 14 Astronomy Express New ESA Initiatives 1988 1 14 Astronomy Express Asteroid Plates To Move 1988 1 14 Astronomy Express A Star's Companion? 1988 1 15 Feature Epsilon Aurigae: Puzzle Solved? "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 1 16 Feature Diversity among Galaxy Clusters "Struble, Mitchell F." "Rood, Herbert J." 1988 1 23 Feature The Extragalactic Zoo I "Schorn, Ronald A." 1988 1 28 Feature Do Black Holes Exist? "McClintock, Jeffrey" 1988 1 36 S&T Test Report SureSharp - For Crisp Astrophotos "Horne, Johnny" 1988 1 37 S&T Test Report "Box: Focal ""Plane""?, Guess Again" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 1 38 Books and the Sky The Discovery of Quasars 1988 1 38 Books and the Sky "Quasars, Redshifts, and Controversies, H. Arp" 1988 1 38 Books and the Sky Book Review "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1988 1 40 Books and the Sky Anatomy of a Controversy "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1988 1 42 Books and the Sky The Crucial Assumptions about Redshifts 1988 1 42 Books and the Sky Box: The Crucial Assumption about Redshifts "Arp, Halton C." 1988 1 57 Rambling Through the Skies The Belt of Orion "Lovi, George" 1988 1 59 Feature Sky-Gazers Almanac 1988 1988 1 64 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1988 1 66 Celestial Calendar A 1988 Planet Review 1988 1 68 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1988 "Dunham, David W." 1988 1 70 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1988 "Dunham, David W." 1988 1 72 Celestial Calendar Vesta among the Winter Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 1 74 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 1 74 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 1 80 Computers in Astronomy How To Half-Step a Stepper Motor "Leiker, Steve" 1988 1 83 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Daily Planet, School Management Arts, Inc." 1988 1 88 Amateur Astronomers Working Together in Astronomy "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1988 1 89 Amateur Astronomers This Year in Victoria 1988 1 91 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Sky as Teacher "Levy, David H." 1988 1 96 Gleanings for ATMs A 17 1/2-inch Dobsonian-Doing It Right "Ravneberg, Ronald L." 1988 1 109 Observer's Page Exploring the Fornax Galaxy Cluster "Harrington, Philip" 1988 1 112 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1988 1 114 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1988 1 115 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 2 121 Front-Cover Photo Omega Nebula 1988 2 124 Focal Point A Refuge for Radio Astronomy "Kuiper, Tom" 1988 2 125 Letters Letter "Mallama, Anthony" 1988 2 125 Letters Letter "Potter, Harry I." 1988 2 125 Letters Letter "Piccirillo, John" 1988 2 126 Letters Letter "Oler, Robert G." 1988 2 126 Letters Letter "Hearn, Hank" 1988 2 126 Letters Letter "Ferris, Timothy" 1988 2 126 Letters Letter "Fye, Kenneth Paul" 1988 2 126 Letters Letter "Colegrove Jr., Richard A." 1988 2 126 Letters Letter "Sharp, Charles A." 1988 2 127 News Notes The Largest Supercluster Galaxy Complex? 1988 2 127 News Notes The Jupiter-Io Connection 1988 2 128 News Notes A Clumpy Early Universe? 1988 2 129 News Notes Dust Clouds in Globular Clusters 1988 2 129 News Notes New Giant Telescope for Spectroscopy 1988 2 130 News Notes Hydrogen in the Ring: An Infrared View 1988 2 131 News Notes Signs of a Supercluster in Quasar Spectra 1988 2 131 News Notes A Bigger Ring for Lyra 1988 2 132 News Notes The Rise and Fall of Comet Halley 1988 2 132 News Notes Exploding Cometary Ices 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express Angel's Oven Passes Muster 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express Blas‚ Record-setters 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express Green Light for VLT 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express First Keck Mirror Cut 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express Galileo's Asteroids 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express Planet-bashing Minicomets 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express Spaceport Hawaii? 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express The High Price of Relativity 1988 2 133 Astronomy Express Where Are All the Novae? 1988 2 134 Feature "Happy Birthday, Supernova!" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1988 2 134 News Notes Happy Birthday "Schorn, Supernova! Ronald A." 1988 2 138 Feature How Far Are the Hyades? "Hodge, Paul W." 1988 2 141 Feature SETI: The Search Heats Up "Goldsmith, Donald" 1988 2 144 Feature Coloring the Electronic Sky "Schild, Rudolph E." 1988 2 148 S&T Test Report The Telrad Reflex Sight "Cain, Lee" 1988 2 149 Feature Extraordinary Spectral Types "Kaler, James B." 1988 2 154 Feature A Window on Our Galaxy's Core "Catchpole, Robin M." 1988 2 157 Books and the Sky "Movement and Rhythms of the Stars, Joachim Schultz" 1988 2 157 Books and the Sky "Orbits for Amateurs with a Microcomputer, D. Tattersfield, Vol. II" 1988 2 157 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Galactic Nebulae, Part II, Thorsten Neckel and Hans Vehrenberg" 1988 2 157 Books and the Sky Book Review "Ottewell, Guy" 1988 2 157 Books and the Sky Book Review "Jones, Kenneth Glyn" 1988 2 175 Rambling Through the Skies Sirius Talk "Lovi, George" 1988 2 178 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1988 2 180 Celestial Calendar An Ideal Pleiades Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1988 2 183 Celestial Calendar The Light Echo of Supernova 1987A "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 2 184 Celestial Calendar Three Fast-Moving Double Stars "Haley, Paul" 1988 2 185 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 2 185 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 2 194 Computers in Astronomy Galileo and Uranus "Raymo, Chet" 1988 2 194 Computers in Astronomy Naval Observatory Almanac for Computers 1988 2 195 Computers in Astronomy Nighttime Occultations of Venus "Meeus, Jean" 1988 2 195 Computers in Astronomy Ocean Tides "Wallner, Ed" 1988 2 196 Computers in Astronomy Astronomical Clock Display 1988 2 197 Astronomical Computing Topping the Benchmark "Shillady, Donald D." 1988 2 197 Computers in Astronomy History Repeats "Hannenberg, D'Arcy" 1988 2 204 Amateur Astronomers News Across the Nation 1988 2 205 Amateur Astronomers Winter and Spring Meetings 1988 2 213 Gleanings for ATMs The Double-Arm Barn-Door Drive "Trott, Dave" 1988 2 215 Gleanings for ATMs Joys of a 10-inch Binocular Telescope "McCombs, Douglas A." 1988 2 217 Gleanings for ATMs A Novel Finder "Wile, David S." 1988 2 222 Observer's Page The Chinese Ring Eclipse "Maley, Paul D." 1988 2 224 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1988 2 228 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 3 233 Front-Cover Photo Meteor Crater in Arizona 1988 3 236 Focal Point Astronomy's Reigning CATs and DOGs "Carter, Tom" 1988 3 237 Letters Letter "Siegel, Eugene E." 1988 3 237 Letters Letter "Wallerstein, George" "Hodge, Paul W." 1988 3 237 Letters Letter "Gauvin, Rod E." 1988 3 237 Letters Letter "Nelson, Jerry" 1988 3 238 Letters Letter "Phillips M.D., James H." 1988 3 238 Letters Letter "Osczevski, Randall J." 1988 3 238 Letters Letter "Maury, Alain" 1988 3 238 Letters Letter "Dorr, M. Michael" 1988 3 238 Letters Letter "Webb, Walter N." 1988 3 239 Letters Letter "Whitney, Rolla V." 1988 3 239 Letters Letter "Unruh, W. J. Shiloh" 1988 3 239 Letters Letter "Benton Jr., Julius L." 1988 3 239 Letters Letter "LoGuirato, June" 1988 3 239 Letters Letter "Laurance, Robin J." 1988 3 240 News Notes Harvard's New Scope 1988 3 240 News Notes Finding Black Holes 1988 3 240 News Notes Solar Flares Like To Cluster 1988 3 241 News Notes Are Supernova Remnants Barrel Shaped? 1988 3 242 News Notes Geminga Identified 1988 3 243 News Notes Fishing for Crabs Without a Line 1988 3 243 News Notes Sunspot-Weather Link Found 1988 3 244 News Notes Arp 227 and Its Ilk: Shells Without Mergers? 1988 3 244 News Notes A Pulsating Ap Star 1988 3 245 News Notes Faint Galaxies: Tip of an Iceberg? 1988 3 246 News Notes New X-Ray Imaging Telescope 1988 3 247 Astronomy Express Triggering Quasars 1988 3 247 Astronomy Express SN 1987A's X-ray Rise 1988 3 247 Astronomy Express Red and Distant 1988 3 247 Astronomy Express Pluto Studies 1988 3 247 Astronomy Express NASA's Budget News and Blues 1988 3 247 Astronomy Express Fat Spacecraft 1988 3 247 Astronomy Express An Infant Milky Way? 1988 3 250 Feature The Ashen Light of Venus "Phillips, John L." "Russell, Christopher T." 1988 3 253 Feature A Phantom in Messier 31 "Marsden, Brian G." 1988 3 254 Feature Infrared Astronomy's New Image "McLean, Ian S." 1988 3 259 Backyard Astronomy Collimating Your Telescope I "Valleli, Paul A." 1988 3 262 Backyard Astronomy Daytime Quick-Check 1988 3 264 S&T Test Report Three Collimating Tools "Valleli, Paul A." 1988 3 265 Feature Fleet Messengers from the Cosmos "Helfand, David J." 1988 3 271 Feature The Baron and His Celestial Police "Cunningham, Clifford J." 1988 3 274 Books and the Sky Book Review "Milton, Daniel J." 1988 3 274 Books and the Sky "Coon Mountain Controversies, W. G. Hoyt" 1988 3 274 Books and the Sky "Meteorite Craters, Kathleen Mark" 1988 3 276 Books and the Sky "Looking Back: Amateur Adventures with Halley's Comet 1985-1986, David Deskins" "Edberg, Stephen J." 1988 3 277 Books and the Sky "Early Astronomy: From Babylon to Copernicus, W. M. O'Neil" "Evans, James" 1988 3 287 Rambling Through the Skies Magnitude Enlightenment "Lovi, George" 1988 3 290 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "Byrd, Deborah L." 1988 3 292 Celestial Calendar "A Bright Galactic """"Monster""""" 1988 3 294 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 3 294 Celestial Calendar The Brightest Quasar "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 3 295 Celestial Calendar "Massalia, Nysa, and the Crab" 1988 3 295 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 3 304 Astronomical Computing Setting Circles from a Dot-Matrix Printer "Jahn, Jost" 1988 3 306 Computers in Astronomy Review Corner -- various programs for eclipse predictions 1988 3 313 Amateur Astronomers The Philippine Astronomical Society "Joson, Imelda B." 1988 3 315 Amateur Astronomers A Conversation with Father Heyden 1988 3 316 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: New Endeavors for Clyde Tombaugh "Levy, David H." 1988 3 317 Amateur Astronomers U.S. News 1988 3 324 Gleanings for ATMs An Off-Axis Scope from Simple Optics "Greulich, B. J." 1988 3 325 Gleanings for ATMs Off-Axis Math 1988 3 326 Gleanings for ATMs An Astrometric Reflector's Pyramidal House "Buffington, Andrew" 1988 3 326 Gleanings for ATMs An Astrometric Reflector's Pyramidical House 1988 3 332 Observer's Page The NGC 5353 Galaxy Group "Morales, Ronald J." 1988 3 334 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1988 3 336 Gallery Gallery 1988 3 340 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 4 345 Front-Cover Photo Twilight Tango 1988 4 348 Focal Point Martian Canals: Is Lowell Vindicated? "Gordon, Rodger W." 1988 4 349 Letters Letter "Wirz, Paul" 1988 4 349 Letters Letter "Kebabian, John S." 1988 4 349 Letters Letter "MacLean, A." 1988 4 350 Letters Letter "Melillo, Frank J." 1988 4 350 Letters Letter "Weber, Joe" 1988 4 350 Letters Letter "Stamm, Jim" 1988 4 350 Letters Letter "Smith, Chuck" 1988 4 350 Letters Letter "Rubin, Vera C." 1988 4 351 News Notes Infant Galaxies Found? 1988 4 351 News Notes Infant O Stars 1988 4 352 News Notes Feeding a Hungry Galaxy 1988 4 352 News Notes Venus Past: Wet or Dry? 1988 4 353 News Notes Fresh from the Oven 1988 4 354 News Notes Venus Present: Tectonic Activity 1988 4 354 News Notes Venus Future: Terraforming? 1988 4 355 News Notes Vela's Runaway Pulsar 1988 4 356 News Notes Spinning Stars: The Age Connection 1988 4 356 News Notes Spinning Stars: The Color Connection 1988 4 357 News Notes What Is SN 1987J? 1988 4 357 News Notes IUE: A Decade of Science in Orbit 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express Spaceport Australia 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express Seeing Double 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express National Observatories Crisis 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express New 0&point;75-meter APT 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express Opinions Please 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express Aloha Texas 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express Chiron Brightens 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express Hipparcos' Final Test 1988 4 358 Astronomy Express Hawaii's Rocket Site 1988 4 359 Feature Cosmos on Parade "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1988 4 363 Backyard Astronomy Collimating Your Telescope II "Valleli, Paul A." 1988 4 367 Feature The Sky in Stereo "Bonney, William H." 1988 4 370 Feature Exploring Mars in 1988 "Beish, Jeff D." "Parker, Donald C." 1988 4 376 Feature The Extragalactic Zoo II "Schorn, Ronald A." 1988 4 379 Feature Otto Struve: Scientist and Humanist "Kourganoff, Vladimir" 1988 4 382 Books and the Sky "Analysis of Starlight, J. B. Hearnshaw" "Bidelman, William P." 1988 4 384 Books and the Sky "Sun and Earth, Herbert Friedman" "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1988 4 399 Rambling Through the Skies "Improving"""" the Constellations" "Lovi, George" 1988 4 402 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 4 404 Celestial Calendar Drawing the Sun and Moon "Morel, Philippe" 1988 4 407 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 4 408 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 4 416 Astronomical Computing Simulating a Mountain's Shadow "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1988 4 424 Amateur Astronomers Tales from the Sixth Grade 1988 4 424 Amateur Astronomers Tales from the 6th Grade "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1988 4 428 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Observers Memories "Levy, David H." 1988 4 432 Gleanings for ATMs A Lensless-Wright Camera "Marche II, Jordan D." 1988 4 444 Observer's Page Notes from the Outback "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 4 445 Observer's Page Experimenting in the Outback "Piini, Ernie" "Shrock, Joe" 1988 4 447 Observer's Page Why Am I Here? "Shrock, Joe" 1988 4 448 Gallery Gallery 1988 4 450 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1988 4 452 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 5 457 Front-Cover Photo Southern-Sky Splendor 1988 5 460 Focal Point You're an Astronomer? What's Your Sign? "Mosier, Beverly" 1988 5 461 Letters Letter "Swings, Jean-Pierre" 1988 5 461 Letters Letter "Radloff, Max Paul" 1988 5 461 Letters Letter "Ellis, Malcolm H." 1988 5 461 Letters Letter "Hostetter, Clyde" 1988 5 462 Letters Letter "Bowman, Fred N." 1988 5 462 Letters Letter "Browning, Robert" 1988 5 462 Letters Letter "Arp, Halton C." 1988 5 463 News Notes How Old Is the Milky Way? 1988 5 463 News Notes Orion's Radio Zoo 1988 5 464 News Notes NTT Takes Shape 1988 5 464 News Notes Astronomer for a Day 1988 5 465 News Notes A Cosmic Cause for the Ozone Hole? 1988 5 465 News Notes Giant Starspots on Lambda Andromedae 1988 5 466 News Notes Gamma Rays from Supernova 1987A 1988 5 466 News Notes Pulsar Magnetosphere Resolved 1988 5 467 News Notes Fossil Light from the First Stars? 1988 5 467 News Notes Deep in the Heart of M31 1988 5 468 Astronomy Express Supernova Light Echo 1988 5 468 Astronomy Express New Shuttle Schedule 1988 5 468 Astronomy Express New Threat to Space Telescope 1988 5 468 Astronomy Express No Asteroid Moons? 1988 5 468 Astronomy Express Green Flashes over Miami 1988 5 468 Astronomy Express "Comet Levy, 1988e" 1988 5 468 Astronomy Express A Pulsar-Brown Dwarf Binary? 1988 5 468 Astronomy Express AXAF Blanks Ordered 1988 5 469 Feature U.S. Astronomy in Crisis "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 5 471 Feature Europe's Astronomy Machine "West, Richard M." 1988 5 482 Feature Journeys on the H-R Diagram "Kaler, James B." 1988 5 486 Feature Rebirth of a Glass Giant "Gegen, Doug" 1988 5 489 Feature Of Gravity's Lens and a Fly's Eye "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1988 5 490 S&T Test Report Nine Low-Power Eyepieces "Gordon, Rodger W." 1988 5 493 Books and the Sky "Mercury: The Elusive Planet, Robert G. Strom" 1988 5 493 Books and the Sky Book Review "Meredith, Dennis" 1988 5 493 Books and the Sky Book Review "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1988 5 493 Books and the Sky "First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe, Richard Preston" 1988 5 495 Books and the Sky "Cycles of Fire, William K. Hartmann and Ron Miller, with Pamela Lee and Tom Miller" "Carroll, Michael W." 1988 5 496 Books and the Sky Book Review "Marsden, Brian G." 1988 5 511 Rambling Through the Skies Twilight -- Starring Mercury and Venus "Lovi, George" 1988 5 514 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 5 516 Celestial Calendar A Mars Observer's Guide "Beish, Jeff D." 1988 5 518 Celestial Calendar Mars Watch '88 1988 5 519 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 5 520 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1988 5 521 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 5 526 Computers in Astronomy A Low-Cost Video Frame Grabber "Meisel, David D." "Recchia, Charles H." 1988 5 527 Computers in Astronomy Outer-Planet Satellites 1988 5 528 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Andromeda, Cosmo-Logique" 1988 5 534 Amateur Astronomers Dark Desert Highways "Kerola, Dana Xavier" 1988 5 536 Amateur Astronomers The International Dark-Sky Association "Crawford, David L." 1988 5 538 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1988 5 539 Amateur Astronomers AAVSO Nova Awards 1988 5 544 Gleanings for ATMs "Have Hula-Hoops, Will Travel" "Knott, M. Leon" 1988 5 546 Gleanings for ATMs CCD's and the Amateur "Sinnott, Roger W." 1988 5 546 Gleanings for ATMs A Star-Centering Device for Guidescopes "Balbi, Luigi" 1988 5 546 Gleanings for ATMs CCDs and the Amateur 1988 5 556 Observer's Page Four Decades of Astrophotography "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 5 558 Observer's Page Hypered Film for Planetary Photography "Reynolds, Michael" "Parker, Donald C." 1988 5 560 Gallery Gallery 1988 5 564 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 6 569 Front-Cover Photo Solar Eclipse Treat 1988 6 572 Focal Point UFO's in the Mind's Eye "Oberg, James E." 1988 6 573 Letters Letter "Barlow, Nadine G." 1988 6 573 Letters Letter "Gibson, Cynthia" 1988 6 573 Letters Letter "McMillan, James A." 1988 6 573 Letters Letter "Hutson, Denise" 1988 6 574 Letters Letter "Riddle, Bob" 1988 6 574 Letters Letter "Wehrle, Ann E." 1988 6 574 Letters Letter "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1988 6 575 News Notes Dwarf Galaxies: Blinded by the Night 1988 6 575 News Notes Halley Rotation Update 1988 6 575 News Notes Disrupting Galactic Jets 1988 6 576 News Notes Phobos Plaque 1988 6 577 News Notes Tycho's and Kepler's Supernovae 400 Years Later 1988 6 577 News Notes Cygnus Loop Revisited 1988 6 577 News Notes Awaiting an Eye 1988 6 578 News Notes "Super-Schmidt Telescope Designer Honored, 11: Super Star Acts Up" 1988 6 579 News Notes Keeping the Sky Safe for Astronomy 1988 6 580 News Notes Triton's Mysterious Surface: Solid or Slushy? 1988 6 581 News Notes Sun Not Shrinking 1988 6 581 News Notes Cosmic Carbon: Organic and Inorganic 1988 6 582 News Notes Carolyn Tops Caroline in Comet Discoveries 1988 6 582 News Notes HST Crew Selected 1988 6 583 Astronomy Express Astronomy's Financial Crisis 1988 6 583 Astronomy Express Angel Spins 3.5-meter Mirror 1988 6 583 Astronomy Express Chiron Update 1988 6 583 Astronomy Express Hopkins Observatory Turns 150 1988 6 583 Astronomy Express U. S. Astronomers Bail Out 1988 6 586 Feature A Hypersensitizing Primer "Maury, Alain" 1988 6 590 Feature A Flowering of Japanese Astronomy "Kozai, Yoshihide" 1988 6 595 Feature The Astrophysics of Suntanning "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1988 6 597 Feature The Comet Champion "Rosenthal, David A." 1988 6 599 Feature Does the Universe Rotate? "Davies, Paul" 1988 6 603 Backyard Astronomy A Summer Evening Star-Hop "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 6 606 Books and the Sky "A Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations, Vols. 1 and 2, Halton C. Arp and Barry F. Madore with William E. Rob" "Keel, William C." 1988 6 608 Books and the Sky "Astronomy and the Imagination: A New Approach to Man's Experience of the Stars, Norman Davidson" "Levy, David H." 1988 6 609 Books and the Sky "The Symbiotic Universe: Life and Mind in the Cosmos, George Greenstein" "Cornell, James" 1988 6 621 Rambling Through the Skies Reaching for Centaurus "Lovi, George" 1988 6 628 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 6 630 Celestial Calendar A Guide to Saturn's Moons 1988 6 631 Celestial Calendar S and U Coronae Borealis 1988 6 632 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1988 6 632 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 6 633 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 6 640 Computers in Astronomy Predicting Eclipses of the Moon "Raab, Herbert" 1988 6 642 Computers in Astronomy Hotline for Time Signals 1988 6 648 Amateur Astronomers Eavesdropping of Soviet Spacecraft 1988 6 648 Amateur Astronomers Eavesdropping on Soviet Spacecraft "Helms, H. L." 1988 6 658 Gleanings for ATMs Putting a Star Atlas on Rollers "Lazerson, Howard E. [M.D]" 1988 6 658 Gleanings for ATMs A $6 Watch Beats Harrison's Chronometer "Sinnott, Roger W." 1988 6 670 Observer's Page An Off-Axis Guiding Anomaly "Cosell, Bernard" 1988 6 672 Gallery Gallery 1988 6 675 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Zapping Phobos 1988 7 4 Focal Point Solar-Eclipse Sociology "Ehmann, James" 1988 7 5 Letters Letter "Reitsema, Harold" 1988 7 5 Letters Letter "Patashnick, Harvey" 1988 7 5 Letters Letter "Janis, Jerome W." 1988 7 5 Letters Letter "Cross Jr., Eugene W." 1988 7 6 Letters Letter "Brown, Thomas E." 1988 7 6 Letters Letter "Medina, Antonio" 1988 7 6 Letters Letter "Barton, Paul M." 1988 7 7 News Notes Piecing Together the Whirlpool Galaxy 1988 7 7 News Notes Avoiding Black Holes 1988 7 8 News Notes Einstein's Ring Seen at Last? 1988 7 8 News Notes The Next Solar Cycle Is Off and Running 1988 7 9 News Notes Untwinkling the Stars 1988 7 9 News Notes Spacecraft in a Can 1988 7 9 News Notes Astronomers Untangle Epsilon Persei's Pulsations 1988 7 10 News Notes Dissecting the Lupus Supernova Remnant 1988 7 11 News Notes The Large Magellanic Cloud: More Than Meets the Eye 1988 7 11 News Notes Hot Extinction Theories 1988 7 12 News Notes Ducking More Meteorites 1988 7 12 News Notes Blueprint for West German Astronomy 1988 7 13 News Notes Infrared Image Reveals Possible Brown Dwarf 1988 7 13 News Notes Radar Close-Up of Venus 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express USNO's Getting Too Much Heat 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express Son of IRAS 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express Most Luminous IRAS Galaxy 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express S&T Wins Award 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express ISU Deadline 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express Comet Achievers 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express Comet Cousins 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express A Surprise Inside Stars 1988 7 14 Astronomy Express ASP on the Move 1988 7 15 Feature Star Trails in Time "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1988 7 17 Feature Close Encounters with Phobos "Zakharov, Aleksandr V." 1988 7 21 Feature Box: Making Tracks on Mars "Goldman, Stuart J." 1988 7 22 Feature The Molecular Milky Way "Dame, Thomas M." 1988 7 28 Feature The First True Radio Telescope "Spradley, Joseph L." 1988 7 31 Feature Grote Reber: Yesterday and Today "Feldman, Paul A." 1988 7 32 Feature Supernova 1987A's Changing Face "Schorn, Ronald A." 1988 7 34 Feature "Moonwatch - July 14, 1988" "Doggett, LeRoy E." "Seidelmann, P. Kenneth" "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1988 7 36 Feature The Extragalactic Zoo III "Schorn, Ronald A." 1988 7 38 S&T Test Report The High-Lite Binocular Support "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 7 39 Books and the Sky "1000+: The Amateur Astronomer's Field Guide to Deep Sky Observing, Tom Lorenzin with Tim Sechler" "Green, Darrell W." 1988 7 42 Books and the Sky "Meteorites and Their Parent Planets, Harry Y. McSween, Jr." "Chapman, Clark R." 1988 7 44 Books and the Sky "Larousse Astronomy, Philippe de La Cotardiere, editor-in-chief" 1988 7 44 Books and the Sky "The International Encyclopedia of Astronomy, Patrick Moore, editor" 1988 7 44 Books and the Sky Book Review "Chamberlain, Von Del" 1988 7 55 Rambling Through the Skies The Classical Sky "Lovi, George" 1988 7 58 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 7 60 Celestial Calendar Two Summer Asteroids 1988 7 62 Celestial Calendar A Twilight Occultation of Regulus 1988 7 64 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1988 7 64 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 7 65 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 7 70 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1988 7 70 Computers in Astronomy Earth Satellite Forecasts "Wenning, Carl [J.]" 1988 7 71 Computers in Astronomy Mountain Shadows Revisited "Kohman, Truman P." 1988 7 72 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Galileo, Infinity Software, Inc." 1988 7 78 Amateur Astronomers In Search of Copus Hill "Bunge, Robert" 1988 7 79 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: Amateur Contributions from Circulars, 1988" "Levy, David H." 1988 7 80 Amateur Astronomers A Spanish Astrophotographer's Wooden Dome on Golf Balls "Creixell, Justi Poch" 1988 7 88 Gleanings for ATMs An Observatory Build for Good Seeing 1988 7 88 Gleanings for ATMs An Observatory Built for Good Seeing "Hood, Mike" 1988 7 92 Gleanings for ATMs More on Half-Stepping a Drive Motor "Buchla, David" "Frandrup, Bill" 1988 7 99 Observer's Page Trekking to Eclipse Magic "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 7 103 Gallery Gallery 1988 7 106 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1988 7 108 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 8 113 Front-Cover Photo Astronaut as Photographer 1988 8 116 Focal Point A World of Opportunities in Astronomy "Woltjer, Lodewijk" 1988 8 117 Letters Letter "Wood, John A." 1988 8 117 Letters Letter "Lewis, Ruth D." 1988 8 117 Letters Letter "Covey, Curt" 1988 8 117 Letters Letter "Heyden S.J., Francis J." 1988 8 117 Letters Letter "Good, Thomas" 1988 8 118 Letters Letter "Henize, Karl G." 1988 8 118 Letters Letter "Lerner, Eric J." 1988 8 118 Letters Letter "Nissen Jr., Walter I." 1988 8 118 Letters Letter "Walborn, Nolan R." 1988 8 119 News Notes Cataclysmic Variable I: Magnetic Nova Cygni 1988 8 120 News Notes Cataclysmic Variable II: Planetary Nebula Puzzle 1988 8 120 News Notes Cataclysmic Variable III: R Aquarii's Changing Look 1988 8 121 News Notes Testing the Skies for the VLT 1988 8 121 News Notes Young Caroline Herschel 1988 8 122 News Notes Where the Astronomers Are 1988 8 123 News Notes Huchra's Lens Resolved 1988 8 123 News Notes A Comet Reservoir Just Beyond Neptune? 1988 8 124 News Notes Black Hole Duo Provides Quasar's Power 1988 8 124 News Notes The Most Distant Galaxies 1988 8 125 Astronomy Express Baltimore Hosts IAU 1988 8 125 Astronomy Express Astronomers for Peace 1988 8 125 Astronomy Express Giotto's Reactivation 1988 8 125 Astronomy Express Pluto's Atmosphere 1988 8 125 Astronomy Express More Distant Galaxies 1988 8 125 Astronomy Express Uranian Satellites Named 1988 8 126 Feature Astrophysics at Apache Point "Balick, Bruce" 1988 8 128 Feature Box: Angel Builds 'em Bigger "McCoy, Jan" 1988 8 131 Backyard Astronomy Meteor Observing-I "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 8 134 Feature Teaching Old Spacecraft New Tricks "Farquhar, Robert W." "Dunham, David W." 1988 8 138 Feature "An Elusive Eclipse: July 21-22, 1990" "Brooks, Edward M." 1988 8 140 Feature The Day the Sun Cracked "Scheuer, Sidney I." 1988 8 141 Letters Letter "Sugarman, Michael D." 1988 8 141 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1988 8 141 Letters Letter "Petersen, Daniel N." 1988 8 141 Letters Letter "Benson, Harold M." 1988 8 142 Feature Do-It-Yourself Image Processing "Prentice, Gary S." 1988 8 147 Books and the Sky "Fundamental Astronomy, Hannu Karttunen, Pekka Kruger, Heikki Oja, Markku Poutanen, and Karl Johan Donner, editors" "Arny, Thomas" 1988 8 148 Books and the Sky "Space 2000: Meeting the Challenge of a New Era, Harry L. Shipman" "Mumford, George S." 1988 8 150 Books and the Sky "The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972, Ron Schick and Julia Van Haaften, editors" "Washburn, Mark" 1988 8 152 Books and the Sky "The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, Frank White" "Logsdon, John M." 1988 8 167 Rambling Through the Skies Planet Parade 1988 "Lovi, George" 1988 8 170 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 8 174 Celestial Calendar Another Good Pleiades Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1988 8 174 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 8 175 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1988 8 177 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 8 184 Computers in Astronomy Practical Image Processing "Prentice, Gary S." 1988 8 191 Amateur Astronomers News Across the Nations 1988 8 194 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Visual and CCD Observing "Levy, David H." 1988 8 195 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1988 8 198 Gleanings for ATMs A Practical Yolo Telescope "Sasian, Jose M." 1988 8 202 Gleanings for ATMs Mist-Filled Crater on Mars? 1988 8 207 Observer's Page Improved Emulsions? "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 8 207 Observer's Page "Slow"""" Films for Astrophotography" "Lodriguss, Jerry" 1988 8 209 Observer's Page Comparing Color Films for Astrophotography "Riffle, Jim" 1988 8 211 Observer's Page Too Easy! 1988 8 215 Gallery Gallery 1988 8 220 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 9 225 Front-Cover Photo Viking's View of Mars 1988 9 228 Focal Point Martians Invade Earth! "Dickinson, Terence" 1988 9 229 Letters Letter "Bieda Jr., Stephen W." 1988 9 229 Letters Letter "Olson, Edward C." 1988 9 229 Letters Letter "Krisciunas, Kevin" 1988 9 230 Letters Letter "Mims, Sam S." 1988 9 230 Letters Letter "Detweiler, Jeff" 1988 9 230 Letters Letter "Eldridge, Gordon B." 1988 9 231 News Notes "Tiny Little Clouds"""" near Betelgeuse" 1988 9 231 News Notes Steady Progress on the VLBA 1988 9 232 News Notes Stellar Birthline 1988 9 232 News Notes Naked T Tauri Stars 1988 9 233 News Notes Redshift Debate Rages On 1988 9 233 News Notes Post Office Honors Astronomer on Stamp 1988 9 234 News Notes Footprints of Mars' Wandering Poles 1988 9 235 News Notes Cygnus X-1's Gamma Rays 1988 9 236 News Notes Comet Watchers Wanted 1988 9 236 News Notes An Elliptical Galaxy with Shells Galore 1988 9 237 News Notes A Recipe for Cosmic Diamonds 1988 9 237 News Notes Eclipsing Binary Millisecond Pulsar 1988 9 238 News Notes Orion Flare Star Caught in the Act 1988 9 238 News Notes Pounding the Gas out of Titan 1988 9 239 Astronomy Express Voyager Eyes Neptune 1988 9 239 Astronomy Express Sagdeev To Step Down 1988 9 239 Astronomy Express Largest Millimeter Telescope 1988 9 239 Astronomy Express Mars Bound! 1988 9 239 Astronomy Express Comet Hunt Champions 1988 9 239 Astronomy Express Budget Ax Falls 1988 9 242 Feature Discovering the Moons of Mars "Dick, Steven J." 1988 9 246 Feature Mars Mania of Oppositions Past "Sinnott, Roger W." 1988 9 247 Feature Mars 1909: Lessons Learned "Sheehan, William" 1988 9 250 Feature Make a Telescope for $500: Model 1 "Levy, David H." 1988 9 251 Feature "Here's $500. Go Make a Telescope!""""" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 9 253 Feature The Self-Reproducing Universe "Mallove, Eugene F." 1988 9 257 S&T Test Report Lumicon Coma Corrector "Horne, Johnny" 1988 9 258 S&T Test Report Digital Setting Circles "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 9 260 Books and the Sky "Eye on the Sky, Donald E. Osterbrock, John R. Gustafson, and W. J. Shiloh Unruh" "Bell, Trudy E." 1988 9 263 Books and the Sky "Exercises in Astronomy, Josip Klezcek, editor, and M. G. J. Minnaert" "Hoff, Darrel B." 1988 9 275 Rambling Through the Skies An Anniversary for a Special Star "Lovi, George" 1988 9 278 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 9 280 Celestial Calendar Hunting the Moons of Mars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 9 283 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 9 283 Celestial Calendar Thirteen Years of Changes on Mars 1988 9 284 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1988 9 285 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 9 288 Astronomical Computing Rhythms of a Variable Star "Belserene, Emilia P." 1988 9 290 Computers in Astronomy Review Corner -- Marsoft 1988 9 296 Amateur Astronomers Going Mobile in Canada "St. Onge, Francine" 1988 9 297 Amateur Astronomers A Merry-Go-Round Observatory "Dyke, Gerald" 1988 9 298 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Professional Science from Amateurs "Levy, David H." 1988 9 300 Amateur Astronomers "Meetings, October" 1988 9 300 Amateur Astronomers New Asteroids Named for Amateurs 1988 9 303 Gleanings for ATMs Equatorial Tables Without a Pivot "d'Autume, Georges" 1988 9 317 Observer's Page Searching for Stephan's Quintet 1988 9 317 Observer's Page Searching for Stephen's Quintet "Harrington, Philip" 1988 9 319 Observer's Page Photographing Mars "Melka, James T." 1988 9 320 Gallery Gallery 1988 9 324 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 10 329 Front-Cover Photo Plasma in Action 1988 10 332 Focal Point Space: The Non-Issue "Bova, Ben" 1988 10 333 Letters Letter "Russell, Ray W." 1988 10 333 Letters Letter "Hennig, Terry M." 1988 10 333 Letters Letter "Chuvala, Ray" 1988 10 333 Letters Letter "Penhallow, William S." 1988 10 334 Letters Letter "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1988 10 334 Letters Letter "Kluepfel, Charles" 1988 10 334 Letters Letter "Klevay, Leslie M." 1988 10 334 Letters Letter "Dolan, Leland A." 1988 10 334 Letters Letter "Hughes, David W." 1988 10 334 Letters Letter "Hauck, Penny" 1988 10 334 Letters Letter "Hannigan, George" 1988 10 335 News Notes Comets Near and Far I: IRAS-Araki-Alcock 1988 10 335 News Notes Faint Limit of the Universe 1988 10 336 News Notes Comets Near and Far II: Two New Sun-grazers 1988 10 336 News Notes Comets Near and Far III: Halley at 1 1/4 Billion Km 1988 10 337 News Notes Foam-Core Mirrors 1988 10 337 News Notes The 72-inch Is Seventy 1988 10 338 News Notes Readying Magellan 1988 10 338 News Notes "The More Sunspots, the Brighter the Sun" 1988 10 339 News Notes Supernova in the Making? 1988 10 340 News Notes NTT Mirror Completed 1988 10 340 News Notes "Smothered"""" Pulsars or Black Holes?" 1988 10 341 News Notes Blue Supergiants Unmasked as Mini-Clusters 1988 10 342 News Notes Best View Yet of the Supernova's Light Echoes 1988 10 342 News Notes "Kemp, James: White Dwarf Pioneer" 1988 10 343 Astronomy Express Cloverleaf Quasar 1988 10 343 Astronomy Express ESA on Display 1988 10 343 Astronomy Express Galaxy Sets New Record 1988 10 343 Astronomy Express Astronomers' High 1988 10 343 Astronomy Express And the Value of H0 Is . . . 1988 10 343 Astronomy Express Minicomets Evaporate 1988 10 343 Astronomy Express Neptune's Magnetism 1988 10 343 Astronomy Express TRW Gets AXAF Contract 1988 10 344 Feature The Extragalactic Zoo IV "Schorn, Ronald A." 1988 10 346 Feature Ten Days in Baltimore "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1988 10 348 Feature Neutrinos from Supernova 1987A "Lattimer, James M." "Burrows, Adam S." 1988 10 351 Feature Observing from the South Pole "Taylor, MaryJane" 1988 10 354 Feature The Universe of Yakov Zel'dovich "Priester, Wolfgang" 1988 10 354 Feature Box: Zel'dovich the Man "Sakharov, Andrei" 1988 10 355 Feature Heading Toward Solar Maximum "Zirin, Harold" 1988 10 356 Feature Box: How To Catch a Flare "Golub, Leon" 1988 10 358 Feature Arcs Galore "Smith, David H." 1988 10 360 Feature Earth's Magnetic Environment "Lanzerotti, Louis J." "Uberoi, Chanchal" 1988 10 363 Backyard Astronomy Meteor Observing-II "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 10 364 Backyard Astronomy Counting Stars To Find Limiting Magnitude 1988 10 366 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Asteroids: The Next Frontier, Clifford J. Cunningham" 1988 10 366 Books and the Sky "A History of Western Astrology, S. J. Tester" 1988 10 366 Books and the Sky Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1988 10 366 Books and the Sky Book Review "Hughes, David W." 1988 10 368 Books and the Sky "Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Gary W. Kronk" "Meisel, David D." 1988 10 387 Rambling Through the Skies Following Those Variables "Lovi, George" 1988 10 390 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 10 392 Celestial Calendar The Doings of Jupiter's Moons 1988 10 393 Celestial Calendar A Daytime Occultation of Regulus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 10 394 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 10 395 Celestial Calendar W Andromedae Nears Maximum 1988 10 396 Celestial Calendar A Flyby of Eros "Rowe, Basil H." 1988 10 397 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 10 398 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1988 10 406 Astronomical Computing "Van Gogh, Two Planets, and the Moon" "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1988 10 408 Computers in Astronomy Imageworks II Update 1988 10 414 Amateur Astronomers Astronomers' Haunting Tales "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1988 10 417 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1988 10 418 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Observers Checklist "Levy, David H." 1988 10 423 Gleanings for ATMs Skywalker-A Finder for Two "McClelland M.D., Randall J." 1988 10 425 Gleanings for ATMs Making Your Own Illuminated Reticle "Rodda, Stephen" 1988 10 426 Gleanings for ATMs Update on the Lick 36-inch Lens 1988 10 436 Observer's Page Sky Mapping with Kodak T-Max P3200 Film "Keene, George T." 1988 10 438 Observer's Page Telephoto Lenses for Astrophotography "Peronto, Jeff" 1988 10 440 Gallery Gallery 1988 10 444 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 11 449 Front-Cover Photo "Into the Night""""" 1988 11 452 Focal Point "The Amateur Astronomer's """"Vast Alliances""""" "Raymo, Chet" 1988 11 453 Focal Point Amateurs: A New Dawning "Robinson, Leif J." 1988 11 454 News Notes Marc A. Aaronson Memorial Lectureship 1988 11 454 News Notes Star Birth and Spiral Arms in the Whirlpool 1988 11 454 News Notes Astrophysicists Honored on Stamps 1988 11 455 News Notes Planetary Perspectives 1988 11 456 News Notes Halley's Gas and Dust Jets 1988 11 457 News Notes Five College's Cover-up 1988 11 457 News Notes Genesis of a Ring Galaxy 1988 11 457 News Notes Getting under Mercury's Skin 1988 11 458 News Notes Venus' Lightning-Volcano Connection 1988 11 459 News Notes M15's X-ray Binary 1988 11 460 News Notes Pioneer 10 Searches for Interstellar Space 1988 11 460 News Notes Betelgeuse's Pulsation Period 1988 11 461 Astronomy Express Schott To Spin-cast Giant Mirrors 1988 11 461 Astronomy Express Most Distant Star! 1988 11 461 Astronomy Express Phobos Setback 1988 11 461 Astronomy Express Another Sun-grazer 1988 11 461 Astronomy Express Dam Physics 1988 11 461 Astronomy Express Constraining G 1988 11 461 Astronomy Express "Happy Birthday, Sir William" 1988 11 462 Feature What Amateurs Should Be Doing "Marsden, Brian G." 1988 11 463 Feature Astrophotography Then and Now "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 11 465 Feature Box: Beyond the Emulsion "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 11 468 Feature Watching the Premier Star "McIntosh, Patrick S." "Leinbach, Harold" 1988 11 474 Feature Observing Planets: A Lasting Legacy "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1988 11 476 Feature Box: Planetary Astronomy: The Domain of the Amateur "Chapman, Clark R." 1988 11 477 Feature Box: Planetary Photography "Dollfus, Audouin" 1988 11 478 Feature The Moon Shall Rise Again "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 11 478 Feature Box: Hunting for Lunar Transient Phenomena "Cameron, Winifred Sawtell" 1988 11 480 Feature Occultations and the Amateur "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 11 482 Feature Astronomy's Enduring Resource "Lankford, John" 1988 11 484 Feature A Galaxy of Amateur Astronomers "Williams, Thomas R." 1988 11 487 Feature Double Stars Waiting To Be Measured "Sinnott, Roger W." 1988 11 487 Feature Box: Micrometers for Double Stars "Soulie, Edgar" 1988 11 488 Feature Six Million Variable Star Estimates "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 11 489 Feature Box: The Lure of Photoelectric Photometry "Hall, Douglas S." 1988 11 490 Feature Box: Nova Hunting "Collins, Peter" 1988 11 492 Feature Listening to the Universe "Schorn, Ronald A." 1988 11 494 Feature Dragons in the Sky "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1988 11 496 Feature When the Sun and Moon Embrace "Robinson, Leif J." 1988 11 498 Feature The Future of Meteor Astronomy "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 11 502 Books and the Sky Guides for Observers "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 11 503 Books and the Sky A Checklist of Books for the Amateur Astronomer 1988 11 504 Books and the Sky Astrophotography Books "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 11 507 Books and the Sky Books for Neophyte Telescope Makers "Sinnott, Roger W." 1988 11 509 Books and the Sky Selecting a Star Atlas "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 11 512 Books and the Sky How-To Manuals "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 11 519 Rambling Through the Skies Ambassadors of Astronomy "Lovi, George" 1988 11 522 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 11 524 Celestial Calendar Activity on Jupiter "Olivarez, Jos‚" 1988 11 525 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 11 526 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Best Non-Galilean Moon 1988 11 526 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1988 11 527 Celestial Calendar A Continent-Wide Occultation of Regulus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 11 529 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 11 536 Astronomical Computing What To Calculate Next? "Meeus, Jean" 1988 11 536 Computers in Astronomy An Eye Toward the Future "Sinnott, Roger W." 1988 11 537 Computers in Astronomy Further Ideas for the Calculating Amateur "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1988 11 537 Computers in Astronomy Real-Time Control "Trueblood, Mark" "Genet, Russell M." 1988 11 545 Amateur Astronomers The Role of the Amateur "Moore, Patrick" 1988 11 546 Amateur Astronomers Working Together in Astronomy "Simon, Paul" 1988 11 547 Amateur Astronomers IAU Working Group for Professional-Amateur Cooperation "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1988 11 548 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy's Educators: I "Byrd, Deborah L." 1988 11 549 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy's Educators: II "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1988 11 550 Amateur Astronomers "Meetings, November" 1988 11 551 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Astronomy for a New Generation "Levy, David H." 1988 11 562 Gleanings for ATMs The Amateur as Telescope Pioneer 1988 11 565 Gleanings for ATMs Where Is the Telescope Mounting Headed? "Trueblood, Mark" "Genet, Russell M." 1988 11 577 Observer's Page Comet Observing "Edberg, Stephen J." 1988 11 578 Observer's Page "A Bright Future?, Perhaps Too Bright!" "Bortle, John E." 1988 11 579 Observer's Page Hunting Comets "Bortle, John E." 1988 11 583 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 11 584 Gallery Gallery 1988 12 593 Front-Cover Photo Mars from Earth 1988 12 596 Focal Point Amateur Astronomy May Die "Smith, W. Barry" 1988 12 597 Letters Letter "Rodeghier, Mark" 1988 12 597 Letters Letter "Bieda Jr., Stephen W." 1988 12 597 Letters Letter "Marsden, Brian G." 1988 12 597 Letters Letter "Pensenstadler, D. F." 1988 12 597 Letters Letter "Oberg, James E." 1988 12 598 Letters Letter "Parker, Stephen" 1988 12 598 Letters Letter "Discorfano, Ken" 1988 12 598 Letters Letter "Shull, J. Michael" 1988 12 598 Letters Letter "Warner, Brian" 1988 12 599 News Notes Nereid: Stretched or Mottled? 1988 12 599 News Notes First Fruits of the International Solar Month 1988 12 600 News Notes M82 Explodes (Again!) 1988 12 600 News Notes Why Is Pluto Rocky? 1988 12 601 News Notes Slice of the Southern Sky 1988 12 602 News Notes The Isaac Newton Pub 1988 12 602 News Notes Are Galaxy Filaments Real? 1988 12 603 News Notes No Close Encounters 1988 12 603 News Notes "Haro, Guillermo" 1988 12 603 News Notes Jets and Counterjets 1988 12 604 News Notes CO2 and Ice Ages 1988 12 605 News Notes Deadly Ancient Fires 1988 12 605 News Notes Interplanetary Hitchhikers 1988 12 605 News Notes Ranging Planetary Nebulae 1988 12 606 News Notes Polluted White Dwarfs 1988 12 606 News Notes Icy Volcanism on Uranus' Moons 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express Boost For HST 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express Enlightening TV 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express Mount Graham Stalemate Broken 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express New Extinction Evidence 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express Silver Anniversary at McDonald 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express Solar Max Nabs Two More 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express Time Drags -- It's Official! 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express Where's Planet X? 1988 12 607 Astronomy Express White Dwarfs in the Ointment 1988 12 608 Feature The Top 10 Telescope Ideas of 1988 1988 12 613 Letters Letter "Cypser, Darlene A." 1988 12 613 Letters Letter "Morrison, Philip" 1988 12 613 Letters Letter "Myers, G. David" 1988 12 613 Letters Letter "LaMonte, John C." 1988 12 614 Feature "Behold, Mars" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1988 12 615 Feature The Australia Telescope "Norris, Ray" 1988 12 621 Feature J. L. E. Dreyer and His NGC "Gingerich, Owen" 1988 12 624 Feature Discovering Pluto's Atmosphere "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Killian, Anita M." 1988 12 628 Feature "The Waters Above, the Storm Below" "Washburn, Mark" 1988 12 632 S&T Test Report A Compact Image Intensifier "Saulietis, Andy" "Maley, Paul D." 1988 12 634 Books and the Sky "Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy, G. L. Verschuur and K. I. Kellermann, editors" "Crane, Patrick C." 1988 12 635 Books and the Sky Book Review "Swenson Jr., George W." 1988 12 636 Books and the Sky "Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe, Edward Harrison" "McCrea, William" 1988 12 637 Books and the Sky "A Reference Catalogue and Atlas of Galactic Novae, Hilmar W. Duerbeck" "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" 1988 12 653 Rambling Through the Skies Long Polar Nights "Lovi, George" 1988 12 660 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 12 662 Celestial Calendar NSV 3005: An Amateur Finds a Bright New Variable "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 12 664 Celestial Calendar Timing Transits on Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 1988 12 664 Celestial Calendar Fast Telephone News 1988 12 666 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1988 12 667 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1988 12 674 Astronomical Computing "Sunrise, Sunset, and the Length of a Day" "Keith Jr., Claude R." "Stage, Rex" 1988 12 676 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Voyager, Carina Software" 1988 12 680 Amateur Astronomers High Achievers "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1988 12 681 Amateur Astronomers Resort to the Stars "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1988 12 684 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Becoming a Speaker "Levy, David H." 1988 12 685 Amateur Astronomers World News 1988 12 694 Gleanings for ATMs A Pulsating Telrad Finder "Nevelus, John A." 1988 12 696 Gleanings for ATMs Bicycle + Conduit + Formica = Tripod Mount "Miller, Dudley" 1988 12 698 Gleanings for ATMs Lightweight Mirrors "Sinnott, Roger W." 1988 12 704 Observer's Page Another Odd Year for the Perseids "di Cicco, Dennis" 1988 12 706 Observer's Page Comet Digest: The Great Comet of 1680 "Bortle, John E." 1988 12 707 Observer's Page The Comet of 1680 in Dutch Art "Olson, Roberta J. M." 1988 12 711 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1988 12 712 Gallery Gallery 1989 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Rat-tailed Galaxies 1989 1 4 Focal Point Cooperation in Space: The Real World "Michaud, Michael A. G." 1989 1 5 Letters Letter "Shoemaker, Eugene M." 1989 1 5 Letters Letter "Sharples, Thomas D." 1989 1 5 Letters Letter "Guest, Elwyn A." 1989 1 6 Letters Letter "Haggman, Bertil" 1989 1 6 Letters Letter "Levy, David H." 1989 1 6 Letters Letter "Murphree, Robert W." 1989 1 6 Letters Letter "Merope, Deedra" 1989 1 6 Letters Letter "Tuthill, Roger W." 1989 1 6 Letters Letter "Vaning, Walker" 1989 1 7 News Notes When a Red Giant Swallows Its Planets 1989 1 7 News Notes The Crab Shines On 1989 1 8 News Notes VLT Design Changes 1989 1 8 News Notes II: The Crabby Nebula 1989 1 9 News Notes III: The Helium Crab 1989 1 9 News Notes A Young Star's Active Jet 1989 1 10 News Notes Americans and Soviets Update Space Pact 1989 1 10 News Notes No Go for Slow Flow 1989 1 10 News Notes Winged Rocket May Give Astronomy a Lift 1989 1 11 News Notes Spinning Meteors 1989 1 12 News Notes The Black Heart of the Sombrero Galaxy 1989 1 12 News Notes The Not-So-Great Attractor? 1989 1 13 News Notes Invisible Galaxies? 1989 1 13 News Notes Automatic Telescopes To Ride the Space Station? 1989 1 14 Astronomy Express New Soviet Space Boss 1989 1 14 Astronomy Express "One Down, Two To Go" 1989 1 14 Astronomy Express ESA Picks Cassini 1989 1 14 Astronomy Express Crash! 1989 1 14 Astronomy Express Hale Partnership 1989 1 14 Astronomy Express International AGN Watch 1989 1 15 Feature The Best Telescopic Pictures of Mars "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1989 1 18 Feature "Crashing Galaxies, Cosmic Fireworks" "Keel, William C." 1989 1 26 Feature Make a Telescope for $500: Model 2 "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1989 1 30 Feature The Red Planet Shows Off "Beish, Jeff D." "Parker, Donald C." "Hernandez, Carlos E." 1989 1 36 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Observing and Photographing the Solar System, Thomas A. Dobbins, Donald C. Parker, and Charles F. Capen" "Larson, Stephen M." 1989 1 38 Books and the Sky "Astrowatch, Ben Mayer" 1989 1 38 Books and the Sky Book Review "Byrd, Deborah L." 1989 1 38 Books and the Sky "Peterson First Guide to Astronomy, Jay M. Pasachoff with Wil Tirion and Robin Brickman" 1989 1 39 Books and the Sky "The Quantum Universe, Tony Hey and Patrick Walters" 1989 1 39 Books and the Sky Book Review "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 1 39 Books and the Sky Book Review "Kirschner, Robert" 1989 1 39 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Night Sky, Terence Dickinson" 1989 1 40 Books and the Sky "The New Patterns in the Sky, Julius D. W. Staal" "Lovi, George" 1989 1 57 Rambling Through the Skies Stargazing with Homer "Lovi, George" 1989 1 59 Feature Sky-Gazers Almanac 1989 1989 1 66 Celestial Calendar A 1989 Planet Preview "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 1 66 Observer's Page Watching Mars' Elusive Moons "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 1 68 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1989 "Dunham, David W." 1989 1 70 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1989 "Dunham, David W." 1989 1 72 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Hebe 1989 1 73 Celestial Calendar A Bright-Moon Regulus Occultation 1989 1 74 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 1 74 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 1 80 Astronomical Computing Fractions and the Sky "Sinnott, Roger W." 1989 1 80 Computers in Astronomy Continued Fractions and the Sky 1989 1 81 Astronomical Computing Sundial at Castle Howard 1989 1 82 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Skyplot, Robtek Ltd." 1989 1 86 Amateur Astronomers H. B. Rumrill: An Amateur's Legacy "Fried, Bart" 1989 1 88 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Small Scopes or No Scopes? "Levy, David H." 1989 1 89 Amateur Astronomers U.S. News 1989 1 96 Gleanings for ATMs "A """"Lift-Off Roof"""" Observatory" "Chandler, Kenneth N." 1989 1 97 Gleanings for ATMs The Design of Telescope Structures I "Albrecht, Richard E." 1989 1 108 Observer's Page Photographing the Deep Sky Amid City Lights "Entrop, Hubert A." 1989 1 111 Observer's Page Tuesday's Mail "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 1 112 Gallery Gallery 1989 1 114 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1989 1 116 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 2 121 Front-Cover Photo Great Star Wheel 1989 2 124 Focal Point "Turning Pro: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" "Odenwald, Sten" 1989 2 125 Letters Letter "Oliver, Bernard M." 1989 2 125 Letters Letter "Kramer, Jack" 1989 2 125 Letters Letter "Hazen, Martha L." 1989 2 125 Letters Letter "Brasch, Klaus R." 1989 2 126 Letters Letter "De Pontieu, Bart" 1989 2 126 Letters Letter "MacLean, A." 1989 2 126 Letters Letter "Prentice, Gary S." 1989 2 127 News Notes Keck Dome Completed 1989 2 127 News Notes Supernova 1987A: Fading Away 1989 2 127 News Notes Pulsars in a Crowd 1989 2 128 News Notes The Greater Pleaides Nebula 1989 2 128 News Notes On the Trail of the Black Widow Pulsar 1989 2 129 News Notes Supernovae Galore 1989 2 130 News Notes Seeing Is Believing! 1989 2 130 News Notes Mount Graham Telescope Gets the Green Light 1989 2 131 News Notes Laboratory Limits on Dark Matter 1989 2 132 News Notes "Wormholes, Time Machines, and Schrudinger's Cat" 1989 2 133 Astronomy Express HST's Infrared Eye 1989 2 133 Astronomy Express Bad News for Solar Max 1989 2 133 Astronomy Express Angel Spins Again 1989 2 133 Astronomy Express Quake Spare Byurakan 1989 2 133 Astronomy Express New Eye on the Aurora 1989 2 133 Astronomy Express Mount Wilson Observatory Lives! 1989 2 133 Astronomy Express Shuttle-tank Hitchhikers 1989 2 134 Feature The Big One Is Coming! "Robinson, Leif J." "Brooks, Edward M." "Anderson, Jay" 1989 2 140 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from Capella "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 2 143 Feature The Ever-Vigilant GNAT "Crawford, David L." 1989 2 146 Feature Who First Saw the Zodiacal Light? "Olson, Donald W." 1989 2 149 Feature The Planets' Magnetic Environments "Lanzerotti, Louis J." 1989 2 153 Feature "The New, Improved Space Telescope" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1989 2 156 Books and the Sky "The Quickening Universe, Eugene F. Mallove" "Maran, Stephen P." 1989 2 157 Books and the Sky "Essays About the Universe, Boris A. Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov" "Terzian, Yervant" 1989 2 159 Books and the Sky "The Universe, Byron Preiss and Andrew Fraknoi" "Lindley, David" 1989 2 162 Books and the Sky "Gravity's Lens: Views of the New Cosmology, Nathan Cohen" "Goldsmith, Donald" 1989 2 175 Rambling Through the Skies To Bin or Not To Bin "Lovi, George" 1989 2 180 Celestial Calendar Vigil for a Unique Stellar Eclipse 1989 2 181 Celestial Calendar Colored Stars "Mitton, Jacqueline" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 2 184 Celestial Calendar A Dawn Lunar Eclipse 1989 2 185 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 2 185 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 2 194 Computers in Astronomy A New Concept in Computer-Aided Telescopes "Taki, Toshimi" 1989 2 199 Amateur Astronomers China: Astronomy in a Redeveloping Nation "Coyle, Harold P." 1989 2 201 Amateur Astronomers Beijing: Projecting into the Future Wen Xueshi 1989 2 203 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Gamut of Club Astronomy "Levy, David H." 1989 2 210 Gleanings for ATMs The Custer 12 1/2-inch Springfield Reflector -- II 1989 2 210 Gleanings for ATMs The Design of Telescope Structures II "Albrecht, Richard E." 1989 2 220 Observer's Page Watching the Sun "Taylor, Peter O." 1989 2 224 Gallery Gallery 1989 2 228 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 3 233 Front-Cover Photo Prisms in the Sky 1989 3 236 Focal Point Affecting Eternity "Hicks III, Robert D." 1989 3 237 Letters Letter "Whitney, Charles A." 1989 3 237 Letters Letter "Valcourt, Richard J." 1989 3 237 Letters Letter "Smith, Franklin W." 1989 3 237 Letters Letter "Pitcairn, Douglas" 1989 3 237 Letters Letter "Miller, Richard W." 1989 3 238 Letters Letter "Briggs, John Wright" 1989 3 238 Letters Letter "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1989 3 239 News Notes An Artist's Infrared Orion 1989 3 239 News Notes When Two Stars Become One 1989 3 239 News Notes Sighting Comets with Radar 1989 3 240 News Notes Shocks and Bubbles around Hot Stars 1989 3 241 News Notes Radio Noise from Colliding Galaxies 1989 3 241 News Notes RGO Is Moving 1989 3 242 News Notes Pulverized Asteroids and the Zodiacal Light 1989 3 242 News Notes Our Inconstant Star 1989 3 243 News Notes Astronomy in Orbit 1989 3 244 News Notes Diamonds from Heaven and Earth 1989 3 244 News Notes Supernova Remnant on the Move 1989 3 245 News Notes Meteors from Asteroids 1989 3 245 News Notes Hot Nights on Venus 1989 3 246 News Notes Methane Rain on Titan? 1989 3 246 News Notes A Hex on Saturn 1989 3 247 Astronomy Express VLA on a Stamp 1989 3 247 Astronomy Express "Supernova 1885 After 37,700 Days!" 1989 3 247 Astronomy Express Supernova Boosts Relativity 1989 3 247 Astronomy Express Phobos Arrives 1989 3 247 Astronomy Express Cycles of Flares 1989 3 247 Astronomy Express Coming Up Roses 1989 3 247 Astronomy Express Danger in Astronomy 1989 3 250 Feature Small-Scale Telescope "Gould, William L." 1989 3 252 Feature Reminiscences of the 300-foot "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1989 3 254 Feature A Field Guide to Atmospheric Optics "Schaaf, Fred" 1989 3 259 Feature Box: A Green Flash of Jupiter "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1989 3 260 Feature Whence Come Comets? "Delsemme, Armand H." 1989 3 265 Feature Memorials on the Moon "Masursky, Harold" "Strobell, Mary" 1989 3 266 S&T Test Report Running on Batteries "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 3 268 Books and the Sky "Uranus and Neptune: The Distant Giants, Eric Burgess" "Washburn, Mark" 1989 3 270 Books and the Sky "The Planetary System, David Morrison and Tobias Owen" "Wood, Charles A." 1989 3 271 Books and the Sky "Astrophysics of the Sun, Harold Zirin" "Livingston, William C." 1989 3 287 Rambling Through the Skies A Stellar Teaching Tool "Lovi, George" 1989 3 292 Celestial Calendar The March 7th Partial Solar Eclipse 1989 3 294 Celestial Calendar Binaries with Sunlike Stars 1989 3 296 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 3 296 Celestial Calendar "Vesta near Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune" 1989 3 299 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 3 311 Computers in Astronomy Refraction by Earth's Atmosphere "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1989 3 317 Amateur Astronomers Women in Astronomy "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1989 3 319 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Lifetime of Mentoring "Levy, David H." 1989 3 320 Amateur Astronomers U.S. News 1989 3 321 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1989 3 324 Gleanings for ATMs "So, You've Had a Bright Idea!" "Moga, Thomas Traian" 1989 3 327 Gleanings for ATMs The Crawford-Dobsonian Mounting "Gavin, Maurice V." 1989 3 332 Observer's Page How Faint Can You See? "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1989 3 336 Gallery Gallery 1989 3 340 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 4 345 Front-Cover Photo The Real Crab 1989 4 348 Focal Point Cosmic Correspondence "Cornell, James" 1989 4 349 Letters Letter "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1989 4 349 Letters Letter "Terry, Robert" "Morrow, Michael J." 1989 4 349 Letters Letter "McDowell, Michael" 1989 4 349 Letters Letter "Lecacheux, Jean" 1989 4 349 Letters Letter "Ilyas, Mohammad" 1989 4 350 Letters Letter "Keene, George T." 1989 4 350 Letters Letter "Graham, Francis G." 1989 4 351 News Notes Cataloguing One Billion Stars and More 1989 4 351 News Notes World's Largest Impact Crater? 1989 4 352 News Notes Orion and the Swan: New Infrared Views 1989 4 353 News Notes High-Flying Astronomers Observe Supernova 1987A 1989 4 353 News Notes Eta Carinae Resolved 1989 4 354 News Notes Cosmology on Ice 1989 4 355 News Notes An Extragalactic Eta Carinae? 1989 4 355 News Notes Silicate Volcanism on Io ... And Sulfur Volcanism on Venus 1989 4 356 News Notes Silicate Volcanism on Io ... And Sulfur Volcanism on Venus 1989 4 356 News Notes Sing the Asteroid Electric 1989 4 357 News Notes The Real Crab Nebula 1989 4 357 News Notes Two of the Keck Mirror Segments Completed 1989 4 358 News Notes Soccer-Ball Molecules in Space 1989 4 358 News Notes British Astronomy Plans 1989 4 359 Astronomy Express Carnegie Name Change 1989 4 359 Astronomy Express HST's Travel Plans 1989 4 359 Astronomy Express A Phobos of Your Own 1989 4 359 Astronomy Express Baha Eclipse Bulletin 1989 4 359 Astronomy Express Phobos 2 at Work 1989 4 359 Astronomy Express SN 1987A Light Echoes and Nebulae 1989 4 359 Astronomy Express SN 1987A Pulsar Spotted? 1989 4 360 Feature The Planet Next Door "Bazilevskij, Aleksandr T." 1989 4 367 Feature Box: Magellan's Journey Begins "Nichols, Robert G." 1989 4 369 Feature Mars' Grand Finale "Parker, Donald C." "Beish, Jeff D." "Hernandez, Carlos E." 1989 4 373 Feature Results of the July Moonwatch "Doggett, LeRoy E." "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1989 4 374 Feature Box: Dating the Crucifixion "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1989 4 376 Feature Chaucer and the Moon's Speed "Olson, Donald W." "Jasinski, Laurie E." 1989 4 380 Books and the Sky "Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve, Alan H. Batten" "Krisciunas, Kevin" 1989 4 382 Books and the Sky "The Dark Side of the Universe, James Trefil" 1989 4 382 Books and the Sky Book Review "Fairall, Anthony P." 1989 4 382 Books and the Sky "Dark Life: Martian Nanobacteria, Rock-Eating Cave Bugs, and Other Extreme Organisms of Inner Earth and Outer Space, Michael Ray " 1989 4 383 Books and the Sky "Relatively Speaking: Relativity, Black Holes, and the Fate of the Universe, Eric Chaisson" "Will, Clifford M." 1989 4 399 Rambling Through the Skies Directions -- Earth and Sky "Lovi, George" 1989 4 404 Celestial Calendar New Dwarf Nova Soon to Erupt? "Toone, John" 1989 4 405 Celestial Calendar Crescent Moon Nicks the Pleiades "Dunham, David W." 1989 4 407 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1989 4 407 Celestial Calendar An Afternoon Occultation for the South 1989 4 410 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 4 412 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 4 420 Computers in Astronomy Help for Star-Atlas Fumblers "Job, Robert" 1989 4 421 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1989 4 422 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- XonVu, XonTech, Inc." 1989 4 429 Amateur Astronomers Drawing Mars in 1988 "Parker, Donald C." "Beish, Jeff D." "Hernandez, Carlos E." 1989 4 431 Amateur Astronomers Mapping Mars 1989 4 432 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: Amateur Contributions from Circulars, 1989" "Levy, David H." 1989 4 433 Amateur Astronomers U.S. News 1989 4 433 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1989 4 436 Gleanings for ATMs Two Arms Are Better Than One "Sinnott, Roger W." 1989 4 441 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Mount for the C90 Telescope "Mathias, O. Boyd" 1989 4 444 Observer's Page A Bowl Full of Galaxies "Harrington, Philip" 1989 4 448 Gallery Gallery 1989 4 451 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 5 457 Front-Cover Photo Neptune from Triton 1989 5 460 Focal Point Space Station Freedom: Bad News for Astronomy "Bless, Robert C." 1989 5 460 Focal Point Let Freedom Ring! "Martin, Franklin D." 1989 5 462 Letters Letter "Tynemouth, Robert" 1989 5 462 Letters Letter "Madea, Jan" 1989 5 462 Letters Letter "Priester, Wolfgang" 1989 5 463 News Notes Quasars and Radio Galaxies: In the Eye of the Beholder 1989 5 464 News Notes Reactors in Space Threaten High-Energy Astronomy 1989 5 464 News Notes "Phobos 2 Asks, ""Is Mars Magnetic?""" 1989 5 465 News Notes M83 in Ultraviolet Light 1989 5 465 News Notes Einstein's Ring and a Galaxy's Mass 1989 5 466 News Notes Antarctic Meteorites Reveal Ancient Ice 1989 5 467 News Notes Improvements at Arecibo 1989 5 468 News Notes "Hit, Miss, and Hope for Supernova Hunters" 1989 5 468 News Notes Mysterious Flash Photographed on Moon 1989 5 469 News Notes "It's Not the Sun, but the Moon" 1989 5 470 Astronomy Express VLBA Dishes Linked 1989 5 470 Astronomy Express NTT First Light 1989 5 470 Astronomy Express Metal Fatigue Killed the 300-foot 1989 5 470 Astronomy Express Astronomy in the 1990's 1989 5 470 Astronomy Express Keck Television 1989 5 470 Astronomy Express Have Enough To Read? 1989 5 470 Astronomy Express Carnegie-Hale Partnership 1989 5 470 Astronomy Express Dry Martian Moon(s) 1989 5 471 Feature What's New on Mars? "Hartmann, William K." 1989 5 472 Feature Box: Interpreting CCD Images of Mars "Larson, Stephen M." 1989 5 474 Feature Box: Mars from Mauna Kea "Hartmann, William K." 1989 5 476 Feature Drawing Mars from Video "Clark, Roger N." 1989 5 477 Feature Sizing Up Phobos "Stooke, Philip J." 1989 5 480 Feature SN 1987A and Its Ultrafast Pulsar "Schorn, Ronald A." 1989 5 481 Feature Looking Ahead to Neptune "Stevenson, David J." 1989 5 484 Feature Enigmatic Triton and Nereid "Thorpe, Andrew M." 1989 5 486 Feature Neptune Through the Eyepiece "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1989 5 488 Feature Make a Telescope for $500: Model 3 "Mitton, John N." 1989 5 492 S&T Test Report An Observatory from a Kit "Hunter, Tim B." 1989 5 494 Feature Great Balls of Fire 1989 5 498 Books and the Sky "The Constellations: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Night Sky, Lloyd Motz and Carol Nathanson" "Morales, Ronald J." 1989 5 501 Books and the Sky "The Supernova Story, Laurence A. Marschall" 1989 5 501 Books and the Sky "Supernova 1987A: Astronomy's Explosive Enigma, Russell M. Genet, Donald S. Hayes, Douglas S. Hall, and David R. Genet" 1989 5 501 Books and the Sky Book Review "Schorn, Ronald A." 1989 5 502 Books and the Sky "Under Capricorn, David S. Evans" "Allen, David A." 1989 5 515 Rambling Through the Skies The Southern Sky's Attic "Lovi, George" 1989 5 520 Celestial Calendar Three Lunar Challenges 1989 5 522 Celestial Calendar A Trio of Big Dipper Variables 1989 5 525 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 5 527 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 5 531 Computers in Astronomy The Double Polestar of the Past "Kammerer, Andreas" 1989 5 533 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Superstar, Picoscience" 1989 5 544 Amateur Astronomers "Jack Horkheimer: """"Star Hustler""""" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1989 5 548 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Shopping How-To's "Levy, David H." 1989 5 551 Amateur Astronomers Major Public Observatory Planned in Texas 1989 5 551 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1989 5 554 Gleanings for ATMs The Amazing Stepper Motor "Tardiff, Alphonse" 1989 5 564 Observer's Page Sungrazing Comets: Big and Small "Bortle, John E." 1989 5 567 Observer's Page February's Lunar Eclipse 1989 5 568 Gallery Gallery 1989 5 572 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 6 577 Front-Cover Photo March's Super Aurora 1989 6 580 Focal Point In Defense of Casual Astronomy "Dyer, Alan" 1989 6 581 Letters Letter "Page, Brian R." 1989 6 581 Letters Letter "Poani, Ernie" 1989 6 581 Letters Letter "Lopriore, Gennaro R." 1989 6 581 Letters Letter "Hibble, Robert C." 1989 6 581 Letters Letter "Bock Jr., Paul H." 1989 6 582 Letters Letter "Gordon, Rodger W." 1989 6 582 Letters Letter "Kramer, Jack" 1989 6 582 Letters Letter "Kurczewski, Eric" 1989 6 582 Letters Letter "Preston, Sandra" 1989 6 582 Letters Letter "Sledge, John" 1989 6 583 Letters Letter "Young, Graham" 1989 6 583 Letters Letter "Reiland, Tom" 1989 6 583 Letters Letter "Cervenko, Frank" 1989 6 583 Letters Letter "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1989 6 584 News Notes Inside the Spinning Sun 1989 6 584 News Notes Gamma Ray Confusion at the Galactic Center 1989 6 585 News Notes Spectra Galore 1989 6 586 News Notes Scientific Illiteracy: The Movie 1989 6 586 News Notes Crab Close Up 1989 6 587 News Notes Capella as a Binary 1989 6 587 News Notes "Giant Gas Ring """"Weighs"""" Massive Halo" 1989 6 587 News Notes Massive Antarctic Meteorite Found 1989 6 589 News Notes Starburst Milky Way 1989 6 589 News Notes The Moon's Atmosphere 1989 6 590 News Notes When the Sun Went Wild 1989 6 590 News Notes Seeking Missing Mass in Berkeley 1989 6 590 News Notes Lost Pioneers 1989 6 590 News Notes A Woman's Place Is in the Dome 1989 6 591 News Notes Plateau de Bure Interferometer Takes Shape 1989 6 592 Astronomy Express COBE Glitch 1989 6 592 Astronomy Express "Classroom-in-the-sky"""" Satellite Lost" 1989 6 592 Astronomy Express Mount Graham Update 1989 6 592 Astronomy Express Phobos Pictures 1989 6 592 Astronomy Express Solar Max Doomed 1989 6 593 Feature Looking into the Big Bang "Smith, David H." "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 6 594 Feature Olbers' Paradox Solved at Last "Wesson, Paul S." 1989 6 598 Feature An Observatory at 90o South "Smith, David H." 1989 6 603 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop through Ophiuchus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 6 606 Feature The Baffling Ring Arcs of Neptune "Brahic, Andre" "Hubbard, William B." 1989 6 610 Feature Neptune's Forgotten Ring "Baum, Richard" "Smith, Robert W." 1989 6 612 Books and the Sky "A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography, Brad D. Wallis and Robert W. Provin" "Smith, Alex G." 1989 6 613 Books and the Sky "Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris" "Greenstein, George" 1989 6 614 Books and the Sky "Telescope Optics: Evaluation and Design, Harrie Rutten and Martin van Venrooij" "Gee, Alan E." 1989 6 629 Rambling Through the Skies Planet Brightnesses "Lovi, George" 1989 6 638 Celestial Calendar Saturn To Occult a Bright Star "Dunham, David W." "Porco, Carolyn C." "Mink, Douglas J." 1989 6 642 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 6 643 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 6 650 Computers in Astronomy Jupiter and Its Mobile Moons "Correa, Odilon Simoes" 1989 6 651 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1989 6 657 Amateur Astronomers Washington Public Observatory Expands "George, Alvin D." 1989 6 659 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: To Keep a Log "Levy, David H." 1989 6 660 Amateur Astronomers H. R. Rumrill: An Amateur's Legacy 1989 6 664 Gleanings for ATMs How I Made a Schmidt Camera "Lai, Luciano" 1989 6 676 Observer's Page Mars from Tennessee "Koehn, Larry" 1989 6 678 Observer's Page Portrait of a Year "Arnold, H. J. P." 1989 6 680 Gallery Gallery 1989 6 684 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 7 1 Front-Cover Photo One Giant Step 1989 7 4 Focal Point Educating Tomorrow's Leaders in Space "Diamandis, Peter H." "Hawley, Todd B." 1989 7 5 Letters Letter "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1989 7 5 Letters Letter "Tuthill, Roger W." 1989 7 5 Letters Letter "Tatum, Jeremy B." 1989 7 5 Letters Letter "Lutz, Joseph T." 1989 7 6 Letters Letter "Jackson, Albert A." "Killen, Rosemary M." 1989 7 6 Letters Letter "Hurley, Rocky L." 1989 7 6 Letters Letter "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1989 7 7 News Notes Active Young Stars in Orion 1989 7 8 News Notes Leo's Intergalactic Ring 1989 7 8 News Notes Indian Astronomy Center 1989 7 8 News Notes Hiltner Telescope Dedicated 1989 7 9 News Notes Black Birch Observatory under Fire in New Zealand 1989 7 10 News Notes Saturn's Youthful Rings 1989 7 11 News Notes Far Out! 1989 7 11 News Notes 300-Foot Collapse: The Probably Cause 1989 7 12 News Notes Active-Optics Camera Tested 1989 7 13 News Notes More Black Hole Candidates 1989 7 13 News Notes Venus Crystals 1989 7 14 News Notes DI Herculis Explained 1989 7 14 News Notes 2060 Chiron = Comet Kowal? 1989 7 15 Astronomy Express Readying Galileo 1989 7 15 Astronomy Express Moon Landing Celebration 1989 7 15 Astronomy Express New Echoes from SN 1987A 1989 7 15 Astronomy Express New Shuttle Named 1989 7 15 Astronomy Express Brown Dwarfs at Last? 1989 7 15 Astronomy Express HST Delayed . . . Again! 1989 7 16 Feature Voyager's Decade of Wonder "McLaughlin, William I." 1989 7 21 Feature Astronomy in the French Revolution "Barthalot, Raymonde" 1989 7 26 Feature Voyager's Last Encounter "Miner, Ellis D." 1989 7 29 Feature Box: In Search of Satellites "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1989 7 30 Feature An Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth "Sinnott, Roger W." 1989 7 31 Feature Building the Hubble Space Telescope "O'Dell, C. Robert" 1989 7 37 S&T Test Report Guiding Off Axis or On "Zussman, Kim" 1989 7 39 Feature Magellan: Venus Bound 1989 7 40 Books and the Sky "The Color Atlas of Galaxies, James D. Wray" 1989 7 40 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Galaxies Useful for Measuring the Cosmological Distance Scale, Allan Sandage and John Bedke" 1989 7 44 Books and the Sky "The Guide to Amateur Astronomy, Jack Newton and Philip Teece" "Harrington, Philip" 1989 7 59 Rambling Through the Skies A Far-Eastern Perspective "Lovi, George" 1989 7 62 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 7 64 Celestial Calendar Waning Crescent Moon in the Pleiades "Dunham, David W." 1989 7 66 Celestial Calendar Uranus and Vesta Naked-Eye "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 7 67 Celestial Calendar How Many Moons Can You See? "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 7 69 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 7 72 Celestial Calendar Finding the Moons of Uranus 1989 7 72 Celestial Calendar Finding Triton at Neptune 1989 7 72 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 7 78 Astronomical Computing Ups and Downs of the Moon "Sinnott, Roger W." 1989 7 80 Computers in Astronomy Review Corner -- various programs simulating the gravitational interactions of planetary systems 1989 7 84 Amateur Astronomers Return to Tranquility Base 1989 7 84 Amateur Astronomers Return to Tranquillity Base "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1989 7 85 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Father of the Supernovae Hunt "Levy, David H." 1989 7 87 Amateur Astronomers U.S. News 1989 7 88 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1989 7 97 Gleanings for ATMs How To Recharge Your Gel-Cell Drive "Harner M.D., Marvin" 1989 7 100 Gleanings for ATMs A Double-Curved Bolt Drive "Pfaff, Robert" 1989 7 102 Gleanings for ATMs Hour-Long Exposure with a Double-Arm Drive 1989 7 108 Observer's Page Waiting for the Year's Best Comet "Bortle, John E." 1989 7 109 Observer's Page The Back River Deep-Sky Project "Vickers, John C." 1989 7 112 Gallery Gallery 1989 7 115 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1989 7 116 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 8 121 Front-Cover Photo Amateur Deep-sky Photography 1989 8 124 Focal Point Astrophotography's Rise and Fall "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 8 125 Letters Letter "Piechowski, Otto Rushe" 1989 8 125 Letters Letter "Bortle, John E." 1989 8 125 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1989 8 125 Letters Letter "Hamblen, William R." 1989 8 126 Letters Letter "Drummond, Jack D." 1989 8 126 Letters Letter "Lovi, George" 1989 8 126 Letters Letter "Wieth-Knudsen, Niels" 1989 8 126 Letters Letter "Upgren, Arthur R." 1989 8 127 News Notes The Milky Way's Jet 1989 8 127 News Notes Looking Down on the Milky Way 1989 8 128 News Notes Owens Valley Array Upgraded 1989 8 129 News Notes Telescopes Observe Earth's Atmosphere 1989 8 129 News Notes Astronomy on Stamps 1989 8 130 News Notes Puppis A: A Double Supernova? 1989 8 130 News Notes Hipparchos Enlists AAVSO 1989 8 130 News Notes Halley Ho 1989 8 131 News Notes Planetary Nebulae I: The Calabash and Its Kin 1989 8 131 News Notes Planetary Nebulae II: White Dwarf Hiccups? 1989 8 132 News Notes Planetary Nebulae III: Halos Hiding Missing Mass 1989 8 132 News Notes Cosmological Constant Conundrum 1989 8 133 News Notes Arsenic in the Gas Giants 1989 8 133 News Notes Stars That Flash 1989 8 134 News Notes Spiral Arms and Dark Halos 1989 8 134 News Notes Saving Landsat 1989 8 134 News Notes Small Is Beautiful 1989 8 135 Astronomy Express Comet Brorsen-Metcalf Recovered 1989 8 135 Astronomy Express ASP Centennial 1989 8 135 Astronomy Express A Stand-in for the 300-foot 1989 8 135 Astronomy Express Neptune's New Moon 1989 8 135 Astronomy Express Solar-Flare Watchdogs 1989 8 135 Astronomy Express Spots on Neptune 1989 8 135 Astronomy Express Telescopes Sabotaged 1989 8 136 Feature Playing Dice with the Solar System "Killian, Anita M." 1989 8 139 Feature Box: Computer Chaos at Home "Smith, David H." 1989 8 141 Feature Saturn's Great White Spots "Sanchez-Lavega, Agustin" 1989 8 146 Feature Your Astrology Defense Kit "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1989 8 149 Feature Box; Astrology Faces the Gimini Challenge "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 8 151 Feature Probing the Heliosphere from India "Alurkar, Sadanand K." "Bhonsle, Rajaram V." 1989 8 152 Backyard Astronomy Sky Photography with Just a Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 8 155 Letters Letter "Seargent, David A. J." 1989 8 155 Letters Letter "Liller, William" 1989 8 155 Letters Letter "Kraut, David M." 1989 8 155 Letters Letter "Finley, David G." 1989 8 158 Books and the Sky "The Peripatetic Astronomer, H. A. Bruck and M. T. Bruck" "Evans, David S." 1989 8 161 Books and the Sky "Planets Beyond: Discovering the Outer Solar System, Mark Littmann" "Schaaf, Fred" 1989 8 163 Books and the Sky Book Review "Wehinger, Peter A." 1989 8 164 Books and the Sky "The Cosmic Blueprint, Paul Davies" "Mallove, Eugene F." 1989 8 175 Rambling Through the Skies A Summer Roundup "Lovi, George" 1989 8 178 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 8 180 Celestial Calendar Catching the Perseids 1989 8 182 Celestial Calendar "A """"Temporary"""" Double" 1989 8 182 Celestial Calendar The August 16th Eclipse of the Moon 1989 8 188 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 8 188 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 8 192 Astronomical Computing William Blake and August's Fiery Meteors "Olson, Donald W." "Olson, Marilynn S." 1989 8 195 Computers in Astronomy Predicting Shower Dates 1989 8 199 Amateur Astronomers News Across the Nation 1989 8 202 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Sky and Telephone "Levy, David H." 1989 8 207 Gleanings for ATMs The Dobsonian Sun Telescope "Mathews, Tom" 1989 8 216 Observer's Page Enhanced-Color Astrophotography "Hallas, Tony" "Mount, Daphne" 1989 8 216 Observer's Page Enhanced-Color Photography 1989 8 224 Gallery Gallery 1989 8 228 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 9 233 Front-Cover Photo ESO's New Technology Telescope 1989 9 236 Focal Point Is an Astronomy Degree Useful? "Lopes, Rosaly" 1989 9 237 Letters Letter "Davidson, Norman" 1989 9 237 Letters Letter "Oliver, Bernard M." 1989 9 237 Letters Letter "Valcourt, Richard J." 1989 9 237 Letters Letter "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1989 9 238 Letters Letter "Ventura, Frank" "Tanti, Tony" 1989 9 238 Letters Letter "Arny, Thomas" 1989 9 239 News Notes Starbirth's Soft Glow 1989 9 239 News Notes Birth of a Spinning Star 1989 9 240 News Notes A Star Like the Sun 1989 9 240 News Notes The Fatre of Fan Lizhi 1989 9 240 News Notes Fractal-Shaped Dust 1989 9 241 News Notes World's Oldest (and Quietest) Observatory? 1989 9 242 News Notes Comets and Meteorites: Harbingers of Life on Earth ... and Destructors of Mars 1989 9 243 News Notes Astronomical Wealth 1989 9 243 News Notes Looking Down on the Aurora 1989 9 243 News Notes M31 and Its Forgotten Roman Poet 1989 9 244 News Notes Watching Meteors by Radar 1989 9 244 News Notes U.S. Astronomy's Diminished Funds 1989 9 245 News Notes The Meteor Is the Message 1989 9 246 News Notes This Tired Earth 1989 9 246 News Notes New Space Agencies 1989 9 246 News Notes Galactic Cannonballs 1989 9 247 Astronomy Express A Call for Cooperation 1989 9 247 Astronomy Express Amateurs Win Use of HST 1989 9 247 Astronomy Express Countdown to COBE 1989 9 247 Astronomy Express HST Observers Selected 1989 9 247 Astronomy Express Halley's Demise Foretold 1989 9 247 Astronomy Express Radio Telescope Funded 1989 9 248 Feature A Telescope for Tomorrow "Fischer, Daniel" 1989 9 252 Feature Box: Ray Wilson: ESO's Master Optician "Smith, David H." 1989 9 253 Feature Comets and the Perversity of Nature "Yeomans, Donald K." 1989 9 255 Feature There's No Place Like Dome "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1989 9 257 Feature "Box: """"Seeing the Universe""""" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1989 9 259 Feature Saturn and a Winking Star "Robinson, Leif J." 1989 9 260 S&T Test Report Hand-Held Star Guides "Luzader, Bill" 1989 9 263 Feature The Radial-Velocity Revolution "Griffin, Roger F." 1989 9 264 Feature Box: Stellar Speedometers: High-Tech Planet Finders "Latham, David W." 1989 9 268 Books and the Sky "Planets & Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909, William Sheehan" "Young, Andrew T." 1989 9 270 Books and the Sky "Science and Objectivity: Episodes in the History of Astronomy, Norriss S. Hetherington" "Gingerich, Owen" 1989 9 271 Books and the Sky "Creation: The Story of the Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Barry Parker" "Finkbeiner, Ann K." 1989 9 283 Rambling Through the Skies A Look at Delphinius "Lovi, George" 1989 9 286 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 9 288 Celestial Calendar Comet Brorsen-Metcalf at Dawn 1989 9 289 Celestial Calendar Viewing Sunspots with Just a Filter "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 9 291 Celestial Calendar Two Evening Asteroids 1989 9 292 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 9 293 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 9 298 Computers in Astronomy More Help for Star-Atlas Fumblers "Hunter, Tim B." 1989 9 299 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1989 9 300 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Astro, Science.wks" 1989 9 305 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy from Brooklyn Heights "Trombino, Donald F." 1989 9 307 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Cloudy Skies at TSP "Levy, David H." 1989 9 309 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1989 9 313 Gleanings for ATMs Reflections of a Telescope Maker "Gamble, Arthur G." 1989 9 317 Gleanings for ATMs Motorized Focusing for Under $20 "McDonough, Thomas R." 1989 9 322 Observer's Page Breaking the New-Moon Project 1989 9 326 Observer's Page Improving Color Prints "Riffle, Jim" 1989 9 328 Gallery Gallery 1989 9 330 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 10 337 Front-Cover Photo Neptune's Great Dark Spot 1989 10 340 Focal Point Don't Blame the Moon "Frasca, Michael A." 1989 10 341 Letters Letter "Davidson, Kris" 1989 10 341 Letters Letter "Briggs, John Wright" 1989 10 341 Letters Letter "Clarke, Arthur C." 1989 10 341 Letters Letter "Bryan, James" 1989 10 342 Letters Letter "Othman, Mazlan" 1989 10 342 Letters Letter "Warren, Robert G." 1989 10 343 News Notes Monster CCD's Get the Big Picture 1989 10 344 News Notes The Ashes of Supernova 1987A 1989 10 345 News Notes The Shining 1989 10 345 News Notes Fresh Look at Venus 1989 10 346 News Notes Pluto at Perihelion I: Summertime Atmosphere 1989 10 347 News Notes Pluto at Perihelion II: Mutual Events Continue 1989 10 347 News Notes Pluto at Perihelion III: Mapping a Mottled Surface 1989 10 348 News Notes The Milky Way's Youngest Supernova? 1989 10 349 News Notes Quasar-Galaxy Bridge? 1989 10 349 News Notes A Young Milky Way? 1989 10 350 News Notes X-ray Telescope Progress 1989 10 350 News Notes New Life for Old Supernovae 1989 10 351 Astronomy Express New Soviet Space Ventures 1989 10 351 Astronomy Express Neptune's Family 1989 10 351 Astronomy Express VLT Contractor Chosen 1989 10 351 Astronomy Express Space University's Future Campuses 1989 10 351 Astronomy Express Greatest Ever Solar Flare? 1989 10 351 Astronomy Express Hipparcos Setback 1989 10 351 Astronomy Express Jupiter's Belt Vanishes 1989 10 352 Feature Stalin's Purge of Soviet Astronomers "McCutcheon, Robert A." 1989 10 358 Feature Welcome to Neptune "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1989 10 363 Feature Saturn and 28 Sgr Highlights "di Cicco, Dennis" "Robinson, Leif J." 1989 10 366 Focal Point Extreme Astronomy "Brunier, Serge" 1989 10 369 Feature Box: An Astronomer's Mountain "Smith, David H." 1989 10 370 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop in Cassiopeia "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 10 374 Books and the Sky "Interstellar Matters: Essays on Curiosity and Astronomical Discovery, Gerrit L. Verschuur" "Mumford, George S." 1989 10 375 Books and the Sky "The Starry Room, Fred Schaaf" "Briggs, John Wright" 1989 10 379 Books and the Sky "Star Tales, Ian Ridpath" "Lovi, George" 1989 10 391 Rambling Through the Skies Sidelights on Constellation Art "Lovi, George" 1989 10 394 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 10 396 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Major Belt Nearly Fades Away "Olivarez, Jos‚" "Budine, Phillip W." 1989 10 399 Celestial Calendar Observing Venus at Half Phase 1989 10 400 Celestial Calendar Mira Nearing Maximum 1989 10 401 Celestial Calendar R Arietis: A Fainter Mira 1989 10 403 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 10 405 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 10 410 Computers in Astronomy Light Curves and Their Secrets "Gossman, David" 1989 10 419 Amateur Astronomers Adventures in Refractorland "Dickinson, Terence" 1989 10 422 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1989 10 422 Amateur Astronomers World News 1989 10 424 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Perils of Observing "Levy, David H." 1989 10 426 Gleanings for ATMs "A Jam-Jar Magnetometer as """"Aurora Detector""""" "Livesey, Ron J." 1989 10 435 Observer's Page A Remarkable New England Amateur "Bortle, John E." 1989 10 437 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Diffuse Nebula 1989 10 437 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Diffuse Nebulae "Harrington, Philip" 1989 10 440 Gallery Gallery 1989 10 444 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 11 449 Front-Cover Photo Triton: Moon of Mystery 1989 11 452 Focal Point "If We Are Alone, What on Earth Are We Doing" "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1989 11 453 Letters Letter "Tkach, John R." 1989 11 453 Letters Letter "LaVigne, Joe" 1989 11 453 Letters Letter "Maran, Stephen P." 1989 11 453 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1989 11 453 Letters Letter "Graves, Donald Allan" 1989 11 454 Letters Letter "Heyn, Herman M." 1989 11 454 Letters Letter "Brooks, Edward M." 1989 11 454 Letters Letter "Cunningham, Clifford J." 1989 11 454 Letters Letter "Lonak, Gene" 1989 11 454 Letters Letter "Keedy, David R." 1989 11 455 News Notes Deep Space 1989 11 455 News Notes Seeking Gamma Rays from Supernova 1987A 1989 11 456 News Notes Imaging to the Limit 1989 11 457 News Notes International Antarctic Observatory Proposed 1989 11 457 News Notes The Great Wall of China: Shattering a Myth 1989 11 458 News Notes The Vela Pulsar: Maybe Not a Mystery 1989 11 459 News Notes The Great Transatlantic Particle Race 1989 11 459 News Notes Seeing in the Ultraviolet 1989 11 460 News Notes "Wright, Frances, 1897-1989" 1989 11 460 News Notes Black Hole in the Making? 1989 11 461 News Notes Lunar Flash Mystery: Solved or Deepened? 1989 11 461 News Notes Life under Mars? 1989 11 462 Astronomy Express Neptune at Many Wavelengths 1989 11 462 Astronomy Express One Less Brown Dwarf? 1989 11 462 Astronomy Express Hubble Centenary 1989 11 462 Astronomy Express Hipparcos Update 1989 11 462 Astronomy Express Crab Pulsar Burps 1989 11 463 Feature Voyager's Last Picture Show 1989 11 471 Feature "Cosmic Fire, Terrestrial Ice" "Smith, David H." 1989 11 475 Feature Oppolzer's Great Canon of Eclipses "Carton, Wilhelm H. C." 1989 11 479 Feature Solar Eclipse '91: An Update "Robinson, Leif J." 1989 11 480 S&T Test Report A Portable Observatory "Doggett, John M." 1989 11 482 Feature Brown Dwarfs Coming and Going "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1989 11 484 Books and the Sky "NGC 2000&point;0, Roger W. Sinnott, editor" "Tirion, Wil" 1989 11 485 Books and the Sky "Do-It-Yourself Astronomy, Sydney G. Brewer" "Hoff, Darrel B." 1989 11 486 Books and the Sky "Norton's 2000&point;0 Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, Ian Ridpath, editor" "Schaaf, Fred" 1989 11 489 Books and the Sky Arthur P. Norton: Star Atlas Maker "Ridpath, Ian" 1989 11 503 Rambling Through the Skies "Beyond the Andromeda """"Nebula""""" "Lovi, George" 1989 11 506 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 11 508 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Darkening Red Spot "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 11 510 Celestial Calendar A Bright New Comet at Dusk and Dawn "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 11 513 Celestial Calendar Ceres Near Jupiter 1989 11 513 Celestial Calendar U Orionis: A Bright Red Variable 1989 11 516 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 11 517 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 11 522 Astronomical Computing Your Telescope's Limiting Magnitude "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1989 11 525 Astronomical Computing The Visual Recovery of Halley's Comet "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1989 11 528 Amateur Astronomers Back to the Basics "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1989 11 529 Amateur Astronomers Awards 1989 11 530 Amateur Astronomers John Dobson: A Man with a Mission "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1989 11 532 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1989 11 532 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Comet Levy 1988e "Levy, David H." 1989 11 538 Gleanings for ATMs Deep-Sky Photography Without Guiding "Arbour, Ron W." 1989 11 548 Observer's Page August's Eclipsed Moon "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 11 550 Observer's Page Eclipse Oddity "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 11 551 Gallery Gallery 1989 11 554 Observer's Page Comet Brorsen-Metcalf 1989 11 556 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1989 12 561 Front-Cover Photo "8"""" Schmidt-Cass Telescopes" 1989 12 564 Focal Point Commercial Telescope Optics: Buyer Beware! "Ceravolo, Peter" 1989 12 565 Letters Letter "Adams, Nancy" 1989 12 565 Letters Letter "Vicino, Gonzalo" 1989 12 565 Letters Letter "Kresak, Lubor" 1989 12 565 Letters Letter "Dunlap, Richard M." 1989 12 566 Letters Letter "Delsemme, Armand H." 1989 12 566 Letters Letter "Engelbrektson, Sune" 1989 12 567 News Notes The Guts of a Quasar 1989 12 567 News Notes Stellar Collapse Rate 1989 12 568 News Notes Solar Neutrinos Really Are Solar 1989 12 569 News Notes Fiber Optics for Astronomy 1989 12 570 News Notes The Celestial Cartwheel 1989 12 571 News Notes Making the Southern Crab 1989 12 571 News Notes "Maximize the Entropy, Minimize the Seeing" 1989 12 572 News Notes No Black Holes? 1989 12 573 News Notes Far Out Star 1989 12 573 News Notes Was Halley's Comet Interstellar? 1989 12 574 News Notes Sorting Out Supernovae 1989 12 574 News Notes Eccentric Pulsar 1989 12 575 Astronomy Express HST's Giant Leap Forward 1989 12 575 Astronomy Express HST's Small Step Backward 1989 12 575 Astronomy Express NRAO Closure 1989 12 575 Astronomy Express Neutrinos and the Big Bang 1989 12 575 Astronomy Express New for the 1990's 1989 12 575 Astronomy Express Spacecraft Updates 1989 12 575 Astronomy Express Triton's Geysers 1989 12 576 S&T Test Report "Celestron vs. Meade -- An 8-inch Showdown, Part 1:Optical Tests and Performance" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1989 12 577 S&T Test Report Planning the Review 1989 12 579 S&T Test Report Optical Qualities and Tolerances 1989 12 583 Feature The World's Biggest Star Catalogue "Villard, Ray" 1989 12 591 Feature The Top 10 Telescope Ideas of 1989 1989 12 596 Feature Where Is Planet X? "Littmann, Mark" 1989 12 600 Feature Solar Max: 1980-89 "Nichols, Robert G." 1989 12 602 Books and the Sky "The Restless Sun, Donat G. Wentzel" "Giampapa, Mark S." 1989 12 603 Books and the Sky The X-ray Sun 1989 12 604 Books and the Sky "Stargazers: The Contribution of Amateurs to Astronomy, Storm Dunlop and Michale Gerbaldi" "Green, Daniel W. E." 1989 12 617 Rambling Through the Skies "Holiday """"Trash"""" Scopes" "Lovi, George" 1989 12 624 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 12 626 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moon Dance "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 12 627 Celestial Calendar Red Spot Transit Times 1989 12 628 Celestial Calendar Jupiter on Your Shortwave "Rosenthal, David A." 1989 12 629 Celestial Calendar A Star That Changed Its Color "MacRobert, Alan M." 1989 12 632 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1989 12 634 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1989 12 640 Computers in Astronomy The Longitude of Jupiter's Central Meridian "Sinnott, Roger W." 1989 12 641 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1989 12 642 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Dance of the Planets, A. R. C. Software" 1989 12 647 Amateur Astronomers Astrofest '89 "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1989 12 650 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Automotive Astronomy "Levy, David H." 1989 12 658 Gleanings for ATMs Temperature Control of a Hypering Tank "Cole, David C." 1989 12 670 Observer's Page The Challenge of Abell 539 "Morales, Ronald J." 1989 12 672 Gallery Gallery 1989 12 674 Observer's Page Comet Brorsen-Metcalf 1989 12 676 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Fire in the Morning Sky 1990 1 4 Focal Point A Close Encounter of the Emotional Kind "Schilling, Govert" 1990 1 5 Letters Letter "Eelsalu, Heino" 1990 1 5 Letters Letter "Fesen, Robert A." 1990 1 5 Letters Letter "Guthmiller, Allan" 1990 1 6 News Notes Refurbishment Proposed for Harvard Refractor 1990 1 6 News Notes S0 Galaxies: Not Finished Yet? 1990 1 7 News Notes The Key to Blue Stragglers 1990 1 7 News Notes The Nordic Optical Telescope 1990 1 7 News Notes Where Have All the Asteroids Gone? 1990 1 7 News Notes "Galactic Center: Now You See It, Now You Don't" 1990 1 8 News Notes Aspects of Active Nuclei? 1990 1 8 News Notes The Unicorn's Ring 1990 1 9 News Notes Redshift Anomaly Resolved? 1990 1 10 News Notes Solar Nitrogen Enigma 1990 1 10 News Notes In the Sun's Backyard 1990 1 11 News Notes SIRTF's New Orbit 1990 1 11 News Notes Making Elliptical Galaxies 1990 1 12 News Notes The Weakest Seyfert Galaxy 1990 1 12 News Notes Hydrogen Cloud: Dwarf Irregular or Protogalaxy? 1990 1 13 News Notes The Fall of Supermassive Stars 1990 1 13 News Notes Radar Imaging Captures Exotic Asteroid 1990 1 14 News Notes Let's Go to Pluto 1990 1 14 News Notes Cosmic Dust and the Dinosaurs 1990 1 15 Astronomy Express COBE Maps the Big Bang 1990 1 15 Astronomy Express HST at Cape Canaveral 1990 1 15 Astronomy Express Limits on Galaxy Formation 1990 1 15 Astronomy Express New Redshift Record 1990 1 15 Astronomy Express Noncosmological Redshifts 1990 1 15 Astronomy Express "The """"Great Wall""""" 1990 1 18 Letters Letter "Kowal, Charles T." 1990 1 18 Letters Letter "Schaaf, Fred" 1990 1 19 Feature A New Decade Dawns for Astronomy "Schorn, Ronald A." 1990 1 21 Front-Cover Photo Geyser on Triton 1990 1 22 Feature Echoes of the Supernova "Malin, David F." "Allen, David A." 1990 1 26 Feature Faster Than Light? "Sheldon, Eric" 1990 1 29 News Notes Faster Than a Speeding Photon "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1990 1 30 Feature How Amateurs Will Use HST "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1990 1 33 Feature "Meade -- An 8-inch Showdown, Part 2:Mechanical Tests and Performance" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1990 1 33 S&T Test Report "Celestron vs. Meade -- An 8-inch Showdown, Part 2: Mechanical Tests and Performance" 1990 1 41 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Rays, Michael Friedlander" "Perrett, Jay" 1990 1 43 Books and the Sky "Exploring the Sky: 100 Projects for Beginning Astronomers, Richard Moeschl" "Hoff, Darrel B." 1990 1 45 Books and the Sky "Cosmic Catastrophes, Clark R. Chapman and David Morrison" "Weissman, Paul R." 1990 1 57 Rambling Through the Skies A Planetary Double Feature "Lovi, George" 1990 1 59 Feature Sky-Gazer's Almanac 1990 1990 1 64 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 1 66 Celestial Calendar A 1990 Planet Preview "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 1 68 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1990 "Dunham, David W." 1990 1 73 Celestial Calendar January Asteroid Occultations 1990 1 74 Celestial Calendar The Naked-Eye Crescent of Venus "Hostetter, Clyde" 1990 1 79 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 1 79 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 1 86 Computers in Astronomy Drawing Grids on a Planet's Disk "Hartley, Charles" 1990 1 94 Amateur Astronomers Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt Erupts "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1990 1 95 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Trial and Triumph at Mt. Kobau "Levy, David H." 1990 1 97 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1990 1 98 Gleanings for ATMs Mogey Telescopes Rediscovered "Serrada, Peter A." 1990 1 108 Observer's Page Results from the Ashen-Light Campaign "Phillips, John L." "Russell, Christopher T." 1990 1 112 Gallery Gallery 1990 1 114 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1990 1 116 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 2 124 Focal Point The Wrong Way To Hustle Stars "Bishop, Jeanne E." 1990 2 125 Letters Letter "Slabinski, Victor J." 1990 2 125 Letters Letter "Watson, Fred G." "Cannon, Russell D." 1990 2 125 Letters Letter "Lopata, Eugene S." 1990 2 125 Letters Letter "Henck, Steve" 1990 2 125 Letters Letter "Frahm, Bruce" 1990 2 126 Letters Letter "Adams, Milton N." 1990 2 126 Letters Letter "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1990 2 126 Letters Letter "Terry, James C." 1990 2 126 Letters Letter "Westfall, John E." 1990 2 127 News Notes Tiniest Gravitational Lens 1990 2 127 News Notes Microwave Saturn 1990 2 128 News Notes Giant Dust in Comet Tempel 2 1990 2 128 News Notes Algol's Streaming Gases 1990 2 129 News Notes "After HST, What Next?" 1990 2 130 News Notes NASA's Submillimeter Explorer 1990 2 130 News Notes Why Is Iapetus Two-Faced? 1990 2 131 News Notes Sagdeev Speaks on Phobos 2 Failure 1990 2 131 News Notes Fireball Rates 1990 2 132 News Notes Orbits of the Martian Moons 1990 2 132 News Notes Markarian 463: Just About Merged? 1990 2 133 News Notes Optical Standards Group 1990 2 133 News Notes Where Is SN 1987A's Pulsar? 1990 2 134 News Notes The Last 200-inch Plate 1990 2 134 News Notes Smelly Interstellar Clouds 1990 2 135 Astronomy Express New Explorers 1990 2 135 Astronomy Express High-Energy Observatory Launched 1990 2 135 Astronomy Express Comet Spectacular? 1990 2 135 Astronomy Express Extragalactic Cloud Identified 1990 2 136 Feature Neptune and Triton: Worlds Apart 1990 2 146 Feature Getting To Know Neptune "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1990 2 156 Feature The Legacy of Phobos 2 "Goldman, Stuart J." 1990 2 164 Letters Letter "Anderer, Michael" 1990 2 164 Letters Letter "Birney, D. Scott" 1990 2 164 Letters Letter "Morrow, Michael J." "Terry, Robert" 1990 2 166 Backyard Astronomy Solar Alerts for the Amateur "Rosenthal, David A." 1990 2 168 Books and the Sky "The Moon Observer's Handbook, F. W. Price" "Westfall, John E." 1990 2 169 Books and the Sky "Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Robert A. Meyers" "Brecher, Kenneth" 1990 2 171 Books and the Sky "Fundamentals of Cosmic Mechanics, J. M. A. Danby" "Williams, Carol A." 1990 2 173 Books and the Sky "Data in Astronomy, Carlos Jaschek" "Watson, Joyce M." 1990 2 179 Rambling Through the Skies A Tale of Two Stars "Lovi, George" 1990 2 182 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 2 186 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1990 "Dunham, David W." 1990 2 188 Celestial Calendar A Bright New Eclipsing Variable 1990 2 188 Celestial Calendar A Bright New Eclipsing Binary "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 2 191 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 2 192 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 2 195 Computers in Astronomy Analyzing a Foucault Test "Sinnott, Roger W." 1990 2 198 Computers in Astronomy Essence of Zonal Analysis 1990 2 203 Amateur Astronomers Tomorrow's Astronomers? "Hamilton, Paula" 1990 2 205 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Urban Observatory "Levy, David H." 1990 2 214 Gleanings for ATMs Mirror Testing for Non-Opticians "Sinnott, Roger W." 1990 2 226 Observer's Page A Primer for Video Astronomy "Macfarlane, Alan W." 1990 2 232 Gallery Gallery 1990 2 235 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 3 241 Front-Cover Photo Bombarded Earth 1990 3 244 Focal Point Metaphysical Stargazing "Mullaney, James" 1990 3 245 Letters Letter "Johnston, Tom" 1990 3 245 Letters Letter "Gebhard, William H." 1990 3 245 Letters Letter "Hendricks, Edson C." 1990 3 245 Letters Letter "Tarter, Jill C." 1990 3 245 Letters Letter "Schad, Jerry" 1990 3 246 Letters Letter "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1990 3 246 Letters Letter "White, Kathleen" 1990 3 246 Letters Letter "Goeringer, Conrad F." 1990 3 246 Letters Letter "Ceravolo, Peter" 1990 3 246 Letters Letter "Oliver, Bernard M." 1990 3 247 News Notes A Mare Meteorite 1990 3 247 News Notes Advanced CCD's 1990 3 248 News Notes PAH's: A New Breed of Interstellar Matter 1990 3 249 News Notes Mount Graham Ecology 1990 3 250 News Notes Planets in Planetary Nebulae? 1990 3 250 News Notes Space Stamps Dual Debut 1990 3 251 News Notes Two More Atens 1990 3 251 News Notes An Iron Star? 1990 3 251 News Notes Ducking Fewing Meteorites 1990 3 252 News Notes Einstein Lives! 1990 3 252 News Notes Toward a Constant Pole Star? 1990 3 253 News Notes Europa's Global Glaciers 1990 3 254 News Notes Group 70 Progress 1990 3 254 News Notes Pulsars in M53 and M5 1990 3 254 News Notes Mystery of the Missing Comets 1990 3 254 News Notes Jupiter's Aurora: Clues to Interstellar Chemistry? 1990 3 255 News Notes "Oberth, Herman, 1894-1989" 1990 3 255 News Notes Astronomy's Workhorses 1990 3 256 Astronomy Express SIRTF's New Home 1990 3 256 Astronomy Express The Cosmic X-ray Background 1990 3 256 Astronomy Express COBE Confirms Big Bang 1990 3 256 Astronomy Express 1991 Eclipse Support 1990 3 256 Astronomy Express Galileo's First Flyby 1990 3 257 Feature Matter-Antimatter "Davies, Paul" 1990 3 261 Feature Target Earth: It Will Happen "Morrison, David" "Chapman, Clark R." 1990 3 266 Feature Are Periodic Bombardments Real? "Weissman, Paul R." 1990 3 272 Feature "A """"Hollow"""" Asteroid" "Pierce, David A." 1990 3 274 Feature Waiting for Comet Austin "Bortle, John E." 1990 3 275 Feature Box: Great Expectations "di Cicco, Dennis" 1990 3 277 Letters Letter "Medlock, Denni" 1990 3 277 Letters Letter "Leslie, Clark" 1990 3 278 Books and the Sky "Where No Man Has Gone Before, William David Compton" "Washburn, Mark" 1990 3 280 Books and the Sky "Journal into Space, Bruce Murray" "Nicks, Oran W." 1990 3 281 Books and the Sky "ETI: A Challenge for Change, Peter Schenkel" "Papagiannis, Michael D." 1990 3 283 Books and the Sky "Through the Telescope: A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer, Michael R. Porcellino" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 3 295 Rambling Through the Skies "A """"Far Out"""" Planet" "Lovi, George" 1990 3 298 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 3 300 Celestial Calendar A Crescent Moon Occults the Pleiades "Dunham, David W." 1990 3 303 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 3 305 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 3 311 Computers in Astronomy How We Perceive Star Brightnesses "Young, Andrew T." 1990 3 313 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- The Astronomy Lab, Personal Microcosms" 1990 3 319 Amateur Astronomers World News 1990 3 323 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Stellafane West "Levy, David H." 1990 3 323 Amateur Astronomers Asteroids Named for Amateurs 1990 3 325 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1990 3 328 Gleanings for ATMs A Handcrafted Chair for Viewing Comfort "Stanbury Jr., John B." 1990 3 329 Gleanings for ATMs Little Observatory for a Big Scope "Mort, Greg" 1990 3 332 Gleanings for ATMs "Cox, Robert E., T.N." 1990 3 332 Gleanings for ATMs "Robert E. Cox, T. N." "Sinnott, Roger W." 1990 3 337 Observer's Page An Interview with Jack Newton "Moffatt, J. Donald" 1990 3 344 Gallery Gallery 1990 3 347 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 4 353 Front-Cover Photo Hubble Space Telescope 1990 4 356 Focal Point "Is the Space Telescope a Mistake?, No!" "Meinel, Aden B." "Meinel, Marjorie P." 1990 4 357 Focal Point "Is the Space Telescope a Mistake? Yes, but," "Dyson, Freeman J." 1990 4 358 Letters Letter "Hale, Alan R." 1990 4 358 Letters di Cicco Comments on the Mail "di Cicco, Dennis" 1990 4 359 News Notes More Than Just the Time 1990 4 360 News Notes Mount Wilson Summer Program for Undergraduates 1990 4 361 News Notes Taking the Twinkle Out of Starlight 1990 4 362 News Notes A Galaxy Not in the Making 1990 4 362 News Notes AG Carinae's Helical Jet 1990 4 363 News Notes Galactic Center Antimatter Factory Found at Last? 1990 4 364 News Notes Chaotic Stars ... And Chaotic Comets Too 1990 4 365 Astronomy Express Galileo's First Images 1990 4 365 Astronomy Express Eyepiece in the Sky 1990 4 365 Astronomy Express GRO at the Cape 1990 4 365 Astronomy Express Asia Should Have Waved 1990 4 365 Astronomy Express NTT Inaugurated 1990 4 365 Astronomy Express No Ultrafast Pulsar in SN 1987A 1990 4 366 Feature HST: Astronomy's Discovery Machine "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1990 4 373 Feature Delivering HST to Orbit "Hawley, Steven A." 1990 4 378 Feature Hubble Space Telescope: The Mission "Chaisson, Eric J." "Villard, Ray" 1990 4 381 Feature Box: The Key Projects "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1990 4 384 Backyard Astronomy Astronomy with a $5 Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 4 388 Letters Letter "Herman, Ira" 1990 4 389 Letters Letter "Follett, Robert C." 1990 4 389 Letters Letter "Croulet, Curtis" 1990 4 389 Letters Letter "Knott, M. Leon" 1990 4 389 Letters Letter "Vranjican M.D., Mladen" 1990 4 389 Letters Letter "Shaffer, Richard F." 1990 4 390 Books and the Sky "Robotic Observatories: A Handbook for Remote-Access Personal-Computer Astronomy, Russell M. Genet and Donald S. Hayes" "Briggs, John Wright" 1990 4 392 Books and the Sky "Handbook for Visual Meteor Observations, Paul Roggemans, editor" "Meisel, David D." 1990 4 393 Books and the Sky "The Deep Space Field Plan, John C. Vickers" "Harrington, Philip" 1990 4 394 Books and the Sky "Deep-Sky Observing with Small Telescopes, David J. Eicher and the editors of Deep Sky" "Coco, Mark J." 1990 4 407 Rambling Through the Skies Mists of Antiquity "Lovi, George" 1990 4 410 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 4 412 Celestial Calendar Comet Austin Arrives! "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 4 415 Celestial Calendar Comet Skorichenko-George 1990 4 416 Celestial Calendar Leukothea and the Sombrero 1990 4 417 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 4 419 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 4 424 Computers in Astronomy Comet Orbits by Origami "Minton, R. B." 1990 4 431 Amateur Astronomers The 1989 Astronomy Day Award "Tomlinson, Gary E." 1990 4 434 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: Amateur Contributions from Circulars, 1990" "Levy, David H." 1990 4 436 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1990 4 440 Gleanings for ATMs A Fork Mount from an Airplane's Nose Gear "Merkle, Fred" 1990 4 450 Observer's Page Astronomy Through Your Finder "Coco, Mark J." "Edberg, Stephen J." 1990 4 453 Observer's Page Observing at the Edge of the Moon "Mort, Greg" 1990 4 455 Observer's Page Comet Aarseth-Brewington 1990 4 456 Gallery Gallery 1990 4 459 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 5 465 Front-Cover Photo The Andromeda Nebula 1990 5 468 Focal Point Amateur Astronomy: The Expensive Hobby? "Foley, William H." 1990 5 469 Letters Letter "MacDougal, Craig" 1990 5 469 Letters Letter "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1990 5 469 Letters Letter "Griffin, Roger F." 1990 5 470 Letters Letter "van Gent, Robert H." 1990 5 471 News Notes Spirals with Broken Arms 1990 5 471 News Notes Seeing Dark Matter 1990 5 472 News Notes New Stars in the Halo 1990 5 473 News Notes Looking Galaxy Collisions in the Eye 1990 5 473 News Notes The Striking Ring Nebula 1990 5 473 News Notes Astronomy Column Turns 50 1990 5 474 News Notes The Milky Way Edge On -- And Face On 1990 5 475 News Notes Great Attractor Confirmed 1990 5 476 News Notes Faces of Volcanism on Venus 1990 5 476 News Notes An Unseen Meteor Storm 1990 5 476 News Notes "Socket Stars""""" 1990 5 477 News Notes Older Pleiades? 1990 5 478 Astronomy Express S&T Editors Honored 1990 5 478 Astronomy Express RGO Moves to Cambridge 1990 5 478 Astronomy Express U. S. Joins Radioastron Project 1990 5 478 Astronomy Express Comet Austin Update 1990 5 478 Astronomy Express Giotto Lives! 1990 5 478 Astronomy Express Make Room 1990 5 479 Astronomy Express Search Snares Cetus Supernova 1990 5 479 Feature Seeking the Origins of Cosmic Rays "Smith, David H." 1990 5 485 Feature The Real Berenice's Hair "Mozel, Philip" 1990 5 487 Feature Comet Austin at Dawn "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 5 491 Feature An Observer's Guide to Great Comets "Bortle, John E." 1990 5 493 Feature Astrometry from Earth and Space "Kovalevsky, Jean" 1990 5 498 S&T Test Report The Advanced Astro Master "di Cicco, Dennis" 1990 5 501 Books and the Sky "The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Technology, and Politics, Robert W. Smith" "Logsdon, John M." 1990 5 503 Books and the Sky "An Old Man's Toy: Gravity at Work and Play in Einstein's Universe, A. Zee" "Finkbeiner, Ann K." 1990 5 505 Books and the Sky "Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, Vol. 1: Basic Stellar Observations and Data, Erika Buhm-Vitense" "Kaler, James B." 1990 5 519 Rambling Through the Skies Those Capricious Comets "Lovi, George" 1990 5 522 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 5 524 Celestial Calendar W Lyrae: A Red Variable near Vega "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 5 525 Celestial Calendar Pluto Has a Banner Month "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 5 526 Celestial Calendar Another Comet This Month "Bortle, John E." 1990 5 528 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 5 531 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 5 543 Computers in Astronomy Motion of a Satellite in Low Orbit "Mallama, Anthony" 1990 5 545 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1990 5 545 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- EZCosmos, Future Trends Software" 1990 5 548 Amateur Astronomers The Farmer Astronomer "Beekman, George W. E." 1990 5 551 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Youthful Appreciation "Levy, David H." 1990 5 552 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1990 5 555 Gleanings for ATMs The Cycling Telescopes of West Point "Trombino, Donald F." 1990 5 559 Gleanings for ATMs "Everhart, Edgar(1920-90)" 1990 5 563 Observer's Page Reaching for the Limit: The Corona Borealis Galaxy Cluster "Morales, Ronald J." 1990 5 567 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 5 568 Gallery Gallery 1990 6 577 Front-Cover Photo Magellanic Maelstrom 1990 6 580 Focal Point The Cult of the Missing Mass "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1990 6 581 Letters Letter "Beck, Douglas K." 1990 6 581 Letters Letter "Clarke, Arthur C." 1990 6 581 Letters Letter "Standish Jr., E. Myles" 1990 6 581 Letters Letter "Pierce, David A." 1990 6 582 Letters Letter "Stephenson, C. Bruce" 1990 6 582 Letters Letter "Durrani, Mohib N." 1990 6 582 Letters Letter "Meeus, Jean" 1990 6 582 Letters Letter "Beach, A. David" 1990 6 583 News Notes Arp 220: Two Galaxies in One 1990 6 583 News Notes The Hazards of Meteorite Collecting 1990 6 584 News Notes Devastating Solar Activity in 1989 1990 6 585 News Notes Vatican's Revolutionary Telescope Takes Shape 1990 6 585 News Notes Orion's Outer Ring 1990 6 586 News Notes Cosmic Magnetism I: Fields in Spiral Galaxies 1990 6 587 News Notes Cosmic Magnetism II: Bizarre Magnetic Star 1990 6 587 News Notes Cosmic Magnetism III: Intergalactic Fields 1990 6 587 News Notes "Bubbles, Voids, and Periodic Redshifts" 1990 6 588 News Notes Portrait of a Dark Cloud 1990 6 589 News Notes Palomar-ESO Sky Survey 1990 6 590 Astronomy Express Voyager Confirms Relativity 1990 6 590 Astronomy Express The Moon's New Moon 1990 6 590 Astronomy Express Lunar Flash Revisited 1990 6 590 Astronomy Express Mir on Tour 1990 6 590 Astronomy Express Mount Graham Moratorium 1990 6 590 Astronomy Express National Observatories Bonus 1990 6 590 Astronomy Express Gravity Telescope Sought 1990 6 591 Feature Astro: Observatory in a Shuttle "Blair, William P." "Gull, Theodore R." 1990 6 596 Feature Dazzling Views from Europe's NNT 1990 6 600 Feature Probing the Primeval Fireball "Silk, Joseph" 1990 6 604 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from Antares "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 6 607 Feature The Mysterious SU UMa Stars "Charles, Philip A." 1990 6 612 Books and the Sky "Alice and the Space Telescope, Malcolm Longair" "Smith, Harlan J." 1990 6 613 Books and the Sky "The Unfolding Universe, Lloyd Motz and Jefferson Hane Weaver" "Morgan, John A." 1990 6 614 Books and the Sky "The New Physics, Paul Davies" "Shipman, Harry L." 1990 6 617 Books and the Sky "On the Glassy Sea: An Astronomer's Journey, Tom Gehrels" "DeVorkin, David H." 1990 6 629 Rambling Through the Skies The Arcturus Syndrome "Lovi, George" 1990 6 636 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 6 638 Celestial Calendar Comet Austin's Closing Act "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 6 642 Celestial Calendar Comet Cernis-Kiuchi-Nakamura "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 6 643 Celestial Calendar "To See Planets Better, Draw an Egg" 1990 6 643 Celestial Calendar "P Cygni, a Blue Hypergiant" 1990 6 643 Celestial Calendar P Cygni: a Blue Supergiant "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 6 645 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 6 646 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 6 650 Computers in Astronomy Exploring the Sky on Computer "Mosley, John E." 1990 6 653 Astronomical Computing Software Publishers 1990 6 657 Amateur Astronomers Observing Below the Everglades "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1990 6 661 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Newsletters in a Nutshell "Levy, David H." 1990 6 665 Gleanings for ATMs "Hawaii-Bound """"Pocket Scope""""" "Clark, Tom" "Clark, Jeannie" 1990 6 673 Observer's Page Jupiter's Global Upheaval "di Cicco, Dennis" 1990 6 678 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 6 679 Observer's Page February's Lunar Eclipse 1990 6 680 Gallery Gallery 1990 7 1 Front-Cover Photo The Great Keck Telescope 1990 7 4 Focal Point Light-Pollution: Situation Hopeless but Not Serious "Mood, John" 1990 7 5 Letters Letter "Murray, Tony" 1990 7 5 Letters Letter "Kraps, Anthony Lane" 1990 7 5 Letters Letter "Learmouth, Mike" 1990 7 5 Letters Letter "Riffle, Jim" 1990 7 6 Letters Letter "Steffey, Philip C." 1990 7 6 Letters Letter "Suntzeff, Nicholas" 1990 7 6 Letters The Last Word on the Schmidt-Cass Reviews "di Cicco, Dennis" 1990 7 6 Letters Letter "Boutwell, C. Ed." 1990 7 7 News Notes 3C 273: The Quasar Next Door? 1990 7 8 News Notes Boiling Betelgeuse 1990 7 8 News Notes "Pegasus Goes Up, Up, and Away" 1990 7 9 News Notes Newborn Quasar Pair? 1990 7 9 News Notes Radio Schmidt Telescope 1990 7 10 News Notes Mixed-up Supernova 1990 7 10 News Notes Binary Pulsar Reveals Magnetic Gravity ... But No Antigravity 1990 7 11 News Notes A Double-Ring Galaxy 1990 7 12 News Notes Looking for the Kuiper Belt 1990 7 13 News Notes Quirks of Comet Machholz 1990 7 13 News Notes "Roberts, Walter Orr, 1915-1990" 1990 7 14 Astronomy Express Watching the Pieces Fall 1990 7 14 Astronomy Express House Crashing 1990 7 14 Astronomy Express Getting Time on HST 1990 7 14 Astronomy Express Lunar Satellite Falls Silent 1990 7 14 Astronomy Express LDEF's Battered Body 1990 7 14 Astronomy Express "Cosmic """"Fab Four""""" 1990 7 14 Astronomy Express Baha Eclipse Observing Site 1990 7 15 Feature The Keck Telescope's Giant Eye "Sinnott, Roger W." 1990 7 19 Feature Box: Jerry Nelson: Pioneer of the Segmented Mirror "Robinson, Leif J." 1990 7 23 Feature The Battle Against Light-Pollution "Crawford, David L." "Hunter, Tim B." 1990 7 31 Feature Hubble Space Telescope Takes Wing "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1990 7 37 Feature Are Spiral Galaxies Heavy Smokers? "Davies, Jonathan" "Disney, Michael" "Phillipps, Steven" 1990 7 42 Books and the Sky "Neutrino Astrophysics, John N. Bahcall" "Stone, James L." 1990 7 44 Books and the Sky "Observing the Constellations, John Sanford" 1990 7 44 Books and the Sky Book Review "Raymo, Chet" 1990 7 44 Books and the Sky "Turn Left at Orion, Guy Consolmagno and Dan M. Davis" 1990 7 45 Books and the Sky "Cosmogenesis: The Growth of Order in the Universe, David Layzer" "Trimble, Virginia" 1990 7 46 Books and the Sky "The Space Telescope, George Field and Donald Goldsmith" "Robinson, Leif J." 1990 7 55 Rambling Through the Skies A Solar Eclipse Syllabus "Lovi, George" 1990 7 58 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 7 60 Celestial Calendar "Flora, the Trifid, and the Lagoon" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 7 62 Celestial Calendar A Partial View of the July 21-22 Solar Eclipse 1990 7 65 Celestial Calendar Finding Triton at Neptune 1990 7 66 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 7 67 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 7 71 Astronomical Computing Measuring Positions on a Photograph "Marche II, Jordan D." 1990 7 71 Computers in Astronomy Measuring Position's on a Photograph 1990 7 79 Amateur Astronomers Touching the Sky "Grice, Noreen A." 1990 7 82 Amateur Astronomers Christa McAuliffe Planetarium Opens 1990 7 83 Amateur Astronomers 1991 Eclipse News 1990 7 84 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Disjointed Worlds "Levy, David H." 1990 7 89 Gleanings for ATMs The Rayleigh Water Test "Jones, Edward L." 1990 7 93 Gleanings for ATMs Free-Floating Dobsonians "Kelley, William E." 1990 7 93 Gleanings for ATMs Free-Floating Dobsonian 1990 7 97 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Diffuse Nebulae -- II "Harrington, Philip" 1990 7 101 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1990 7 102 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 7 104 Gallery Gallery 1990 8 113 Front-Cover Photo Space Telescope Spreads Its Wings 1990 8 116 Focal Point Sidewalk to the Stars "Kellogg, Tom" 1990 8 117 Letters Letter "Breakiron, Lee A." 1990 8 117 Letters Letter "MacMillan, Elizabeth" 1990 8 117 Letters Letter "Kraman, Steve" 1990 8 117 Letters Letter "Morrison, David" 1990 8 117 Letters Letter "Meszaros, Stephen P." 1990 8 118 Letters Letter "Chaikin, Andrew" 1990 8 118 Letters Letter "Franks, R. Stephen" 1990 8 118 Letters Letter "Batten, Alan H." 1990 8 119 News Notes Chiron's Coma 1990 8 119 News Notes Titan and Its Flattened Atmosphere 1990 8 120 News Notes Radar Echoes from Titan 1990 8 120 News Notes Does Titan Have Lightning? 1990 8 121 News Notes Arizona's Glass Factory Expands 1990 8 121 News Notes New Lunar Meteorites 1990 8 122 News Notes Planetary Imagery on CD's 1990 8 122 News Notes Making the Grade in Astronomy 1990 8 123 News Notes Watching Io's Volcanoes 1990 8 124 News Notes Supernova Leveling Off? 1990 8 125 News Notes Explaining BL Lac's with Gravitational Lenses 1990 8 126 News Notes The Cepheus Bubble: A Nearby Supernova Remnant? 1990 8 126 News Notes No Lonely Galaxies 1990 8 127 Astronomy Express Another Monster Comet? 1990 8 127 Astronomy Express ESA Spacecraft Updates 1990 8 127 Astronomy Express COBE: The Big Bang and the Milky Way 1990 8 127 Astronomy Express Spacelab 2 Views the Milky Way 1990 8 127 Astronomy Express Squirrel Moratorium Overruled 1990 8 128 Feature Rosat and the X-Ray Universe "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1990 8 130 Feature Observing Mars in 1990-91 "Parker, Donald C." "Beish, Jeff D." "Hernandez, Carlos E." 1990 8 136 Feature The William Herschel Telescope "Ridpath, Ian" 1990 8 140 Feature Hubble Telescope Sees First Light "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1990 8 143 Feature What Are Gamma-Ray Bursters? "Hurley, Kevin" 1990 8 151 Letters Letter "Walker, Ronald P." 1990 8 151 Letters Letter "Lucas, Steve H." 1990 8 152 Books and the Sky "From Quarks to the Cosmos, Leon M. Lederman and David N. Schramm" "Lindley, David" 1990 8 153 Books and the Sky "The Supernova Search Charts and Handbook, Gregg D. Thompson and James T. Bryan" "Lucas, Steve H." 1990 8 156 Books and the Sky "Observing Variable Stars, David H. Levy" "Patterson, Joseph O." 1990 8 163 Books and the Sky "In Darkness Born, Martin Cohen" 1990 8 167 Rambling Through the Skies Summer Globulars "Lovi, George" 1990 8 170 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 8 172 Celestial Calendar Triton To Occult a Star? 1990 8 173 Celestial Calendar One Asteroid Occults Another "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 8 174 Celestial Calendar Moonwatch August 21st 1990 8 174 Celestial Calendar A Challenging Lunar Eclipse 1990 8 174 Celestial Calendar Moonwatch August 21st [1990] "Doggett, LeRoy E." "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1990 8 175 Celestial Calendar A Spectacular Pleiades Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1990 8 177 Celestial Calendar A Thin Crescent Moon Covers Jupiter "Dunham, David W." 1990 8 181 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 8 182 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 8 182 Celestial Calendar Searching for Comet Brorsen-Metcalf 1990 8 184 Computers in Astronomy Lincoln and the Almanac Trial "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1990 8 192 Amateur Astronomers "Refurbishing """"Rachel""""" "Martin, Tom" 1990 8 195 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Meeting of Comet Hunters "Levy, David H." 1990 8 196 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1990 8 200 Gleanings for ATMs Build Your Own Radio Telescope "Maeda, Koitiro" 1990 8 209 Observer's Page Bringing Astronomy to the Public "Macfarlane, Alan W." 1990 8 212 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1990 8 214 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 8 215 Observer's Page April's Old and Young Moon "Bortle, John E." 1990 8 216 Gallery Gallery 1990 9 225 Front-Cover Photo Mercury Mosaic 1990 9 228 Focal Point The Telescope Widow Syndrome "North, Sheryl J." 1990 9 229 Letters Letter "Hendricks, Edson C." 1990 9 229 Letters Letter "Yacovone, John A." 1990 9 229 Letters Letter "Tombaugh, Clyde W." 1990 9 229 Letters Letter "Ryan, Jay" 1990 9 230 Letters Letter "Hartmann, William K." 1990 9 230 Letters Letter "Briggs, John Wright" 1990 9 230 Letters Letter "Page, Brian R." 1990 9 231 News Notes Anglo-Australian Telescope to Get Novel Optics 1990 9 232 News Notes American-Italian Cooperation at the South Pole 1990 9 233 News Notes Voyager I's Final Images: A Solar System View 1990 9 234 News Notes What's New with GONG ... and SCLERA 1990 9 234 News Notes Giving HST Competition 1990 9 235 News Notes The Gamma Ray Crab 1990 9 236 News Notes Picturing Dark Matter 1990 9 237 News Notes The Milky Way's Newest Companion 1990 9 238 Astronomy Express TOMA's Work Begins 1990 9 238 Astronomy Express Adaptive-Optics Breakthrough 1990 9 238 Astronomy Express Ancient Supernova Art 1990 9 238 Astronomy Express Neutrino Mystery Deepens 1990 9 238 Astronomy Express Mount Graham in Limbo 1990 9 238 Astronomy Express Fang Freed 1990 9 238 Astronomy Express Happy Birthday (Bon Anniversaire) RASC 1990 9 239 Feature A Universe of Bubbles and Voids "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1990 9 240 Feature Pulsars Today "Graham-Smith, Sir Francis" 1990 9 245 Feature The Hobbled Space Telescope "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1990 9 246 Backyard Astronomy Setting Circles: Using Them Right "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 9 250 S&T Test Report A Versatile CCD for Amateurs "di Cicco, Dennis" 1990 9 256 Feature Mercury: The Forgotten Planet "Strom, Robert G." 1990 9 263 Books and the Sky "Voyage Through the Universe, The Editors of Time-Life Books" "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1990 9 265 Books and the Sky "Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, Part A: Tycho Brahe to Newton, Rena Taton and Curtis Wilso" "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1990 9 279 Rambling Through the Skies Harvest (and Other) Moons "Lovi, George" 1990 9 282 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 9 284 Celestial Calendar Comet Levy: Looking Good? "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 9 286 Celestial Calendar Two Binocular Variables "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 9 286 Celestial Calendar Other Comets This Month "Bortle, John E." 1990 9 288 Celestial Calendar Seven Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 9 290 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 9 291 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 9 296 Computers in Astronomy Gearing Up for Mars "Sinnott, Roger W." 1990 9 298 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- LunarCal, Western Research Co." 1990 9 302 Amateur Astronomers Riverside Philosophy "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1990 9 307 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Loaner Scopes "Levy, David H." 1990 9 309 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1990 9 312 Gleanings for ATMs A New Ronchi Null Test for Mirrors "Terebizh, Valeriy Yu." 1990 9 314 Gleanings for ATMs """TOMA"" Meets at Big Bear Lake, California" 1990 9 319 Observer's Page Stalking Geosats with a Camera 1990 9 319 Observer's Page Stalking Geosats with a Camera "Livingston, William C." "Talent, David" 1990 9 320 Observer's Page "Comet Austin, 1989c" 1990 9 327 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 9 328 Gallery Gallery 1990 10 337 Front-Cover Photo Saving Hubble Space Telescope 1990 10 340 Focal Point Hubble's Troubles: Reflections from the Editor "Robinson, Leif J." 1990 10 342 Letters Letter "Varvoglis, Harry" "Seiradakis, John H." 1990 10 342 Letters Letter "Bishop, Roy L." 1990 10 342 Letters Letter "Hoffman, Tony" 1990 10 343 News Notes Galaxies' Close Encounters 1990 10 343 News Notes Interstellar Ghosts 1990 10 344 News Notes In Pursuit of Flashing Stars 1990 10 344 News Notes ARC: Eyeless No More 1990 10 345 News Notes Einstein's Greatest Hits 1990 10 346 News Notes New Life for the McMath Solar Telescope 1990 10 347 News Notes SN 1987A's Complex Neighborhood 1990 10 347 News Notes Flare Star Breaks Record 1990 10 348 News Notes Big Eye on Space Debris 1990 10 348 News Notes Saturn's Hexagon Revisited 1990 10 349 News Notes Two Star-Catalogue Anniversaries 1990 10 350 News Notes Interstellar Dry Ice 1990 10 350 News Notes Astronomers Find Hot Water 1990 10 350 News Notes A Young Star with an Oddball Companion? 1990 10 351 Astronomy Express Supernova Power Source Confirmed 1990 10 351 Astronomy Express Pluto and Charon Revealed 1990 10 351 Astronomy Express More Satellites Reach Orbit 1990 10 351 Astronomy Express Magellan Reaches Venus 1990 10 351 Astronomy Express Martian Rocks with CO2. Martian Trojan Asteroid? 1990 10 351 Astronomy Express Midas Meteorite 1990 10 351 Astronomy Express An Ultradeep Infrared Image 1990 10 352 Feature Space Telescope: Picking Up the Pieces "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1990 10 356 Feature HST's Magnificent Optics -- What Went Wrong? "Sinnott, Roger W." 1990 10 359 Feature Queen of the Giant Storms "Beebe, Reta F." 1990 10 365 Feature Well Versed in Astronomy "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1990 10 367 Feature Spinning Through Curved Space-Time "Smith, David H." 1990 10 370 Feature Bad News for Brown Dwarfs "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1990 10 372 Feature An Adventurous Astronomer "Evans, David S." 1990 10 375 Feature The Solar-Neutrino Mystery Deepens "Smith, David H." 1990 10 376 Books and the Sky "Almanac of Soviet Manned Space Flight, Dennis Newkirk" 1990 10 376 Books and the Sky Book Review "Smith, Marcia S." 1990 10 376 Books and the Sky "The Soviet Manned Space Program, Phillip Clark" 1990 10 378 Books and the Sky "Supernova! The Exploding Star of 1987, Donald Goldsmith" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1990 10 379 Books and the Sky "Stars and Their Spectra, James B. Kaler" "Aller, Lawrence H." 1990 10 395 Rambling Through the Skies More about the Moon "Lovi, George" 1990 10 398 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 10 400 Celestial Calendar Mira Shines at Maximum Light 1990 10 401 Celestial Calendar RT Persei: A Fast Eclipser "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 10 403 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 10 406 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 10 409 Celestial Calendar A Camcorder Assist for Planetary Observers "Troiani, Daniel M." "Joyce, Daniel P." 1990 10 416 Computers in Astronomy Polaris' Close Encounter with the Pole "Suda, Kiyohisa" 1990 10 422 Amateur Astronomers Popular Astronomy in an Unlikely Language "Maor, Eli" 1990 10 425 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Right to Night "Levy, David H." 1990 10 427 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1990 10 432 Gleanings for ATMs The Tunable Finder Telescope "Sherwood, John W." 1990 10 440 Observer's Page Cheap (but Good) Astrocameras "di Cicco, Dennis" 1990 10 443 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1990 10 447 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 10 448 Gallery Gallery 1990 11 457 Front-Cover Photo Cloudless Earth 1990 11 460 Focal Point "Ulysses Will Benefit Earth, Not Threaten It" "Reynolds, Glenn" 1990 11 461 Focal Point Launching Ulysses: There They Go Again! 1990 11 461 Focal Point Launching Ulysses: They They Go Again! "Sinkin, Lanny L." 1990 11 462 Letters Letter "Austin, Rodney R. D." 1990 11 462 Letters Letter "Rogerson, Peter A." 1990 11 463 News Notes First Light for Rosat 1990 11 463 News Notes "Fireman, Edward L., 1922-90" 1990 11 463 News Notes Hydra A's Megamagnetism 1990 11 465 News Notes Orion in a New Light 1990 11 465 News Notes Observatory Established for Undergraduates 1990 11 466 News Notes Kitt Peak Reopens 1990 11 466 News Notes How Far the Virgo Cluster? 1990 11 467 News Notes A New Moon for Saturn ... and More to Come? 1990 11 468 News Notes Catching a Meteor in the Act 1990 11 468 News Notes SETI's Ups and Downs 1990 11 469 News Notes Blue Stragglers' Binary Connection 1990 11 470 News Notes Hubble's Flaw Pinpointed 1990 11 471 Astronomy Express HST's First Science 1990 11 472 Feature Twilight Time for the Fifth Force? "Will, Clifford M." 1990 11 482 S&T Test Report Are Today's 10-inch Mirrors Any Good? "Milligan, Scott" 1990 11 486 Feature Box: The Results in a Nutshell "Sinnott, Roger W." 1990 11 489 Feature Getting to the Shadow "O'Meara, Stephen James" "Bonney, William H." "Goldman, Stuart J." 1990 11 496 Feature Rendezvous with a Star "Bennett, Gary L." 1990 11 499 Books and the Sky "Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects, Christian B. Luginbuhl and Brian A. Skiff" "Meketa, James [E.]" 1990 11 501 Books and the Sky "Getting to the Measure of the Stars, W. A. Cooper and E. N. Walker" "Crawford, David L." 1990 11 503 Books and the Sky "The Astronomer's Library, John Man and Martin Wace, editors" "Schaaf, Fred" 1990 11 515 Rambling Through the Skies A Race with Mars "Lovi, George" 1990 11 518 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 11 520 Celestial Calendar A Bright New Mira Star "Bengtsson, Hans" 1990 11 521 Celestial Calendar Vesta near Mars and Aldebaran 1990 11 522 Celestial Calendar More Changes on Jupiter "Olivarez, Jos‚" 1990 11 525 Celestial Calendar A Martian Almanac "Parker, Donald C." "Beish, Jeff D." "Hernandez, Carlos E." 1990 11 527 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 11 529 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 11 532 Computers in Astronomy Can You See Hubble? "Mansfield, Roger L." 1990 11 534 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Z-2-Astronomy, Z2 Computer Solutions" 1990 11 536 Amateur Astronomers The Legacy of William Tyler Olcott "Fortier, Edmund" 1990 11 541 Amateur Astronomers "An Amateur """"Kitt Peak"""" Takes Shape" "Ridpath, Ian" 1990 11 543 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Stellafane 1990: Past and Future "Levy, David H." 1990 11 551 Gleanings for ATMs Log-Cabin Observatory "Boily, Guy" "Granger, Lucie" 1990 11 554 Gleanings for ATMs A Simple Meteor Spectroscope "Beech, Martin" 1990 11 556 Gleanings for ATMs Ensuring a Dry Scope "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 11 561 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Objects That Do Something "Mullaney, James" 1990 11 565 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 11 568 Gallery Gallery 1990 12 577 Front-Cover Photo Mauna Kea in Moonlight 1990 12 580 Focal Point Astronomy for Everyone "Byrd, Deborah L." 1990 12 581 Letters Letter "Heyn, Herman M." 1990 12 581 Letters Letter "Gleason, John P." 1990 12 581 Letters Letter "Berger, Doug" 1990 12 581 Letters Letter "Clark, Chrisopher C." 1990 12 582 Letters Letter "Ford, Ralph" 1990 12 582 Letters Letter "Morris, Steven" 1990 12 583 News Notes Galactic Center's Powerhouse Identified? 1990 12 584 News Notes Unfamiliar Orion 1990 12 584 News Notes "Mercury: Hot Poles, Cool Core" 1990 12 585 News Notes Mauna Kea's Sky 1990 12 586 News Notes WIYN: A New Name atop Kitt Peak 1990 12 587 News Notes Making Jupiter and Saturn 1990 12 587 News Notes Phaeton and the Geminids 1990 12 588 News Notes More and Better Black Holes 1990 12 588 News Notes Sun Changes Its Tune 1990 12 589 News Notes The Sun's Magnetic History 1990 12 590 News Notes Sunspot Highway 1990 12 590 News Notes Wet Asteroids 1990 12 591 Astronomy Express Hubble Meets Einstein 1990 12 591 Astronomy Express Great White Spot Erupts on Saturn 1990 12 591 Astronomy Express Keck Poised for First Light 1990 12 591 Astronomy Express COBE's Bottle Runs Dry 1990 12 592 Feature Roger Ressmeyer's Universe 1990 12 600 News Notes A Star Is Born "Schild, Rudolph E." 1990 12 603 Feature Magellan at Venus: First Results "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1990 12 607 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop in Auriga "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 12 610 Backyard Astronomy Coping with a Mirror-Image Telescope 1990 12 612 Books and the Sky "At the Heart of the Web, George A. Seielstad" "Tipler, Frank J." 1990 12 613 Books and the Sky "The Practical Astronomer, Brian Jones with Stephen Edberg, editor" "Willcox, Ken" 1990 12 615 Books and the Sky "End in Fire: The Supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Paul Murdin" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1990 12 633 Rambling Through the Skies Stellar Name Games "Lovi, George" 1990 12 640 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 12 642 Celestial Calendar Hunting the Moons of Mars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 12 645 Celestial Calendar Jupiter Satellite Events "MacRobert, Alan M." 1990 12 646 Celestial Calendar Looking for Jupiter's Red Spot 1990 12 647 Celestial Calendar Bright-Moon Pleiades Occultation 1990 12 649 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1990 12 651 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1990 12 654 Computers in Astronomy Making Toy Galaxies "Riazi, N." 1990 12 663 Amateur Astronomers Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt Returns "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1990 12 665 Amateur Astronomers An Observer's Guide to Mercury "Graham, David L." 1990 12 668 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Canada's Remarkable Observatories "Levy, David H." 1990 12 673 Gleanings for ATMs Warming a Dewcap: Two Stories 1990 12 673 Gleanings for ATMs Warming a Dewcap "Christmas, David" 1990 12 674 Gleanings for ATMs Star Grabbers "Johns, Fred L." 1990 12 676 Gleanings for ATMs How To Get the Edge "Zeitz, John" 1990 12 676 Gleanings for ATMs Pupil Size and Aging 1990 12 677 Gleanings for ATMs PVC Warning 1990 12 680 Observer's Page Comet Levy Thrills Observers 1990 12 685 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1990 12 687 Observer's Page Jupiter and the Moon 1990 12 689 Gallery Gallery 1991 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Hubble's Saturn 1991 1 4 Focal Point Bring Back the Planetarium! "Knott, M. Leon" 1991 1 5 Letters A Cover Story "Shawcross, William E." 1991 1 5 Letters Letter "Bieda Jr., Stephen W." 1991 1 5 Letters Letter "Rozyczka, M." 1991 1 6 Letters Letter "Schilling, Herbert" "Paeth, Alan" 1991 1 6 Letters Letter "Phillips M.D., James H." 1991 1 6 Letters Letter "Clark, Gail O." 1991 1 7 News Notes A Quasar's Magnetic Jet 1991 1 7 News Notes HST Memento for S&T 1991 1 8 News Notes The LMC's Supershell 1991 1 8 News Notes Jupiter in Polarized Light 1991 1 9 News Notes Ski Mars? 1991 1 9 News Notes X- and Gamma Rays from Type Ia Supernovae 1991 1 10 News Notes Hawking Goes Hollywood 1991 1 10 News Notes British Astrostamps 1991 1 11 News Notes Varied Ages of Globular Clusters 1991 1 11 News Notes No Light from Gamma-ray Bursters? 1991 1 11 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 1 12 News Notes Trojan Update 1991 1 12 News Notes "The Most Accurate """"Optical Clock""""" 1991 1 12 News Notes Comet Halley: Still Active after All These Years? 1991 1 13 Astronomy Express Pluto and Charon 1991 1 13 Astronomy Express SETI Reprieve 1991 1 13 Astronomy Express Neptune's Satellites Named 1991 1 13 Astronomy Express Galactic Center Found? 1991 1 14 Feature Hubble's Agony and Ecstasy "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1991 1 21 Feature Did Sunspot Maximum Occur in 1989? "McIntosh, Patrick S." 1991 1 24 Feature Globular Clusters: Fads and Fallacies "White, Raymond E." 1991 1 31 Feature Ten Top Telescope Ideas of 1990 1991 1 35 S&T Test Report The Next-Generation Telescope for Amateurs "di Cicco, Dennis" 1991 1 42 Books and the Sky "A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime, John Archibald Wheeler" "Gillies, George T." 1991 1 43 Books and the Sky "Visions of Space, David A. Hardy" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1991 1 44 Books and the Sky "Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Alan Lightman and Roberta Brawer" 1991 1 45 Books and the Sky Book Review "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1991 1 57 Rambling Through the Skies A Middle Eastern Perspective "Lovi, George" 1991 1 59 Feature Sky-Gazer's Almanac 1991 1991 1 64 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 1 66 Celestial Calendar A 1991 Planet Preview "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 1 68 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1991 "Dunham, David W." 1991 1 71 Celestial Calendar The Great July Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 1 72 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1991 "Dunham, David W." 1991 1 76 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Satellites 1991 1 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 1 78 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 1 81 Computers in Astronomy "Columbus and The Sky of January 17, 1493" "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Laird, Edgar S." 1991 1 87 Amateur Astronomers Bird's-Eye View of Totality "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1991 1 89 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Tombaugh's Forgotten Variable Uncovered "Levy, David H." 1991 1 95 Gleanings for ATMs A Way to Make Giant Worm Gears "Wright, John" 1991 1 104 Observer's Page Last July's Cloudy Solar Eclipse 1991 1 106 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1991 1 110 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1991 1 112 Gallery Gallery 1991 2 121 Front-Cover Photo "Cluster of 100,000 Stars" 1991 2 124 Focal Point Ticked Off about Telescopes "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" "MacRobert, Alan M." "Sinnott, Roger W." 1991 2 125 Letters Letter "Rosemeier, Mae" 1991 2 125 Letters Letter "Watts, Donald" 1991 2 125 Letters Letter "Beaury, John C." 1991 2 125 Letters Letter "Curtis, Luke" 1991 2 125 Letters Letter "Mood, John" 1991 2 125 Letters Letter "McGrath, Michael" 1991 2 126 Letters Letter "Miksits, John" 1991 2 126 Letters Letter "Steen, Peter A." 1991 2 126 Letters Letter "Rosenberg, Leo" "Fastenau, William" 1991 2 127 News Notes A Solar System for Epsilon Aurigae? 1991 2 127 News Notes A Larger Largest Galaxy 1991 2 128 News Notes "Go, Ulysses!" 1991 2 128 News Notes High-Flying Balloon Studies Atmosphere 1991 2 129 News Notes Simulating 3-D Jets 1991 2 129 News Notes Keck Telescope Surpasses Palomar 1991 2 130 News Notes "Harold Masursky, 1923-90" 1991 2 130 News Notes A Freak Supernova Remnant? 1991 2 131 News Notes What Time is Sunset? 1991 2 132 News Notes The Infrared Sun 1991 2 132 News Notes Earth's Cloud Satellites Reported Again 1991 2 133 Astronomy Express Who Hobbled Hubble? 1991 2 133 Astronomy Express Light-Pollution Star Watch 1991 2 133 Astronomy Express Keck Does It! 1991 2 133 Astronomy Express A Home for the VLT 1991 2 134 Feature "Orbital Science's """"Bermuda Triangle""""" "Sherrill, Thomas J." 1991 2 140 Feature Albert Ingalls and the ATM Movement "Williams, Thomas R." 1991 2 144 Feature Saturn's Great White Spot Spectacular "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1991 2 148 Feature Globular Clusters in Distant Galaxies "Harris, William E." 1991 2 153 Feature Light Echoes of Nova Persei 1901 "Felton, James E." 1991 2 160 Books and the Sky "The New Solar System, J. Kelly Beatty and Andrew Chaikin" "Hunten, Donald M." 1991 2 162 Books and the Sky "The Astronomer's Universe, Herbert Friedman" 1991 2 163 Books and the Sky Book Review "Maran, Stephen P." 1991 2 164 Books and the Sky "The Amateur Astronomer, Patrick Moore" "Green, Darrell W." 1991 2 175 Rambling Through the Skies A Commentary on Cancer "Lovi, George" 1991 2 178 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 2 180 Celestial Calendar A Naked-Eye Occultation of Antares "Dunham, David W." 1991 2 183 Celestial Calendar Two Asteroids near Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 2 185 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 2 191 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 2 199 Computers in Astronomy Rainbow Simulator "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1991 2 201 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- LodeStar Plus, Zephyr Services" 1991 2 206 Gleanings for ATMs Rebirth of the Snow Telescope "Briggs, John Wright" 1991 2 215 Amateur Astronomers Learning Astronomy in Later Years "Myers, Ellis" 1991 2 216 Amateur Astronomers Box: Forever Young "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1991 2 217 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Amateurs Find Hidden Hollow "Levy, David H." 1991 2 218 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1991 2 219 Observer's Page Astrophotography with Telephoto Lenses "Vaughn, Chuck" 1991 2 223 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 2 224 Gallery Gallery 1991 3 233 Front-Cover Photo Galileo's Venus 1991 3 236 Focal Point Forgotten Pioneers 1991 3 236 Letters Forgotten Poineers "Nichols, Robert G." 1991 3 237 Letters Letter "Hoffelder, T. C." 1991 3 237 Letters Letter "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1991 3 237 Letters Letter "Sawula, Lynda" 1991 3 237 Letters Letter "Walker, E. Norman" 1991 3 238 Letters Letter "Soller, Jennifer" 1991 3 238 Letters Letter "Stahler, Alan" 1991 3 238 Letters Letter "Ycas, Martynas" 1991 3 238 Letters Letter "Evans, David S." 1991 3 239 News Notes Hubble Observes Orion 1991 3 239 News Notes Astronomers on PBS 1991 3 240 News Notes Smoky Spiral Galaxies 1991 3 241 News Notes Slithering Across Mars 1991 3 242 News Notes The Infrared Milky Way 1991 3 242 News Notes Comets Around Other Stars 1991 3 243 News Notes International Space Year Gaining Momentum 1991 3 243 News Notes Inward Centrifugal Force! 1991 3 244 News Notes Pioneer 11 Troubled 1991 3 244 News Notes Ulysses Nods Off 1991 3 245 News Notes Saturn's Rubble Moons 1991 3 245 News Notes Are Saturn's Rings New? 1991 3 246 News Notes A New Spin on Halley 1991 3 246 News Notes Iron Quasars 1991 3 247 Astronomy Express Astro Rides High 1991 3 247 Astronomy Express Jupiter's Sodium Cloud 1991 3 247 Astronomy Express More Hubble Trouble 1991 3 247 Astronomy Express Galileo Glimpsed 1991 3 250 Feature Everyone's Guide to Cosmology "Davies, Paul" 1991 3 257 S&T Test Report A Powerful CCD Camera for Amateurs 1991 3 262 Backyard Astronomy Rate Your Observing Site "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 3 265 Feature Lunar Transient Phenomena "Cameron, Winifred Sawtell" 1991 3 268 Feature Box: Some Possible Causes of LTP's "Robinson, J. Hedley" 1991 3 269 Feature A New Look at Old Worlds "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1991 3 272 Books and the Sky "Men, Monsters and the Modern Universe, George Lovi and Wil Tirion" "Krupp, E. C." 1991 3 274 Books and the Sky "Colliding Galaxies, Barry Parker" "Keel, William C." 1991 3 278 Books and the Sky Book Review "Lang, Kenneth R." 1991 3 278 Books and the Sky Book Review "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 3 278 Books and the Sky "Touring the Universe Through Binoculars, Philip S. Harrington" 1991 3 287 Rambling Through the Skies Being Weather-Wise "Lovi, George" 1991 3 290 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 3 292 Celestial Calendar America's Last Pleiades Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1991 3 294 Celestial Calendar A Difficult Occultation Mars 1991 3 296 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 3 297 Celestial Calendar Comets This Month "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 3 300 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 3 305 Computers in Astronomy Great Conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn "Church, John A." 1991 3 311 Amateur Astronomers Simple Classroom Telescopes "Dodson, Stephen A." 1991 3 314 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Starlight Nights "Levy, David H." 1991 3 320 Gleanings for ATMs An Unobstructed Newtonian Telescope "Sasian, Jose M." 1991 3 328 Observer's Page Testing Kodak's New Films for Deep-Sky Photography "Quirk, Steve" 1991 3 334 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 3 336 Gallery Gallery 1991 4 345 Front-Cover Photo Astro Goes to Work 1991 4 348 Focal Point Astronomical Literacy "Hazen, Robert M." "Trefil, James" 1991 4 349 Letters Letter "Bracher, Katherine" 1991 4 349 Letters Letter "Niquette, Ron" 1991 4 349 Letters Letter "Page, Thornton L." 1991 4 349 Letters Letter "Shudde, Rex H." 1991 4 349 Letters Letter "Riffle, Jim" 1991 4 350 Letters Letter "Kohman, Truman P." 1991 4 350 Letters Letter "Lippincott III, Robert W." 1991 4 350 Letters Letter "Comba, Paul G." 1991 4 350 Letters Celestial Chauvinism? "Mason, Jill S. Price" 1991 4 351 News Notes A New Crab in the LMC 1991 4 351 News Notes Steamy Early Earth 1991 4 352 News Notes New Light on the Crab Nebula 1991 4 352 News Notes Comets Keep Their Cool 1991 4 353 News Notes More Cataclysmic Confusion 1991 4 353 News Notes Starburst Remnants in a Nearby Galaxy 1991 4 354 News Notes Vietnam Memorial Sundial 1991 4 354 News Notes New S&T Real Estate 1991 4 355 News Notes Goodbye Great Attractor? 1991 4 356 News Notes A Dusty Elliptical Galaxy 1991 4 356 News Notes Meade and Celestron Won't Merge 1991 4 357 News Notes Jumpin' Jupiter! 1991 4 357 News Notes Germs in Space? 1991 4 357 News Notes Apollo-Catching Made Easy 1991 4 358 Astronomy Express Ultrafast Quasar Blast 1991 4 358 News Notes New Astronomical Society Formed in U.S.S.R. 1991 4 358 News Notes Pinging Titan 1991 4 358 News Notes Wyoming's New Interferometric Telescope 1991 4 359 Astronomy Express New Distance to the LMC 1991 4 359 Astronomy Express Astro's Ultraviolet Views 1991 4 359 Astronomy Express Cosmic Close Call 1991 4 360 Feature "Plates, Pluto, and Planets X" "Tombaugh, Clyde W." 1991 4 362 Feature Einstein's Fudge Factor "Odenwald, Sten" 1991 4 370 Backyard Astronomy A Spring Galaxy Star-Hop "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 4 373 Feature The Myth of Overgrown Spirals "Arp, Halton C." "Block, David L." 1991 4 375 Feature Gravity is My Telescope "Schild, Rudolph E." 1991 4 380 Feature Who Numbered Flamsteed's Stars? "Wagman, Morton" 1991 4 383 Letters Letter "Lodstrom, Carl G." 1991 4 383 Letters Letter "Hudek, John A." 1991 4 383 Letters Letter "Miller, Malcolm" 1991 4 384 Books and the Sky "The Origin of Comets, M. E. Bailey, S. V. M. Clube, and W. M. Napier" "Kresak, Lubor" 1991 4 386 Books and the Sky "Atlas of Galactic Nebulae, Part III, Thorsten Neckel and Hans Vehrenberg" "Jones, Kenneth Glyn" 1991 4 399 Rambling Through the Skies A Big Dipper Breakthrough "Lovi, George" 1991 4 402 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 4 404 Celestial Calendar Observing Saturn in 1991 "Benton Jr., Julius L." 1991 4 407 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 4 410 Celestial Calendar Keeping a Celestial Calendar 1991 4 410 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 4 410 Celestial Calendar Pallas Near Regulus 1991 4 416 Computers in Astronomy A Monte Carlo Approach to the Ronchi Test 1991 4 423 Amateur Astronomers World News 1991 4 426 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Columbia Surveys Familiar Friends "Levy, David H." 1991 4 429 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1991 4 432 Gleanings for ATMs The Masterful Techniques of John A. Brashear "Fried, Bart" 1991 4 440 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Diffuse Nebulae -- III "Harrington, Philip" 1991 4 446 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 4 447 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1991 4 448 Gallery Gallery 1991 5 457 Front-Cover Photo Hollywood's Milky Way 1991 5 460 Focal Point Astronomy as Play "Raymo, Chet" 1991 5 461 Letters Letter "Monda, Richard" 1991 5 461 Letters Letter "Ferris, Timothy" 1991 5 461 Letters Letter "Harbour, David A." 1991 5 461 Letters Letter "Ryan, Michael F." 1991 5 462 Letters Letter "Villalobos, Jose A." 1991 5 463 News Notes Bucky Balls by the Bucket 1991 5 463 News Notes The Near-Infrared Galactic Center 1991 5 463 News Notes M87's Speedy Jet 1991 5 464 News Notes Mars in Your Hometown 1991 5 465 News Notes Probing the Solar Wind 1991 5 465 News Notes Bart Bok was Right! 1991 5 466 News Notes Galileo's Australia 1991 5 466 News Notes Resolving the X-ray Background 1991 5 467 News Notes The Big Bang: Dead or Alive? 1991 5 467 News Notes Asteroid Streams? 1991 5 468 News Notes "Young """"Globular"""" Clusters?" 1991 5 469 News Notes Cosmic String or Not? 1991 5 470 Astronomy Express Ulysses Settles Down 1991 5 470 Astronomy Express The Queen of Comet Finders 1991 5 470 Astronomy Express Eight-meter Leapfrog 1991 5 470 Astronomy Express Comet Halley Erupts 1991 5 470 Astronomy Express Astronomy and Society 1991 5 471 Feature Mars Poses for the Hubble Telescope "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1991 5 472 Feature Prime-Time Astronomers "Goldman, Stuart J." 1991 5 476 Feature The King of Comet Finders "Bortle, John E." 1991 5 478 Feature Two Meteor Projects for Amateurs "Drummond, Jack D." "Reed, Kevin L." "Gaffey, Michael J." 1991 5 482 Feature The Enigma of Shadow Bands "Codona, Johana L." 1991 5 488 Feature The Gamma Ray Observatory "Kniffen, Donald A." 1991 5 491 Feature Box: Two Different Great Observatories "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1991 5 495 S&T Test Report "A ""New, Improved"" Portable Observatory" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1991 5 497 Books and the Sky "In the Stream of Stars: The Soviet/American Space Art Book, William K. Hartmann, Andrei Sokolov, Ron Miller, and Vitaly Myagkov," "Chaikin, Andrew" 1991 5 498 Books and the Sky "The Big Splash, Louis A. Frank with Patrick Huyghe" "Hughes, David W." 1991 5 511 Rambling Through the Skies Saros Chasers "Lovi, George" 1991 5 514 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 5 516 Celestial Calendar Lutetia Flies by M95 "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 5 517 Celestial Calendar R Serpentis at Maximum "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 5 520 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 5 522 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 5 523 Celestial Calendar Ceres Near Spica 1991 5 528 Computers in Astronomy Focus and Collimation: How Critical? "Sinnott, Roger W." 1991 5 530 Computers in Astronomy Path-Difference Calculations 1991 5 532 Computers in Astronomy Review Corner -- Hipparchus 1991 5 536 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1990 "Tomlinson, Gary E." 1991 5 538 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: Amateur Contributions from Circulars, 1991" "Levy, David H." 1991 5 540 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1991 5 544 Gleanings for ATMs An Observing Seat for Two 1991 5 544 Gleanings for ATMs An Observing Seat for Two Telescopes "Klein, Karl-Hermann" 1991 5 545 Gleanings for ATMs Career in Optics? 1991 5 546 Gleanings for ATMs Spherical Aberration: Bane or Boon? "Sinnott, Roger W." 1991 5 548 Gleanings for ATMs Group 70 Update "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 1991 5 553 Observer's Page Choosing Your Telescope's Magnification "Nagler, Albert" 1991 5 559 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 5 560 Gallery Gallery 1991 6 569 Front-Cover Photo New Images of Mars 1991 6 572 Focal Point Wanted: Skywatchers "Borden, Jack" 1991 6 573 Letters Letter "Hewish, Dean R." 1991 6 573 Letters Letter "Isles, John [E.]" 1991 6 573 Letters Letter "Laing, Drummond" 1991 6 573 Letters Letter "Zysk, John R." 1991 6 574 Letters Letter "Van Speybroeck, Leon P." 1991 6 574 Letters Letter "Napier, Thomas M." 1991 6 574 Letters Letter "Brescia, Keith" 1991 6 575 News Notes A Get-Rich-Quick Stamp? 1991 6 575 News Notes Speed Spawned Ions? 1991 6 576 News Notes Galactic Center Annihilator Caught in the Act 1991 6 577 News Notes Is the Observatory Dome Obsolete? 1991 6 578 News Notes Salyut 7's Fiery Finale 1991 6 579 News Notes The Heart of M15 1991 6 579 News Notes Another Hubble Instrument Goes to Work 1991 6 580 News Notes Galactic Collision Remnants 1991 6 580 News Notes Ultraviolet Aldebaran 1991 6 581 News Notes Space Junk: Fears and Fallacies 1991 6 581 News Notes American Astronomers: Who Are They? 1991 6 582 Astronomy Express AXAF Science Center 1991 6 582 Astronomy Express Explorer Retired 1991 6 582 Astronomy Express Lunar Core? 1991 6 582 Astronomy Express Midget Mars Rover 1991 6 582 Astronomy Express Venus Crater Contest 1991 6 582 Astronomy Express Stonehenge Facelift 1991 6 583 Feature Stunning Planet Images from Earth "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 6 584 Feature U.S. Astronomy's Next Decade of Discovery "Bahcall, John N." 1991 6 587 Feature A Wish List for the 1990's "Schorn, Ronald A." 1991 6 591 Feature Astro: Science in the Fast Lane "Maran, Stephen P." 1991 6 596 Feature Box: Astro's Future in Question "Goldman, Stuart J." 1991 6 598 Feature Gamma Persei Eclipsed! "Griffin, Roger F." 1991 6 601 S&T Test Report An Update on Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes 1991 6 604 S&T Test Report Box: A New Questar Drive Too "East, George H." 1991 6 607 Books and the Sky "Introduction to the Solar System, Jeffrey K. Wagner" "Lunine, Jonathan I." 1991 6 609 Books and the Sky "Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos, Dennis Overbye" "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1991 6 610 Books and the Sky "Seeing the Sky, Fred Schaaf" "White, Raymond E." 1991 6 621 Rambling Through the Skies Eclipse-Trip Stargazing "Lovi, George" 1991 6 628 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 6 630 Celestial Calendar The Grand Conjunction Day by Day 1991 6 631 Celestial Calendar Sunrise on Ptolemaeus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 6 635 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 6 638 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 6 640 Computers in Astronomy Flight of a Long-Enduring Fireball "Olson, Donald W." 1991 6 642 Astronomical Computing "Samuel Pepys and a """"Flying Dragon""""" "Olson, Donald W." 1991 6 642 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- SimEarth, Maxis, Inc." 1991 6 647 Gleanings for ATMs My Heated Observatory on Wheels "Volna, William M." 1991 6 656 Amateur Astronomers The Professional Amateurs "Ridpath, Ian" 1991 6 658 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Carolyn Shoemaker: Homemaker to Comet Chaser "Levy, David H." 1991 6 661 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1991 6 664 Observer's Page Color Astrophotography with Small Telescopes "Riffle, Jim" 1991 6 666 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1991 6 671 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 6 672 Gallery Gallery 1991 7 4 Focal Point A Bright Future for Planetary Astronomy? "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1991 7 5 Letters Letter "Baliunas, Sallie" "Donahue, Robert" "Nassiopoulos, George" 1991 7 5 Letters Letter "Barnhart, James H." 1991 7 5 Letters Letter "Philpot, Len" 1991 7 6 Letters Letter "Hunter, Tim B." "Crawford, David L." 1991 7 7 News Notes Fury and Illusion in M82 1991 7 7 News Notes Neutrino Hunters Go Underground 1991 7 8 News Notes Neptune Breaks Its Solar Connection 1991 7 8 News Notes Cygnus Loop Shocker 1991 7 9 News Notes Biting the Hand That Fed It 1991 7 9 News Notes A Shadow over the Face of Markarian 231 1991 7 10 News Notes "Back-Door"""" Nebula" 1991 7 10 News Notes Not of This Solar System 1991 7 11 News Notes Milky Way's Bar 1991 7 11 News Notes Whence Neptune's Bluster? 1991 7 11 News Notes Trimming Down a Heavyweight Star 1991 7 12 News Notes Looking Deep into a Sunspot 1991 7 12 News Notes Neutron Star in Musca: Thar She Blows! 1991 7 13 News Notes Invisible Galaxies? 1991 7 13 News Notes "A Unique """"Blob"""" in the LMC" 1991 7 14 Astronomy Express Keck Twin 1991 7 14 Astronomy Express GRO Cliff-hanger 1991 7 14 Astronomy Express Biggest Black Hole? 1991 7 14 Astronomy Express "Star Wars"""" Windfall" 1991 7 15 Feature The Making of a Prize Eclipse "Gingerich, Owen" 1991 7 18 Feature New Frontiers in Ground-based Optical Astronomy "Strom, Stephen E." 1991 7 24 Feature Venus in the Radar Spotlight "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1991 7 31 Feature Infrared Astronomy: Pixels to Spare "McCaughrean, Mark" 1991 7 34 Feature Box: Colorful New Images of the Infrared Sky "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1991 7 38 Feature Killer Crater in the Yucatan? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1991 7 41 Books and the Sky "Eclipse, Bryan Brewer" 1991 7 41 Books and the Sky "The Under-Standing of Eclipses, Guy Ottewell" 1991 7 41 Books and the Sky "Totality: Eclipses of the Sun, Mark Littmann and Ken Wilcox" 1991 7 41 Letters Letter "Lovi, George" 1991 7 43 Books and the Sky "Exploring Space: Voyages in the Solar System and Beyond, William E. Burrows" "Washburn, Mark" 1991 7 55 Rambling Through the Skies A Very Ancient Constellation 1991 7 58 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 7 60 Celestial Calendar Hunting the Moons of Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 7 62 Celestial Calendar Two Dwarf Doubles "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 7 64 Celestial Calendar "Find the """"Supernova""""!" 1991 7 67 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 7 67 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 7 71 Computers in Astronomy North America's Solar Eclipse 1991 7 79 Gleanings for ATMs How To View the Partial Solar Eclipse "Sinnott, Roger W." 1991 7 87 Amateur Astronomers The Sky Near Totality 1991 7 92 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1991 7 96 Observer's Page Shooting the Total Eclipse "di Cicco, Dennis" 1991 7 103 Observer's Page Videotaping the Eclipse "Pasachoff, Jay M." "Espenak, Fred" 1991 7 105 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1991 7 106 Gallery Gallery 1991 8 116 Focal Point Amateur Cosmology "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 8 117 Letters Letter "Zucker, Evan H." 1991 8 117 Letters Letter "Scheppler, Robert H." 1991 8 117 Letters Letter "Lena, Pierre" 1991 8 117 Letters Letter "Kemble OFM, Fr. Lucian J." 1991 8 118 Letters Letter "Meinel, Aden B." 1991 8 118 Letters Letter "Rast, Richard H." 1991 8 119 News Notes "Go"""" for Keck II" 1991 8 119 News Notes GRO Goes To Work 1991 8 120 News Notes Hubble's Jupiter: As Advertised 1991 8 120 News Notes Mapping Magnetic Stars 1991 8 122 News Notes The Radio Crab 1991 8 122 News Notes Above the Aurora 1991 8 123 News Notes Spiral Arms in the LMC! 1991 8 123 News Notes Lost Seas of Venus? 1991 8 123 News Notes "Oldest """"Living"""" Stars" 1991 8 124 News Notes Brown Dwarfs Lost (and Found?) 1991 8 125 Astronomy Express Extreme Quasars 1991 8 125 Astronomy Express Deuterium Detection? 1991 8 125 Astronomy Express Green Light for Astro 2 1991 8 125 Astronomy Express More Trouble for Rosat 1991 8 125 Astronomy Express Most Distant Stars 1991 8 125 Astronomy Express Observe with HST 1991 8 126 Feature Observing Galaxies Through Time "Dressler, Alan M." 1991 8 134 Feature Mapping the Universe "Geller, Margaret J." "Huchra, John P." 1991 8 136 Feature Box: Cosmology Confronts the Commuter "Kahn, Ronald N." 1991 8 139 Feature "Box: """"Where the Galaxies Are""""" "Chaikin, Andrew" 1991 8 140 Feature The Origin of Cosmic Structure "Schramm, David N." 1991 8 148 Feature Infrared Astronomy Takes Center Stage "Gillett, Frederick C." "Gatley, Ian" "Hollenbach, David" 1991 8 155 Books and the Sky "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space, Michael Rycroft, editor" "Oberg, James E." 1991 8 157 Books and the Sky "Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook, Vol. 8: Variable Stars, John E. Isles" "Guinan, Edward F." 1991 8 167 Rambling Through the Skies Venus Hides Out 1991 8 170 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 8 172 Celestial Calendar Watching the Perseid Meteor Shower "Roggemans, Paul" 1991 8 176 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 8 178 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 8 182 Computers in Astronomy Indexes for Star Charts "Hunter, Tim B." 1991 8 183 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1991 8 187 Gleanings for ATMs A Basic Equatorial Newtonian "Maxon, Jim" 1991 8 189 Gleanings for ATMs A Different Dobsonian "Ferguson, Steve" 1991 8 199 Amateur Astronomers A 10-Year Aurora Watch "Brausch, Jay J." 1991 8 199 Amateur Astronomers A Ten-Year Aurora Watch 1991 8 203 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Of Sea and Sky "Levy, David H." 1991 8 205 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1991 8 207 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Dark Nebulae 1991 8 215 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1991 8 215 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 8 216 Gallery Gallery 1991 9 228 Focal Point Do We Really Need NASA? "Washburn, Mark" 1991 9 229 Letters Letter "Chuvala, Ray" 1991 9 229 Letters Letter "Guthmiller, Allan" 1991 9 229 Letters Letter "Whitehead, Ray" 1991 9 229 Letters Letter "Van Nuland, James H." 1991 9 230 Letters Letter "van Gent, Robert H." 1991 9 230 Letters Letter "Roques, Paul E." 1991 9 230 Letters Letter "Sadler, Michael" 1991 9 230 Letters Letter "Borra, John [Francis]" 1991 9 230 Letters Letter "Alford, Terry" 1991 9 231 News Notes All Flaring To Go for the Eclipse 1991 9 231 News Notes Death of a Distant Sun 1991 9 232 News Notes Charon's Atmosphere 1991 9 232 News Notes Keeping Radio Windows Wide Open 1991 9 233 News Notes "The Crab and Kin, I: Crab Pulsar: The Movie" 1991 9 233 News Notes Tritons Aplenty? 1991 9 234 News Notes The Carbon Milky Way 1991 9 234 News Notes Farthest-Ranging Asteroid 1991 9 234 News Notes Hercules A: Two Galaxies in One? 1991 9 235 News Notes Desperately Seeking Mildred 1991 9 235 News Notes Sizing Up the Universe with an Optical Illusion 1991 9 236 News Notes The Big Bang's Spectrum 1991 9 236 News Notes What Are BL Lacertai Objects? 1991 9 237 News Notes Introducing Q Stars 1991 9 237 News Notes Dark Matter: WIMP's or MACHO's? 1991 9 237 News Notes GONG Sites Selected 1991 9 238 News Notes Cracking the Egg's Shell 1991 9 238 News Notes New Search of Outer Solar System 1991 9 239 Astronomy Express New X-ray Satellites 1991 9 239 Astronomy Express Plunging into a Coma 1991 9 239 Astronomy Express Heavy-metal Asteroid 1991 9 239 Astronomy Express Deepest Image Ever 1991 9 239 Astronomy Express Cosmic Powerhouse 1991 9 239 Astronomy Express Another Delay for HST. Another Hubble Glitch 1991 9 242 Feature HST Update: Science amid Setbacks "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1991 9 247 Feature Radio Astronomy: The Next Decade "Kellermann, Kenneth I." 1991 9 254 Feature Aging Eyeballs "Bowen O.D., Keith P." 1991 9 258 S&T Test Report Celestron and Tele Vue Tackle Coma "Horne, Johnny" "Knott, M. Leon" 1991 9 258 S&T Test Report The Celestron and Tele Vue Tackle Coma 1991 9 261 Letters Letter "Hitchens, Frank W." 1991 9 261 Letters Letter "Priester, Wolfgang" 1991 9 261 Letters Letter "Wanzer M.D., Sidney H." 1991 9 262 Books and the Sky "Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth, and Folklore, Donald L. Yeomans" "Hughes, David W." 1991 9 265 Books and the Sky "The Observer's Sky Atlas, Erich Karkoschka" "Morales, Ronald J." 1991 9 267 Books and the Sky "Exercises in Practical Astronomy Using Photographs, M. T. Brock" "Hoff, Darrel B." 1991 9 279 Rambling Through the Skies A 20-Year Perspective 1991 9 282 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 9 284 Celestial Calendar A Pair of Comets to Hunt "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 9 285 Celestial Calendar The First Predicted Eclipse of OW Gem "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 9 287 Celestial Calendar Two Evening Asteroids for Binoculars 1991 9 288 Celestial Calendar Venus and Mercury in the Morning Sky 1991 9 290 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 9 292 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 9 299 Astronomical Computing A Spreadsheet for Polar Alignment "Baldwin, George C." 1991 9 300 Astronomical Computing What's a Spreadsheet? 1991 9 305 Gleanings for ATMs A 6-inch F/13 Refractor in Brass "Myers, Larry B." 1991 9 311 Gleanings for ATMs Measuring Resolution Indoors "Maurer, Andreas" 1991 9 313 Amateur Astronomers Painting the Moon "Cavicchi, Elizabeth" 1991 9 316 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Herglotz and the Mount Cuba Observatory "Levy, David H." 1991 9 318 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1991 9 322 Observer's Page Seeking NGC 7331's Faint Attendants 1991 9 326 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 9 327 Observer's Page A Sapphire Anniversary 1991 9 328 Gallery Gallery 1991 10 340 Focal Point Worlds Apart "McKinnon, William B." "Flandern, Tom Van" 1991 10 342 Letters Letter "Cooney, Ellen" 1991 10 342 Letters Letter "Metevelis, Peter" 1991 10 342 Letters Letter "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1991 10 343 News Notes "A Puzzling Straight ""Arc""," 1991 10 343 News Notes A New High-Energy Eye 1991 10 344 News Notes Black Holes in Galactic Cores: The Evidence Mounts 1991 10 344 News Notes New U. S. Telescope for the Southern Hemisphere 1991 10 345 News Notes Coping with the South Atlantic Anomaly 1991 10 345 News Notes A Record-Breaking Stellar Flare 1991 10 346 News Notes Astro's New Ultraviolet Views 1991 10 346 News Notes The Quasar's X-ray Counterpart 1991 10 347 News Notes Planetary Nebulae: Much More than Meets the Eye 1991 10 347 News Notes Cosmic Coincidence 1991 10 348 News Notes Canada Out of Gemini 1991 10 348 News Notes How Big Are Globular Clusters? 1991 10 348 News Notes Mapping the Heart of a Seyfert Galaxy 1991 10 349 News Notes Keck Secondary Mirror Gets Final OK 1991 10 350 Astronomy Express Comet Hartley 2 off Track 1991 10 350 Astronomy Express Hubble in Peril 1991 10 350 Astronomy Express Fang Finds a Home 1991 10 350 Astronomy Express Gamma-ray Beacon 1991 10 350 Astronomy Express Planet Around a Pulsar? 1991 10 350 Astronomy Express Palomar Spared 1991 10 351 Feature Galileo Calls on Gaspra "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1991 10 352 Feature Astronomy in the Mind and the Lab "Schramm, David N." "McKee, Christopher F." 1991 10 358 Feature Eclipse 1991: A First Look "di Cicco, Dennis" 1991 10 361 Feature Measuring the Stars "Davis, John" 1991 10 366 Feature Shoot-out at Star Hill Inn "Raymo, Chet" 1991 10 372 Backyard Astronomy A Cygnus Star-Hop "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 10 375 Books and the Sky "The Astronomers, Donald Goldsmith, KCET Public Broadcasting Service" "Burbidge, Geoffrey" 1991 10 377 Books and the Sky "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, Norman J. W. Thrower, editor" "Gingerich, Owen" 1991 10 391 Rambling Through the Skies Educational Hierarchies 1991 10 394 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 10 396 Celestial Calendar Three Cepheus Variables "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 10 398 Celestial Calendar More Storms on Saturn 1991 10 399 Celestial Calendar Egeria Flies by M37 "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 10 400 Celestial Calendar Gaspra During Galileo's Flyby 1991 10 400 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 10 403 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 10 408 Computers in Astronomy Precession of a Star's Position "Krzeminski, Zbigniew S." 1991 10 411 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- HyperSky II, Willmann-Bell, Inc." 1991 10 415 Gleanings for ATMs A Novel Nighttime Star Pointer "Canady, Bill" 1991 10 418 Gleanings for ATMs A Light Beam for a Finderscope "Putland, Gavin R." 1991 10 421 Gleanings for ATMs The Mother of All Astronomical Auctions "Sinnott, Roger W." 1991 10 423 Amateur Astronomers Observing at the Limit "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1991 10 428 Amateur Astronomers Tuning In the World "Jedicke, Peter" 1991 10 430 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Hunt for Herschel Objects at TSP "Levy, David H." 1991 10 433 Observer's Page Seeing Gravity's Lens "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1991 10 437 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 10 438 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1991 10 440 Gallery Gallery 1991 11 452 Focal Point A Letter from S&T's First Editor 1991 11 452 Letters Letter "Federer Jr., Charles A." 1991 11 453 Letters Letter "Flescher, Eric Z." 1991 11 453 Letters Letter "Dill, Andreas" 1991 11 453 Letters Letter "Lavagnino, John" 1991 11 453 Letters Letter "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1991 11 454 Letters Letter "Lyle, Emily" 1991 11 454 Letters Letter "Perkins, Adam" 1991 11 454 Letters Letter "Goll, Mark" 1991 11 454 Letters Letter "Grossmann, Nicholas" 1991 11 455 News Notes A New Radio Source in the Galactic Center 1991 11 455 News Notes An X-ray Silhouette in Draco 1991 11 456 News Notes Backyard Astronomy from Orbit 1991 11 456 News Notes Japan's 8-meter Telescope 1991 11 457 News Notes The LDEF Experience 1991 11 458 News Notes Martian Meteorite Launch Sites 1991 11 458 News Notes S&T Publisher Retires 1991 11 459 News Notes An Infant Galaxy? 1991 11 459 News Notes Gamma Ray Observatory Observes an Active Sun 1991 11 460 News Notes A New Cosmic Yardstick 1991 11 460 News Notes New Clues for Mysterious Gamma-Ray Bursts 1991 11 460 News Notes The Glatton Meteorite 1991 11 461 News Notes The Crab's Powerful Pulses 1991 11 461 News Notes A Meteorite Bounty from Down Under 1991 11 462 News Notes Original SiN and Other Interstellar Molecules 1991 11 462 News Notes M15's Calcium Emission: Red Giants and Not Binaries? 1991 11 463 Astronomy Express Venus Blinks 1991 11 463 Astronomy Express Solar Astronomy Gets a boost 1991 11 463 Astronomy Express Galileo Antenna Still Stuck 1991 11 463 Astronomy Express British Belt Tightening 1991 11 463 Astronomy Express "Star Date"""" Shake-up" 1991 11 463 Astronomy Express Another Record Quasar 1991 11 463 Astronomy Express Asteroid 4726 Federer 1991 11 464 Feature S&T Looks Back . . . and Ahead "Ferris, Timothy" "Morrison, Philip" "Collins, Michael" 1991 11 470 Astronomy Express Hubble Repair Delayed 1991 11 472 Feature How S&T Came to Be "Robinson, Leif J." 1991 11 477 Feature Prices Subject to Change "di Cicco, Dennis" "Robinson, Leif J." 1991 11 480 Feature Ansel Adams' Moonrise Turns 50 "di Cicco, Dennis" 1991 11 485 Feature Astronomy as a National Asset "Trimble, Virginia" "Elson, Rebecca" 1991 11 491 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1991 11 491 Letters Letter "Wren, William" 1991 11 492 Books and the Sky "The Big Bang Never Happened, Eric J. Lerner" "Mallove, Eugene F." 1991 11 494 Books and the Sky "Visual Astronomy of the Deep Sky, Roger N. Clark" "Harrington, Philip" 1991 11 495 Books and the Sky "The Shadows of Creation, Michael Riordan and David N. Schramm" "Eder, Jo Ann" 1991 11 511 Rambling Through the Skies Thoughts from Hawaii 1991 11 514 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 11 516 Celestial Calendar Alauda Crosses NGC 891 "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 11 517 Celestial Calendar A Variable near Procyon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 11 519 Celestial Calendar Southern California's Annular Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 11 523 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 11 525 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 11 529 Computers in Astronomy Dating Ansel Adams' Moonrise "di Cicco, Dennis" 1991 11 539 Gleanings for ATMs Strip-Planked Telescope Tubes "Hafleigh, David K." 1991 11 542 Gleanings for ATMs Sturdy Tripods for All "Foster, Alvis E." 1991 11 545 Gleanings for ATMs An Altazimuth Sky Chair "Unruh, J. Timothy" 1991 11 547 Amateur Astronomers Help Save the Stars "Crawford, David L." 1991 11 550 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1991 11 551 Amateur Astronomers Four Noted Astronomers 1991 11 553 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Pilgrimage to Riverside "Levy, David H." 1991 11 556 Observer's Page The Luna Incognita Project "Westfall, John E." 1991 11 565 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 11 566 Gallery Gallery 1991 12 578 Focal Point An Eclipse Chaser's Bestiary "MacLaren, James" 1991 12 579 Letters Letter "Denning, Tony" 1991 12 579 Letters Letter "Bortle, John E." 1991 12 579 Letters Letter "Morris, Steven" 1991 12 579 Letters Letter "Valcourt, Richard J." 1991 12 580 Letters Letter "Liller, William" 1991 12 580 Letters Letter "Highstone, Herbert H." 1991 12 581 News Notes Did an Asteroid Collide with Halley's Comet? 1991 12 581 News Notes Hubble's Troubles: From Bad to Worse 1991 12 582 News Notes Long-Limbed Galaxy 1991 12 583 News Notes Ocean Tides Are a Drag 1991 12 583 News Notes Spock Meets Postmaster General 1991 12 583 News Notes A Gleaming Einstein Ring 1991 12 584 News Notes Lowell Needs Stamp of Approval 1991 12 585 News Notes NASA's Science Agenda 1991 12 585 News Notes Tracking Io's Hot Spots 1991 12 585 News Notes Before Penzias and Wilson 1991 12 586 News Notes The Sun's Missing Lithium 1991 12 586 News Notes New Solar System Names 1991 12 586 News Notes Rapid Burster Mystery Deepens 1991 12 587 News Notes Wolf-Rayet Galaxies 1991 12 587 News Notes Between the Galaxies 1991 12 588 Astronomy Express Ginga's Mission Ends 1991 12 588 Astronomy Express AXAF Mirrors Pass Muster 1991 12 588 Astronomy Express Burster Surprise 1991 12 588 Astronomy Express No Venus Landslide? 1991 12 588 Astronomy Express New Martian Meteorite 1991 12 589 Feature The Great Eclipse of 1991 "di Cicco, Dennis" 1991 12 597 Feature Eclipse Science from Hawaii "Krisciunas, Kevin" 1991 12 601 S&T Test Report Accessories for Observers and Astrophotographers "di Cicco, Dennis" 1991 12 604 Feature Tales from the Dark Side "O'Meara, Stephen James" "Bonney, William H." 1991 12 607 Feature Exploring the High-Energy Universe "Margon, Bruce" 1991 12 617 Books and the Sky "Wanderers in Space, Kenneth R. Lang and Charles A. Whitney" "Lunine, Jonathan I." 1991 12 618 Books and the Sky "A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings, Harold Hill" "Westfall, John E." 1991 12 620 Books and the Sky "The Trained Eye, Leon Palmer" "Hoff, Darrel B." 1991 12 631 Rambling Through the Skies South of Cetus 1991 12 638 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 12 640 Celestial Calendar A Horizon for Our Planet Chart "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 12 641 Celestial Calendar A Grazing Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1991 12 643 Celestial Calendar Watching for Algol's Eclipses 1991 12 645 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1991 12 647 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1991 12 651 Computers in Astronomy Pearl Harbor and the Waning Moon "Olson, Donald W." 1991 12 661 Gleanings for ATMs A Cone-based Polar Platform for Large Telescopes "Saulietis, Andy" "Kelly, Al" 1991 12 670 Amateur Astronomers A Refractor Reborn "Spaight, Tracy" 1991 12 672 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Eclipse Memories "Levy, David H." 1991 12 677 Observer's Page "Watching for """"Pinatubo Sunsets""""" 1991 12 685 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1991 12 686 Gallery Gallery 1992 1 4 Focal Point Extraterrestrial Hazards "Marsden, Brian G." 1992 1 5 Letters Letter "Bailey, Mark E." "Chambers, John E." "Hahn, Gerhard" 1992 1 5 Letters Letter "Bunge, Robert" 1992 1 5 Letters Letter "Piip, Eric" 1992 1 6 Letters Letter "Stephan, Christopher" 1992 1 6 Letters Letter "Culp, John S." 1992 1 6 Letters Letter "Gatschet, Fred" 1992 1 7 News Notes Astronomers See Double in Globular Clusters 1992 1 8 News Notes "Extrasolar Planets: A Definite """"Maybe""""" 1992 1 8 News Notes Modeling the Birth of Multiple Stars 1992 1 9 News Notes NASA Launched Mission to Planet Earth 1992 1 9 News Notes Runaway Pulsar 1992 1 10 News Notes Titan's Antigreenhouse 1992 1 11 News Notes Spherical Aberration to the Rescue? 1992 1 11 News Notes More Bunched Quasars 1992 1 11 News Notes Long Channel on Venus 1992 1 12 News Notes Asteroids and Flare Stars 1992 1 13 Astronomy Express Shock Waves Rock Halley? 1992 1 13 Astronomy Express Rosat Gets the Point 1992 1 13 Astronomy Express Galileo Gets Gaspra 1992 1 14 Feature Ten Top Telescope Ideas of 1991 1992 1 20 Feature Wormholes and Time Machines "Davies, Paul" 1992 1 25 Feature Subatomic Astronomy "Sadoulet, Bernard" "Cronin, James W." 1992 1 29 Feature The Quest for High Resolution "Davis, John" 1992 1 35 Feature Mercury's Cool Surprise "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1992 1 37 Feature The Coins of Antioch "Molnar, Michael R." 1992 1 40 Books & Beyond "Beyond the Blue Horizon, E. C. Krupp" "Chamberlain, Von Del" 1992 1 41 Books & Beyond "Five Billion Vodka Bottles to the Moon, Iosif Shklovsky" "McCutcheon, Robert A." 1992 1 43 Books & Beyond "The Age of the Earth, G. Brent Dalrymple" "Schorn, Ronald A." 1992 1 46 Books & Beyond "Bound to the Sun, Rudolf Kippenhahn" "Dvorak, John" 1992 1 57 Rambling Through the Skies An Unusual Ceiling "Lovi, George" 1992 1 59 Feature Sky-Gazer's Almanac 1992 1992 1 64 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 1 66 Celestial Calendar A 1992 Planet Preview 1992 1 68 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1992 "Dunham, David W." 1992 1 72 Feature Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1992 "Dunham, David W." 1992 1 78 Celestial Calendar The January 4th Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 1 80 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 1 81 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 1 83 Astronomical Computing "Rho Aquilae """"Jumps Ship"""" for Delphinus" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1992 1 84 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- The Sky 4.1, Software Bisque" 1992 1 87 Gleanings for ATMs Vanishing Observatory "Ventura, Sal" 1992 1 97 Amateur Astronomers The Mysterious Cony Island Telescope Lady 1992 1 97 Feature The Mysterious Coney Island Telescope Lady "Johannsen, Paul F." 1992 1 99 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Living on Observatory Drive "Levy, David H." 1992 1 101 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1992 1 104 Observer's Page Is It Silver or Is It Silicon? "di Cicco, Dennis" 1992 1 106 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1992 1 109 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1992 1 111 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 1 112 Gallery Gallery 1992 2 124 Focal Point The Cosmologists' New Clothes "Lerner, Eric J." 1992 2 125 Letters Letter "Zentz, George" 1992 2 125 Letters Letter "Smith, Ron Paul" 1992 2 125 Letters Letter "Hubbard, S. E." 1992 2 125 Letters Letter "Paul, Miles" 1992 2 125 Observer's Page Portrait of a Year "Arnold, H. J. P." 1992 2 126 Letters Letter "Johnson, Gus E." 1992 2 126 Letters Letter "Licandro, Javier" 1992 2 126 Letters Letter "Anderer, Michael" 1992 2 126 Letters Letter "Sheehan, William" 1992 2 127 News Notes An Exotic Lunar Meteorite 1992 2 127 News Notes Neptune's Arcs Ring True 1992 2 128 News Notes Bulgarian Astronomers: Free but Poor 1992 2 129 News Notes Geminga Unravels 1992 2 129 News Notes Origin of the Star and Crescent 1992 2 130 News Notes Oblong Mira 1992 2 130 News Notes Shrinking Carbon Stars 1992 2 130 News Notes Keck Telescope Dedicated 1992 2 131 News Notes Overlooked Masers 1992 2 131 News Notes The Young Milky Way: A Starburst Galaxy? 1992 2 132 News Notes Subaru Telescope 1992 2 132 News Notes Onward Voyagers 1992 2 133 Astronomy Express Unique Yanaka 1992 2 133 Astronomy Express Mudpie in the Sky 1992 2 133 Astronomy Express Mystery Object Buzzes Earth 1992 2 133 Astronomy Express Canada Rejoins Gemini 1992 2 133 Astronomy Express Beta Meteoroids Are Real 1992 2 134 Feature A Picture-Perfect Asteroid "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1992 2 136 Feature Plasma Cosmology "Peratt, Anthony L." 1992 2 142 Feature South for the Winter "Harrington, Philip" 1992 2 146 Feature Science in an Imaginary Sky "Mumford, George S." 1992 2 151 Feature Planetary Astronomy in the 1990's "Morrison, David" 1992 2 159 Feature What's Wrong with a Gibbous Moon? "Livingston, William C." 1992 2 161 Feature EUVE Probes the Local Bubble "Chien, Philip" 1992 2 163 Feature Box: Amateurs and EUVE "Naeye, Robert" 1992 2 167 Books & Beyond "The Backyard Astronomer's Guide, Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 2 170 Books & Beyond "The Sky: A User's Guide, David H. Levy" "Martinez, Patrick" 1992 2 171 Books & Beyond "The Lord of Uraniborg: A Biography of Tycho Brahe, Victor E. Thoren" 1992 2 172 Books & Beyond Book Review "Feingold, Mordechai" 1992 2 179 Rambling Through the Skies The Winter Triangle "Lovi, George" 1992 2 182 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 2 184 Celestial Calendar Asteroids at Deep-Sky Objects 1992 2 186 Celestial Calendar The Sigma Orionis Group "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 2 187 Celestial Calendar Double Stars To Test Your Limits "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 2 190 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 2 191 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 2 200 Computers in Astronomy The Green Flash "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1992 2 209 Gleanings for ATMs Using a CCD on the Planets "Numazawa, Shigemi" 1992 2 217 Amateur Astronomers Unlikely Allies in the Dark-Sky Movement "Hunter, Tim B." 1992 2 219 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Meteor Crater with Eugene Shoemaker "Levy, David H." 1992 2 225 Observer's Page The 1991 Perseids: Picking Up! "di Cicco, Dennis" 1992 2 228 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 2 232 Gallery Gallery 1992 3 244 Focal Point Dying Roots "Williams, Thomas R." 1992 3 245 Letters Letter "Badik, Victoria" 1992 3 245 Letters Letter "Baker, Paul" 1992 3 246 Letters Letter "Kreuter, William" 1992 3 246 Letters Letter "McMurry, Jerry J." 1992 3 246 Letters Letter "Dietch, Jon" 1992 3 246 Letters Letter "Rosichan, Richard H." 1992 3 247 News Notes "Hans Vehrenberg, 1910-91" 1992 3 247 News Notes The Hidden Heart of Centaurus A 1992 3 248 News Notes The Sun's Gravitational Redshift 1992 3 248 News Notes Kepler's Runaway Supernova Remnant 1992 3 248 News Notes A Pool of Dark Matter 1992 3 249 News Notes No Black Hole in SS 433 1992 3 250 News Notes Neutrinos on Ice 1992 3 251 News Notes Coreless Uranus and Neptune 1992 3 252 Astronomy Express Cro-Magnon Supernova 1992 3 252 Astronomy Express EUVE Launch Delay 1992 3 252 Astronomy Express A Genuine UFO 1992 3 252 Astronomy Express A Too-Early Molecular Cloud 1992 3 252 Astronomy Express Galileo Chills Out 1992 3 252 Astronomy Express Zel'dovich Pancake Spotted? 1992 3 253 Feature Optical Quality in Telescopes "Ceravolo, Peter" "Dickinson, Terence" "George, Douglas" 1992 3 255 Feature Box: What Are Diffraction-Limited Optics? "Milligan, Scott" 1992 3 258 Feature Venus Unveiled "Goldman, Stuart J." 1992 3 263 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop in Monoceros "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 3 267 Feature Japan's Zany Passion for Telescopes "Sinnott, Roger W." 1992 3 276 Feature Midwinter Sunrise at El Karnak "Reese, Ronald Lane" 1992 3 283 Books & Beyond "The Glorious Constellations, Giuseppe Maria Sesti" 1992 3 283 Letters Letter "Lovi, George" 1992 3 286 Books & Beyond "CCD Astronomy, Christian Buil" "Clark, Chrisopher C." 1992 3 288 Books & Beyond Book Review "Abbey, Lenny" 1992 3 288 Books & Beyond Book Review "Frazier, Kenrick" 1992 3 288 Books & Beyond "Exploring the Sun: Solar Science Since Galileo, Karl Hufbauer" 1992 3 288 Books & Beyond "Astronomy on the Personal Computer, Oliver Montenbruck and Thomas Pfleger" 1992 3 299 Rambling Through the Skies Progress Against Light-Pollution "Lovi, George" 1992 3 302 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 3 304 Celestial Calendar Jupiter: Plenty To Do in '92 1992 3 307 Celestial Calendar Vesta Loops Through Leo "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 3 310 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 3 310 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 3 318 Astronomical Computing Today's Evolving Software "Mosley, John E." 1992 3 320 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1992 3 323 Gleanings for ATMs Engineering a Superb 12«-inch Newtonian "Breaux, Allen" 1992 3 329 Gleanings for ATMs Radio Waves from a Meteor? "Drobnock, George John" 1992 3 333 Amateur Astronomers World News 1992 3 336 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Noteworthy Observer "Levy, David H." 1992 3 340 Observer's Page Shooting the Sun with a Backyard Telescope "Lille, Wolfgang" 1992 3 346 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 3 347 Gallery Gallery 1992 4 364 Focal Point Musings of a Malcontent "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1992 4 365 Letters Letter "Parkin, Alastair" 1992 4 365 Letters Letter "Aikman, Chris" 1992 4 365 Letters Letter "Ramsley, Kenneth R." 1992 4 365 Letters Letter "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1992 4 366 Letters Letter "Wehler, Randall" 1992 4 366 Letters Letter "Mahdy, Hamid" 1992 4 367 News Notes Spinning Stars: No Age Connection 1992 4 367 News Notes Spirals in a New light 1992 4 368 News Notes Order and Chaos in M83's Magnetic Field 1992 4 368 News Notes Shuttle-Glow Mystery Solved 1992 4 369 News Notes Solar Neutrino Update 1992 4 369 News Notes The Coronal Dividing Line 1992 4 370 News Notes Columbus on the Shoals 1992 4 371 News Notes A Sharp Eye for Mauna Kea 1992 4 371 News Notes Jupiter's Auroras Revealed 1992 4 372 News Notes A Meteoritic Wild Pitch 1992 4 372 News Notes Astronomy from the Bottom of the World 1992 4 373 Astronomy Express Earth Gets a Visitor 1992 4 373 Astronomy Express Globulars of Different Color 1992 4 373 Astronomy Express Magellan's Ups and Downs 1992 4 373 Astronomy Express Pulsar Planets Come and Go 1992 4 373 Astronomy Express Outermost Asteroid 1992 4 374 Feature Taking the Pulse of White Dwarfs "Nather, R. Edward" "Winget, Donald E." 1992 4 379 Feature Interstellar Molecules "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1992 4 387 Feature Teardrops on the Pampas "Schultz, Peter H." "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1992 4 392 Feature Box: Discovering the Craters "Lianza, Ruben E." 1992 4 393 S&T Test Report The Canon L1 Video Camcorder "di Cicco, Dennis" 1992 4 403 Books & Beyond "Seeing the Solar System, Fred Schaaf" "Hoff, Darrel B." 1992 4 404 Books & Beyond "Atlas of the Moon, Antonin Rukl" "Westfall, John E." 1992 4 407 Books & Beyond "Regiomontanus: His Life and Work, Ernst Zinner" 1992 4 408 Books & Beyond Book Review "Gingerich, Owen" 1992 4 419 Rambling Through the Skies The Sky's Deep South "Lovi, George" 1992 4 422 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 4 424 Celestial Calendar The Messier Crater Pair "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 4 427 Celestial Calendar Two Asteroids Pass the Sombrero 1992 4 428 Celestial Calendar Two Springtime Variables "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 4 429 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 4 431 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 4 437 Computers in Astronomy Paul Revere's Midnight Ride "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1992 4 444 Gleanings for ATMs A Telescope of the 17th Century "Binder, Alan" 1992 4 453 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Fund Assists Polish Observers "Bock Jr., Paul H." 1992 4 455 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Astronmy at War "Levy, David H." 1992 4 457 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1992 4 460 Observer's Page "California's """"Ring of Fire"""" Eclipse" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1992 4 463 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Open Clusters "Harrington, Philip" 1992 4 466 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 4 467 Gallery Gallery 1992 4 468 News Notes Meteor Drizzles 1992 5 484 Focal Point Feeling the Pinch "Price, Jill S." 1992 5 485 Letters Letter "Lynch, Mike" 1992 5 485 Letters Letter "Harrington, Robert S." 1992 5 485 Letters Letter "Gingerich, Owen" 1992 5 485 Letters Letter "Phillips, Robert B." 1992 5 486 Letters Letter "Stevens, Larry A." 1992 5 486 Letters Letter "Dolby, John" 1992 5 486 Letters Letter "Jones, Philip" 1992 5 486 Letters Letter "Parker, R. R." 1992 5 487 News Notes Mars Rovers on the Move 1992 5 487 News Notes The IRAS Sky: Showing It Right 1992 5 488 News Notes Barren Galaxies 1992 5 489 News Notes Solar Cycles and Atmospheric Warming 1992 5 489 News Notes New NASA Budget Forces Space-Science Cancellations 1992 5 490 News Notes Mars' Whimsical Duststorms 1992 5 491 News Notes Very Large Mirrors for the Very Large Telescope 1992 5 491 News Notes Big Times at the Mirror Lab 1992 5 492 Astronomy Express NASA Administrator Ousted 1992 5 492 Astronomy Express Most Luminous Object 1992 5 492 Astronomy Express Best Black Hole 1992 5 492 Astronomy Express Bright Nova in Cygnus 1992 5 492 Astronomy Express A Return to the Moon 1992 5 492 Astronomy Express As the World Turns 1992 5 493 Feature "Pulsars, Planets, & Pathos" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1992 5 496 Feature The Birth of Electronic Astronomy "Svec, Michael T." 1992 5 502 Backyard Astronomy A Pupil Primer "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 5 505 Feature Maria Mitchell's Haunting Legacy "Opalko, Jane" 1992 5 508 Feature Star Clusters: Enigmas in Our Backyard "Bergh, Sidney van den" 1992 5 515 Feature Understanding the Hubble Sequence "Lake, George" 1992 5 523 Books & Beyond "Methods of Orbit Determination for the Microcomputer, Dan Boulet" "Yeomans, Donald K." 1992 5 526 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Algorithms, Jean Meeus" "Dunham, Joan Bixby" 1992 5 527 Books & Beyond "The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia, Stephen P. Maran" "Couper, Heather" "Henbest, Nigel" 1992 5 539 Rambling Through the Skies Astronomical Lead Balloons "Lovi, George" 1992 5 542 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 5 545 Celestial Calendar An Occultation by Pluto "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 5 546 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 5 547 Celestial Calendar Vesta Crosses a Galaxy "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 5 551 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 5 558 Astronomical Computing Savaging the Benchmark "Sinnott, Roger W." 1992 5 560 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1992 5 565 Gleanings for ATMs In Praise of Plastic Gears "Dechene, Joseph" 1992 5 569 Gleanings for ATMs Mirror Grinding As You Sit "Loss, Phillip J." 1992 5 573 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1991 "Tomlinson, Gary E." 1992 5 575 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Discoveries of 1991 "Levy, David H." 1992 5 577 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1992 5 580 Observer's Page Crepuscular Rays 1992 5 584 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 5 585 Observer's Page A Brilliant Flash "Witze, Alexandra M." 1992 5 587 Gallery Gallery 1992 6 604 Focal Point Whence Came Life? "Miller, Stanley L." "Chyba, Christopher" 1992 6 606 Letters Letter "Morrison, David" 1992 6 606 Letters Letter "French, Alan" 1992 6 606 Letters Letter "Gedzelman, Stanley David" 1992 6 606 Letters Letter "Gliba, George W." 1992 6 606 Letters Letter "Banialis, Greg" 1992 6 607 News Notes A Subdued Monster 1992 6 607 News Notes Mapping Dark Matter 1992 6 608 News Notes Seeing Einstein Rings at Last 1992 6 608 News Notes The Bow-Shock Nebula: A Mystery Solved 1992 6 609 News Notes Mount Wilson Nearly Tuned Out 1992 6 609 News Notes Five Thousand Flying Rocks 1992 6 610 News Notes Lightning on Venus Revisited 1992 6 610 News Notes Leading-Arm Spiral Galaxy 1992 6 611 News Notes Kuiper Belt Remains Elusive 1992 6 611 News Notes Seeking Pluto's Minions 1992 6 611 News Notes Earth's New Radiation Belt 1992 6 612 Astronomy Express New NASA Chief 1992 6 612 Astronomy Express New Eye for the MMT 1992 6 612 Astronomy Express ALEXIS Grounded 1992 6 612 Astronomy Express Catching a Gravitational Wave 1992 6 612 Astronomy Express Compton Hits a Snag 1992 6 613 Feature "Behind the """"Red Sirius"""" Myth" "Ceragioli, Roger" 1992 6 616 S&T Test Report Better Ways to Focus Your Telescope "di Cicco, Dennis" 1992 6 616 S&T Test Report Better Ways To Focus Your Telescope "di Cicco, Dennis" 1992 6 619 Feature Hubble Illuminates the Universe "Maran, Stephen P." 1992 6 626 Feature Galaxies Through a Red Giant "Keel, William C." 1992 6 628 Feature A Sleepless Night with the 6-Meter Telescope "Ressmeyer, Roger H." 1992 6 634 Letters Letter "Brooks, John J." 1992 6 634 Letters Letter "Kitchin, Charles" 1992 6 634 Letters Letter "West, John E." 1992 6 636 Books & Beyond "The Buil-Thouvenot CCD Atlas of Deep-Sky Objects, Christian Buil and Eric Thouvenot" "Liller, William" 1992 6 638 Books & Beyond "Planetary Nebulae, Steven J. Hynes" "Marling, Jack B." 1992 6 640 Books & Beyond "How and Why To Make a User-Friendly Sidewalk Telescope, John L. Dobson" "Berry, Richard" 1992 6 657 Rambling Through the Skies More Southern Stargazing "Lovi, George" 1992 6 664 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 6 666 Celestial Calendar A Partial Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 6 670 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 6 670 Celestial Calendar Watching the Librating Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 6 672 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 6 676 Computers in Astronomy Aristotle and a Star Hidden by Jupiter "Cohen, Sheldon M." 1992 6 677 Computers in Astronomy "Review Corner -- Dance of the Planets, A. R. C. Software" 1992 6 679 Computers in Astronomy Bits and Bytes 1992 6 684 Gleanings for ATMs Three Innovations in a Dobsonian "Kelley, William E." 1992 6 687 Gleanings for ATMs Computer-generated Ronchi Gratings "Wicker, Dudley B." 1992 6 688 Gleanings for ATMs Finish Your Mirror with Polishing Pads "Knott, M. Leon" 1992 6 692 Amateur Astronomers Robert Frost: Poet of the Night "Maynard, Charles" 1992 6 694 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Spectacular 50th Journey "Levy, David H." 1992 6 696 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1992 6 700 Observer's Page Observing Jupiter Satellite Eclipses with a CCD Camera "Mallama, Anthony" 1992 6 706 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1992 6 707 Gallery Gallery 1992 6 711 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 7 4 Focal Point Somber Impressions "Ortega, Tony" 1992 7 5 News Notes Disappearing Dwarfs? 1992 7 5 News Notes In Search of Ancient Asteroids 1992 7 6 News Notes Earthlike Planets May Be Common 1992 7 7 News Notes Glimpsing a Newborn Star 1992 7 7 News Notes Plumes in Spiral Galaxies 1992 7 7 News Notes "Neptune's """"Forbidden"""" Moons" 1992 7 8 News Notes Did Mars Slip Up? 1992 7 8 News Notes "Did the """"Big One"""" Pack a One-Two Punch?" 1992 7 9 News Notes "Ulysses, By Jove!" 1992 7 10 News Notes The Extreme-Ultraviolet Sky 1992 7 10 News Notes A New Iron in the Fire 1992 7 11 Astronomy Express Light Backlash in San Diego 1992 7 11 Astronomy Express Hot Star 1992 7 11 Astronomy Express Gamma-ray Quasars 1992 7 12 Feature Stars on My Ceiling "Goeringer, Conrad F." 1992 7 16 Letters A Boring Debate? "Ridpath, Ian" 1992 7 16 Letters Soviet Early Warning "Alpher, Ralph A." 1992 7 16 Letters A Boring Debate? "Kitt, Michael T." 1992 7 16 Letters A Boring Debate? "Kellogg, Tom" 1992 7 16 Letters A Boring Debate? "O'Halloran O.S.J., Rev. John D." 1992 7 16 Letters A Boring Debate? "Hollis, Mike" 1992 7 16 Letters A Boring Debate? "Gordon, Rodger W." 1992 7 17 Letters Local Clubs Restore Telescope "Davidson, Robert J." 1992 7 17 Letters Venus Dichotomy Reprise "Mallama, Anthony" 1992 7 17 Letters Sunrise Photos from El Karnak "Krupp, E. C." 1992 7 18 Feature Four Faces of Mars "Chaiken, Andrew" 1992 7 23 Feature Did Barnard and Mellish Really See Craters on Mars? "Sheehan, William" 1992 7 26 Feature Spinning a Giant Success "Robinson, Leif J." 1992 7 30 Feature Box: The New Giant of Mauna Kea "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1992 7 34 Feature COBE Confronts the Big Bang "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1992 7 38 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from Vega "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 7 43 Books & Beyond "Messier's Nebulae and Star Clusters, Kenneth Glyn Jones" "Gingerich, Owen" 1992 7 46 Books & Beyond "The Meteorite and Tektite Collector's Handbook, Philip M. Bagnall" "Haag, Robert A." 1992 7 59 Rambling Through the Skies Cartographic Musings "Lovi, George" 1992 7 62 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 7 65 Celestial Calendar Summer Double Stars To Test Your Limits "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 7 66 Celestial Calendar Pales Crossing the Lagoon 1992 7 68 Celestial Calendar Pallas Crossing Hercules 1992 7 72 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 7 72 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 7 77 Computers in Astronomy The CD-ROM Comes of Age "Mosley, John E." 1992 7 85 Gleanings for ATMs The Reflective Null Test for Mirrors "Jones, Edward L." 1992 7 89 Gleanings for ATMs Box: Program for Locating the Mirrors "Jones, Edward L." 1992 7 94 Amateur Astronomers The Forgotten Comet Hunter of Skalnate Pleso "Bortle, John E." 1992 7 96 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Road to a Record "Levy, David H." 1992 7 98 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1992 7 100 Observer's Page Astrophotography with a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope "Ware, Jason" 1992 7 104 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Open Clusters II "Harrington, Philip" 1992 7 106 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 7 107 Gallery Gallery 1992 8 124 Focal Point Don't Politicize NASA "Weissman, Paul R." 1992 8 125 Letters Sexism in Science "Wick, David J." 1992 8 125 Letters Overseas Amateurs Helped "Warell, Johan" 1992 8 125 Letters Overseas Amateurs Helped "Szabo, Sandor" 1992 8 125 Letters Electronic Progress "Kaiser, Daniel H." 1992 8 125 Letters Sexism in Science "Camp, Owen D." 1992 8 125 Letters Overseas Amateurs Helped "Brylowski, Zbigniew" 1992 8 126 Letters Helium and the Big Bang "Fuller, George M." 1992 8 126 Letters Lerner replies: "Lerner, Eric J." 1992 8 126 Letters Sexism in Science "Warrian, Mark" 1992 8 127 News Notes Water from Mars 1992 8 127 News Notes Iron Meteorite Drops on Russian Wheat Farm 1992 8 128 News Notes Quantized Redshifts: What's Going On Here? 1992 8 128 News Notes High-Energy Hyades 1992 8 129 News Notes Supernova Census 1992 8 130 News Notes Telescopes with Lenses of Hot Air 1992 8 130 News Notes NGC 2214: A Young-Old Cluster 1992 8 130 News Notes Cygnus X-3: Binary Pulsar in the Making? 1992 8 131 News Notes A Peach of a Telescope 1992 8 132 News Notes Algol: A Closer Look 1992 8 133 Astronomy Express No Joy for Galileo 1992 8 133 Astronomy Express Practice for Hubble Repair 1992 8 133 Astronomy Express Geminga Mystery Solved 1992 8 133 Astronomy Express Giotto's Second Coming 1992 8 133 Astronomy Express Green Light for Columbus 1992 8 134 Feature Memorable Observing Experiences -- Part I "Allen, David A." "Cruikshank, Dale P." "Dollfus, Audouin" 1992 8 138 Feature Active Galactic Nuclei: Sorting Out the Mess "Finkbeiner, Ann K." 1992 8 145 S&T Test Report The Solaris Hydrogen-Alpha Telescope System 1992 8 148 Feature Riches of the Rainbow "Schaaf, Fred" 1992 8 154 Feature Hubble's Amateur Hour "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1992 8 156 Feature The Earliest Maps of Venus "Stooke, Philip J." 1992 8 164 Books & Beyond "Observing the Sun, Peter O. Taylor" "Trombino, Donald F." 1992 8 165 Books & Beyond "Modern Cosmology in Retrospect, B. Bertotti and others, eds." "Silk, Joseph" 1992 8 167 Books & Beyond "Seeing the Deep Sky, Fred Schaaf" "Lorenzin, Tom" 1992 8 179 Rambling Through the Skies Summer's Horizon Huggers "Lovi, George" 1992 8 182 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 8 185 Celestial Calendar Crucial Year for the Perseid Meteors 1992 8 188 Celestial Calendar Sporadic Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 8 191 Celestial Calendar Neptune Skims a Star 1992 8 191 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 8 192 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 8 197 Amateur Astronomers A New Public Observatory in Texas "Arnold, Thomas" 1992 8 199 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: In Search of the Elusive Nova "Levy, David H." 1992 8 207 Computers in Astronomy A Medieval Mutual Planetary Occultation "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Albers, Steven C." 1992 8 212 Gleanings for ATMs Easy Viewing with a Fixed Telescope "Fundingsland, John O." 1992 8 216 Gleanings for ATMs New Books for the ATM "Sinnott, Roger W." 1992 8 220 Observer's Page Is Comet Swift-Tuttle Coming Back? "Bortle, John E." 1992 8 222 Observer's Page A Different Way To Observe the Perseids "Lynch, Joseph L." 1992 8 225 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1992 8 226 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 8 228 Gallery Gallery 1992 9 244 Focal Point Fly-by-Nights "Brown, Peter" 1992 9 245 Letters Testing the Time "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1992 9 245 Letters Bending Star Trials "Sampson, Russ" 1992 9 245 Letters Commercialized Astronomy "Mumford, George S." 1992 9 246 Letters Southern Delights "Ryan, Jay" 1992 9 246 Letters Red Sirius Silliness "Steffey, Philip C." 1992 9 247 News Notes FAUST Glimpses the Far-Ultraviolet Sky 1992 9 247 News Notes M87's Long-Missing Other Jet 1992 9 248 News Notes India's New Radio Giant 1992 9 248 News Notes Blowing Sand on Venus? 1992 9 249 News Notes Stellar Shenanigans in NGC 2346 1992 9 250 News Notes Diamonds from the Sky 1992 9 251 News Notes After the Flare Is Over 1992 9 252 Astronomy Express Distant Cosmic Mirage 1992 9 252 Astronomy Express EUVE Probes the Unknown 1992 9 252 Astronomy Express Best Black Hole Gets Better 1992 9 252 Astronomy Express X Marks the Spot 1992 9 252 Astronomy Express Togetherness in Space 1992 9 253 Feature Glimpses from Galileo "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1992 9 254 Feature Tough Times for Astronomers in the Former Soviet Union "Robinson, Leif J." 1992 9 255 Feature Box: U. S. Astronomers Aid Colleagues in the Former Soviet Union "Robinson, Leif J." 1992 9 256 Feature Box: Astronomy Past and Present in the Former Soviet Union "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1992 9 258 Feature Box: Previous Aid to FSU Astronomers "McCutcheon, Robert A." 1992 9 259 Feature Regards from the Moon "Lowman Jr., Paul D." 1992 9 266 Feature The Truth About Star Colors "Steffey, Philip C." 1992 9 274 Feature "Giuseppe Piazzi and the """"Missing Planet""""" "Cunningham, Clifford J." 1992 9 278 Backyard Astronomy Names of the Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 9 284 Books & Beyond "The Great Copernicus Chase, Owen Gingerich" "DeVorkin, David H." 1992 9 289 Books & Beyond "HarperCollins Dictionary of Astronomy and Space Science, Dianne F. Moore" 1992 9 289 Books & Beyond Book Review "Raymo, Chet" 1992 9 289 Books & Beyond "A Concise Dictionary of Astronomy, Jacqueline Mitton" 1992 9 299 Rambling Through the Skies More Horizon Huggers "Lovi, George" 1992 9 302 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 9 304 Celestial Calendar Hunting the Moons of Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 9 305 Celestial Calendar Pallas at the Head of Ophiuchus 1992 9 306 Celestial Calendar M11 and R Scuti: A Special Summer Combo "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 9 309 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 9 311 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 9 318 Computers in Astronomy Field Rotation in Astrophotography "Pouplier, Alphonse" 1992 9 325 Amateur Astronomers A Boy and His Telescope "Jedicke, Peter" 1992 9 329 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1992 9 329 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Comet Hunters of Yesterday and Today "Levy, David H." 1992 9 332 Gleanings for ATMs "Making """"The Beast""""" "Benz, Mike" "Bakken, Dan" 1992 9 337 Gleanings for ATMs Make Your Own Telrad Pole Finder "Ford, Ralph" 1992 9 340 Observer's Page Exploring the Herschel Catalogue "Mullaney, James" 1992 9 346 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 9 348 Gallery Gallery 1992 10 364 Focal Point Why Oddball Ideas Have It Tough in Science "Raymo, Chet" 1992 10 365 Letters Mars Crater Sightings "Gordon, Rodger W." 1992 10 365 Letters Cosmic Rings "Zahn, Corvin" "Ruder, Hanns" 1992 10 366 News Notes What's Happening in Arp 220? 1992 10 367 News Notes Watching a Star Age? 1992 10 367 News Notes Molecular Surprises in the Milky Way 1992 10 368 News Notes Rename the MMT 1992 10 368 News Notes Space Achievements on Stamps 1992 10 369 News Notes Solar Granules in Motion 1992 10 370 News Notes The Great Attractor: Reality or Illusion? 1992 10 370 News Notes Giant Cosmic Survey Wins Funding 1992 10 371 News Notes Rock 'n' Roll Astronomy 1992 10 372 Astronomy Express The Sun in Neutrons 1992 10 372 Astronomy Express Pluto's Air 1992 10 372 Astronomy Express SAMPEX Aloft 1992 10 372 Astronomy Express New Evidence for Yucatan Impact 1992 10 372 Astronomy Express P/Grigg-Skjellerup Probed 1992 10 373 Feature Return to the Red Planet "Nichols, Robert G." 1992 10 376 Letters Political Astronomy? "Wickholm, David R." 1992 10 376 Letters Righting the 6-meter's Reputation "Vukobratovich, Daniel" 1992 10 376 Letters Help for Amateurs "Bock Jr., Paul H." 1992 10 376 Letters Political Astronomy? "Merzel, Kenneth" 1992 10 376 Letters Star Attraction "Leake, David C." 1992 10 378 Feature Closing in on the Solar-Neutrino Problem "Fischer, Daniel" 1992 10 382 Feature Memorable Observing Experiences -- Part II "Chapman, Clark R." "Dickinson, Terence" "Levy, David H." 1992 10 386 Feature Astronomy on the Edge: Using the Hubble Space Telescope "Cole, Stephen" 1992 10 395 S&T Test Report The ST-6 CCD Imaging Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 1992 10 406 Books & Beyond "Stars, James B. Kaler" "Karovska, Margarita" 1992 10 409 Books & Beyond "God's Laughter: Man and His Cosmos, Gerhard Staguhn" "Hoff, Darrel B." 1992 10 419 Rambling Through the Skies Columbus' First American Evening "Lovi, George" 1992 10 422 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 10 424 Celestial Calendar The Fabled City on the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 10 426 Celestial Calendar Zelia Visits M74 1992 10 427 Celestial Calendar The Slow Fade of Nova Cygni 1992 10 428 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 10 428 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 10 437 Computers in Astronomy Columbus and an Eclipse of the Moon "Olson, Donald W." 1992 10 443 Amateur Astronomers Texas Star Party Memories "Brown, Douglas C." "Reed, John W." 1992 10 447 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Passing the Torch at the RTMC "Levy, David H." 1992 10 452 Gleanings for ATMs Behold: A Telescoping Telescope! "Canan, Patrick H." 1992 10 455 Gleanings for ATMs Make Your Own Dew Eliminator "Blackwell, S. Kent" 1992 10 462 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Open Clusters III "Harrington, Philip" 1992 10 466 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 10 468 Gallery Gallery 1992 11 484 Focal Point Putting on the Spiel "Dye, Lee" 1992 11 485 Letters Theft at Texas Star Party "Braley Jr., Bobby R." 1992 11 485 Letters Home Planetariums "DeBruyn, David L." 1992 11 486 Letters A New Way To Look at the Moon "Borra, John [Francis]" 1992 11 486 Letters Home Planetariums "Mellberg, William F." 1992 11 486 Letters Lick 36-inch Still in Use "Prosser, Charles F." 1992 11 487 News Notes A New Look at Plaskett's Star 1992 11 487 News Notes Dissecting the Great Annihilator 1992 11 488 News Notes A Stellar Magician 1992 11 488 News Notes Russian Rover Learns to Roll Overs Rocks 1992 11 489 News Notes Eta Carinae Revisited 1992 11 490 News Notes International Space Year's World Astronomy Days 1992 11 490 News Notes Smack into Titan 1992 11 491 News Notes Astrophysical Journal: The Movie 1992 11 491 News Notes Cosmic Rays and Pack Rats 1992 11 492 News Notes Hipparchos Spins On 1992 11 493 Astronomy Express Perseid Burst 1992 11 493 Astronomy Express Twin Supernovae 1992 11 493 Astronomy Express Exploding Fireball 1992 11 493 Astronomy Express Mystery Object Beyond Pluto 1992 11 493 Astronomy Express New Comet Brewington 1992 11 494 Feature Origins of the Stellar Magnitude Scale "Hearnshaw, John B." 1992 11 500 Feature Giotto's Curtain Call "Fischer, Daniel" 1992 11 502 Feature The Great Stone of Ensisheim Turns 500 "Witze, Alexandra M." 1992 11 504 Feature Space: 1892 "Fies, Brian" 1992 11 507 Feature SETI at the Crossroads "Naeye, Robert" 1992 11 518 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from Deneb "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 11 524 Books & Beyond "The Aurora: Sun-Earth Interactions, Neil Bone" "Huestis, David A." 1992 11 525 Books & Beyond "Satellites of the Outer Planets: Worlds in Their Own Right, David A. Rothery" "Lunine, Jonathan I." 1992 11 526 Books & Beyond "Rendezvous in Space: The Science of Comets, John C. Brandt and Robert D. Chapman" "Larson, Stephen M." 1992 11 539 Rambling Through the Skies The Lore of Loops "Lovi, George" 1992 11 542 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 11 545 Celestial Calendar Your Guide to Observing Mars in 1992-93 1992 11 548 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 11 548 Celestial Calendar An Asteroid Among the Pleiades 1992 11 551 Celestial Calendar The Crescent Moon Occults Mercury 1992 11 552 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 11 557 Astronomical Computing Tour the Heavens on Your Computer "Mosley, John E." 1992 11 564 Amateur Astronomers Night-Sky Brightness over Japan "Kosai, Hiroki" "Isobe, Syuzo" "Nakayama, Hironori" 1992 11 569 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Unwaivering Support for Variable Stars "Levy, David H." 1992 11 570 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1992 11 572 Gleanings for ATMs How to Build a Portable Artificial Star "Berry, Richard" 1992 11 574 Gleanings for ATMs The Exact Knife-edge Formula "Watanabe, Kaazuo" 1992 11 580 Observer's Page The June 30th Total Solar Eclipse 1992 11 582 Observer's Page How Filtered Glasses Help Dark Adaptation "Chou, B. Ralph" 1992 11 583 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 11 587 Gallery Gallery 1992 12 604 Focal Point "What Good Is COBE, Anyway?" "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1992 12 605 Letters Pay per View? "Adams, Ron" 1992 12 605 Letters Mars Illusion "McKinney, William M." 1992 12 605 Letters Scanned Art "Murdin, Paul" 1992 12 605 Letters Rainbow Gaps "Lucke, Robert L." 1992 12 605 Letters Cartographic Discontent "Bell, Steven A." 1992 12 606 Letters Solar Flaring "Ellerbe, James" 1992 12 606 Letters Inspired in the Philippines "Magat, Mandy M." 1992 12 606 Letters Keeping Warm at the Eyepiece "Kingery, John" 1992 12 606 Letters Ortega replies: "Ortega, Tony" 1992 12 606 Letters Meteoric Difficulties "Smith, Franklin W." 1992 12 606 Letters Dark-Sky Northeast "Upgren, Arthur R." 1992 12 607 News Notes "Darker, Quieter, Less Cluttered Skies" 1992 12 607 News Notes Beta Pic's Debris: From Icy Dust to Planets? 1992 12 608 News Notes NASA's Not-So-Great Observatories 1992 12 609 News Notes Photons with a Punch 1992 12 610 News Notes Art and Science in the Milky Way 1992 12 611 News Notes "Dead Cow"""" Meteorites Rediscovered" 1992 12 612 Astronomy Express NASA To Get SETI Funds 1992 12 612 Astronomy Express Mars Bound! 1992 12 612 Astronomy Express Swift-Tuttle Returns 1992 12 612 Astronomy Express Voyagers Sail On 1992 12 613 Feature Cosmology of the Local Group "Lake, George" 1992 12 620 Feature General Thomas Brisbane's Astronomical Adventures "Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth" 1992 12 623 Feature Keck's Giant Eye "Ressmeyer, Roger H." 1992 12 626 Feature Parallax You Can See "Marschall, Laurence A." "Ratcliff, Steven J." "Balonek, Thomas J." 1992 12 631 Feature Probing the Gamma-Ray Sky "Hurley, Kevin" 1992 12 639 Feature Lunar Eclipses That Changed the World "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1992 12 650 Books & Beyond "Is Anyone Out There? The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Frank Drake and Dava Sobel" "White, Frank" 1992 12 655 Books & Beyond "Astrophysical Techniques, C. R. Kitchin" "Huchra, John P." 1992 12 661 Rambling Through the Skies "Cetus, the Whale?" "Lovi, George" 1992 12 668 Celestial Calendar "The Sun, Moon, and Planets This Month" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 12 670 Celestial Calendar December's Total Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 12 672 Celestial Calendar Moonwatcher's Corner 1992 12 673 Celestial Calendar Toutatis Performs a Near-Earth Flyby "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 12 675 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1992 12 678 Astronomical Computing A Tale of Two Eclipses "Nyren, Kari" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1992 12 690 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: James Edson: The Daring Other Half "Levy, David H." 1992 12 692 Amateur Astronomers North American Star-Watch Results "Crawford, David L." 1992 12 696 Gleanings for ATMs Adventures in Tubing "MacRobert, Alan M." 1992 12 704 Observer's Page Measuring the Moon "Krumenaker, Lawrence" 1992 12 711 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1992 12 711 Observer's Page "The Cocoon, Filters, and a Dust Devil" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1992 12 713 Gallery Gallery 1993 1 4 Focal Point What Hath COBE Wrought? "Davies, Paul" 1993 1 6 Letters Molecular Clouds "Mead, Kathryn N." "Kutner, Marc L." 1993 1 6 Letters New Eclipse Circular "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 1993 1 6 Letters Solar-Neutrino Expectations "Robertson, R. G. Hamish" 1993 1 7 Letters Soviet Astronomy Continues "Surdin, Vladimir" 1993 1 7 Letters Meteor Project Results "Drummond, Jack D." 1993 1 7 Letters Due Credit "Clarke, Arthur C." 1993 1 8 S&T Newswire A Blast for the Record Book 1993 1 8 S&T Newswire Galileo's Reprise 1993 1 8 S&T Newswire "Oort, Jan H., 1900-92" 1993 1 8 S&T Newswire Pope Exonerates Galileo 1993 1 9 S&T Newswire Pluto and Charon Weigh In 1993 1 9 S&T Newswire "Meteorite 1, Car 0" 1993 1 9 S&T Newswire Hubble Looks at Io 1993 1 11 News Notes "Magellan: Radar Mapping Ends, Final Mission Begins" 1993 1 12 News Notes More Hubble Amateurs 1993 1 12 News Notes Yucatan Impact Dated 1993 1 13 News Notes An Ultralight Lunar Telescope 1993 1 14 News Notes A Young Radio Galaxy 1993 1 14 News Notes Birth of a Be Star 1993 1 15 News Notes An Organic Asteroid? 1993 1 15 News Notes High-Velocity Clouds Explained 1993 1 16 Feature Comet Swift-Tuttle: Does It Threaten Earth? "Marsden, Brian G." 1993 1 20 Feature Exotic Worlds "Sheehan, William" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1993 1 26 Feature Comets at the Solar System's Edge "Weissman, Paul R." 1993 1 40 S&T Test Report Meade's 8- and 10-inch Starfinder Telescopes "di Cicco, Dennis" 1993 1 42 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 1 48 Backyard Astronomy A Binocular Star-Hop in Orion "Harrington, Philip" 1993 1 57 Feature Sky-Gazer's Almanac 1993 "Sinnott, Roger W." "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 1 63 Rambling Through the Skies Plotting a Fresh Start "Lovi, George" 1993 1 66 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 1 68 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 1 69 Stars & Planets Winter Sun Pillars 1993 1 70 Celestial Calendar A Planet Preview for 1993 1993 1 74 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1993 "Dunham, David W." 1993 1 78 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 1 80 Books & Beyond Children's books "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1993 1 89 Astronomical Computing A Star's Visibility Just Before Occultation 1993 1 89 Astronomical Computing A Star's Visibility Before Occultation "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1993 1 95 Telescope Making Starthenon: A Temple to the Stars "Bird, Loren R." 1993 1 98 Telescope Making George W. Ritchey and the Dina Laboratory "de Vaucouleurs, Gerard" 1993 1 100 Feature Box: Ritchey's Legacy "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 1 104 Amateur Astronomers A Martian Dust-Storm Watch "Parker, Donald C." "Beish, Jeff D." "Troiani, Daniel M." 1993 1 108 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Starfest 1992: A Canadian Stellafane "Levy, David H." 1993 1 110 Observer's Page How CCD Imaging Is Reviving Urban Astronomy "Gavin, Maurice V." 1993 1 114 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1993 1 115 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 1 116 Observer's Page What 1993 Holds in Store for Comet Watchers "Bortle, John E." 1993 1 120 Gallery Gallery 1993 1 676 Stars & Planets Sparkling Sights of Frosty Nights 1993 2 4 Focal Point We Stargazers "Piechowski, Otto Rushe" 1993 2 6 Letters Distancing Yourself "Arp, Halton C." 1993 2 6 Letters New Magazine for Amateurs "DuHamel, Robert" 1993 2 6 Letters Motivating Meteor Observers "Sweetsir, Richard" 1993 2 6 Letters Lettering Lesson "Wagman, Morton" 1993 2 6 Letters Motivating Meteor Observers "Smith, James N." 1993 2 8 S&T Newswire December's Lunar Disappearing Act 1993 2 8 S&T Newswire Eyes for Gemini 1993 2 8 S&T Newswire Hubble Glimpses a Galaxy's Engine 1993 2 9 News Notes Doing the NASA Shuffle 1993 2 9 S&T Newswire Deep in the Heart of Comet Swift-Tuttle 1993 2 9 S&T Newswire A Bright New Variable 1993 2 11 News Notes Fast-moving Protons in a Stellar Flare 1993 2 11 News Notes The Sun's Gamma-Ray Afterglow 1993 2 11 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 2 12 News Notes "Pioneer Venus, R.I.P." 1993 2 12 News Notes An Asteroid with a Tail 1993 2 13 News Notes Andromeda in a New Light 1993 2 13 News Notes Planets in Chaos 1993 2 14 News Notes Amateurs Invited To Use Hubble Telescope 1993 2 14 News Notes A Mirror-Image Galaxy 1993 2 15 News Notes Keep Mars Clean 1993 2 18 Feature Temples in the Sky Part I -- The Far South "Brunier, Serge" 1993 2 26 Feature New York's Cosmic Car Conker "di Cicco, Dennis" 1993 2 28 Backyard Astronomy Keeping Warm Under Winter Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 2 31 Feature Galaxy Redshifts Reconsidered "Odenwald, Sten" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1993 2 39 Feature Supernova 1987A Revisited "Naeye, Robert" 1993 2 45 S&T Test Report Two New Approaches to Off-Axis Guiding "di Cicco, Dennis" 1993 2 47 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 2 52 Books & Beyond "The Aurora Watcher's Handbook, Neil Davis" "Huestis, David A." 1993 2 54 Books & Beyond "Expert Astronomer, Expert Software, Inc." 1993 2 54 Books & Beyond Software Review: Expert Astronomer "Mosley, John E." 1993 2 55 Books & Beyond "Masters of Time: Cosmology at the End of Innocence, John Boslough" "Shipman, Harry L." 1993 2 63 Rambling Through the Skies How To Flatten the Sky "Lovi, George" 1993 2 66 Stars & Planets Orion at Its Peak 1993 2 66 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 2 68 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 2 69 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: A Winning Strategy "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 2 70 Celestial Calendar Action in the Orion Nebula "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 2 72 Celestial Calendar February's Trapezium Eclipse 1993 2 76 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations for 1993 "Dunham, David W." 1993 2 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 2 78 Celestial Calendar Juno Swings by Betelgeuse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 2 84 Computers in Astronomy The Limiting Magnitude of a CCD Camera "Mallama, Anthony" 1993 2 89 Telescope Making How I built a 20-inch Binocular "Livitski, Rich" 1993 2 93 Telescope Making A Simple Solar Finder "Paladini, John" 1993 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Novaya Zemlya: A Solar Mirage "Sampson, Russ" 1993 2 98 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Blinded by the Light "Levy, David H." 1993 2 100 Amateur Astronomers Seeing Canals on Mars "Mort, Greg" 1993 2 105 Observer's Page Selecting a Star for Off-axis Guiding "Pommier, Rod" 1993 2 108 Observer's Page The 1992 Perseids: An Indication of Things To Come? "di Cicco, Dennis" 1993 2 110 Gallery Gallery 1993 2 114 Gallery Gallery 1993 3 4 Focal Point "Righting Galileo's """"Wrong""""" "Raymo, Chet" 1993 3 6 Letters . . . and Quibbles "Cragg, Richard E." 1993 3 6 Letters New-Look Kudos . . . "Gordon, Rodger W." 1993 3 6 Letters . . . and Quibbles "Hoecker, Donald A." 1993 3 6 Letters New-Look Kudos . . . "Morris, Samuel P." 1993 3 6 Letters SETI Concerns "O'Neil, Dave" 1993 3 6 Letters . . . and Quibbles "Nelson, Robert P." 1993 3 6 Letters New-Look Kudos . . . "Whitcraft Jr., William A." 1993 3 6 Letters New-Look Kudos . . . "White, Leo" 1993 3 7 Letters SETI Concerns "Tarter, Jill C." 1993 3 7 Letters Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies "Mateo, Mario" 1993 3 7 Letters Share the Wonder "Brown, William A." 1993 3 8 S&T Newswire "A Glimpse of """"Two""""-Tatis" 1993 3 8 S&T Newswire Bright Gas Points to Dark Matter 1993 3 8 S&T Newswire Onward Galileo 1993 3 9 S&T Newswire Protoplanetary Disks in the Orion Nebula 1993 3 9 S&T Newswire Hardhat Astronomy 1993 3 11 News Notes A Neutron Star's First Milliseconds 1993 3 11 News Notes Lithium Coming and Going 1993 3 12 News Notes Spiral Galaxies: Thick or Thin? 1993 3 13 News Notes New Molecules for Old Mysteries 1993 3 13 News Notes Record Ozone Hole 1993 3 14 News Notes Gamma-Ray Powerhouse 1993 3 15 News Notes Hunting for the Seeds of Galaxies 1993 3 15 News Notes Tunguska: An Asteroid 1993 3 18 Feature Mount Wilson: America's Observatory "Jastrow, Robert" "Baliunas, Sallie" 1993 3 23 Feature Box: Hale's Forgotten Observatory "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1993 3 25 Feature A Mount Wilson Photo Album "di Cicco, Dennis" 1993 3 32 Feature How Galileo Changed the Rules of Science "Gingerich, Owen" 1993 3 40 Feature The Disk-Jet Connection "Blandford, Roger" "Konigl, Arieh" 1993 3 47 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop in Gemini "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 3 56 Books & Beyond "Epoch 2000, Farpoint Research" 1993 3 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: EPOCH 2000 "Mosley, John E." 1993 3 57 Books & Beyond "Project Star: The Universe in Your Hands, Harold P. Coyle and others" "Riddle, Bob" 1993 3 58 Books & Beyond "Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, P. Kenneth Seidelmann, editor" 1993 3 58 Books & Beyond Book Review "Meeus, Jean" 1993 3 58 Books & Beyond "The Art of Robert McCall: A Celebration of Our Future in Space, Robert McCall" 1993 3 59 Books & Beyond "Walking Tour of the Night Sky, David Tarnow" 1993 3 59 Books & Beyond Book Review "Byrd, Deborah L." 1993 3 62 S&T Test Report The Jack Newton Cold Camera "Horne, Johnny" 1993 3 64 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 3 67 Rambling Through the Skies "Venus, Ducks, and Flying Fish" "Lovi, George" 1993 3 70 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Gemini Hour 1993 3 70 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 3 72 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 3 73 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Volcanic Twilights "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 3 74 Celestial Calendar Exploring the Triesnecker Rilles 1993 3 76 Celestial Calendar T Pyxidis: Still Waiting . . . 1993 3 80 Celestial Calendar Comet Schaumasse Dogs the Earth 1993 3 81 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 3 87 Telescope Making Birth of an Off-Axis Newtonian "Engelhorn, Craig" 1993 3 94 Computers in Astronomy New CD-ROMs About the Solar System "Mosley, John E." 1993 3 103 Amateur Astronomers A Colossal Refractor "George, Alvin D." 1993 3 105 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Ohio's Unsung Hero "Levy, David H." 1993 3 106 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1993 3 112 Observer's Page The Delights of Observing Double Stars "Mullaney, James" 1993 3 119 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 3 549 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1993 4 4 Focal Point Phooey on the Midsize Reflector "Haas, Sissy" 1993 4 6 Letters Sundial Search "Adzema, Robert" 1993 4 6 Letters Neptune's Spot "Beish, Jeff D." 1993 4 6 Letters Calling All Astronomers "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1993 4 6 Letters Costly Family Affair "Winberry, Wes" 1993 4 6 Letters Satellite Warnings "Stoppe, Arthur J." 1993 4 7 Letters Fictional Eclipses "Vasyliunas, Vytenis M." 1993 4 7 Letters Fictional Eclipses "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1993 4 7 Letters Help with Hubble "Schenk, Harald" 1993 4 8 S&T Newswire Hubble Repair Under Review 1993 4 8 S&T Newswire Radio Dish Blows Down 1993 4 9 S&T Newswire Spotted Proxima Centauri 1993 4 9 S&T Newswire New Stars (and Planets?) 1993 4 9 S&T Newswire Big Bang Breakthrough 1993 4 11 News Notes Hubble Telescope Loses Another Gyro 1993 4 11 News Notes Collision-born Galaxies 1993 4 12 News Notes Crabby Nebulae 1993 4 12 News Notes Vancouver's 2.7-meter Liquid Mirror 1993 4 13 News Notes Celestial Honeycomb 1993 4 14 News Notes How Bright the Moon? 1993 4 14 News Notes Fringe Comet 1993 4 15 News Notes Trihydrogen on Uranus 1993 4 15 News Notes Ulysses Encounters Stardust 1993 4 15 News Notes Mars Dries Out 1993 4 18 Feature The Long Road to Jupiter "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1993 4 22 Feature Galaxies Far Away and Long Ago "Dressler, Alan M." 1993 4 28 Feature Getting the Measure of Gravity "Gillies, George T." "Sanders, Alvin J." 1993 4 34 Feature Japan's Leap Toward Space "Ressmeyer, Roger H." 1993 4 38 Backyard Astronomy M Is for Messier "Skiff, Brian A." 1993 4 44 Feature Jan Oort Remembered "Schilling, Govert" 1993 4 52 S&T Test Report A Cure for Quivering Planet Images "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 4 57 Books & Beyond "Worlds in the Sky, William Sheehan" "Smith, Bradford A." 1993 4 59 Books & Beyond "Planetary Event and Eclipse Predictor, CEB Metasystems, Inc." 1993 4 59 Books & Beyond Software Review: Planetary Event and Eclipse Predictor "Mosley, John E." 1993 4 60 Books & Beyond "Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record (CD-ROM), Warner New Media" 1993 4 60 Books & Beyond Book Review "Goldman, Stuart J." 1993 4 60 Books & Beyond "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Lutz D. Schmadel" 1993 4 63 Rambling Through the Skies That Mysterious Zodiac "Lovi, George" 1993 4 66 Stars & Planets Leo Announces Spring 1993 4 66 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 4 68 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 4 69 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: State Laws for Dark Skies "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 4 70 Celestial Calendar Searching Out the Nearest Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 4 75 Celestial Calendar A Daylight Occultation of Venus 1993 4 75 Celestial Calendar Daylight Occultation of Venus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 4 76 Celestial Calendar Jovian Belt Fades Again "Olivarez, Jos‚" 1993 4 78 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 4 84 Computers in Astronomy Own the Outer Planets on CD-ROM "Mosley, John E." 1993 4 85 Computers in Astronomy Asteroids for 1993 "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 4 90 Telescope Making Build a Reclining Binocular Mount "Wehler, Randall" 1993 4 93 Telescope Making Mounting an Off-Axis Newtonian "Engelhorn, Craig" 1993 4 99 Amateur Astronomers An Astrophotographer's Dream Home "Newton, Jack B." 1993 4 102 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Clinton B. Ford: Lover of Stars and Music "Levy, David H." 1993 4 107 Observer's Page The Night the Moon Disappeared "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1993 4 110 Gallery Gallery 1993 4 110 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 5 4 Focal Point Canada's Unique Brand of Amateur Astronomy "Jedicke, Peter" 1993 5 6 Letters Light Pollution of the Gods "Baldock, Chris" 1993 5 6 Letters Name Calling "Haas, Sissy" 1993 5 6 Letters Philippine Resources "Ramirez, Alvin G." 1993 5 6 Letters Another Conked Car? "Venable, Roger" 1993 5 7 Letters Ring Impressions "Stevens, Larry A." "Leasure, Jim" "Hagerman, Mark" 1993 5 7 Letters Rejuvenated! "Likert, Gary" 1993 5 8 S&T Newswire ASCA in Orbit 1993 5 8 S&T Newswire Observatories in Peril 1993 5 8 S&T Newswire Thanks to Jupiter 1993 5 8 S&T Newswire The Guitar Nebula 1993 5 9 S&T Newswire Voyager Science Curtailed 1993 5 9 S&T Newswire "Lovi, George, 1939-93" 1993 5 10 News Notes EUVE Spies Other Galaxies 1993 5 10 News Notes Anatomy of a Shock Wave 1993 5 11 News Notes Wrong-Way Galaxies 1993 5 12 News Notes Quakes Likely on Mars 1993 5 12 News Notes Creating the Missing Link for VLBI 1993 5 13 News Notes Infrared Sunspots 1993 5 13 News Notes A Black Hole in Musca 1993 5 14 News Notes Geminga on the Move 1993 5 14 News Notes "Cassini Shrinks, Gets Go-Ahead" 1993 5 15 News Notes New STScI Director 1993 5 15 News Notes Large-Scale Motions: Now You See Them . . . 1993 5 18 Feature Deciphering the Mysteries of Stellar Origins "Lada, Charles J." 1993 5 26 Feature The Gemini Project: Twins in Trouble? "Robinson, Leif J." "Murray, Jack" 1993 5 34 Feature The Universe in Color "di Cicco, Dennis" 1993 5 43 S&T Test Report The Celestron CG-11 "Horne, Johnny" 1993 5 43 S&T Test Report Celestron CG-11 1993 5 45 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 5 52 Books & Beyond "A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, Jay M. Pasachoff and Donald H. Menzel" "Hess, Fred C." 1993 5 53 Books & Beyond "Megastar, E.L.B. Software" 1993 5 53 Books & Beyond Software Review: MegaStar "Mosley, John E." 1993 5 57 Books & Beyond "The Cambridge Guide to Astronomical Discovery, William Liller" "Bortle, John E." 1993 5 58 Books & Beyond "Starlist 2000, Richard Dibon-Smith" "Morales, Ronald J." 1993 5 63 Rambling Through the Skies An Army of Galaxies "Lovi, George" 1993 5 66 Stars & Planets Virgo Highlights Spring Evenings 1993 5 66 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 5 68 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 5 69 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Weather Haze and Volcanic Haze "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 5 70 Celestial Calendar A Partial Solar Eclipse on May 21st "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 5 75 Celestial Calendar Markarian 421: The Most Variable AGN "Toone, John" 1993 5 76 Celestial Calendar Kassandra at M17 1993 5 79 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 5 83 Astronomical Computing An Evening of CCD Photometry "Skillman, David R." 1993 5 90 Telescope Making A Roll-Down-Roof Observatory "Oesper, David" 1993 5 93 Telescope Making The Carpenter Speaks "Orngard, Andy" 1993 5 98 Amateur Astronomers Grasslands Observatory "Hunter, Tim B." "McGaha, James" 1993 5 101 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Astronomy To Go "Levy, David H." 1993 5 103 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1993 5 105 Observer's Page Measuring a Cluster's Age with a CCD "Martin, Brian" 1993 5 108 Gallery Gallery 1993 5 110 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 6 4 Focal Point The Observer's Dictionary "Kramer, Jack" 1993 6 6 Letters Ozone Hole Correction "Kundrat, John" 1993 6 6 Letters Mount Wilson Memories "Steele, Dennis" 1993 6 6 Letters Unshielded Lights "Raycraft, Alan" 1993 6 6 Letters "Curiosity, Not Psychology" "Zinberg, David S." 1993 6 8 S&T Newswire Supernova in M81 1993 6 8 S&T Newswire Comets on a String 1993 6 9 S&T Newswire Another Kuiper-belt Comet? 1993 6 9 S&T Newswire Early Venus: The Wet Look 1993 6 10 News Notes Cosmic Rays: Born in the Milky Way 1993 6 10 News Notes COBE Maps the Infrared Sky 1993 6 11 News Notes A Bell-Pepper Planetary 1993 6 11 News Notes The Man Behind Moriarty 1993 6 12 News Notes Galaxies at the Limit 1993 6 13 News Notes Cosmic Klieg Light 1993 6 16 Feature The Blackbird Reborn "Parker, Samantha" 1993 6 19 Feature If Galileo Had Owned a CCD "Baumgardner, Jeffrey" "Mendillo, Michael" 1993 6 26 Feature Temples in the Sky Part II -- The Old Continent "Brunier, Serge" 1993 6 35 S&T Test Report In Search of a Good Binocular Mount "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 6 40 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 6 43 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop in the Dipper's Bowl "Harrington, Philip" 1993 6 52 Books & Beyond "Looking at Earth, Priscilla Strain and Frederick Engle" "Wilkinson, M. Justin" 1993 6 53 Books & Beyond "Guide to the Sun, Kenneth J. H. Philips" "Hill, Richard E." 1993 6 53 Books & Beyond Box: Not-So-True Views from Space "Goldman, Stuart J." 1993 6 57 Books & Beyond Software Review: PC-Sky "Mosley, John E." 1993 6 57 Books & Beyond "PC-Sky, CapellaSoft" 1993 6 63 Rambling Through the Skies The Man With the Snake "Lovi, George" 1993 6 66 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Arcturus Hour 1993 6 66 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 6 68 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 6 69 Stars & Planets "Light-Pollution Notes: The """"New Light"""" Threat" "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 6 70 Celestial Calendar A Westerner's Lunar Eclipse 1993 6 72 Celestial Calendar Watch an Evolving Binary Star "Isles, John [E.]" 1993 6 75 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 6 76 Celestial Calendar A Tiny Visitor Departs "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 6 83 Computers in Astronomy Calculating Asteroid Diameters "Rowe, Basil H." 1993 6 89 Telescope Making A Purely Solar Telescope "Herard, Marcel" 1993 6 91 Telescope Making Focusing on Solar Safety "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 6 96 Amateur Astronomers The Day That Rained Stones "Betlem, Hans" 1993 6 98 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Brian Marsden: Cosmic Cop "Levy, David H." 1993 6 100 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1993 6 102 Observer's Page A Visual Tour of M101 "Clark, Roger N." 1993 6 106 Gallery Gallery 1993 6 107 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 7 4 Focal Point "Planetariums and the """"Bottom Line""""" "Koehn, Larry" 1993 7 6 Letters Wanted: Lunar Eclipse Photos "Bath, Karl-Ludwig" 1993 7 6 Letters Reconsider the Midesize Reflector "Johnson, Andy" 1993 7 6 Letters Reconsider the Midesize Reflector "Bond, Gordon" 1993 7 6 Letters Calling All Comets "Caputo, Francis M." 1993 7 7 Letters A Not-So-Costly Family Affair "Wade, Jackie" 1993 7 8 S&T Newswire A Changing Supernova 1993 7 8 S&T Newswire A New Star in Aquila 1993 7 8 S&T Newswire No Planet X 1993 7 9 S&T Newswire Keck's First Light 1993 7 9 S&T Newswire Jupiter Erupts 1993 7 9 S&T Newswire Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Mystery Deepens 1993 7 10 News Notes Coma Cluster: X-Ray Archaeology 1993 7 10 News Notes Ripples Revisited 1993 7 11 News Notes Gaspra's Magnetic Personality 1993 7 12 News Notes Hidden Jets and Spiral Hosts 1993 7 12 News Notes The Pleiades Illusion 1993 7 13 News Notes Cygnus A's True Nucleus 1993 7 14 News Notes Astronomers Wage Nuclear War 1993 7 14 News Notes Pulsars by the Dozen 1993 7 15 News Notes New Arcs and Rings 1993 7 15 News Notes Planetaries Old and New 1993 7 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1993 7 18 Feature Robert Haag: Rock Star "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1993 7 23 Feature Box: Catch a Falling Star "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1993 7 24 Feature Box: Questions of Ownership "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1993 7 27 Feature S&T's Guide to the World's Largest Telescopes "Sinnott, Roger W." "Nyren, Kari" 1993 7 38 Feature Pearls on a String "Levy, David H." 1993 7 43 Feature Rediscovering the Color of the Crab Nebula "Malin, David F." "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1993 7 48 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1993 7 51 S&T Test Report The Home-Dome from Technical Innovations "Castle, Paul R." "Phillips M.D., James H." 1993 7 57 Books & Beyond "Space Age, William J. Walter" "Page, Thornton L." 1993 7 59 Books & Beyond "Ceres, Zephyr Services" 1993 7 59 Books & Beyond Software Review: Ceres "Mosley, John E." 1993 7 60 Books & Beyond "Spaceship Neutrino, Christine Sutton" "Burrows, Adam S." 1993 7 61 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1993 7 63 Rambling Through the Skies Tweaking Our Star Chart "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 7 66 Stars & Planets The Stars at Summer's Height 1993 7 66 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 7 68 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 7 69 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Noctilucent Clouds "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 7 70 Celestial Calendar Watching the Rise of R Draconis "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 7 72 Celestial Calendar A Rare Eclipse of Iapetus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 7 77 Celestial Calendar An Asteroid Occultation in M8 1993 7 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 7 78 Celestial Calendar Jovian Belt Reborn 1993 7 83 Astronomical Computing Suntans and the Ozone Layer "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1993 7 91 Telescope Making Rules of Thumb for Planetary Scopes -- I "Zmek, William P." 1993 7 95 Telescope Making A Home for Ritchey's Polisher 1993 7 99 Amateur Astronomers World's Largest Solar System Model 1993 7 101 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Uncaged Spirit "Levy, David H." 1993 7 102 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1993 7 107 Observer's Page Comet Swift-Tuttle: Worth the Wait "Bortle, John E." 1993 7 110 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1993 7 113 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 7 114 Gallery Gallery 1993 8 4 Focal Point Needed: A Better Name for the Big Bang "Ferris, Timothy" 1993 8 6 Letters League of Our Own "Fox, James H." 1993 8 6 Letters League of Our Own "Knisely, David" 1993 8 7 Letters The Evolving RASC "Broughton, Peter" 1993 8 7 Letters Manna or Meteorite? "Becker, Peter W." 1993 8 7 Letters Opposition Effect "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1993 8 8 S&T Newswire The Milky Way: A Galactic Cannibal 1993 8 8 S&T Newswire The Spiral Within 1993 8 8 S&T Newswire Collision Course 1993 8 8 S&T Newswire Ice on Io? 1993 8 9 S&T Newswire "Hubble Fix """"Feasible""""" 1993 8 10 News Notes Converging on the Galactic Center 1993 8 10 News Notes Fireworks in Orion 1993 8 11 News Notes A New Twist on Dark Matter 1993 8 11 News Notes NGC 2214 Has No Old Stars 1993 8 12 News Notes Needle in a Haystack 1993 8 12 News Notes Markarian Surprises 1993 8 13 News Notes Light-Pollution Victory 1993 8 13 News Notes Meteorite House Call 1993 8 13 News Notes Geminga and the Local Bubble 1993 8 14 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1993 8 16 Feature Working Magellan's Magic "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1993 8 20 Feature Box: Grappling for Gravity "Doody, David F." 1993 8 22 Feature The New Face of Venus "Stofan, Ellen R." 1993 8 32 Feature Venus in 3-D "Plaut, Jeffrey J." 1993 8 43 Feature Storm Watch for the Perseids "Rao, Joe" 1993 8 45 Feature Box: The Life and Death of a Meteoroid Stream "Hughes, David W." 1993 8 47 Feature Box: August Meteors in the 1860s "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1993 8 49 Backyard Astronomy "When, Where, How To Watch" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 8 53 Books & Beyond "The Deep Sky Field Guide, Murray Cragin, James Lucyk, and Barry Rapaport" 1993 8 54 Books & Beyond "MICA, U. S. Naval Observatory" 1993 8 54 Books & Beyond Software Review: Mica "Mosley, John E." 1993 8 55 Books & Beyond "Canon of Lunar Eclipses: 1500 B.C. -- A.D. 3000, Bao-Lin Liu and Alan D. Fiala" 1993 8 59 Feature George Lovi: Scholar of the Skies "Storch, Sam" "Rao, Joe" 1993 8 62 Stars & Planets Sagittarius at Its Summer Peak 1993 8 62 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 8 64 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 8 65 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: State Legislative News "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 8 67 Celestial Calendar Rendezvous with Mir "Oullette, Gerald A." 1993 8 72 Celestial Calendar The Moons of Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 8 73 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 8 76 Computers in Astronomy My Robotic Astroscan "Pouplier, Alphonse" 1993 8 82 Telescope Making "The """"Wood Eye"""" Reflector" "Millis, Frank E." 1993 8 85 Telescope Making 30-inch Telescope from a Hatchback 1993 8 90 Amateur Astronomers The Beautiful But Persistent Bishop's Ring "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1993 8 91 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Stellar Marriage "Levy, David H." 1993 8 93 Amateur Astronomers Big Blue in Hawaii "Witt-Miller, Harriet" 1993 8 94 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1993 8 97 Observer's Page Photographing the Perseids "di Cicco, Dennis" 1993 8 101 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 8 106 Gallery Gallery 1993 9 4 Focal Point The Dark Side of Dark Sites "Yurchesyn, Joseph A." 1993 9 6 Letters Gemini Project Feedback "Mountain, Matt" "Davies, Roger" "Gillett, Frederick C." 1993 9 7 Letters Gemini Project Feedback "Kapper, Francis B." 1993 9 7 Letters Gemini Project Feedback "Wollensak, Richard J." 1993 9 7 Letters Gemini Project Feedback "Strom, Stephen E." 1993 9 8 S&T Newswire Topaz 2 Grounded 1993 9 8 S&T Newswire Spot on Uranus 1993 9 8 S&T Newswire A Very Large Mirror Blank 1993 9 9 S&T Newswire An Asteroid Buzzes Earth 1993 9 9 S&T Newswire Naked Stellar Cores 1993 9 10 News Notes Galaxy Masquerade 1993 9 10 News Notes Dark-Matter Halos 1993 9 11 News Notes A Very Different Universe 1993 9 11 News Notes Slithering Through the Galactic Center 1993 9 12 News Notes Weighing the Universe 1993 9 13 News Notes Unscrambling the Egg Nebula 1993 9 13 News Notes New Radio Telescope on Mauritius 1993 9 14 News Notes Venus: The Name Game 1993 9 15 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1993 9 15 News Notes Proxima Centauri: Just Passing Through? 1993 9 20 Feature Yohkoh and the Mysterious Solar Flares "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" "Bruner, Marilyn" "Acton, Loren W." 1993 9 30 Feature IUE: 15 Years and Counting "Kondo, Yoji" "Wamsteker, Willem" "Stickland, David" 1993 9 35 Feature The Port Orford Meteorite Hoax "Plotkin, Howard" 1993 9 40 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1993 9 44 S&T Test Report Electrim's Neat Little CCD Imagers "Sinnott, Roger W." 1993 9 47 S&T Test Report Box: Deep-Sky Work with the Cooled EDC-1000TE "Szymanek, Nik" "King, Ian" 1993 9 51 Backyard Astronomy Projects for Moonlight Nights "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 9 54 Books & Beyond "Pauper and Prince: Ritchey, Hale, and Big American Telescopes, Donald E. Osterbrock" "Robinson, Leif J." 1993 9 55 Books & Beyond "To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration, Don E. Wilhelms" "Schmitt, Harrison H." 1993 9 56 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1993 9 57 Books & Beyond "Binary Maker 2&point;0, Contact Software" 1993 9 57 Books & Beyond Software Review: Bianary maker 2.0 "Mosley, John E." 1993 9 59 Rambling Through the Skies The Midautumn Moon Goddess "Krupp, E. C." 1993 9 62 Stars & Planets Summer's September Climax 1993 9 62 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 9 64 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 9 65 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Fogbows "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 9 66 Celestial Calendar Find Vesta near Saturn and the Helix "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 9 68 Celestial Calendar AE Aquarii: A High-Energy Variable "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 9 70 Letters More Mount Wilson Memories "Nicholson, Donald S." 1993 9 70 Letters Starlight Shining Bright? "Reitz, Earl Franklin" 1993 9 70 Letters Hamming It Up "Ross, Luther" 1993 9 71 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 9 76 Computers in Astronomy Anatomy of a Lunar Eclipse "Mallama, Anthony" "Caprette, Douglas" 1993 9 83 Telescope Making Rules of Thumb for Planetary Scopes -- II "Zmek, William P." 1993 9 88 Amateur Astronomers Reflections on the 1993 Winter Star Party "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1993 9 90 Amateur Astronomers Star-Party Etiquette "Clark, Tom" 1993 9 91 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Wayne Johnson: Supernova Hunter "Levy, David H." 1993 9 95 Amateur Astronomers M51: The Movie 1993 9 98 Observer's Page A Visual Tour of M27 "Clark, Roger N." 1993 9 102 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 9 106 Gallery Gallery 1993 10 4 Focal Point Heavenly Indulgence "Lord, Peter" 1993 10 6 Letters Grubb Telescope Census "McConnell, John C." 1993 10 6 Letters Disdain and Praise for Haag "Mack, Robert" 1993 10 6 Letters Disdain and Praise for Haag "Harbster, David A." 1993 10 6 Letters Disdain and Praise for Haag "Hall Jr., John H." 1993 10 6 Letters Candy Corn and Plossls "Schmude Jr., Richard" "Winkler, William" 1993 10 6 Letters Disdain and Praise for Haag "Suryan, Robert P." 1993 10 7 Letters Junk Tip "Walter, Denton P." 1993 10 7 Letters Just a Theory "Dombeck, John" 1993 10 8 S&T Newswire Mars Observer's Debut 1993 10 8 S&T Newswire Perseid Meteors: Fireballs but No Storm 1993 10 9 S&T Newswire First Map of the Gamma-Ray Sky 1993 10 9 S&T Newswire A Double Nucleus in M31 1993 10 10 News Notes Weighing a Black Hole 1993 10 10 News Notes Giant Radio Survey Begins 1993 10 11 News Notes Speedy Masers 1993 10 11 News Notes Magnetic Galaxies 1993 10 12 News Notes Galactic Supershells 1993 10 13 News Notes A New Distance for Proxima Centauri 1993 10 13 News Notes Women Hold Up Half the Sky 1993 10 14 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1993 10 14 News Notes Primordial Lightning? 1993 10 16 Feature The Extragalactic Distance Scale: Agreement at Last? "Hodge, Paul W." 1993 10 24 Feature Modeling the Universe in Your Mind "Downs, Hugh" 1993 10 30 Feature Hails from the Heliopause "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1993 10 39 S&T Test Report The Return of the Celestron C5 "di Cicco, Dennis" 1993 10 44 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1993 10 48 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop in the Cepheus Milky Way "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 10 53 Books & Beyond "Binocular Astronomy, Craig Crossen and Wil Tirion" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 10 54 Books & Beyond "Sky Watcher's Handbook, James Muirden" "Roques, Paul E." 1993 10 56 Books & Beyond "TotalEclipse, Michael R. Smith" 1993 10 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: TotalEclipse "Mosley, John E." 1993 10 58 Rambling Through the Skies Migrating Birds and the Milky Way "Krupp, E. C." 1993 10 62 Stars & Planets The October Evening Sky 1993 10 62 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 10 64 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 10 65 Stars & Planets Join the IDA! 1993 10 66 Celestial Calendar Exploring the Moon's South Pole "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 10 68 Celestial Calendar RX and U Cephei "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 10 71 Celestial Calendar Comet Mueller at the Little Dipper "Bortle, John E." 1993 10 72 Celestial Calendar Finding Sidereal Time "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 10 72 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 10 79 Computers in Astronomy The Night the Titanic Went Down "Rubincam, David Parry" "Rowlands, David D." 1993 10 85 Telescope Making Detecting the Polar Lights "Flodqvist, Gote" 1993 10 91 Amateur Astronomers Investing in Dark Skies "Reed, Gerald S." 1993 10 94 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Of Telescopes and Presidents "Levy, David H." 1993 10 95 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1993 10 101 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Galaxies -- I "Harrington, Philip" 1993 10 105 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 10 106 Gallery Gallery 1993 11 4 Focal Point Ticked Off About Telescopes "Bormanis, Andre" "French, Alan" "Rudenko, Michael" 1993 11 6 Letters Competency Under the Dome "Tate, Robert C." 1993 11 6 Letters Competency Under the Dome "Stoke, John M." 1993 11 6 Letters Competency Under the Dome "Smith, Dale W." 1993 11 7 Letters New Views of Venus "Schoolmaker, Sandra" 1993 11 7 Letters Cheap Eyepiece Cozies "Leigh, Michael B." 1993 11 7 Letters Remembering George Lovi "Kramer, Ron J." 1993 11 8 S&T Newswire Cepheid Distance Revised 1993 11 8 S&T Newswire Nova Sagittarii 1993 1993 11 8 S&T Newswire Mars Observer Lost 1993 11 9 S&T Newswire Giant Radio Telescope Enters Service 1993 11 9 S&T Newswire Hubble Pinpoints X-ray Source 1993 11 10 News Notes Orbiting-Billboard Proposal Gets Astronomers' Attention 1993 11 11 News Notes Rewritten History 1993 11 11 News Notes Asteroid Meteorite Links -- At Last! 1993 11 12 News Notes New Radiation Belt Confirmed 1993 11 12 News Notes Magnified Quasars Everywhere 1993 11 13 News Notes Radio Eta Carinae 1993 11 13 News Notes A Binary Black Hole 1993 11 14 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1993 11 16 Feature Hubble's Road to Recovery "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1993 11 23 Feature How We'll Fix the Hubble Space Telescope: An Astronaut's Anticipations "Hoffman, Jeffrey A." 1993 11 33 Feature "November 3, 1994: Waiting for Totality" "Harris, Joel K." 1993 11 37 Feature Seeking Clear Eclipse Skies "Anderson, Jay" 1993 11 41 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1993 11 43 S&T Test Report The Meade 127ED Apo Refractor "East, George H." 1993 11 52 Backyard Astronomy An Observer's Guide to Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 11 54 Books & Beyond "Annie and the Stars of Many Colors, Barbara Welther and Alex Griswold" 1993 11 54 Books & Beyond "So Many Galaxies . . . So Little Time, Boyd Estus and Margaret Geller" 1993 11 54 Books & Beyond Book Review "Goldman, Stuart J." 1993 11 55 Books & Beyond "Celestial Delights, Francis Reddy and Greg Walz-Chojnacki" "Horkheimer, Jack" "Smith Jr., Arthur" 1993 11 56 Books & Beyond "CalMaster 2000, Albert O. and Piyavadee P. Scheffler" 1993 11 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: Calmaster 2000 "Mosley, John E." 1993 11 58 Rambling Through the Skies Second Thoughts About the World's End "Lovi, George" 1993 11 62 Stars & Planets November's Very Active Sky 1993 11 62 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 11 64 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 11 65 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Fogbows II "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 11 66 Celestial Calendar November's Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 11 69 Celestial Calendar Far Eastern Transit of Mercury "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 11 69 Celestial Calendar Leonid Meteor Watch "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 11 71 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 11 76 Computers in Astronomy How Long Is a Lunar Month? "Jawad, Ala'a H." 1993 11 86 Telescope Making My Observatory on Stilts "Kelly, John W." 1993 11 94 Amateur Astronomers Riverside's Silver Anniversary "Lyster, Timothy A." 1993 11 96 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Mary Lou Whitehorne: An Amateur to Watch "Levy, David H." 1993 11 97 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1993 11 100 Observer's Page A Visual Tour of M31 "Clark, Roger N." 1993 11 102 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 11 102 Observer's Page June's Colorful Lunar Eclipse "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1993 11 106 Gallery Gallery 1993 12 4 Focal Point 2001 at Twenty-Five "Reber, Edward T." 1993 12 6 Letters To Protect and Observe "Manahan, Charles O." 1993 12 6 Letters To Protect and Observe "Yanosky, Ron" 1993 12 6 Letters Jupiter Relief "Sattler, James R." 1993 12 6 Letters To Protect and Observe "Piper, Glenn Scott" 1993 12 6 Letters Keep the Big Bang "Trueblood, Mark" 1993 12 7 Letters Keep the Big Bang "Robertson, Douglas S." 1993 12 8 S&T Newswire Countdown to Repair 1993 12 8 S&T Newswire Light-Pollution Setback in Southern California 1993 12 9 S&T Newswire Missing Mass Found? 1993 12 9 S&T Newswire Galileo Spies Ida 1993 12 10 News Notes Whirling into the Whirlpool 1993 12 10 News Notes Pluto's Icy Surface 1993 12 12 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1993 12 12 News Notes Compromise in Chile 1993 12 13 News Notes Ancient Celestial Sign Started Chinese Calendar 1993 12 13 News Notes Paving the Focal Plane with Silicon 1993 12 14 News Notes Remote Galaxy Mergers 1993 12 18 Feature Temples in the Sky Part III -- The New World "Brunier, Serge" 1993 12 30 Feature A Supernova with an Identity Crisis "Filippenko, Alexei V." 1993 12 38 Feature A Portrait of Our Galaxy "Lomberg, Jon" 1993 12 45 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from Andromeda "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 12 49 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1993 12 52 Books & Beyond "Light and Color in the Outdoors, Marcel Minnaert" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1993 12 53 Books & Beyond "New Astronomy, Johannes Kepler" "Cohen, I. Bernard" 1993 12 59 S&T Test Report Choosing a Low-Cost Telescope "Dickinson, Terence" 1993 12 66 Rambling Through the Skies The Winter Hexagon 1993 12 70 Stars & Planets Andromeda at the Zenith 1993 12 70 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 12 72 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1993 12 73 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: A Many-Pronged Approach "Schaaf, Fred" 1993 12 74 Celestial Calendar Two Satellites to Spot "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 12 76 Celestial Calendar The Geminid Meteor Shower "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 12 77 Celestial Calendar Six Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 1993 12 78 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1993 12 83 Computers in Astronomy The Boston Tea Party "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1993 12 91 Telescope Making A Truly Economical Telescope "Mullins, Mark" 1993 12 98 Amateur Astronomers A Tale of Two Cities "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1993 12 100 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Walter Haas: A Father to American Planetary Observers "Levy, David H." 1993 12 105 Observer's Page An Unusual Apparition of Comet Encke "Bortle, John E." 1993 12 108 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1993 12 113 Gallery Gallery 1994 1 6 Focal Point Textbook Insanity "Statler, Tom" 1994 1 8 Letters Setting Scales "Mumford, George S." 1994 1 8 Letters Halley Compendium "Edberg, Stephen J." 1994 1 8 Letters The Celestron C5+ Update "Hale, Alan R." 1994 1 8 Letters Hubble-Parameter Rift "Gudehus, Donald H." 1994 1 8 Letters Setting Scales "Weissman, Paul R." 1994 1 9 Letters Found:Filter Strip Holder "Bond, Gordon" 1994 1 9 Letters Titanic Fascination "Benjamin, Bart" 1994 1 9 Letters Revewed Confidence "Imrie, Paul" 1994 1 10 S&T Newswire Lost Comet Fount 1994 1 10 S&T Newswire Life on Earth? 1994 1 11 S&T Newswire Merging Galaxies and Bright Arcs 1994 1 11 S&T Newswire Earth's Solar Ring 1994 1 12 News Notes Dating the Manson Crater: No Link to Chicxulub 1994 1 12 News Notes The Chicxulub Crater: An Even Bigger Blast? 1994 1 13 News Notes Celestial Records Struck in Gold 1994 1 14 News Notes Helping Telescopes Beat the Heat 1994 1 14 News Notes How Stable Is Earth's Climate? 1994 1 15 News Notes Where Are the Interstellar Comets? 1994 1 15 News Notes Introducing Gray Holes 1994 1 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 1 20 Feature Searching for Dark Matter "Mateo, Mario" 1994 1 26 Feature Hidden Worlds: Hunting for Distant Comets and Rogue Planets "Dyson, Freeman J." 1994 1 30 Feature Box: Kuiper Belt Update "Goldman, Stuart J." 1994 1 34 Feature 1993: Year of the Perseids "Brown, Peter" "Rendtel, Jurgen" 1994 1 40 Feature Awaiting the Crash "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Levy, David H." 1994 1 44 Feature Box: As the Hour Nears "Levy, David H." 1994 1 47 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 1 51 S&T Test Report Color Chemistry from Japan and a Red-Hot Flilm from Kodak "Horne, Johnny" 1994 1 53 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 1 57 Books & Beyond "Encyclopedia of Cosmology, Norriss S. Hetherington" "Harrison, Edward R." 1994 1 58 Books & Beyond Cosmology books 1994 1 59 Books & Beyond "Guide, Project Pluto" 1994 1 59 Books & Beyond Software Review: Guide "Mosley, John E." 1994 1 60 Books & Beyond "Collecting the Space Race, Stuart Schneicer" 1994 1 65 Feature Sky-Gazer's Almanac 1994 "Sinnott, Roger W." "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 1 70 Rambling Through the Skies The Brandenburg Scepter and the Georgian Harp 1994 1 74 Stars & Planets Taurus High in the Icy Night 1994 1 74 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 1 75 Stars & Planets 1994 Planet Preview 1994 1 76 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 1 77 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Ice Plates and Pencils "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 1 78 Celestial Calendar The May 10th Annular Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 1 80 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1994 "Dunham, David W." 1994 1 83 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 1 89 Computers in Astronomy Astrocomputing: 15 Years and Counting "Johnston, Bill" 1994 1 94 Telescope Making Build Your Own Interferometer "Ceravolo, Peter" 1994 1 102 Amateur Astronomers Project Halo: Measuring the 1994 Annular Solar Eclipse "Mims III, Forrest M." 1994 1 105 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Perseid Nights "Levy, David H." 1994 1 109 Observer's Page Cometary Prospects for 1994 "Bortle, John E." 1994 1 111 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1994 1 114 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1994 1 116 Gallery Gallery 1994 2 6 Focal Point Pittendreigh's Law of Planetary Motion "Pittendreigh Jr., W. Maynard" 1994 2 8 Letters Other Holders of the Sky "Wolf, Chris" 1994 2 8 Letters Celestial Wildlife "Strecker, David Shalom" 1994 2 8 Letters Black Boxes Are No Mystery "Rickard, Brian S." 1994 2 8 Letters The Cost of Fixing Hubble "Naugle, Gerald E." 1994 2 8 Letters Celestial Wildlife "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 1994 2 9 Letters More Tips for the Cold "French, Alan" 1994 2 9 Letters From the Light-Pollution Front "Boyd, Wes" 1994 2 9 Letters More Tips for the Cold "Knisely, David" 1994 2 9 Letters From the Light-Pollution Front "Smith, Stephen B." 1994 2 10 S&T Newswire Bright Nova in Cassiopeia 1994 2 10 S&T Newswire November's Lunar Eclipse 1994 2 11 S&T Newswire More Dark Objects Found? 1994 2 11 S&T Newswire Chiron Occultation Observed 1994 2 11 S&T Newswire Timing the Crash 1994 2 12 News Notes Dim Giants and Blazing Dwarfs 1994 2 12 News Notes U.S. and Russia Forge New Space Pacts 1994 2 13 News Notes WIYN Telescope Takes Shape 1994 2 13 News Notes Mercury's Thin Skin and Inner Warmth 1994 2 14 News Notes Algol Resolved . . . Almost 1994 2 15 News Notes Polaris Becoming Constant 1994 2 15 News Notes "Vanishing """"Nucleon Stars""""" 1994 2 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 2 20 Feature Nova Cygni 1992: Nova of the Century "Starrfield, Sumner" "Shore, Steven N." 1994 2 26 Feature "Secret"""" Impacts Revealed" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1994 2 28 Feature Eise Eisinga's Novel Planetarium "Schilling, Govert" 1994 2 36 Feature A Rocket for the 21st Century "Rense, William A." 1994 2 41 Feature Harvard Twilight: The Exit of Shapley & Bok "Levy, David H." 1994 2 48 Backyard Astronomy How to Start Right "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 2 50 Backyard Astronomy Beginner's Book list "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 2 52 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 2 55 S&T Test Report Adorama's Dual-Purpose Telephoto Lens "Horne, Johnny" 1994 2 57 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 2 59 Books & Beyond "Visit to a Small Universe, Virginia Trimble" "DeVorkin, David H." 1994 2 60 Books & Beyond "Redshift, Maris Multimedia Ltd." 1994 2 60 Books & Beyond Software Review: Redshift "Mosley, John E." 1994 2 61 Books & Beyond "Through a Universe Darkly, Marcia Bartusiak" "Trimble, Virginia" 1994 2 64 Rambling Through the Skies Shadowing the Groundhogs 1994 2 68 Stars & Planets Levels of the Heavens 1994 2 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 2 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 2 71 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: A Year of Awakening "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 2 72 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1994 "Dunham, David W." 1994 2 77 Celestial Calendar Planckia to Pass M95 and M96 1994 2 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 2 85 Computers in Astronomy The Optimum Camera for Meteors 1994 2 91 Telescope Making Flexure of a Serrurier Truss 1994 2 99 Amateur Astronomers Ascension Island Astronomy "Cave Jr., Thomas R." 1994 2 101 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Tommy Cragg: Watcher of the Sun and Stars "Levy, David H." 1994 2 102 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1994 2 111 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1994 2 111 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 2 112 Gallery Gallery 1994 2 206 Observer's Page Sky Testing ScotchChrome 800/3200P Film "Brasch, Klaus R." 1994 3 6 Focal Point Space Art and the Big Picture "Dickinson, Terence" 1994 3 8 Letters Another Scope to Consider "Oesper, David" 1994 3 8 Letters Unnecessarily High-Tech "Ortega, Tony" 1994 3 8 Letters The Thought That Counts "Gentner, Jay A." 1994 3 8 Letters More than Junk "Rachal, Darian" 1994 3 9 Letters Say Again? "Deatsman, Gary A." 1994 3 9 Letters No Disappointment Here "Neely, William A" 1994 3 9 Letters Magnified Quasars Reconsidered "Arp, Halton C." 1994 3 10 S&T Newswire A Starburst Ring 1994 3 10 S&T Newswire Fifth-Dimension Fireballs 1994 3 10 S&T Newswire Gemini Mirrors Chosen 1994 3 11 S&T Newswire "Dark Matter, More or Less" 1994 3 11 S&T Newswire "Walter Scott Houston, 1912-93" 1994 3 12 News Notes Progress on Mount Graham 1994 3 12 News Notes Resolving a Quasar's Jet 1994 3 13 News Notes Earth's Cosmic Dusting 1994 3 14 News Notes Early Mars 1994 3 14 News Notes Short-Lived SETI 1994 3 15 News Notes No More Light-Years? 1994 3 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 3 20 Feature Participatory Cosmology: The Big Bang Challenge "Beatty, Cheryl J." "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1994 3 22 Feature And the Winner Is ... "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1994 3 26 Feature "A """"Diamond-Ring"""" Lunar Eclipse" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 3 32 Images Long-exposure Photo of the McMath Solar Telescope "Livingston, William C." 1994 3 36 Feature Life from the Stars? "Pendleton, Yvonne J." "Cruikshank, Dale P." 1994 3 44 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from the Beehive "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 3 49 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 3 52 S&T Test Report Smooth Focusing with JMI's NGF "di Cicco, Dennis" 1994 3 54 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 3 58 Books & Beyond Software Review: Electronic Picturebooks "Mosley, John E." 1994 3 58 Books & Beyond "Electronic Picturebooks, Special Studies Office" 1994 3 59 Books & Beyond "Newton's Clock: Chaos in the Solar System, Ivars Peterson" "Killian, Anita M." 1994 3 60 Books & Beyond "The Light at the Edge of the Universe, Michael D. Lemonick" "Longair, Malcolm [S.]" 1994 3 64 Rambling Through the Skies Springtime for Cadillacs 1994 3 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 3 68 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Gemini Hour 1994 3 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 3 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 3 71 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Moon Pillars "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 3 72 Celestial Calendar Hind's Crimson Star Nears Maximum "Isles, John [E.]" 1994 3 75 Celestial Calendar Four Asteroid Appulses "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 3 76 Celestial Calendar Laetitia and R Leonis "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 3 78 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 3 84 Astronomical Computing Browsing Computer Bulletin Boards "Goldman, Stuart J." 1994 3 91 Telescope Making A Radio Map of the Milky Way "Schuler LLL, Paul W." 1994 3 96 Amateur Astronomers A Prehistoric Sun-Watching Station "Root, Nile" 1994 3 100 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Clifford W. Holmes: Celestial Evangelist "Levy, David H." 1994 3 103 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Galaxies -- II "Harrington, Philip" 1994 3 110 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 3 112 Gallery Gallery 1994 4 6 Focal Point Where Are the Ambassadors? "di Cicco, Dennis" 1994 4 8 Letters Textbook Discontent "Reed, George" 1994 4 8 Letters Textbook Discontent "Toutonghi, John P." 1994 4 8 Letters Kuiper Belt Reevaluated "Weissman, Paul R." 1994 4 8 Letters Textbook Discontent "DeBuvitz, William" 1994 4 8 Letters Textbook Discontent "Horst, Ken" 1994 4 9 Letters Labor Policies "Bronfman, Leonardo" 1994 4 9 Letters Porrima Proximity "Meeus, Jean" 1994 4 10 S&T Newswire Distant Gamma-Ray Bursts 1994 4 10 S&T Newswire Antarctic Astronomy 1994 4 10 S&T Newswire Refurbished Hubble Takes Aim at Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 1994 4 11 S&T Newswire Capella Resolved 1994 4 12 News Notes Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater Identified 1994 4 12 News Notes "Io's Electric """"Ghost""""" 1994 4 13 News Notes The Not-So-Shocking Story of Orion's Bar 1994 4 14 News Notes A Really Big Telescope 1994 4 14 News Notes Caught in the Act 1994 4 15 News Notes Buying a Piece of the (Lunar) Rock 1994 4 15 News Notes Is the Sun a Typical Star? 1994 4 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 4 20 Feature Hubble's Image Restored "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1994 4 24 Feature Endeavor's Excellent Adventure "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1994 4 30 Feature Image Processing in Astronomy "Berry, Richard" 1994 4 38 Feature Clementine Goes Exploring "Nozette, Stewart" "Shoemaker, Eugene M." 1994 4 42 Feature A Nova for the Holidays "Shore, Steven N." "Starrfield, Sumner" 1994 4 47 Backyard Astronomy A Table at the Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 4 49 Backyard Astronomy The Modern Astronomer's Red Light 1994 4 53 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 4 56 Books & Beyond "A Brief History of Time, Errol Morris" 1994 4 56 Books & Beyond "Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, Stephen Hawking" 1994 4 56 Books & Beyond Book Review "Goldman, Stuart J." 1994 4 57 Books & Beyond "The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide, Michael A. Covington and Jay M. Pasachoff" "Dyer, Alan" 1994 4 58 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1994 4 59 Books & Beyond "Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? Broderbund Software, Inc." 1994 4 59 Books & Beyond Software Review: Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego "Mosley, John E." 1994 4 60 Books & Beyond "The Grand Tour: A Traveler's Guide to the Solar System, The Revised Edition, Ron Miller and William K. Hartmann" 1994 4 64 Rambling Through the Skies Celestial Reptiles 1994 4 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 4 68 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Leo Hour 1994 4 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 4 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 4 71 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: The Role of Air Pollution "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 4 72 Celestial Calendar Jewels in Lynx "Haas, Sissy" 1994 4 74 Celestial Calendar Satellites for March and April "Oullette, Gerald A." 1994 4 77 Celestial Calendar "Finding Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 4 78 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 4 86 Computers in Astronomy The Great Escape and the Moon "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1994 4 87 Astronomical Computing World War II and the Moon 1994 4 92 Telescope Making Knife-edge Testing with a Video Camera "Ramsley, Kenneth R." 1994 4 99 Amateur Astronomers Bad Lighting Battled in New England "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 4 101 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Some Thoughts on Pet Names for Minor Bodies "Levy, David H." 1994 4 103 Amateur Astronomers Three Noted Amateurs Will Be Missed "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 4 106 Observer's Page How Faint Can You See? "Clark, Roger N." 1994 4 112 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 5 6 Focal Point "Through the Media, Darkly" "Bartusiak, Marcia" 1994 5 8 Letters Chiron Credit "Marcialis, Robert L." "Hill, Richard E." 1994 5 8 Letters Save the Satellites "Linsky, Jeffrey L." 1994 5 8 Letters Hobby Anxiety "Cook, Bob" 1994 5 9 Letters Calling All Astronomers "Harrington, Philip" 1994 5 9 Letters Don't Try This at Home "MacDonald, William S." 1994 5 9 Letters Everything's Relative "Porretta M.D., George F." 1994 5 10 S&T Newswire Clementine Views the Moon 1994 5 10 S&T Newswire Pulsar's Planets Confirmed 1994 5 10 S&T Newswire Reddest Objects Ever 1994 5 11 S&T Newswire Jupiter's Warm Glow 1994 5 11 S&T Newswire Castilia Revealed 1994 5 12 News Notes Deepening Mystery of Cosmic-Ray Origins 1994 5 12 News Notes From the Ashes of SETI 1994 5 12 News Notes The Fate of the Sun 1994 5 13 News Notes Name That Distance 1994 5 14 News Notes Pluto's Strange Orbit 1994 5 15 News Notes Pluto and Charon Weigh In -- Part II 1994 5 15 News Notes Comets' Methanol Surprise 1994 5 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 5 20 Feature Robert Q. Fugate: Starfire's Magician Optician "Rense, William A." 1994 5 24 Feature Untwinkling the Stars -- Part I "Fugate, Robert Q." "Wild, Walter J." 1994 5 32 Feature "A Billion Stars, A Few Million Galaxies" "Humphreys, Roberta M." "Thurmes, Peter M." 1994 5 36 Feature Solar Eclipses That Changed the World "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1994 5 42 Backyard Astronomy Mastering the Virgo Cluster "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 5 49 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 5 51 S&T Test Report The Kendrick Dew Remover System "di Cicco, Dennis" 1994 5 53 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 5 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: Small Blue Planet "Mosley, John E." 1994 5 56 Books & Beyond "Small Blue Planet, Now What Software" 1994 5 57 Books & Beyond "Star-Hopping for Backyard Astronomers, Alan M. MacRobert" "Lorenzin, Tom" 1994 5 58 Books & Beyond "The Man Who Sold the Milky Way: A Biography of Bart Bok, David H. Levy" "Hoag, Arthur A." 1994 5 59 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1994 5 64 Rambling Through the Skies Queen of the May 1994 5 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 5 68 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Spica Hour 1994 5 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 5 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 5 71 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Sulfate Haze "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 5 72 Celestial Calendar A Solar Eclipse for Everyone "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 5 77 Celestial Calendar The May 24th Partial Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 5 80 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 5 86 Computers in Astronomy The Number of Stars Visible "Holtz, John" 1994 5 92 Telescope Making "Think Dob"""" but Build Equatorial" "Jamieson, Scott" 1994 5 99 Amateur Astronomers A New Era for Central American Astronomy "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 5 102 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Man for All Seasons "Levy, David H." 1994 5 106 Observer's Page Hunting Down Abell Planetaries "Polakis, Tom" 1994 5 111 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 5 112 Gallery Gallery 1994 6 6 Focal Point Making the Photon Connection "Mullaney, James" 1994 6 8 Letters Big Bang Brouhaha "Baker, Bill" 1994 6 8 Letters Big Bang Brouhaha "Hawley, Phil" 1994 6 8 Letters Big Bang Brouhaha "Gaston, David A." 1994 6 8 Letters Big Bang Brouhaha "Candelaria, John" 1994 6 8 Letters Big Bang Brouhaha "Pottenger, Mark" 1994 6 8 Letters Big Bang Brouhaha "Simon, Bill" 1994 6 9 Letters Van Biesbroeck Award "Hunter, Tim B." 1994 6 10 S&T Newswire A Moon over Ida 1994 6 10 S&T Newswire Supernova in M51 1994 6 11 S&T Newswire A Southern Slice of the Universe 1994 6 11 S&T Newswire Satellites Detect Record Meteor 1994 6 12 News Notes Cool Layer in the Solar Chromosphere 1994 6 12 News Notes Don't Blame Solar Flares 1994 6 12 News Notes Supernova Plumes Spread the Elements 1994 6 13 News Notes Mystery Molecules Revealed 1994 6 14 News Notes Martian Meteorite Unmasked 1994 6 14 News Notes The Case of the Flickering Galaxy 1994 6 15 News Notes "Herschel's """"Nebulous Doubles"""" Revisited" 1994 6 15 News Notes A View Through Radio Eyes 1994 6 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 6 16 News Notes Halley Halfway Out 1994 6 20 Feature Untwinkling the Stars -- Part II "Wild, Walter J." "Fugate, Robert Q." 1994 6 30 Feature Supersense: The Sidereal Eye "Parkyn, Bill" 1994 6 38 Feature Journey to Tunguska "Gallant, Roy A." 1994 6 47 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 6 51 S&T Test Report The Baader Prominence Coronagraph "Trombino, Donald F." 1994 6 53 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 6 56 Books & Beyond "A View of the Universe, David Malin" "Arnold, H. J. P." 1994 6 58 Books & Beyond "Star Probe, Frank Granshaw" 1994 6 58 Books & Beyond Software Review: Star Probe "Mosley, John E." 1994 6 61 Books & Beyond "The Dream Machines: An Illustrated History of the Spaceship in Art, Science and Literature, Ron Miller" 1994 6 64 Rambling Through the Skies Rabbit Tracks 1994 6 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 6 68 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Arcturus Hour 1994 6 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 6 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 6 71 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Naming the Beast "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 6 72 Celestial Calendar Beta Lyrae Revisited "Isles, John [E.]" 1994 6 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 6 78 Celestial Calendar Asteroids at the Swan 1994 6 84 Astronomical Computing "D-Day: June 6, 1994" "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1994 6 90 Telescope Making A Short Newtonian with a Spherical Mirror "Magee, Robert J." 1994 6 96 Amateur Astronomers Selling Astronomy to the Great American Public "Knott, M. Leon" 1994 6 97 Amateur Astronomers Tips on Writing a Newspaper Column 1994 6 98 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Project ARTIST "Levy, David H." 1994 6 99 Amateur Astronomers European News 1994 6 100 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1994 6 103 Observer's Page Making Sense of November's Perplexing Lunar Eclipse "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 6 106 Observer's Page Forecasting a Lunar Eclipse 1994 6 108 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 6 109 Gallery Gallery 1994 7 6 Focal Point Apollo's Giant Leap for Science "Chaikin, Andrew" 1994 7 8 Letters Mars Observers Wanted "Bell, Jim" 1994 7 8 Letters Cragg Credit and Overstatement "Jones, Robert A." 1994 7 8 Letters Cragg Credit and Overstatement "Maris, Vic" 1994 7 8 Letters A POW Remembers "Betz, John A." 1994 7 9 Letters Defending Mr. Spock "Gibson, Ursula" "Gibson, James" 1994 7 9 Letters Old-Fashioned Networking "Likert, Gary" 1994 7 9 Letters Geographical Fundymentals "Urbankiewicz, Les" 1994 7 10 S&T Newswire Pluto's Distant Cousins 1994 7 10 S&T Newswire Annular Eclipse Heralds Dedication of New 3&point;5-meter Telescope 1994 7 10 S&T Newswire Comet Crossing 1994 7 11 S&T Newswire Keck Telescope Spies Primordial Deuterium 1994 7 12 News Notes Hubble's Stellar Performance 1994 7 13 News Notes The Third Moon-Crossing Asteroid 1994 7 13 News Notes VLBA Science 1994 7 14 News Notes Iron Quasars 1994 7 14 News Notes Sighting the Crescent Moon 1994 7 15 News Notes Ring Nebula Reality 1994 7 15 News Notes A New Clue to Cosmic Density 1994 7 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 7 18 Feature Awaiting the Crash -- Part II "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Levy, David H." 1994 7 23 Feature Box: Galileo's Box Seat "Chapman, Clark R." 1994 7 24 Feature Visual Impact! "Goldman, Stuart J." 1994 7 31 Backyard Astronomy Observing Jupiter at Impact Time "Chapman, Clark R." 1994 7 32 Backyard Astronomy Transit Timings 1994 7 33 Backyard Astronomy Finding the Central-Meridian Longitude 1994 7 35 Backyard Astronomy Where to Report "Levy, David H." 1994 7 38 Feature Remote Astronomy: Bringing Mount Wilson to You "Ratcliffe, Martin" 1994 7 44 Feature Ice Fishing for Neutrinos "Robinson, Leif J." 1994 7 47 Feature Box: AMANDA Is Not Alone in the Hunt "Robinson, Leif J." 1994 7 55 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 7 60 Books & Beyond "The Hubble Wars, Eric J. Chaisson" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1994 7 62 Books & Beyond "The Explorers of Mars Hill: A Centennial History of Lowell Observatory, William Lowell Putnam" "Waff, Craig B." 1994 7 68 Rambling Through the Skies Silver Moon 1994 7 70 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 7 72 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Scorpius Hour 1994 7 72 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 7 74 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 7 75 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Circumhorizontal Arcs "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 7 76 Celestial Calendar In Search of Noctilucent Clouds "Zalcik, Mark" 1994 7 77 Celestial Calendar NLC Observing Tips 1994 7 80 Celestial Calendar Apollo 11 on the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 7 83 Celestial Calendar Asteroids in Sagittarius 1994 7 84 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 7 92 Astronomical Computing Solar-System Software to the Max "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 7 94 Astronomical Computing The Ultraviolet Sundial "Adair, John E." 1994 7 100 Telescope Making Improved Blink Comparator "Lazerson, Howard E. [M.D]" 1994 7 103 Telescope Making Video Deception? "Turco, Edward" 1994 7 107 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Goes Native "McKee, Katharine" 1994 7 111 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: She Contemplates the Universe "Levy, David H." 1994 7 112 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1994 7 114 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Galaxies -- III 1994 7 114 Observer's Page An Observer's Guide to Galaxies "Harrington, Philip" 1994 7 116 Observer's Page Deep-Sky Wonders "Houston, Walter Scott" 1994 7 119 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 7 120 Gallery Gallery 1994 8 6 Focal Point Is Pluto a Major Planet? "Green, Daniel W. E." "Chambers, John E." "Williams, Gareth V." 1994 8 10 Letters Electronic Effects "Martys M.D., Cedrick R." 1994 8 10 Letters Electronic Effects "Emerson, Gary" 1994 8 10 Letters A Supernova of Significance "Trull, Don" 1994 8 11 Letters The Big Picture "Wehler, Randall" 1994 8 11 Letters "Practice, Practice, Practice" "Bradbury, Mark A." 1994 8 11 Letters An Angle on LIght Pollution "Batinsey, John" 1994 8 12 S&T Newswire A Tidally Powered Star 1994 8 12 S&T Newswire Jumbo Omega Centauri 1994 8 12 S&T Newswire Comet-Crash Update 1994 8 13 S&T Newswire Supermassive Black Holes: The Smoking Gun 1994 8 13 S&T Newswire Supernova Surprise 1994 8 14 News Notes The Milky Way's Nearest Neighbor 1994 8 15 News Notes More Galaxies Than We Knew 1994 8 16 News Notes Tracking the Peekskill Meteorite Fall 1994 8 16 News Notes Stellar Interlopers in the Milky Way 1994 8 17 News Notes A Supernova That Almost Got Away 1994 8 18 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 8 20 Feature Clementine Maps the Moon "Goldman, Stuart J." 1994 8 28 Feature The Mystery That Won't Go Away "Meegan, Charles" 1994 8 36 Feature Another Route to Sharp Images "McKechnie, T. Stewart" 1994 8 40 Feature Ring of Fire "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 8 45 Backyard Astronomy Backyard 2030 "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 8 49 S&T Test Report The Juno 12.5 Equatorial Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 8 52 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 8 56 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 8 58 Books & Beyond "A Man on the Moon, Andrew Chaikin" "Carter, Leonard J." 1994 8 60 Books & Beyond "Mars Explorer, Virtual Reality Laboratories, Inc." 1994 8 60 Books & Beyond Software Review: Mars Explorer "Mosley, John E." 1994 8 61 Books & Beyond Software Review: Earth & Universe "Mosley, John E." 1994 8 61 Books & Beyond "Earth & Universe, Armagh Planetarium" 1994 8 64 Rambling Through the Skies Loafing in August 1994 8 66 Focal Point Is Pluto a Major Planet? "Levy, David H." 1994 8 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 8 68 Stars & Planets Touring the Summer Sky 1994 8 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 8 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 8 71 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: International Progress "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 8 72 Celestial Calendar Another Good Perseid Show? "Brown, Peter" 1994 8 74 Celestial Calendar A Perseid Clustering Project "Beech, Martin" 1994 8 75 Celestial Calendar Geographos Speeds Close By "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 8 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 8 84 Astronomical Computing Sunrise and Sunset: A Challenge "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 8 88 Telescope Making Cave Optical Company "Norton, O. Richard" 1994 8 96 Amateur Astronomers The Fred L. Whipple Observatory: An Amateur's Perspective "Murray, Jack" 1994 8 97 Amateur Astronomers A New Visitors Center at Lowell Observatory "Parker, Samantha" 1994 8 99 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Lauri Kunkel -- Soul of the Sky "Levy, David H." 1994 8 100 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1994 8 102 Observer's Page The Phase Anomaly of Venus "Mallama, Anthony" 1994 8 106 Observer's Page Venus-Moon Conjunction 1994 8 106 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 8 108 Gallery Gallery 1994 9 6 Focal Point Love Letter to an Astronomer "Lombard, Catherine A." 1994 9 8 Letters Closed Book on Tunguska "Hendricks, Edson C." 1994 9 8 Letters Pioneering Adaptive Optics "Hardy, John W." 1994 9 8 Letters Twilight Woe "Lefranc, Barry" 1994 9 8 Letters Thanks for the Galaxies "MacDougall, Glenn" 1994 9 10 S&T Newswire A New Summer Comet 1994 9 10 S&T Newswire A Planet Around Beta Pictoris? 1994 9 10 S&T Newswire Amino Acids in Space? 1994 9 11 S&T Newswire Meteorites Pound Canada 1994 9 12 News Notes An Open Universe After All? 1994 9 12 News Notes What's New in M81 1994 9 13 News Notes Giant Telescopes Update 1994 9 14 News Notes Aluminizing the Early Solar System 1994 9 15 News Notes A Hot Time on Io 1994 9 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 9 20 Feature Science with the Keck Telescope "Krisciunas, Kevin" 1994 9 28 Feature Future Astronomers of Europe "West, Richard M." 1994 9 35 Feature The Absolute Magnitudes of Stars "Hirshfeld, Alan W." 1994 9 40 Backyard Astronomy A Cepheus Star-Hop "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 9 45 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 9 48 S&T Test Report Kodak Ektachrome P1600 film "Horne, Johnny" 1994 9 50 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 9 52 Books & Beyond "Cosmonautics: A Colorful History, Wayne R. Matson" 1994 9 53 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Formulas, Martin V. Zombeck" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1994 9 55 Books & Beyond "The Earth Centered Universe, David J. Lane" 1994 9 55 Books & Beyond Software Review: The Earth Centered Universe "Mosley, John E." 1994 9 60 Rambling Through the Skies The Heart of Saturday Night 1994 9 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 9 64 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Summer Triangle Hour 1994 9 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 9 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 9 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: The Earthshadow "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 9 68 Celestial Calendar Satellites for August and September "Oullette, Gerald A." 1994 9 71 Celestial Calendar The Moons of Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 9 73 Celestial Calendar Two Asteroids to Track "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 9 75 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 9 78 Computers in Astronomy "Chaos in the Orbit of """"Jack""""" "Foster, Caxton C." 1994 9 84 Telescope Making Mirror Support: 3 or 9 Points? "Taki, Toshimi" 1994 9 92 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy at the Cape "Gahlinger, Paul M." 1994 9 93 Amateur Astronomers Hayyim Selig Slonimski "Maor, Eli" 1994 9 95 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Dean of Planetary Imaging "Levy, David H." 1994 9 97 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1994 9 99 Observer's Page How to See Stars in the Daytime "Heyn, Herman M." 1994 9 101 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1994 9 103 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 9 104 Gallery Gallery 1994 10 6 Focal Point Networks We Shall Become! "Thibault, Patrick" 1994 10 8 Letters Eclipse Wonder "Robinson, Don" 1994 10 8 Letters Lunar Vision "Smith, David L." 1994 10 8 Letters Eclipse Wonder "Baldock, Chris" 1994 10 8 Letters Lunar Vision "Ince, Martin" 1994 10 8 Letters Eclipse Wonder "Mariotti, David" 1994 10 9 Letters Alphabet Soup "Orton, Geoffrey D. C." 1994 10 9 Letters Ice Fishing "Browning, James A." 1994 10 10 S&T Newswire A Hidden Quasar in Arp 220? 1994 10 10 S&T Newswire Protoplanetary Possibilities in the Trapezium 1994 10 11 S&T Newswire Hubble Telescope Spies Primordial Helium 1994 10 12 News Notes Most Distant Cluster of Galaxies 1994 10 12 News Notes Ski Mercury! 1994 10 13 News Notes Blowing Bubbles Around AG Carinae 1994 10 14 News Notes Closest Pulsar? 1994 10 14 News Notes Distant Water 1994 10 14 News Notes Two's Company 1994 10 15 News Notes Hooker Telescope Reopens 1994 10 15 News Notes Coma Cluster Swallowing Its Neighbors 1994 10 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 10 16 News Notes A New Piece of the Moon 1994 10 18 Feature The Great Crash of 1994: A First Report "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1994 10 21 Feature Box: Instant Science on the Internet "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1994 10 24 Backyard Astronomy Amateur Astronomy's Greatest Week "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 10 28 Feature Dark Matter and the Origin of Cosmic Structure "Schramm, David N." 1994 10 34 Feature Box: Glimpsing the Cosmic Quilt "Robinson, Leif J." 1994 10 36 Feature A Flight Through the Aurora "Apt, Jay" 1994 10 45 S&T Test Report Meade and Orion 10-inch Dobsonians "East, George H." 1994 10 48 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 10 53 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 10 57 Books & Beyond "The Quest for Comets, David H. Levy" "Hughes, David W." 1994 10 58 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1994 10 59 Books & Beyond "On Top of the World, Exploration Software" 1994 10 59 Books & Beyond Software Review: On Top of the World "Mosley, John E." 1994 10 60 Books & Beyond "Atlas of Neptune, Gary E. Hunt and Patrick Moore" 1994 10 63 Rambling Through the Skies "Dnoces, Navi, and Regor" 1994 10 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 10 68 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Capricornus Hour 1994 10 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 10 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 10 71 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Getting Organized "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 10 72 Celestial Calendar The Rille in the Alpine Valley "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 10 74 Celestial Calendar R Aquarii and Its Elusive Nebula "Isles, John [E.]" 1994 10 77 Celestial Calendar Telrad Tip 1994 10 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 10 84 Computers in Astronomy "A """"Book of Hours"""" Decoded" "Zwaldo, Jim" 1994 10 90 Telescope Making Geodesic Domes for Amateur Observers "Kniffen, Doug" 1994 10 93 Telescope Making Design Example: My Dome "Kniffen, Doug" 1994 10 96 Amateur Astronomers Dark Tales from Texas "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 10 98 Amateur Astronomers A Great Eclipse Chase "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 10 99 Amateur Astronomers The Visual Discovery of Supernova 1994S "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 10 100 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: A Toast to Friends, Present and Absent" "Levy, David H." 1994 10 104 Observer's Page The Veil Nebula "Clark, Roger N." 1994 10 106 Observer's Page The NGC 7214 Galaxy Group "Morales, Ronald J." 1994 10 109 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 10 110 Gallery Asteroid 511 Davida and M17 "Munroe, Don" 1994 11 6 Focal Point In Praise of Star-Hopping "Kramer, Jack" 1994 11 8 Letters Planet Politics "Binzel, Richard P." 1994 11 8 Letters Planet Politics "Carlson, James C." 1994 11 8 Letters Just Us Astro-Potatoes "Hossfield, Casper H." 1994 11 8 Letters Wanted: LX-200 Club "Leonard, Jim" 1994 11 8 Letters Planet Politics "Stern, S. Alan" 1994 11 9 Letters Solar Storminess "Zirin, Harold" 1994 11 9 Letters Calendrical Corrections "Pankenier, David W." 1994 11 10 S&T Newswire Are Quasars Blue or Red? 1994 11 10 S&T Newswire ESO's Very Large Gamble 1994 11 10 S&T Newswire The 1994 Perseid Shower: A First Report 1994 11 11 S&T Newswire Comet Crash in Plain Sight 1994 11 11 S&T Newswire A New Neighbor for the Milky Way 1994 11 12 News Notes A New Recipe for Oddball Stars 1994 11 13 News Notes A Furious Stellar Wind 1994 11 14 News Notes Interstellar Heavyweights in the Milky Way 1994 11 14 News Notes Zooming in on Pluto and Charon 1994 11 15 News Notes The Milky Way's Hamburger Bun Halo 1994 11 15 News Notes Powerhouse Photon 1994 11 15 News Notes Gamma-Ray-Burst Mystery Deepens 1994 11 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 11 18 Feature Eclipse Photography Goes Digital "di Cicco, Dennis" 1994 11 24 Feature The Shape of the Solar Corona "Akasofu, S.-I." 1994 11 27 Feature Box: Imaging the Sun's Corona by the SUM Method "Numazawa, Shigemi" 1994 11 30 Feature The Great Dark Spots of Jupiter "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 11 34 Feature Box: A Historical Perspective "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1994 11 38 Feature Subaru Mirror on the Move "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 11 43 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 11 52 Books & Beyond "Discovering the Secrets of the Sun, Rudolf Kippenhahn" "Howard, Robert F." 1994 11 54 Books & Beyond "Meteors, Neil Bone" "Meisel, David D." 1994 11 56 Books & Beyond "Images of the Cosmos, Barrie W. Jones, Robert J. A. Lambourne, and David A. Rothery" 1994 11 60 Rambling Through the Skies Crossing the Border 1994 11 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 11 64 Stars & Planets The Seven Layers of Light 1994 11 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 11 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 11 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Lunar Coronas "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 11 68 Celestial Calendar Double Gems in Pisces "Haas, Sissy" 1994 11 70 Celestial Calendar South America's Eclipse of the Sun "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 11 71 Celestial Calendar A Penumbral Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 11 72 Celestial Calendar Asteroids Near the Hyades "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 11 74 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 11 76 Computers in Astronomy Probing the Sun's Chromosphere "Sampson, Russ" 1994 11 84 Telescope Making A Glow-in-the-Dark Planisphere "Othman, Hans" 1994 11 86 Telescope Making Optical Bench Talk "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 11 91 Amateur Astronomers Drawing Lunar Features "Cicchetti, Paul" 1994 11 93 Amateur Astronomers International News "Lyster, Timothy A." 1994 11 95 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Sharing the Thrill of Discovery "Levy, David H." 1994 11 96 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1994 11 98 Observer's Page "Negatives, Pixels, and Astrophotography" "Fletcher, Bill" 1994 11 101 Observer's Page Observer's Notebook "Bird, Michael J." 1994 11 103 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 11 104 Gallery Old Moon in New Moon's Arms "Schad, Jerry" 1994 11 104 Gallery Antares and NGC 6144 and M 4 in Scorpius "Dodd, Luke" 1994 11 104 Gallery "Space Shuttle """"Discovery"""" Lift-off" "Krull, Joe" 1994 12 6 Focal Point Astronomy and the Arrow of Time "Hudon, Daniel" 1994 12 8 Letters Pluto: The Final Word "Tombaugh, Clyde W." 1994 12 8 Letters Houston Memorial Fund "Kandefer, Pete" 1994 12 8 Letters 1995 Eclipse Bulletin "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 1994 12 9 Letters Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Wouldn't Have Gotten Away "Marsden, Brian G." 1994 12 11 S&T Newswire More Comets Break Up 1994 12 11 S&T Newswire Saturn's New Spots 1994 12 12 News Notes "Bursts, Flashes, and . . . Quasars?" 1994 12 12 News Notes "Meteorites 2, Cars 0" 1994 12 13 News Notes Not MACHOs After All? 1994 12 13 News Notes A New Slant on Vega 1994 12 14 News Notes It Doesn't Get Any Bigger Than This 1994 12 14 News Notes What Kind of Spiral Is M33? 1994 12 14 News Notes Tunguska's Smoking Gun? 1994 12 15 News Notes Kamikaze Asteroids 1994 12 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1994 12 16 News Notes Using Planetary Nebulae to Weigh a Galaxy 1994 12 20 Feature Exploring the Orion Nebula "O'Dell, C. Robert" 1994 12 26 Feature Putting a Shine on Palomar "Ressmeyer, Roger H." 1994 12 32 Feature A Catalog of Quasars Near and Far "Burbidge, Geoffrey" "Hewitt, Adelaide" 1994 12 36 Feature Observing a Partly Cloudly Universe "Bowyer, Stuart" "Malina, Roger" "Haisch, Bernhard M." 1994 12 46 Backyard Astronomy Close-up: The Double Cluster "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 12 51 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1994 12 54 Books & Beyond "The Making of A Soviet Scientist, Roald Z. Sagdeev" "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1994 12 55 Books & Beyond "The Planet Observer's Handbook, Fred W. Price" "Parker, Donald C." 1994 12 57 Books & Beyond "Macrocosm, TellSoft" 1994 12 57 Books & Beyond Software Review: Macrocosm "Mosley, John E." 1994 12 58 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Pocket Diary 1995, Norbert Haley" 1994 12 64 Rambling Through the Skies The Long Shadow of Winter 1994 12 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1994 12 68 Stars & Planets The Arrival of Bright Winter Stars 1994 12 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 12 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1994 12 71 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Many Ways to Act "Schaaf, Fred" 1994 12 72 Celestial Calendar Your Guide to Mars in 1994-95 "Beish, Jeff D." 1994 12 75 Celestial Calendar Which Side Is Visible? "Beish, Jeff D." 1994 12 76 Celestial Calendar Comet Borrelly This Fall and Winter "MacRobert, Alan M." 1994 12 79 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1994 12 82 Computers in Astronomy Dating Ansel Adams's Moon and Half Dome "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1994 12 88 Telescope Making A Precision Sundial of Bronze "Avila, Charles F." 1994 12 89 Telescope Making Just How Accurate Can a Sundial Be? "Sinnott, Roger W." 1994 12 94 Amateur Astronomers "A Personal """"Martian Chronicle""""" "Coleman, David L." 1994 12 97 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Woodstock at Jupiter "Levy, David H." 1994 12 100 Observer's Page Circles in the Sky "Bird, Michael J." 1994 12 102 Observer's Page Project Halo Update "Mims III, Forrest M." 1994 12 103 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1994 12 104 Gallery Multi-exposure of First Half of Lunar Eclipse "Szemplenski, Edward" 1994 12 104 Gallery Cloud Shadows "Mizon, Robert" 1994 12 105 Gallery Cluster NGC 2264 and Cone Nebula in Monoceros "Hallas, Tony" 1995 1 6 Focal Point Voices from the Pat 1995 1 8 Letters Astronomy Clubs Forever "Rankin, John" 1995 1 8 Letters Astronomy Clubs Forever "French, Sue" 1995 1 8 Letters Astronomy Clubs Forever "Bemus, Tom" 1995 1 10 S&T Newswire A Frost-Free Moon? 1995 1 10 S&T Newswire November's Eclipse: A First Look 1995 1 10 S&T Newswire A Young Universe with Old Stars? 1995 1 11 S&T Newswire Early Molecules 1995 1 12 News Notes Arp Goes X-ray 1995 1 13 News Notes "Comet Swift-Tuttle and the """"Cape Effect""""" 1995 1 13 News Notes Downsizing Supermassive Stars 1995 1 14 News Notes Gamma-Ray Thunderbolts 1995 1 14 News Notes Andromeda's Infrared Power Source 1995 1 15 News Notes Breaking the Cosmic Speed Limit 1995 1 15 News Notes A Low-Cost Giant Takes Shape 1995 1 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 1 20 Feature Ida and Company "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1995 1 23 Feature Box: The Binary Brouhaha "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1995 1 26 Feature Meet the Milky Way "Trimble, Virginia" "Parker, Samantha" 1995 1 38 Feature Anatomy of a Crab "Parker, Wayne J." 1995 1 41 Feature Box: An Astronomical Rosetta Stone "Wainscoat, Richard" "Kormendy, John" 1995 1 43 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 1 48 S&T Test Report The Taurus Astrophotography System "Horne, Johnny" 1995 1 51 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 1 54 Books & Beyond "Star Ware, Philip S. Harrington" "Jedicke, Peter" 1995 1 55 Books & Beyond "Home is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist's Life, Fred Hoyle" "Hetherington, Norriss S." 1995 1 57 Books & Beyond "Asteroid Pro, John Hart" 1995 1 57 Books & Beyond Software Review: Asteroid Pro "Mosley, John E." 1995 1 63 Feature Sky-Gazer's Almanac 1995 "Sinnott, Roger W." "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 1 72 Rambling Through the Skies "New Year, No Moon" 1995 1 74 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 1 76 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Taurus Hour 1995 1 76 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 1 77 Stars & Planets 1995 Planet Preview 1995 1 78 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 1 79 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Light Pillars "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 1 80 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1995 "Dunham, David W." 1995 1 83 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Spica "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 1 85 Celestial Calendar A Spectacular Eclipsing Binary "Isles, John [E.]" 1995 1 89 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 1 94 Computers in Astronomy Discover the Radio Sky "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 1 99 Telescope Making The Universe: Live in Stereo! "Harwood, Andy" 1995 1 104 Amateur Astronomers The Scarlet Belt "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1995 1 106 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: Some 22,000 and Counting" "Levy, David H." 1995 1 107 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 1 108 Observer's Page Shooting Stars: The 1994 Perseids "Brown, Peter" "Rendtel, Jurgen" 1995 1 112 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1995 1 113 Gallery Rosette Nebula in Monoceros "Greaney, George" 1995 2 6 Focal Point Where Mountaintop Meets Infinity "Perkins, Kala" 1995 2 8 Letters Jupiter's Other Black Spot "Chapman, Clark R." 1995 2 8 Letters Helium Significance "Jakobsen, Peter" 1995 2 8 Letters A High-Powered Observer "Trescott, William B." 1995 2 9 Letters Hopping Glad "Trueblood, Mark" 1995 2 9 Letters Double Delight "Poole, Randall M." 1995 2 9 Letters Static-Free Jupiter "Bolin, Odd" 1995 2 9 Letters Too Late to Save My Skies "Brown, James F. Jr." 1995 2 10 S&T Newswire Cosmic Baby Pictures 1995 2 10 S&T Newswire More Evidence for Extrasolar Planets 1995 2 11 S&T Newswire Missing Mass Still Missing 1995 2 12 News Notes A Luminous Halo of Dark Matter? 1995 2 12 News Notes A Companion for Dwingloo 1 1995 2 13 News Notes World's Largest Millimeter Telescope 1995 2 14 News Notes The Pulse of a White Dwarf 1995 2 15 News Notes The Sun's Fast Polar Wind 1995 2 15 News Notes Taking the Universe's Temperature 1995 2 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 2 16 News Notes Interstellar Laughing Gas 1995 2 20 Feature Hubble's Worlds "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1995 2 26 Feature Box: Reflections on Hubble's Repair "Hoffman, Jeffrey A." 1995 2 29 Feature Solar Eclipse Diary: 1995-2005 "Meeus, Jean" 1995 2 36 Feature The Stars of Freedom "Rall, Gloria D." 1995 2 44 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from Sirius "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 2 51 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 2 54 S&T Test Report Fujicolor Super G 800 Film "Horne, Johnny" 1995 2 55 S&T Test Report Whither the Darkroom? "di Cicco, Dennis" 1995 2 56 S&T Test Report Hypering Fujicolor Super G 800 Film "Lodriguss, Jerry" 1995 2 57 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 2 59 Books & Beyond "The Last Three Minutes, Paul Davies" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1995 2 60 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1995 2 60 Books & Beyond "Planetary Taxi, Robert Mohl and Margo Nanny" 1995 2 60 Books & Beyond Software Review: Planetary Taxi "Mosley, John E." 1995 2 61 Books & Beyond "Astrospheric Halos, Walter Tape" 1995 2 64 Rambling Through the Skies Pussyfooting in the Heavens 1995 2 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 2 68 Stars & Planets The Height of the Winter Sky 1995 2 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 2 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 2 71 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Defining the Parts "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 2 72 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1995 "Dunham, David W." 1995 2 75 Celestial Calendar First Good Eclipse of OW Gem 1995 2 75 Celestial Calendar The First Good Eclipse of OW Gem "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 2 78 Celestial Calendar Ceres at Its Best "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 2 78 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 2 84 Computers in Astronomy In Search of Cosmic Rhythms "Hartley, Charles" 1995 2 88 Telescope Making Restoration of Two Clark Refractors "Slaton, Jon" 1995 2 91 Telescope Making Collimating a Reflector -- Big Time "Lieber, Stephen" 1995 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Volcano Stargazing: Peak Visibility "Gallagher, Sean R." 1995 2 99 Amateur Astronomers Strange Rings Around Jovian Impact Sites "Limaye, Sanjay S." 1995 2 100 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Impact on Earth "Levy, David H." 1995 2 104 Observer's Page The South Side of the Sky "Polakis, Tom" 1995 2 107 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1995 2 108 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1995 2 110 Gallery Star Trails of Scorpius Setting over Monument Valley "Jones, Kevin B." 1995 2 110 Gallery Mare Imbrium "Coombs, Lee C." 1995 2 111 Gallery Region of Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae in Sagittarius "Dodd, Luke" 1995 3 6 Focal Point Walls of Amateur Astronomy "Likert, Gary" 1995 3 8 Letters More Eyes on Io "Cook, Rod" 1995 3 8 Letters More Eyes on Io "Lomberg, Jon" 1995 3 8 Letters More Eyes on Io "Meyers, Stewart" 1995 3 8 Letters Castula Identified "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 1995 3 10 S&T Newswire Hubble Views the Cartwheel 1995 3 10 S&T Newswire NOAO to Get Squeezed? 1995 3 11 S&T Newswire A Hibernating Nova 1995 3 12 News Notes A Cloudy Night in the Solar System 1995 3 13 News Notes Two Remarkable Asteroids 1995 3 14 News Notes Two Clusters in One 1995 3 14 News Notes Remote Radio Galaxy 1995 3 15 News Notes "It's """"Go"""" for LIGO" 1995 3 15 News Notes How Massive Can a Neutron Star Be? 1995 3 15 News Notes Death from Above in Ancient China 1995 3 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 3 20 Feature The Evolution of Our Galaxy "Binney, James" 1995 3 28 Feature Heads and Tales of Celestial Coins "Zimmermann, Linda" 1995 3 32 Feature The Chiron Perihelion Campaign "Stern, S. Alan" 1995 3 37 Feature Darkness Over Southern Asia "Espenak, Fred" 1995 3 42 Backyard Astronomy Star-Test Your Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 3 47 Backyard Astronomy Star-Testing in Daylight 1995 3 49 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 3 56 Books & Beyond "Rocks from Space, O. Richard Norton" "Marvin, Ursula B." 1995 3 57 Books & Beyond "Hyperspace, Michio Kaku" 1995 3 57 Books & Beyond Book Review "Shipman, Harry L." 1995 3 57 Books & Beyond "Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy, Kip S. Thorne" 1995 3 60 Books & Beyond "Skychart 2000.0, Tim DeBenedictis" 1995 3 60 Books & Beyond Software Review: SkyChart 2000.0 "Mosley, John E." 1995 3 64 Rambling Through the Skies Partners in Time 1995 3 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 3 68 Stars & Planets Bands of Bright and Dark 1995 3 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 3 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 3 71 Stars & Planets Sunstreaks and Subsuns 1995 3 72 Celestial Calendar Satellites for February and March "Oullette, Gerald A." 1995 3 74 Celestial Calendar Double Jewels in Cancer "Haas, Sissy" 1995 3 78 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 3 84 Astronomical Computing Sunrise/Sunset Challenge: The Winners "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 3 90 Telescope Making Telescopic Performance on the Planets "Russell, Mark D." 1995 3 96 Amateur Astronomers A Timetable for Better Lighting "Hunter, Tim B." "Crawford, David L." 1995 3 97 Amateur Astronomers Northeast Sets Example for Fighting Light-Pollution "Green, Daniel W. E." 1995 3 98 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Letter to the 200-inch "Levy, David H." 1995 3 100 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 3 104 Observer's Page Grand Eloquence: The November 1994 Total Sola Eclipse "O'Meara, Stephen James" "Robinson, Leif J." 1995 3 110 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1995 3 112 Gallery "Omega Nebula, M 17 in Sagittarius" "Vaughn, Chuck" 1995 3 112 Gallery "Andromeda Galaxy, M 31" "Greaney, George" 1995 3 113 Gallery Galaxy M 83 in Hydra "Greaney, George" "Newton, Michael" 1995 3 113 Gallery Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo "Therin, Gerard" 1995 3 114 Gallery Star Trails over Mount Rainier "von Pawlak, Crady" 1995 4 6 Focal Point Light-Years Ahead "Croswell, Ken" 1995 4 8 Letters Eclipses of Past and Future "Tung, Nguren Mau" 1995 4 8 Letters Fireballs over Venus "Beech, Martin" 1995 4 8 Letters Eclipses of Past and Future "Jones, Barrie W." 1995 4 8 Letters Disconnecting Markarian 205 "Cecil, Gerald" 1995 4 10 S&T Newswire A Black Hole in M106? 1995 4 10 S&T Newswire Polaris: Still Pulsing! 1995 4 10 S&T Newswire Neutrinos Gain Weight 1995 4 11 S&T Newswire Hubble Quasar Images Confound Astronomers 1995 4 12 News Notes Anatomy of a Cat's Eye 1995 4 13 News Notes Astrophysical Journal Marks 100th Birthday 1995 4 13 News Notes New Galactic Speed Record 1995 4 14 News Notes Hubble Shoots Vesta 1995 4 15 News Notes Comings and Goings at Sky & Telescope 1995 4 15 News Notes Mars Pathfinder on Track 1995 4 15 News Notes "The """"Energizer"""" Burst" 1995 4 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 4 18 Feature Millisecond Pulsars: Timekeepers of the Cosmos "Kaspi, Victoria M." 1995 4 26 Feature The Telescope War "Hoskin, Michael A." 1995 4 32 Feature A Classic vs. High-Tech Telescope "Murray, Jack" 1995 4 40 Backyard Astronomy Beating the Seeing "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 4 42 Backyard Astronomy A Scale of Seeing 1995 4 47 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 4 50 S&T Test Report The JMI Mototrak V "di Cicco, Dennis" 1995 4 51 S&T Test Report Sinnott's Slant "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 4 54 Books & Beyond "The Perfect Machine, Ronald Florence" "Learner, Richard" 1995 4 55 Books & Beyond "Messier Marathon Observer's Guide, Don Machholz" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 4 56 Books & Beyond "SKYMAP, Chris A. Marriott" 1995 4 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: SkyMap "Mosley, John E." 1995 4 57 Books & Beyond "Atlas de Spectres Stellaires, N. Ginestet and others" 1995 4 60 Rambling Through the Skies Engraved in Stone 1995 4 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 4 64 Stars & Planets The Dipper of Spring 1995 4 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 4 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 4 67 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Down with Mercury Vapor "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 4 68 Celestial Calendar April's Occultation/Eclipse Night "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 4 70 Celestial Calendar "Finding Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 4 73 Celestial Calendar South America's Annular Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 4 74 Celestial Calendar Metis Passes NGC 3628 "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 4 75 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 4 81 Telescope Making The Dawn Treader "Erwood, Jon" 1995 4 86 Astronomical Computing Toasty Data "Brewington, Howard J." 1995 4 87 Astronomical Computing Thermostats for Astronomy -- What Next? "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 4 91 Amateur Astronomers Countdown to Astronomy Day 1995 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1995 4 93 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Acquainted with the Night "Levy, David H." 1995 4 94 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 4 96 Observer's Page Planetary Nebulae from the City "Ferguson, Donald R." 1995 4 100 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1995 4 101 Gallery "African Morning Vista with Venus and """"Upside-Down"""" Orion" "Riepe, Peter" 1995 4 101 Gallery Supernova Remnant IC 443 in Gemini "Stecker, Michael" 1995 4 102 Gallery "Zeta Orionis with Horsehead, Flame, and IC 434 Nebulae" "Ware, Jason" 1995 4 102 Gallery "Crab Nebula, M 1 in Taurus" "Therin, Gerard" 1995 4 103 Gallery Solar Eclipse Corona "Diego, Francisco" 1995 4 103 Gallery "Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 in Aquarius" "Blankenship, Ken" "Batis, Dennis" 1995 5 6 Focal Point Epicycles of an Urban Astronomer "Lee, Huan L." 1995 5 8 Letters Thunderous Delight "Becher, Stuart L." 1995 5 8 Letters Real Stereo "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1995 5 8 Letters Hubble's Expert Aim "Noll, Keith S." "Storrs, Alex D." "Weaver, Harold A." 1995 5 10 S&T Newswire Europa Gets a Breather 1995 5 10 S&T Newswire Io Has a Blast 1995 5 10 S&T Newswire Top Quark Found 1995 5 11 S&T Newswire Hubble Telescope Probes Shocks in Cygnus 1995 5 12 News Notes Making Sense of the Smallest Stars 1995 5 13 News Notes M81 Interactions 1995 5 14 News Notes Notice to Subscribers "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1995 5 14 News Notes The Sun-like Oscillations of Eta Bootis 1995 5 15 News Notes An Active Galaxy With a Dormant Nucleus? 1995 5 15 News Notes GONG Hits the Road 1995 5 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 5 20 Feature The Stuff Between the Stars "Knapp, Gillian R." 1995 5 28 News Notes What's in a Name? "Kross, John F." 1995 5 32 Feature Box: Name Game Continues "Schilling, Govert" 1995 5 38 Feature America's Foremost Early Astronomer "Rubincam, David Parry" "II, Milton Rubincam" 1995 5 43 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 5 48 Backyard Astronomy The Power of Binoculars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 5 52 Books & Beyond "City Astronomy, Robin Scagell" "Worsnopp, Jenny" 1995 5 54 Books & Beyond "3D Atlas, Electronic Arts" 1995 5 54 Books & Beyond Software Review: 3D Atlas "Mosley, John E." 1995 5 55 Books & Beyond "The Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies, Allan Sandage and John Bedke" 1995 5 60 Rambling Through the Skies Family Circle 1995 5 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 5 64 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Spica Hour 1995 5 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 5 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 5 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Secondary Rainbows "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 5 68 Celestial Calendar Saturn's Rings Turn Edge On "Nicholson, Philip D" 1995 5 71 Celestial Calendar Amateur Projects "Benton Jr., Julius L." 1995 5 74 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 5 81 Telescope Making "Master Optician, Master Observer" "Norton, O. Richard" 1995 5 92 Astronomical Computing The Rings of Saturn "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Gallmeier, Jonathan" 1995 5 96 Amateur Astronomers Regional Astronomy in El Salvador "O'Meara, Stephen James" "Castro, Edgar" 1995 5 98 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Child of the Stars "Levy, David H." 1995 5 99 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 5 100 Observer's Page Atmospheric Symphonies "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 5 104 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1995 5 105 Observer's Page Observer's Notebook: Sighting the Opposing Crescents "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1995 5 106 Gallery "Moon, Venus, and Jupiter" "Polakis, Tom" 1995 5 106 Gallery Dawn Conjunction of Moon and Venus "Dickinson, Terence" 1995 6 6 Focal Point Let the Eye Beware "Ireland, Dale E." 1995 6 8 Letters "Say """"Hi!"""" to the Shuttle and Mir " "Bemus, Tom" 1995 6 8 Letters Can't We All Just Get Along? "Curtis, J." 1995 6 10 S&T Newswire Nearby Galaxies Unveiled 1995 6 10 S&T Newswire Mars Chills Out 1995 6 11 S&T Newswire Astro 2 Shoots the Pinwheel 1995 6 12 News Notes "Young Star Clusters Found by HST in the """"Antennae""""" 1995 6 13 News Notes The Sculptor Dwarf's Proper Motion 1995 6 13 News Notes Supernova 1993J's Young Radio Shell 1995 6 14 News Notes Keck Opens the Universe 1995 6 14 News Notes Ringing the Wolf-Rayets 1995 6 15 News Notes Jets on Chiron 1995 6 15 News Notes Whipping Up the Whirlpool 1995 6 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 6 18 Feature Infrared Arrays: The Next Generation "McLean, Ian S." 1995 6 26 Feature Destination: Galactic Center "Jayawardhana, Ray" 1995 6 38 Feature A New Summit for European Southern Observatory "Ressmeyer, Roger H." 1995 6 48 Backyard Astronomy Dealing with Dew "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 6 50 Backyard Astronomy Everybody's Do-It-Yourself Heater "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 6 54 Books & Beyond "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, Carl Sagan" "Clarke, Arthur C." 1995 6 55 Books & Beyond Book Review "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1995 6 56 Books & Beyond "A Brief History of Time: An Interactive Adventure, Jim Mervis and Robit Hairman" 1995 6 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: A Brief History of Time: An Interactive Adventure "Mosley, John E." 1995 6 60 Rambling Through the Skies Star-Spangled Banners 1995 6 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 6 64 Stars & Planets The Short Nights of Summer 1995 6 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 6 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 6 67 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: No Sky Tonight "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 6 68 Celestial Calendar The Story of Lalande 21185 "Croswell, Ken" 1995 6 72 Celestial Calendar The Last Spica Occultation "Dunham, David W." 1995 6 74 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 6 81 Telescope Making My Large Fixed-Eyepiece Telescope "Keene, George T." 1995 6 86 Astronomical Computing "Great Comets, Novae, and Lady Luck" "Gingrich, Mark" 1995 6 86 Computers in Astronomy Great Comets and Lady Luck 1995 6 89 Astronomical Computing "Skies, Damn Skies, and Statistics" "Gingrich, Mark" 1995 6 91 Amateur Astronomers My Window to the Universe "May, Alfred T." 1995 6 92 Amateur Astronomers Low Vision "Legge, Gordon E." 1995 6 93 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Consumed by Comets "Levy, David H." 1995 6 94 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 6 96 Observer's Page The Meteor Year "Jenniskens, Peter" 1995 6 97 Observer's Page Probing Comets with Meteor Streams "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1995 6 99 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1995 6 100 Gallery "Whirlpool Galaxy, M 51 in Canes Venatici" "Ware, Jason" 1995 7 6 Focal Point Two Backyard Tales "Barnes, Don" 1995 7 8 Letters "Back to Basics, Please!" "Wehler, Randall" 1995 7 8 Letters Ptolemy's Almagest in Old Russian "Bronshten, Vitaly A." 1995 7 10 S&T Newswire Comets on the Edge 1995 7 10 S&T Newswire Cosmic Sunburn Warning 1995 7 10 S&T Newswire The Vela Pulsar's Jet Engine 1995 7 11 S&T Newswire Dark Matter Mystery Deepens 1995 7 11 S&T Newswire Gravity's Lens at Work? 1995 7 12 News Notes A Chip of the Old Mars 1995 7 12 News Notes Closing In on a Black Widow's Mate 1995 7 13 News Notes Einsteinian Equality 1995 7 14 News Notes Deep-Dish Astronomy: First Light for VATT 1995 7 15 News Notes Getting a Charge Out of Canis Major 1995 7 15 News Notes Vela Pulsar Finds a Home 1995 7 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 7 18 Feature Dissecting Cosmic Explosions "Tully, Brent" "Morse, Jon" "Shopbell, Patrick" 1995 7 24 Feature Microscopic Astronomy "Rubin, Alan E." 1995 7 32 Feature New Measures of the Moon "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1995 7 38 S&T Test Report Nebula Filters for Light-Polluted Skies "Harrington, Philip" 1995 7 43 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 7 48 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from Mizar "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 7 54 Books & Beyond Software Review: Astronomica "Mosley, John E." 1995 7 54 Books & Beyond "Astronomica, Hyper-Quest, Inc." 1995 7 55 Books & Beyond "Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy, Valerie Illingworth, editor" "Robinson, Leif J." 1995 7 56 Books & Beyond Recalling the Comet Crash 1995 7 57 Books & Beyond "Atlas of Compact Groups of Galaxies, Paul Hickson" 1995 7 57 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 7 60 Rambling Through the Skies Pumping Sky 1995 7 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 7 64 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Scorpius Hour 1995 7 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 7 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 7 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Glories from an Airplane "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 7 68 Celestial Calendar Watch Mir and the Shuttle "Oullette, Gerald A." 1995 7 72 Celestial Calendar Asteroids at M21 and the Helix "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 7 73 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 7 81 Telescope Making Fun with a Folder Refractor 1995 7 86 Computers in Astronomy First-Light Doubts on Mount Wilson "Nicholson, Donald S." "Eklund, Bob" 1995 7 92 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy News from Around the World "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1995 7 94 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Family of Stargazers "Levy, David H." 1995 7 95 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 7 98 Observer's Page Preflashing -- Hypering with Light "Berson, Guy" 1995 7 102 Observer's Page Solar Activity Update 1995 7 104 Gallery Galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus "Freed, Harvey" 1995 7 104 Gallery "The Cave Nebula, Sharpless 2-155, in Cepheus" "Blankenship, Ken" "Batis, Dennis" 1995 7 105 Gallery Galaxies NGC 4236 in Draco and NGC 5921 in Serpens "Germano, Martin C." 1995 7 105 Gallery The Galactic Center "Simmons, J.P." 1995 8 6 Focal Point Astronomy's Brave New World "DeLoach, Dick" 1995 8 8 Letters Welcome to the Online World "Robinson, Leif J." 1995 8 8 Letters Rename Asteriod 3043! "Peebles, Curtis" 1995 8 9 Letters More on the Galaxy-Quasar Connection "Arp, Halton C." "Burbidge, Geoffrey" "Hewitt, Adelaide" 1995 8 10 S&T Newswire A Cosmic Cigar 1995 8 10 S&T Newswire Another Stellar Squib 1995 8 11 S&T Newswire Making Tracks for Dark Matter 1995 8 11 S&T Newswire Saturn's Rings on Edge 1995 8 11 S&T Newswire Seeing Mir: An Update 1995 8 11 S&T Newswire Sunspot Steam Bath 1995 8 12 News Notes Fingerprints of the First Star? 1995 8 13 News Notes A Split Quasar's Hidden Heart 1995 8 13 News Notes "Metal """"Frost"""" on Venus?" 1995 8 14 News Notes Adaptive Optics at Work: R136 Up Close 1995 8 15 News Notes Another Mini-Quasar in the Milky Way 1995 8 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 8 16 News Notes No Anomalous Redshifts? 1995 8 20 Feature Astronomy on the Internet "Goldman, Stuart J." 1995 8 26 Feature Box: Introducing SKY Online "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1995 8 30 Feature A New Dimension to Supernovae "Hayes, John C." "Burrows, Adam S." 1995 8 35 Feature Rosat in Review "Tucker, Wallace" 1995 8 38 Feature Box: ALEXIS Flies High "Bloch, Jeffrey J." 1995 8 46 Backyard Astronomy Guiding for Sky Photography "Coco, Mark J." 1995 8 50 Backyard Astronomy "Simple, Accurate Polar Alignment" 1995 8 51 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 8 54 Images Magellan composite of Venus' Surface "Parker, Samantha" 1995 8 58 Books & Beyond Software Roundup 1995 "Mosley, John E." 1995 8 62 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 8 64 Rambling Through the Skies Bugs in the Night 1995 8 66 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 8 68 Stars & Planets Starry Wonders South and North 1995 8 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 8 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 8 71 Stars & Planets "Light-Pollution Notes: The Reply to """"More Lights!""""" "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 8 72 Celestial Calendar Saturn Again Turns Ringless "Benton Jr., Julius L." 1995 8 74 Celestial Calendar Internet Connections 1995 8 79 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 8 92 Astronomical Computing Virtual Professional Astronomy "Marschall, Laurence A." 1995 8 100 Amateur Astronomers The Forgotten Legacy of Leo Brenner "Stangl, Martin" 1995 8 102 Amateur Astronomers The Astronomische Rundschau and the Fall of Leo Brenner 1995 8 103 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Latitude Adjustment 1995 "Levy, David H." 1995 8 104 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 8 106 Observer's Page Latitude Adjustment 1995 "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 8 108 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1995 8 109 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1995 8 111 Gallery Galaxy M 104 in Virgo "Ware, Jason" 1995 8 876 Telescope Making The Double-Pass Knife-edge Test "Holleran, Robert T." 1995 9 6 Focal Point Discovery: Leading the Revolution "Huntress, Wesley T. Jr." 1995 9 8 Letters Medusa Is a Hit "Blankenship, Ken" "Batis, Dennis" 1995 9 8 Letters Martian Mishap "DiGregorio, Barry Elliott" 1995 9 8 Letters An Eclipse Invitation "Silanio, Khun La-Iard" 1995 9 10 S&T Newswire Primordial Helium Revealed 1995 9 10 S&T Newswire Brown Dwarf Bagged? 1995 9 11 S&T Newswire Best Black Hole Yet 1995 9 11 S&T Newswire Rosat's Radiant Runaway 1995 9 12 News Notes Another Car Conker 1995 9 12 News Notes Seeing Earth's Solar Ring 1995 9 13 News Notes A Whiff of Galactic Toddy 1995 9 13 News Notes A Planetary Nebula in the Making? 1995 9 14 News Notes Galaxy Clusters: Hot but Not Heavy 1995 9 14 News Notes Iapetus's Blackened Face 1995 9 15 News Notes Gravity's Smooth Touch 1995 9 15 News Notes "John J. Simmons Jr., 1940-95" 1995 9 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 9 20 Feature Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Astronomy "Jelley, John V." "Weekes, Trevor C." 1995 9 26 Feature Storming the Gates of Heaven "Franch, John" 1995 9 32 Feature Tradition and Technology at Yerkes Observatory "Ressmeyer, Roger H." 1995 9 38 Backyard Astronomy Understanding Celestial Coordinates "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 9 42 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 9 46 S&T Test Report Rx for the Astigmatic Skywatcher "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 9 47 S&T Test Report Box: Exploring the Options "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 9 50 Books & Beyond "The Observer's Guide to Astronomy, Patrick Martinez" "French, Alan" "French, Sue" 1995 9 51 Books & Beyond "Compendium of Practical Astronomy, Gunter D. Roth" "Edberg, Stephen J." 1995 9 53 Books & Beyond "Vistapro, John Hinkley" 1995 9 53 Books & Beyond Software Review: VistaPro "Mosley, John E." 1995 9 53 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 9 56 Rambling Through the Skies Stairway to the Stars 1995 9 58 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 9 60 Stars & Planets The Sky at Summer's End 1995 9 60 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 9 62 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 9 64 Celestial Calendar "CH Cygni, A Symbiotic Variable" "Isles, John [E.]" 1995 9 66 Celestial Calendar Comet d'Arrest Returns "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 9 69 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 9 74 Telescope Making Meet Christine "Alotis, Philip A." 1995 9 78 Telescope Making Ralph K. Dakin (1920-95) "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 9 80 Computers in Astronomy Electronic Solar Eyes for All "Rushford, Michael" 1995 9 82 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Recommended Internet Readings "Goldman, Stuart J." 1995 9 84 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Walden of the Sky "Levy, David H." 1995 9 87 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 9 90 Observer's Page Mars 1995: Clouds with Silver Linings "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 9 92 Observer's Page New Directions for Ground-Based Mars Studies "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 9 93 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1995 9 96 Gallery North-Central Scorpius "Binnewies, Stefan" "Riepe, Peter" "Sporenberg, Dieter" 1995 9 96 Gallery "Zeta Orionis with Flame, Horsehead, and IC 434 Nebulae" "Vlahakis, George" 1995 9 97 Gallery Galaxy M 31 in Andromeda "Vlahakis, George" 1995 10 6 Focal Point The Comet's Legacy "Hammel, Heidi B." 1995 10 8 Letters Light-Year Championed "Shapiro, L. T." 1995 10 8 Letters Cyberspace Field Trips "Haines-Stiles, Geoff" 1995 10 8 Letters Light-Year Championed "Ormonde, John" 1995 10 8 Letters Light-Year Championed "Mood, John" 1995 10 10 S&T Newswire Bright Outlook for Comet Hale-Bopp 1995 10 11 S&T Newswire Saturnian Moon Sightings 1995 10 11 S&T Newswire Oscillations Detected in the Solar Wind 1995 10 11 S&T Newswire Nascent Galaxy Nabbed? 1995 10 12 News Notes Eta Carinae Acts Up 1995 10 12 News Notes Stellar Gas Streams 1995 10 13 News Notes The LMS's Stellar Orchestra 1995 10 13 News Notes M100's Curious Core 1995 10 14 News Notes Still No Pulsar in Supernova 1987A 1995 10 15 News Notes The Internal Eruption of T Ursae Minoris 1995 10 15 News Notes New Clues to Lunar Origin 1995 10 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 10 18 Feature Crashes to Ashes: A Comet's Demise "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Levy, David H." 1995 10 28 Feature When the Zodiac Climbed into the Sky "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1995 10 38 Feature Herbig-Haro Objects and the Birth of Stars. "Reipurth, Bo" "Heathcote, Steve" 1995 10 42 Images Aerial Photograph of Construction at Mauna Kea "Parker, Samantha" 1995 10 47 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 10 48 S&T Test Report Rainbow Optics Star Spectroscope "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 10 54 Books & Beyond "Monthly star Charts, George Lovi and Graham Blow" "Green, Darrell W." 1995 10 55 Books & Beyond "Secrets of the Night Sky, Bob Berman" 1995 10 55 Books & Beyond "Observer 1.0, Procyon Systems" 1995 10 55 Books & Beyond Book Review "Dantowitz, Ron" 1995 10 55 Books & Beyond "Deep-Sky Planner, Phyllis K. Lang" 1995 10 55 Books & Beyond "Software Review: Observer 1.0, Deep-Sky Planner" "Mosley, John E." 1995 10 56 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1995 10 57 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 10 59 Rambling Through the Skies Sky-High Memories 1995 10 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 10 64 Stars & Planets A Walk Through October Skies 1995 10 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 10 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 10 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Moons of Many Colors "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 10 68 Celestial Calendar Wide Doubles in Capricornus "Haas, Sissy" 1995 10 71 Celestial Calendar Five Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 10 74 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 10 81 Telescope Making Optical Bench Talk "Sinnott, Roger W." 1995 10 86 Computers in Astronomy Precession and the Pulsar "Gallmeier, Jonathan" "Loewe, Mark" "Olson, Donald W." 1995 10 87 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Instant Sky Atlas "Goldman, Stuart J." 1995 10 91 Amateur Astronomers Custer's Cluster of Telescopes "Hart, William M." 1995 10 93 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Feel of the Night "Levy, David H." 1995 10 94 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 10 96 Observer's Page A Solar Ring Over South America "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 10 99 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1995 10 100 Gallery Auriga and Perseus over Fort Niagara "Milazzo, Carl" 1995 10 100 Gallery Nebula Barnard 303 and Nebula/Star Cluster IC 4685 "Foster, James" 1995 10 101 Gallery Nebulae Sharpless 2-129 and van den Bergh 140 in Cepheus "Greaney, George" "Easton, Dean" 1995 10 102 Gallery Venus and Moon Conjunction "Slobins, Robert B." 1995 11 6 Focal Point Protecting Our Radio Turf "Clegg, Andrew W." 1995 11 8 Letters Planetary Rhythms "Meeus, Jean" 1995 11 8 Letters Tracking Mir and the Shuttle "Matheson, Tom" 1995 11 8 Letters "Beginner Scopes, Novice Reviewers?" "Keith, Mike" 1995 11 8 Letters Tracking Mir and the Shuttle "Henry, Thomas" 1995 11 9 Letters Microscopic Corrections "Michael, Jorg" 1995 11 9 Letters Overexposure Objections "Adler, Alan" 1995 11 9 Letters Of Airplanes and Pulsars "Sclano, Franco G." 1995 11 9 Letters Microscopic Corrections "Rast, Richard H." 1995 11 10 S&T Newswire New Comet Bradfield 1995 11 10 S&T Newswire Laser Lassoed by Kao 1995 11 10 S&T Newswire Second Galaxy Favors Young Cosmos 1995 11 11 S&T Newswire Relativity Reaffirmed 1995 11 11 S&T Newswire An Early Start to the New Solar Cycle? 1995 11 12 News Notes "Sunspots, Stars, and the Weather" 1995 11 12 News Notes Reflections Upon Stellar Adolescence 1995 11 13 News Notes Nova Cygni's Expanding Shell 1995 11 13 News Notes Galactic Chimneys 1995 11 14 News Notes New Giant Eye Nears First Light 1995 11 14 News Notes "S. Chandrasekhar, 1910-95" 1995 11 15 News Notes Quasars Ejected by M106 1995 11 15 News Notes Tracking R Aquarii's Jet 1995 11 15 News Notes Green Bank Telescope Takes Shape 1995 11 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 11 20 Feature Comet Hale-Bopp is Coming! "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1995 11 24 Feature The Leonids: King of the Meteor Showers "Rao, Joe" 1995 11 32 Backyard Astronomy Planning Your Leonid Watch "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 11 33 Backyard Astronomy Box: Alpha Monocerotid Alert "Brown, Peter" 1995 11 38 Feature The Astronomical School of Ulugh Beg "Ehgamberdiev, Shuhrat" 1995 11 42 Feature The Puzzling X-ray Background "Clark, Stuart" 1995 11 48 S&T Test Report The Multipurpose Ranger "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 11 50 S&T Test Report So How Does Ranger Perform in Daylight? "Robinson, Leif J." 1995 11 51 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 11 56 Books & Beyond "The Giant Planet Jupiter, John H. Rogers" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1995 11 57 Books & Beyond "EclipseComplete 2.0, Charles Kluepfel" 1995 11 57 Books & Beyond Book Review "Hess, Fred C." 1995 11 57 Books & Beyond "Observe Eclipses, Michael D. Reynolds and Richard A. Sweetsir" 1995 11 57 Books & Beyond Software Review: EclipseComplete 2.0 "Mosley, John E." 1995 11 59 Books & Beyond "Astroatlas, David Herald and Peter Bobroff" 1995 11 59 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 11 60 Rambling Through the Skies Gathered Here Together 1995 11 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 11 64 Stars & Planets November's Starry Environment 1995 11 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 11 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 11 67 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: What Not to Do "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 11 68 Celestial Calendar Andromeda's Brightest Globular Cluster "Ondra, Leos" 1995 11 70 Celestial Calendar Iris and Psyche in Taurus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 11 73 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 11 81 Telescope Making A Versatile Desktop Polisher "Waineo, Thomas J." 1995 11 86 Computers in Astronomy The Best Software Money Can't Buy "Goldman, Stuart J." 1995 11 88 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: All Is Not Free "Goldman, Stuart J." 1995 11 92 Amateur Astronomers Jason Discovers Island Earth "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1995 11 95 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: My First Telescope "Levy, David H." 1995 11 96 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 11 98 Observer's Page Our Discovery of a Solar Mystery "Trombino, Donald F." 1995 11 101 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Celestial Subaqueation -- The Sky from Eight Feet Under "McCarthy, Kevin J." 1995 11 101 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1995 11 102 Gallery "The Owl Nebula, M97, and Galaxy M 108 in Ursa Major" "Lodriguss, Jerry" 1995 11 102 Gallery Galaxies M 65 and M 66 in Leo "Peters, Andrew" 1995 11 102 Gallery Galaxy NGC 6946 and Cluster NGC 6939 in Cepheus "Holland, Dave" 1995 11 103 Gallery Cluster NGC 288 and Galaxy NGC 253 in Sculptor "Dodd, Luke" 1995 12 6 Focal Point Don't Make It a Project "Teece, Philip" 1995 12 8 Letters Name Calling "Yeomans, Donald K." 1995 12 8 Letters The Sound of Silence "Szczepanski, Edward W." 1995 12 8 Letters Online Worries "Coleman, Geoffrey" 1995 12 10 S&T Newswire A Planet for 51 Pegasi? 1995 12 10 S&T Newswire Another Brown Dwarf Discerned 1995 12 10 S&T Newswire Hubble Shoots Come Hale-Bopp 1995 12 11 S&T Newswire Comet de Vico Recovered 1995 12 12 News Notes UIT's Unusual Galaxies 1995 12 12 News Notes Ultraviolet Polaroids and Beta Lyrae's Jets 1995 12 13 News Notes Dwarf Spirals Discerned 1995 12 14 News Notes Is Sirius Triple? 1995 12 14 News Notes Progress on Paranal 1995 12 15 News Notes Orion's Placental Protostars 1995 12 15 News Notes Galileo Gets Dusted 1995 12 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1995 12 18 Feature Nor Any Drop To Drink "Jr., Harry Y. McSween" 1995 12 26 Feature SETI Down Under "Ressmeyer, Roger H." 1995 12 30 Feature Jupiter at Last! "Doody, David F." 1995 12 38 Observer's Page Beyond Messier: The Caldwell Catalog "Moore, Patrick" "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 12 47 S&T Test Report Two Inexpensive Beginner's Telescopes "Regen, David N." 1995 12 51 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1995 12 54 Books & Beyond "Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light, Stephen J. Edberg and David H. Levy" "Hughes, David W." 1995 12 55 Books & Beyond "A-OK! The Wings of Mercury, Joseph Nastasi" 1995 12 55 Books & Beyond Software Review: A-OK! The Wings of Mercury "Mosley, John E." 1995 12 56 Books & Beyond "The Guide to Amateur Astronomy, Jack Newton and Philip Teece" "Harrington, Philip" 1995 12 57 Books & Beyond National Audubon Society Pocket Guides 1995 12 60 Rambling Through the Skies Cows Bound for the Moon 1995 12 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1995 12 64 Stars & Planets The Hour of Orion's Rise 1995 12 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 12 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1995 12 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Mock Suns "Schaaf, Fred" 1995 12 68 Celestial Calendar The Geminid and Ursid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 12 69 Celestial Calendar A Christmas Challenge "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 12 70 Celestial Calendar Seven Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 1995 12 71 Celestial Calendar December's Young-Old Moon "Victor, Robert C." 1995 12 72 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1995 12 74 Telescope Making A Mammoth Maksutov in Arizona "Bormanis, Andre" 1995 12 76 Feature Box: A Portrait of the Artist "Bormanis, Andre" 1995 12 76 Telescope Making Portrait of the Artist 1995 12 77 Telescope Making Dmitri Maksutov's Scientific Legacy "Gerasimova, Ludmila A." 1995 12 81 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Let's Chat "Goldman, Stuart J." 1995 12 83 Computers in Astronomy Planetary Promenade "Kluepfel, Charles" 1995 12 84 Amateur Astronomers Personal Souvenirs of Nights Well Spent "Biver, Nicolas" 1995 12 86 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Celestial Pirate "Levy, David H." 1995 12 88 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1995 12 92 Observer's Page An Electronic Nova "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1995 12 94 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1995 12 96 Gallery Cluster M 13 in Hercules "Hall, Allen T." 1995 12 96 Gallery South Circumpolar Star Trails "Marles, Ashley" 1995 12 97 Gallery Galaxy M33 in Triangulum "Rhemann, Gerald" 1996 1 6 Focal Point Battle of the Centuries "Freitag, Ruth" "Doggett, LeRoy E." "Mood, John" 1996 1 6 Focal Point The Battle of the Centuries 1996 1 8 Letters Some Guiding Principles "Vaughn, Chuck" 1996 1 8 Letters Cataracts on Venus "James, Stephen" 1996 1 8 Letters Cloak Those Filters "Ling, Alister" 1996 1 10 S&T Newswire Totality in India 1996 1 10 S&T Newswire The Two Faces of Vesta 1996 1 10 S&T Newswire Another Pulsar Planet 1996 1 11 S&T Newswire Cool Brown Dwarf Captured 1996 1 11 S&T Newswire Galileo's Latest Glitch 1996 1 11 S&T Newswire Hubble's Crosses to Bare 1996 1 12 News Notes Eavesdropping on Earth 1996 1 12 News Notes White Dwarfs Cool Off on Schedule 1996 1 12 News Notes Making Multispin Galaxies 1996 1 13 News Notes Microwave Billiards and H0 1996 1 14 News Notes Pictor A's Hot Spot 1996 1 14 News Notes "Good-bye, Lindheimer" 1996 1 15 News Notes Going with the Flow? 1996 1 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 1 20 Feature Cosmology: All Sewn Up or Coming Apart at the Seams? "Roth, Joshua" "Primack, Joel R." 1996 1 24 Feature Box: Measuring the Hubble Parameter with HST "Freedman, Wendy L." "Madore, Barry F." 1996 1 27 Feature Box: Weighing the Universe with Supernovae "Perlmutter, Saul" 1996 1 30 Telescope Techniques 10 Top Telescope Ideas of 1995 "Sinnott, Roger W." 1996 1 38 Feature The Planet of 51 Pegasi "MacRobert, Alan M." "Roth, Joshua" 1996 1 42 Backyard Astronomy The Stellar Magnitude System "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 1 45 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 1 48 S&T Test Report Hamtronics' WWV Receiver "Lewis, Dean" 1996 1 49 S&T Test Report Requirements for a Good Receiver 1996 1 54 Books & Beyond "Hazards Due to Comets & Asteroids, Tom Gehrels" 1996 1 54 Books & Beyond "Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets, Duncan Steel" 1996 1 54 Books & Beyond Book Review "McFadden, Lucy" 1996 1 55 Books & Beyond "Explore the Planets, G. Jeffrey Taylor" 1996 1 55 Books & Beyond Software Review: Explore the Planets "Mosley, John E." 1996 1 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: Astroware 1 "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 1 56 Books & Beyond Book Review "Frank, Adam" 1996 1 56 Books & Beyond "Astroware 1, Network Cybernetics Corp" 1996 1 56 Books & Beyond "Astrophysics with a PC, Paul Hellings" 1996 1 60 Rambling Through the Skies The Thread of Time "Krupp, E. C." 1996 1 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 1 72 Stars & Planets Slices of the Winter Sky 1996 1 72 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 1 73 Stars & Planets Thin Crescents "Victor, Robert C." 1996 1 74 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 1 75 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: 1995's Good News "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 1 76 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1996 "Dunham, David W." 1996 1 81 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 1 92 Computers in Astronomy How Old Is the Universe? "Gallmeier, Jonathan" "Grilley, David" "Olson, Donald W." 1996 1 95 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Will It Be Clear Tonight? "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 1 99 Amateur Astronomers Party Time in '96 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1996 1 104 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: He Paints with Photons "Levy, David H." 1996 1 106 Observer's Page Crossing Saturn's Rings "Sheehan, William" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1996 1 110 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1996 1 112 Gallery Comet de Vico "Rhemann, Gerald" 1996 1 112 Gallery Comet de Vico with Bright Knot in Tail - I "Rhemann, Gerald" 1996 1 112 Gallery Comet de Vico with Bright Knot in Tail - II "Rhemann, Gerald" 1996 1 113 Gallery Comet de Vico and Regulus "Horne, Johnny" 1996 1 113 Gallery Comet de Vico CCD Mosaic "Cabrera, Francisco Hernandez" 1996 2 6 Focal Point Cosmological Moments "Battaglia, Michael" 1996 2 8 Letters Mirror Standards "Johnson, Andy" 1996 2 8 Letters The Rarest Eclipse Revisited "Meeus, Jean" 1996 2 8 Letters The Personal Touch "Marks, Linda" 1996 2 9 Letters "Lighten Up, Astronomers!" "Davidson, Robert J." 1996 2 9 Letters Von Braun's Crater "Stuhlinger, Ernst" 1996 2 9 Letters Relativistic Redshifts "Stearns, Leonard" 1996 2 10 S&T Newswire Io's New Spot 1996 2 10 S&T Newswire Galileo's Big Splash 1996 2 10 S&T Newswire First Images of a Genuine Brown Dwarf 1996 2 11 S&T Newswire European Observatories Take Flight 1996 2 11 S&T Newswire Another Supermassive Black Hole 1996 2 12 News Notes Three Special Stones 1996 2 12 News Notes Ring Around the Nucleus 1996 2 13 News Notes Astrophysical Journal Online 1996 2 14 News Notes Our Galaxy's Heavy Heart 1996 2 14 News Notes Monopoles Still Missing 1996 2 15 News Notes The KAO's Farewell 1996 2 15 News Notes X-raying the Crab 1996 2 15 News Notes Artificial Binary Star Proposed 1996 2 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 2 16 News Notes Milestones 1996 2 20 Images Hydrogen-alpha Image of the Andromeda Galaxy "Winkler, P. Frank" 1996 2 24 Feature Space-time: the Final Frontier "Odenwald, Sten" 1996 2 32 Feature The Eagle's Nest "Parker, Samantha" 1996 2 38 Feature E. E. Barnard and the 1889 Eclipse of Iapetus "Sheehan, William" "Briggs, John Wright" 1996 2 42 S&T Test Report AstroBeam Laser Collimator 1996 2 42 S&T Test Report The AstroBeam Laser Collimator "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1996 2 45 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 2 48 Backyard Astronomy A Star-Hop from Gemini's Feet "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 2 54 Books & Beyond "The Immortal Fire Within: the Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard, William Sheehan" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1996 2 55 Books & Beyond "Hubble Space Telescope, SoftKey International Inc." 1996 2 55 Books & Beyond "Software Review: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope CD-ROM Archive" "Mosley, John E." 1996 2 56 Books & Beyond "Early Astronomy, Hugh Thurston" "Chapman, Allan" 1996 2 60 Rambling Through the Skies Spotted with Stars "Krupp, E. C." 1996 2 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 2 64 Stars & Planets Orion's Frozen Tableau 1996 2 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 2 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 2 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: More Mock Suns "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 2 68 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1996 "Dunham, David W." 1996 2 72 Celestial Calendar Mira's 400th Anniversary "Isles, John [E.]" 1996 2 74 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 2 76 Telescope Making Refigure Your Mirror While You Observe "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 2 78 Telescope Making What It Takes to Bend a Mirror "Sinnott, Roger W." 1996 2 81 Astronomical Computing Salvation for Your PC's Clock "Otavsky, Pavel" 1996 2 82 Computers in Astronomy Computer Timekeeping Solutions 1996 2 83 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Got the Time? "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 2 84 Amateur Astronomers Cutting-edge Astronomy in the Classroom "Lantz, Stephen" "Holcomb, Daryl" "Burke, Robert" 1996 2 86 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Piano Player "Levy, David H." 1996 2 87 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 2 91 Observer's Page Adventures in Photometry "Krisciunas, Kevin" 1996 2 92 Observer's Page Photometry Hardware 1996 2 94 Comet Digest Comet Digest "Bortle, John E." 1996 2 95 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1996 2 98 Gallery "Dumbbell Nebula, M27 in Vulpecula" "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 1996 2 98 Gallery "Pipe Nebula, LDN 1773 in Ophiuchus" "Calogero, Frank" 1996 2 99 Gallery "Great Orion Nebula, M 42" "Bernier, Martin" 1996 2 100 Gallery Veil Nebula "Farnsworth, Vince" "Farnsworth, Maggie" 1996 2 100 Gallery Jupiter "Nojima, Sadao" 1996 3 6 Focal Point Scenes from a Sidewalk "Ortega, Tony" 1996 3 8 Letters A Department-Store Telescope Worth Stealing "Bradley, Phil" 1996 3 8 Letters A Sundial for Scotty Houston "Herbst, William" 1996 3 9 Letters 1997 Eclipse Bulletin "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 1996 3 9 Letters Hunting for Martian Water "Parker, Timothy J." 1996 3 10 S&T Newswire Giant Scopes Take Shape 1996 3 10 S&T Newswire Neutrinos and the Solar Wind: A Connection? 1996 3 11 S&T Newswire Sandbank Satellites 1996 3 11 S&T Newswire Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Breaks Up 1996 3 12 News Notes Quasars: Not Naked After All 1996 3 13 News Notes Under Warm Moonlight 1996 3 13 News Notes "Vega and Altair, Precisely" 1996 3 14 News Notes Telescope Makers' Misfortunes 1996 3 14 News Notes Orion's Obscured Offspring 1996 3 15 News Notes Revelations in Come 1996 3 15 News Notes Infant Supernova Shell Marches On 1996 3 16 News Notes Digging Up Double Nuclei 1996 3 16 News Notes The Sun's Galactic Whereabouts 1996 3 17 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 3 17 News Notes Most Massive White Dwarf 1996 3 20 Images HST Image of the Orion Nebula "Parker, Samantha" 1996 3 24 Feature Ulysses: Solar Sojourner "Marsden, Richard G." "Smith, Edward J." 1996 3 32 Feature New Life for an Old Telescope "Lyster, Timothy A." 1996 3 38 Feature When Rahu Devoured the Sun "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1996 3 45 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 3 48 Backyard Astronomy The Lure of Variable-Star Observing "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 3 50 Backyard Astronomy Inside the AAVSO 1996 3 54 Books & Beyond "Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Jean Heidmann" 1996 3 54 Books & Beyond "Extraterrestrials: Where Are They?, Ben M. Zuckerman and Michael H. Hart" 1996 3 54 Books & Beyond Book Review "Barker, Timothy" 1996 3 55 Books & Beyond "Total Eclipses of the Sun, Jack B. Zirker" "Poitevin, Patrick" 1996 3 56 Books & Beyond "MPO96, Brian D. Warner" 1996 3 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: MPO96 "Mosley, John E." 1996 3 57 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1996 3 59 Rambling Through the Skies Springing Down the Banister "Krupp, E. C." 1996 3 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 3 64 Stars & Planets Sky Exploring in Late Winter 1996 3 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 3 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 3 67 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Decorative Lights "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 3 68 Celestial Calendar Two Russian Spy Satellites "Oullette, Gerald A." 1996 3 71 Celestial Calendar Chiron at Perihelion "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 3 71 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Claus, Reinhart" 1996 3 72 Celestial Calendar A Christmas Comet "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 3 73 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 3 77 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Noel, Mike" 1996 3 77 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Unruh, J. Timothy" 1996 3 77 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Amneus, Paul" 1996 3 78 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Ubelhor, Ray" 1996 3 78 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Gitzen, Bob" 1996 3 84 Astronomical Computing Setting Circles Revisited "Kocela, Ronald J." 1996 3 85 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Finding What You Need "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 3 91 Amateur Astronomers The Joys of City Observing "Regen, David N." 1996 3 94 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Meet the Dynamic Duo "Levy, David H." 1996 3 95 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 3 96 Observer's Page The Mirror in the Moon "Stooke, Philip J." 1996 3 99 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1996 3 99 Observer's Page Observer's Notebook "Morris, Steven" 1996 3 100 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse "Jandorf, Hal" 1996 3 100 Gallery Solar Minimum Corona "Levy, Alberto" 1996 3 101 Gallery Double Diamond Ring "MacKinnon, Donald L." 1996 3 101 Gallery The Sun's Chromosphere "Ty, James Kevin" 1996 3 101 Gallery Multiexposure Total Solar Eclipse "Levy, Alberto" 1996 3 102 Gallery Large Solar Prominence "Schulz, Robert" 1996 3 102 Gallery Baily's Beads "Guertin, Jacques" "Guertin, Huguette" 1996 3 102 Gallery Inner Corona "Espenak, Fred" 1996 4 6 Focal Point Galactic Pride: In Praise of the Milky Way "Croswell, Ken" 1996 4 8 Letters Astronomy Leading the Fight "Tomlinson, Brian" 1996 4 8 Letters Phoebe the Comet? "Seargent, David A. J." 1996 4 8 Letters The 1966 Leonids Revisited "Smith, Bradford A." 1996 4 8 Letters Neanderthals and the Zodiac "Anderson, Poul" 1996 4 8 Letters The 1966 Leonids Revisited "Melius, Michael" 1996 4 9 Letters Another Eclipse Comet "Espenak, Fred" 1996 4 9 Letters Observing Programs Galore "Wheatley, Sue" 1996 4 10 S&T Newswire Bright Comet This Month! 1996 4 11 S&T Newswire Spotting Betelgeuse's Spots with Hubble 1996 4 11 S&T Newswire More Extrasolar Planets 1996 4 12 News Notes Gamma-Ray Thunderbolts and Upside-Down Lightning 1996 4 13 News Notes A Wavelength-Dependent Bar 1996 4 13 News Notes Tying Down G in Space 1996 4 13 News Notes Tying Down G on Earth 1996 4 14 News Notes Pulsar's Parent Revealed 1996 4 14 News Notes A Young Star's Spots 1996 4 15 News Notes Enigmatic Nebula 1996 4 15 News Notes The Sun's Inconstant Size 1996 4 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 4 20 Feature Into the Giant "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1996 4 24 Feature Brown Dwarfs Revealed -- At Last! "Henry, Todd" 1996 4 30 Feature Sky & Telescope's Solar System Challenge "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1996 4 38 S&T Test Report Your Basic Eyepiece Set "MacRobert, Alan M." "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1996 4 45 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 4 48 Backyard Astronomy So You Think You've Made a Discovery ... "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 4 54 Books & Beyond "A Journey Through Time, Jay Barbree and Martin Caidin" 1996 4 54 Books & Beyond "Hubble Vision, Carolyn Collins Petersen and John C. Brandt" 1996 4 54 Books & Beyond Book Review "Berendzen, Richard E." 1996 4 55 Books & Beyond "H-R Calc 1&point;0, David C. Irizarry" 1996 4 55 Books & Beyond "StarClock 1&point;0, Leos Ondra" 1996 4 55 Books & Beyond "Software Review: H-R Calc 1.0, Starclock 1.0" "Mosley, John E." 1996 4 56 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1996 4 56 Books & Beyond "The Universe at Your Fingertips, Andrew Fraknoi" 1996 4 56 Books & Beyond Book Review "Grice, Noreen A." 1996 4 60 Rambling Through the Skies Merging Traffic on the Ecliptic "Krupp, E. C." 1996 4 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 4 64 Stars & Planets Easter Eggs in the Spring Sky 1996 4 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 4 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 4 67 Stars & Planets Rainbows with Accompaniment 1996 4 68 Celestial Calendar April's Total Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 4 70 Celestial Calendar "Finding Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 4 72 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 4 75 Telescope Making More Thoughts on Mirror-Cell Design "Taki, Toshimi" 1996 4 82 Computers in Astronomy BASICally Speaking "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 4 83 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Net Answers to Common Questions "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 4 84 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1995 "Tomlinson, Gary E." 1996 4 86 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day Handbook 1996 4 87 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Bark Bok and the Eagles's EGGs "Levy, David H." 1996 4 92 Observer's Page Edge-on Galaxies of Spring "Polakis, Tom" 1996 4 96 Observer's Page Observer's Notebook "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1996 4 97 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1996 4 100 Gallery Nebula NGC 7023 in Cepheus "Blankenship, Ken" "Batis, Dennis" 1996 4 100 Gallery Nebula IC 1805 and Cluster Melotte 15 in Cassiopeia "Greaney, George" 1996 4 101 Gallery Nebula IC 1396 in Cepheus "Therin, Gerard" 1996 4 102 Gallery Nebula NGC 281 and Cluster IC 1590 in Cassiopeia "Blankenship, Ken" "Batis, Dennis" 1996 4 102 Gallery Dark Nebulae Barnard 142 and Barnard 143 in Aquila "Ware, Jason" 1996 5 6 Focal Point The Sighting "Starr, John" 1996 5 8 Letters Sidewalk Success "Smith, Michael S." 1996 5 8 Letters Flying Through the Night "Smith, James A." 1996 5 8 Letters Exacting a Solution "Alpher, Ralph A." 1996 5 8 Letters Staring Down SETI "Barnes, Edwin A." 1996 5 8 Letters Required Reading "Heinegg, Fritz" 1996 5 9 Letters Astronomy of Old "Hurst, Philip" 1996 5 9 Letters Long-time Subscriber "Roberts, Myron" 1996 5 9 Letters Gravitational Redshift Explained "Wiener, Matthew P." 1996 5 10 S&T Newswire Unusual Pulsar Pops Up 1996 5 10 S&T Newswire Peeking at Pluto 1996 5 10 S&T Newswire A Litmus Test for Primeval Galaxies 1996 5 11 S&T Newswire A Dying Star's Last Gasp 1996 5 11 S&T Newswire WIYN Woos Hyakutake 1996 5 12 News Notes Hubble's Picture-Perfect Planetaries 1996 5 13 News Notes Comet Swift-Tuttle Continues to Intrigue 1996 5 13 News Notes A Fickle Faraway Galaxy? 1996 5 14 News Notes "A """"Hot"""" Time for Galileo" 1996 5 15 News Notes Radio Galaxies: Dusty and Disheveled 1996 5 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 5 16 News Notes Resolving Red Giants 1996 5 22 Feature Spring's Comet Bonanza "MacRobert, Alan M." "Sinnott, Roger W." 1996 5 28 Feature Comet Photography for Everyone "di Cicco, Dennis" "Robinson, Leif J." 1996 5 32 Feature Box: Comets and the Digital Revolution "di Cicco, Dennis" 1996 5 38 Feature Black Holes in Binary Stars: Weighing the Evidence "Charles, Philip A." "Wagner, R. Mark" 1996 5 42 Feature Box: How Do We Know It's a Black Hole? "Shipman, Harry L." 1996 5 48 Feature To See the World in a Grain of Sand: The Hubble Deep Field "Parker, Samantha" "Roth, Joshua" 1996 5 54 Books & Beyond "Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes, David Malin and David J. Frew" "Liller, William" 1996 5 55 Books & Beyond "Starry Night 1.0, Sienna Software" 1996 5 55 Books & Beyond Software Review: Starry Night 1.0 "Mosley, John E." 1996 5 56 Books & Beyond "Telescope Building with Jon Dobson, Dobson Astro Initiatives" "Mentall, E. Talmadge" 1996 5 57 Books & Beyond "You Can Be a Woman Astronomer, Andrea Mia Ghez and Judith Love Cohen" "Ruiz, S. Tania" 1996 5 60 Rambling Through the Skies Falling for the Evening Star "Krupp, E. C." 1996 5 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 5 64 Stars & Planets New Vies of the Spring Sky 1996 5 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 5 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 5 67 Stars & Planets Commercial Sign Lighting 1996 5 68 Celestial Calendar R Hydrae's Helium-Shell Flash "Isles, John [E.]" 1996 5 71 Celestial Calendar A Naked-Eye Asteroid "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 5 73 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 5 75 Telescope Making Telescope in a Window "Taylor, Donald J." 1996 5 77 Telescope Making The Observatory That Never Was "Rudd, M. Eugene" 1996 5 82 Amateur Astronomers A World of Astronomy News "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1996 5 85 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Prince of Tides "Levy, David H." 1996 5 87 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 5 92 Computers in Astronomy A Black Hole Users Guide 1996 5 94 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Visit a Black Hole "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 5 96 Observer's Page Fire in the Sky "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1996 5 99 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1996 5 101 Gallery Galaxy NGC 6946 in Cepheus "Foster, James R." 1996 5 101 Gallery Double Rainbow over Newton's Birthplace "Bishop, Roy L." 1996 5 102 Gallery Cluster M 22 in Sagittarius "Vanin, Gabriele" 1996 5 102 Gallery NGC 1973-75-77 in Orion "Chumack, John" 1996 5 102 Gallery Crater Gassendi "Liu, Joseph H. C." 1996 5 103 Gallery Galaxies in the Sickle of Leo "Justis, Preston Scott" 1996 5 103 Gallery Eta Carinae Region "Niederer, Arlo F." 1996 6 6 Focal Point Misconceptions about Professional Astronomy "Ringwald, Fred" 1996 6 8 Letters Printer Precision "Zeglinski, Joseph" 1996 6 8 Letters Where Credit Is Due "Kohman, Truman P." 1996 6 8 Letters And the Battle Rages On "Ortega, Tony" 1996 6 8 Letters And the Battle Rages On "Holman, David" 1996 6 8 Letters And the Battle Rages On "Edwards, Robert E." 1996 6 8 Letters And the Battle Rages On "Eaton, Michael" 1996 6 10 S&T Newswire Twin Quasar Timed 1996 6 10 S&T Newswire An Astronomical Threesome 1996 6 10 S&T Newswire Galileo Results Revised 1996 6 11 S&T Newswire Ray-Tracing Gravity's Lens 1996 6 11 S&T Newswire X-raying Hyakutake 1996 6 12 News Notes The Great Attractor's Hidden Heart 1996 6 13 News Notes Taking the Big Bang's Baby Pictures 1996 6 13 News Notes A High-Energy Holy Grail 1996 6 13 News Notes Hubble Highlights the Helix Nebula's Knots 1996 6 14 News Notes Stardust Origins 1996 6 15 News Notes Tracking Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies 1996 6 15 News Notes Sculptor-Group Surprises 1996 6 16 News Notes Fingering the Crab 1996 6 16 News Notes A MACHO Milky Way? 1996 6 17 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 6 20 Feature A Great Comet Visits Earth "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1996 6 24 Images Wide-field view of Comet Hyakutake "Parker, Samantha" 1996 6 28 Feature Massive Black Holes in the Hearts of Galaxies "Ford, Holland" "Tsvetanov, Zlatan I." 1996 6 38 Feature The Rise and Fall of AutoScope "Sinnott, Roger W." 1996 6 43 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 6 48 S&T Test Report A Look at Seven Unit-Power Finders "Regen, David N." 1996 6 49 S&T Test Report How 1x Finders Work 1996 6 51 S&T Test Report The Unit-Power Finder's Military Roots 1996 6 54 Books & Beyond "Storm Over a Mountain Island, Conrad A. Istock and Robert S. Hoffmann" "Robinson, Leif J." 1996 6 55 Books & Beyond "Making and Enjoying Telescopes, Robert Miller and Kenneth Wilson" "Schultz, Sherman W. [Jr.]" 1996 6 56 Books & Beyond "AstroVizier, Waid Baker" 1996 6 56 Books & Beyond Software Review: Astrovizier "Mosley, John E." 1996 6 60 Rambling Through the Skies The Starry Messenger "Krupp, E. C." 1996 6 62 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 6 64 Stars & Planets The Sky at the Arcturus Hour 1996 6 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 6 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 6 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: The Reddened Setting Sun "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 6 68 Celestial Calendar The Extraordinary Doubles of Bootes "Haas, Sissy" 1996 6 71 Celestial Calendar Comet Hyakutake Flees Far South "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 6 73 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 6 75 Telescope Making Bowling Balls for Telescope Mounts "Wehler, Randall" 1996 6 78 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Gammill, Lawrence" 1996 6 78 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Stokes, David W." 1996 6 82 Amateur Astronomers Measuring the night Sky "Burton, William C." "Gural, Peter S." 1996 6 84 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Mrs. Pluto's Special Journey "Levy, David H." 1996 6 86 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 6 86 Amateur Astronomers Celebrating British Astronomy 1996 6 91 Astronomical Computing A Star Catalog Menagerie "Gingrich, Mark" 1996 6 93 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 6 94 Observer's Page Shoot the Moon and Planets! "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1996 6 96 Observer's Page Tips for Shooting the Screen "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1996 6 97 Observer's Page Sunspot Numbers 1996 6 98 Gallery "Galaxy Centaurus A, NGC 5128" "Torres, Jose G." 1996 6 98 Gallery "Galaxy M 83, NGC 5236 in Hydra" "Torres, Jose G." 1996 6 98 Gallery "The Whirlpool Galaxy, M 51, and NGC 5195 in Canes Venatici" "Torres, Jose G." 1996 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Comet Hyakutake "Numazawa, Shigemi" 1996 7 8 Focal Point Reflections on a Great Comet "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 1996 7 10 Letters Heat That Mirror "Blackwell, S. Kent" 1996 7 10 Letters Twilight Reports Needed "Mims III, Forrest M." 1996 7 10 Letters Questar Continues "Smith, Timothy R." "Khinvasara, Abhay" 1996 7 10 Letters Comets for the Taking "Whiting, Tom" 1996 7 11 Letters Is Pluto Really a Planet? "Stansberry, John" 1996 7 11 Letters Cooling Eclipses "Gerver, Joseph L." 1996 7 12 S&T Newswire Astronomers Converge on Hubble Parameter 1996 7 12 S&T Newswire Kitt Peak Telescopes May Close 1996 7 13 S&T Newswire Keck II Sees First Light 1996 7 13 S&T Newswire Another Extrasolar Planet 1996 7 14 News Notes A Chunk of Ancient Mars? 1996 7 14 News Notes Echoes of Supernova 1987A 1996 7 15 News Notes Comets Caught Orbiting Other Stars? 1996 7 15 News Notes Gargantuan Galaxy Survey 1996 7 15 News Notes Optical Interferometry Comes of Age 1996 7 16 News Notes Astronomers Round Up a New Einstein Ring 1996 7 17 News Notes Imaging Lunar Air 1996 7 17 News Notes East Coast Craters 1996 7 18 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 7 18 News Notes In Brief 1996 7 22 Feature Comet Hyakutake's Spectacular Performance "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1996 7 27 Feature Box: How the Comet Was Discovered "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1996 7 31 Feature Was Hyakutake Really a Great Comet? "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1996 7 38 Feature A Modern View of Planetary Nebulae "Kwok, Sun" 1996 7 46 Backyard Astronomy A Serpens-Virgo Star-Hop "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 7 53 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 7 54 S&T Test Report SBIG's ST-7 CCD Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 1996 7 60 Books & Beyond "Longitude, by Dava Sobel" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1996 7 61 Books & Beyond "Telescopes and Techniques, by Christopher R. Kitchin" "Gavin, Maurice V." 1996 7 61 Books & Beyond "The Mapping of the Heavens, by Peter Whitfield" 1996 7 62 Books & Beyond "Beyond Planet Earth, by Discovery Communications, Inc" "Mosley, John E." 1996 7 66 Rambling Through the Skies The Fountains of Neptune "Krupp, E. C." 1996 7 68 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 7 70 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 7 70 Stars & Planets The Summer Shore of Eternity 1996 7 72 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 7 74 Celestial Calendar The Sunrise Ray in Hesiodus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 7 74 Celestial Calendar The Sunrise Ray in Hesiodus 1996 7 77 Celestial Calendar Ceres Over Antares "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 7 79 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 7 86 Telescope Making "Voyager, A Motorized Binocular Chair" "Schmidt, Wayne M." 1996 7 88 Telescope Making A Simple Heliostat Design "Piini, Ernie" 1996 7 92 Computers in Astronomy An Arp-Inspired Adventure "Webb, Dennis J" 1996 7 94 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Home-Grown Home Pages "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 7 98 Amateur Astronomers Schroter and Jupiter's Dark Spots "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1996 7 101 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Celebrating the Century Mark "Levy, David H." 1996 7 102 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 7 106 Observer's Page Scanning Scutum in Summertime "Polakis, Tom" 1996 7 112 Gallery Nacreous Clouds "Novakovic, Dusko" 1996 7 112 Gallery Eclipsed Moon "Falsarella, Nelson" 1996 7 112 Gallery "Orion, Hyades, and Pleiades Rising Behind Lighthouse" "Milazzo, Carl" 1996 7 113 Gallery Red Setting Sun "Tiercelin, Regis" "Tiercelin, Christian" 1996 7 113 Gallery Crescent Moon Occulting Venus "Castillo, Luis G." 1996 7 113 Gallery Auroral Display "Milazzo, Carl" 1996 8 1 Front-Cover Photo Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 1996 8 6 Focal Point The Vibes of Space "Berman, Bob" 1996 8 8 Letters Hester Replies "Hester, J. Jeff" 1996 8 8 Letters Pulsar Planets and Bode's Law "McCusker, Dick" 1996 8 8 Letters "True Color"""" Not So True" "Kurtz, Don" 1996 8 9 Letters Haphazard Reporting Leads to Confusion "Kaisler, Denise" 1996 8 10 S&T Newswire Io's Iron Heart 1996 8 10 S&T Newswire Ripples in the Crab Nebula 1996 8 11 S&T Newswire Twin Jupiters Around Nearby Star? 1996 8 11 S&T Newswire Arecibo Upgrade on Course 1996 8 12 News Notes Merging Galaxies: Step by Step 1996 8 12 News Notes Interstellar Hydrocarbons Visit Earth 1996 8 13 News Notes New Views of Eta Carinae Keep Astronomers Busy 1996 8 13 News Notes Speeding Dust Particles Caught on Radar 1996 8 14 News Notes Close-Call Asteroid 1996 8 14 News Notes Binary Star Being Born 1996 8 15 News Notes Io's Big Gusher 1996 8 15 News Notes Our Neighbor's Brightest Globular 1996 8 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 8 16 News Notes In Brief 1996 8 20 Feature "Other Suns, Other Planets?" "Black, David C." 1996 8 25 Feature Box: Searching for Earth's Twin "Schilling, Govert" 1996 8 30 Feature Rings of Revelation "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1996 8 38 Feature Unsolved Mysteries of the Sun -- Part 1 "Lang, Kenneth R." 1996 8 48 Feature Coming Attractions: A Solar-Eclipse Sneak Preview "Espenak, Fred" 1996 8 54 Books & Beyond "Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, Part B: The 18th and 19th Centuries, by Rene Taton" "Dick, Steven J." 1996 8 55 Books & Beyond "Binoculars, Opera Glasses, and Field Glasses, by Fred Watson" "Cook, William J." 1996 8 55 Books & Beyond "Choosing, Using, and Repairing Binoculars, by Jay W. Seyfried" 1996 8 56 Books & Beyond "Invisible Universe, by Fiorella Terenzi" "Mosley, John E." 1996 8 57 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1996 8 60 Rambling Through the Skies Queen of Heaven "Krupp, E. C." 1996 8 62 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 8 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 8 64 Stars & Planets Constellations of the Comet 1996 8 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 8 67 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: The Parhelic Circle "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 8 68 Celestial Calendar The Discovery of the Perseid Meteors "Littmann, Mark" 1996 8 70 Celestial Calendar Fine Perseid Prospects for August 11-12 "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 8 73 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 8 75 Telescope Making Radio Astronomy with a Satellite Dish "Rogers, Alan E. E." 1996 8 81 Amateur Astronomers Our Mobile Observatory Project "Orloff, Weston F." 1996 8 83 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Shapley Legacy "Levy, David H." 1996 8 84 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 8 86 Computers in Astronomy Keeping an Eyepiece on Satellites "Dantowitz, Ron" 1996 8 88 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Sites for Satellite Watchers "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 8 92 Gallery Eagle Nebula (M16) in Serpens Cauda "Torres, Jose G." 1996 8 92 Gallery Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in Cygnus "Greaney, George" 1996 8 92 Observer's Page A Gallery of Super Images 1996 8 93 Gallery Antares-Rho Ophiuchi Region "Riepe, Peter" 1996 8 94 Gallery Globular Cluster Omega Centauri "Hoppe, Dirk" 1996 8 94 Gallery Zeta Orionis with Flame and Horsehead Nebulae "Holland, Dave" 1996 8 94 Gallery "AE Aurigae and Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405" "Blankenship, Ken" "Batis, Dennis" 1996 8 95 Gallery Owl Nebula (M97) in Ursa Major "Batis, Dennis" "Blankenship, Ken" 1996 8 95 Gallery Snake Nebula (B 72) and Pipe Nebula (LDN 1773) in Ophiuchus "Stecker, Michael" 1996 8 95 Gallery Sagittarius-Ophiuchus Region of Milky Way "Farnsworth, Vince" "Farnsworth, Maggie" 1996 8 96 Gallery First-Quarter Moon "Therin, Gerard" 1996 8 97 Gallery Sunspots and Dark Filaments "Lille, Wolfgang" 1996 8 97 Gallery Pleiades (M45) in Taurus "Greaney, George" 1996 8 98 Gallery Peculiar Galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) "Riepe, Peter" "Binnewies, Stefan" "Sporenberg, Dieter" 1996 8 98 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 in Sculptor "Fletcher, Bill" "Fletcher, Sally" 1996 8 98 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 891 in Andromeda "Justis, Preston Scott" 1996 8 99 Gallery Nebulae IC 2177 and Cederblad 90 on CMa-Mon Border "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 1996 9 1 Front-Cover Photo SOHO and the High-Energy Sun 1996 9 6 Focal Point This Old Observatory "Yaskell, Steven H." 1996 9 8 Letters Sterling Star-Hops "Ling, Alister" 1996 9 8 Letters Sterling Star-Hops "Cutsforth, Norma" 1996 9 10 S&T Newswire CM Draconis's Enigmatic Eclipses 1996 9 10 S&T Newswire Earliest Galaxies Glimpsed? 1996 9 11 S&T Newswire Galileo Greets Ganymede 1996 9 11 S&T Newswire Old Galaxy in a Young Universe? 1996 9 14 News Notes Zooming in on the Microwave Background 1996 9 14 News Notes Sharper Eyesight on Mount Wilson 1996 9 15 News Notes Stirring Up the Large Magellanic Cloud 1996 9 15 News Notes Supernova 1006 Smiles for Rosat 1996 9 15 News Notes Thwarting Tidal Tails 1996 9 16 News Notes The Infrared Dumbbell 1996 9 16 News Notes Well-water Meteorites 1996 9 17 News Notes In Brief 1996 9 18 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 9 24 Feature Unsolved Mysteries of the Sun -- Part 2 "Lang, Kenneth R." 1996 9 26 Feature Box: On the Scene at SOHO "Lang, Kenneth R." 1996 9 32 Feature Gamma-Ray Bursts: A Growing Enigma "Roth, Joshua" 1996 9 38 Feature Neptune at 150 "Lunine, Jonathan I." 1996 9 42 Feature Box: The Hunt for Neptune "Moore, Patrick" 1996 9 48 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 9 52 Books & Beyond "Planets, Pulsars, and Plato" "Hammel, Heidi B." 1996 9 53 Books & Beyond The Joy of Understanding "Kirschner, Robert" 1996 9 53 Books & Beyond Castaway References "Skiff, Brian A." 1996 9 54 Books & Beyond Glimpses of Astronomers' Lives "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1996 9 55 Books & Beyond The Observer in All of Us "Dickinson, Terence" 1996 9 60 Rambling Through the Skies The Harvest Moon's Limited Visibility "Krupp, E. C." 1996 9 62 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 9 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 9 64 Stars & Planets Stars on a Summer Stream 1996 9 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 9 67 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Comet-Tail Photometers "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 9 68 Celestial Calendar September's Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 9 69 Celestial Calendar Conjunctions During Eclipses "Rao, Joe" 1996 9 70 Celestial Calendar "Measuring Longitude, Columbus Style" "Young, Warren" 1996 9 72 Celestial Calendar Hale-Bopp Update "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 9 76 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 9 81 Telescope Making A Ribbon Drive for a Pipe Mount "Wright, Thomas" 1996 9 85 Computers in Astronomy A Peek at Software Accuracy "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 9 88 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Oh Yeah? Sez Who? "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 9 91 Amateur Astronomers A Park on the Moon "O'Connell, William M." 1996 9 94 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Third Star "Levy, David H." 1996 9 96 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 9 98 Observer's Page Earth's Swollen Shadow "Karoschka, Erich" 1996 9 100 Observer's Page On the Moon "Karoschka, Erich" 1996 9 101 Observer's Page Three Recent Eclipses "Sinnott, Roger W." 1996 9 102 Gallery Lunar Eclipse: Partway into the Umbra "Gurjar, Suhas P." 1996 9 102 Gallery Lunar Eclipse: Long Exposure with Stationary Camera "Piikki, Jari" 1996 9 103 Gallery Lunar Eclipse: Most of the Way into the Umbra "Rijsdijk, Case" 1996 9 103 Gallery Lunar Eclipse: Midtotality "Szymanek, Nik" 1996 9 103 Gallery Lunar Eclipse: End of Totality "Martinez, Patrick" 1996 10 1 Front-Cover Photo The Southern Milky Way "Fujii, Akira" 1996 10 6 Focal Point Selling Stars "Bagnall, Philip" 1996 10 8 Letters The Name Game "Goldstein, Samuel J." 1996 10 8 Letters Henry Replies "Henry, Todd" 1996 10 8 Letters One Sensational Night "Morell, Paul A." 1996 10 8 Letters A Shot in the Dark "Soule, John A." 1996 10 9 Letters Something in the Air "Hunton, Donald E." 1996 10 9 Letters Rubber Eyecups: Eyeglass Relief "Gibes, Frank" 1996 10 10 S&T Newswire Evidence Mounts for Primordial Starbursts 1996 10 10 S&T Newswire Earth's Solid Core Outruns Its Crust 1996 10 10 S&T Newswire Light Echoes from Nova Cygni? 1996 10 11 S&T Newswire Software Accuracy: Some Further Comments 1996 10 11 S&T Newswire Hubble's Hundred-Thousandth Frame 1996 10 12 News Notes ISO: Scanning the Infrared Sky 1996 10 13 News Notes Examining Eta Carinae 1996 10 13 News Notes Tourists to Rescue Pic du Midi? 1996 10 14 News Notes M33's Puzzling Globulars 1996 10 14 News Notes Millimeter Array Dedicated 1996 10 15 News Notes More Evidence for Binary Black Holes 1996 10 15 News Notes In Brief 1996 10 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 10 18 Feature Life from ancient Mars? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1996 10 20 Feature GONG: Probing the Sun's Hidden Heart "Kennedy, James R." 1996 10 26 Feature The Lunar Volcanism Controversy "Doel, Ronald E." 1996 10 30 Feature Box: Tracking Lunar Phenomena "Benton Jr., Julius L." 1996 10 32 Feature Our Nearest Celestial Neighbors "Roth, Joshua" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1996 10 38 S&T Test Report Two New 9 1/4-inch Schmidt-Cassegrains "di Cicco, Dennis" 1996 10 48 Backyard Astronomy The Spectral Types of Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 10 54 Books & Beyond "The Ever-Changing Sky: A Guide to the Celestial Sphere, by James B. Kaler" "Schad, Jerry" 1996 10 55 Books & Beyond "Alvan Clark & Sons: Artists in Optics, by Deborah Jean Warner and Robert B. Ariail" "Fried, Bart" 1996 10 56 Books & Beyond "Meridian, by Claude Duplessis" "Mosley, John E." 1996 10 60 Rambling Through the Skies Arrows in Flight "Krupp, E. C." 1996 10 62 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 10 64 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 10 64 Stars & Planets The Fabric of the Cygnus Milky Way 1996 10 66 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 10 67 Stars & Planets Comet Hale-Bopp Update "Bortle, John E." 1996 10 68 Celestial Calendar Earth-Crossing Asteroid "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 10 68 Celestial Calendar An Earth-Crossing Asteroid 1996 10 69 Celestial Calendar Juno's Perihelic Opposition "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 10 71 Celestial Calendar Partial Solar Eclipse 1996 10 71 Celestial Calendar A Partial Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 10 72 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 10 75 Telescope Making Benefits of a Split-Dob Mount "Moerke, David Edward" 1996 10 81 Astronomical Computing The Virtual Library "Eichhorn, Guenther" 1996 10 83 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Guide to Professional Resources "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 10 84 Amateur Astronomers Clear Skies -- Guaranteed! "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1996 10 86 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Great Comet of 1996: A Personal View "Levy, David H." 1996 10 87 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 10 88 Amateur Astronomers RTMC Snowstorm of '96 1996 10 92 Observer's Page Drawing the Face of Jove "Mort, Greg" 1996 10 98 Gallery Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) in Cygnus "Vaughn, Chuck" 1996 10 98 Gallery Neck of the Pelican Nebula (IC 5067-70) in Cygnus "Vaughn, Chuck" 1996 10 99 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M101 in Ursa Major "Vaughn, Chuck" 1996 10 99 Gallery Merope Nebula in the Pleiades "Vaughn, Chuck" 1996 10 99 Gallery Emission Nebula DWB 111-18-19 in Cygnus "Vaughn, Chuck" 1996 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Jupiter's Great Red Spot 1996 11 6 Focal Point Night Call "Adams, C. Ron" 1996 11 8 Letters Discovering the Discoverer "Olson, Donald W." 1996 11 8 Letters Defining Pluto "Marsden, Brian G." 1996 11 9 Letters Black Holes: Not Irrefutable "Junor, Bill" 1996 11 10 S&T Newswire Comets or Asteroids? 1996 11 10 S&T Newswire Autumn's New Comet 1996 11 11 S&T Newswire Protogalactic Objects Perceived? 1996 11 11 S&T Newswire Martian Launch Pads 1996 11 12 News Notes A Hypergiant's Fate 1996 11 12 News Notes A Million Planets for Every Star? 1996 11 13 News Notes Another Southern Crab 1996 11 13 News Notes Eccentric Dust in NGC 2655 1996 11 14 News Notes Variable Betelgeuse 1996 11 14 News Notes Supergalactic Streamers 1996 11 14 News Notes Starquake Statistics 1996 11 15 News Notes Cassiopeia A's Shell-Shocked Surroundings 1996 11 15 News Notes In Brief 1996 11 15 News Notes High-Velocity Clouds: Hitting on the Milky Way? 1996 11 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 11 20 Images False-color Composite of NGC 604 "Yang, Hui" 1996 11 24 Feature Galileo: An Image Gallery "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1996 11 28 Feature Twenty Years of Seeing Double "McAlister, Harold A." 1996 11 33 Feature Box: The Next Leap Forward "McAlister, Harold A." 1996 11 34 Feature Box: Amateur Speckle Interferometry "McAlister, Harold A." 1996 11 36 Feature Optical Interferometry: Breaking the Barriers "Fischer, Daniel" 1996 11 44 Backyard Astronomy Dissecting Light-Pollution "Upgren, Arthur R." 1996 11 48 S&T Test Report Meade's 7-inch Maksutov-Cassegrains "Vogt, John" 1996 11 53 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 11 56 Books & Beyond "Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe, by Mitchell Begelman and Martin Rees" "Reed, Frank E." 1996 11 57 Books & Beyond More for Black Hole Lovers 1996 11 57 Books & Beyond "Twentieth Century Physics, by Laurie M. Brown, Abraham Pais, Sir Brian Pipard, eds." 1996 11 58 Books & Beyond "GalaxyGuide, by Parallax MultiMedia, Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1996 11 59 Books & Beyond "Sun, Earth and Sky, by Kenneth R. Lang" "Baliunas, Sallie" 1996 11 64 Rambling Through the Skies Weird Tales of the Hyades "Krupp, E. C." 1996 11 66 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 11 68 Stars & Planets Andromeda and the Celestial Sea 1996 11 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 11 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 11 71 Stars & Planets Comet Hale-Bopp Update "Bortle, John E." 1996 11 72 Celestial Calendar The Leonids: Waiting and Watching "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 11 74 Celestial Calendar The Leonids' Last Hurrah? "Rao, Joe" 1996 11 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 11 83 Telescope Making The Milk-Crate Mount "Harbour, David A." 1996 11 86 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Allard, Pierre" 1996 11 86 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Nichols, Stephen" 1996 11 87 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Patton, Devin S." 1996 11 87 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Lay, Keith" 1996 11 90 Astronomical Computing When Asteroid Meets Earth "Kennewell, John A." 1996 11 91 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Making Your Own Star Maps via Modem "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 11 96 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The People's Astronomer "Levy, David H." 1996 11 97 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1996 11 98 Amateur Astronomers RASC Gathers in Edmonton 1996 11 102 Observer's Page Reaping Autumn's Milky Way "Polakis, Tom" 1996 11 108 Gallery North America Nebula in Cygnus "Weber III, Carl W." 1996 11 109 Gallery Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae in Sagittarius "Weber III, Carl W." 1996 11 110 Gallery Supernova Remnant Simeis 147 (Sh2-240) in Taurus "Lodriguss, Jerry" 1996 11 110 Gallery Southwestern Half of Andromeda Galaxy (M31) "Hallas, Tony" 1996 12 1 Front-Cover Photo Sojourner Explores Mars "Carroll, Michael W." 1996 12 6 Focal Point Searching in the Night 1996 12 8 Letters Astronomy Educators Unite "Fraknoi, Andrew" 1996 12 8 Letters Martian Dust Storms "McKim, Richard" 1996 12 8 Letters Mount Graham: Fire and Flack "Strittmatter, Peter" "Woolf, Neville J." 1996 12 12 News Notes The Vela Pulsar: Acting Its Age? 1996 12 12 News Notes Comet Hyakutake's Three Tails 1996 12 13 News Notes Collision in Space? 1996 12 13 News Notes Minkowski's Shocking Footprint 1996 12 14 News Notes Jupiter Still Remembers Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 1996 12 14 News Notes Tweaking the Hubble Sequence 1996 12 15 News Notes Making Orion's Proplyds 1996 12 16 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1996 12 16 News Notes In Brief 1996 12 24 Feature Three Ships to Mars "Doody, David F." 1996 12 30 Feature Visions of Mars "Lomberg, Jon" 1996 12 38 Feature The Sun-Climate Connection "Baliunas, Sallie" "Soon, Willie" 1996 12 44 Feature Namibian Astronomical Adventures "Riepe, Peter" "Binnewies, Stefan" "Tomsik, Harald" 1996 12 51 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1996 12 56 S&T Test Report Three 6-inch Dobsonian Reflectors "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 12 62 Books & Beyond "Cosmic Voyage, by the Smithsonian Institution and the Motorola Foundation" "Maran, Stephen P." 1996 12 63 Books & Beyond "Gems of Hubble, by Jacqueline Mitton and Stephen P. Maran" "Berendzen, Richard" 1996 12 63 Books & Beyond "Hubble: A New Window to the Universe, by Daniel Fischer and Hilmar Duerbeck" 1996 12 65 Books & Beyond "Visions of Mars, by Planetary Society" "Mosley, John E." 1996 12 68 Rambling Through the Skies Observing the Occasion "Krupp, E. C." 1996 12 70 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1996 12 72 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1996 12 72 Stars & Planets A Second Look at the Autumn Sky 1996 12 74 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1996 12 75 Stars & Planets Comet Hale-Bopp Update "Bortle, John E." 1996 12 76 Celestial Calendar The Return of Toutatis "MacRobert, Alan M." 1996 12 79 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1996 12 83 Telescope Making An 8-inch Hyperbolic Astrograph "Lind, Paul U." 1996 12 92 Computers in Astronomy Ready for Robotic Astronomy? "Baruch, John E. F." 1996 12 95 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: More Robotic Scopes "Goldman, Stuart J." 1996 12 98 Amateur Astronomers The Legend of Smith Observatory "Bortle, John E." 1996 12 100 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: From Sputnik to Comets "Levy, David H." 1996 12 102 Amateur Astronomers Star Parties Galore 1996 12 104 Observer's Page In Quest of the Youngest Moon "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1996 12 106 Observer's Page Young Moons and the Islamic Calendar "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1996 12 107 Observer's Page Observer's Notebook "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1996 12 110 Gallery Pleiades (M45) in Taurus "Chumack, John" 1996 12 110 Gallery Star Trails over Lake "Schad, Jerry" 1996 12 111 Gallery The Pelican Nebula (IC 5067-70) in Cygnus "Hallas, Tony" 1996 12 111 Gallery Crescent Moon and Venus "Wehler, Randall" 1996 12 111 Gallery Open Cluster M37 in Auriga "Vanin, Gabriele" 1997 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies in Pisces 1997 1 6 Focal Point A Once and Future Stargazer 1997 1 6 Focal Point A Once and Future Stargazer "Mariska, John" 1997 1 10 Letters Astronomy and a Classic Christmas "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1997 1 10 Letters The 1999 Total Solar Eclipse "Stavinschi, Magda" 1997 1 10 Letters Software Accuracy "Standish Jr., E. Myles" 1997 1 10 Letters Software Accuracy "Pinter, Christian" 1997 1 12 S&T Newswire Life on Mars: Part Two 1997 1 12 S&T Newswire Polar Dust Storm on Mars 1997 1 12 S&T Newswire Redshift Records Renewed 1997 1 13 S&T Newswire Radio Telescopes Reveal Black Hole in M77 1997 1 13 S&T Newswire A Planet for 16 Cygni B 1997 1 13 S&T Newswire Another Double Galaxy Nucleus 1997 1 15 News Notes Geologists Clock Earth's Slowing Spin 1997 1 15 News Notes Collapsing Protostars 1997 1 16 News Notes Clocking the Helix's Knots 1997 1 16 News Notes Crater Chains on Earth? 1997 1 17 News Notes X-raying M33 1997 1 18 News Notes Rounding Up Ring Galaxies 1997 1 18 News Notes Downsizing Dark Matter 1997 1 20 News Notes In Brief 1997 1 20 News Notes An X-ray Explorer's First Findings 1997 1 22 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 1 30 Feature Galaxy Clusters: Urbanization of the Cosmos "West, Michael" 1997 1 33 Feature Box: Gargantuan Galaxies "West, Michael" 1997 1 34 Feature Combing for Clusters "Roth, Joshua" 1997 1 38 Feature Amateurs and the CCD Revolution "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 1 44 Feature Great Comets in History "Bortle, John E." 1997 1 53 S&T Test Report ETX 90-mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Astro Telescope from Meade "Dyer, Alan" 1997 1 57 S&T Test Report ETX versus Questar "East, George H." 1997 1 61 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 1 64 Books & Beyond "Asteroid, by Patricia Barnes-Svarney" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 1 64 Books & Beyond "Fire on Earth, by John and Mary Gribbin" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 1 64 Books & Beyond Impact! by Gerrit L. Verschuur "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 1 64 Books & Beyond "Rain of Iron and Ice, by John S. Lewis" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 1 65 Books & Beyond "RealSky CD, by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 1 70 Rambling Through the Skies Horsefeathers on High "Krupp, E. C." 1997 1 72 Stars & Planets Binocular Highlight: M35 "Harrington, Philip" 1997 1 80 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 1 80 Stars & Planets Taurus Leads a Starry Stampede 1997 1 82 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1997 1 83 Stars & Planets Comet Hale-Bopp Update "Bortle, John E." 1997 1 84 Celestial Calendar The Return of Mars "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 1 89 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1997 "Dunham, David W." 1997 1 93 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 1 96 Telescope Making A 6-inch Camera Obscura "Keene, George T." 1997 1 103 Astronomical Computing Sundog Simulator "Kubesh, Rodney J." 1997 1 105 Computers in Astronomy Mir and Shuttle Imaged from Boston 1997 1 106 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: What's Happening? "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 1 110 Amateur Astronomers Party Time in '97 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1997 1 118 Observer's Page What Magnitude Is It? "Clark, Roger N." 1997 1 119 Observer's Page On Stellar Magnitudes and the Brightness of the Night Sky "Clark, Roger N." 1997 1 124 Gallery Total Lunar Eclipse Sequence "Themelis, Stephen C." 1997 1 124 Gallery Moon Emerging from Totality "Bernier, Martin" 1997 1 125 Gallery Eclipsed Moon with Saturn "Cook, Chris" 1997 1 126 Gallery Eclipsed Moon Leaving Umbra "Baldridge, Rick" 1997 1 126 Gallery Star Emerging from Behind Totally Eclipsed Moon "Vilnrotter, Vic" 1997 2 1 Front-Cover Photo Space Shuttle Discovery and Hubble Telescope "Kahler, Scott" 1997 2 6 Focal Point Keeping the ETs Away "Baldwin, George C." 1997 2 8 Letters Suspicious Star Names "Abalakin, Victor K." 1997 2 8 Letters Calling All Amateurs "Harrington, Philip" 1997 2 8 Letters More Ways to Order the Days "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1997 2 10 S&T Newswire A Better Way to Bag Brown Dwarfs? 1997 2 10 S&T Newswire Homing in on Quasar Hosts 1997 2 10 S&T Newswire Goodbye (for now) to Comet Hale-Bopp 1997 2 11 S&T Newswire A Hale-Bopp Occultation 1997 2 11 S&T Newswire A Hit in Honduras? Hobby-Eberly Telescope Sees First Light 1997 2 11 S&T Newswire Pulsar Peekaboo 1997 2 11 S&T Newswire New Saturn Satellites? 1997 2 12 News Notes How to Build 51 Pegasi's Planet 1997 2 13 News Notes "Comet-Crash Warnings: Too Little, Too Late?" 1997 2 13 News Notes The Clash of Supermassive Titans 1997 2 15 News Notes Shannon Lucid Comes Home 1997 2 15 News Notes Even Gravity Feels Gravity's Pull 1997 2 15 News Notes Barred-Galaxy Beginnings 1997 2 17 News Notes Colorful Cluster in Cacer 1997 2 17 News Notes Brown-Dwarf Numbers on the Rise 1997 2 19 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 2 19 News Notes In Brief 1997 2 22 Images Images of Io Spanning 18 Years "Parker, Samantha" 1997 2 24 Feature Clementine's Lunar Gold "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1997 2 26 Feature Radio Astronomy in the 21st Century "Kellermann, Kenneth I." 1997 2 35 Feature Supernova 1987A: The First Ten Years "Kirschner, Robert" 1997 2 42 Feature Hubble Revisited "Hawley, Steven A." 1997 2 46 Feature Box: Hubble's Second-Generation Instruments "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1997 2 50 Feature Sikhote-Alin: Fifty Years Later "Gallant, Roy A." 1997 2 55 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 2 56 Books & Beyond "Everybody's Comet: A Layman's Guide to Comet Hale-Bopp, by Alan Hale" "Hughes, David W." 1997 2 56 Books & Beyond "Comet of the Century: From Halley to Hale-Bopp, by Fred Schaaf" "Hughes, David W." 1997 2 56 Books & Beyond "The Comet Hale-Bopp Book, by Thomas Hockey" "Hughes, David W." 1997 2 56 Books & Beyond "An Observer's Guide to Comet Hale-Bopp, by Don Machholz" "Hughes, David W." 1997 2 58 Books & Beyond More Cometary Selections "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 2 59 Books & Beyond "The Planets, by Byron Preiss Multimedia" "Mosley, John E." 1997 2 64 Rambling Through the Skies Pyramid Marketing Schemes "Krupp, E. C." 1997 2 66 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1997 2 68 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 2 68 Stars & Planets Winter-Sky Superlatives 1997 2 70 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1997 2 71 Stars & Planets Comet Hale-Bopp Update "Bortle, John E." 1997 2 72 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1997 "Dunham, David W." 1997 2 77 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 2 80 Telescope Making A 3-inch Gerrish Polar Telescope "Nehls, Jon" 1997 2 82 Telescope Making A Small Refractor Whose Eyepiece Stays Horizontal "Jons, Kelly" 1997 2 86 Astronomical Computing The Eclipse Seen 'Round the World "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 2 86 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: The Eclipse Seen 'Round the World "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 2 86 Computers in Astronomy Eclipse Seen 'Round the World 1997 2 93 Amateur Astronomers A European Renaissance in Astronomy Education? "Sert, Josee" "Winther, Mogens" 1997 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Project Mundus: A City Meets the Universe "Levy, David H." 1997 2 98 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 2 100 Observer's Page High-Power Comet Observing "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1997 2 106 Gallery Partial Solar Eclipse through Clouds "Karrer, Michael" 1997 2 106 Gallery Globular Cluster Omega Centauri "Barry, Trevor" 1997 2 106 Gallery Comet Tabur with Spiral Galaxy M108 and the Owl Nebula (M97) "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 1997 2 107 Gallery Star Trails above Lake Titicaca "Espenak, Fred" 1997 2 107 Gallery Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) in Scorpius "Ware, Jason" 1997 2 107 Gallery Reflection Nebula M78 in Orion "Ware, Jason" 1997 2 107 Gallery Peculiar Galaxy M82 in Ursa Major "Ware, Jason" 1997 3 1 Front-Cover Photo Horsehead Nebula in Orion "Lodriguss, Jerry" 1997 3 6 Focal Point Carl Sagan: An Appreciation "Chapman, Clark R." 1997 3 8 Letters An Alternative to Selling Stars "Heck, André" 1997 3 8 Letters An Astronomer's Unfortunate Past "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1997 3 8 Letters Infared and Heat: Not Synonymous "O'Neil, Douglas" 1997 3 10 Letters Reflecting on a Dob Review "Peters, Steve" 1997 3 10 Letters Reflecting on a Dob Review "Stedman, Lawrence C." 1997 3 10 Letters Reflecting on a Dob Review "Hale, Alan R." 1997 3 12 S&T Newswire The Cartwheel's Cometlike Clouds 1997 3 13 S&T Newswire Texas Star Party Moves 1997 3 13 S&T Newswire Repeating Gamma-Ray Burst Detected? 1997 3 13 S&T Newswire Hale-Bopp Returns 1997 3 14 News Notes Space Telescopes: The Next Generation 1997 3 14 News Notes More X-ray Comets 1997 3 15 News Notes Neptune's Tempestuous Temperament 1997 3 15 News Notes A Solar-Minimum Surprise 1997 3 16 News Notes "A New Class of Hot, Blue Variables" 1997 3 16 News Notes High-Velocity Clouds Beyond the Milky Way 1997 3 16 News Notes R Cassiopeiae Resolved 1997 3 17 S&T Newswire Pele's Plume 1997 3 18 News Notes Supergalactic Streaming 1997 3 18 News Notes In Brief 1997 3 20 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 3 24 Images Filaments in the Veil Nebula "Parker, Samantha" 1997 3 28 Feature Galileo: An Image Gallery II "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1997 3 37 Feature Comet Hale-Bopp: Your Viewing Guide "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1997 3 42 Feature Bringing Comet Hale-Bopp Home "Dyer, Alan" 1997 3 47 Feature Choosing Films for Comet Photography "Horne, Johnny" 1997 3 52 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 3 55 S&T Test Report Three Portable Rich-Field Telescopes "Roth, Joshua" 1997 3 58 S&T Test Report Choosing a Tripod for Your Rich-Field Scope "Roth, Joshua" 1997 3 63 Books & Beyond "Solar Astronomy Handbook, Rainer Beck, Heinz Hilbrecht, Klaus Reinsch, and Peter Volker" "Zirin, Harold" 1997 3 64 Books & Beyond "Voyage to the Outer Planets, by NRSpace Software, Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1997 3 65 Books & Beyond "The Planet Mars, by William Sheehan" "Martin, Leonard J." 1997 3 68 Rambling Through the Skies Elevated Spirits "Krupp, E. C." 1997 3 70 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1997 3 74 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 3 74 Stars & Planets Mars and Comet Frame the March Sky 1997 3 76 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1997 3 77 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Call for Hale-Bopp Photographs "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 3 80 Celestial Calendar A Tour of Extrasolar Planets "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 3 82 Celestial Calendar A Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 3 84 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 3 91 Telescope Making Cardboard Double-Star Interferometer "Maurer, Andreas" 1997 3 93 Telescope Making Motorizing a Mars Globe "Drobig, Malcolm M. F." 1997 3 94 Telescope Making Lazy Options "Sinnott, Roger W." 1997 3 96 Computers in Astronomy One Man's BASIC Odyssey "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 3 97 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Hale-Bopp Funny Business "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 3 104 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomy in Japan "Renshaw, Steven L." "Ihara, Saori" 1997 3 107 Amateur Astronomers A Most Enjoyable Star Party "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1997 3 109 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Riding on the Comet's Tail "Levy, David H." 1997 3 110 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 3 112 Observer's Page Beyond Orion's Sword "Polakis, Tom" 1997 3 118 Gallery Heart of the Eta Carinae Nebula "Binnewies, Stefan" "Riepe, Peter" "Sporenberg, Dieter" 1997 3 118 Gallery "Dark Doodad"""" in Musca" "Binnewies, Stefan" "Riepe, Peter" "Schroter, B." 1997 3 118 Gallery Globular Cluster Omega Centauri "Binnewies, Stefan" "Riepe, Peter" "Sporenberg, Dieter" 1997 3 119 Gallery Scorpius and the Milky Way "Dodd, Luke" 1997 3 120 Gallery Large Magellanic Cloud "Dodd, Luke" 1997 3 120 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 in Sculptor "Peters, Andrew" 1997 3 120 Gallery Far-Southern Milky Way "Dodd, Luke" 1997 4 1 Front-Cover Photo Comet Hale-Bopp "Numazawa, Shigemi" 1997 4 6 Focal Point One Night in January "Peck, Hugh W." 1997 4 8 Letters Great Comet Geometry "Marcus, Joseph" 1997 4 9 Letters Correcting Errors in the Almanac "Janiczek, Paul M." 1997 4 10 Letters Misinformation on the Internet "Lazio, Joseph" 1997 4 10 Letters From Disappointment to Dedication "Oakes, Andrew I." 1997 4 10 Letters Research Telescopes Aren't Cheap "Melsheimer, Frank" 1997 4 12 S&T Newswire Second Blast for NGC 664 1997 4 12 S&T Newswire Nascent Nebulae Unmasked 1997 4 13 S&T Newswire Largest Telescope Mirror Cast 1997 4 13 S&T Newswire Event Horizon Heralded 1997 4 14 News Notes Marching to the Beat of the Milky Way's Drum? 1997 4 14 News Notes Farthest Globulars found in Hubble Deep Field 1997 4 15 News Notes Dissecting the Solar Corona 1997 4 15 News Notes Dashing Dipole Doubts 1997 4 15 News Notes A Missing Link of Interstellar Chemistry 1997 4 16 News Notes Making the Moon Bright 1997 4 16 News Notes Traceless Tunguska 1997 4 16 News Notes Picturing HL Tauri 1997 4 18 News Notes Robotic Telescopes Scan the Sky 1997 4 18 News Notes NGC 6946's Magnetic Mystery Solved 1997 4 20 News Notes Dissecting Density Waves 1997 4 20 News Notes Do Pulsars Get a Kick Out of Neutrinos? 1997 4 22 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 4 22 News Notes In Brief 1997 4 24 Images Ground View of the Pleiades (M45) "Parker, Samantha" 1997 4 28 Feature Comet Hale-Bopp at Its Peak "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1997 4 31 Feature Box: Estimating a Comet's Brightness "Bortle, John E." 1997 4 34 Feature Sunspots That Changed the World "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1997 4 36 Feature Box: Superflares on Solarlike Stars "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1997 4 40 Feature Will the Sun Set on Radio Astronomy? "Roth, Joshua" 1997 4 44 Feature Box: Light-Pollution's Invisible Cousin "Roth, Joshua" 1997 4 46 Feature My Favorite Binoculars for Astronomy "Cook, William J." 1997 4 53 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 4 56 Backyard Astronomy A Galaxy-Hop in Leo "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 4 62 Books & Beyond "Volcanoes of the Solar System, by Charles Frankel" "Zimbelman, James R." 1997 4 62 Books & Beyond "Introduction to Planetary Volcanism, by Gregory Mursky" "Zimbelman, James R." 1997 4 63 Books & Beyond "Mars Rover, by RomTech, Inc." "Mosley, John E." "Mosley, John E." 1997 4 64 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1997 4 68 Rambling Through the Skies Throwing the Bull "Krupp, E. C." 1997 4 70 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1997 4 72 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 4 72 Stars & Planets Drama in April Skies 1997 4 74 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1997 4 75 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Earthshine "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 4 76 Celestial Calendar Doubles in Leo: Stars to Relax With "Haas, Sissy" 1997 4 80 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 4 83 Telescope Making A Solar-Powered Observatory "Fields, Kenneth" 1997 4 86 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Roy, Rob" 1997 4 91 Astronomical Computing Understanding Catalog Capriciousness "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 4 94 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Chasing Comets "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 4 99 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1996 "Parker, Samantha" 1997 4 100 Amateur Astronomers A Bright Future for Central American Astronomy 1997 4 100 Amateur Astronomers Bright Future for Central American Astronomy "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1997 4 102 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Empty Chair "Levy, David H." 1997 4 104 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 4 108 Observer's Page Halfway to Heaven "Robinson, Michael P." 1997 4 109 Observer's Page Visiting Mount Evans 1997 4 110 Observer's Page Meyer-Womble Observatory "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1997 4 111 Observer's Page "A """"Comet Crash"""" in 1690?" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1997 4 116 Gallery Astrophotographer George Greaney "Greaney, George" 1997 4 116 Gallery Emission Nebulae IC 1848 and IC 1805 in Cassiopeia "Greaney, George" 1997 4 116 Gallery Emission Nebula Sh2-302 in Puppis "Greaney, George" 1997 4 117 Gallery Emission Nebula IC 2177 on CMa-Mon Border "Greaney, George" 1997 4 117 Gallery Antares and Environs "Greaney, George" 1997 5 1 Front-Cover Photo Comet Hale-Bopp "Lodriguss, Jerry" 1997 5 6 Focal Point The Quest for Mars 1997 5 8 Letters Wandering Sundogs "Witt, Volker" 1997 5 8 Letters Camera Obscura Memories "Cuevas, Charles" 1997 5 10 Letters Alien Impressions "Groskreutz, Steve" 1997 5 10 Letters Alien Impressions "Burgess, Richard" 1997 5 10 Letters Alien Impressions "Thatcher, C. B." 1997 5 12 S&T Newswire Hale-Bopp Outshines Comet Hyakutake 1997 5 12 S&T Newswire Hipparchos Sizes Up the Universe 1997 5 13 S&T Newswire SOHO's Coronagraphic Cinema 1997 5 13 S&T Newswire Dust Disk Discerned Around Binary Star 1997 5 16 News Notes Learning from Hubble's Deep Field 1997 5 17 News Notes Tracking a Runaway Binary Star 1997 5 17 News Notes Turning X-ray vision Toward Planetary Nebulae 1997 5 18 News Notes Intergalactic Stars Sighted in Vigo 1997 5 18 News Notes Extinctions Like Clockwork? 1997 5 18 News Notes A Nearby Gamma-Ray Beacon 1997 5 20 News Notes Infrared Starbursts in the Antennae 1997 5 20 News Notes Quasars Not Hiding After All 1997 5 22 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 5 22 News Notes In Brief 1997 5 24 Feature Does 51 Pegasi's Planet Really Exist? "Roth, Joshua" 1997 5 28 Feature The Great Evening Comet "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1997 5 40 Feature A Do-It-Yourselfer's Primer for Digital Deep-Sky Imaging "West, Robert D." 1997 5 43 Feature Box: West's Backyard Observatory "West, Robert D." 1997 5 46 Feature Comets That Changed the World "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1997 5 50 Feature Box: Virgin-Sacrifice Hoax "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1997 5 53 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 5 56 Feature Diving into the Lagoon "Parker, Samantha" 1997 5 61 Books & Beyond "History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia, by John Lankford" "Raymo, Chet" 1997 5 62 Books & Beyond "The Illustrated A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking" 1997 5 62 Books & Beyond "Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power, by E. C. Krupp" "White, Raymond E." 1997 5 64 Books & Beyond "Solar System Explorer, by Maris Multimedia" "Mosley, John E." 1997 5 66 Rambling Through the Skies Designated Authority "Krupp, E. C." 1997 5 70 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1997 5 74 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 5 74 Stars & Planets Lonely Spica Haunts Spring Nights 1997 5 76 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1997 5 77 Stars & Planets Light-Pollution Notes: Fundraiser for IDA "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 5 80 Celestial Calendar The Top 12 Naked-Eye Variable Stars "Isles, John [E.]" 1997 5 84 Celestial Calendar "Finding Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 5 85 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 5 91 Telescope Making Vikings and Polarization Sundials "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1997 5 96 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Digitized Wonders on Display "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 5 96 Computers in Astronomy Digitized Wonders on Display "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 5 102 Amateur Astronomers A Golden Celebration "Allen III, Charles E." 1997 5 106 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: England's Ultimate Amateur "Levy, David H." 1997 5 108 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 5 111 Observer's Page Prolonging the Green Flash "Smith, Bradford A." 1997 5 113 Observer's Page Observer's Notebook: The Curious Case of IC 1257 "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 5 116 Gallery Waxing Gibbous Moon "Sabo, Werner" 1997 5 116 Gallery Orion Nebula and NGC 1973-75-77 "Ware, Jason" 1997 5 117 Gallery "Crescent Moon, Venus, and Mercury over River" "McNeal, John" 1997 5 117 Gallery Comet Hale-Bopp and Milky Way in Scutum "Schur, Chris" 1997 5 118 Gallery Crab Nebula (M1) in Taurus "Mais, Dale E." 1997 5 118 Gallery Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae "Stecker, Michael" 1997 5 118 Gallery Andromeda Galaxy (M31) "Weber, Carl" "Weber, Chris" 1997 5 119 Gallery Eta Carinae Nebula "Dodd, Luke" 1997 5 119 Gallery Lunar Craters Copernicus and Eratosthenes "Legault, Thierry" 1997 5 119 Gallery Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) in Aquarius "Foster, James R." 1997 5 119 Gallery The Horsehead Nebula (B 33) in Orion "Torres, Jose G." 1997 6 1 Front-Cover Photo Space Shuttle Astronaut in Orbit 1997 6 6 Focal Point The End of Dignity 1997 6 6 Focal Point The End of Dignity "Gelernter, David" 1997 6 8 Spectrum "S&T: Bigger, Better" "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 6 10 Letters A Helpful Review "Staknys, Al" 1997 6 10 Letters Ambiguous Limiting Magnitudes "Reilly, Jim" 1997 6 10 Letters Largest Meteorite Shower "Pedersen, Holger" "Risbo, Torben" 1997 6 10 Letters Radio Observing from the Moon "Lowman Jr., Paul D." 1997 6 10 Letters Sagan Remembered "Feinberg, Steve" 1997 6 12 Letters A European Adventure "Hirrell, Barry" 1997 6 12 Letters In Search of Maksutovs "Scala, James" 1997 6 16 News Notes The Earth's Fate Revisited 1997 6 16 News Notes Diffuse Interstellar Bands Explained 1997 6 17 News Notes Unmasking Galactic Neighbors 1997 6 17 News Notes Supernova Signs May Lurk in Ice? 1997 6 18 News Notes Depleting Outer Asteroids 1997 6 18 News Notes Crowded at the Top? 1997 6 20 News Notes Large Magellanic Cloud Through Radio Eyes 1997 6 20 News Notes Large-Scale Clustering 1997 6 20 News Notes T Tauri's Magnetic Personality 1997 6 22 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 6 22 News Notes In Brief 1997 6 24 Images Chain of HH Objects Near Orion "Bally, John" 1997 6 28 Feature Comet Hale-Bopp's Memorable Performance "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1997 6 34 Feature House Call for Hubble "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 6 38 Feature Of Pixel Size and Focal Reducers "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 6 46 Feature In Search of the First Constellations "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1997 6 50 Feature Box: Ursa Major and the Number Seven "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1997 6 53 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 6 58 Backyard Astronomy Star Finding with a Planisphere "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 6 62 Books & Beyond "The Biological Universe, by Steven J. Dick" "Jastrow, Robert" 1997 6 63 Books & Beyond "Nine Worlds, by Palladium Interactive Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1997 6 64 Books & Beyond "The Measurement of Starlight, by John B. Hearnshaw" "Kenyon, Scott" 1997 6 68 Rambling Through the Skies A Dipper for All Seasons "Krupp, E. C." 1997 6 70 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1997 6 72 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 6 72 Stars & Planets Rise of the Summer Milky Way 1997 6 74 Stars & Planets The Sun and Planets 1997 6 75 Stars & Planets The Near Sky: Storms and Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 6 78 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Moons 1997 6 79 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 6 83 Telescope Making An Optimized Newtonian Reflector "Seronik, Gary" 1997 6 91 Astronomical Computing Seeing Under the Sun's Skin "Kennewell, John A." 1997 6 94 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Bargain Hunting "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 6 97 Amateur Astronomers The Demise of the HST Amateur Program "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1997 6 99 Amateur Astronomers Summary of HST Amateur Observations and Results 1997 6 104 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: From Sixth Magnitude to Seventh Heaven "Levy, David H." 1997 6 105 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 6 106 Observer's Page The Dolphin's Deep-Sky Delights "French, Sue" 1997 6 109 Observer's Page ALPO at 50 1997 6 110 Gallery Alaskan Aurora "Cartier, Sr., David E." 1997 6 110 Gallery Iridescent Rocket Contrail "Vaughan, Joshua" 1997 6 110 Gallery Rocket Contrail "Branston, Detrick Demond" 1997 6 110 Gallery Nebula Cederblad 214 on Cepheus- Cassiopeia Border "Stecker, Michael" 1997 6 111 Gallery California Nebula (NGC 1499) in Perseus "Greaney, George" 1997 6 111 Gallery Pleiades Star Cluster (M45) in Taurus "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 1997 6 112 Gallery Aurora over Alaska Highway Visitor Center "Cartier, Sr., David E." 1997 6 112 Gallery Sunspot Group "Delvo', Pierino" 1997 6 112 Gallery Lunar Crater Stofler and Environs "Therin, Gerard" 1997 6 112 Gallery Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237-39) in Monoceros "Greaney, George" 1997 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Development of Life on Earth "Lomberg, Jon" 1997 7 8 Spectrum Amatuers in the Post-Hipparcos Age "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 7 10 Focal Point Amateurs in the Post-Hipparcos Age "Welch, Douglas L." 1997 7 12 Letters Sundial Wine "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1997 7 12 Letters Importance of Pupil Size "Kier, Ruben" 1997 7 12 Letters Astronomical History in Pittsburgh "Mitnick, Barry M." 1997 7 14 Letters The Universe in Stereo "Respler, Jay" 1997 7 14 Letters Rekindling the Spirit "Tocco, Joe" 1997 7 14 Letters Comet Hysteria "Hoffman, Tony" 1997 7 16 S&T Newswire Hale-Bopp's Sodium Tail 1997 7 16 S&T Newswire Two New Planets Touted 1997 7 17 S&T Newswire Gamma-Ray Galaxies 1997 7 17 S&T Newswire Antimatter Cloud Spied in Milky Way 1997 7 18 News Notes Dark Matter on Display 1997 7 19 News Notes Gamma-Ray Bursts: Visible at Last? 1997 7 20 News Notes Forecasting Solar Storms 1997 7 20 News Notes A Binary Star's Tangled Lifeline 1997 7 22 News Notes Globulars Aren't Here to Stay 1997 7 22 News Notes "Lyman Spitzer Jr., 1914-1997" 1997 7 22 News Notes Missing Mini-MACHOs 1997 7 22 News Notes Zooming in on a Big Black Hole? 1997 7 24 News Notes The Sun's Runner-Up for Apparent Size 1997 7 24 News Notes Expanding on the Universe's Expansion 1997 7 25 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 7 28 Feature From Hipparchus to Hipparcos "Turon, Catherine" 1997 7 30 Feature Box: Amateurs and the Hipparcos Mission "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" "Foster, Grant" 1997 7 33 Feature Box: Mining the Hipparcos Mission's Treasures "Perryman, Michael" 1997 7 36 Feature Messenger from Mars "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1997 7 42 Feature Life: A Cosmic Imperative? "Pendleton, Yvonne J." "Farmer, Jack D." 1997 7 50 Feature The Great Comet of 1997 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1997 7 54 Feature Dueling Comets "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1997 7 59 S&T Test Report The Barlow Lens: More Power to You "Dickinson, Terence" 1997 7 65 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 7 66 Books & Beyond "Yerkes Observatory: 1892-1950, by Donald E. Osterbrock" "Briggs, John Wright" 1997 7 67 Books & Beyond "Small Astronomical Observatories, by Patrick Moore, ed." "Keene, George T." 1997 7 68 Books & Beyond "NASA Atlas of the Solar System, by Ronald Greeley and Raymond Batson" 1997 7 74 Amateur Astronomers Seeking the Soul of the Night "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1997 7 76 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Focus on Tucson "Levy, David H." 1997 7 78 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 7 80 Rambling Through the Skies War Stars "Krupp, E. C." 1997 7 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Delights of the Scorpius Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 7 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1997 7 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight 1997 7 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1997 7 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in July" "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 7 86 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Glare-Free Streetlights "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 7 88 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 7 90 Celestial Calendar A Binocular Tour from Antares "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 7 93 Celestial Calendar The Moon Hits the Bull's Eye "Dunham, David W." 1997 7 96 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: The Zodiac "Ryan, Jay" 1997 7 96 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 7 99 Observer's Log Memorable Observing Experiences: Cosmic Critters "Anderson, Howard C." 1997 7 101 Observer's Log Memorable Observing Experiences: The Wind from Nowhere "Barosso, David" 1997 7 102 Observer's Log "Memorable Observing Experiences: """"Comet Kramer""""" "Kramer, Jack" 1997 7 103 Observer's Log Memorable Observing Experiences: Perfect Seeing "Clark, Roger N." 1997 7 104 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: April's Aldebaran Occultation "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 7 106 Telescope Techniques Caring for Optics "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 7 112 Astro Imaging Digitally Enhance Your Astrophotos "Lodriguss, Jerry" 1997 7 120 Gallery Comet Hale-Bopp over David Dunlap Observatory "Falk, Dan" 1997 7 120 Gallery Cometman "Scarpitta, Rich" 1997 7 120 Gallery Emission Nebula NGC 281 in Cassiopeia "Hanon, David" 1997 7 120 Gallery Targeting Comet Hale-Bopp at Ford Observatory "Schroeder, Jeff R." 1997 7 121 Gallery Rho Ophiuchi and the Pipe Nebula "Lodriguss, Jerry" 1997 7 121 Gallery "Great Orion Nebula, M42" "Bottari, Claudio" 1997 7 122 Gallery Hale-Bopp from Wupatki National Monument "Gruber, Peter" 1997 7 122 Gallery Ptolemaeus Moonscape "Therin, Gerard" 1997 7 122 Gallery Eagle Nebula (M16) in Serpens Cauda "Torres, Jose" 1997 8 1 Front-Cover Photo Great Andromeda Galaxy "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 1997 8 8 Spectrum Ticket to Nowhere? "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 8 10 Focal Point Purveyors of the Paranormal "Wild, Walter J." 1997 8 10 S&T Newswire Hubble's Service Call 1997 8 12 Letters Canvas Capers "Norton, O. Richard" 1997 8 14 Letters The Comets of Spring "Shuttlewood, Neil" 1997 8 14 Letters Prolonging the Wonder "Eady, Terry" 1997 8 14 Letters Sizing Up R Cassiopeiae "Dunlop, Storm" 1997 8 16 S&T Newswire Hubble's New Spectacles 1997 8 16 S&T Newswire A Boomerang Bolide 1997 8 17 S&T Newswire A Close Stellar Approach Predicted 1997 8 17 S&T Newswire Gamma-Ray Bursts Go the Distance 1997 8 18 News Notes Another Way to Weigh Neutron Stars 1997 8 18 News Notes Mexican Site Chosen for Large Radio Dish 1997 8 19 News Notes An Oort Cloud Asteroid? 1997 8 19 News Notes A Galaxy's Double Nucleus 1997 8 20 News Notes A Dying Star's Quick Changes 1997 8 20 News Notes Spiral Arms: Not Just for Galaxies Anymore 1997 8 22 News Notes Topping Off an Optical Giant 1997 8 22 News Notes A Substellar Squib in Taurus 1997 8 22 News Notes A Redshift Quandary Renewed 1997 8 24 News Notes Tracking a Far-Out Comet 1997 8 24 News Notes Supershells in Space 1997 8 25 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 8 28 Feature Cosmic Rain "Wakefield, Julie" 1997 8 32 Feature The Rivers of Venus "Kargel, Jeffrey S." 1997 8 40 Feature Mining the Heavens: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey "Knapp, Gillian R." 1997 8 43 Feature Box: The Stars in Your Pocket: New Ways to Survey the Heavens "Roth, Joshua" 1997 8 46 Feature Box: Charting the Infrared Sky "Skrutskie, Michael" 1997 8 51 S&T Test Report Meade's Pictor 201XT Autoguider "Dyer, Alan" 1997 8 55 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 8 56 Images Wide-field Image of the Orion Belt Region "Bessell, Mike" "Sutherland, Ralph S." 1997 8 60 Computers in Astronomy Planet Groupings and the Millennium "Meeus, Jean" 1997 8 63 Computers in Astronomy A Planetary Grouping in Maya Times "Olson, Donald W." "White, Brian D." 1997 8 64 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Be A Newsgroup Power User "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 8 67 Books & Beyond "Albedo to Zodiac, by Guy Ottewell" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1997 8 67 Books & Beyond Cambridge Astronomy Dictionary "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1997 8 67 Books & Beyond "Companion to the Cosmos, by John Gribbin" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1997 8 68 Books & Beyond "Mars Navigator, by Engineered Multimedia, Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1997 8 69 Books & Beyond "The Very First Light, by John C. Mather and John Boslough" "Maran, Stephen P." 1997 8 70 Books & Beyond "Cambridge Pocket Star Atlas, by John Cox" 1997 8 70 Books & Beyond "Cambridge Pocket Star Finder, by John Cox" 1997 8 72 Amateur Astronomers "Comets, Asteroids, and Astrometrica" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1997 8 73 Amateur Astronomers Astrometry Today "Williams, Gareth V." 1997 8 74 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Cincinnati's Astronomical History "Levy, David H." 1997 8 77 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 8 80 Rambling Through the Skies Cereal Killer "Krupp, E. C." 1997 8 82 Guide to the Evening Sky The Wheel of the Milky Way "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 8 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1997 8 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight 1997 8 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1997 8 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in August" "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 8 86 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Double Suns "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 8 88 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Lyster, Timothy A." 1997 8 90 Celestial Calendar Watching the Perseid Meteor Shower "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 8 94 Celestial Calendar Hale-Bopp Flees Far South "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 8 96 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Summer Satellites "Ryan, Jay" 1997 8 96 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 8 104 Telescope Techniques A Car-Window Mounting "Wehler, Randall" 1997 8 106 Telescope Techniques A Garage-Rooftop Observatory "Campana, Steven E." 1997 8 109 Astro Imaging CCD Camera Buzzword Primer "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 8 109 Astro Imaging A CCD Camera Buzzword Primer 1997 8 116 Gallery "Coalsack, Southern Cross, IC 2602, and Eta Carinae Nebula" "Fujii, Akira" 1997 8 116 Gallery Open Cluster IC 2602 "Fujii, Akira" 1997 8 117 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M101 in Ursa Major "Zussman, Kim" 1997 8 117 Gallery Pleiades Star Cluster (M45) "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 1997 8 118 Gallery Large Magellanic Cloud "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 8 118 Gallery "Praesepe (Beehive Star Cluster, M44)" "Justis, Preston Scott" 1997 8 118 Gallery Hyades Star Cluster "Fujii, Akira" 1997 8 118 Gallery Center of the Milky Way "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 8 120 Gallery Coma Berenices with Mars "Fujii, Akira" 1997 8 120 Gallery Alpha Persei Cluster "Fujii, Akira" 1997 9 1 Front-Cover Photo Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Milky Way "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 9 8 Spectrum Amateurs' New Era "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 9 10 Focal Point Golden Opportunities "Lustick, David" 1997 9 12 Letters How Important Is Forward Scatter Geometry? "Bortle, John E." 1997 9 12 Letters A Fair Portrayal "Rimmer, Richard" 1997 9 12 Letters Antlia Dwarf Galaxy Not New "Skiff, Brian A." 1997 9 14 Letters Amateur Participation at Pic du Midi "Montagne, Marc" 1997 9 14 Letters Exaggerated Elevations "Lancaster, Mark" 1997 9 14 Letters 1999 Eclipse Bulletin "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 1997 9 16 S&T Newswire Pathfinder Reaches Mars 1997 9 16 S&T Newswire First Images from Orbiting Radio Dish 1997 9 17 S&T Newswire Amateur Finds Aten Asteroid 1997 9 17 S&T Newswire NEAR Spacecraft Spies Mathilde 1997 9 18 News Notes Awaiting the Giant Telescopes 1997 9 19 News Notes NGC 5084: A Cannibalistic Heavyweight 1997 9 19 News Notes Our Galaxy's Oldest Open Cluster 1997 9 20 News Notes A Lopsided Universe? 1997 9 20 News Notes The Great Wall: A Cosmological Mirage? 1997 9 22 News Notes Solar Twin Sited in Scorpius 1997 9 22 News Notes A Binary Precursor for SN 1987A? 1997 9 22 News Notes King of the Kuiper Belt 1997 9 24 News Notes "Martin Schwarzschild, 1912-97" 1997 9 24 News Notes Galaxy Bars: Fueling Active Nuclei? 1997 9 24 News Notes Tragedy Strikes Russian Observatory 1997 9 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 9 28 Feature Shadows of Creation: Quasar Absorption Lines and the Genesis of Galaxies "Bechtold, Jill" 1997 9 38 Feature Bonuses of the Microlensing Business "Mateo, Mario" 1997 9 46 Feature A New Look at the Milky Way "Duncan, A. Roy" "Haynes, Raymond F." 1997 9 49 S&T Test Report Meade's Pictor 208XT and 216XT "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 9 57 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 9 59 Computers in Astronomy Looking Back Cosmologically "Weil, Thomas A." 1997 9 63 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: ATM Gleanings from the Internet "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 9 65 Books & Beyond "American Astronomy: Community, Careers, and Power, 1859-1940, by John Lankford" "Hoffleit, Dorrit" 1997 9 66 Books & Beyond "The Photographic Atlas of the Stars, by H. J. P. Arnold, Paul Doherty, and Patrick Moore" "Lorenzin, Tom" 1997 9 68 Books & Beyond "Discover Astronomy, by Maris Multimedia, Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1997 9 72 Amateur Astronomers Dreaming the Sky "Haynes, Roslynn" 1997 9 76 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: Something Old, Something New" "Levy, David H." 1997 9 77 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 9 80 Rambling Through the Skies In the Wake of Heaven's Gate "Krupp, E. C." 1997 9 82 Feature Starry Pattern Recognition "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 9 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Starry Pattern Recognition "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 9 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1997 9 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight 1997 9 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "Harrington, Philip" 1997 9 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in September" "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 9 86 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Near Sky: Double Sun, Part 2" "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 9 88 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 9 90 Celestial Calendar Tracking Jupiter's Great Red Spot "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 9 94 Celestial Calendar An Early-Morning Moon Occults Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 9 96 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 9 96 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: The Summer Triangle Effect "Ryan, Jay" 1997 9 99 Observer's Log Mars Watch '97 Summary: Cloudy but Quiet "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1997 9 101 Observer's Log Rima Tenuis "Beish, Jeff D." 1997 9 104 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: The Missing Mushroom "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 9 106 Telescope Techniques Mastering Polar Alignment "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 9 112 Gallery Lunar Eclipse Close-Up "Terrance, Gregory" 1997 9 112 Gallery Lunar Eclipse Sequence "Schad, Jerry" 1997 9 113 Gallery Milky Way in Scorpius and Ophiuchus "Weber, Carl" "Weber, Chris" 1997 9 114 Gallery Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264) in Monoceros "Vaughn, Chuck" 1997 9 114 Gallery Emission Nebulae IC 410 and IC 405 in Auriga "Stecker, Michael" 1997 9 114 Gallery Crab Nebula (M1) in Taurus "Vaughn, Chuck" 1997 9 115 Gallery Circumpolar Comet Hale-Bopp "Binnewies, Stefan" "Riepe, Peter" "Tomsik, Harald" 1997 10 1 Front-Cover Photo Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner "Davis, Don" 1997 10 8 Spectrum A Pathfinder Indeed! "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 10 10 Focal Point The Selling of the Solar System "Norton, O. Richard" 1997 10 12 Letters Missing Maps "Stooke, Philip J." 1997 10 12 Letters A Revised History "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1997 10 12 Letters A Revised History "Wallner, Ed" 1997 10 14 Letters That Venerable Old Dome "Young, Edward J." 1997 10 14 Letters Variables for the Fun of It "Raphael, Robet B." 1997 10 14 Letters Bonus Barlows "Alessio, Renato" 1997 10 14 Letters SZ Herculis "Beard, David" 1997 10 16 S&T Newswire Lunar Find in Libya 1997 10 16 S&T Newswire "The Moon's """"Big Splat"""" Gets Bigger" 1997 10 16 S&T Newswire A Splitting Stars in Cetus 1997 10 17 S&T Newswire A Martian Weather Report 1997 10 17 S&T Newswire "Eugene Shoemaker, 1928-1997" 1997 10 17 S&T Newswire Gravity Brings in Most Distant Galaxy 1997 10 17 S&T Newswire Rare Meteorite Theft 1997 10 18 News Notes The Coldest Place in Space 1997 10 18 News Notes Mapping Magnetic Masers 1997 10 18 S&T Newswire Mars Global Surveyor Reaches Its Target 1997 10 19 News Notes Homing in on Blue Stragglers 1997 10 19 News Notes X-raying the Antennae 1997 10 20 News Notes New Black-Hole Discoveries 1997 10 20 News Notes A Dying Star's Curious Jets 1997 10 22 News Notes Another Gamma-Ray Burst Counterpart? 1997 10 22 News Notes The Origin of High-Velocity Clouds 1997 10 24 News Notes A Dwarf Galaxy's True Weight 1997 10 24 News Notes OJ 287 Explained Anew 1997 10 24 News Notes IAU Circulars Mark 75 Years of Service 1997 10 24 News Notes Hale-Bopp's Tepid Birthplace 1997 10 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 10 30 Feature NEAR Views of Mathilde "Veverka, Jospeh F." "Farquhar, Robert W." 1997 10 34 Feature Welcome to Mars! "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1997 10 38 Feature A Martian Mystery "Kahn, Ralph" 1997 10 42 Feature Dating the Cosmos: A Progress Report "Roth, Joshua" 1997 10 42 News Notes Alpha Centauri's Possible Planets 1997 10 48 Backyard Astronomy Time and the Amateur Astronomer "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 10 53 S&T Test Report Celestron's PixCel 255 CCD Camera "Horne, Johnny" 1997 10 56 S&T Test Report Our Policy Concerning S&T Test Reports "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 10 59 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 10 60 Computers in Astronomy From Spreadsheets to Scratch Pads "Zombeck, Martin V." 1997 10 63 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: More Mathematical Modeling "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 10 68 Books & Beyond "Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics, by John N. Bahcall and Jeremiah P. Ostriker, eds." "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1997 10 69 Books & Beyond "In Search of Planet Vulcan, by Richard Baum and William Sheehan" "Whitaker, Ewen A." 1997 10 70 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1997 10 71 Books & Beyond "EPHEM, by David Tholen" "Mosley, John E." 1997 10 74 Amateur Astronomers He Conquered a World "Thibault, Patrick" 1997 10 77 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Personal Reflections on the Great Comet of 1997 "Levy, David H." 1997 10 78 Amateur Astronomers The Astronomical League Honors S&T Founder 1997 10 79 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 10 80 Rambling Through the Skies Space Race "Krupp, E. C." 1997 10 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Capricornus Lurks behind Jupiter "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 10 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1997 10 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight 1997 10 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in October" "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 10 86 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Growth of the IDA "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 10 88 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 10 90 Celestial Calendar The First Cepheid "Croswell, Ken" 1997 10 94 Celestial Calendar The Moon Hits the Bull's Eye Again 1997 10 96 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Autumn Ecliptic "Ryan, Jay" 1997 10 96 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 10 98 Observer's Log Observing the Sun by Projection "Sandel, Jeffery" 1997 10 102 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Fading Pluto and Other Planetary Highlights "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 10 104 Telescope Techniques An Amateur Robotic Observatory "Gunn, Jerry B." 1997 10 109 Astro Imaging Visiting Grove Creek Observatory "Russell, Jack" 1997 10 114 Gallery Eagle Nebula (M16) in Serpens Cauda "Gilchrist, Allen" 1997 10 114 Gallery Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) in Canes Venatici "Legault, Thierry" 1997 10 114 Gallery "Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae (M20, M8) and NGC 6559 in Sagittarius" "Stecker, Michael" 1997 10 115 Gallery Supernova Remnant Simeis 147 in Taurus "Stecker, Michael" 1997 10 115 Gallery Waning Gibbous Moon "Descordes, Cesar" 1997 10 116 Gallery Perseid Meteor Crossing the Milky Way "Mannucci, Massimiliano" "Montigiani, Nico" 1997 10 116 Gallery Aurora over Alaska "Anderson, Phillip" 1997 10 117 Gallery Bright and Dark Nebulae in Sagittarius "Vaughn, Chuck" 1997 10 117 Gallery Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae "Dodd, Luke" 1997 10 117 Gallery Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in Cygnus "Puckett, Tim" 1997 10 117 Gallery Sun in Hydrogen-Alpha Light "Garcia, Gordon" 1997 10 118 Gallery Reflection Nebula Sharpless 2-1 in Scorpius "Greaney, George" 1997 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Veil Nebula "Fletcher, Bill" "Fletcher, Sally" 1997 11 8 Spectrum A Matter of Degree "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 11 10 Focal Point Explorers of the Unknown "Zimmerman, Robert" 1997 11 12 Letters A Name for SAO 184437 "Olsson, Sven" 1997 11 12 Letters Planetary Alignments: Breathtaking Spectacles "Marks, Joel" 1997 11 12 Letters Satellite Observing "Mansfield, Roger L." 1997 11 14 Letters The Origins of Cincinnati Observatory "Howard, Win" 1997 11 14 Telescope Techniques Breakthrough in the Design of Unobstructed Telescopes 1997 11 18 S&T Newswire Newfound Crater Confirms Meteorite Origins 1997 11 19 S&T Newswire Possible Protoplanetary Disk Discerned 1997 11 19 S&T Newswire Infrared Space Observatory Inspects the Trifid 1997 11 20 News Notes Putting Planets Back in Planetary Nebulae 1997 11 21 News Notes Royal Greenwich Observatory to Close 1997 11 21 News Notes Eta Carinae's X-ray Antics 1997 11 22 News Notes A Provocative Protostar 1997 11 22 News Notes Why the Smallest Stars Stay Small 1997 11 24 News Notes Two Victories for Darker Skies 1997 11 24 News Notes A Case Study of Colliding Galaxies 1997 11 26 News Notes A Galaxy Group's Ghostly Gas 1997 11 26 News Notes "Steven Grant Kufeld, 1939-1997" 1997 11 26 News Notes Physicists Rule Out a Patchwork Universe 1997 11 26 News Notes Shapes in the Dark 1997 11 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 11 32 Feature A Sol in the Life of Pathfinder "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 11 36 Feature From Swords to Supernovae "Davidson, Keay" 1997 11 44 Feature Secrets of the Wabar Craters "Wynn, Jeffrey C." "Shoemaker, Eugene M." 1997 11 48 Feature "Box: Farewell, Gene" "Levy, David H." 1997 11 52 Feature The Leviathan Reborn "Moore, Patrick" 1997 11 60 S&T Test Report Celestron's Computerized Telescope "Dyer, Alan" 1997 11 67 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 11 68 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Education on the Web "Wallin, John" 1997 11 71 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: The College Life? "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 11 74 Books & Beyond "The New York Public Library Amazing Space, by Ann-Jeanette Campbell" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 11 74 Books & Beyond "The New York Times Book of Science Questions and Answers, by C. Clairborne Ray" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 11 74 Books & Beyond "Merlin's Tour of the Universe, by Neil de Grasse Tyson" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 11 74 Books & Beyond "Do Your Ears Pop in Space, by R. Mike Mullane" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 11 75 Books & Beyond "The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy, by David Ratledge, ed." "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 11 79 Amateur Astronomers The AAVSO Meets in Switzerland "Motta, Mario E." 1997 11 81 Amateur Astronomers ALPO's Golden Anniversary "Shawcross, William E." 1997 11 82 Amateur Astronomers Interview with the ALPO's Founder "Shawcross, William E." 1997 11 83 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Hyakutake: A Comet Tale "Levy, David H." 1997 11 85 Amateur Astronomers Calendar of Events 1997 11 86 Rambling Through the Skies Inhabiting the Meridian "Krupp, E. C." 1997 11 87 Rambling Through the Skies The Ascendancy of American Optical Astronomy "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 11 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Pathfinding from the Great Square "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 11 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1997 11 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 11 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in November" "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 11 94 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: A Halo Puzzle "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 11 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 11 98 Celestial Calendar A Variable Star and a Variable Nebula 1997 11 102 Celestial Calendar Leonids in the Moonlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 11 104 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Jupiter's Moons "Ryan, Jay" 1997 11 104 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 11 106 Observer's Log The M31 Challenge "Mitchell, Larry" 1997 11 110 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: 1997 Perseid Meteors "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 11 113 Telescope Techniques A New Concept for Tilted-Component Telescopes "Herrig, Erwin" 1997 11 114 Telescope Techniques Box: A Breakthrough in the Design of Unobstructed Telescopes "Sasian, Jose M." 1997 11 120 Astro Imaging Optimizing a Newtonian for Photography "Taustrup, Torben" 1997 11 123 Gallery Eastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus "Bickel, Robert" 1997 11 123 Gallery Double Cluster in Perseus "Stecker, Michael" 1997 11 124 Gallery Lagoon Nebula (M8) in Sagittarius "Prado, Pablo" 1997 11 124 Gallery Partially Eclipsed Moon over Church Spire "Kamenicky, Milan" 1997 11 126 Gallery Reflection Nebula NGC 7023 in Cepheus "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 1997 11 126 Gallery Emission Nebula IC 1318 in Cygnus "Vaughn, Chuck" 1997 11 127 Gallery Barnard's Loop and Central Orion in Hydrogen-Alpha Light "Reddmann, Thomas" "Deininger, Heinz" "Hase, Frank" 1997 11 127 Gallery Lunar Apennines "Therin, Gerard" 1997 11 128 Gallery Orion Nebula with Geostationary Satellite Trail "Candy, Paolo" 1997 12 1 Front-Cover Photo Backyard Astronomers 1997 12 8 Spectrum Binocular Buying Fun "Robinson, Leif J." 1997 12 10 Focal Point Focus on Young Astronomers "Mellberg, William F." 1997 12 10 Focal Point A Torch Passed "Brock, Jim" 1997 12 11 Focal Point Focus on Young Astronmers 1997 12 12 Letters Saving Perkins Observatory "Burns, Tom" 1997 12 12 Letters Messier Card to the Rescue "Keel, William C." 1997 12 12 Letters Which Way is Up? "Vila-Echague, Eduardo" 1997 12 14 Letters Bright Skies and Asterisms "Upgren, Arthur R." 1997 12 14 Letters Fixing a Finder "Fontana, Camillo F." 1997 12 14 News Notes Notice to Subscribers "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 1997 12 18 News Notes Lunar Prospector On Hold 1997 12 18 News Notes Seeing Black Holes Spin 1997 12 19 News Notes An Explanation for Cometary X-rays 1997 12 20 News Notes A Bow Shock for Betelgeuse 1997 12 20 News Notes New Satellites of Asteroids 1997 12 22 News Notes M87's Tidal Tail 1997 12 22 News Notes Gamma Rays from a Star in a Jet? 1997 12 24 News Notes How Quasars Came to Be 1997 12 24 News Notes A New Recipe for Giant Planets 1997 12 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1997 12 28 Feature Buying the Best Telescope "Dyer, Alan" 1997 12 36 Feature The Lives of Stars: From Birth to Death and Beyond (Part 1) "Iben Jr., Icko" "Tutukov, Alexander V." 1997 12 44 Feature Galileo in Retrospect "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 12 50 Feature "Europa: Distant Ocean, Hidden Life?" "Carroll, Michael W." 1997 12 57 S&T Test Report The Sovietski 6-inch Newtonian Reflector "East, George H." 1997 12 60 S&T Test Report Clock-Drive Modifications "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 12 63 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1997 12 67 Computers in Astronomy An Asteroid's Remarkable Orbit "Meeus, Jean" 1997 12 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Two Rich Resources "Goldman, Stuart J." 1997 12 74 Books & Beyond "The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 1998, by the Nautical Almanac Office" "Kanipe, Jeff" 1997 12 74 Books & Beyond "The Handbook of the British Astronomical Association 1998, by N. J. Goodman, ed." "Kanipe, Jeff" 1997 12 74 Books & Beyond "Observer's Handbook for 1998, by Roy L. Bishop, ed." "Kanipe, Jeff" 1997 12 74 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Calendar 1998, by Guy Ottewell" "Kanipe, Jeff" 1997 12 77 Books & Beyond "Views of the Solar System, by Calvin J. Hamilton" "Mosley, John E." 1997 12 81 Amateur Astronomers Mount Kobau Magic "Seronik, Gary" 1997 12 82 Amateur Astronomers Stars Over Starfest "Lyster, Timothy A." 1997 12 83 Amateur Astronomers Hubble's Universe in Stamps "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1997 12 85 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Ansel Adams of the Sky "Levy, David H." 1997 12 88 Rambling Through the Skies Dollar Days "Krupp, E. C." 1997 12 90 Guide to the Evening Sky The Sky at Winter's Arrival "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 12 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1997 12 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 12 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in December" "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 12 94 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Near Sky: A Halo Puzzle, Part 2" "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 12 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1997 12 98 Celestial Calendar The Dwarf Nova U Geminorum "Isles, John [E.]" 1997 12 100 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Saturn and Aldebaran "MacRobert, Alan M." 1997 12 104 Celestial Calendar Vesta Hides Southeast of Saturn 1997 12 105 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Southern Summer "Ryan, Jay" 1997 12 105 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1997 12 108 Observer's Log Observing Meteors on Your FM Dial "Gebhardt, Philip" 1997 12 112 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Solar-System Happenings "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 12 115 Astro Imaging Measuring the Sky with CCDs "di Cicco, Dennis" 1997 12 122 Gallery The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) in Orion "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 1997 12 122 Gallery Northeastern Arc of Veil Nebula in Cygnus "Newton, Jack" 1997 12 123 Gallery Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) in Large Magellanic Cloud "Dodd, Luke" 1997 12 123 Gallery Saturn "Edlin, James" 1997 12 123 Gallery Vela Supernova Remnant "Hoppe, Dirk" 1997 12 124 Gallery North America and Pelican Nebulae in Cygnus "Farnsworth, Vince" "Farnsworth, Maggie" 1997 12 124 Gallery Open Cluster M11 Against Scutum Milky Way "Ware, Jason" 1997 12 125 Gallery Lunar Alpine Valley "Roel, Eric" 1997 12 125 Gallery Dumbbell Nebula (M27) in Vulpecula "Newton, Jack" 1998 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Eta Carinae Nebula 1998 1 8 Spectrum "Things Fall Apart""""" "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 1 10 Focal Point On Becoming a Lunatic "Eliott, Jock" 1998 1 12 Letters Star Party Liability "Szczepanski, Edward W." 1998 1 12 Letters Counting Sunspots "Wilson, William M." 1998 1 12 Letters Cosmologically Speaking "Selig, Robert" 1998 1 12 Letters Tombaugh Memorial "Levy, David H." 1998 1 14 Letters Always Bring Your Camera "Sitzman, Michael Reade" 1998 1 14 Letters Seeing Spots "Davis, Robert L." 1998 1 16 Letters In Praise of Pullouts "Sanchez, Anthony G." 1998 1 16 Letters In Praise of Pullouts "Lockwood, John" 1998 1 18 S&T Newswire Hubble Spies Supermassive Stars 1998 1 18 S&T Newswire Gaseous Collision Begins in Supernova 1987A 1998 1 19 S&T Newswire Gamma-Ray Halo Surrounds Galaxy's Core 1998 1 19 S&T Newswire Two New Moons for Uranus 1998 1 20 News Notes Predicting Asteroid Impacts 1998 1 20 News Notes New Evidence Supports Active-Galaxy Theory 1998 1 21 News Notes A Galaxy Cluster's Evolution 1998 1 21 News Notes SOHO Sees Solar Streams 1998 1 22 News Notes Making the Case for Brown Dwarfs 1998 1 22 News Notes Galaxy Clusters: Back to the Beginning? 1998 1 24 News Notes Looking for Cosmic Lithium 1998 1 24 News Notes Jovian Wind Trends Confirmed 1998 1 26 News Notes Newfound Cluster Lurks in Orion 1998 1 26 News Notes Eccentricities of Extrasolar Planets 1998 1 26 News Notes Two-Eyed Telescope Sees First Light 1998 1 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 1 32 Feature Mars Global Surveyor: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet "Parker, Samantha" 1998 1 36 Feature Crisis at Eta Carinae? "Davidson, Kris" 1998 1 42 Feature The Lives of Binary Stars: From Birth to Death and Beyond "Iben Jr., Icko" "Tutukov, Alexander V." 1998 1 47 Feature Box: How Close is Close? "Iben Jr., Icko" "Tutukov, Alexander V." 1998 1 50 Feature Latitude is Everything "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 1 54 Images Volcanic Eruption Beneath the Southern Milky Way "Parker, Samantha" 1998 1 59 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 1 60 S&T Test Report The Virgo T&T Bino-Mount "Seronik, Gary" 1998 1 65 Computers in Astronomy Brocchi's Cluster Revealed "Skiff, Brian A." 1998 1 68 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Adventures with E-mail "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 1 74 Books & Beyond "Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences, by James H. Shirley and Rhodes W. Fairbridge, eds." "Burnham, Robert" 1998 1 75 Books & Beyond "Advanced Amateur Astronomy, by Gerald North" "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 1998 1 76 Books & Beyond "Astronomy Explained, by Gerald North" 1998 1 77 Books & Beyond "Life in the Unverse, by MetaTools" "Mosley, John E." 1998 1 80 Rambling Through the Skies A Tale of Two Cities "Krupp, E. C." 1998 1 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Bright Bones of the Winter Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 1 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 1 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 1 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in January" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 1 86 Guide to the Evening Sky The February Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 1 88 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 1 90 Celestial Calendar A Star-Hop in the Heart of Orion "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 1 96 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1998 "Dunham, David W." 1998 1 101 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: The Opposition of Earth "Ryan, Jay" 1998 1 101 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 1 105 Observer's Page O'Neill's Bridge Remembered "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Baum, Richard" 1998 1 109 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Record-Breaking Apparition "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 1 112 Telescope Techniques A Modified Gregorian Telescope "Magee, Robert J." 1998 1 117 Astro Imaging Eclipse Photography in the Digital Age "Pellett, Gerald L." 1998 1 117 Astro Imaging Eclipse Photograph in the Digital Age 1998 1 118 Astro Imaging Notes for Photoshop Users "Pellett, Gerald L." 1998 1 122 Gallery Saturn Emerging from Behind the Moon "Cook, Chris" 1998 1 122 Gallery Zeta Orionis Region "Farnsworth, Vince" "Farnsworth, Maggie" 1998 1 123 Gallery Globular Cluster NGC 6144 in Scorpius "Crouch, Steve" 1998 1 123 Gallery Milky Way in Scorpius "Hoppe, Dirk" 1998 1 124 Gallery Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) in Aquarius "Puckett, Tim" 1998 1 124 Gallery Open Cluster NGC 457 in Cassiopeia "Stecker, Michael" 1998 1 124 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M63 in Canes Venatici "Therin, Gerard" 1998 1 124 Gallery Thin Crescent Moon "Morow, Paul R." 1998 1 125 Gallery Circumzenithal Arc "Xavier Jr., Ademir L." 1998 1 125 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 55 in Sculptor "Binnewies, Stefan" "Riepe, Peter" "Sporenberg, Dieter" 1998 1 126 Gallery Eclipsed Moon with Sailboat "Benvenuto, Michel" 1998 2 1 Front-Cover Photo Merging Neutron Stars "Dixon, Don" 1998 2 8 Spectrum Time Warp "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 2 10 Focal Point A Forum for Irreproducible Results "Cordova, Henry" 1998 2 12 Letters Pathfinder Press "Beardsley, Paul" 1998 2 12 Letters Naked-Eye Crater Sightings "Lewicki, Martin" 1998 2 14 Letters All in a Martian Day's Work "Klepaczyk, Tim" 1998 2 14 Letters Last-Minute Eclipse Thoughts "Recher, Steven L." 1998 2 14 Letters All in a Martian Day's Work "Shapiro, L. T." 1998 2 14 Letters Last-Minute Eclipse Thoughts "Brooks, Edward M." 1998 2 16 S&T Newswire SOHO Sheds Light on Solar Corona 1998 2 16 S&T Newswire Binary-Quasar Breakthrough? 1998 2 17 S&T Newswire Io's Innards in Action 1998 2 17 S&T Newswire A New View of Jupiter 1998 2 17 S&T Newswire Snowball Theory Suffers Setbacks 1998 2 18 News Notes Recasting the Search for Alien Signals 1998 2 19 News Notes Dusting the Whirlpool 1998 2 20 News Notes Clues to a Brown Dwarf's Chemistry 1998 2 20 News Notes An Ordinary Origin for Comet Hale-Bopp 1998 2 20 News Notes Questioning Kuiper Belt Finds 1998 2 20 News Notes The Primordial Soup: A Recipe for Life? 1998 2 21 News Notes "Dating the Sun, Precisely" 1998 2 22 News Notes Extragalactic Excavation 1998 2 22 News Notes A Case of Real-Time Stellar Evolution? 1998 2 24 News Notes A Galaxy-Free Galaxy Cluster 1998 2 24 News Notes Another Complication for Climate Change 1998 2 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 2 28 Feature Gamma-Ray Bursts of Doom "Leonard, Peter J. T." "Bonnell, Jerrry T." 1998 2 31 Feature Box: Do Bursters Cause Ripples in Space-Time? "Leonard, Peter J. T." "Bonnell, Jerrry T." 1998 2 32 Feature Box: Catching Tigers by the Tail: The Search for Counterparts to Gamma-Ray Bursts "Roth, Joshua" 1998 2 36 Feature Solar Filter Safety "Chou, B. Ralph" 1998 2 39 Feature Box: Homemade Mylar Filters "Vega, L. Eduardo" 1998 2 42 Feature Boldness: The Amateur Sky Survey "Gombert, Glenn" "Droege, Tom" 1998 2 45 Feature Box: How TASS Came to Be "Droege, Tom" 1998 2 46 Feature Box: A Unique Endeavor "Paczynski, Bohdan" 1998 2 48 S&T Test Report The Starlight Xpress MX5 1998 2 51 S&T Test Report Single-Shot Color MX5 "Gavin, Maurice V." 1998 2 54 Computers in Astronomy Computing Like a Professional "Teuben, Peter J." 1998 2 57 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Return of the Darkened Sun "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 2 61 Books & Beyond "Billions and Billions, by Carl Sagan" "Joson, Imelda B." 1998 2 61 Books & Beyond "Carl Sagan's Universe, by Yervant Terzian and Elizabeth Bilson, eds." "Joson, Imelda B." 1998 2 62 Books & Beyond "More Things in Heaven and Earth: Poets and Astronomers Read the Night Sky, by David H. Levy" "Raymo, Chet" 1998 2 62 Books & Beyond "Sharing the Sky: A Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Astronomy, by David H. Levy and Larry and Nancy Lebofsky" 1998 2 63 Books & Beyond "NGCView 5.0, by Rick Sprenkle" "Mosley, John E." 1998 2 67 Amateur Astronomers The Universe Comes to London "Lyster, Timothy A." 1998 2 69 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Rules of the Game "Levy, David H." 1998 2 72 Rambling Through the Skies Year Star Omens "Krupp, E. C." 1998 2 74 Guide to the Evening Sky Winter's Sparkling Stars an Clusters "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 2 74 Guide to the Evening Sky Winter's Sparkling Stars and Clusters 1998 2 75 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 2 76 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 2 77 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in February" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 2 78 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Cold Skies "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 2 78 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Cold Skies "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 2 80 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 2 82 Celestial Calendar The February 26th Eclipse of the Sun 1998 2 82 Celestial Calendar February 26th Eclipse of the Sun "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 2 83 Celestial Calendar Tips for Partial-Eclipse Photography "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 2 86 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 1998 "Dunham, David W." 1998 2 91 Celestial Calendar Return of the Leonid Comet "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 2 92 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Eclipse "Ryan, Jay" 1998 2 92 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 2 95 Observer's Page Gems of Camelopardalis "French, Sue" 1998 2 98 Observer's Log Totality from the Deep Freeze "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 2 99 S&T Test Report Solar Activity on the Upswing "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 2 102 Telescope Techniques The Enduring Legacy of Henry Fitz "Zuraw, Joseph P." "Zebrowski, Jim J." 1998 2 109 Astro Imaging "CCDs, Small Scopes, and the Urban Amateur" "Masi, Gianluca" 1998 2 116 Gallery Jupiter's Moons in Motion "Fujii, Akira" 1998 2 116 Gallery Bright Nebula Cederblad 214 on Cep-Cas Border "Germano, Martin C." 1998 2 117 Gallery Lagoon Nebula (M8) in Sagittarius "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 1998 2 117 Gallery Northeastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus "Puckett, Tim" 1998 2 118 Gallery Cassini Spacecraft Liftoff "Gualtieri, Peter" 1998 2 118 Gallery NGC 3190 Galaxy Group in Leo "Clapp, Doug" 1998 2 118 Gallery Australian Moonbow "Fujii, Akira" 1998 2 119 Gallery Orion Nebula (M42) "Schechter, Daniel S." 1998 2 120 Gallery Globular Cluster Omega Centauri "Torres, Jose G." 1998 3 1 Front-Cover Photo Extrasolar Planet "Tucciarone, Joe" 1998 3 8 Spectrum Amateurs have Responsibilites "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 3 10 Focal Point I Have Loved the Stars Too Fondly "Barnes, Don" 1998 3 12 Letters Web Education "Zeilik, Michael" 1998 3 12 Letters An Oldie but Goody "Thibault, Patrick" 1998 3 12 Letters Repeating Patterns in Nature "O'Sullivan, James" 1998 3 14 Letters A New Look at Star Party Liability "Carr, Kyle" "Adkins, Steve" 1998 3 14 Letters A First Occultation "Hood, Chuck" 1998 3 14 Letters Astrometric Freeware "Johnson, Rob" 1998 3 16 Letters Astronomy Transcends Nationality "Bellinger, Barry" 1998 3 16 Letters The Virgo T&T Bino-Mount "Albert, Lucy" 1998 3 18 S&T Newswire The Planet of 51 Pegasi Does Exist 1998 3 18 S&T Newswire Upgraded Arecibo Returns to Work 1998 3 18 S&T Newswire Mirror on the Mountain 1998 3 19 S&T Newswire Asteroid Mathilde: Not Rock Solid 1998 3 19 S&T Newswire Eta Carinae Keeps Its Promise 1998 3 19 S&T Newswire Farthest Supernovae Favor Low-Density Universe 1998 3 20 News Notes Thank the Moon You're Here 1998 3 21 News Notes Second Hubble Deep Field Sited in Tucana 1998 3 22 News Notes Beating the Seeing with a New CCD 1998 3 22 News Notes A New Twist on Neutron Stars 1998 3 24 News Notes A Closer Look at Hubble's Variable Nebula 1998 3 24 News Notes Further Evidence for Frame Dragging 1998 3 26 News Notes Hipparcos Gets a Grip on White Dwarfs 1998 3 26 News Notes Dating a Mixed-Up Moon 1998 3 26 News Notes Calming the Cosmological Constant 1998 3 26 News Notes Circumscribing the Large Magellanic Cloud 1998 3 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 3 30 Feature New Worlds: The diversity of Planetary Systems "Marcy, Geoffrey" "Butler, R. Paul" 1998 3 40 Feature 30 Doradus: Birth of a Star Cluster "Meylan, Georges" "Brandl, Bernhard" 1998 3 43 Feature "Box: The """"True Lover's Knot""""" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1998 3 48 Feature When Galaxies Collide "Roth, Joshua" 1998 3 55 S&T Test Report Pocono's Equatorial Camera Mount "Horne, Johnny" 1998 3 60 Images Amateur Image of the Pelican Nebula "Parker, Samantha" 1998 3 63 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 3 65 Computers in Astronomy The Moon and the Boston Massacre "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Garrett, Jennifer L." 1998 3 69 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Watch Your Language "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 3 74 Books & Beyond "Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology, by Sara Schechner Genuth" "Yeomans, Donald K." 1998 3 75 Books & Beyond "Starsites, by DNA Multimedia Corp." "Mosley, John E." 1998 3 76 Books & Beyond Eclipse! by Philip S. Harrington "Brunier, Serge" 1998 3 80 Amateur Astronomers Walking Tours of the Solar System "Aguirre, Edwin L." "Lyster, Timothy A." 1998 3 84 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: When Superstition Rules "Levy, David H." 1998 3 85 Amateur Astronomers Whipple Honored 1998 3 88 Rambling Through the Skies Beyond the Pale "Krupp, E. C." 1998 3 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Spring Stars on the Rise "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 3 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 3 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 3 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in March" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 3 94 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Two Sensitive Problems "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 3 94 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Two Sensitive Problems "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 3 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 3 98 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Aldebaran and Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." "Dunham, David W." 1998 3 101 Celestial Calendar Amateurs Find a Bright New Cepheid "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 3 103 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 3 103 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Angular Size "Ryan, Jay" 1998 3 105 Observer's Page The Sun: An Observing Primer "Hill, Harold" 1998 3 110 Observer's Log "Observer's Notebook: One Night, Six Comets" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 3 112 Telescope Techniques The Eye of the Island "Davis, JoAnn" 1998 3 118 Gallery Emission Nebula IC 1396 in Cepheus "Candy, Paolo" 1998 3 118 Gallery Andromeda Galaxy (M31) "Legault, Thierry" 1998 3 119 Gallery Southern Milky Way "Fujii, Akira" 1998 3 120 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M33 in Triangulum "Newton, Jack" 1998 3 120 Gallery Dumbbell Nebula (M27) in Vulpecula "Newton, Jack" 1998 3 120 Gallery Gamma Cygni Region "Mandel, Steve" 1998 3 121 Gallery Pelican Nebula in Cygnus "Vaughn, Chuck" 1998 3 121 Gallery Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules "Courseaux, Remy" 1998 3 121 Gallery Pleiades Cluster (M45) in Taurus "Fiest, Mike" 1998 3 122 Gallery Leonid Fireball over Hawaii "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1998 4 1 Front-Cover Photo Spiral Galaxy "Tucciarone, Joe" 1998 4 8 Spectrum Such a Deal! "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 4 10 Focal Point Janus-Faced Cosmology "Oldershaw, Robert L." 1998 4 12 Letters Observational Tidbits "Johnson, Gus E." 1998 4 12 Letters A Seasonal Debate "Faulkner, John" 1998 4 12 Letters A Valuable Resource "Verbalaitis, Lisa" 1998 4 14 Letters Restoring the McMath-Hulbert Observatory "Ross, James" 1998 4 14 Letters A Valuable Resource "Fontaine, Felicia A." 1998 4 14 Letters The Truth About Roswell "Gildenberg, Bernard D." 1998 4 16 S&T Newswire A Second Cousin to the Crab 1998 4 16 S&T Newswire "David N. Schramm, 1945-1997" 1998 4 16 S&T Newswire "Going, Going, But Not Yet Gone" 1998 4 17 S&T Newswire Patrick Moore and the Twister 1998 4 17 S&T Newswire Mars-Life Misgivings 1998 4 18 News Notes Fueling a Black Hole's Jets 1998 4 19 News Notes A Second Superluminal Outburst 1998 4 19 News Notes Arp 220's Power Source 1998 4 20 News Notes More Evidence for Intergalactic Stars 1998 4 20 News Notes Where Are the MACHOs? 1998 4 21 News Notes A Girdled Stellar Shroud 1998 4 22 News Notes New Light on the Shapes of Galaxies 1998 4 22 News Notes Second New Uranian Satellite Confirmed 1998 4 22 News Notes RGO to Go 1998 4 24 News Notes Hubble's Top 40 1998 4 24 News Notes A Stripped-Down Stellar Core 1998 4 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 4 28 Feature The Overlooked Galaxies "Dalcanton, Julianne" 1998 4 36 Feature The Millennium's Last Total Eclipse "Espenak, Fred" 1998 4 44 Images OLS Satellite view of Europe at Night "Parker, Samantha" 1998 4 49 S&T Test Report The Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain "Dyer, Alan" 1998 4 50 S&T Test Report Meade LX200 versus Celestron Ultima 1998 4 57 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 4 59 Computers in Astronomy Once and Future Celestial Kings "Tomkin, Jocelyn" 1998 4 64 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Stellar Explorations "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 4 67 Books & Beyond "Worlds Unnumbered: The Search for Extrasolar Planets, by Donald Goldsmith" "Drake, Frank D." 1998 4 67 Books & Beyond "Planet Quest: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems, by Ken Croswell" "Drake, Frank D." 1998 4 68 Books & Beyond Life on Mars? The Case for a Cosmic Heritage? by Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe "Roth, Joshua" 1998 4 68 Books & Beyond "Mars: The Living Planet, by Barry E. DiGregorio" "Roth, Joshua" 1998 4 68 Books & Beyond "The Quest for Alien Planets: Exploring Worlds Outside the Solar System, by Paul Halpern" 1998 4 68 Books & Beyond "Destination Mars: In Art, Myth, and Science, by Martin Caidin and Jay Barbree" "Roth, Joshua" 1998 4 71 Amateur Astronomers Phillip Sidney Coolidge: Harvard's Romantic Explorer of the Skies "Sheehan, William" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1998 4 73 Amateur Astronomers American Astronomy's Shaky Start 1998 4 76 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Cole of Spyglass Mountain "Levy, David H." 1998 4 80 Rambling Through the Skies Barking in the Dark "Krupp, E. C." 1998 4 82 Guide to the Evening Sky The Crescent Sky of Early Spring "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 4 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 4 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 4 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in April" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 4 86 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Video Projects "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 4 86 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Video Projects "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 4 88 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 4 90 Celestial Calendar Gems of the Desert "Haas, Sissy" 1998 4 93 Celestial Calendar Venus and Jupiter Are Occulted Together 1998 4 94 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Daylight Saving "Ryan, Jay" 1998 4 94 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 4 96 Telescope Techniques A Scavenger's 12-inch Telescope "Turco, Edward" 1998 4 98 Telescope Techniques A Homemade Eyepiece Focuser "Perkins, Gordon" 1998 4 101 Astro Imaging Revealed! Secret Films of Astrophotographers "Dyer, Alan" 1998 4 105 Astro Imaging Slow versus Fast Films 1998 4 106 Astro Imaging Professional versus Amateur Films 1998 4 110 Gallery Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392) in Gemini "Grafton, Edward A." 1998 4 110 Gallery Hadley Rille on the Moon "Genovese, Charles" 1998 4 110 Gallery Peculiar Galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) "Wolfe, Ted" 1998 4 110 Gallery Dark Cloud van den Bergh 142 in Cepheus "Stecker, Michael" 1998 4 111 Gallery Comet Hale-Bopp in the Southern Sky "Fujii, Akira" 1998 5 1 Front-Cover Photo Diamond Ring Eclipse "Numazawa, Shigemi" 1998 5 8 Spectrum "50,000 Pages and Counting" "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 5 10 Focal Point Astronomers and Light-Pollution "Green, Daniel W. E." 1998 5 12 Letters Millennial Madness "Fitzgerald, Ken" 1998 5 12 Letters The Marvels of Orion "Stewart, Robert" 1998 5 12 Letters A New Way to Study the Sun "Thomson, Allen" 1998 5 12 Letters In Defense of Smoked Glass "Meeus, Jean" 1998 5 14 Letters Stalking Stock 23 "Klassen, Randy" 1998 5 14 Letters Field Guide Guidance "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1998 5 14 Letters Following the Rules "Guido, Gubbles" 1998 5 16 S&T Newswire Spacecraft Finds Signs of Lunar Ice 1998 5 16 S&T Newswire Handing Over Hubble's Helm 1998 5 17 S&T Newswire Dusty Disk Found Around Aged Stellar Pair 1998 5 17 S&T Newswire Support Deepens for Europan Ocean 1998 5 18 News Notes Clocking the Magellanic Clouds 1998 5 18 News Notes COBE's Mission Completed 1998 5 19 News Notes A Look Back Home 1998 5 19 News Notes Recalibrating Chicxulub 1998 5 20 News Notes Another Infrared view of Orion 1998 5 20 News Notes Hubble's Infrared Eye Examines Orion 1998 5 21 News Notes A Proxima Dwarf? 1998 5 22 News Notes Extraterrestrial Auroras 1998 5 22 News Notes Separating the Planets from the Brown Dwarfs 1998 5 24 News Notes Triangulating the Galactic Center 1998 5 24 News Notes Neutrino Observatory Nears Completion 1998 5 25 News Notes "Charles E. Worley, 1935-1997" 1998 5 25 News Notes Voyager 1 Outraces Pioneer 10 1998 5 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 5 28 Feature Tropical Totality "Beatty, J. Kelly" "MacRobert, Alan M." "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 5 36 Feature Have You Been Flashed by Iridium? "Chien, Philip" 1998 5 41 Feature Box: Iridium's Astronomical Impact "Roth, Joshua" 1998 5 42 Feature Our Galaxy's Nearest Neighbor "Jayawardhana, Ray" 1998 5 48 S&T Test Report Revolutionary New Binoculars "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 5 50 S&T Test Report Take Two ... and Three "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 5 55 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 5 57 Astronomical Computing To the Visual Limits "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1998 5 61 Computers in Astronomy "Astronomy Online: The Eclipse and """"Weblock""""" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 5 65 Books & Beyond "Millennium Star Atlas, by Roger W. Sinnott and Michael A. C. Perryman" "Liller, William" 1998 5 70 Amateur Astronomers Bringing the Stars to the People "Altschuler, Daniel R." "Eder, Jo Ann" 1998 5 74 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1998 "Tomlinson, Gary E." 1998 5 76 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: People of the Texas Star Party "Levy, David H." 1998 5 80 Rambling Through the Skies Hair-Raising Tale "Krupp, E. C." 1998 5 82 Guide to the Evening Sky May's Meadow in the Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 5 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 5 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 5 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in May" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 5 86 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: An Astro-Business Challenge "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 5 88 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 5 90 Celestial Calendar Carbon Stars: Reddest of the Red 1998 5 96 Celestial Calendar "Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto This Year" "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 5 96 Celestial Calendar Venus and Jupiter Are Occulted Togetherr "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 5 98 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Moon Finding "Ryan, Jay" 1998 5 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 5 101 Observer's Page My Favorite Asterisms "Harrington, Philip" 1998 5 106 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Greenland Bolide "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 5 110 Telescope Techniques A Do-It-Yourself Dome Observatory "MacDonald, Curtis D." 1998 5 117 Astro Imaging Limiting Magnitudes for CCDs "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1998 5 119 Astro Imaging The Deep-Field Challenge 1998 5 126 Gallery French Moonbow "Van Hoecke, Peter" 1998 5 126 Gallery Saturn "Hanon, David" 1998 5 126 Gallery Sunset on Lunar Crater Posidonius "Courseaux, Remy" 1998 5 126 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 3628 in Leo "Torres, Jose G." 1998 5 127 Gallery Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) in Canes Venatici "Cavadore, Cyril" "Lopez, J." "Jacquey, A." 1998 5 128 Gallery Cygnus Milky Way with Cocoon Nebula "Ware, Jason" 1998 5 128 Gallery Dumbbell Nebula (M27) in Vulpecula "Kelly, Al" 1998 5 129 Gallery Evening Planetary Lineup "Barnwell, Tim" 1998 5 129 Gallery Geostationary Satellites "Sposetti, Stefano" 1998 6 1 Front-Cover Photo Airburst over Los Angeles "Davis, Don" 1998 6 8 Spectrum "Astronomers are Jerks""""" "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 6 10 Focal Point What's Your Sign "Hasenauer, David" 1998 6 12 Letters On a Clear Day You Can See Almost Forever "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1998 6 12 Letters A First Discovery "Mannucci, Massimiliano" "Montigiani, Nico" 1998 6 12 Letters Revisiting the Astronomical Almanac "Bangert, John" 1998 6 14 Letters Amateur Responsibilities "Halverson, Michael" 1998 6 14 Letters The Red Lens "Slezak, James J." 1998 6 14 Letters Porous Minor Planets "Watson, William W." 1998 6 16 S&T Newswire Galaxy Redshift Record Broken Anew 1998 6 16 S&T Newswire Arecibo and Iridium Agree to Share the Airwaves 1998 6 17 S&T Newswire Supernovae Suggest an Accelerating Universe 1998 6 17 S&T Newswire Meteorite Fragments Found Following Texas Fireball 1998 6 18 News Notes Pinpointing Sunquakes 1998 6 18 News Notes Making Crab Fingers 1998 6 19 News Notes Hubble Detects Asteroids in Its Spare Time 1998 6 19 News Notes Testing Redshift Recipes 1998 6 20 News Notes A Collisional Creation in Coma 1998 6 20 News Notes A New Twist to Beta Pic's Disk 1998 6 22 News Notes Another Way to Fuel Active Galaxies 1998 6 22 News Notes The Evaporating Eagle Nebula 1998 6 23 News Notes More Evidence for Eternal Expansion 1998 6 24 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 6 26 Feature Impact Hazards: Truth and Consequences "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1998 6 28 Feature Box: The Science of Hollywood "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 6 33 Feature Box: The Most Dangerous Rocks in Space "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 6 36 Feature The Incredible Shrinking Tropics "Rubincam, David Parry" "Chao, B. Fong" "Bills, Bruce G." 1998 6 40 Feature The Astrographic Catalogue: A Century of Work Pays Off "Urban, Sean E." "Corbin, Thomas E." 1998 6 46 Images Winter Solstice Sun in Multiple Exposures "Hobby, David" 1998 6 51 S&T Test Report A Do-It Yourself Dobsonian "Horne, Johnny" 1998 6 51 S&T Test Report A Do-It-Yourself Dobsonian 1998 6 58 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 6 63 Computers in Astronomy Comet Sleuthing on the Internet "Seronik, Gary" 1998 6 66 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Internet Impact "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 6 70 Books & Beyond "Splendors of the Universe, by Terrence Dickinson and Jack Newton" "Garradd, Gordon" 1998 6 72 Books & Beyond "Connie & Bonnie's Birthday BlastOff, by Active Arts, Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1998 6 73 Books & Beyond "Pluto and Charon, by Alan Stern and Jacqueline Mitton" "Millis, Robert L." 1998 6 74 Books & Beyond "Pluto and Charon, by S. Alan Stern and David J. Tholen, eds." 1998 6 77 Amateur Astronomers In the Land of the Midnight Sun "Solberg, Rune" 1998 6 80 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Four Decades of Stellafane "Levy, David H." 1998 6 86 Rambling Through the Skies Home Fires Burning "Krupp, E. C." 1998 6 90 Guide to the Evening Sky A Ride on the Meridian "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 6 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 6 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 6 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in June" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 6 94 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Three Kinds of Twilight "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 6 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 6 98 Celestial Calendar Big Dipper Variables "Isles, John [E.]" 1998 6 101 Celestial Calendar Asteroids in Ophiuchus 1998 6 102 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 6 102 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Precession "Ryan, Jay" 1998 6 105 Observer's Page Observing a Fictional Moon "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Baum, Richard" 1998 6 114 Telescope Techniques A See-Through Reflecting Telescope "Garrison, Fritz" 1998 6 114 Telescope Techniques A See-Through Reflecting Telescope 1998 6 120 Astro Imaging QuickCam Astronomy "Buchanan, John" 1998 6 126 Gallery "Coronal Spectacular: Solar Eclipse of February 26, 1998" "Espenak, Fred" 1998 6 127 Gallery Solar Filter Man "Pasachoff, Jay M." 1998 6 127 Gallery Moon Encroaching on Sun's Disk "Arosemena, Alberto" 1998 6 127 Gallery Solar-Eclipse Sequence "Brown-Greaves, Howard" 1998 6 128 Gallery Total Eclipse: Second-Contact Sequence "Gada, Andreas" 1998 6 128 Gallery Eclipse Monitor on Deck of Ryndam "Blanton, Rycca" 1998 6 128 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse over Ocean "Yen, Bob" 1998 6 129 Gallery Fisheye View of Total Solar Eclipse "Arnstein, Nelson" 1998 6 129 Gallery Eclipse Portrait of Totality "Kern, Jonathan" "Carlos, Wendy" 1998 6 130 Gallery Alien Eyes: Crescent Suns on Man's Shadow "Kahle, Vicki" 1998 6 130 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse with Mercury and Jupiter "Peck, Michael" "Fernandez, Dolores" 1998 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Large Magellanic Cloud "Numazawa, Shigemi" 1998 7 8 Spectrum Ashes to Ashes . . . "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 7 10 Focal Point My Rubbertown Roots "Medkeff, Jeff" 1998 7 12 Letters "Wake Up, Astronomers!" "Zapadka, Peter" 1998 7 12 Letters Sheehan and O'Meara Reply "Sheehan, William" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1998 7 12 Letters Ring-Division Discoverers "Medkeff, Jeff" 1998 7 14 Letters A Personal Perspective "Roques, Paul E." 1998 7 14 Letters Understanding Eye Relief "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1998 7 14 Letters Acknowledging the Alternatives "Clouse, Donald L." 1998 7 14 Letters In Defense of British Skies "Jones, Barrie W." 1998 7 15 Letters The Hurst Planetarium "Hurst, Needham R." 1998 7 15 Letters Oscar for Astronomical Accuracy? "Sullivan III, Woodruff T." 1998 7 18 News Notes Bursting Gamma Rays Cross Visible Universe 1998 7 19 News Notes El Ni¤o Clouds Astronomer's Skies 1998 7 19 News Notes Help NASA Name New X-ray Observatory 1998 7 19 News Notes SOFI Meets the Tarantula 1998 7 20 News Notes An Early Solar System? 1998 7 20 News Notes Cydonia Defaced 1998 7 20 News Notes Our Galaxy's Deadly Spiral Arms 1998 7 22 News Notes Has Frame Dragging Come Down to Earth? 1998 7 22 News Notes The Big Ear Falls Silent 1998 7 24 News Notes Ancient Meteorite Field Found 1998 7 24 News Notes Planetary Nebula Sets Age Record 1998 7 26 News Notes Sky Publishing Staff Members Honored 1998 7 26 News Notes Aldebaran Planet Passes A Test 1998 7 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 7 30 Feature Fleeting Expectations: The Tale of an Asteroid "Scotti, James V." 1998 7 36 Feature Mars Pathfinder: Better Science? "Bell, Jim" 1998 7 46 Feature Shigemi Numazawa's Universe "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1998 7 52 Images Brilliant Colors in Scorpius and Ophiuchus "Parker, Samantha" 1998 7 56 S&T Test Report Digital Desktop Darkroom "East, George H." 1998 7 60 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 7 66 Computers in Astronomy Observing from the Red Planet "Adkins, Jeffery" 1998 7 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Where's All the Funny Stuff? "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 7 74 Books & Beyond Stars of the First People "Krupp, E. C." 1998 7 75 Books & Beyond "Astronomy Before the Telescope, by Christopher Walker, ed." "Chapman, Allan" 1998 7 77 Books & Beyond "Stars and Stories, by Wildridge Software, Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1998 7 80 Amateur Astronomers A World of Astronomy News "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1998 7 84 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Man on the Moon "Levy, David H." 1998 7 88 Rambling Through the Skies America's National Bird "Krupp, E. C." 1998 7 90 Guide to the Evening Sky The Summer Deeps "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 7 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 7 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 7 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in July" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 7 94 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Hours of Deep Night "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 7 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 7 98 Celestial Calendar Deep-Sky Hunting in Hercules "French, Sue" 1998 7 103 Celestial Calendar The Double-Double's Double "Palagonia, Peter" 1998 7 104 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: The Anomaly "Ryan, Jay" 1998 7 104 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 7 106 Observer's Log A New Kind of Corona "Piikki, Jari" 1998 7 111 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: April's Double Occultation "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 7 113 Telescope Techniques A New Window on the Universe "Schweighauser, Charles A." 1998 7 115 Telescope Techniques A Unique Project 1998 7 115 Telescope Techniques Box: A Unique Project "Hilliard, Ron" 1998 7 119 Astro Imaging Astrophotography to Go "Matheson, Tom" 1998 7 121 Astro Imaging Box: Preparations "Matheson, Tom" 1998 7 122 Astro Imaging Polar Alignment in the Southern Hemisphere "Matheson, Tom" 1998 7 122 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Dawson, Matthew" 1998 7 126 Gallery Nebula NGC 2359 in Canis Major "Clapp, Doug" 1998 7 126 Gallery Moon Mosaic "Mengoli, Giorgio" 1998 7 126 Gallery Europa and Ganymede Shadow Transits "Tregay, Thomas" 1998 7 127 Gallery Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula IC 2118 "Rhemann, Gerard" 1998 7 128 Gallery North Circumpolar Star Trails and Windmill "Vaughan, Joshua" 1998 7 128 Gallery Nebulae Barnard 83a and Barnard 84 in Sagittarius "Vaughn, Chuck" 1998 7 128 Gallery First Quarter Moon "Courseaux, Remy" 1998 7 129 Gallery Setting Sun and Glitter Path "Parviainen, Pekka" 1998 7 129 Gallery The Scorpius Milky Way "Everington, Sean" 1998 7 129 Gallery Galaxies NGC 4631 and NGC 4627 in Canes Venatici "Mattern, Bruno" 1998 7 130 Gallery Orion Setting Behind Natural Land Bridge "Guenther, Larry D." 1998 8 1 Front-Cover Photo Future of the Universe 1998 8 8 Spectrum Be It Resolved . . . "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 8 10 Focal Point The Hazard of Avoiding Hazards "Rubin, Charles T." 1998 8 12 Letters Iridium: An Economic Boom? "Frey, Steve" 1998 8 12 Letters U.S. Astronaut Coin Proposed "Carr, Daniel" 1998 8 12 Letters Slow Films and Lunar Photography "Ruszala, Fred" 1998 8 14 Letters Verschuur Replies "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 1998 8 14 Letters Impact Fact or Fiction? "Weissman, Paul R." 1998 8 16 Letters Crossing Asteriods "Weinberger, Ronald" 1998 8 16 Letters A Well-Designed Atlas "Rice, Doug" 1998 8 16 Letters Default Plate Faults "Gray, Bill" 1998 8 16 Letters Sao Paulo Is Leaving the Tropics "Brooks, Edward M." 1998 8 17 Letters Successive Green Flashes "Hey, Norman" 1998 8 18 News Notes Astronomical Alignments Abound at Egyptian Site 1998 8 19 News Notes A Giant Captures A Butterfly 1998 8 19 News Notes First Glimpse of an Extrasolar World? 1998 8 20 News Notes Leapfrogging the Large Magellanic Cloud 1998 8 20 News Notes Weighing White-Dwarf Precursors 1998 8 21 News Notes Cosmological Age Crisis Renewed? 1998 8 22 News Notes An Einsteinian Mirage 1998 8 22 News Notes Binary Star's Brief Blast 1998 8 22 News Notes Betelgeuse's Seething Atmosphere 1998 8 24 News Notes The Kuiper Belt's Dual Colors 1998 8 24 News Notes Saturn's Infrared Visage 1998 8 26 News Notes Dusty Disks Provide New Views of Solar-System Formation 1998 8 26 News Notes A Cosmic Collision's Luminous Leftovers 1998 8 27 News Notes Another Meteoritic Piece of the Moon 1998 8 27 News Notes Sizing Up Sirius B 1998 8 27 News Notes Wilson Comet Award 1998 8 28 News Notes Spinning Up a Millisecond Pulsar 1998 8 28 News Notes Our Galaxy's Youngest Globulars 1998 8 29 News Notes Detailing M87's Dynamic Disk 1998 8 30 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 8 32 Feature The Future of the Universe "Adams, Fred C." "Laughlin, Gregory" 1998 8 42 Feature The Triumphant Turnaround of Mars Global Surveyor "Parker, Samantha" 1998 8 48 Feature Sharper Images Through Video "Dantowitz, Ron" 1998 8 56 Images Chile's Very Large Telescope "Parker, Samantha" 1998 8 59 S&T Test Report Reincarnation of a Classic "French, Sue" "French, Alan" 1998 8 62 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 8 69 Astronomical Computing Satellite-Tracking Sampler "Laszlo, Dan" 1998 8 72 Astronomical Computing Software Sources 1998 8 74 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Cool Drinks of Java "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 8 78 Books & Beyond "Before the Beginning: Our Universe and Others, by Martin Rees" "Bertschinger, Edmund" 1998 8 79 Books & Beyond "Cosmology and Controversy: The Historical Development of Two Theories of the Universe, by Helge Kragh" "Harrison, Edward R." 1998 8 80 Books & Beyond Also New on Cosmology 1998 8 83 Books & Beyond "3-D Tour of the Solar System, by Paul Schenk, David Gwynn, and James Tutor" "Mosley, John E." 1998 8 86 Amateur Astronomers The Outer Limits "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1998 8 88 Amateur Astronomers Fort Davis vs. Leakey "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1998 8 90 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Tale of Two Observatories "Levy, David H." 1998 8 94 Rambling Through the Skies Women at Risk "Krupp, E. C." 1998 8 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Lanterns Along the Sun's Way "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 8 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 8 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 8 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in August" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 8 102 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Your All-Purpose Handout "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 8 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 8 107 Celestial Calendar Perseids in the Moonlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 8 109 Celestial Calendar The Cygnus Baseball Diamond "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 8 112 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Seasonal Twilight "Ryan, Jay" 1998 8 112 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 8 114 Observer's Log Seeking Summer's Dark Nebulae "Whitman, Alan" 1998 8 121 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: The Many Comets SOHO "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 8 125 Telescope Techniques Teaching an Old Dob New Tricks "Seronik, Gary" 1998 8 132 Gallery Face-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946 on Cygnus-Cepheus Border "Torres, Jose" 1998 8 132 Gallery Nebulae IC 443 and IC 444 in Gemini "Weber, Carl" 1998 8 133 Gallery "Crescent Moon, Venus, and Jupiter amidst Plastic Pinwheels" "Oldfield, Mark" 1998 8 133 Gallery Lunar Caucasus Region "Jousset, Marc" 1998 8 133 Gallery Globular M 13 in Hercules "Descordes, Cesar" 1998 8 134 Gallery Lyra Rising Alongside Church Steeple "Wehler, Randall" 1998 8 134 Gallery The Flaming Star Nebula IC 405 in Auriga "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 1998 8 134 Gallery Barnard's Loop in Orion "Stecker, Michael" 1998 8 134 Gallery Nebulae IC 1805 and IC 1795 in Cassiopeia "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 1998 8 135 Gallery Enhancing Detail in M 61 in Virgo "Kelly, Al" 1998 8 136 Gallery Young Crescent Moon "Gephart, Roy" 1998 9 1 Front-Cover Photo Gibbous Moon 1998 9 8 Spectrum When Amateurs Meet "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 9 10 Focal Point A Trail to the Sky "Cokinos, Christopher" 1998 9 12 Letters An Asterism by Any Other Name... "Pepin, M. Barlow" 1998 9 12 Letters Fixed Astrological Origin "Nance-Kivall, Don S." 1998 9 12 Letters "Verify Now, Speak Later" "Maurice, Luc" 1998 9 14 Letters QuickCam Comments "Mason, H.L." 1998 9 14 Letters Three Cheers for Doubles "Mitsky, Dave" 1998 9 14 Letters A Seasonal Misconception "Rao, Joe" 1998 9 14 Letters Three Cheers for Doubles "Haas, Sissy" 1998 9 14 Letters In Defense of H. A. Rey "Grimshaw, Tom" 1998 9 14 Letters QuickCam Comments "Di Rocca, Diego" 1998 9 16 Letters The Necessity of Astronomy Clubs "Davis, Jeremy" 1998 9 18 News Notes Celestial Survey Sees First Light 1998 9 19 News Notes Mass for a Massless Particle? 1998 9 19 News Notes Sustaining Spiral Arms 1998 9 20 News Notes SOHO Goes AWOL 1998 9 20 News Notes New Views of Our Active Sun 1998 9 21 News Notes Directly Detecting the Universe's Deceleration 1998 9 22 News Notes "For Asteroids, Breaking Up Is Not Hard To Do" 1998 9 22 News Notes Uranian Satellite Name Game 1998 9 24 News Notes Supernova Poses Gamma-Ray-Burst Puzzle 1998 9 24 News Notes A Gravity Boost for Keck 1998 9 25 News Notes A New Extrasolar Planet 1998 9 25 News Notes Questioning Cygnus X-3's Black Hole 1998 9 26 News Notes A Power Source for Supershells 1998 9 26 News Notes Our Universe's Latest Luminosity Leader 1998 9 26 News Notes A New Twist to Lunar Origins 1998 9 28 News Notes How the Milky Way Makes Molecular Clouds 1998 9 28 News Notes Two New Giant Telescopes 1998 9 30 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 9 32 Feature Ten Dark-Sky Years "Levy, David H." 1998 9 34 Feature Box: Why Low-Pressure Sodium Works "Levy, David H." 1998 9 35 Feature "Box: Small Steps, Giant Leaps" "Levy, David H." 1998 9 38 Feature Cosmic Yardsticks: Supernovae and the Fate of the Universe "Finkbeiner, Ann K." 1998 9 42 Feature Box: A Supernova Chaser's Story "Burtnyk, Kimberly" 1998 9 48 Feature NASA's New Moon "Foust, Jeffrey A." 1998 9 54 Images True Color Image of Centaurus A "Parker, Samantha" 1998 9 59 S&T Test Report A Sharp Scope for People on the Go "Cook, Chris" 1998 9 70 Astronomical Computing A Rainbow's Extra Arcs "Kubesh, Rodney J." 1998 9 73 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: In Search of Darkness "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 9 76 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 9 78 Books & Beyond "Ripples on a Cosmic Sea: The Search for Gravitational Waves, by David Blair and Geoff McNamara" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1998 9 79 Books & Beyond "The Year-Round Messier Marathon Field Guide, by Harvard C. Pennington" "Seronik, Gary" 1998 9 80 Books & Beyond "Comet Explorer, by Cyanogen Productions, Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1998 9 81 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1998 9 84 Amateur Astronomers Dark Nights Are SAFE Nights "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1998 9 90 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Protector of the Night Sky "Levy, David H." 1998 9 94 Rambling Through the Skies Moonlit Highways "Krupp, E. C." 1998 9 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Summer Triangle Pointers "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 9 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 9 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 9 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in September" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 9 102 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: IDA's Next 10 Years and You "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 9 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 9 106 Celestial Calendar Double Stars of Cepheus "Haas, Sissy" 1998 9 110 Celestial Calendar The Moons of Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 9 112 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Aldebaran "MacRobert, Alan M." "Abell, George O." 1998 9 114 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Southern Stars "Ryan, Jay" 1998 9 114 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 9 116 Observer's Log Saturn's Enigmatic Crepe Ring "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Sheehan, William" 1998 9 120 Observer's Log The Ring Revealed "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 9 123 Telescope Techniques An Unusual Observatory Design "Jamieson, Scott" 1998 9 129 Astro Imaging Automated Step-Focus Astrophotography "Piini, Ernie" 1998 9 130 Astro Imaging The Step-Focus Controller "Piini, Ernie" 1998 9 130 Astro Imaging Box: The Step-Focus Controller "Piini, Ernie" 1998 9 134 Gallery Solar Halo "Kolar, Ales" 1998 9 134 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M 101 in Ursa Major "Von Eiff, Hermann" 1998 9 135 Gallery The Cone Nebula and Vicinity in Monoceros "Weber, Carl" 1998 9 135 Gallery Solar Prominences I "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 1998 9 135 Gallery Solar Prominences II "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 1998 9 136 Gallery Lunar Crater Clavius "Thein, Uwe Georg" 1998 9 136 Gallery Summer Triangle and Arched Bridge "Milazzo, Carl" 1998 9 136 Gallery Warp Speed "Mize, Joe" 1998 9 137 Gallery Open Clusters M35 and NGC 2158 in Gemini "Von Eiff, Hermann" 1998 9 137 Gallery Summer Milky Way Stars over Niagara Falls "Milazzo, Carl" 1998 9 138 Gallery Observatory and Sunset "Kolar, Ales" 1998 10 1 Front-Cover Photo Cat's Eye Nebula 1998 10 8 Spectrum By the Light of the Moon "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 10 10 Focal Point A Wide-Field View from the Bridge "Green, Jane E." 1998 10 12 Letters Taurus the Ram and Aries the Bull? "Harris, Ray" 1998 10 14 Letters Satellite Observers "De Pontieu, Bart" 1998 10 14 Letters Astronomy Down Under "Spell, Chester S." 1998 10 14 Letters Mars Pathfinder vs. Viking "Pohnan Jr., William G." 1998 10 16 News Notes Snapshots of the Earliest Galaxies? 1998 10 17 News Notes The Changing Face of America's Planetariums 1998 10 18 News Notes A Crater Chain Close Up 1998 10 18 News Notes A New Weapon in the War Against Radio Interference 1998 10 19 News Notes Another Gamma-Ray Burst Gauged 1998 10 19 News Notes A Possible Planet in Hercules 1998 10 20 News Notes Keeping Tabs on a Dwarf 1998 10 20 News Notes Callisto's Inner Secrets 1998 10 22 News Notes Directly Detecting Dust 1998 10 22 News Notes New June Meteor Shower? 1998 10 23 News Notes Second-Guessing a Black Hole's Spin 1998 10 24 News Notes Positional Planet Hunting 1998 10 24 News Notes "Sagittarius Dwarf, The: Surviving Against the Odds" 1998 10 26 News Notes Where Have All the Baryons Gone? 1998 10 26 News Notes Green Bank Telescope Nears Completion 1998 10 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 10 30 Feature Stellar Metamorphosis "Kwok, Sun" 1998 10 38 Feature The Dynamic Lives of Globular Clusters "Djorgovski, S. George" 1998 10 46 Feature The Journey Back to the Source "Dressler, Alan M." 1998 10 60 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 10 63 Astronomical Computing Software And Chart Synthesis "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 10 65 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Cruising the Club Scene "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 10 71 Books & Beyond "The Dobsonian Telescope, : A Practical Manual for Building Large Aperture Telescopes, by David Kriege and Richard Berry" "Vogt, John" 1998 10 72 Books & Beyond "The Deep Sky: An Introduction, by Philip S. Harrington" "Abrams, Bernard" 1998 10 73 Books & Beyond "Skywatching, by David Levy" "Mosley, John E." 1998 10 77 Amateur Astronomers Our Cataclysmic-Variable Network "Patterson, Joseph O." 1998 10 81 Amateur Astronomers StarDate Turns 20 1998 10 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Mapper of the Sky "Levy, David H." 1998 10 86 Rambling Through the Skies Pioneer Spirit "Krupp, E. C." 1998 10 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Crisp Nights and Sparkling Skies "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 10 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 10 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 10 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in October" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 10 94 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Halos of Unusual Radius "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 10 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 10 100 Celestial Calendar A Surprise October Meteor Shower "Rao, Joe" 1998 10 102 Celestial Calendar Giacobinid Showers Past and Present 1998 10 104 Celestial Calendar Looking Ahead 1998 10 108 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: The Moon Illusion "Ryan, Jay" 1998 10 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 10 112 Observer's Log Le Verrier's Wild Geese "Sheehan, William" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1998 10 114 Observer's Log Bird Watching "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1998 10 116 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A Changing Jovian Landscape "Roth, Joshua" 1998 10 119 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Flynn, Chris" 1998 10 119 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Alessio, Renato" 1998 10 119 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Trescott, William B." 1998 10 120 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Daniels, Craig" 1998 10 120 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Heyn, Herman M." 1998 10 120 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "DeFoor, Jerry" 1998 10 121 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Matthies, Fred" 1998 10 122 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Lippl, Joe" 1998 10 122 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Scherping, Dave" 1998 10 122 Telescope Making Tele-Tips "Cowall, David" 1998 10 123 Telescope Techniques Pipe Mount and Storage Rack for a C90 "Lerner, Charles" 1998 10 126 Gallery Lunar Crater Clavius "Genovese, Charles" 1998 10 126 Gallery Star Trails over Cornfield "Milazzo, Carl" 1998 10 126 Gallery "M 8, M 20, and M 21 in Sagittarius" "Cook, Chris" 1998 10 127 Gallery Scorpius-Ophiuchus Region "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 1998 10 128 Gallery Starman "Milazzo, Carl" 1998 10 128 Gallery NGC 281 in Cassiopeia "Justis, Preston Scott" 1998 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Leonid Meteor Storm "Numazawa, Shigemi" 1998 11 8 Spectrum """Godspeed, John Glenn!""" "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 11 10 Focal Point A Near-Space Experience "Rowan, Patrick" 1998 11 12 Letters Sky Country "Fisher, Fred" 1998 11 12 Letters Exclusive Galaxy "Blackwell, S. Kent" 1998 11 14 Letters Flying into the Green Flash "Harnish, Tom" 1998 11 14 Letters Insurance Against Asteriods "Morrison, David" 1998 11 14 Letters The Universe's Ultimate End "Tyson, Richard" 1998 11 16 Letters An Astronomical Asset "Quern, Christine" "Quern, Peter" 1998 11 16 Letters Naming an Unnamed Wonder "Bortle, John E." 1998 11 18 News Notes Hunting for Extrasolar Earths 1998 11 19 News Notes Brighter Prospects for Lunar Ice 1998 11 19 News Notes A New Class of Asteroid? 1998 11 20 News Notes Looking for White-Dwarf Planets 1998 11 20 News Notes Looking Up with Liquid Mirrors 1998 11 21 News Notes Orbiting Radio Telescope Enters Second Year of Service 1998 11 22 News Notes More Solar Systems in the Making? 1998 11 22 News Notes The Antennae: Fit to Burst 1998 11 23 News Notes Magnetic-Field Records 1998 11 23 News Notes Sizing Up an Unseen Protostar 1998 11 24 News Notes Is a High Hubble Constant Hanging On? 1998 11 24 News Notes "Mirror, Mirror on the Move" 1998 11 26 News Notes New NASA Office to Track Near-Earth Asteroids 1998 11 26 News Notes Astronomers Proclaim New Stellar Spectral Class 1998 11 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 11 30 Feature The Night of Raining Fire "Sanderson, Richard H." 1998 11 38 Feature The Return of the Leonid Meteors "Rao, Joe" 1998 11 41 Feature Box: Photographing Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 11 44 Feature Box: Is a Taurid Outburst Due? "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 11 46 Feature Eyewitness View: First Sight for a Glass Giant "Tarenghi, Massimo" 1998 11 51 Feature First Glimpses from Cerro Paranal "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 11 59 S&T Test Report Better Resolution Through Technology "Hanon, David" 1998 11 62 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 11 68 Astronomical Computing The Stars of Hamlet 1998 11 74 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: New and Improved! "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 11 79 Books & Beyond "The Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms, Mark Littman" 1998 11 79 Books & Beyond Meteors Like Rain "Brown, Peter" 1998 11 80 Books & Beyond More Questions and Answers 1998 11 81 Books & Beyond "Cosmos: Voyage Through the Universe, by Montparnasse Multimedia" "Mosley, John E." 1998 11 83 Amateur Astronomers The Ghost Book of Manchester 1998 11 86 Amateur Astronomers Prediscovery Observations of Uranus 1998 11 87 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: When Amateurs Turn Pro "Levy, David H." 1998 11 92 Rambling Through the Skies Celestial Kings "Krupp, E. C." 1998 11 98 Guide to the Evening Sky The Bright and Dark of Autumn "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 11 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 11 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 11 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in November" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 11 102 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: What's the Sky For? "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 11 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 11 107 Celestial Calendar Tracking Comet Giacobini-Zinner "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 11 109 Celestial Calendar Ceres and Ganymed 1998 11 111 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 11 112 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: The Shadows of Quadrature "Ryan, Jay" 1998 11 114 Observer's Log The Mountains of the Moon 1998 11 119 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: The New Wilson Comet Award "Johnson, Rebecca A." 1998 11 121 Telescope Techniques The Endemann Effect: A New Concept in High-Power Design "Endemann, Thomas R." 1998 11 121 Telescope Techniques "Endemann Effect, The, A New Concept in High-Power Optics" 1998 11 130 Astro Imaging Astrophotography with a Twist "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 1998 11 136 Astro Imaging A Picture Window View "di Cicco, Dennis" 1998 12 1 Front-Cover Photo Radio Telescope "Cook, Lynette" 1998 12 8 Spectrum A Death in the Family "Robinson, Leif J." 1998 12 10 Focal Point Respecting Mauna Kea "Peek, Tom" 1998 12 12 Letters An Atlas's Humble Beginnings "Hirshfeld, Alan W." 1998 12 12 Letters Who Needs Tracking? "Mollise, Rod" 1998 12 14 Letters Students Explore the Moon "Ostrenga, Dana M." 1998 12 14 Letters Double Delights "Mullaney, James" 1998 12 16 News Notes Radio Astronomers Wary As Iridium Service Nears 1998 12 17 News Notes The Eagle Nebula's Extragalactic Twin 1998 12 18 News Notes Globulars Betray a Galaxy's Violent Past 1998 12 18 News Notes A Measured Step into the Universe's Farthest Reaches 1998 12 19 News Notes Seeking Supernova Precursors 1998 12 20 News Notes Target Turkmenistan 1998 12 20 News Notes One More Second Till New Year's 1998 12 20 News Notes How Jupiter's Rings Are Generated 1998 12 22 News Notes A New Census of Compact Galaxies 1998 12 22 News Notes Sounding Out Our Swollen Sun 1998 12 24 News Notes Using White Dwarfs As Cosmic Chronometers 1998 12 24 News Notes A Tidal Origin for the Magellanic Stream 1998 12 26 News Notes The Leo Triplet's Tidal Tail 1998 12 26 News Notes A Hot Martian Meteorite 1998 12 26 News Notes A Controversial Quasar Timed Anew 1998 12 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1998 12 32 Feature The Moon Rediscovered "Foust, Jeffrey A." 1998 12 36 Feature The Chance of Finding Aliens: Reevaluating the Drake Equation "Schilling, Govert" 1998 12 44 Feature SETI Searches Today "LePage, Andrew J." "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 12 47 Feature Box: SETI Effectiveness Compared "LePage, Andrew J." "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 12 50 Feature Habitable Moons "LePage, Andrew J." 1998 12 54 Feature Box: Zones of Habitability "LePage, Andrew J." 1998 12 58 Feature 25 Hot New Products of 1998 1998 12 68 Feature Meteors That Changed the World "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1998 12 76 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1998 12 82 Computers in Astronomy Confronting the Year 2000 "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 12 88 Computers in Astronomy "Astronomy Online: E.T., Login, Please" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1998 12 93 Books & Beyond "40 Nights to Knowing the Sky, by Fred Schaaf" "Chester, Geoffrey R." 1998 12 94 Books & Beyond "Seeing Stars: The Night Sky Through Small Telescopes, by Chris Kitchin and Robert W. Forrest" "Roth, Joshua" 1998 12 96 Books & Beyond "Pathfinder and the Best of Mars, by Holiday Interactive" "Mosley, John E." 1998 12 96 Books & Beyond "Mars: Past, Present, Future, by Holiday Interactive" "Mosley, John E." 1998 12 96 Books & Beyond "History of Spaceflight, by Holiday Interactive" "Mosley, John E." 1998 12 96 Books & Beyond "Hubble Telescope, by Holiday Interactive" "Mosley, John E." 1998 12 96 Books & Beyond "Deep Space, by Holiday Interactive" "Mosley, John E." 1998 12 98 Books & Beyond Software Update "Mosley, John E." 1998 12 101 Rambling Through the Skies Starry Fish in the Firmament "Krupp, E. C." 1998 12 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Lines in the Water of Time "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 12 107 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1998 12 108 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1998 12 109 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in December" "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 12 110 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: A Mystery Haze "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 12 112 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1998 12 114 Celestial Calendar A Dwarf Nova Near M31 1998 12 117 Celestial Calendar December's Generous Geminids "Roth, Joshua" 1998 12 118 Celestial Calendar Last-Minute Leonid Alert 1998 12 123 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1998 12 124 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Latest Sunrise Earliest Sunrise "Ryan, Jay" 1998 12 127 Observer's Log Another Approach to Drawing Planets "Chaffee, Dan" 1998 12 132 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Sunrise Annularity "Seronik, Gary" 1998 12 136 Telescope Techniques Custom Trailer for a 17 1/2-inch Scope "Thurlow, William" 1998 12 138 Telescope Techniques Joys of a Telescope on a Deck "Silvestri, Larry" 1998 12 142 Astro Imaging True-Color CCD Imaging "Kelly Al, Richard Berry" "Grafton, Ed" "Shaw, Chuck" 1998 12 148 Gallery Saturn "Legault, Thierry" 1998 12 148 Gallery Circumhorizontal Arc "Ekart, Douglas" 1998 12 149 Gallery Large Magellanic Cloud "Gleason, John" 1998 12 150 Gallery The Sun in Hydrogen-Alpha Light "Mosevich, Jack" 1998 12 150 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M 83 in Hydra "Henderson, Richard M." 1999 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Early Solar System 1999 1 8 Spectrum Stupidity Squared "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 1 10 Focal Point The Best Christmas Present "Galindo, Enrique" 1999 1 12 Letters Birds Aren't Planets "Snell, Scott T." 1999 1 12 Letters A New Weapon in the Fight for Dark Skies? "Sampson, Russ" 1999 1 12 Letters An October Harvest Moon "Naik, Atul P." 1999 1 16 News Notes A Galaxy for Every Gamma-Ray Burst 1999 1 18 News Notes A Breakthrough for Planet Pursuers 1999 1 18 News Notes Polaris's Persistent Pulses 1999 1 19 News Notes Spacecraft Motions Puzzle Scientists 1999 1 20 News Notes SOHO: Back frrom the Brink 1999 1 20 News Notes Io's Auroral Glow 1999 1 21 News Notes Nova Scorpii 1998 Graces October Skies 1999 1 21 News Notes Another Variable Star Changes Its Tune 1999 1 21 News Notes Wrong-Way Molecules in a Spiral Galaxy's Disk 1999 1 22 News Notes A New Companion for M31 1999 1 22 News Notes Distant Stellar Flare Strikes Earth's Ionosphere 1999 1 24 News Notes Hubble Revisits Its Deep Field 1999 1 24 News Notes "A """"Hot Jupiter"""" in Vela" 1999 1 24 News Notes Sky & Telescope Gains Editorial Muscle 1999 1 26 News Notes "Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1675-1998" 1999 1 26 News Notes Catch as KAIT Can 1999 1 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 1 32 Feature Hubble's Picturesque Heritage "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1999 1 36 Feature Forging the Planets: The Origin of Our Solar System "Wood, John A." 1999 1 50 Feature Saga of the Lump: The Pallas Meteorite "Gallant, Roy A." 1999 1 56 Feature Island Universes from Wright to Hubble "Russell, David" 1999 1 62 Images Color Views of the Dumbell Nebula (M27) "Roth, Joshua" 1999 1 65 S&T Test Report A Versatile Equatorial Mount "Horne, Johnny" 1999 1 68 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 1 74 Computers in Astronomy Pocket-Size Astronomy "Kozubal, Marek" 1999 1 77 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Solar Goings-On "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 1 85 Books & Beyond "Hands -On Astrophysics: Variable Stars in Science, Math, and Computer Education, by Janet Mattei, John Percy, and Donna Young" "Marschall, Laurence A." 1999 1 87 Books & Beyond "Impact: Ground Zero, by Bamboole, Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1999 1 89 Books & Beyond Almanacs for 1999 1999 1 92 Amateur Astronomers William Albrecht: In the Twilight Zone "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 1 96 Amateur Astronomers The Spirit of Hidden Hollow "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 1 98 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Three for the Future "Levy, David H." 1999 1 101 Rambling Through the Skies The Stellar Ties That Bind... "Krupp, E. C." 1999 1 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Figures on the Winter Tapestry "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 1 107 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 1 108 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 1 109 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in January" "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 1 110 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: The Best of 1988 "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 1 112 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 1 114 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 1999 "Dunham, David W." 1999 1 119 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 1 120 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Other Skies "Ryan, Jay" 1999 1 124 Observer's Log Little-Known Planetaries "McNeil, Jay" 1999 1 126 Observer's Log Filter Magic 1999 1 130 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: More Jupiter Action "Seronik, Gary" 1999 1 135 Telescope Techniques 10 Top Telescope Ideas of 1998 "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 1 143 Astro Imaging News from the Front "Dyer, Alan" 1999 1 150 Gallery Aldebaran-Lunar Occultation "Bell, Jeffrey" 1999 1 150 Gallery Gamma Cygni Nebulosity "Vaughn, Chuck" 1999 1 151 Gallery New Mexico Circumpolar Star Trails "Vaughan, Joshua" 1999 1 151 Gallery Ganymede Transit "Massey, Steve" 1999 1 152 Gallery "Running Man"""" Orion Complex" "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 1999 1 152 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M 83 in Hydra "Guarini, Marcelo" 1999 2 1 Front-Cover Photo Discoveries of 1998 1999 2 8 Spectrum High-Grading the Ore "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 2 10 Focal Point Around the Millennial Drum "Wehler, Randall" 1999 2 14 Letters Public Pressure Pays Off "De Jocas, Philippe" 1999 2 14 Letters Restore NASA's SETI Program "Wabbel, Tobias Daniel" 1999 2 16 Letters Flags of Our Nations "Stryker, Vic" 1999 2 16 Letters Meteor Close-Up "Schaller, Adolf A." 1999 2 16 Letters Job with a View "McCormick, Roy O." 1999 2 16 Letters A Smooth Pipe Mount "Deming, Dave" 1999 2 18 News Notes Second Deep Field Unveiled 1999 2 19 News Notes Znamya Flies Again 1999 2 19 News Notes Black Holes Beheld in Two Galaxy Cores 1999 2 20 News Notes Cloud Watching in the Outer Solar System 1999 2 20 News Notes Hale-Bopp Still Shining 1999 2 21 News Notes Sizing Up Sagittarius A* 1999 2 22 News Notes Yet More Extrasolar Planets 1999 2 24 News Notes Keeping an Eye on Sakurai's Object 1999 2 24 News Notes A Narrow Meteorite Miss 1999 2 25 News Notes Do Dying Stars Make Diamonds? 1999 2 26 News Notes A Hidden Galaxy Grows 1999 2 26 News Notes Seeing a KBO Spin 1999 2 26 News Notes Two Stars for Eta Carinae 1999 2 28 News Notes A Barred Spirial Within Centaurus A? 1999 2 28 News Notes M31 Through Infrared Eyes 1999 2 30 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 2 32 Feature Cosmic Discovery 1998 "Trimble, Virginia" 1999 2 42 Feature The Warming Wisps of Triton "Elliot, James L." 1999 2 47 Feature Box: Awaiting SOFIA "Elliot, James L." 1999 2 48 Feature Early Chinese Observations and Modern Astronomy "Stephenson, F. Richard" 1999 2 58 Images A Rich Galactic Cluster: CL 1358+62 "Johnson, Rebecca A." 1999 2 63 S&T Test Report intensifying Your Viewing Experience "di Cicco, Dennis" 1999 2 72 Astronomical Computing Computer-Telescope Togetherness "Seronik, Gary" 1999 2 76 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Visiting Press Conferences "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 2 78 Books & Beyond "NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, 3rd edition, by Terence Dickinson" "Burnham, Robert" 1999 2 78 Books & Beyond "Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, 19th Edition, by Ian Ridpath, ed." "Burnham, Robert" 1999 2 78 Books & Beyond "Star Ware, 2nd edition, by Philip S. Harrington" "Burnham, Robert" 1999 2 80 Books & Beyond "Scientific Astronomer, by Wolfram Research, Inc." "Flescher, Eric" 1999 2 84 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Under the Southern Cross "Bryant, Greg" 1999 2 89 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Astronomy's First Lady "Levy, David H." 1999 2 94 Rambling Through the Skies Igniting the Hearth "Krupp, E. C." 1999 2 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Winter's Fanciful Star Figures "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 2 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 2 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in February" "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 2 102 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Snowy Sky-Effects "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 2 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 2 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 2 106 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations in 1999 "Dunham, David W." 1999 2 110 Celestial Calendar The Moon Hides Aldebaran January 26-27 "Dunham, David W." 1999 2 112 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Blue Sky "Ryan, Jay" 1999 2 112 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 2 116 Observer's Log Observing Double Stars for Fun and Science "Tanguay, Ronald Charles" 1999 2 123 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Leonid Fireballs Dazzle the World "Seronik, Gary" 1999 2 127 Telescope Techniques A Roundup of Personal Observatories "Seronik, Gary" 1999 2 132 Telescope Techniques What Can Go Wrong: Observatory Mistakes to Avoid "Hunter, Tim B." 1999 2 134 Astro Imaging Building a Fiber-Optic Spectrograph "Glumac, Nick" "Sivo, Joseph" 1999 2 140 Gallery Leonid Terminal Burst "Schmidt, Rick" 1999 2 140 Gallery Flaring Leonid Fireball "Fleming, Tom" 1999 2 140 Gallery Long-Duration Leonid Train Rotse Automated Telescope 1999 2 141 Gallery Leonid Polar Plunge "Hart, Philip" 1999 2 142 Gallery Sirius Leonid "Pacholka, Wally" 1999 2 142 Gallery Leonid Composite "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 1999 3 1 Front-Cover Photo Star Factory in Orion 1999 3 8 Spectrum Calling All Superstars "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 3 10 Focal Point Arctic Astronomy "Finkler, Earl" 1999 3 14 Letters Far Friends "Cao, Ying" 1999 3 14 Letters A Community Telescope "Kaiser, Daniel H." 1999 3 14 Letters Smarter SETI Strategy? "Johansson, Eric" 1999 3 14 Letters Cheap Thrills "Natal, Michael" 1999 3 16 News Notes The Dynamics of Andromeda's Double Nucleus 1999 3 17 News Notes The Solar System's Younger Brother? 1999 3 18 News Notes Sloan Survey Bags Farthest Quasar 1999 3 18 News Notes NEAR to Try Again for Eros 1999 3 19 News Notes Neutrino Detector Gauges Proton Lifetime 1999 3 19 News Notes A Source for Jupiter's Dust Streamer? 1999 3 20 News Notes Brown-Dwarf Science Matures 1999 3 20 News Notes Galileo Sees Jovian Thunderstorms 1999 3 22 News Notes Probing Quasar-Jet Plasma 1999 3 22 News Notes Piece of a Killer Asteroid? 1999 3 23 News Notes Titan's Methane Clouds 1999 3 24 News Notes Spilling Stars into Outer Space 1999 3 24 News Notes Naked Protosteller Jets 1999 3 26 News Notes AXAF Changes to CXO 1999 3 26 News Notes Seeking Strange-Matter Stars 1999 3 28 News Notes A New Neighbor for Cepheus 1999 3 28 News Notes New Ring-Arc Riddles 1999 3 29 News Notes Deciphering Pholus 1999 3 30 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 3 32 Feature At the Hearts of Barred Galaxies "Martin, Pierre" "Friedli, Daniel" 1999 3 40 Feature Eyewitness to Stellar Evolution "Kaler, James B." 1999 3 49 Feature Awaiting the Storm "Rao, Joe" 1999 3 52 Feature Once in a Blue Moon... "Hiscock, Philip" 1999 3 59 S&T Test Report High-Tech Newtonian Collimation Tool "French, Alan" 1999 3 62 S&T Test Report Notes on Newtonian Collimation 1999 3 64 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 3 70 Books & Beyond "Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet, by Paul Raeburn with Matt Golombek" 1999 3 70 Books & Beyond "The Adventures of Sojourner: The Mission to Mars That Thrilled the World, by Susi Trautmann Wunsch" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1999 3 70 Books & Beyond "Managing Martians, by Donna Shirley" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1999 3 71 Books & Beyond "Edmund Halley: Charting the Heavens and Seas, by Alan Cook" "Hughes, David W." 1999 3 72 Books & Beyond "Deepsky '99, by Steven S. Tuma and Dean Williams" "Mosley, John E." 1999 3 76 Amateur Astronomers Sentinel of the Sky "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1999 3 80 Amateur Astronomers Students Discover Kuiper Belt Object 1999 3 81 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: An Observer for All Seasons "Levy, David H." 1999 3 82 Amateur Astronomers The Van Biesbroeck Prize 1999 3 87 Rambling Through the Skies The Guiding Light "Krupp, E. C." 1999 3 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Welcoming the Stars of Spring "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 3 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 3 93 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 3 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in March" "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 3 94 Guide to the Evening Sky Light Pollution Notes: New Hampshire Quick Start "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 3 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 3 100 Celestial Calendar Hunting for Equilateral Triple Stars "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 3 103 Celestial Calendar Pluto in 1999 1999 3 105 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 3 106 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Earthshine "Ryan, Jay" 1999 3 110 Observer's Log "Quintets, Sextets, and Septets: Exploring Hickson Compact Groups" "Gottlieb, Steve" 1999 3 116 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Callisto's Vanishing Act "Seronik, Gary" 1999 3 120 Telescope Techniques Woodshop Telescopes "Hards, Chuck" 1999 3 129 Astro Imaging Warming Up to Digital Imaging "Hannon, James" 1999 3 134 Gallery Monoceros Starscape "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 1999 3 135 Gallery First Quarter Moon "Mengoli, Giorgio" 1999 3 136 Gallery Lingering Leonid "Schad, Jerry" 1999 3 136 Gallery Lunar Crater Langrenus "Therin, Gerard" 1999 3 137 Gallery Open Cluster NGC 7510 and Nebula Sh2-157 on Cassiopeia-Cepheus Border "Vaughn, Chuck" 1999 3 137 Gallery The Pleiades Cluster in Taurus "Cook, Chris" 1999 3 138 Gallery Saturn "Newton, Jack" 1999 3 138 Gallery Globular Cluster Omega Centauri "Puckett, Tim" "Richter, Alex" 1999 4 1 Front-Cover Photo Mars 1999 4 8 Spectrum Astronomy's Magic Reach "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 4 10 Focal Point Heaven Can Wait "Rao, Joe" 1999 4 12 Letters How Orbits Work "Koser, John F." 1999 4 12 Letters An Amateur Professional "Teske, Rochard G." 1999 4 14 Letters A SAFE Nights Victory "Wasiuta, Myron E." 1999 4 14 Letters You're No Marcus Aurelius... "Moore, Guy W." 1999 4 14 Letters Welcome to Our Universe "Gentry, Don" 1999 4 16 News Notes Not Just Another Pretty Picture 1999 4 17 News Notes A Tale of two Polar Caps 1999 4 18 News Notes A Southern Starburst 1999 4 18 News Notes Debris-Disk Details May Reveal Unseen Planets 1999 4 19 News Notes Minicomet Redux: Noise or Not? 1999 4 20 News Notes Yet More Ways to Find Extrasolar Planets 1999 4 22 News Notes "Evidence for an """"Invisible"""" Supernova?" 1999 4 23 News Notes One Thousand Pulsars and Counting 1999 4 23 News Notes A Old Quasar in a Young Universe 1999 4 24 News Notes More Dark-Matter Mysteries 1999 4 24 News Notes M87's Superluminal Jet 1999 4 25 News Notes Kickoff Supernova 1999 4 25 News Notes New Leader for European Observatory 1999 4 25 News Notes Weighing the Pleiades 1999 4 26 News Notes A Victory for Dark Skies 1999 4 26 News Notes Another Binary Asteroid? 1999 4 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 4 34 Feature A Master Plan for Mars "David, Leonard" 1999 4 38 Feature Box: Safeguarding Earth "David, Leonard" 1999 4 42 Feature Visions of Mars "Malin, Michael C." 1999 4 48 Feature Box: The Mars Orbiter Camera "Malin, Michael C." 1999 4 52 Feature Microbes in a Martian Meteorite? An Update on the Controversy "Treiman, Allan" 1999 4 60 Images Gemini's 8-meter Mirrors "Roth, Joshua" 1999 4 65 S&T Test Report A Pair of High-Performance Maksutovs "Dyer, Alan" 1999 4 72 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 4 75 Astronomical Computing Wishful Thinking "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 4 78 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Virtual Communities "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 4 80 Books & Beyond "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy, by Christopher De Pree and Alan Axelrod" "Palmer, E. Samuel" 1999 4 81 Books & Beyond "Cosmic Adventure, by Bob Berman" "Parker, Samantha" 1999 4 82 Books & Beyond "SkyTools, by Greg Crinklaw" "Mosley, John E." 1999 4 86 Amateur Astronomers Comet Awards and Their Social Impact "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 4 91 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Letter to My Granddaughter "Levy, David H." 1999 4 95 Rambling Through the Skies Blaming the Moon "Krupp, E. C." 1999 4 98 Guide to the Evening Sky New Beginnings "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 4 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 4 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight:U and V Hydrae "Seronik, Gary" 1999 4 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in April" "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 4 102 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: April Showers and Rainbows "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 4 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 4 106 Celestial Calendar The Red Planet is Back "Troiani, Daniel M." 1999 4 108 Celestial Calendar Which Side Is Visible? "Troiani, Daniel M." 1999 4 111 Celestial Calendar Comet LINEAR's Odd Motion "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 4 112 Celestial Calendar Cresent Moon and Aldebaran 1999 4 113 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 4 114 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Martian Skies "Ryan, Jay" 1999 4 116 Observer's Log The Colors of Mars: Reality and Illusion "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Sheehan, William" 1999 4 123 Telescope Techniques A Flying Dobsonian "Gelfand, Jack" 1999 4 130 Gallery North Dakota Aurora "Brausch, Jay" 1999 4 130 Gallery Washington Aurora "Clark Jr., Wade B." 1999 4 130 Gallery Misty Sunlight Though Pines "Schad, Jerry" 1999 4 131 Gallery Vermont Aurora I "Wildgust, Allon G." 1999 4 131 Gallery Vermont Aurora II "Wildgust, Allon G." 1999 4 131 Gallery "California Nebula, NGC 1499 in Perseus" "Cook, Chris" 1999 4 132 Gallery Orion Complex "Minowa, Toru" 1999 4 132 Gallery Trapezium "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 1999 4 132 Gallery Sagittarius Milky Way "Stecker, Michael" 1999 4 133 Gallery Mud Cave Starscape "Schad, Jerry" 1999 5 1 Front-Cover Photo Quasar "Dixon, Don" 1999 5 8 Spectrum Everyone's Telescope "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 5 10 Focal Point Amateur of the Century "Fortier, Edmund" 1999 5 12 Letters Zoroaster's Meteorite "Gharib, Hossien Alizadeh" 1999 5 12 Letters An Amateur's Observatory Renewed "Phillips, Bill" 1999 5 14 Letters One Creature's Signal Is Another One's Noise "Pingree, Joseph E." 1999 5 14 Letters Paying Back Santa Claus "Cook, Bob" 1999 5 16 Letters Deck with a View "DalSanto, Joe" 1999 5 16 Letters In Memory "Ramsley, Kenneth R." 1999 5 18 News Notes Subaru Sees First Light 1999 5 19 News Notes Pinpointing the Source of the Solar Wind 1999 5 20 News Notes A Predilection for Planets? 1999 5 21 News Notes "Rounding Up Extragalactis Stellar """"Stragglers""""" 1999 5 22 News Notes A Mysterious Monster Mapped 1999 5 22 News Notes Flying Toward the First Light 1999 5 24 News Notes A Cosmic Collision in ARP 220's Past 1999 5 24 News Notes Our Stabilizing Earth 1999 5 25 News Notes A Distant Star's Supergiant Shell 1999 5 26 News Notes Callisto's Rarefied Wisps 1999 5 26 News Notes P Cygni Unmasked 1999 5 27 News Notes Mushroom in the Milky Way 1999 5 30 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 5 36 Feature What's a Blue Moon? "Olson, Donald W." "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 5 38 Feature Box: Blue-Moon Fever "Olson, Donald W." "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 5 40 Feature The Rise and Fall of Quasars "Voit, G. Mark" 1999 5 48 Feature Pluto Reconsidered "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 5 50 Feature Box: Publicity and Concensus in 1930 "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 5 51 Feature Box: The Status of Pluto: A Clarification "Andersen, Johannes" 1999 5 54 Feature Gamma-Ray Burst Hunters Catch a Whopper "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 5 61 S&T Test Report "A """"Hot"""" Telescope Gets Even Hotter" "di Cicco, Dennis" 1999 5 68 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 5 70 Computers in Astronomy Pillars in the Sky "Kubesh, Rodney J." 1999 5 74 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Grow Your Own Halo "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 5 78 Books & Beyond "Atlas der Sternbilder: Ein Astronomischer wegweiser in Photographien, by Eckard Slawik and Uwe Reichart" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1999 5 79 Books & Beyond "The Messier Objects, by Stephan James O'Meara" "Fox, Don M." 1999 5 80 Books & Beyond "Hubble Vision: Further Adventures with the Hubble Space Telescope, by Carolyn Collins Petersen and John C. Brandt" 1999 5 80 Books & Beyond "Hubble Revisited: New Images from the Discovery Machine, by Daniel Fischer and Hilmer Duerbeck" 1999 5 81 Books & Beyond "Newton's Aquarium, by Shawn Laclaire" "Mosley, John E." 1999 5 84 Amateur Astronomers An Eccentric of the Very Best Kind "Williams, Kay" 1999 5 90 Amateur Astronomers Lucian J. Kemble (1922-1999) 1999 5 91 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Imager of the Sky "Levy, David H." 1999 5 92 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 1999 1999 5 94 Rambling Through the Skies Bear Country "Krupp, E. C." 1999 5 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Springtime Sights Near and Far "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 5 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 5 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Globular Cluster M3 "Seronik, Gary" 1999 5 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in May" "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 5 102 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Planet Coronas - and Pillars? "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 5 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 5 106 Celestial Calendar A Blizzard of Asteroids "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 5 108 Celestial Calendar Uranus and Neptune in 1999 "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 5 109 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Regulus "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 5 110 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Spherical Earth "Ryan, Jay" 1999 5 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 5 114 Observer's Log Refractor Red Meets the Herschel 400 "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 1999 5 118 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: An Aussie Annular Eclipse "Seronik, Gary" 1999 5 120 Telescope Techniques A Simplified Hyperbolic Astrograph "Di Baja, Alejandro" 1999 5 126 Astro Imaging Going to the Limit "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1999 5 128 Astro Imaging Getting the Exposure "Boltwood, Paul" 1999 5 132 Gallery Birdseye Multiple Exposure of Sun Crossing Sky "Parviainen, Pekka" 1999 5 132 Gallery Gamma Cygni Region "Highe, Albert" 1999 5 133 Gallery Summer Milky Way from Aquila to Scorpius "Schad, Jerry" 1999 5 133 Gallery Circumhorizontal Arc "Schad, Jerry" 1999 5 134 Gallery Orion's Nebulosities "Ueda, Takekaru" 1999 5 135 Gallery "Dumbbell Nebula, M 27, in Vulpecula" "Szymanek, Nik" "King, Ian" 1999 5 135 Gallery "Spiral Galaxy, M 83, in Hydra" "Szymanek, Nik" "King, Ian" 1999 6 1 Front-Cover Photo Pleiades "Malin, David F." 1999 6 8 Spectrum The Hipparcos Firehose "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 6 10 Focal Point Southern Exposure "Wasiuta, Myron E." 1999 6 12 Letters The Mind of the Beholder "Marks, Joel" 1999 6 12 Letters The Wright Milky Way "Hoskin, Michael A." 1999 6 14 Letters Fore! "Hughes, David W." 1999 6 14 Letters Calling Southern Double-Star Observers "Haas, Sissy" 1999 6 14 Letters Amateur Cosmology "Gavin, Maurice V." 1999 6 16 Letters Clouds on Triton "Hamilton, Calvin J." 1999 6 16 Letters 300 Showpieces "Mullaney, James" 1999 6 18 News Notes A Globular's Fate Revealed 1999 6 19 News Notes Astronomers See SETI in a New Light 1999 6 20 News Notes A Dwarf Galaxy's Simple Past 1999 6 22 News Notes Knocking Out Red Giants in the Galactic Center 1999 6 22 News Notes Tracking the Flight of the Crab Pulsar 1999 6 24 News Notes More Martian Microbes? 1999 6 25 News Notes Supernova 1987A's Hot Spot Gets Hotter 1999 6 26 News Notes Two Snapshots of Star Formations 1999 6 26 News Notes Galactic Center Radio Panorama 1999 6 30 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 6 32 Feature The Birth of Binary Stars "Boss, Alan P." 1999 6 40 Feature Hipparcos: The Stars in Three Dimensions "Perryman, Michael" 1999 6 44 Feature Box: The Mission "Perryman, Michael" 1999 6 46 Feature Box: A Mother Lode of Variables "Perryman, Michael" 1999 6 48 Feature Box: The Next Mission:GAIA "Perryman, Michael" 1999 6 52 Feature Oliver Wendell Holmes: Poet of the Sky "Black, Ted" 1999 6 56 Feature Charles Boyer and the Clouds of Venus "Sheehan, William" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1999 6 59 Feature Box: An American Boyer "Sheehan, William" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1999 6 62 Images An Astronomical Head Shot "Sharo, Nigel" 1999 6 70 S&T Test Report Changing with Time "Horne, Johnny" 1999 6 77 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 6 78 Computers in Astronomy Charting the Sky with Software "Medkeff, Jeff" 1999 6 84 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Analemma Dilemmas "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 6 87 Books & Beyond "Seeing Red: Redshifts, Cosmology and Academic Science, by Halton Arp" "Madore, Barry F." 1999 6 89 Books & Beyond "Software and Data for Practical Astronomers, by David Ratledge" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 6 90 Books & Beyond "Planetarium Gold 2.0, by JC Research Inc." "Mosley, John E." 1999 6 94 Amateur Astronomers The Lord of Braeside "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 6 94 Amateur Astronomers An Eye to the Stars "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 6 98 Amateur Astronomers Kenneth W. Wilcox 1999 6 98 Amateur Astronomers Amateur-Professional Projects to Get Boost 1999 6 99 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: An Eye to the Stars "Levy, David H." 1999 6 102 Rambling Through the Skies View from the Top "Krupp, E. C." 1999 6 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Classic Sights of the June Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 6 107 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 6 108 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Mars on the Move "Seronik, Gary" 1999 6 109 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in June" "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 6 110 Guide to the Evening Sky Light Pollution Notes: Summer Update "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 6 112 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 6 114 Celestial Calendar Mining Hipparcos's Buried Treasure "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 6 120 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Alaska "Ryan, Jay" 1999 6 120 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 6 122 Observer's Log A Beginner's Guide to Solar Observing "Medkeff, Jeff" 1999 6 128 Observer's Log Ecliptic Traffic Jam "Seronik, Gary" 1999 6 132 Telescope Techniques Cures for Unsupportive Mirror Cells 1999 6 138 Astro Imaging Expanding the View "Gendler, Robert" "Gelber, Joel" 1999 6 142 Gallery Gallery "Nedeljko, Markovic" 1999 6 142 Gallery "Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, in Canes Venatici" "Hoyle, Robert S." 1999 6 142 Gallery Sun Pillar "Orlind, Harry" 1999 6 143 Gallery NGC 281 in Cassiopeia "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 1999 6 143 Gallery Lunar Crater Copernicus "Bottari, Claudio" 1999 6 143 Gallery Galaxy M 82 in Ursa Major "Auchter, Tom" 1999 6 144 Gallery Australian Annular Eclipse Sequence "Wada, Kazuto" 1999 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Jupiter's Satellite Io 1999 7 8 Spectrum Tweaks Here and There "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 7 10 Focal Point Star Party Crasher "Kirkland, Gordon" 1999 7 12 Letters Limits to Calling From Mars "Danziger, Alan" 1999 7 12 Letters Honduras Observatory Appeal "Ocampo, Adriana C." 1999 7 14 Letters First Lady of Spacecraft "Roman, Nancy Grace" 1999 7 14 Letters The Cause of Tidal Friction "Dunlop, Storm" 1999 7 14 Letters More Versatile Sky Tools "Crinklaw, Greg" 1999 7 17 News Notes Hubble Zeroes In on Fornax A 1999 7 17 News Notes Chandra's Debut Delayed 1999 7 18 News Notes Beating the Seeing at Keck 1999 7 18 News Notes New Redshift Record 1999 7 19 News Notes Bok Globules in Another Galaxy 1999 7 20 News Notes Three-Planet Solar System Discovered 1999 7 21 News Notes Record-Setting Redshift Survey 1999 7 22 News Notes A Big Chunk of Mars 1999 7 22 News Notes Giant SETI Radio Telescope Planned 1999 7 23 News Notes Updating the Fate of the Universe 1999 7 24 News Notes X-ray Pulsar Pinpointed in Puppis 1999 7 24 News Notes An Intergalactic Starburst in Stephan's Quintet 1999 7 26 News Notes Better Solar-Storm Forecasting 1999 7 26 News Notes Probing the History of High-Redshift Helium 1999 7 27 News Notes The Measure of Eros 1999 7 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 7 30 Feature The Life of a Neutron Star "Winn, Joshua N." 1999 7 40 Feature Galileo: An Image Gallery III "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 7 44 Feature An Interconnected Universe? Exploring the Topology of the Cosmos "Falk, Dan" 1999 7 63 S&T Test Report Solar Filters: Which Is Best? "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 7 66 S&T Test Report More Magnification for Observing "East, George H." 1999 7 67 S&T Test Report Less Magnification for Photography "Cook, Chris" 1999 7 68 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 7 70 S&T Test Report Under One Roof "Hanon, David" 1999 7 74 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Planet Earth "Mosley, John E." 1999 7 75 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Views and Reviews "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 7 76 Software Showcase Software Showcase 1999 7 78 Books & Beyond "The Night Sky Observer's Guide, by George Robert Kepple and Glen W. Sanner" "Johnson, Lee" 1999 7 80 Books & Beyond "Sky Atlas 2000.0, Second Edition, by Wil Tirion and Roger W. Sinnott" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 1999 7 84 Amateur Astronomers A Unique Temple to the Sun "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 7 89 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Teaching Pioneer "Levy, David H." 1999 7 93 Rambling Through the Skies Fish Tail "Krupp, E. C." 1999 7 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Summer's Battling Constellations "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 7 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 7 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Solar Twin "Seronik, Gary" 1999 7 101 Small-Scope Sampler Cuddling Up to the Scorpion "French, Sue" 1999 7 103 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 7 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Exotic Names and Effects 1999 7 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 7 108 Celestial Calendar July's Partial Eclipse of the Moon "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 7 112 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Lag of the Seasons "Ryan, Jay" 1999 7 112 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 7 115 Observer's Log An Amateur's Night on Mount Wilson "Nakamoto, David" 1999 7 119 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Whitman, Alan" 1999 7 122 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Mysteries of Plato "Wood, Charles A." 1999 7 124 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Mars Takes Center Stage "Seronik, Gary" 1999 7 128 Telescope Techniques New Twist on Tilted-Mirror Telescopes "Francis, John" 1999 7 136 Astro Imaging Imaging Totality "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1999 7 142 Gallery Orion Nebula with Trapezium "Newton, Jack" 1999 7 142 Gallery Center of the Milky Way "Wright, Thomas U." 1999 7 142 Gallery "Milky Way, Looking Away from Sagittarius" "Wright, Thomas U." 1999 7 143 Gallery Scorpius Complex I "Stecker, Michael" 1999 7 144 Gallery Scorpius Complex II "Greaney, George" 1999 7 144 Gallery "Omega Nebula, M 17, in Sagittarius" "Catterall, Adrian" 1999 8 1 Front-Cover Photo Chandra X-Ray Observatory "Johnson, B. E." 1999 8 8 Spectrum "Too Much!""""" "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 8 10 Focal Point An Unexpected Star Party "Knisely, David" 1999 8 12 Letters Now or Never "Arana, Louis R." 1999 8 12 Letters The Night the Comet Stood Still "Garlitz, Joe" 1999 8 12 Letters Astro Video: Anyone Can Do It! "Westervelt, Vern" 1999 8 14 Letters Noah's Flood and the Origin of the Zodiac "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1999 8 16 News Notes Hubble Weighs In on the Universe's Expansion 1999 8 17 News Notes A Lunar Core at Last 1999 8 17 News Notes Another Binary Brown Dwarf 1999 8 18 News Notes Mars's Magnetic Mystery 1999 8 18 News Notes No Planets for Proxima Centauri 1999 8 20 News Notes New Gamma-Ray-Burst Clue 1999 8 20 News Notes Gamma-Ray Bursts Pointed Our Way? 1999 8 21 News Notes A Long Way Home for GRB 970228 1999 8 22 News Notes Radio Dishes Scan Galactic Neighbor 1999 8 22 News Notes A Stormy Outlook for the Leonid Meteors? 1999 8 23 News Notes A Stonehenge Makeover 1999 8 24 News Notes An Alternative to Acceleration? 1999 8 24 News Notes Eta Carinae's Latest Antics 1999 8 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 8 30 Feature "Supernovae, Neutrinos, and Amateur Astronomers" "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 8 44 Feature NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory: A Revolution Through Resolution "Elvis, Martin" 1999 8 54 Feature How We'll Deliver Chandra to Orbit "Hawley, Steven A." 1999 8 56 Feature X-ray Astronomy's Golden Age "Still, Martin" 1999 8 61 S&T Test Report Video of the Stars "Moore, David M." 1999 8 64 S&T Test Report "First Look, A: SBIG's Enhanced ST-7E CCD Camera" 1999 8 64 S&T Test Report A First Look: SBIG's Enhanced ST-7E CCD Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 1999 8 69 Computers in Astronomy Shadow Painting the Globe "Meeus, Jean" 1999 8 72 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Touring the Universe Through Binoculars Atlas "Mosley, John E." 1999 8 73 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: The Mother Lode of Lunar Resources "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 8 76 Software Showcase Software Showcase 1999 8 78 Books & Beyond "Full Moon, by Michael Light" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 8 78 Books & Beyond "Exploring the Moon, by David M. Harland" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 8 80 Books & Beyond "Encyclopedia of the Solar System, by Raul R. Weissman, Lucy-Ann McFadden, and Torrence V. Johnson, eds." "Goldsmith, Donald" 1999 8 80 Books & Beyond "A New Solar System, Fourth Edition, by J. Kelly Beatty, Carolyn Collins Petersen, and Andrew Chaikin" "Goldsmith, Donald" 1999 8 84 Amateur Astronomers A Guide to Astronomical Inns "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1999 8 91 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Thousand Telescopes "Levy, David H." 1999 8 95 Rambling Through the Skies Fleecing the Sun "Krupp, E. C." 1999 8 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Home in the Milky Way "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 8 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 8 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Summer's Other Triangle "Seronik, Gary" 1999 8 101 Small-Scope Sampler A Summer Steam Bath "French, Sue" 1999 8 103 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 8 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Eyes on New Jersey "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 8 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 8 108 Celestial Calendar The Eclipse Outside of Totality 1999 8 108 Celestial Calendar The Eclipse Outside of Totality "Rao, Joe" 1999 8 113 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 8 114 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Sunset Clouds "Ryan, Jay" 1999 8 116 Observer's Log Strange Eclipses "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 8 120 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Tycho: The Metropolitan Crater of the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 1999 8 122 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "McNeil, Jay" 1999 8 124 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Two Comets and a Globular "Seronik, Gary" 1999 8 128 Telescope Techniques The Wolanski Ultralight Telescope "Wolanski, Gary" 1999 8 128 Telescope Techniques The Wolanski Ultralight Telescope 1999 8 132 Telescope Techniques Box: Making the Mirror "Olkovick, Lance" 1999 8 135 Astro Imaging Cosmic Rainbows: The Revival of Amateur Spectroscopy "Gavin, Maurice V." 1999 8 140 Astro Imaging A Field Guide to Supernova Spectra 1999 8 140 Astro Imaging A Field Guide to Supernovae Spectra "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 8 142 Gallery Pelican Nebula in Cygnus "Vaughn, Chuck" 1999 8 142 Gallery Equatorial Star Trails "Dimijian, Gregory G." 1999 8 142 Gallery Schroter's Valley with Craters Aristarchus and Herodotus "Bottari, Claudio" 1999 8 143 Gallery South Polar Halo Complex "Linton, Ed" 1999 8 143 Gallery "Ring Nebula, M 57, in Lyra" "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 1999 8 143 Gallery Spiral Galaxies NGC 4568 and NGC 4567 in Virgo "Gilchrist, Allen" 1999 8 144 Gallery Moonrise with Mars "Wehler, Randall" 1999 8 144 Gallery "Lagoon Nebula, M 8, in Sagittarius" "Anderson, Chris" 1999 9 1 Front-Cover Photo Starseeds in Space "Lomberg, Jon" 1999 9 8 Spectrum "Recycling """"Junk"""" Optics" "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 9 10 Focal Point An Ice-Cream Soda and a Beer "Singer, Harvey" 1999 9 14 Letters The Truth About Planet Colors "Steffey, Philip C." 1999 9 14 Letters A Truly Noted Astronomer "Gurshtein, Aleksandr A." 1999 9 16 Letters Far-South Wonders "Johnson, Gus E." 1999 9 16 Letters Homegrown Auroras "Siren, Jan C." 1999 9 18 News Notes Gemini North Sees the Light 1999 9 19 News Notes Cometary Constancy 1999 9 19 News Notes Middleweight Black Holes 1999 9 20 News Notes Antu Eyes Interacting Galaxies 1999 9 21 News Notes Lights over Stellafane? 1999 9 22 News Notes The Measure of Hellas 1999 9 22 News Notes Polar Cyclone on Mars 1999 9 24 News Notes Unwinding the Helix Nebula 1999 9 24 News Notes More Chemical Clues to Hale-Bopp's Birth 1999 9 26 News Notes "Methane Brown Dwarfs: Two's Company, Seven's a Crowd" 1999 9 26 News Notes Newfound Neighbor in Cetus 1999 9 27 News Notes New Neutrino Observatory Begins Work 1999 9 30 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 9 32 Feature Interplanetary Infestations "Davies, Paul" 1999 9 40 Feature Life at the Limit "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 44 Feature The Race to Map the Microwave Background "Roth, Joshua" 1999 9 50 Feature The Lives of Stars "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 1999 9 56 Images Star Formation in NGC 4945 "Veilleux, Sylvain" 1999 9 64 S&T Test Report Robotic Telescopes for the Masses "di Cicco, Dennis" 1999 9 68 S&T Test Report A Magnetic Star-Finding Machine "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 9 73 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 9 75 Computers in Astronomy Wish List Revisited "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 9 78 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Pises Atlas-Prism98 "Mosley, John E." 1999 9 80 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: NASA Outreach: Your Tax Dollars at Work "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 9 82 Software Showcase Software Showcase 1999 9 84 Books & Beyond "Dark Life: Martian Nanobacteria, Rock-Eating Cave Bugs, and Other Extreme Organsims of Inner Earth and Outer Space, by Michael R" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 84 Books & Beyond "Alien Life: The Search for Extraterrestrials and Beyond, by Barry Parker" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 84 Books & Beyond "Fanfare for Earth: The Origin of Our Planet and Life, by Harry Y. McSween Jr." "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 84 Books & Beyond "The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life, by Paul Davies" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 84 Books & Beyond "The Deep Hot Biosphere, by Thomas Gold" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 84 Books & Beyond "Life on Mars: The Complete Story, by Paul Chambers" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 84 Books & Beyond "Planetary Dreams: The Quest to Discover Life Beyond Earth, by Robert Shapiro" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 84 Books & Beyond "The Search for Life on Other Planets, by Bruce Jakosky" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 9 89 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: An International Week "Levy, David H." 1999 9 93 Rambling Through the Skies Rivaling Mars "Krupp, E. C." 1999 9 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Little Patterns of Lingering Summer "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 9 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 9 100 Guide to the Evening Sky "Binocular Highlight: Barnard's ""E""" "Seronik, Gary" 1999 9 101 Small-Scope Sampler Exploring the Den of the Fox "French, Sue" 1999 9 103 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 9 104 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Scintillating Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 9 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 9 108 Celestial Calendar A Star-Hop in the Scutum Milky Way "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 9 116 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Global Twilight "Ryan, Jay" 1999 9 118 Observer's Log The TLP Myth: A Brief for the Prosecution "Sheehan, William" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 1999 9 124 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "McNeil, Jay" 1999 9 127 Observer's Log "Lunar Notebook: Linné: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" "Wood, Charles A." 1999 9 128 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Opposing Crescent Moon Record "Seronik, Gary" 1999 9 130 Telescope Techniques The Mersenne Telescope "Bone, Clyde" 1999 9 134 Gallery Southern Milky Way "Schroeder, Mark" 1999 9 134 Gallery "Whirlpool Galaxy, M 51, in Canes Venatici" "McLaughlin, William" 1999 9 134 Gallery North Circumpolar Star Trails over Small Plane "Ceravolo, Peter" 1999 9 135 Gallery "X-ray"""" View of Haute Provence Observatory" "Rau, Gilbert" 1999 9 135 Gallery Quarter Phase Venus with Cloud Patterns "Di Sciullo, Maurizio" 1999 9 135 Gallery Cygnus Milky Way "Fletcher, Bill" "Fletcher, Sally" 1999 9 136 Gallery Rocket Trails "Root, Nile" 1999 9 136 Gallery Dark Nebula Barnard 86 in Sagittarius "Bottari, Claudio" 1999 10 1 Front-Cover Photo The Sun in X-rays 1999 10 8 Spectrum No Time for Timidity "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 10 10 Focal Point Confessions of a Telescope Junkie "Ting, Ed" 1999 10 12 Letters A Sun Pillar That Changed the World "Steel, Duncan" 1999 10 12 Letters A Globular Planet "Schulze-Frerichs, Klaus" 1999 10 14 Letters Eye Surgery and Skywatching "Santini, Barry" 1999 10 16 News Notes Collins and Columbia Launch Chandra 1999 10 17 News Notes Bridging the Gap with Proto-Planetary Nebulae 1999 10 17 News Notes Amateurs Alleviate Asteroid Threat 1999 10 18 News Notes M80's Bounty of Blue Stragglers 1999 10 18 News Notes Meteorites on Mars 1999 10 20 News Notes A Setback for the Extragalactic Distance Scale? 1999 10 21 News Notes "The Moon's """"Leonid"""" Tail" 1999 10 21 News Notes Beta Pictoris: Younger Than Ever 1999 10 22 News Notes Another Black-Hole-Bearing Galaxy 1999 10 22 News Notes Supermassive Star Clusters in the Galactic Center 1999 10 23 News Notes A New Clue to Cosmic-Ray Origins 1999 10 24 News Notes Do Magnetars Measure Up? 1999 10 24 News Notes Scanning the Universe with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope 1999 10 26 News Notes Scrutinizing Pulsar Planets 1999 10 26 News Notes Wilson Award Winners for 1999 1999 10 27 News Notes Antimatter Finding Has Cosmological Implications 1999 10 28 News Notes Getting a Feel for Braille 1999 10 28 News Notes Swallowed-Up Solar Systems? 1999 10 29 News Notes "Lunar Prospecting from Earth, 81:576 Lunar Prospector's Flashy Finale" 1999 10 30 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 10 32 Feature The Torino Scale: Gauging the Impact Threat "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 10 40 Feature Leonardo da Vinci and the Moon "Welther, Barbara L." 1999 10 46 Feature The Solar-Stellar Connection "Haisch, Bernhard M." "Schmitt, Jurgen" 1999 10 56 Images TRACE Image of Sun's Corona "Title, Alan M." 1999 10 61 S&T Test Report Meade's ETX-125EC - A First Look "Seronik, Gary" 1999 10 66 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 10 68 Computers in Astronomy SETI@home: Catching the Wave 1999 10 68 Computers in Astronomy SETI@ home: Catching the Wave "LePage, Andrew J." "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 10 70 Computers in Astronomy Box: What You See and What You Get "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 10 72 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Powers of Ten Interactive "Mosley, John E." 1999 10 73 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: The Great Alien Search "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 10 74 Software Showcase Software Showcase 1999 10 76 Books & Beyond "Reflecting Telescope Optics I & II, by Raymond N. Wilson" "Buchroeder, Richard A." 1999 10 79 Books & Beyond "From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar, by G. Srinivasan, ed." "Mihalas, Dimitri" 1999 10 84 Amateur Astronomers The Sky Within "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 10 88 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Critical Moment for Stellafane "Levy, David H." 1999 10 93 Rambling Through the Skies The Camera-Shy Planet "Krupp, E. C." 1999 10 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Fall's Stellar Migrations "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 10 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 10 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: NGC 6939 and 6946 "Seronik, Gary" 1999 10 101 Small-Scope Sampler Follow That Swan! "French, Sue" 1999 10 103 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 10 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Wake-up Call "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 10 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 10 109 Celestial Calendar Outer Moons of the Outer Planets "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 10 114 Celestial Calendar Late September's Occultation of Aldebaran "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 10 115 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 10 116 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Sizes "Ryan, Jay" 1999 10 118 Observer's Log Binocular Doubles for Autumn Skies "Rogers, David" 1999 10 122 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Lunar Ray Mysteries "Wood, Charles A." 1999 10 123 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Gottlieb, Steve" 1999 10 126 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A Serendipitous Discovery "Seronik, Gary" 1999 10 128 Telescope Techniques Improving Dobsonian Motion "Lewis, Martin" 1999 10 135 Astro Imaging Improve Your Astrophotos by Combining Images "Schur, Chris" "O'Farrell, John" 1999 10 142 Gallery "Lunar Craters Arzachel, Alphonsus, and Ptolemaeus" "Flach-Wilken, Bernd" 1999 10 142 Gallery Orion Nebula Satellite Crossroads "Pope, Conrad" 1999 10 142 Gallery Sunspot Complex Close-Up "Garcia, Gordon" 1999 10 143 Gallery Scorpius Milky Way near Antares "Zellmer, Chuck" 1999 10 144 Gallery Nebula NGC 7023 in Cassiopeia "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 1999 10 144 Gallery Andromeda Galaxy M 31 "Ware, Jason" 1999 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Solar Eclipse from Romania "Carlos, Wendy" 1999 11 8 Spectrum On to a Third Saros "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 11 10 Focal Point Lonesome in a Crowd "Ehmann, James" 1999 11 12 Letters Hold the Hubble Hype "Hutchings, John" 1999 11 12 Letters Behind Chandra's Precision "Reid, Paul" 1999 11 12 Letters Seas in a Solar Eclipse "Poitevin, Patrick" 1999 11 14 Letters The Ghost of Summer Suns "McClure, Bruce" 1999 11 14 Letters Trick or Peep? "Benjamin, Mel" 1999 11 16 News Notes Chandra's Stellar Debut 1999 11 17 News Notes A Shot in the Dark 1999 11 18 News Notes A Sunspot-Climate Link? 1999 11 18 News Notes Generating Gamma-Ray Bursts 1999 11 20 News Notes Novel Photon Detectors Debut 1999 11 21 News Notes A Far-Out Brown Dwarf 1999 11 22 News Notes New Nearby Star Cluster 1999 11 22 News Notes A Merger-Mad Galaxy Gathering 1999 11 24 News Notes Changing Galaxy Shapes 1999 11 24 News Notes A Big Jupiter in an Earth-like Orbit 1999 11 25 News Notes Defrosting Dunes on Mars 1999 11 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 11 28 Feature The Leonid Meteor Storm: Is This the Year? "Rao, Joe" 1999 11 33 Backyard Astronomy Planning Your Leonid Watch "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 11 34 Feature Box: Abe Lincoln and the Leonids "Olson, Donald W." "Jasinski, Laurie E." 1999 11 38 Feature In Search of Martian Seas "Beatty, J. Kelly" 1999 11 48 Feature Calamity at Meteor Crater "Kring, David A." 1999 11 57 S&T Test Report A Trio of Refractors "Dyer, Alan" 1999 11 60 S&T Test Report A Good Mount Gets Better 1999 11 64 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 1999 11 67 Computers in Astronomy Software by Internet "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 11 70 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: TheSky 5.0.5 for Macintosh "Mosley, John E." 1999 11 72 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: The Error of Their Ways "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 11 74 Software Showcase Software Showcase 1999 11 77 Books & Beyond "Amateur Telescope Making, by Stephen F. Tonkin" "Berry, Richard" 1999 11 77 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs, by Martin Mobberley" "Berry, Richard" 1999 11 79 Books & Beyond "Legends of the Earth, Sea, and Sky: An Encyclopedia of Nature Myths" "Del Chamberlain, Von" 1999 11 84 Amateur Astronomers "Telescopes, Marriages, and Mars: The Life of John E. Mellish" "Williams, Thomas R." 1999 11 89 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: An Amateur Professional "Levy, David H." 1999 11 95 Rambling Through the Skies The Sky Is Falling "Krupp, E. C." 1999 11 98 Guide to the Evening Sky The Somber Skies of November "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 11 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 11 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: TX Piscium "Seronik, Gary" 1999 11 101 Small-Scope Sampler Treasures of the Royal Couple "French, Sue" 1999 11 103 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 11 104 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Coronas - Part 1 "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 11 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 11 108 Celestial Calendar Your Guide to November's Transit of Mercury "Westfall, John E." 1999 11 114 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 11 116 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: The Leonids "Ryan, Jay" 1999 11 118 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: The Great Total Eclipse "Aguirre, Edwin L." 1999 11 118 Observer's Log The Great Total Eclipse 1999 11 121 Observer's Log Chasing Eclipse Mysteries "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 11 124 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Mullaney, James" 1999 11 126 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Adventures in Rilleland "Wood, Charles A." 1999 11 130 Telescope Techniques A Balancing Act for Dobsonian Telescopes "Krajci, Tom" 1999 11 137 Astro Imaging There's No Place Like Home "di Cicco, Dennis" 1999 11 144 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946 on Cepheus-Cygnus Border "McLaughlin, William" 1999 11 144 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 4565 in Coma Berenices "McLaughlin, William" 1999 11 144 Gallery Southern Lights in New Zealand "Copper, I.W." 1999 11 144 Gallery "The Snake Nebula, B72, in Ophiuchus" "Stecker, Michael" 1999 11 145 Gallery Central Orion "Zellmer, Chuck" 1999 11 146 Gallery Nebulae IC 405 and IC 410 in Auriga "Stecker, Michael" 1999 12 1 Front-Cover Photo 25 Hot Products for Stargazers 1999 12 8 Spectrum Why Y2K Bugs Me "Robinson, Leif J." 1999 12 10 Focal Point Memories of Mir "Atkinson, Stuart" 1999 12 12 Letters Saving Soviet Observatories "Boyadjian, Hayg" 1999 12 12 Letters Saving Soviet Observatories "Haaland, Aina" 1999 12 12 Letters Dust Isn't Bacteria "O'Brien, Sean" 1999 12 14 Letters The Meteorites of Saint-Exupery "Ondra, Leos" 1999 12 14 Letters Ball Park Astronomy "Poorman, Larry" 1999 12 14 Letters Solar-Eclipse Coverage "Sills, Robert" 1999 12 14 Letters Test Report Policy "Graney, Chris" 1999 12 16 News Notes Solar Maximum: Problems and Opportunities 1999 12 17 News Notes Orion's Flying Bullets 1999 12 18 News Notes An Accelerating Universe? Not So Fast 1999 12 18 News Notes Vermont Prison Passes Vote Again 1999 12 20 News Notes Hubble Images Show Starbirth and Death 1999 12 21 News Notes Seafloor Stardust? 1999 12 22 News Notes Clocking the Cat's Eye 1999 12 22 News Notes Cluster-Age Conundrum 1999 12 23 News Notes Seeing Titan's Seas? 1999 12 24 News Notes Dwindling Deuterium 1999 12 24 News Notes More Moons for Uranus 1999 12 26 News Notes Another Way to Weigh Neutrinos? 1999 12 26 News Notes Two Extreme Asteroids 1999 12 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 1999 12 36 Feature Radio Astronomy's Resolution Machine: The Very Long Baseline Array "Ulvestad, James" "Goss, Miller" 1999 12 48 Feature 25 Hot New Products of 1999 1999 12 60 Feature Forecasting Martian Halos "Cowley, Les T." "Schroeder, Michael" 1999 12 66 S&T Test Report """Telescope, Can You Hear Me?""" "Dantowitz, Ron" 1999 12 69 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: The Astronomy Cafe "Mosley, John E." 1999 12 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: In The Year Two Thousand "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 12 73 Software Showcase Software Showcase 1999 12 77 Books & Beyond "The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi, by Michael R. Molnar" "Schaefer, Bradley E." 1999 12 79 Books & Beyond "Exodus to Arthur: Catastrophic Encounters with Comets, by Mike Baillie" "Steel, Duncan" 1999 12 82 Books & Beyond "Life Beyond Earth, by Timothy Ferris" "Goldman, Stuart J." 1999 12 85 Amateur Astronomers An Assembly of Good Fellows "O'Meara, Stephen James" 1999 12 88 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: An Astronomical Friend "Levy, David H." 1999 12 92 Rambling Through the Skies Signs of the End "Krupp, E. C." 1999 12 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Beginnings True and False "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 12 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 1999 12 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Jupiter's Moons "Seronik, Gary" 1999 12 101 Small-Scope Sampler A Queen's Ransom "French, Sue" 1999 12 103 Stars & Planets Stars & Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 12 104 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Coronas - Part 2 "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 12 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 1999 12 108 Celestial Calendar A Treasure-Trove of Variable Stars "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 12 115 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 1999 12 116 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: End of the Millennium? "Ryan, Jay" 1999 12 118 Observer's Log Jupiter's Deep Mystery "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Sheehan, William" 1999 12 124 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Iridum and Its Hinterland "Wood, Charles A." 1999 12 126 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Jakiel, Richard" 1999 12 128 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Seeking Himalia "Seronik, Gary" 1999 12 133 Telescope Techniques Think Big (and Small) "di Cicco, Dennis" 1999 12 133 Telescope Techniques The Observatories of Sky & Telescope "Seronik, Gary" 1999 12 136 Telescope Techniques Our Stairway to the Stars "Aguirre, Edwin L." "Joson, Imelda B." 1999 12 138 Telescope Techniques "My """"Flapping Roof"""" Observatory" "Sinnott, Roger W." 1999 12 140 Telescope Techniques An Observatory with Sails "MacRobert, Alan M." 1999 12 141 Telescope Techniques My Moveable Feast (An Observatory Alternative) "Roth, Joshua" 1999 12 144 Gallery Fisheye Total Solar Eclipse "Chen, PK" 1999 12 144 Gallery Coronal Composite "Espenak, Fred" 1999 12 145 Gallery Partial Solar Eclipse at Sunrise "Peters, Edwin" 1999 12 145 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse Wide-Field View "Filz, Larry" 1999 12 145 Gallery Thee Views of Prominence Details "Guertin, Jacques" 1999 12 146 Gallery Messier 83 in Hydra "Blankenship, Ken" "Blankenship, Matt" 1999 12 146 Gallery Jupiter and Io "Di Sciullo, Maurizio" 1999 12 147 Gallery Waning Gibbous Moonrise "Tezel, Tunc" 1999 12 147 Gallery "Dumbbell Nebula, M 27, in Vulpecula" "Blankenship, Ken" "Batis, Dennis" 1999 12 147 Gallery Lunar Craters Alphonsus and Arzachel "Di Sciullo, Maurizio" 1999 12 148 Gallery Monsoon Skies over Kitt Peak "Barchfield, Richard" 2000 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232 2000 1 8 Spectrum Always My Boss "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 1 10 Focal Point Seeing the Unseen "Schilling, Govert" 2000 1 12 Letters How to Collect Geostationary Satellites "Young, Jim" "Young, Karen" 2000 1 14 Letters More Ways to Sunwatch "Winkler, William" 2000 1 14 Letters Roping In Party Crashers "Goldberg, Steve" 2000 1 16 News Notes Astronomers Declare New Variable-Star Class 2000 1 17 News Notes Hubble Details Galaxy Duo 2000 1 18 News Notes Galaxy Bars Seen Edge On 2000 1 18 News Notes Close-Call Meteorite Yields Primordial Water 2000 1 20 News Notes Light Speed Is Colorblind 2000 1 20 News Notes Is Dark Matter Just Plain Hydrogen? 2000 1 21 News Notes Seafloor Stardust? 2000 1 22 News Notes A Different Wobble for Upsilon Andromedae 2000 1 22 News Notes White Dwarfs in the Milky Way's Outer Halo 2000 1 23 News Notes Another Sign of the Milky Way's Bar 2000 1 23 News Notes Crash Yields No Lunar Water 2000 1 24 News Notes A Planet Orbiting a Binary Star? 2000 1 24 News Notes Piercing the Crab's Heart 2000 1 26 News Notes Stellar Quadruplets Put Theories to the Test 2000 1 26 News Notes The Dark Planet of Tau Boötis 2000 1 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 1 32 Feature Where the Astronomers Are: A Stagnant Century "Heck, André" 2000 1 37 Feature The 10 Most Inspiring Images of the Century "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 1 50 Feature Looking Backward: Themes of 20th-Century Astronomy "Trimble, Virginia" 2000 1 60 S&T Test Report Six 8-Inch Dobsonians "MacRobert, Alan M." 2000 1 67 S&T Test Report Sizing Up the Secondary Mirror 2000 1 76 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 2000 1 78 Books & Beyond "Our Worlds: The Magnetism and Thrill of Planetary Exploration, by S. Alan Stern, ed." "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2000 1 79 Books & Beyond "Seven Wonders of the Cosmos, by Jayant V. Narlikar" "Mitchell, Jacqueline Seabury" 2000 1 79 Books & Beyond "Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos, by William Poundstone" 2000 1 79 Books & Beyond "Carl Sagan: A Life, by Keay Davidson" 2000 1 82 Books & Beyond "The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2000, Nautical Almanac Office" 2000 1 82 Books & Beyond "The Astronomical Pocket Diary 2000, by Norbert Haley" 2000 1 82 Books & Beyond "The Handbook of the British Astronomical Association 2000, by Jacqueline Mitton, ed." 2000 1 82 Books & Beyond "Observer's Handbook 2000, by Roy L. Bishop, ed." 2000 1 82 Books & Beyond "MPO2000, by Bwd Publishing" 2000 1 82 Books & Beyond "2000 Comet Handbook, by Syuichi Nakano and Daniel W. E. Green, eds." 2000 1 82 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Yearbook 2000, by Andrew Yen, ed." 2000 1 82 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Calendar 2000, by Guy Ottewell" 2000 1 85 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astronomy in Jordan "Odeh, Mohammad Shawkat" 2000 1 89 Amateur Astronomers Wyoming's First Star Summit "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" "Bruner, Marilyn" "Acton, Loren W." "Ogawara, Yoshiaki" 2000 1 90 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Sunrise Total Eclipse "Levy, David H." 2000 1 94 Rambling Through the Skies The Big Room "Krupp, E. C." 2000 1 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Orion's Mighty Stellar Retinue "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 1 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 1 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: M42 from the City "Seronik, Gary" 2000 1 101 Small-Scope Sampler A Hero's Quest "French, Sue" 2000 1 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in January" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 1 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Triumphs and Heartbreak "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 1 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 1 109 Celestial Calendar "Awesome Eclipse of the Moon, An" 2000 1 109 Celestial Calendar An Awesome Eclipse of the Moon "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2000 1 114 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2000 "Dunham, David W." 2000 1 116 Celestial Calendar Box: A Date with Delta2 Tauri "Gault, David" 2000 1 116 Celestial Calendar "Date with Delta2 Tauri, A" 2000 1 122 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Welcome to the Future "Ryan, Jay" 2000 1 122 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 2000 1 125 Observer's Log "You, Your Weather, and Your Skies" "Gross, Todd" 2000 1 128 Observer's Log How to Predict Seeing "Douglass, Eric J." 2000 1 131 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2000 1 134 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Lamont: A Buried Mystery "Wood, Charles A." 2000 1 136 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook "Seronik, Gary" 2000 1 141 Telescope Techniques "A ""Magic Box"" Solar Telescope" "Virag, Pal" 2000 1 148 Astro Imaging Thoughts on High-Resolution Imaging "Legault, Thierry" 2000 1 156 Gallery Big Dipper Alongside Church Steeple "Wehler, Randall" 2000 1 156 Gallery Baker Lake Aurora "Clark Jr., Wade B." 2000 1 157 Gallery All-Sky Milky Way "Wang, Wei-Hao" 2000 1 157 Gallery Shuttle Reentry Over Rocket Exhibit "Zemba, Brian" 2000 1 158 Gallery Milky Way Starscape "Schad, Jerry" 2000 1 158 Gallery First-Quarter Moon "Collart, Michel" 2000 2 1 Front-Cover Photo Robotic Telescope Showdown 2000 2 8 Spectrum And the Big Loser Was . . . "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 2 10 Focal Point First Light "Lago, Don" 2000 2 12 Letters Mapping Dark Skies "Burton, Bill" 2000 2 12 Letters No Maunder Minimum "Pankenier, David W." 2000 2 14 Letters Solar-Eclipse Hysteria "Szczepanowski, Edward" 2000 2 16 News Notes Extrasolar Planet Seen Transiting Its Star 2000 2 17 News Notes A Martian Solar Eclipse 2000 2 18 News Notes A Naked-Eye Nova in Aquila 2000 2 18 News Notes New Asteroid Satellite 2000 2 20 News Notes Chandra's X-ray Visions 2000 2 21 News Notes Centaurus A 2000 2 22 News Notes "Goodbye Disks, Hello Planetary Systems" 2000 2 23 News Notes Gravity Experiment Weighs In for Einstein 2000 2 24 News Notes Markarian 421 and Its Companion 2000 2 24 News Notes Taking Stock of a Southern Starburst 2000 2 25 News Notes Remains of a Gobbled Galaxy? 2000 2 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 2 28 Feature A Year of Discovery: Astronomy Highlights of 1999 "Trimble, Virginia" 2000 2 38 Feature Gerbert d'Aurillac: Y1K's Science Guy "Ryan, Jay" 2000 2 46 Feature "Thomas Dick's ""Sublime Science""" "Hennessey, R. A. S." 2000 2 50 Images 2MASS Infrared View of the Orion Nebula "O'Dell, C. Robert" 2000 2 54 S&T Test Report Go To Telescope Showdown 2000 2 54 S&T Test Report Go To Telescope Showdown "di Cicco, Dennis" "Seronik, Gary" 2000 2 61 S&T Test Report Interoffice E-Chat: Dennis and Gary Choose 2000 2 62 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 2000 2 65 Computers in Astronomy Xceptional Astronomical Software "Medkeff, Jeff" 2000 2 66 Computers in Astronomy Getting XEphem 2000 2 68 Computers in Astronomy Lining Yourself Up with Linux 2000 2 70 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Starry Night Pro 3.0 "Foust, Jeffrey A." 2000 2 72 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Companies Dot Com "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 2 77 Amateur Astronomers Observing in Lewis and Clark Country "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2000 2 80 Amateur Astronomers Oregon Star Party's Cornerstone 2000 2 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Starlight Night "Levy, David H." 2000 2 87 Rambling Through the Skies From Here to Eternity "Krupp, E. C." 2000 2 90 Guide to the Evening Sky The Pattern-Filling Stars of Winter "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 2 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 2 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Overlooked Open Cluster M41 "Seronik, Gary" 2000 2 93 Small-Scope Sampler Touring Orion's Sword "French, Sue" 2000 2 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in February" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 2 96 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Call for Cold Observations "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 2 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 2 100 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations of Stars in -- 2000 "Dunham, David W." 2000 2 103 Celestial Calendar Observing Tips 2000 2 109 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 2000 2 109 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Gregorian Calendar "Ryan, Jay" 2000 2 111 Observer's Log Double Stars: The Spirit of 33 "Argüelles, Luis" 2000 2 116 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2000 2 118 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Glories of Gassendi "Wood, Charles A." 2000 2 120 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2000 2 122 Observer's Log Under Mercury's Shadow 2000 2 125 Telescope Techniques Woodshop Eyepieces "Hards, Chuck" 2000 2 129 Telescope Techniques Homemade Barlow Lenses "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 2000 2 130 Telescope Techniques Measuring a Barlow Lens "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2000 2 134 Astro Imaging A Place for Astro Imagers "McLaughlin, Bill" 2000 2 140 Gallery Canadian Aurora "Gagne, Charles" 2000 2 140 Gallery Orion Rising "Schad, Jerry" 2000 2 140 Gallery Rocket Exhaust Trail "Cook, Chris" 2000 2 141 Gallery IC 2948 and IC 2944 in Centaurus "Stecker, Michael" 2000 2 142 Gallery Iridium Flare "Young, James W." 2000 2 142 Gallery M 6 and Sharpless 12 in Scorpius "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 2000 2 143 Gallery Simeis 147 "Stecker, Michael" 2000 3 1 Front-Cover Photo Aurora and Comet Hale-Bopp "Klensch, Michael" 2000 3 8 Spectrum Reading Last Summer "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 3 10 Focal Point Extreme Astronomy "Battaglia, Michael" 2000 3 12 Letters What's Wrong with an Achromat? "Midiri, Robert A." 2000 3 12 Letters The Visable Layers of Jupiter "Minton, R. B." 2000 3 14 Letters Naked-Eye Nebula? "Ling, Alister" 2000 3 14 Letters Small-Scope Cruising "Sasser, John" 2000 3 14 Letters Lunar Ray Tracing "Dembowski, Bill" 2000 3 14 Letters The Telescope of Leonardo's Dreams "Gingrich, Mark" 2000 3 16 News Notes Gamma-Ray Bursts Yield Up Secrets 2000 3 17 News Notes Brown Dwarf or Loose Planet? 2000 3 17 News Notes A Distance for Every Gamma-Ray Burst? 2000 3 18 News Notes How Did Globulars Get Here? 2000 3 18 News Notes Local Group Gains a Galaxy 2000 3 20 News Notes M83 by VLT 2000 3 20 News Notes The Planet of Tau Boötis: Not So Dark After All? 2000 3 21 News Notes Galaxy Ages Probed Anew 2000 3 21 News Notes Stormy Neptune Revealed 2000 3 22 News Notes Lunar Surface Change: A False Alarm 2000 3 22 News Notes Supermassive Black Holes: Immigrants or Natives? 2000 3 23 News Notes Distancing Dwingeloo 1 2000 3 24 News Notes Ganymede's Snows 2000 3 24 News Notes Ganymede's Glows 2000 3 25 News Notes Heavy Elements from Neutron Stars 2000 3 27 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 3 34 Feature Anatomy of an Aurora "Burtnyk, Kimberly" 2000 3 42 Feature An Aurora Watcher's Guide "Eather, Robert H." 2000 3 42 Feature An Aurora Watcher's Guide "Eather, Robert H." 2000 3 50 Feature Solar Storms: The Silent Menace "Odenwald, Sten" 2000 3 56 Feature Box: May's Punchless Solar Wind "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2000 3 63 S&T Test Report Three Wide-Field Reflectors "Roth, Joshua" 2000 3 70 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 2000 3 72 Computers in Astronomy Scripting: A Programming Alternative "Benn, David" 2000 3 75 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: NGCView 6.1 "Ratledge, David" 2000 3 76 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Is That Your Final Answer? "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 3 80 Books & Beyond "Astrophotography for the Amateur, Second Edition, by Michael A. Covington" "Schur, Chris" 2000 3 82 Books & Beyond "Mapping and Naming the Moon: A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature, by Ewen A. Whitaker" "Wood, Charles A." 2000 3 86 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Olympiads in the Caucasus "Nielsen, Holger" 2000 3 91 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Telescopes for Telethon "Levy, David H." 2000 3 92 Amateur Astronomers "Leo J. Scanlon, 1903- 1999" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 3 94 Rambling Through the Skies Theft of Light "Krupp, E. C." 2000 3 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Hallmarks of the Gemini Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 3 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 3 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Binocular Messier Marathon "Seronik, Gary" 2000 3 101 Guide to the Evening Sky Winter Clusters Galore 2000 3 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in March" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 3 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: IDA Breakthroughs "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 3 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 3 108 Celestial Calendar Bright Asteroids for Binoculars "Sinnott, Roger W." 2000 3 111 Celestial Calendar Pluto in 2000 2000 3 114 Celestial Calendar SkyWise:Equinox "Ryan, Jay" 2000 3 114 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 2000 3 119 Observer's Log Enjoying and Surviving Your First Messier Marathon "Ting, Ed" 2000 3 124 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook "Seronik, Gary" 2000 3 126 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Jakiel, Richard" 2000 3 128 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Apennine Bench "Wood, Charles A." 2000 3 132 Telescope Techniques More Reader Tele-Tips "Seronik, Gary" 2000 3 135 Astro Imaging Photographing the Analemma "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 3 142 Gallery Double Rainbow "Sawicki, Mikolaj" 2000 3 142 Gallery Serene Summer Sunrise "Bidinger, Robert M." 2000 3 142 Gallery Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules "Aiken, Eric C." "Mobley, Jeff" 2000 3 143 Gallery Digital Full Moon "Terrance, Gregory" 2000 3 143 Gallery North America and Pelican Nebulae in Cygnus "Ware, Jason" 2000 3 144 Gallery Gas Cloud IC 1396 in Cepheus "Wisniewski, Jan" 2000 4 1 Front-Cover Photo Hubble Telescope in Orbit 2000 4 8 Spectrum Not in Kansas Anymore "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 4 10 Focal Point Risky Buisness "Finkbeiner, Ann K." 2000 4 12 Letters Venus Isn't a Supernova "Aveni, Anthony F." 2000 4 12 Letters Comparing 8-Inch Dobsonians "Cox, Allen" 2000 4 12 Letters Comparing 8-Inch Dobsonians "Fullerton, James" 2000 4 12 Letters Comparing 8-Inch Dobsonians "Smith, Steven C." 2000 4 14 Letters Learning Astronomy "Heydon, Alexander J." 2000 4 16 News Notes Eta Carinae Untangled 2000 4 17 News Notes "Supernova and Its Companion, A" 2000 4 17 News Notes Mapping the Local Interstellar Cloud 2000 4 18 News Notes More Super-Sharp Images from Keck 2000 4 18 News Notes Io's Fountain of Fire 2000 4 20 News Notes Zooming in on M87's Jets 2000 4 22 News Notes Hubble Back in Action 2000 4 23 News Notes "Very, Very Early Galaxies" 2000 4 24 News Notes Creating Uranus and Neptune 2000 4 24 News Notes Diamond Hail in Uranus and Neptune 2000 4 25 News Notes "Virgo Cluster's Intergalatic Planetaries, The" 2000 4 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 4 28 Feature Ten Years and Counting: HST in Orbit "Smith, Robert W." 2000 4 36 Feature Healing Hubble "Grunsfeld, John M." 2000 4 44 Feature High Tides and The Canterbury Tales "Olson, Donald W." "Laird, Edgar S." "Lytle, Thomas E." 2000 4 48 Feature Box: Rarity of Tidal Alignments "Olson, Donald W." "Laird, Edgar S." "Lytle, Thomas E." 2000 4 56 S&T Test Report SkySensor 2000-PC: a la Carte Go To "Dyer, Alan" 2000 4 60 S&T Test Report And the Winner Is... "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 4 63 Computers in Astronomy Where Eclipses Come Thrice "Meeus, Jean" 2000 4 66 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: SkyMap Pro 6.0 "Heafner, Joe" 2000 4 68 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Living in the Past: The New Yesteryear "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 4 73 Books & Beyond "Magnificent Universe, by Ken Croswell" "Mechler, Gary" 2000 4 73 Books & Beyond "The Invisible Universe, by David Malin" "Mechler, Gary" 2000 4 76 Books & Beyond "The Planets, David McNab and James Younger" 2000 4 76 Books & Beyond "Majestic Universe: Views from Here to Infinity, by Serge Brunier" 2000 4 76 Books & Beyond "Other Worlds, by James Trefil" 2000 4 76 Books & Beyond "Cosmic Phenomena, by Gabriele Vanin" 2000 4 76 Books & Beyond "Figures du Ciel, by Marc Lachièze-Rey and Jean-Pierre Luminet" 2000 4 80 Amateur Astronomers High Observatory Adventure at Astronomy Camp "McCarthy, Donald W. Jr." 2000 4 82 Amateur Astronomers Spectroscopy at Astronomy Camp "Kulesa, Craig" 2000 4 84 Amateur Astronomers "Ben Mayer, 1925- 99" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 4 84 Amateur Astronomers Amateurs Find Superfaint Comet "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2000 4 86 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Meteor Nights "Levy, David H." 2000 4 88 Amateur Astronomers New England Light-Pollution Crusaders Meet 2000 4 93 Rambling Through the Skies Lost Worlds "Krupp, E. C." 2000 4 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Treasures of an April Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 4 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 4 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Power of Power "Seronik, Gary" 2000 4 101 Small-Scope Sampler Bear Up! "French, Sue" 2000 4 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in April" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 4 104 Guide to the Evening Sky More Light-Pollution Breakthroughs "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 4 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 4 108 Celestial Calendar Observing the Zodiacal Light "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2000 4 110 Celestial Calendar Montezuma and the Zodiacal Light 2000 4 113 Celestial Calendar "Uranus, Neptune in 2000" 2000 4 113 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 2000 4 114 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Lunar Skies "Ryan, Jay" 2000 4 116 Observer's Log Full-Moon Fade-Out "Seronik, Gary" 2000 4 120 Observer's Log Daylight Sightings "Seronik, Gary" 2000 4 122 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Whitman, Alan" 2000 4 125 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: What's New on the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2000 4 128 Telescope Techniques Motorizing a Dobsonian "Bartels, Mel" 2000 4 130 Telescope Techniques Using a Motorized Dob "Shaw, Chuck" 2000 4 132 Telescope Techniques Box: A Low-Tech Motor System "Wolanski, Gary" 2000 4 134 S&T Test Report Takahashi's FSQ-106 Fluorite Refractor "Gendler, Robert" 2000 4 136 Astro Imaging Notes on Focal Length "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 4 140 Gallery Saturn "Hanon, David" "Hanon, David" 2000 4 140 Gallery "Nebulae NGC 896, IC 1805 and IC 1848 in Cassiopeia" "Ware, Jason" 2000 4 140 Gallery Spiral Galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 in Canis Major "Wolfe, Ted" 2000 4 141 Gallery Nebula IC 2177 in Monoceros "Greaney, George" 2000 4 142 Gallery Pinwheel Galaxy (M33) in Triangulum "Greaney, George" 2000 4 142 Gallery Star Cluster IC 348 in Perseus "Cordiale, John E." 2000 5 1 Front-Cover Photo Planetary Alignment "Garlick, Mark A." 2000 5 8 Spectrum Coming: More Hype! Yikes!! "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 5 10 Focal Point "The ""Grand Illusion"" of April-May 2000" "Hockey, Thomas" 2000 5 12 Letters An Observing Project at the Cuttin Edge "Ragazzoni, Roberto" "Marchetti, Enrico" "Valente, Gianpaolo" 2000 5 12 Letters "Yes, There Was a Maunder Minimum" "Gonzalez, Guillermo" 2000 5 12 Letters Still Inspiring "Pierson, Jerry" 2000 5 14 Letters More TC Lens Tricks "Seaman, Al" 2000 5 14 Letters Help for Club Leaders "Klosinski, Mark" 2000 5 14 Letters More TC Lens Tricks "Samworth, Roger" 2000 5 16 News Notes NEAR Embraces Eros 2000 5 17 News Notes Martian Meteorite Discovered in California 2000 5 17 News Notes Nail in the Coffin for Bombarding Minicomets 2000 5 18 News Notes Hubble on Stamps 2000 5 18 News Notes SOHO's Sungrazing Comets: 100 and Counting 2000 5 20 News Notes Surveying Galactic Hydrogen Clouds 2000 5 20 News Notes Mapping Galaxies' Dark Halos 2000 5 21 News Notes White Dwarfs Hiding in the Halo? 2000 5 22 News Notes A Black Hole for Nearly Every Galaxy 2000 5 22 News Notes Meteorite Perfume 2000 5 23 News Notes Holes Dark and Lonely 2000 5 23 News Notes No Panspermia Between Stars 2000 5 24 News Notes Amateurs and the AAS 2000 5 24 News Notes Massive Lightning Storms May Drive Jupiter's Weather 2000 5 25 News Notes Massive Lightning Storms May Drive Jupiter's Chemistry 2000 5 26 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 5 28 Feature Conjunctions That Changed the World "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2000 5 34 Feature Box: The Stars Do Change the World "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2000 5 36 Feature Beyond the Hubble Sequence "Bothun, Gregory D." 2000 5 46 Feature Selling Astrophysics in a Crystal Palace "Maran, Stephen P." 2000 5 54 Images Spotlight on a Majestic Spiral (M81) "Elmegreen, Debra Meloy" "Elmegreen, Bruce" 2000 5 57 S&T Test Report Backyard Spectroscopy "Gavin, Maurice V." 2000 5 64 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 2000 5 66 Computers in Astronomy The ASCOM Revolution "Medkeff, Jeff" 2000 5 69 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Cartes du Ciel 2.41 "Medkeff, Jeff" 2000 5 72 Computers in Astronomy "Astronomy Online: Where are you, Really?" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 5 76 Books & Beyond "Cometography: A Catelog of Comets, Vol. 1, by Gary W. Kronk" "Bortle, John E." 2000 5 78 Books & Beyond "Astronomy for Dummies, Stephan P. Maran" "Salamony, Sandra N." 2000 5 82 Amateur Astronomers The World and the Universe Meet at Castel Gandolfo "Joson, Imelda B." "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2000 5 82 Amateur Astronomers "World and the Universe Meet at Castel Gandolfo, The" 2000 5 85 Amateur Astronomers History of the Vatican Observatory 2000 5 85 Amateur Astronomers Box: History of Vatican Observatory "Corbally, Christopher J." 2000 5 88 Amateur Astronomers New Zealand's StarDate 2000 "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2000 5 89 Amateur Astronomers Return of the Winter Star Party "Sinnott, Roger W." 2000 5 90 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails:The Radical Amateur "Levy, David H." 2000 5 92 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day Award 2000 5 95 Rambling Through the Skies Clean Sweep "Krupp, E. C." 2000 5 98 Guide to the Evening Sky "Cross Hairs on Corvus, the Crow" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 5 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 5 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Galaxy Season "Seronik, Gary" 2000 5 101 Small-Scope Sampler Chasing Treasures Under the Dipper "French, Sue" 2000 5 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in May" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 5 104 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Keeping a Weather Log "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 5 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 5 109 Celestial Calendar "Tidal Forces on May 5, 2000" "Olson, Donald W." "Lytle, Thomas E." 2000 5 112 Celestial Calendar Double Stars off Mizar "Haas, Sissy" 2000 5 115 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 2000 5 116 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Scope Basics "Ryan, Jay" 2000 5 120 Observer's Log Exploring the Hubble Sequence by Eye "Skiff, Brian A." 2000 5 128 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Gottlieb, Steve" 2000 5 130 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Lalande A — A Simple Crater "Wood, Charles A." 2000 5 132 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook "Seronik, Gary" 2000 5 135 Telescope Techniques Optimal Polish for Optimal Optics "Sasian, Jose M." 2000 5 138 Telescope Techniques Common Polishing Mistakes "Bartels, Mel" 2000 5 142 Gallery Total Lunar Eclipse Triptych "Barnes, Stephen" 2000 5 142 Gallery Lunar Eclipse Sequence (45 Exposures) "Espenak, Fred" 2000 5 143 Gallery Waning Crescent Moonrise with Earthshine I "Arnold, Luc" 2000 5 144 Gallery Waning Crescent Moonrise with Earthshine II & III "Arnold, Luc" 2000 5 144 Gallery Morning Conjunction of Moon and Venus "Schad, Jerry" 2000 6 1 Front-Cover Photo Leonid Meteors "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 2000 6 8 Spectrum Best of the Best "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 6 10 Focal Point 0 to 60: An Excessive-Compulsive Gets Into Astronomy "O'Leary, Robert" 2000 6 12 Letters Messier Marathon Tips "Ferris, William D." 2000 6 12 Letters China's No Blank on the Amateur Map "Renjiang, Xie" 2000 6 12 Letters The Real Caldwell "Lee, Steven" "Ratledge, David" 2000 6 14 Letters Auroral Deja Vu "Hall, John H." 2000 6 14 Letters Pulsar Planets Were First "Blake, Mel" 2000 6 14 Letters Our Special Place "Seargent, David A. J." 2000 6 16 Letters Asteriods at Their Brightest "Vila-Echague, Eduardo" 2000 6 16 Letters Brighter Geostationary Satellites "Lazuka, Thomas" 2000 6 18 News Notes Trouble in Hubble's Key Project? 2000 6 19 News Notes Hubble Discovers Twin Quasar's Host Galaxy 2000 6 20 News Notes A Close-Up of the Dynamic Bubble Nebula 2000 6 20 News Notes Green Light for Africa's Giant Eye 2000 6 21 News Notes Two Extrasolar Saturns 2000 6 22 News Notes Yukon Meteorite Bonanza 2000 6 22 News Notes A Baby Cluster in Our Backyard 2000 6 22 News Notes Mild Comet Shower Forecast 2000 6 24 News Notes More Martian Floods 2000 6 24 News Notes Cassini Glimpses 2685 Masursky 2000 6 26 News Notes The Far Ultraviolet Unveiled 2000 6 26 News Notes Opening Up to Terahertz Astronomy 2000 6 28 Mission Update Mission Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 6 30 Feature "Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Will the Leonid Storms Continue?" "Rao, Joe" 2000 6 36 Feature "Box: The Surprising ""Lunar Leonids""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2000 6 38 Feature The Leonids' Rising Stars "Fischer, Daniel" 2000 6 42 Feature Storm Chasers "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2000 6 46 Feature Catching a Falling Star "Drummond, Jack D." "Gardner, Chester S." "Kelley, Michael C." 2000 6 56 S&T Test Report Big Binoculars on a Budget "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 6 61 S&T Test Report No Ordinary Binocular Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 6 62 New Product Showcase New Product Showcase 2000 6 64 Computers in Astronomy Some Odds and Ends "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 6 66 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Deepsky 2000 "Ratledge, David" 2000 6 67 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Temples to the Stars "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 6 70 Books & Beyond "Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, by Alex Filippenko" "Roth, Joshua" 2000 6 72 Books & Beyond "Quintessence, by Lawrence M. Krauss" "Wright, Edward L." 2000 6 76 Amateur Astronomers The Pro-Am Revolution "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2000 6 77 Books & Beyond "The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi, by Michael R. Molnar" "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2000 6 80 Amateur Astronomers Students Find 73 Novae in M31 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2000 6 81 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Of Pro-Am Partnerships and Astronomy Education "Levy, David H." 2000 6 86 Rambling Through the Skies Slithering Toward Solstice "Krupp, E. C." 2000 6 90 Guide to the Evening Sky "Herdsman, Crown, and Serpent" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 6 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 6 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Catching Mercury "Seronik, Gary" 2000 6 93 Small-Scope Sampler "Dazzling Doubles, Glittering Globulars" "French, Sue" 2000 6 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in June" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 6 96 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Problems with Airglow "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 6 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 6 100 Celestial Calendar Surprising Comeback of the June Bootid Meteor Shower "Sinnott, Roger W." 2000 6 107 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Tropics "Ryan, Jay" 2000 6 107 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes 2000 6 109 Observer's Log Mesmerized by Mercury "Sheehan, William" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2000 6 115 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2000 6 118 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: In and Around a Border Sea "Wood, Charles A." 2000 6 120 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook "Seronik, Gary" 2000 6 125 Telescope Techniques Doghouse Detail "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 6 134 Gallery Solar Prominence "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 2000 6 134 Gallery Mercury and Airliner Transiting the Sun "Albrecht, Rick" 2000 6 134 Gallery Star Trails over Bok Telescope Dome "Esquerdo, Gilbert" 2000 6 135 Gallery Single Geminid Meteor with Star-trails "Udea, Takeharu" 2000 6 135 Gallery Big Dipper over Cornfield "Carlson, Todd" 2000 6 135 Gallery Rosette Nebula in Monoceros "Miyakawa, Tyouei" 2000 6 135 Gallery Sagittarius Starcloud M24 2000 6 135 Gallery Aurora and Big Dipper "Read, Steve" 2000 6 136 Gallery Orion's Belt with Flame and Horsehead Nebulae "Kitazato, Fumihiro" 2000 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Compton Gamma Ray Observatory in Orbit 2000 7 8 Spectrum Babylon Revisited "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 7 10 Focal Point The Forest and the Trees "Burgess, Craig" 2000 7 12 Letters The Kansas Universe - III "West, Herb" 2000 7 12 Letters The Kansas Universe - I "Price, Jim" 2000 7 12 Letters The Kansas Universe - II "Linderholm, Robert" 2000 7 14 Letters The Kansas Universe - IV "Edwards, Stefan" 2000 7 14 Letters The Kansas Universe - V "Roe, John" 2000 7 14 Letters A Leonardo-Era Lens "Renning, John" 2000 7 14 Letters The Kansas Universe - VI "Berkey, Cale" 2000 7 16 Letters Eta Carinae: Single After All? "Humphreys, Roberta M." "Smith, Nathan" "Davidson, Kris" "de Koter, Alex" "Morris, Pat" 2000 7 16 Letters A Bad Example "Vance, Norbert" 2000 7 16 Letters If You Want Something Done Right... "Neuzil, Ed" 2000 7 18 News Notes Free-Floating Planets in the Orion Nebula 2000 7 19 News Notes Asteroid Kleopatra: Wild and Wonderful 2000 7 19 News Notes TMR-1C: Not a Planet After All 2000 7 20 News Notes M82 by Subaru 2000 7 21 News Notes Watching the Birth of Globular Clusters 2000 7 22 News Notes "Explaining Comet Hyakutake's ""Impossible"" Tail" 2000 7 22 News Notes Lost Moons of Uranus Recovered 2000 7 23 News Notes Iridium Satellites May Come Down Soon 2000 7 24 News Notes Firming Up the Case for a Flat Cosmos 2000 7 26 News Notes A Monumental Sun Pointer 2000 7 26 News Notes Verdict on M73 2000 7 26 News Notes A Recent Rush of Impacts? 2000 7 28 News Notes Darker Skies for the D.C. Area 2000 7 28 News Notes A Hot Superbubble Bursts from a Galaxy's Core 2000 7 30 Mission Update Mars Polar Lander "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 7 30 Mission Update Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 7 30 Mission Update Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 7 32 Feature What Is the Real Shape of the Ring Nebula? "Kwok, Sun" 2000 7 40 Feature Astronomy and the Fall of Babylon "Gurzadyan, Vahe G." 2000 7 42 Feature Box: Babylonian Chronologies "Armstrong, James A." 2000 7 48 Feature Compton's Legacy "Leonard, Peter J. T." "Wanjek, Christopher" 2000 7 56 Images "Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334" "Kraemer, Kathleen E." 2000 7 59 S&T Test Report Image-Stabilized Binoculars Aplenty "Seronik, Gary" 2000 7 63 S&T Test Report Box: Power vs. Pupil Size: Which Is Better? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2000 7 64 S&T Test Report Box: Stabilization on a Budget "Seronik, Gary" 2000 7 66 New Product Showcase Gary's Astro Fabricating's Fine-Focus Adapter 2000 7 66 New Product Showcase Stellarvue 80-millimeter f/6 Refractor 2000 7 66 New Product Showcase Astro Works Centurion 18 Telescope System 2000 7 69 Books & Beyond "Deep-Sky Wonders, by Walter Scott Houston and Stephen James O'Meara" "Mullaney, James" 2000 7 71 Books & Beyond "Astronomer's Computer Companion, by Jeff Foust and Ron Lafon" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 7 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Astronomer's Journal, by Ken Sullivan" 2000 7 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space, by Robert Zimmerman" 2000 7 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Five Ages of the Universe, by Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin" 2000 7 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: One Universe, by Neil de Grasse Tyson, Charles Liu, and Robert Irion" 2000 7 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: New Perspectives in Astrophysical Cosmology, by Martin Rees" 2000 7 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Allen's Astrophysical Quantities, by Arthur N. Cox, ed." 2000 7 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Mystery of Mars, by Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy" 2000 7 76 Amateur Astronomers "The Chiefland ""Experiment""" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2000 7 79 Amateur Astronomers ASP Award 2000 7 80 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Man Behind Meade "Levy, David H." 2000 7 86 Rambling Through the Skies Whiter Shade of Pale "Krupp, E. C." 2000 7 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Scorpius Stalks the South "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 7 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 7 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Resolving Nu Draconis "Seronik, Gary" 2000 7 93 Small-Scope Sampler Deep-Sky Wonders in Hercules "French, Sue" 2000 7 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in July" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 7 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Measuring Sky Brightness "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 7 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 7 100 Celestial Calendar Comet LINEAR's Summer Show "Bortle, John E." 2000 7 103 Celestial Calendar July's Three Pacific Eclipses "MacRobert, Alan M." 2000 7 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Occultations by the Moon 2000 7 108 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Porter Turret "Ryan, Jay" 2000 7 112 Observer's Log Double-Star Measurement Made Easy "Teague, Thomas" 2000 7 117 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: The Other Cygnus - Faint Galaxies of the Swan "McNeil, Jay" 2000 7 120 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Rings and Things "Wood, Charles A." 2000 7 122 Observer's Log Eyeballing the Hubble Sequence 2000 7 122 Observer's Log Coney Island Conjunction 2000 7 122 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A Busy Marathon Season "Seronik, Gary" 2000 7 125 Astro Imaging Getting the Most from a CCD Spectrograph "Kannappan, Sheila" "Fabricant, Daniel" 2000 7 127 Astro Imaging Box: The Life of a Star 2000 7 134 Gallery "Aurora over Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, NY" "Yasinsac, Robert" 2000 7 134 Gallery Aurora over Big Dipper "Martin, Nick" 2000 7 134 Gallery Aurora in Taurus "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2000 7 134 Gallery Aurora over Scotland "Law, Ian" 2000 7 134 Gallery "April 4, 2000, Aurora" "Koskimo, Martti" 2000 7 135 Gallery Aurora over Coney Island "Scarpitta, Rich" 2000 7 136 Gallery Rainbow Aurora in Germany "Rothermel, Jens" 2000 7 136 Gallery Aurora and Twilight over Australia "Clark, Maurice Leonard" 2000 8 1 Front-Cover Photo Observatorio de Sierra Nevada "Chen, PK" 2000 8 8 Spectrum Running...Running... "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 8 12 Focal Point "Astronomy, Eclipses, and Parenthood" "Miladinovic, Dragan" 2000 8 14 Letters Sidewalk Astronomer in a Strange Land "Heyn, Herman M." 2000 8 14 Letters Pluto in a 4 1/2-inch Scope "Ewart, Scott" 2000 8 14 Letters Jumping In at the Deep End "Zahr, Rodrigue" 2000 8 16 Letters For the Record 2000 8 16 Letters 50 & 20 Years Ago 2000 8 16 Letters Turning the Tide in New Mexico "Hale, Alan" "Berman, Marshall" 2000 8 18 News Notes Breathing Soul into ALMA 2000 8 19 News Notes Superimposed Galaxies 2000 8 20 News Notes Tennis-Ball Particles from M87? 2000 8 20 News Notes SOHO Catches the May Planet Conjunction 2000 8 21 News Notes Catching the Swiftest of the Swift 2000 8 22 News Notes Spacewatch Snares Long-Lost Asteroid 719 Albert 2000 8 22 News Notes 4.5 Million Asteroid Observations 2000 8 23 News Notes Conference on Astronomy and Culture 2000 8 24 News Notes Io's Telltale Colors 2000 8 24 News Notes "A ""Missed"" Comet" 2000 8 26 News Notes An Enigmatic Nebula Solved 2000 8 26 News Notes No Vulcanoids Inside Mercury's Orbit - Yet! 2000 8 28 News Notes Astronomers Threatened by Star-Naming Company 2000 8 30 Mission Update The Outer Solar System "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 8 30 Mission Update The Inner Solar System "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 8 30 Mission Update Near-Earth Space "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 8 34 Feature Visions of Today's Giant Eyes "Chen, PK" 2000 8 42 Feature A Galaxy of Telescopes "Sinnott, Roger W." "Tytell, David" 2000 8 52 Feature Giant Eyes of the Future "Schilling, Govert" 2000 8 58 Images The Hidden Treasure of M17 "Lada, Charles J." 2000 8 61 S&T Test Report "Nomad 300, Rechargeable Power Source" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 8 61 S&T Test Report Takahashi Camera Mount System "Horne, Johnny" 2000 8 66 New Product Showcase "S.T.A.R. 2000, Self-guiding System for Starlight Xpress Cameras" 2000 8 66 New Product Showcase Takahashi Astronomer 22x60 Apochromatic Binoculars 2000 8 66 New Product Showcase Tokai Light Pollution Suppression Filters 2000 8 68 Computers in Astronomy Automatic Asteroid Hunting "Medkeff, Jeff" 2000 8 70 Computers in Astronomy Box: Making Your Own Robot "Medkeff, Jeff" 2000 8 72 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Coeli Gold "Foust, Jeff" 2000 8 74 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Investigating Webring Communities "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 8 75 Software Showcase JCC-CCD 2000 8 75 Software Showcase AlphaCentaure 1.1 2000 8 75 Software Showcase SunGraph 2000 8 77 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Central American Heaven "Levy, David H." 2000 8 83 Rambling Through the Skies Managing Expectations "Krupp, E. C." 2000 8 88 Guide to the Evening Sky Into the Heart of the Milky Way "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 8 89 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 8 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Milky Way Surprise "Seronik, Gary" 2000 8 91 Small-Scope Sampler Floating on Cloud 24 "French, Sue" 2000 8 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in August" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 8 94 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: New Light-Pollution Maps "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 8 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 8 98 Celestial Calendar Ultrathin Moon Clips Venus "Sinnott, Roger W." 2000 8 103 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: August Meteors 2000 8 103 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Occultations by the Moon 2000 8 103 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Ryan's Rules "Ryan, Jay" 2000 8 105 Observer's Log My Favorite Deep-Sky Wonders "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2000 8 112 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: A Tour of Obscure Summer Globular Clusters "Gottlieb, Steve" 2000 8 114 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Between Freezing and Serenity "Wood, Charles A." 2000 8 116 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A Challenging Globular-Cluster Marathon "Seronik, Gary" 2000 8 120 Telescope Techniques Sizing Up the Newtonian Secondary "Seronik, Gary" 2000 8 123 Telescope Techniques Diagonal Calculations with Sec "Adler, Alan" 2000 8 129 Astro Imaging "The ""State"" of Astrophotography" "Cook, Chris" 2000 8 138 Gallery April 7th Aurora over Circumpolar Star Trails "Wada, Kazuto" 2000 8 138 Gallery Moonscapes of Alpine Valley and Apennine Mountains "Mengoli, Giorgio" 2000 8 139 Gallery Hydrogen-Alpha Sunspot "Garcia, Gordon" 2000 8 139 Gallery Nebula NGC 2359 in Canis Major "Blankenship, Ken" 2000 8 139 Gallery Nebula IC 2948 "Mandel, Steve" 2000 8 140 Gallery Milky Way over the Texas Star Party "Gillard, Robert B." 2000 8 140 Gallery Atmospheric Corona "Bernstein, Marc" 2000 8 140 Gallery Sundogs over Lithuania "Selevic, Henryk" 2000 8 141 Gallery Italian Sunset Sequence "Melandri, Fabrizio" 2000 8 141 Gallery German Aurora "Jager, Thomas" 2000 9 1 Front-Cover Photo Mimi Wagner and Her 10-inch Dobsonian "Robinson, Marsha" 2000 9 8 Spectrum Why Don't You Name Stars? "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 9 12 Focal Point Imagination Astronomy "Bray, Richard" 2000 9 14 Letters Compton Didn't Have to Die "Dieters, Stefan" 2000 9 14 Letters Calculating Solar Tides "Rawlins, Dennis" 2000 9 16 Letters For the Record 2000 9 16 Letters Capturing the Heart of M81 "Wolfe, Ted" 2000 9 16 Letters "Rare Earth, Not Unique" "Brownlee, Don" "Ward, Peter D." 2000 9 16 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2000 9 18 News Notes More Pieces of Rare Meteorite Recovered 2000 9 19 News Notes A Meteorite Worth Its Salt 2000 9 20 News Notes Do All Pulsars Fly Pole First? 2000 9 20 News Notes Comet LINEAR Brightens On Schedule 2000 9 21 News Notes More Martian and Lunar Meteorites 2000 9 22 News Notes Nailing the LMC 2000 9 24 News Notes U.S. Astronomers Choose Top Projects for Coming Decade 2000 9 26 News Notes Next Generation Space Telescope on the Fast Track 2000 9 28 News Notes The Biggest 3-D Map of the Universe 2000 9 28 News Notes Interstellar Sugar 2000 9 30 Mission Update Ulysses "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 9 30 Mission Update Compton Gamma Ray Observatory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 9 30 Mission Update Alexis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 9 32 Feature African Adventure: The New Millennium's First Totality "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2000 9 36 Feature Box: NASA's 2001 Solar-Eclipse Bulletin 2000 9 38 Feature Stars in the Cellar: Classes Lost and Found "Kaler, James B." 2000 9 42 Feature Box: It's All in the Temperature 2000 9 46 Feature The Ultimate Mountaintop: Astronomy Aboard Balloons "Wanjek, Christopher" 2000 9 56 Feature Martian Mudflows "Tytell, David" 2000 9 59 S&T Test Report Hydrogen-Alpha Filter Systems "Bealo, Peter" 2000 9 63 S&T Test Report Baader AstroSolar Safety Film "MacRobert, Alan M." 2000 9 66 New Product Showcase The Astronomer's Journal: An Observer's Daily Log & Sketch Book 2000 9 66 New Product Showcase Takahashi FS-60C Refractor 2000 9 66 New Product Showcase Magnificent Constellations: Astronomy Slide Set #3 2000 9 68 Computers in Astronomy For a More Precise Position "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 9 70 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: MoonCalc 5.2 "Heafner, Joe" 2000 9 72 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: So You Want to Be a Star? "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 9 74 Software Showcase Satellite Tracker 1.1.5 2000 9 74 Software Showcase The Secret of the Universe 2000 9 74 Software Showcase Arty the Part-Time Astronaut 2000 9 76 Books & Beyond "The Runaway Universe: The Race to Rind the Future of the Cosmos, by Donald Goldsmith" "Primack, Joel R." 2000 9 77 Books & Beyond "Cosmic Catastrophes: Supernovae, Gamma-ray Burts, and Adventure in Hyperspace, by J. Craig Wheeler" "Habig, Alec" 2000 9 79 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Moon and the Western Imagination, by Scott L. Montgomery" 2000 9 79 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Measuring the Universe, by Stephen Webb" 2000 9 79 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: On Tycho's Island, by John Robert Christianson" 2000 9 82 Amateur Astronomers Where Are the Young Astronomers? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2000 9 85 Amateur Astronomers "Mimi, the Messier Monster" "Wagner, Mark" 2000 9 87 Amateur Astronomers Young Astronomer Award Winners "Tytell, David" 2000 9 88 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Real Unified Theory "Levy, David H." 2000 9 93 Rambling Through the Skies Astronomical Instrument "Krupp, E. C." 2000 9 98 Guide to the Evening Sky The Best Skywatching Season "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 9 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 9 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Road to the Cocoon "Seronik, Gary" 2000 9 101 Small-Scope Sampler Lyre Lessons "French, Sue" 2000 9 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in Septemeber" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 9 104 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Paranthelion "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 9 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 9 108 Celestial Calendar Moons of the Outer Planets "Sinnott, Roger W." 2000 9 110 Celestial Calendar Box: Where to Look 2000 9 113 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: September Meteors 2000 9 113 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Lunar Occultations 2000 9 114 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Polar Skies "Ryan, Jay" 2000 9 117 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Exploring Stephan's Quintet "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2000 9 120 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Ancient Thebit and Huygens's Sword "Wood, Charles A." 2000 9 122 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: White-Light Adventures on the Sun "Seronik, Gary" 2000 9 125 Telescope Techniques Understanding Thermal Behavior in Newtonian Reflectors "Greer, Bryan" 2000 9 136 Gallery Antares and Rho Ophiuchi "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 2000 9 136 Gallery Orion and Taurus Star Trails over Death Valley "Schad, Jerry" 2000 9 137 Gallery "Snake or S Nebula, Barnard 72" "Ware, Jason" 2000 9 137 Gallery Veil of Nebula IC 443 "Gendler, Robert" 2000 9 138 Gallery Pinwheel Galaxy M101 "Gendler, Robert" 2000 10 1 Front-Cover Photo Merging Neutron Stars "Dixon, Don" 2000 10 8 Spectrum Gravity Matters "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 10 14 Focal Point Star Partying "Hettenhausen, Amy" 2000 10 16 Letters Image of an Ancient Sky "Root, Nile" 2000 10 16 Letters Ersatz Star Names and Lawsuit Threats - I "Martino, Robert" 2000 10 18 Letters Ersatz Star Names and Lawsuit Threats - II "Deming, D.A." 2000 10 18 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2000 10 18 Letters Ersatz Star Names and Lawsuit Threats - IV "Fisher, Jim" 2000 10 18 Letters Ersatz Star Names and Lawsuit Threats - III "Rao, Joe" 2000 10 18 Letters Thaw Refractor Soldiers On "Gatewood, George D." 2000 10 18 Letters Spectroscopy from Harvard Square "Grindlay, Jonathan E." 2000 10 20 Letters Swept Up "Amoroso, John" 2000 10 20 Letters Astronomers Invade Classrooms "Fraknoi, Andrew" 2000 10 22 News Notes Star Collisions in a Globular's Heart 2000 10 23 News Notes Planets Come Up Missing in a Globular Cluster 2000 10 24 News Notes Rings Around the Cat's Eye 2000 10 24 News Notes Finding Missing Baryons 2000 10 25 News Notes The Milky Way and M31: Batle of the Heavyweights 2000 10 26 News Notes Giant New Infrared Survey On the Web 2000 10 27 News Notes "The New, Improved MMT" 2000 10 28 News Notes Black Holes and Galaxy Bulges: Tightly Wedded Mates 2000 10 29 News Notes Brown-Dwarf Flare 2000 10 30 News Notes Naked-Eye Eruption of Delta Scorpii 2000 10 30 News Notes Are Pulsar Ages Wrong? 2000 10 32 News Notes Methane Rain on Titan? 2000 10 32 News Notes "Tribe, Museum Settle Meteorite Dispute" 2000 10 34 News Notes Recent Volcanism on Mars 2000 10 34 News Notes Dating a Star Like a Rock 2000 10 36 Mission Update Cluster II "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 10 36 Mission Update Deep Space 1 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 10 36 Mission Update Zvezda "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 10 40 Feature LIGO: An Antenna Tuned to the Songs of Gravity "Sanders, Gary H." "Beckett, David" 2000 10 46 Feature Box: An Early Look at LISA "Riordon, James" 2000 10 50 Feature Teaching Einstein to Dance: The Dynamic World of General Relativity "Frank, Adam" 2000 10 58 Feature Gravitational Waves: A Prehistory "Kennefick, Daniel" 2000 10 68 Images Lagoon Nebula M8 "Stapelfeldt, Karl" 2000 10 71 S&T Test Report Celestron CR-150 HD & Orion Skywatcher 120mm EQ Refractors "Dyer, Alan" 2000 10 75 S&T Test Report Box: Lessons Learned "Dyer, Alan" 2000 10 78 New Product Showcase Starlight Xpress Ltd.'s MX916 CCD Camera 2000 10 78 New Product Showcase Boyd Observatories' Model 6000 2000 10 78 New Product Showcase Helical Crayford Focuser 2000 10 80 Software Showcase Amateur Telescope Maker Optical Design and Analysis Software 2000 10 80 Software Showcase RegiStar 2000 10 80 Software Showcase Star Explorer 1.0 2000 10 82 Books & Beyond "The Book of the Cosmos, by Dennis Danielson, ed." "Berendzen, Richard" 2000 10 84 Books & Beyond "A Different Approarch to Cosmology: From a Static Universe to the Big Bang towards Reality, by Hoyle, Burbridge, and Narlikar" "Kragh, Helge" 2000 10 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: 3-D Atlas of Stars and Galaxies, by Richard Monkhouse and John Cox" 2000 10 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Orrery: Computer Models of Astronomical Systems, by Caxton C. Foster" 2000 10 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Dark Matter, Missing Planets & New Comets: Paradoxes Resolved, Origins Illuminated, by Tom Van Flandern" 2000 10 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Protostars and Planets IV, by Vincent Mannings, Alan P. Boss, and Sara S. Russell, eds." 2000 10 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Between the Lines: The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca, Peru, by Anthony F. Aveni" 2000 10 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Globes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres. . . , by Elly Decker, ed." 2000 10 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Elementary Astronomy: A Simple Reference Guide to Our Solar System, by James N. Pierce" 2000 10 89 Amateur Astronomers Hunting for SOHO Comets Using the Internet "Kilburn, Kevin J." 2000 10 91 Amateur Astronomers Box: Have You Found Something? "Biesecker, Douglas A." 2000 10 92 Amateur Astronomers Comet Award Winners 2000 10 93 Amateur Astronomers Stargazing in Mason-Dixon Country "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2000 10 94 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Man with CCD Eyes "Levy, David H." 2000 10 101 Rambling Through the Skies Flood Control "Krupp, E. C." 2000 10 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Pegasus: Between Bright and Dark "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 10 107 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 10 108 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Farewell to Summer "Seronik, Gary" 2000 10 109 Small-Scope Sampler Messier Hunting with the Horse and the Water Boy "French, Sue" 2000 10 111 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in October" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 10 112 Guide to the Evening Sky "Light-Pollution Notes: Lighting and Crime, Part 1" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 10 114 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 10 116 Celestial Calendar Seeking the Elusive Gegenschein "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2000 10 121 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: October Meteors 2000 10 121 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultations 2000 10 122 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Horizon Dip "Ryan, Jay" 2000 10 124 Observer's Log A Jupiter Observing Guide "McAnally, John W." 2000 10 128 Observer's Log Box: Jupiter in 2000-01 2000 10 131 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: The Globulars of the Water Constellations "Whitman, Alan" 2000 10 134 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Deslandres and a Hell of a Crater "Wood, Charles A." 2000 10 136 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Comet LINEAR Comes and Goes "Seronik, Gary" 2000 10 138 Telescope Techniques A Weightless Woodshop Refractor "Hards, Chuck" 2000 10 142 Gallery C-5A and Refueling Tanker Cross the Moon "Field, Jeff" 2000 10 142 Gallery Eta Carinae Nebula "Ward, Peter" 2000 10 143 Gallery Sombrero Galaxy M104 "Ware, Jason" 2000 10 143 Gallery July's Lunar Eclipse "Munford, Noel" 2000 10 143 Gallery Blue Flash "Marks, Rodney" 2000 10 143 Gallery Globular Star Cluster M5 "Lula, Brian" 2000 10 144 Gallery Moonrise over Spain "Teus, Jon" 2000 10 144 Gallery Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 "Walker, Sean" 2000 10 144 Gallery Lunar Crater Clavius "Kovacsy, Arpad" 2000 10 145 Gallery Dumbbell Nebula M27 "Newton, Jack" 2000 11 1 Front-Cover Photo NGC 3603 Nebula and Star Complex 2000 11 8 Spectrum SALT: Spice of the Karroo "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 11 14 Focal Point Fly Me to the Moon "Mellberg, William F." 2000 11 16 Letters Dating of Babylon's Fall Disputed - II "Huber, Peter J." "Gurzadyan, Vahe G." 2000 11 16 Letters Dating of Babylon's Fall Disputed - I "Britton, John P." "Gurzadyan, Vahe G." 2000 11 18 Letters Io's True Colors "Zukauskas, Walter" 2000 11 18 Letters Northern California Dark Sites "Parsons, Jim" 2000 11 18 Letters Trick or Peep II "Colton, Dan" 2000 11 18 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2000 11 18 Letters Robotic Observing "Roberts, Paul Dale" 2000 11 20 Letters Don't Open a Coronado "Lunt, David" 2000 11 20 Letters A Lady Restored "Medlock, Denni" 2000 11 20 Letters For the Record 2000 11 24 News Notes Extrasolar Planets Aplenty 2000 11 25 News Notes A Way to Sniff Exoplanet Atmospheres 2000 11 26 News Notes Cosmologists Honored 2000 11 26 News Notes The Era of Precision Cosmology 2000 11 28 News Notes HST's Hubble Constant Announced - Again 2000 11 29 News Notes SETI Projects to Expand 2000 11 30 News Notes Jodrell Bank to Carry On 2000 11 30 News Notes New Green Bank Telescope Dedicated 2000 11 31 News Notes Square Kilometer Array Under Way 2000 11 32 News Notes Asteroid Name News 2000 11 32 News Notes Millimeter Wavelengths Saved for Astronomers 2000 11 32 News Notes New Names for Uranian Moonlets 2000 11 34 News Notes Europan Undulations 2000 11 34 News Notes Pluto Debate Resurfaces 2000 11 36 News Notes "Rest in Pieces, Comet LINEAR" 2000 11 38 Mission Update Mars Surveyor 2003 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 11 38 Mission Update Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 11 38 Mission Update High-Energy Transient Explorer 2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 11 40 Feature The Most Mysterious Astronomical Manuscript "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2000 11 44 Feature Recycling in the Universe "Goodman, Alyssa A." 2000 11 56 Images "The California Nebula, NGC 1499" "Schilling, Govert" 2000 11 59 S&T Test Report Celestron's NexStar 8 Go To Scope "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 11 62 S&T Test Report NexStar Support Group "di Cicco, Dennis" 2000 11 64 New Product Showcase David H. Levy's Guide to the Stars Planisphere 2000 11 64 New Product Showcase Astronomy 2001 Calendar 2000 11 64 New Product Showcase Cosmic One's SCT Cooler Model R1 2000 11 66 Computers in Astronomy Adding a Personal Touch "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 11 67 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Astronomica 1.5 "Medkeff, Jeff" 2000 11 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Stories in the Sky "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 11 72 Software Showcase Aurora Monitor 2000 11 72 Software Showcase Orbit Xplorer 2000 11 72 Software Showcase Power Age Sky Simulator 2.0 2000 11 74 Books & Beyond "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals As Solar Observatories, by J.L. Heilbron" "Mendelsohn, Leatrice" 2000 11 76 Books & Beyond The Bible According to Einstein: A Scientific Complement to the Holy Bible for the Third Millennium "Taylor, Nola" 2000 11 76 Books & Beyond "The Way to the Dwelling of Light: How Physics Illuminates Creation, by Guy Consolmagno" "Taylor, Nola" 2000 11 76 Books & Beyond "Show Me God, by Fred Heeren" "Taylor, Nola" 2000 11 77 Books & Beyond "Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist, by Guy Consolmagno" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2000 11 78 Books & Beyond "Absolutely Awesome, by Michael and Caroline Carroll" 2000 11 78 Books & Beyond "Sun Symbolism and Cosmology in Michelangelo's ""Last Judgement,"" by Valerie Shrimplin" 2000 11 83 Amateur Astronomers Ventura Starways "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2000 11 88 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Skyward Bound "Levy, David H." 2000 11 93 Rambling Through the Skies Hard Rain "Krupp, E. C." 2000 11 98 Guide to the Evening Sky November's Sights to Remember "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 11 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 11 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Galactic Cluster NGC 7789 "Seronik, Gary" 2000 11 101 Small-Scope Sampler Leaping Lizards "French, Sue" 2000 11 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in November" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 11 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: The Conundrum of Outdoor Lighting "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 11 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 11 108 Celestial Calendar November's Rare Occultation of Mu Geminorum "Sinnott, Roger W." 2000 11 110 Celestial Calendar Box: Timing Tips 2000 11 111 Celestial Calendar Leapin' Leonids! 2000 11 114 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Magnification "Ryan, Jay" 2000 11 114 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Lunar Occultations 2000 11 117 Observer's Log Beyond the Dawes Limit: Observing Saturn's Ring Divisions "Dobbins, Thomas" "Sheehan, William" 2000 11 122 Observer's Log "Deep-Sky Notebook: Galaxy Bridges, Tails, and Rings" "Jakiel, Richard" 2000 11 126 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Messier on the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2000 11 128 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Perseids and an Aurora by Moonlight "Seronik, Gary" 2000 11 131 Telescope Techniques Flexing Spheres into High-Quality Telescope Mirrors "Adler, Alan" 2000 11 142 Astro Imaging Color Planetary Imaging for Beginners "Di Sciullo, Maurizio" 2000 11 152 Gallery Sunset Partial Solar Eclipse "Mortfield, Paul" 2000 11 152 Gallery "Comet LINEAR, C/1999 S4" "Lula, Brian" 2000 11 152 Gallery Star-Studded Lunar Eclipse "Ward, Peter" 2000 11 153 Gallery "Aurora over Island View Beach, Victoria, BC" "Lee, David" 2000 11 153 Gallery Lunar Eclipse Sequence "Yan Tse, James" 2000 11 154 Gallery Sunset Eclipse Sequence "Espenak, Fred" 2000 11 154 Gallery Aurora over Mount Megantic Observatory "Gauthier, Sebastian" 2000 11 155 Gallery Auroral Arc over North Dakota "Brausch, Jay" 2000 12 1 Front-Cover Photo Hot New Products of 2000 2000 12 10 Spectrum It's Time to Say Goodbye "Robinson, Leif J." 2000 12 14 Focal Point Getting It All the First Time Around "Griffin, Anne" 2000 12 15 Focal Point It's Gotta Be White "Turco, Michael A." 2000 12 18 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - III "Napier, Tom" 2000 12 18 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - II "Leggett, Nick" 2000 12 18 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - I "Ryan, Jay" 2000 12 18 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - IV "Federer, Tony" 2000 12 20 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - IX "Nichols, Ted A." 2000 12 20 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - VII "Gittins, Jonathan" 2000 12 20 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - VI "Roberts, Patricia Mary" 2000 12 20 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - V "Wisenfelder, Richard" 2000 12 20 Letters Finding the Young Astronomers - VIII "Gibson, Gary T." 2000 12 22 Letters For the Record 2000 12 22 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2000 12 22 Letters Fixing the 6-inch Chinese Refractor "Davis, Tom" "Dyer, Alan" 2000 12 24 News Notes Space Weathering Cements Asteroid-Meteorite Link 2000 12 25 News Notes New Binary Asteroids 2000 12 26 News Notes Bursts of Another Color 2000 12 26 News Notes A New Gamma-Ray-Burst Surprise 2000 12 27 News Notes New Youngest Pulsar 2000 12 28 News Notes A Microlensed Gamma-Ray Burst 2000 12 30 News Notes Measuring Orbits at the Milky Way's Heart 2000 12 30 News Notes A Newborn Star Squirts a Bubble 2000 12 31 News Notes A British Blueprint for Impact Protection 2000 12 32 News Notes Sources of the Asteroid Threat 2000 12 32 News Notes The Searches for Near-Earth Objects 2000 12 34 News Notes Best Evidence Yet for Europa's Ocean 2000 12 34 News Notes Follow That Story: No Light from the Planet of Tau Bootis 2000 12 34 News Notes Follow That Story: Asteroseismology Comes of Age 2000 12 34 News Notes Another Lunar Meteorite Discovered 2000 12 34 News Notes Follow That Story: Pulsar's Age Explained? 2000 12 38 Mission Update Stardust "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 12 38 Mission Update Galileo and Cassini "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 12 38 Mission Update Space Infrared Telescope Facility "McDowell, Jonathan" 2000 12 40 Feature Artistry and Solar Eclipses "Maor, Eli" 2000 12 44 Feature Hot New Products of 2000 "Sky & Telescope, the Editors of" 2000 12 54 Feature 2MASS Treasure Hunt "Deans, Paul" 2000 12 64 Images IC 1396 in Cepheus "Johnson, Lee" 2000 12 69 Computers in Astronomy Shopping the Online Galaxy Galleria "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 12 72 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Star Pilot 3.01 "Foust, Jeff" 2000 12 74 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Browsing Books "Goldman, Stuart J." 2000 12 76 Software Showcase Solar Kingdom 2000 12 76 Software Showcase Aberrator 2.1 2000 12 76 Software Showcase Kagayaki III 2000 12 78 Books & Beyond "The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos, by Mario Livio" "Tytell, David" 2000 12 80 Books & Beyond "Heavens Unearthed in Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales, by Matt Kane" "Ottewell, Guy" 2000 12 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Spark of Life: Darwin and the Primeval Soup, by Christopher Wills and Jeffrey Bada" 2000 12 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia, by David Darling" 2000 12 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Life on Other Worlds and How to Find It, by Stuart Clark" 2000 12 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astrobiology, the Origin of Life, and the Death of Darwinism, by Rhawn Joseph" 2000 12 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life, by David Koerner and Simon LeVay" 2000 12 85 Amateur Astronomers Backyard Science: The IAPPP and the Amateur Astronomer "Stephens, Robert D." 2000 12 90 Amateur Astronomers Asteroid 27 Euterpe: A Pro-Am Project 2000 12 90 Amateur Astronomers SOHO's 200th Comet 2000 12 91 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: From Telescope Mirrors to the Grand Canyon "Levy, David H." 2000 12 94 Rambling Through the Skies Noticing the Eclipse "Krupp, E. C." 2000 12 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Seeing Stars As They Really Are "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 12 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2000 12 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: M34: A True Binocular Cluster "Seronik, Gary" 2000 12 101 Small-Scope Sampler Local Calls "French, Sue" 2000 12 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in December" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 12 104 Guide to the Evening Sky "Light-Pollution Notes: Lighting and Crime Prevention, Part 3" "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 12 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2000 12 109 Celestial Calendar North America's Christmas Eclipse "Sinnott, Roger W." 2000 12 113 Celestial Calendar Leonid Alert for Eastern North America 2000 12 115 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Occultations by Minor Planets 2000 12 115 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Moon Occults Delta Geminorum 2000 12 116 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Distances "Ryan, Jay" 2000 12 116 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: December Meteors 2000 12 120 Observer's Log My 10 Favorite Deep-Sky Wonders "Mullaney, James" 2000 12 125 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: The Ghosts at 891 Andromeda Way "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2000 12 128 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Layers of Mare Crisium "Wood, Charles A." 2000 12 130 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Jupiter's Eventful Return "Seronik, Gary" 2000 12 134 Telescope Techniques A Simple Truss-Tube Dobsonian "Leger, Barry" 2000 12 142 Gallery Meteor over Mount Shasta "Flinn, John R." 2000 12 142 Gallery Open Cluster NGC 2264 "Lula, Brian" 2000 12 143 Gallery Auroral Beam "Brausch, Jay" 2000 12 143 Gallery Moonrise Behind San Diego "Schad, Jerry" 2000 12 144 Gallery Large Magellanic Cloud "George, Douglas" 2000 12 144 Gallery "Owl (Monkey) Nebula, M97" "Lula, Brian" 2000 12 145 Gallery Aurora over Thunderheads "Laird, Vic" 2000 12 146 Gallery Sunrise Eclipse "Skilbrei, Oddleiv" 2001 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Spiral Galaxy NGC 4414 2001 1 8 Spectrum Steady As She Goes "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 1 10 Focal Point The Year of the Cloud "Adams, Eric" 2001 1 14 Letters Amateurs Detect an Extrasolar Planet "Oksanen, Arto" 2001 1 14 Letters A Proper Wave to Maxwell "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2001 1 16 Letters Amateur Balloon Astronomy "Verhage, Paul" 2001 1 16 Letters Solar-Filter Scare "Roth, Peter" 2001 1 16 Letters For the Record 2001 1 16 Letters Blow Out Those Tube Currents! "Powell, Rex R." 2001 1 20 News Notes "Loose ""Planets"" Everywhere" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 1 21 News Notes Saturn's Rings: Pure as Driven Snow "Taylor, Nola" 2001 1 22 News Notes The Virgo Cluster: A Finger Pointed at Us "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 1 23 News Notes Saving Old Sky Plates "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 1 24 News Notes Pinpointing the Great Attractor "Roth, Joshua" 2001 1 24 News Notes The LMC in Radio "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2001 1 26 News Notes New Midsize Black Hole? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 1 26 News Notes The Finest Measurement Ever Made? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 1 28 News Notes New Moons of Jupiter and Saturn "Tytell, David" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 1 28 News Notes Where the Corona Gets Its Heat "Tytell, David" 2001 1 29 News Notes Follow That Story: Better Size for the Transiting Exoplanet "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 1 32 Mission Update Astronomy Satellites "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 1 33 Mission Update Human Spaceflight "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 1 33 Mission Update Planetary Exploration "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 1 38 Feature A Blueprint for Astronomy's Next 10 Years "McKee, Christopher F." "Taylor, Joseph H." 2001 1 48 Feature The Duality of Spiral Structure "Block, David L." 2001 1 56 Feature Dusty Phenomena in the Solar System "Graps, Amara" "Juhasz, Antal" 2001 1 67 S&T Test Report SBIG's STV Integrating Video Camera and Autoguider "Dyer, Alan" 2001 1 74 New Product Showcase Orion SkyQuest XT4.5 Dobsonian Telescope 2001 1 74 New Product Showcase Earth from Space 2001 Calendar 2001 1 74 New Product Showcase Orion SkyQuest XT10 Dobsonian Telescope 2001 1 74 New Product Showcase Universe of the Hubble Space Telescope 2001 Calendar 2001 1 74 New Product Showcase Moonstick Moon-Phase Calculator 2001 1 77 Computers in Astronomy Web-Based Education Coming of Age "Wallin, John" 2001 1 80 Computers in Astronomy Finding Online Courses and Teaching Resources "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 1 82 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Solar Kingdom "Ratledge, David" 2001 1 84 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Rocks from and in Space "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 1 87 Books & Beyond "Turn Right at Orion: Travels Through the Cosmos, by Mitchell Begelman" "Tytell, David" 2001 1 88 Books & Beyond "The Magic Furnace: The Search for the Orignis of Atoms, by Marcus Chown" "Deans, Paul" 2001 1 89 Books & Beyond "The Horse and the Iron Ball: A Journey Through Time, Space, and Technology, by Jerry and Georgiana Allan" 2001 1 89 Books & Beyond "Stardust: Supernovae and Life--The Cosmic Connection, by John Gribbin" 2001 1 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Handbook of the British Astronomical Association 2001, by J. Mitton, ed." 2001 1 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Astronomical Pocket Diary 2001, by Norbert Haley" 2001 1 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Observer's Handbook 2001, by Rajiv Gupta, ed." 2001 1 90 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2001 2001 1 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astronomical Yearbook 2001, by Andrew Yen, ed." 2001 1 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astronomical Calendar 2001, by Guy Ottewell" 2001 1 90 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: MPO2001 (Minor Planet Observer 2001) 2001 1 92 Amateur Astronomers Gamma-Ray Bursts and Amateur Astronomers "Fishman, Gerald J." "Henden, Arne A." "Mattei, Janet Akyuz" 2001 1 99 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Guatemala's Rising Star "Levy, David H." 2001 1 103 Rambling Through the Skies Calendar Worlds "Krupp, E. C." 2001 1 106 Guide to the Evening Sky First Light and the Taurus Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 1 107 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 1 108 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: NGC 1647: The Crab Cluster "Seronik, Gary" 2001 1 109 Small-Scope Sampler "Fireflies (The Pleiades, M45)" "French, Sue" 2001 1 111 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in January" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 1 112 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: A Circumzenithal-Arc-Tinted Moon "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 1 114 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 1 117 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2001 "Dunham, David W." 2001 1 120 Celestial Calendar Recent Grazes of 97 Tauri and SAO 93963 "Dunham, David W." 2001 1 124 Celestial Calendar Where to See January 9th's Total Lunar Eclipse "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 1 126 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Binocular Comet 2001 1 126 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: January Meteors 2001 1 127 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Apollo "Ryan, Jay" 2001 1 127 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Delta-T for 2001 2001 1 131 Observer's Log The Season's Prettiest Double Stars "Adler, Alan" 2001 1 133 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Exploring the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster "Gottlieb, Steve" 2001 1 137 Observer's Log "Lunar Notebook: Archimedes, Autolycus, Aristillus, and Time" "Wood, Charles A." 2001 1 141 Telescope Techniques Stray Light in Telescopes "Suiter, Harold R." 2001 1 152 Astro Imaging Combining Exposures with Layer Masks "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2001 1 160 Gallery Saturn "Gross, Todd" 2001 1 160 Gallery Minotaur Missile Exhaust Plume "Webb, Brian" 2001 1 160 Gallery Globular Cluster Omega Centauri "Brownfield, Jim" 2001 1 161 Gallery Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia "Middleton, Bobby" 2001 1 161 Gallery Sagittarius Starscape "Guimond, Jean" 2001 1 162 Gallery Galaxies NGC 4725 and NGC 4712 in Coma Berenices "Lula, Brian" 2001 1 162 Gallery Solar Prominence "Bottari, Claudio" 2001 1 162 Gallery Eastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus "Gralak, Ray" 2001 1 163 Gallery Jupiter "Gross, Todd" 2001 1 163 Gallery Face-On Spiral Galaxy M101 in Ursa Major "Davis, Tom" 2001 2 1 Front-Cover Photo Solar Eruptions by TRACE Spacecraft 2001 2 8 Spectrum Unfinished Business "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 2 10 Focal Point A Code of Ethics for Telescope Advertising? "Covington, Michael A." 2001 2 14 Letters "Mercury, Here We Come" "Weinstock, Maia" 2001 2 14 Letters Better Color CCD Filters "Holmes, Alan" 2001 2 16 Letters Flexing to Parabolize a Mirror "Dobbins, Thomas" 2001 2 16 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2001 2 16 Letters Dobson's Silent Cannons "Schwartz, Tristan" 2001 2 16 Letters For the Record 2001 2 20 News Notes "A Greener, Drier Mars" "Tytell, David" 2001 2 21 News Notes Peering Into a Distant Cocoon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 2 22 News Notes Gamma-Ray Bursts Caught Holding Supernova Debris "Schilling, Govert" 2001 2 22 News Notes A Butterfly in the Making "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 2 23 News Notes A Spirograph Nebula "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 2 24 News Notes Big Scopes Aren't Always Best "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 2 24 News Notes Runaway Stars Corralled "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 2 26 News Notes Did Asteroids Supply Earth's Water? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 2 26 News Notes New Views of Double Asteroids "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 2 27 News Notes Could You Stand on a Comet? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 2 28 News Notes Tiny Wisp of a Younger Veil "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 2 29 News Notes Follow That Story: LIGO Achieves First Lock "Tytell, David" 2001 2 29 News Notes Follow That Story: Vikings Erred on Martian Climate "Schilling, Govert" 2001 2 32 Mission Update Genesis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 2 32 Mission Update Mars Exploration Program "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 2 32 Mission Update BepiColombo "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 2 34 Feature Today's Science of the Sun --- Part 1 "Schrijver, Carolus J." "Title, Alan M." 2001 2 40 Feature Solar-Eclipse Science: Still Going Strong "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2001 2 45 Feature Box: A Pro-Am Solar-Eclipse Conference "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2001 2 46 Feature Box: Early Eclipse Science "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2001 2 50 Feature A Year of Discovery: Astronomy Highlights of 2000 "Trimble, Virginia" 2001 2 60 Images Map of Mars's Elevation "Zuber, Maria T." 2001 2 64 S&T Test Report The Tele Vue-102 Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 2 66 S&T Test Report Astrophotography with the Tele Vue-102 "Cook, Chris" 2001 2 68 New Product Showcase Chandra 2001 Wall Calendar 2001 2 68 New Product Showcase LaserMate Collimator from Orion 2001 2 68 New Product Showcase Sunspotter 2001 2 71 Computers in Astronomy Seven Best of the Web "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 2 76 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: The Cosmos 3D "Heafner, Joe" 2001 2 78 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Think About the Children! "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 2 82 Software Showcase Dark Skies 2001 2 82 Software Showcase ImagesPlus 2001 2 82 Software Showcase Planet's Visibility 2001 2 84 Books & Beyond "Asteroids: A History, by Curtis Peebles" "Consolmagno, Guy" 2001 2 86 Books & Beyond "Peterson's Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, 4th Edition, by Jay M. Pasachoff" "Seronik, Gary" 2001 2 88 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Fundamental Ephemeris Computations, by Paul J. Heafner" 2001 2 88 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: See the Stars: Your First Guide to the Night Sky, by Ken Croswell" 2001 2 88 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 4th Ed., by Lutz D. Schmadel" 2001 2 88 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Facts On File Dictionary of Astronomy, 4th Ed., by Illingworth and Clark, eds." 2001 2 88 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: More...Universe at Your Fingertips, by Fraknoi and Schatz, eds." 2001 2 88 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Neptune File, by Tom Standage" "Standage, Tom" 2001 2 88 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Celestial Sites, Celestial Splendors, by Herve Burillier" 2001 2 91 Amateur Astronomers Exploring the Sky at Mamalluca "Winn, Joshua N." 2001 2 96 Amateur Astronomers Stargazing Under Enchanted Skies "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2001 2 97 Amateur Astronomers Former S&T Staff Member Honored 2001 2 98 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Explorer of Distant Worlds "Levy, David H." 2001 2 102 Rambling Through the Skies Fire Bird "Krupp, E. C." 2001 2 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Beyond Orion's Boundaries "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 2 107 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 2 108 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Another Double Cluster "Seronik, Gary" 2001 2 109 Small-Scope Sampler Hodierna's Auriga "French, Sue" 2001 2 111 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in February" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 2 112 Guide to the Evening Sky Night of the Venus Green Flashes "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 2 114 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 2 116 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations for 2001 "Dunham, David W." 2001 2 122 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Two Winter Comets 2001 2 122 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Moon Hides Delta Geminorum 2001 2 123 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: UFOs? "Ryan, Jay" 2001 2 126 Observer's Log Introducing the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale "Bortle, John E." 2001 2 130 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Observing Emission Nebulae in the Filter Age "Whitman, Alan" 2001 2 133 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Copernicus: A Spellbinding Crater "Wood, Charles A." 2001 2 136 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Leonids Surprise and Impress "Seronik, Gary" 2001 2 138 Telescope Techniques A Simple Dark-Sky Meter "Flodqvist, Gote" 2001 2 140 Telescope Techniques Box: Applications for the PBM "Seronik, Gary" 2001 2 142 Gallery Moonrise over Lick Observatory "Sato, Kevin" 2001 2 142 Gallery Sunspot Rotation Sequence "Slawik, Eckhard" 2001 2 143 Gallery Aurora over Moonlit Alaska "Klensch, Michael" 2001 2 144 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus "Gendler, Robert" 2001 2 144 Gallery "Moon, Mercury, and a Mexican Mission" "Billings Popejoy, Mary" 2001 2 144 Gallery Planetary Nebula NGC 6781 in Aquila "Juchnowski, Steven" 2001 2 145 Gallery NGC 7023 in Cepheus "Greaney, George" 2001 3 1 Front-Cover Photo Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 3 8 Spectrum My Place in the Dark "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 3 10 Focal Point Tranquility Base Here "Lago, Don" 2001 3 14 Letters A Hike in the Kuiper Belt "Hoernig, Guenther" 2001 3 14 Letters Darkness Deters Crime "Dees, Gene A." 2001 3 16 Letters How to Start Right "Billings, Robert D." 2001 3 16 Letters Immodest Equipment "Lindsey, Kevin" 2001 3 16 Letters A Tale of Two March 7th Eclipses "Rao, Joe" 2001 3 16 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2001 3 16 Letters The World's Smoothest Mirrors "Davis, Glenn" 2001 3 18 Letters For the Record 2001 3 18 Letters The Drive to Observe "McKinney, Michael" 2001 3 18 Letters Early Comet Breakups "Sheehan, William" 2001 3 20 News Notes Ancient Martian Lakes? Perhaps. "Tytell, David" 2001 3 22 News Notes Hubble Peers Into the Merope Nebula "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 3 22 News Notes Timing a Neutron Star's Hot Spot "Schilling, Govert" 2001 3 23 News Notes A Well-Behaved Exoplanet "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 3 24 News Notes Chandra Views Sirius B "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 3 24 News Notes Collecting Sirius Binaries "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 3 26 News Notes The Solar System's Edge? "Tytell, David" 2001 3 26 News Notes Giants Found Lurking in the Kuiper Belt "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 3 28 News Notes Lunar Crater Rays: Ancient and Modern "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 3 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Yet More Moons of Saturn "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 3 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Brief Meteor Outbursts Are Real "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 3 32 Mission Update Yohkoh "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 3 32 Mission Update Solar and Heliospheric Observatory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 3 32 Mission Update High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 3 32 Mission Update Cluster II "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 3 34 Feature Today's Science of the Sun - Part 2 "Schrijver, Carolus J." "Title, Alan M." 2001 3 42 Feature Starspots "Garlick, Mark A." 2001 3 50 Images "Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237" "Kuchar, Thomas" 2001 3 54 S&T Test Report Takahashi 60-mm Premium Binoculars "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 3 60 New Product Showcase Takahashi Sky 90 Refractor 2001 3 60 New Product Showcase Southern Hemisphere Planisphere 2001 3 60 New Product Showcase Carbon Light Tripod 2001 3 62 Computers in Astronomy TheSky Pocket Edition "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 3 68 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Messages to the Stars "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 3 70 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Modern Optical Design and Analysis Software 3.1 "Medkeff, Jeff" 2001 3 73 Books & Beyond SolarMax "Maran, Stephen P." 2001 3 75 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: A Walk Through the Southern Sky, by Heifetz and Tirion" 2001 3 75 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: 2001 Comet Handbook, by Nakano and Green, eds." 2001 3 75 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Target Earth, by Duncan Steel" 2001 3 75 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Exporing the Universe: Science Activities for Kids, by Anthony D. Fredericks" 2001 3 76 Amateur Astronomers "Asteroids, Teenagers, and Real Science" "Furutani, Tracy" 2001 3 80 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Man Called Ilan "Levy, David H." 2001 3 81 Amateur Astronomers "Roger W. Tuthill, 1919-2000" 2001 3 86 Rambling Through the Skies The Sphinx Blinks "Krupp, E. C." 2001 3 90 Guide to the Evening Sky What's That over the Spring Horizon? "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 3 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 3 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Two Southern Delights "Seronik, Gary" 2001 3 93 Small-Scope Sampler What a Crab! "French, Sue" 2001 3 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in March" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 3 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Light Pollution and Birds: Part 1 "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 3 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 3 100 Celestial Calendar Venus's Evening Sky Show "Ashford, Adrian R." 2001 3 102 Celestial Calendar Box: Finding Venus in the Daytime "Ashford, Adrian R." 2001 3 104 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Occultations by Asteroids 2001 3 105 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: March Meteors 2001 3 106 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Jovian Skies "Ryan, Jay" 2001 3 108 Observer's Log Messier Surveys by the Dozen "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2001 3 113 Observer's Log "Deep-Sky Notebook: Great Galaxies, By Gemini!" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 3 116 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Alphonsus: Volcanism Then and Now? "Wood, Charles A." 2001 3 117 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A Christmas Partial Eclipse "Seronik, Gary" 2001 3 120 Telescope Techniques The Folded Refractor: Quality Optics on a Budget "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 2001 3 126 Astro Imaging Astrophotography Heavyweight "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 3 130 Astro Imaging Box: H. Page Bailey: A Pioneering Telescope Maker "Cook, Anthony" 2001 3 132 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M81 "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 3 132 Gallery "Flame Nebula, NGC 2024" "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 3 132 Gallery "Lagoon Nebula, M8" "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 3 133 Gallery "Pinwheel Galaxy, M33" "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 3 133 Gallery "Omega Nebula, M17" "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 3 134 Gallery "Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146" "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 3 134 Gallery "Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405" "Guthmiller, Allan" 2001 4 1 Front-Cover Photo "The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51" "McLaughlin, Bill" 2001 4 8 Spectrum Move Over Harry! "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 4 10 Focal Point A Clearing of One's Own "Roohr, Damien" 2001 4 14 Letters Photometry the Old-Fashioned Way "Dunlap, J. Lawrence" 2001 4 14 Letters The Center of the Universe? "Danielson, Dennis" 2001 4 14 Letters Seeing Double "Bartlett, Hugh" 2001 4 16 Letters Young Astronomer Frustrations "Erdman, Earl" 2001 4 16 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2001 4 16 Letters Teaching Teachers Astronomy "Bobich, Chuck" 2001 4 16 Letters Tales of Young Astronomers "Barclay-Saxon, Samii" "Collett, Lenka" 2001 4 18 Letters The Power of Pollution "Magee, Mitch" 2001 4 18 Letters What's in a Name? "Rust, Paul D." 2001 4 18 Letters For the Record 2001 4 18 Letters Measuring Night-Sky Brightness "Falchi, Fabio" "Federici, Alessandro" 2001 4 20 News Notes Two Weird New Planetary Systems "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 4 22 News Notes Death Spirals at a Black Hole? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 4 22 News Notes Black Holes Really Are Black "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 4 24 News Notes Future Planetary System of a Massive Star? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 4 26 News Notes Mini-Moons II: Jovian Moon Lost and Found "Goldman, Stuart J." "Tytell, David" 2001 4 26 News Notes Mini-Moons I: Saturn's Irregulars "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 4 27 News Notes Mini-Moons III: 10 More for Jupiter "Tytell, David" 2001 4 27 News Notes Asteroid No. 20000 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 4 28 News Notes "Olympus Mons ""Shrinks""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 4 29 News Notes Follow That Story: Delta Scorpii Still Bright "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 4 29 News Notes Follow That Story: A Pummeling 3.9 Billion Years Ago "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 4 32 Mission Update Pluto Mission "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 4 32 Mission Update Huygens "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 4 32 Mission Update 2001 Mars Odyssey "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 4 34 Feature "Identifying the ""Star"" in a Long-Lost Van Gogh" "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Honors Astronomy Class, The Southwest Texas" 2001 4 42 Feature The Future of SETI "Shostak, Seth" 2001 4 48 Feature Box: SETI Searches in 2001 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 4 50 Feature "Box: A Newer, Smarter SETI Strategy" "Cohen, Nathan" "Hohlfeld, Robert" 2001 4 52 Feature Box: Test Bench for SETI's Radio Future "Shostak, Seth" 2001 4 56 Images "30 Doradus,The Tarantula Nebula" "Chu, You-Hua" "Brandner, Wolfgang" "Grebel, Eva K." 2001 4 59 S&T Test Report Orion's SkyQuest XT4.5 Dobsonian "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Roth, Joshua" 2001 4 63 S&T Test Report Box: Making a Good Scope Better "Seronik, Gary" 2001 4 66 New Product Showcase Starbeam Finder 2001 4 66 New Product Showcase 1-1/4-inch Everbrite Star Diagonal 2001 4 66 New Product Showcase "Century Seasons CD, by John Serrie" 2001 4 68 Software Showcase Redshift 4 2001 4 68 Software Showcase Atlas of the Solar System 2001 4 68 Software Showcase Exploring the Planets 2001 4 70 Books & Beyond "Henry Norris Russell, by David H. DeVorkin" "Batten, Alan H." 2001 4 72 Books & Beyond "Wide-Field Astrophotograpy, by Robert Reeves" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 4 73 Books & Beyond "Practical Astrophotography, by Jeffrey R. Charles" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 4 74 Books & Beyond "Secrets of the Sun: A Closer Look at Our Star, by Patricia Barnes-Svarney" 2001 4 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos, by David H. Levy" 2001 4 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Celestial Harvest, by James Mullaney" 2001 4 74 Books & Beyond "Star Factories: The Birth of Stars and Planets, by Ray Jayawardhana" 2001 4 74 Books & Beyond "Life in Outer Space: The Search for Extraterrestrials, by Kim McDonald" 2001 4 74 Books & Beyond "Signals from Space: The Chandra X-ray Observatory, by Robert Naeye" 2001 4 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: StarGuides 2001, by Andre Heck" 2001 4 76 Amateur Astronomers Amid the Treasures of Persia "Simmons, Mike" 2001 4 80 Amateur Astronomers Box: Astronomers Meet in Isfahan "Heyn, Herman M." "Naze, Yael" 2001 4 82 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 2001 "Tomlinson, Gary E." 2001 4 83 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Long Orbit of Albert Jones "Levy, David H." 2001 4 86 Rambling Through the Skies With a Bird's-Eye View "Krupp, E. C." 2001 4 90 Guide to the Evening Sky A Season for Stellar Marathons "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 4 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 4 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Great Rays of Tycho "Seronik, Gary" 2001 4 93 Small-Scope Sampler Stalking the Leo Triplet "French, Sue" 2001 4 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in April" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 4 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Light Pollution and Birds: Part 2 "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 4 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 4 102 Celestial Calendar Doubles Near Procyon and Hydra "Haas, Sissy" 2001 4 104 Celestial Calendar Outer Planets in 2001 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 4 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: April Meteors 2001 4 108 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Refraction "Ryan, Jay" 2001 4 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Jupiter Almost Moonless 2001 4 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Lunar Occultations 2001 4 113 Observer's Log My Favorite Deep-Sky Wonders "Levy, David H." 2001 4 118 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: The Ghost Cat in the Sky "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2001 4 121 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Rheita and Snellius: Valleys of Wonder "Wood, Charles A." 2001 4 124 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: An Excellent Eclipse Adventure "Seronik, Gary" 2001 4 128 Telescope Techniques Newtonian Baffling Made Easy "Seronik, Gary" 2001 4 136 Gallery Midwestern Aurora "Wallach, James" 2001 4 136 Gallery Total Lunar Eclipse from Sweden "Ask, Bengt" 2001 4 136 Gallery Glory Photographed from Airplane "Root, Nile" 2001 4 136 Gallery Christmas Partial Solar Eclipse "Sewell, Dave" 2001 4 137 Gallery Orion Nebula "Middleton, Bobby" 2001 4 138 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M81 in Ursa Major "Gendler, Robert" 2001 5 1 Front-Cover Photo 1999 Hubble Composite of Mars 2001 5 8 Spectrum New Kids on the Block "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 5 10 Focal Point "A Small Boy's First ""Telescope""" "Tabrah, Frank" 2001 5 14 Letters Looking to the Future "Lowrey, Justin" 2001 5 14 Letters Space Bucks "Kao, Kuo-Chiun" 2001 5 14 Letters Killing Lights with Lasers "Morrow, Mike" 2001 5 14 Letters Purchasing a Piece of the Heavens "Armstrong, Thomas K." 2001 5 16 Letters Untruth in Advertising - I "Roberts, Joe" 2001 5 16 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2001 5 16 Letters Untruth in Advertising - III "Dole, Jim" 2001 5 16 Letters Untruth in Advertising - II "Pither, Colin M." 2001 5 18 Letters For the Record 2001 5 18 Letters Parts for the Simple Dark-Sky Meter "Olsen, James" 2001 5 18 Letters A Christmas Present "Galea, Rev. George S." 2001 5 18 Letters Color Corrected "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2001 5 20 News Notes Making the Virtual Observatory Real "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 5 21 News Notes Bipolar Splendor "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 5 22 News Notes Not Quite a Solar Twin "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 5 22 News Notes Star Streams from Lost Milky Way Companions "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 5 23 News Notes Radioactive Dating of Stars "Tytell, David" 2001 5 24 News Notes Pulsar Linked to Supernova of A.D. 386 "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 5 24 News Notes The First Exo-Solar Wind "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 5 26 News Notes Making Gas Giants Later "Schilling, Govert" 2001 5 27 News Notes "Did ""Survivors"" Create the Oort Cloud?" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 5 27 News Notes "Case for ""Ashen Light"" Weakens" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 5 28 News Notes U.S. Public Wants NASA to Explore Europa and Pluto "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 5 28 News Notes Pluto's Palette "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 5 29 News Notes Follow That Story: Another Clue to the Lack of Antimatter "Roth, Joshua" 2001 5 29 News Notes Follow That Story: Evolution Returns to Kansas "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 5 32 Mission Update Mars Global Surveyor "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 5 32 Mission Update Next Generation Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 5 32 Mission Update Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 5 34 Feature NEAR Falls for Eros "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 5 40 Feature Galileo's Closest Look at Io "Spencer, John" 2001 5 48 Images Eta Carinae Nebula "Walborn, Nolan R." 2001 5 52 S&T Test Report "Five ""Go To"" Telescopes for Beginners" "Dyer, Alan" 2001 5 59 S&T Test Report Box: Tips for Happy Slewing "Dyer, Alan" 2001 5 62 Computers in Astronomy Superior Moments for Inferior Planets "Gingrich, Mark" 2001 5 68 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: The Digital Universe 2.2 "Foust, Jeff" 2001 5 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Astronomy in the Sunshine State "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 5 72 Software Showcase The Simple Observing Log 2001 5 72 Software Showcase Solar System Sim 2.0.1 2001 5 72 Software Showcase Helio 2.0 2001 5 75 Books & Beyond "The Hatfield Photographic Lunar Atlas, by Jeremy Cook, ed." "Wood, Charles A." 2001 5 75 Books & Beyond "Observing the Moon: The Modern Astronomer's Guide, by Gerald North" "Wood, Charles A." 2001 5 75 Books & Beyond "Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, by John E. Westfall" "Wood, Charles A." 2001 5 75 Books & Beyond "Observing the Moon, by Peter T. Wlasuk" "Wood, Charles A." 2001 5 75 Books & Beyond "The Face of the Moon: A Descriptive Guide, by Joseph Cohen" "Wood, Charles A." 2001 5 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Celestial Sphere, by Robert Dick" 2001 5 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Universe Unveiled: Instruments and Images Through History, by Stephenson, Bolt, and Friedman" 2001 5 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: AstroFAQs, by Stephen F. Tonkin" 2001 5 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cosmos in the Classroom 2000, by Andrew Fraknoi, ed." 2001 5 78 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: StarGaze: Hubble's View of the Universe (DVD-ROM) 2001 5 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe, by Mark Voit" 2001 5 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cambridge Guide to Stargazing with Your Telescope, by Robin Scagell" 2001 5 80 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Arthur C. Clarke's Vision of the Cosmos "Levy, David H." 2001 5 86 Rambling Through the Skies Dropping In "Krupp, E. C." 2001 5 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Stargazing at the Spica Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 5 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 5 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: In and Around Melotte 111 "Seronik, Gary" 2001 5 93 Small-Scope Sampler A Toehold in the Virgo Cluster "French, Sue" 2001 5 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in May" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 5 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Limiting Tower Lighting "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 5 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 5 102 Celestial Calendar A Grand Return of Mars "Troiani, Daniel M." 2001 5 104 Celestial Calendar Box: A Mars Observer's Calendar "Troiani, Daniel M." 2001 5 106 Celestial Calendar Box: Which Side Is Visible? "Troiani, Daniel M." 2001 5 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultation 2001 5 110 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Declination "Ryan, Jay" 2001 5 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: May Meteors 2001 5 115 Observer's Log The Martian-Flares Mystery "Dobbins, Thomas" "Sheehan, William" 2001 5 124 Observer's Log "Deep-Sky Notebook: More Bridges, Tails and Rings" "Jakiel, Richard" 2001 5 127 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: A Privately Held Mare "Wood, Charles A." 2001 5 130 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: More Boltwood "Seronik, Gary" 2001 5 130 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Above and Beyond "Seronik, Gary" 2001 5 132 Astro Imaging Automated Meteor Observing "Molau, Sirko" 2001 5 137 Astro Imaging An Aerial Rendezvous with the Leonids "Okamura, Osamu" 2001 5 140 Gallery Van den Bergh 142 in Cepheus "McLaughlin, William" 2001 5 140 Gallery Barnard's Loop "Mandel, Steve" 2001 5 140 Gallery Young Crescent Moon "Pitt, Stephen" 2001 5 141 Gallery Rosette Nebula "Gendler, Robert" 2001 5 141 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M74 "Gendler, Robert" 2001 5 141 Gallery Witch Head Nebula in Eridanus "Stevens, Gary L." 2001 5 142 Gallery Pelican Nebula "Rhemann, Gerald" 2001 5 142 Gallery Christmas Eclipse and the U.S. Capitol "Wachs, Tom" 2001 5 142 Gallery Helix Nebula "Hanon, David" 2001 5 142 Gallery Lunar Eclipse Mosaic "Dal Lago, Giovanni" 2001 6 1 Front-Cover Photo Peculiar Galaxy NGC 5128 2001 6 8 Spectrum It's Party Time! "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 6 10 Focal Point "Observing Log: October 2, 1998" "Anderson, Jim" 2001 6 14 Letters Lasting Impressions "Rao, Joe" 2001 6 14 Letters International Lighting Laws "Falchi, Fabio" 2001 6 15 Letters Take Back the Skies "Kaville, Ray" 2001 6 16 Letters A Lonely Future "Dryer, Ivan" 2001 6 16 Letters A Gift That Speaks Volumes "Land, William O." 2001 6 16 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2001 6 18 Letters Crime and Lighting "Roller, Tom" 2001 6 18 Letters Observing on Shaky Ground "Shylaja, B. S." 2001 6 18 Letters For the Record 2001 6 18 Letters An Underappreciated Beauty "Adler, Alan" 2001 6 20 News Notes An Early Universe Lit by Black Holes "Tytell, David" 2001 6 21 News Notes Subtleties of Spiral Galaxies "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 6 22 News Notes The Nearest Very Cool Dwarf "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 6 22 News Notes Eroded Stars Found Orbiting White Dwarfs "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 6 23 News Notes Students Catch the First Radio Brown Dwarf "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2001 6 23 News Notes Comet Hale-Bopp Still Alive in the Distance "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2001 6 24 News Notes A Medieval Impact Debunked "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 6 24 News Notes Magnetite Chains Hint at Martian Microbes "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 6 26 News Notes Impact Evidence for the Biggest Mass Extinction "Tytell, David" 2001 6 26 News Notes When Was Solar Max? "Tytell, David" 2001 6 26 News Notes One Rock Killed the Dinosaurs "Tytell, David" 2001 6 28 News Notes First Fringes for the Keck and VLT Interferometers "MacRobert, Alan M." "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2001 6 29 News Notes Tagish Lake Meteorite Mystery Deepens "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 6 32 Mission Update Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 6 32 Mission Update Odin "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 6 32 Mission Update Mir "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 6 34 Feature The Race to Epsilon Eridani "Schilling, Govert" 2001 6 44 Images M51 and NGC 5195 "Canzian, Blaise" 2001 6 47 S&T Test Report IDAS Light Pollution Suppression Filters "Horne, Johnny" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 6 50 S&T Test Report Celestron NexStar 4 GT "Seronik, Gary" 2001 6 56 New Product Showcase Astele Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescopes 2001 6 56 New Product Showcase YES Watch 2001 6 56 New Product Showcase Guide to North American Meteorites 2001 6 58 Computers in Astronomy Java Applets for Astronomy "Ashford, Adrian R." 2001 6 60 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: STD Aurora Monitor 2.0 "Ratledge, David" 2001 6 62 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: On the Eclipse Trail "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 6 64 Software Showcase CCDPRo 2001 6 64 Software Showcase PalmAtlas 1.0 2001 6 64 Software Showcase GraphDark 2001 6 66 Books & Beyond "Transit: When Planets Cross the Sun, by Michael Maunder and Patrick Moore" "Westfall, John E." 2001 6 66 Books & Beyond "June 8, 2004: Venus in Transit, by Eli Maor" "Westfall, John E." 2001 6 68 Books & Beyond "The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing, by Richard Berry and James Burnell" "Szymanek, Nik" 2001 6 70 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Star Struck: One Thousand Years of the Art and Science of Astronomy, by Ronald Brashear and Daniel Lewis" 2001 6 70 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sky Atlas 2000.0 Companion, by Robert A. Strong and Roger W. Sinnott" 2001 6 70 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Life Beyond Earth, by Timothy Ferris" 2001 6 70 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium, by the National Research Council" 2001 6 70 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy, by Jaqueline Mitton" 2001 6 70 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Origin of the Earth and Moon, by Robin M. Canup and Kevin Righter, eds." 2001 6 70 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics Vol. 38, by Burbidge, Sandage, and Shu, eds. " 2001 6 74 Amateur Astronomers Longfellow: Voice of the Night "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2001 6 78 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Marriage of Science and Art "Levy, David H." 2001 6 85 Rambling Through the Skies Celestial Awe and Alignments in 2001 "Krupp, E. C." 2001 6 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Old Polestars and the Dragon's Eye "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 6 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 6 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: R Cor Bor's Vanishing Act "Seronik, Gary" 2001 6 93 Small-Scope Sampler Polar Nights "French, Sue" 2001 6 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in June" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 6 96 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: A Ghostly Anthelion 2001 6 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 6 100 Celestial Calendar Rare Flyby of 1999 KW4 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 6 102 Celestial Calendar The Demon Sprites of Mars "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2001 6 104 Celestial Calendar Box: An Uncanny Prediction "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2001 6 105 Celestial Calendar The June 21st Eclipse of the Sun "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 6 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Southern Hemisphere Comet 2001 6 109 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultations 2001 6 110 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Green Flash "Ryan, Jay" 2001 6 112 Observer's Log James Dunlop: Messier of the Southern Sky "Cozens, Glen" "White, Graeme L." 2001 6 117 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Snaring Galaxies Near M13 "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 6 120 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Serene Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2001 6 122 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: International Space Station with a Webcam "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 6 125 Telescope Techniques Readers Ask: Power and Alignment "Seronik, Gary" 2001 6 128 Gallery Nebula IC 2948 in Centaurus "Stecker, Michael" 2001 6 128 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 2997 "Juchnowski, Steven" 2001 6 129 Gallery Barred-Spiral Galaxy NGC 1808 "Juchnowski, Steven" 2001 6 129 Gallery All-Sky Milky-Way from West Malaysia "Toh, Michael" 2001 6 130 Gallery Eta Carinae Nebula "Sefick, John" 2001 6 131 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 in Sculptor "Brewer, Randy" 2001 6 131 Gallery Nebula NGC 1763 in LMC "Juchnowski, Steven" 2001 6 131 Gallery Southern Scorpius "Dodd, Luke" 2001 6 132 Gallery Star Cluster NGC 1850 in LMC "Juchnowski, Steven" 2001 6 132 Gallery Galaxies NGC 1531 and NGC 1532 2001 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Flame Nebula in Orion 2001 7 8 Spectrum The Great Myth "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 7 10 Focal Point The Accuracy of the Press "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2001 7 14 Letters Cutting Commentaries - I "Vernier, Richard" 2001 7 14 Letters Cutting Commentaries - II "Urban, Josh" 2001 7 16 Letters Cutting Commentaries - Reply "Roohr, Damien" 2001 7 16 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2001 7 16 Letters Cutting Commentaries - III "Winfree, Art T." 2001 7 16 Letters Cutting Commentaries - V "Simpson, John" 2001 7 16 Letters Underwater Observing "Schaeffer, Harden" 2001 7 16 Letters Cutting Commentaries - IV "Sutherland, Michael" 2001 7 18 Letters We Smell a Rat "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 7 18 Letters For The Record 2001 7 18 Letters The Velveteen Telescope "Brown, Chris" 2001 7 18 Letters Some Pennies for Your Thoughts "Lyons, Randy" 2001 7 20 News Notes Farthest Supernova Clinches Case for Accelerating Universe "Roth, Joshua" 2001 7 21 News Notes Evidence of Cosmic Speedup "Roth, Joshua" 2001 7 22 News Notes The Stage Is Set for FAME "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 7 22 News Notes The Best Star Catalog Ever "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 7 24 News Notes A Brown Dwarf and Planet Combo "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 7 24 News Notes Disputed Weird Worlds Among 11 New Exoplanets "MacRobert, Alan M." "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 7 26 News Notes Why Is Mars Red? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 7 26 News Notes Other Ways To Make Martian Gullies "Tytell, David" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 7 28 News Notes Ganymede's Hidden Ocean "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 7 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Eta Carinae's Binary Orbit "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 7 28 News Notes A Kuiper Belt Binary "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 7 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Gold from Them Thar Neutron Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 7 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Why No Planets in 47 Tucanae? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 7 32 Mission Update Galileo "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 7 32 Mission Update 2001 Mars Odyssey "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 7 32 Mission Update National Aeronautics and Space Administration "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 7 33 Mission Update Pioneer 10 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 7 34 Feature 2MASS: Unveiling the Infrared Universe "Skrutskie, Michael" 2001 7 38 Feature Box: How 2MASS Surveyed the Sky "Skrutskie, Michael" 2001 7 44 Feature A New Century for Asteroids "Binzel, Richard P." 2001 7 49 Feature Box: Celebrating Ceres at 200 "Robinson, Leif J." 2001 7 52 Images Infrared and Radio Composite of Region in Cygnus "English, Jayanne" "Taylor, A. Russell" 2001 7 55 S&T Test Report Meade LX90 "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 7 61 S&T Test Report Box: LX90 or NexStar 8? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 7 65 Computers in Astronomy Star Catalogs for the 21st Century "Ashford, Adrian R." 2001 7 68 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: RedShift 4 "Heafner, Joe" 2001 7 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Some Funny Stuff "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 7 72 Software Showcase The Planets 2.0 2001 7 72 Software Showcase Celestia 2001 7 72 Software Showcase Galaxy Collider 2001 7 74 Books & Beyond "Percival Lowell: The Culture and Science of a Boston Brahmin, by David Strauss" "Osterbrock, Donald E." 2001 7 76 Books & Beyond "Video Astronomy, by Steve Massey, Thomas A. Dobbins, and Eric J. Douglass" "Macfarlane, Alan W." 2001 7 79 Amateur Astronomers A Gift of the Universe "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 7 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Street-Corner Astronomer "Levy, David H." 2001 7 86 Rambling Through the Skies Horse Sense "Krupp, E. C." 2001 7 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Scorpius and a Little Night Music "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 7 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 7 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A False Comet "Seronik, Gary" 2001 7 93 Small-Scope Sampler Overlooked Neighbors "French, Sue" 2001 7 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in July" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 7 96 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Special Summer Rainbows "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 7 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 7 100 Celestial Calendar The Crescent Moon Hides Venus "Sinnott, Roger W." "Gingrich, Mark" 2001 7 103 Celestial Calendar A Partial Lunar Eclipse for the Far East "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 7 106 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultation 2001 7 106 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: July Meteors 2001 7 106 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Ceres in the Teapot 2001 7 106 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Coriolis "Ryan, Jay" 2001 7 111 Observer's Log More Pretty Doubles "Adler, Alan" 2001 7 114 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: A Chain of Galaxies Near M92 "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 7 116 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Apollo 15 and Hadley Rille "Wood, Charles A." 2001 7 120 Telescope Techniques An Attractive Three-Point Dobsonian "Milsom, Francis" 2001 7 127 Astro Imaging High-Resolution Composite Color Imaging with Films "Gupta, Rajiv" 2001 7 133 Astro Imaging Color CCD Imaging with Luminance Layering "Gendler, Robert" 2001 7 140 Gallery "Heart Nebula, IC 1805" "BenDaniel, Matt" 2001 7 140 Gallery Winter Milky Way "Lorenzi, Marco" "Zaggia, Luca" 2001 7 141 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M101 "Gendler, Robert" 2001 7 141 Gallery Delta Scorpii and Mars "Fujii, Akira" 2001 7 142 Gallery Nebula IC 443 in Gemini "Wright, Cliff" 2001 8 1 Front-Cover Photo Moon's Southern Highlands "Lau, Canon" 2001 8 8 Spectrum Cosmologic Illogic "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 8 10 Focal Point Telescopes I Have Known and Loved "Roth, Joshua" 2001 8 12 Letters A Mooving Experience "Bliss, Frank" 2001 8 12 Letters Fire in the Sky "Leach, Sid" 2001 8 12 Letters First Light "Borders, Craig" 2001 8 14 Letters A Night with an Old Friend "Taylor, Chuck" 2001 8 14 Letters The Future of Astronomy? "Bemus, Tom" 2001 8 14 Letters For the Record 2001 8 14 Letters Revisiting Venus "Maor, Eli" 2001 8 16 Letters More Celestial Currency "Tatum, Jeremy B." 2001 8 16 Letters Rediscovering a Poet "Johnson, Duane" 2001 8 16 Letters Last Laugh "Epstein, Lewis Carroll" 2001 8 18 News Notes The New Cosmology Firms Up "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 19 News Notes Horsehead by Hubble "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 19 News Notes The Double Cluster Really is Double "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 20 News Notes The Biggest-Ever Cosmic Map "Roth, Joshua" 2001 8 20 News Notes White Dwarfs As Dark Matter "Schilling, Govert" 2001 8 22 News Notes Stars with Planets I: Telltale Heavy Elements "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 22 News Notes Stars with Planets II: Swallowed Worlds "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 23 News Notes Stars with Planets III: Clues from Planetary Nebulae "Tytell, David" 2001 8 24 News Notes Iridium Satellites Get New Lease on Life "Roth, Joshua" 2001 8 24 News Notes Stars with Planets IV: Most Earths are Old "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 26 News Notes Millisecond-Pulsar Bonanza in a Globular Cluster "Schilling, Govert" 2001 8 26 News Notes No Central Black Hole "Schilling, Govert" 2001 8 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Refining the Cosmic Deuterium Assay "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 28 News Notes Stellafane Gets Lighting Reprieve "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 8 28 News Notes Follow That Story: The Fate of the Earth "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 28 News Notes Earth from Mars Odyssey "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 8 30 Mission Update Lunar A "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 8 30 Mission Update Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 8 30 Mission Update Selene "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 8 30 Mission Update Beagle 2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 8 32 Feature Taking the Pulse of Neutron Stars "Maurer, Stephen M." 2001 8 36 Feature Box: Strange Doomsdays "Maurer, Stephen M." 2001 8 40 Feature Sharing Mauna Kea "Tytell, David" 2001 8 46 Feature Box: History Repeated: Sharing Mount Graham "Tytell, David" 2001 8 52 Images Fox Fur Nebula "Malin, David F." 2001 8 55 S&T Test Report The Astrovid Color PlanetCam "Horne, Johnny" 2001 8 59 S&T Test Report Box: Fine Focus with a Twist "Roth, Joshua" 2001 8 60 New Product Showcase Sky Window 2001 8 60 New Product Showcase StarDust Containers 2001 8 60 New Product Showcase Sky/View 360 Astro-Observatory 2001 8 62 Computers in Astronomy Another Look at Cosmic Distances "Weil, Thomas A." 2001 8 68 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Ephemeris Tool 4.3 "Medkeff, Jeff" 2001 8 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Back to BASICs "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 8 72 Software Showcase SKY:Lab 2001 8 72 Software Showcase XEphem 2001 8 72 Software Showcase AstroStack 2001 8 75 Books & Beyond "Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, by Paul Murdin, ed." "Robinson, Leif J." 2001 8 78 Books & Beyond "Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos, by Alan W. Hirshfeld" "Gatewood, George D." 2001 8 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Amateur-Professional Partnerships in Astronomy, by John R. Percy and Joseph B. Wilson, eds." 2001 8 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Little Book of Stars, by James B. Kaler" 2001 8 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Bigger Bang, by James E. Lidsey" 2001 8 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Trained Sky Star Atlas, by Leon Palmer" 2001 8 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Taking Science to the Moon, by Donald A. Beattie" 2001 8 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Wishing on a Star, by Fran Lee" 2001 8 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Beyond Contact: A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations, by Brian McConnell" 2001 8 83 Amateur Astronomers A Decade of Celebrating Astronomy in the Northeast "Ashford, Adrian R." 2001 8 84 Amateur Astronomers Box: Behind the Scenes with the Rockland Astronomy Club "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2001 8 86 Amateur Astronomers Box: The Northeast Astronomy Forum's Pillar "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2001 8 88 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Clyde Tombaugh's Window to the Stars "Levy, David H." 2001 8 92 Rambling Through the Skies Hollywood Star "Krupp, E. C." 2001 8 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Sagittarius and a Symphony of Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 8 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 8 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: IC 4756 In Serpens "Seronik, Gary" 2001 8 101 Small-Scope Sampler The Clusters of Taurus Poniatovii "French, Sue" 2001 8 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in August" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 8 104 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Regional Organizations "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 8 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 8 108 Celestial Calendar Perseid Prospects for 2001 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 8 110 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Close Encounter with the Moon "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 8 113 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: A Star Near Mars 2001 8 113 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Callisto's Phenomena Resume 2001 8 113 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultation 2001 8 114 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Gray Nebulae "Ryan, Jay" 2001 8 116 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Lyra As a Deep-Sky Sampler "Whitman, Alan" 2001 8 118 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Wargentin and Schickard "Wood, Charles A." 2001 8 120 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: The Red Planet "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 8 120 Observer's Log "Observer's Notebook: Late ""Breaking"" News" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 8 121 Observer's Log "Observer's Notebook: ""Triton Watch"" Under Way" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 8 124 Telescope Techniques Texas Slim: A Multipurpose Binocular Mount "Leonberger, George" 2001 8 128 Astro Imaging Astro Imaging with Digital Cameras "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2001 8 130 Astro Imaging Box: Afocal What? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 8 138 Gallery Mammoth Sunspot Complex "Utter, Craig Michael" 2001 8 138 Gallery "Aurora over Skagway, Alaska" "Klensch, Michael" "Heinselman, Craig" 2001 8 139 Gallery Horsehead and Orion Nebulae "Ware, Jason" 2001 8 140 Gallery Moonbow "BenDaniel, Matt" 2001 8 140 Gallery Galaxies M81 and M82 "Gendler, Robert" 2001 9 1 Front-Cover Photo Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218 2001 9 8 Spectrum Three Nights on Mars "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 9 10 Focal Point The Lost Stars "Haworth, Peter N. J." 2001 9 12 Letters Crazy for Craterlets "Tung, Brian" 2001 9 12 Letters An Unlikely Tour Guide "Stout, R. William" 2001 9 12 Letters A Really Heavyweight Mount "Robinson, Micah" 2001 9 14 Letters Surprising Discoveries "Leidt, Hans-Jurgen" 2001 9 14 Letters Go To or Not Go To "Mathers, David" 2001 9 14 Letters Falsely Accused "Gould, Ross" 2001 9 16 Letters Type II Quasars Revisited "Hines, Dean C." 2001 9 16 Letters A Lesson Learned "Covington, Michael A." 2001 9 16 Letters Unsung Heroes "Farquhar, Robert W." 2001 9 16 Letters For the Record 2001 9 16 Letters What Has Two Mirrors and Flies? "Morris, Randy" 2001 9 18 News Notes Solar-Neutrino Problem Solved "MacRobert, Alan M." "Tytell, David" 2001 9 19 News Notes Mira's Companion "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 9 20 News Notes Sloan Survey Shows Its Stuff "Tytell, David" 2001 9 21 News Notes Mapping Mass in 3-D Space "Downey, Philip" "Tytell, David" 2001 9 21 News Notes Sloan at Your Fingertips: The SDSS SkyServer "Tytell, David" 2001 9 22 News Notes Two Types of Spirals "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 9 24 News Notes Far-Out Kuiper-Belt Object Confounds Dynamicists "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 9 24 News Notes "Brown Dwarfs with Circum""stellar"" Disks" "Tytell, David" 2001 9 25 News Notes Landmark Light-Pollution Law "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 9 26 News Notes Stuff of Life from Irradiated Ice "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 9 27 News Notes Oblate Altair "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 9 30 Mission Update Hubble Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 9 30 Mission Update Deep Impact "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 9 30 Mission Update HST Servicing Mission 3B "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 9 30 Mission Update Galileo "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 9 32 Feature The Universe Through Gravity's Lens "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2001 9 42 Feature A Wide Deep Field: Getting the Big Picture "Tytell, David" 2001 9 46 Images Sunset on Jupiter "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 9 49 S&T Test Report A Dob for the Deep Sky "Ashford, Adrian R." 2001 9 54 New Product Showcase Universal Camera Mounting Adapter 2001 9 54 New Product Showcase Astronomy Edition of Monopoly 2001 9 54 New Product Showcase Laser Collimation Tools 2001 9 56 Books & Beyond Einstein's Brainchild: Relativity Made Relatively Easy! by Barry Parker "Reed, Frank E." 2001 9 56 Books & Beyond "Relativity for Windows, by Hans-Josef Patt and Peter Nemec" "Reed, Frank E." 2001 9 56 Books & Beyond "Maxwell's Conundrum: A Serious but Not Ponderous Book About Relativity, by Walter Scheider" "Reed, Frank E." 2001 9 59 Books & Beyond "Einstein's Unfinished Symphony, by Marcia Bartusiak" "Phinney, E. Sterl" 2001 9 60 Books & Beyond "Time Travel in Einstein's Universe, by J. Richard Gott" 2001 9 60 Books & Beyond "Einstein: Decoding the Universe, by Francoise Balibar" 2001 9 66 Amateur Astronomers "Amateur Astronomy in Russia: Past, Present, and Future" "Maslikov, Sergey" 2001 9 73 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Crescent City Astronomers "Levy, David H." 2001 9 77 Rambling Through the Skies Europing the Bull "Krupp, E. C." 2001 9 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Early Sky-Signs of Autumn "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 9 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 9 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Colorful Cygnus Triple "Seronik, Gary" 2001 9 85 Small-Scope Sampler Skirting the Scutum Starcloud "French, Sue" 2001 9 87 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in September" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 9 88 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Readying for Auroras "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 9 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 9 93 Celestial Calendar Saturn's Vanishing Act "Ashford, Adrian R." 2001 9 95 Celestial Calendar Titania Hides a Bright Star "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 9 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Callisto's First Eclipse 2001 9 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: September Meteors 2001 9 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultation 2001 9 102 Observer's Log Taking Your Telescope to the Limit "Skiff, Brian A." 2001 9 105 Observer's Log A Trio of Deep-Sky Duos "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 9 108 Observer's Log Julius Caesar and the Haemus Mountains "Wood, Charles A." 2001 9 110 Observer's Log Darkness on the Dark Continent "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 9 112 Observer's Log Mars Flares in Florida "Seronik, Gary" 2001 9 114 Telescope Techniques The Hargreaves Strut "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2001 9 116 Astro Imaging Fixing Vignetting in Astrophotos "Walker, Sean" 2001 9 124 Gallery Splendor of the Southern Milky Way "Yan, James Tse" 2001 9 124 Gallery Sunspot Parade "Slawik, Eckhard" 2001 9 125 Gallery NGC 2442 "Juchnowski, Steven" 2001 9 125 Gallery Crescent Venus "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2001 9 125 Gallery Mediterranean Aurora "Feyte, Pierre-Paul" 2001 9 125 Gallery First-Quarter Moon "Bonduelle, Etienne" 2001 9 126 Gallery The Maffei Galaxies "Ratledge, David" "Bramall, Gerald" 2001 10 1 Front-Cover Photo Star Trails over Gemini North 2001 10 8 Spectrum "My Hero, the Tyrant" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 10 10 Focal Point The Lost Stars - II "Sincell, Mark" 2001 10 12 Letters Star-Hoppin' to an Asteroid "Castle, Paul R." 2001 10 12 Letters I Spy a Space Station "Hudgens, Ben" 2001 10 14 Letters "I Fought the Rock, and the Rock Won" "Ferrin, Ignacio" 2001 10 14 Letters A SWAN Flying High "Robson, Monty" 2001 10 14 Letters Now That's Speeding! "Sewell, Alan E." 2001 10 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2001 10 16 Letters Astronomy Musings of a New Father "Jablonowski, Mark M." 2001 10 16 Letters "The Price of ""Star""dom - II" "Alexander, Bob" 2001 10 16 Letters For the Record 2001 10 16 Letters "The Price of ""Star""dom - I" "Holliday, Bill" 2001 10 18 News Notes Fountains of Chondrules from the Sun's Cloudy Birth "Beatty, J. Kelly" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 10 19 News Notes Why Does Venus Spin Backward? "Tytell, David" 2001 10 20 News Notes Barely Stable Planetary Systems "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 10 20 News Notes A Young Globular Cluster in the LMC "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 10 21 News Notes No Planet Found at Barnard's Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 10 22 News Notes A Star Cluster Awash in X-rays "Tytell, David" 2001 10 22 News Notes Windblown Waves on a Striking Nebular Sea "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 10 24 News Notes Listening to Alpha Centauri's Heartbeat "Tytell, David" 2001 10 26 News Notes Moon Sheds Light on Earth's Climate "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 10 26 News Notes Billions of Comets Orbit a Dying Star "Schilling, Govert" 2001 10 28 Mission Update Microwave Anisotropy Probe "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 10 28 Mission Update Spektr-Rontgen-Gamma "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 10 28 Mission Update Messenger "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 10 30 Feature Adaptive Optics Comes of Age "Schilling, Govert" 2001 10 34 Feature Box: Cultivating AO: The Center for Adaptive Optics "Schilling, Govert" 2001 10 35 Feature Box: A Sharper Sun "Schilling, Govert" 2001 10 37 Feature Box: Rubber Secondaries "Schilling, Govert" 2001 10 42 Feature Mission Possible: The Promise of Pisgah "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 10 48 Images Infrared View of Sharpless 106 "Shepherd, Debra" 2001 10 51 S&T Test Report William Optics Megrez 80 Refractor "Dyer, Alan" 2001 10 56 New Product Showcase Pier-Tech Adjustable-Height Supports 2001 10 56 New Product Showcase Peterson Engineering EyeOpener 2001 10 56 New Product Showcase Star Tek Industries 3N1 Tray 2001 10 58 Computers in Astronomy A Trio for Minor-Planet Observers "Medkeff, Jeff" 2001 10 62 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Atlas of the Solar System "Foust, Jeff" 2001 10 64 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Dealing with Online Einsteins "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 10 66 Software Showcase Our Fantastic Universe 2001 10 66 Software Showcase The Fourth Day 2001 10 66 Software Showcase Astronomer's Control Program 2 2001 10 69 Books & Beyond "Great Comets, by Robert Burnham" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2001 10 69 Books & Beyond "Comet Science, by Jacques Crovisier and Therese Encranaz" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2001 10 72 Books & Beyond "Guides to the Night Sky: Audio Tours of the Heaven's Above, by Benjamin J. Senson" "Deans, Paul" 2001 10 73 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Catalogue of Meteorites, 5th Edition, by Monica Grady" 2001 10 73 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Observations of Comets from B.C. 611 to A.D. 1640, Translated from the Chinese Annals, by John Williams" 2001 10 73 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The First Asteroid: Ceres 1801-2001, by Clifford J. Cunningham" 2001 10 76 Amateur Astronomers The Stars Through the Eyes of the Dragon "Wai-Kin Ng, Eric" 2001 10 78 Amateur Astronomers Box: A Pioneer Hong Kong Amateur "Wai-Kin Ng, Eric" 2001 10 81 Amateur Astronomers Comet Award Winners 2001 10 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Unique Observatory "Levy, David H." 2001 10 86 Rambling Through the Skies Unlimited Ceiling "Krupp, E. C." 2001 10 90 Guide to the Evening Sky In Search of the Sea Goat "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 10 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 10 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Messier 2 Shining Through "Seronik, Gary" 2001 10 93 Small-Scope Sampler A Fish Tail to Get Your Goat "French, Sue" 2001 10 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in October" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 10 96 Guide to the Evening Sky Light-Pollution Notes: Recent Victories "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 10 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 10 100 Celestial Calendar The Quest for Elusive Moons "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 10 102 Celestial Calendar Box: Where to Look for a Planet's Moons "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 10 103 Celestial Calendar Update on Titania's Occultation "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 10 106 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultations 2001 10 106 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Driving Space "Ryan, Jay" 2001 10 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: October Meteors 2001 10 110 Observer's Log My Favorite Deep-Sky Objects "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2001 10 115 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: A Tour of Extragalactic Globulars "Jakiel, Richard" 2001 10 118 Observer's Log "Lunar Notebook: Sabine, Ritter, and Dionysius" "Wood, Charles A." 2001 10 119 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Double Disappearing Act "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 10 122 Telescope Techniques Downsizing Newtonian Secondary Mirrors "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 2001 10 124 Telescope Techniques Box: More Uses for Relay Lenses "Seronik, Gary" 2001 10 128 Gallery Eclipse Sequence "Legault, Thierry" 2001 10 128 Gallery June 21st Solar Eclipse Crescent "Bruenjes, Fred" 2001 10 128 Gallery June 21st Eclipse "Carlos, Wendy" "Kern, Jonathan" 2001 10 128 Gallery Celestial Diamond Ring "Guertin, Jacques" 2001 10 130 Gallery June 21st Eclipse and Jupiter "Espenak, Fred" 2001 10 130 Gallery Comet LINEAR at Lake Titicaca "Mirot, Max" "Tanner, Roger" "Close, Brian" 2001 10 131 Gallery June 21st Eclipse Prominence "Legault, Thierry" 2001 10 131 Gallery Faces of Mars "Massey, Steve" 2001 10 131 Gallery Venus Time Lapse Composite "Tezel, Tunc" 2001 10 132 Gallery The Moon in Shadow "Anderson, Peter E." 2001 11 1 Front-Cover Photo The Crescent Nebula "Gendler, Robert" 2001 11 8 Spectrum Sixty Years and Counting... "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 11 10 Focal Point Escape from the Armchair "Lally, Raymond" 2001 11 12 Letters Point and Shoot - II "Donnelly, Joey" 2001 11 12 Letters Revisiting Mauna Kea - II "Dutch, Steven I." 2001 11 12 Letters I Saw the Great Pumpkin! "Marks, Joel" 2001 11 12 Letters Point and Shoot - I "DeMidio, Rich" 2001 11 12 Letters Revisiting Mauna Kea - I "Milledge, Robert D." 2001 11 14 Letters In Praise of Small Scopes "Hamer, Martijn" 2001 11 14 Letters For the Record 2001 11 14 Letters Greetings from Turkey "Kalfaoglu, Turgut" 2001 11 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2001 11 16 News Notes A Better Fix on Gamma-Ray Bursts "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 11 17 News Notes A Warped Edge-on Galaxy "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 11 18 News Notes Time Bomb in Scorpius "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 11 18 News Notes How Miras Vary "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 11 19 News Notes Looking Toward the Dark Age "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 11 20 News Notes The Source of the Milky Way's X-rays "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 11 20 News Notes An Asteroid Belt Like Our Own? "Tytell, David" 2001 11 22 News Notes Dust Storm Clouds Out Mars "Tytell, David" 2001 11 23 News Notes Daylight Meteor Lights the Northeast "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Tytell, David" 2001 11 23 News Notes The Origin of Brown Dwarfs "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 11 24 News Notes Antique-Instrument Market Heats Up "Sinnott, Roger W." 2001 11 25 News Notes "Fred Hoyle, 1915-2001" "Tytell, David" 2001 11 28 Mission Update KORONAS-F "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 11 28 Mission Update Genesis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 11 28 Mission Update Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 11 30 Feature Sixty Years of Hindsight "Robinson, Leif J." 2001 11 35 Feature Box: No Identity Crisis "di Cicco, Dennis" 2001 11 38 Feature The Race to Measure the Cosmos "Hirshfeld, Alan W." 2001 11 48 Feature The Star Too Tough to Die "Kerber, Florian" "Asplund, Martin" 2001 11 54 Images Starbirth Cloud RCW 108 in Ara "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2001 11 57 S&T Test Report Two Ultrasensitive CCD Cameras "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 11 63 Computers in Astronomy Stellar Guides for Your Birthday "Farinacci, Jeff A." 2001 11 67 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Pocket Universe 2000 3.0.2 "Ratledge, David" 2001 11 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Permission Policing "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 11 74 Software Showcase Lunar 1.2 2001 11 74 Software Showcase Solscape 1.0.1 2001 11 74 Software Showcase NexStar Observer List 2001 11 77 Books & Beyond "Field Guide to the Deep Sky Objects, by Mike Inglis" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 11 77 Books & Beyond "Deep Sky Observing: The Astronomical Tourist, by Steven R. Coe" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 11 77 Books & Beyond "The Deep-Sky Observer's Year, by Grant Privett and Paul Parsons" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 11 80 Books & Beyond "Revealing the Universe, by Wallace Tucker and Karen Tucker" "Tytell, David" 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: New Cosmic Horizons, by David Leverington" 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Southern Sky Guide, by David Ellyard and Wil Tirion" 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sacred Geometry, by Miranda Lundy" 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Taking Science to the Moon, by Donald A. Beattie" 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Useful Mathematical & Physical Formulae, by Matthew Watkins" 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Maria Mitchell: A Life in Journals and Letters, by Henry Albers, ed." 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Planetary and Lunar Coordinates 2001-2020, by H. M. Nautical Almanac Office" 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sun, Moon, & Earth, by Robin Heath" 2001 11 82 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Understanding the Heavens, by Claude Pecker" 2001 11 84 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy on the Road "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2001 11 86 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Solstice Eclipse "Levy, David H." 2001 11 93 Rambling Through the Skies Astronomical Babel "Krupp, E. C." 2001 11 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Wanderings at the Fomalhaut Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 11 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 11 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Watching Delta Cephi "Seronik, Gary" 2001 11 101 Small-Scope Sampler Arcing Through the Autumn Sky "French, Sue" 2001 11 103 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in November" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 11 104 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Green Flashes (Part 1) "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 11 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 11 109 Celestial Calendar Leonids 2001: The Saga Continues "Rao, Joe" 2001 11 118 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Two Novae for Binoculars 2001 11 118 Celestial Calendar "Calendar Notes: Jupiter ""Without Moons""" 2001 11 120 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Penumbra "Ryan, Jay" 2001 11 120 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Vesta Tours the Hyades 2001 11 122 Observer's Log A Sampling of Edge-on Galaxies "Polakis, Tom" 2001 11 125 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Pegasus I Galaxy Cluster "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 11 127 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: From the Caucasus to the Alps "Wood, Charles A." 2001 11 129 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Canadian's Star-Party Comet "Dyer, Alan" 2001 11 132 Astro Imaging Imaging the Sky from the Suburbs "Gendler, Robert" 2001 11 140 Gallery Spiral Galaxy IC 342 in Camelopardalis "Foster, James" 2001 11 140 Gallery Whirlpool Galaxy M51 in Canes Venatici "Block, Adam" 2001 11 140 Gallery Milky Way Panorama "Tse, James" 2001 11 141 Gallery Ring Nebula M57 in Lyra "Moilanen, Marko" "Oksanen, Arto" 2001 11 141 Gallery Nebula Complex NGC 6559 in Sagittarius "Stevens, Gary L." 2001 11 142 Gallery Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae in Sagittarius "Middleton, Bobby" 2001 11 142 Gallery S Monocerotis Region "Mandel, Steve" 2001 11 142 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M94 in Canes Venatici "Ehrhorn, Brad" "Gralak, Ray" 2001 11 143 Gallery Winter Sun Pillar "Woodward, Bill" 2001 12 1 Front-Cover Photo Montage: Hot New Products of 2001 2001 12 8 Spectrum "One World, One Hobby" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2001 12 10 Focal Point Running the Numbers "Young, Robert" 2001 12 12 Letters Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder "Grossenbacher, Roger" 2001 12 12 Letters Steering Readers in the Wrong Direction "Pushkarsky, Louis P." 2001 12 14 Letters A Costly Question "Alcaide, Antonio" 2001 12 14 Letters "Just ""Go To"" It - II" "Marion, Marian" 2001 12 14 Letters Revisiting Old Friends "Ferris, Bill" 2001 12 14 Letters "Just ""Go To"" It - I" "Atkinson, Paul" 2001 12 16 Letters Not Your Average Perseid! "Boschat, Michael E." 2001 12 16 Letters Our Global Community "Laurentino, David" 2001 12 16 Letters For the Record 2001 12 16 Letters "Just ""Go To"" It - III" "Swanson, Mike" 2001 12 18 News Notes Meet Comet Borrelly "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 12 20 News Notes New Physics from Ancient Quasars? "Roth, Joshua" 2001 12 22 News Notes Exoplanet Transit Refined "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 12 22 News Notes A Cousin of the Solar System "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 12 24 News Notes A World Awash in Light "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 12 25 News Notes Kuiper Belt Object Dethrones Ceres "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 12 25 News Notes Chicago's Controversial Ray of Light "Aguirre, Edwin L." "Tytell, David" 2001 12 26 News Notes The Ice Spires of Callisto "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2001 12 26 News Notes Blue-Ribbon Panel Opposes NASA Control of Astronomy "Tytell, David" 2001 12 27 News Notes Follow That Story: No Hypernova Remnants "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 12 27 News Notes Follow That Story: New Cosmology Keeps Firming Up "MacRobert, Alan M." 2001 12 30 Mission Update Ulysses "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 12 30 News Notes Pluto Mission "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 12 30 Mission Update Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 12 30 Mission Update Chandra X-ray Observatory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2001 12 32 Feature Hot New Products of 2001 "Sky & Telescope, the Editors of" 2001 12 44 Feature Wondering in the Dark "Croswell, Ken" 2001 12 52 Feature Dmitri Maksutov: The Man and His Telescopes "Petrunin, Yuri" "Trigubov, Eduard" 2001 12 60 Images Seasons on Saturn "Deans, Paul" 2001 12 63 Computers in Astronomy A Flexible Virtual Planetarium "Badillo, Victor L." 2001 12 66 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: The Inspiration of Imagined Places "Goldman, Stuart J." 2001 12 68 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: SKY:Lab 2.5 "Heafner, Joe" 2001 12 70 Software Showcase Deep Space Explorer 2001 12 70 Software Showcase Pocket Deepsky 2001 12 70 Software Showcase Image2000 2001 12 72 Books & Beyond "The Art of Chesley Bonestell, by Ron Miller and Frederick C. Durant III" "Hartmann, William K." 2001 12 74 Books & Beyond "Visions of Spaceflight: Images from the Ordway Collection, by Frederick I. Ordway III" 2001 12 74 Books & Beyond "Our Universe: The Thrill of Extragalactic Exploration As Told by Leading Experts, by S. Alan Stern, ed." "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2001 12 74 Books & Beyond "Imagining Space, by Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy" 2001 12 74 Books & Beyond "Hardyware: The Art of David A. Hardy, by Chris Morgan" 2001 12 77 Amateur Astronomers Sparks Fly Under Sonoma Skies "Jones, Jane Houston" 2001 12 80 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Pacific Meets Minnesota "Levy, David H." 2001 12 86 Rambling Through the Skies Missing Mars "Krupp, E. C." 2001 12 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Andromeda at the Zenith "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 12 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2001 12 92 Guide to the Evening Sky "Binocular Highlight: The E.T. Cluster, NGC 457" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 12 93 Small-Scope Sampler Sculpting at the South Galactic Pole "French, Sue" 2001 12 95 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in December" "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 12 96 Guide to the Evening Sky The Near Sky: Green Flashes (Part 2) "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 12 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2001 12 101 Celestial Calendar A Nice Comet for the Holiday Season "Bortle, John E." 2001 12 104 Celestial Calendar December's Annular Eclipse of the Sun "Deans, Paul" 2001 12 105 Celestial Calendar The Full Moon Hides Saturn "Deans, Paul" 2001 12 107 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Meteor Showers 2001 12 107 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultations 2001 12 108 Celestial Calendar SkyWise: Astronomy Bug "Ryan, Jay" 2001 12 113 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Checking Off the Galaxies at 1 Arietis "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2001 12 115 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Imbrium Lava Flows "Wood, Charles A." 2001 12 117 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: The 2001 Martian Dust Storm "Parker, Donald C." 2001 12 120 Telescope Techniques A Compact 8-inch Travelscope "Seronik, Gary" 2001 12 127 Astro Imaging Thoughts on Super-Resolution Planetary Imaging "Cidadao, Antonio Jose" 2001 12 136 Gallery Medusa Nebula (Sharpless 2-274) in Gemini "Wright, Cliff" 2001 12 136 Gallery Perseid Meteor over Giant Hand Rock Formation "Pacholka, Wally" 2001 12 137 Gallery Pinwheel Galaxy (M33) in Triangulum "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 2001 12 137 Gallery Jupiter Occultation "Fujii, Akira" 2001 12 137 Gallery Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009) in Aquarius "Block, Adam" 2001 12 138 Gallery Pac-Man Nebula (NGC 281) in Cassiopeia "Gralak, Ray" 2002 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Earth from Galileo 2002 1 8 Spectrum Sign of the Times "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 1 10 Focal Point Lessons from the Sky "Bodnar, Alan" 2002 1 12 Letters In My Mind I'm Goin' to Carolina "Patterson, Bobby W." 2002 1 12 Letters Stamping Out Errors "Dicati, Renato" 2002 1 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago 2002 1 14 Letters A Silent Memorial "Palan, Kevin M." 2002 1 14 Letters From Trash to Treasure "Sieminski, Laurie" 2002 1 14 Letters For the Record 2002 1 14 Letters Next Stop: Hogwarts "Hockey, Thomas" 2002 1 16 News Notes The Dark Matter Around Us "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 1 16 News Notes A Handle on Dark Matter? "Lucentini, Jack" 2002 1 17 News Notes Zooming In on a Protogalaxy "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 1 18 News Notes Hubble Finds a Vigorous Stellar Nursery "Tytell, David" 2002 1 18 News Notes Milky Way's Black Hole: Case Closed "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 1 20 News Notes Kalliope's Kin "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 1 20 News Notes Twin Trojan Found "Tytell, David" 2002 1 21 News Notes The Face of Ceres "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 1 22 News Notes Lunar Soil Reveals Solar Secrets "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 1 22 News Notes Mars in a Dust Cocoon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 1 24 News Notes An Amateur Space Telescope? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 1 24 News Notes The Saga of Simplesat "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 1 26 News Notes Clash of the Titans: Meade Sues Celestron "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 1 26 News Notes Asteroid Memorials for September 11th "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 1 28 Mission Update Space Science in Japan "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 1 28 Mission Update Space Science in Europe "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 1 29 Mission Update Space Science in Russia "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 1 29 Mission Update Space Science in the Developing World "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 1 32 Feature Searching for the Molecules of Life in Space "Nadis, Steve" 2002 1 40 Feature Supernovae Are Not Round "Wang, Lifan" "Wheeler, J. Craig" 2002 1 48 Feature Butterflies and Crabs of the Southern Sky "Kwok, Sun" 2002 1 50 Feature "Box: The Origin of ""He"" Planetary Nebulae" "Kwok, Sun" 2002 1 55 S&T Test Report Sky Window: A Novel Mount for Binocular Astronomy "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 1 57 S&T Test Report Sirius Optics' Minus Violet Filter "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 1 60 New Product Showcase True Technology Custom-Wheel 2002 1 60 New Product Showcase Kuelco Bino Mount 2002 1 60 New Product Showcase JMI Megapod and Power PAC 2002 1 63 Computers in Astronomy Finding Your Double-Star Limit "Arguelles, Luis" 2002 1 67 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Lunar Calculator 1.53 "Medkeff, Jeff" 2002 1 70 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: The Allure of Saturn "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 1 72 Books & Beyond "Star and Sky, by Robert Burnham, ed." "Lyster, Timothy A." 2002 1 74 Books & Beyond "Heavenly Errors, by Neil F. Comins" "Thessin, Rachel" 2002 1 74 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Observatories and Planetariums of the World, by Map Link" 2002 1 76 Books & Beyond "Observer's Handbook 2002, by Rajiv Gupta, ed." 2002 1 76 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Calendar 2002, by Guy Ottewell" 2002 1 76 Books & Beyond "2002 Comet Handbook, by Syuichi Nakano and Daniel W. E. Green, eds." 2002 1 76 Books & Beyond "The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2002, by the Nautical Almanac Office" 2002 1 76 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Yearbook 2002, by Steve Pattie, ed." 2002 1 76 Books & Beyond "The Astronomical Pocket Diary 2002, by Norbert Haley" 2002 1 76 Books & Beyond MPO2002 (Minor Planet Observer 2002) 2002 1 76 Books & Beyond "The Handbook of the British Astronomical Association 2002, by J. Mitton, ed." 2002 1 79 Amateur Astronomers Sharing the Sky "Nelson, Robert" 2002 1 81 Amateur Astronomers Benson Prize Winner 2002 1 82 Amateur Astronomers Exploring the Universe by Touch "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 1 84 Amateur Astronomers It's Time to Party! "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 1 86 Amateur Astronomers Box: Star-Party Etiquette 2002 1 89 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Dr. Comet at 95 "Levy, David H." 2002 1 94 Rambling Through the Skies Celestial Sweets "Krupp, E. C." 2002 1 98 Guide to the Evening Sky Stars on the Meridian "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 1 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 1 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Alpha Persei Association "Seronik, Gary" 2002 1 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in January" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 1 104 Small-Scope Sampler January's Celestial Menagerie "French, Sue" 2002 1 106 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 1 108 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2002 "Dunham, David W." 2002 1 111 Celestial Calendar Box: Lunar Profile from an Eta Geminorum Graze "Dunham, David W." 2002 1 116 Celestial Calendar Light-Pollution Notes: Catch Phrases for Dark-Sky Activism "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 1 116 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: January Meteors 2002 1 116 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Comet LINEAR (C/2000 WM1) 2002 1 118 Observer's Log Enjoying Unequal Double Stars "Haas, Sissy" 2002 1 122 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Star Clusters That Weren't "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2002 1 126 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Clavius and Neighbors "Wood, Charles A." 2002 1 128 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Bright Auroras 2002 1 128 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Canadian Daylight Fireball "Dyer, Alan" 2002 1 132 Telescope Techniques Thermal Management in Newtonian Reflectors "Adler, Alan" 2002 1 138 Gallery Veil Nebula in Cygnus "Mandel, Steve" 2002 1 138 Gallery Dynamic Sun "Garcia, Gordon" 2002 1 138 Gallery Circumpolar Star Trails "Nemy, John" 2002 1 140 Gallery Saturn's Vanishing Act - Scene I "Burgstaller, Siegfried" 2002 1 140 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 6384 in Ophiuchus "Schur, Chris" 2002 1 140 Gallery Colorful Circumzenithal Arc "Babcock, Taavi" 2002 1 140 Gallery Magnificent Saturn "Grafton, Ed" 2002 1 141 Gallery Saturn's Vanishing Act - Scene II "Zerbe, Craig" 2002 2 1 Amateur Astronomers test - default cover date 2002 2 8 Spectrum Change of Address "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 2 10 Focal Point The Unexpected Letter "Barnes, Don" 2002 2 12 Letters A Whale of a Tale "Gallup, John" "Gallup, Denise" 2002 2 12 Letters Return of the Green Lantern "Compton, Ron" 2002 2 12 Letters A Night on the Open Seas "Payne, Tom" 2002 2 14 Letters Leaving with a Big Bang - II "Truitt, Steve" 2002 2 14 Letters Anniversary Stars "Sullivan, Woodruff T." 2002 2 14 Letters Leaving with a Big Bang - I "Shook, Jim" 2002 2 16 Letters Astronomical Sacred Sites - II "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2002 2 16 Letters My Little Supernova "Walach, Rebecca" 2002 2 16 Letters Astronomical Sacred Sites - I "Wiener, Matthew P." 2002 2 18 News Notes One Less Hubble-Constant Hang-Up? "Roth, Joshua" 2002 2 19 News Notes Steady State Theory Getting the Last Laugh "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 2 20 News Notes M87's Hole Without a Doughnut "Schilling, Govert" 2002 2 21 News Notes Pluto: Mission Impossible? "Tytell, David" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 2 22 News Notes Great Blue Gobs of Supernova Guts "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 2 22 News Notes Brown Dwarfs Showing Their True Colors "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 2 24 News Notes All in the Asteroid Family "Schilling, Govert" 2002 2 24 News Notes "A ""Negative Gravity"" Asteroid" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 2 24 News Notes Wide Binary in the Kuiper Belt "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 2 25 News Notes Looking Below a Sunspot's Surface "Tytell, David" 2002 2 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Disaster at Super-Kamiokande "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 2 26 News Notes "The End of NASA's ""Goldin Age""" "Vatalaro, Michael" 2002 2 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Eta Carinae's Coming Burst of Doom "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 2 28 Mission Update Genesis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 2 28 Mission Update High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 2 28 Mission Update Interplanetary Monitoring Platform 8 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 2 28 Mission Update High-Energy Transient Explorer 2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 2 28 Mission Update 2001 Mars Odyssey "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 2 30 Feature The Age of Behemoths "Jayawardhana, Ray" 2002 2 34 Feature Box: Remote Observing "Jayawardhana, Ray" 2002 2 36 Feature Box: International Collaboration "Jayawardhana, Ray" 2002 2 38 Feature The Great Ptolemy-Hipparchus Dispute "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2002 2 46 Images Inside the Orion Nebula "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 2 49 S&T Test Report Celestron's NexStar 11 GPS: Beauty and Brains "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 2 56 New Product Showcase B&D Instruments Crayford Focusers 2002 2 56 New Product Showcase Advanced Telescope Systems Portable and Permanent Piers 2002 2 56 New Product Showcase "Telescope Engineering Co. 6"" f/12 Maksutov-Cassegrain Reflector" 2002 2 58 Software Showcase C88 2002 2 58 Software Showcase Our Solar System 2002 2 58 Software Showcase ScopeDriver 2002 2 60 Books & Beyond "Extreme Stars: At the Edge of Creation, by James B. Kaler" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2002 2 62 Books & Beyond "Epic Moon, by William P. Sheehan and Thomas A. Dobbins" "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 2 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: An Intimate Look at the Night Sky, by Chet Raymo" 2002 2 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 39" 2002 2 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Distant Wanderers, by Bruce G. Dorminey" 2002 2 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Kingdom of the Sun, by Jacqueline Mitton and Christina Balit" 2002 2 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Color and Light in Nature, by David K. Lynch and William Livingston" 2002 2 67 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Uses Monster Telescope "Schilling, Govert" 2002 2 70 Amateur Astronomers Box: Finding Planetaries in Globs: A Do-It-Yourself Guide "Tytell, David" 2002 2 72 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: Meet Larry, Moe, and Curly" "Levy, David H." 2002 2 76 Rambling Through the Skies Hunting the Hare "Krupp, E. C." 2002 2 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Winter's Bright Circle "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 2 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 2 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Pleiades "Seronik, Gary" 2002 2 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in February" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 2 88 Small-Scope Sampler Looking the Bull in the Face "French, Sue" 2002 2 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 2 92 Celestial Calendar A Saturn-Moon Spectacle "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 2 95 Celestial Calendar Juno Goes It Alone "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 2 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Moon Occults Jupiter 2002 2 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultation 2002 2 99 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Delta-T for 2002 2002 2 102 Observer's Log "A Rare Opportunity to Glimpse Saturn's ""Lost Ring""" "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Sheehan, William" 2002 2 108 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Nebulae of the Deep South "Whitman, Alan" 2002 2 112 Observer's Log "Lunar Notebook: Catharina, Cyrillus, and Theophilus" "Wood, Charles A." 2002 2 115 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Leonids 2001: A First Look "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 2 117 Astro Imaging Wide-Field Imaging with CCD Cameras "Mandel, Steve" 2002 2 123 Telescope Techniques Four Infamous Telescope Myths "Seronik, Gary" 2002 2 130 Gallery Auroral Landscapes "Venhaus, Chris" 2002 2 130 Gallery Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules "Ball, Jeff" 2002 2 131 Gallery Mars in Sagittarius "Oltolini, Alberto" 2002 2 131 Gallery Moon Runs Over Saturn "Bonduelle, Etienne" 2002 2 132 Gallery More Northern Lights "Irvine, Steve" "Slobins, Robert B." 2002 2 132 Gallery New Moon in Old Moon's Arms "BenDaniel, Matt" 2002 2 132 Gallery Edge-On Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 in Sculptor "Jacobs, Rich" 2002 2 133 Gallery Star Trails "Wienerroither, Peter" 2002 2 133 Gallery Reflection Nebula NGC 7023 in Cepheus "Lula, Brian" 2002 3 1 Front-Cover Photo John Grunsfeld Hangs on to Hubble 2002 3 8 Spectrum Eyes on the Prize "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 3 10 Focal Point No Escaping the Obvious "Battaglia, Michael" 2002 3 12 Letters Longing for Leonids - II "Pappaceno, Marian" 2002 3 12 Letters Longing for Leonids - I "Chilton, Lewis J." 2002 3 12 Letters Rubber Secondaries "Pacini, Franco" "Strittmatter, Peter" 2002 3 14 Letters Happy Birthday to S&T "Keel, William C." 2002 3 14 Letters "Something Old, Something New" "Webster, Jim" 2002 3 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 3 16 News Notes New Adaptive Optics at the VLT "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 3 17 News Notes Castor C Challenges Red-Dwarf Theory "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 3 18 News Notes A Whiff of Vanished Martian Seas "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 3 18 News Notes Mars's Active Snow and Ice "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 3 19 News Notes Martian Gully Mystery Solved? "Tytell, David" 2002 3 20 News Notes The Heart of Omega Centauri "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 3 20 News Notes Binary Star Yields Distance to Omega Centauri "Roth, Joshua" 2002 3 21 News Notes The Universe Is Unbiased "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 3 22 News Notes The Super-Black Heart of Comet Borrelly "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 3 22 News Notes Detecting an Exoplanet's Atmosphere "Winn, Joshua N." 2002 3 24 News Notes Fourth Planet of a Pulsar "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 3 24 News Notes "Look, No Spectrograph!" "Schilling, Govert" 2002 3 28 Mission Update Galileo "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 3 28 Mission Update 2001 Mars Odyssey "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 3 28 Mission Update Rosetta "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 3 30 Feature Remaking Hubble "Grunsfeld, John Mace" 2002 3 34 Feature Hubble's New Eyes "Wanjek, Christopher" 2002 3 42 Images Horsehead Nebula "Hester, J. Jeff" 2002 3 44 S&T Test Report "Three New Maksutovs: Orion StarMax 127 EQ, Meade ETX-105EC, and Orion Optics OMC-140" "Seronik, Gary" 2002 3 50 Computers in Astronomy Delving into Deep-Sky Data "Skiff, Brian A." 2002 3 56 Computers in Astronomy "Screen Shot: Planetarium 2.1.1, by Aho Software" "Foust, Jeff" 2002 3 58 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Message-Board Meteor Magic "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 3 60 Software Showcase "MojoWorld Transporter, Transporter Pro, and Generator, by Pandromeda" 2002 3 60 Software Showcase "Daily Astro Data 2002, by Aurora Software" 2002 3 60 Software Showcase "2sky 2.0, by Zerpec" 2002 3 62 Books & Beyond Explore the Universe Exhibit "Maran, Stephen P." 2002 3 64 Books & Beyond "Beyond Earth: Mapping the Universe, by David Devorkin, ed." 2002 3 64 Books & Beyond "Celestial Treasury, by Lachieze-Rey and Luminet" 2002 3 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Transit of Venus, by David Sellers" 2002 3 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astronomy 2002, by Dawes, Northfield, and Wallace" 2002 3 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Walter Baade, by Donald E. Osterbrock" 2002 3 68 Amateur Astronomers Nova Hunters "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2002 3 72 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Planetarium Nights "Levy, David H." 2002 3 78 Rambling Through the Skies The Winds Encompassed "Krupp, E. C." 2002 3 82 Guide to the Evening Sky A Night Sky to Remember "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 3 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 3 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Passage to Imbrium "Seronik, Gary" 2002 3 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in March" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 3 88 Small-Scope Sampler Dog Overboard! "French, Sue" 2002 3 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 3 92 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations for 2002 "Dunham, David W." 2002 3 99 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Crescent Moon and Saturn 2002 3 100 Celestial Calendar The Near Sky: A Real-Life Bonestell Saturn "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 3 102 Observer's Log The 2001 Leonids: A Great Show "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 3 106 Observer's Log Lunar Leonids Strike Again "Tytell, David" 2002 3 107 Observer's Log "Lunar Notebook: Furnerius, Petavius, and Humboldt" "Wood, Charles A." 2002 3 108 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: A Collection of Bipolar Planetary Nebulae "Jakiel, Richard" 2002 3 111 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A Hit-and-Miss Annular Eclipse "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 3 111 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A (Barely) Naked-Eye Comet "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 3 113 Telescope Techniques A Selection of Bino-Mounts "Seronik, Gary" 2002 3 116 Gallery Fireball in Auriga "Kolb, Jon" 2002 3 116 Gallery Leonid Fisheye View "Shirao, Motomaro" 2002 3 116 Gallery Leonids from Down Under "Espenak, Fred" 2002 3 118 Gallery Star Trails and Leonids "Herrera, Jimmy" 2002 4 1 Front-Cover Photo The Pinwheel Galaxy "Fletcher, Bill" "Fletcher, Sally" 2002 4 8 Spectrum We're Everywhere "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 4 10 Focal Point Make Way for the New Breed "Buffington, David" 2002 4 12 Letters Astrology vs. Astronomy - II "Brasch, Klaus R." 2002 4 12 Letters Astrology vs. Astronomy - I "Louis, Anthony" 2002 4 14 Letters Astrology vs. Astronomy - III "Egler, Robert A." 2002 4 14 Letters Amateur Outreach Survey "Bennett, Michael" 2002 4 14 Letters For the Good of the Field? - II "Knowlen, Loron W." 2002 4 14 Letters For the Good of the Field? - I "Lusby, David" 2002 4 14 Letters Astrology vs. Astronomy - IV "Vardhan, Vishnu" 2002 4 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 4 16 Letters For the Record 2002 4 16 Letters A Small Triumph over Light Pollution "Runyan, Bob" 2002 4 16 Letters Adventures of an Armchair Meteor Hunter "Feibelman, Walter A." 2002 4 16 Letters Who Needs Sleep? "DePalma, Steven" 2002 4 16 Letters A New Observing Marathon "Bacon, James" 2002 4 18 News Notes Chandra Unveils the Milky Way's Center "Tytell, David" 2002 4 19 News Notes An Infant Universe Teeming with Stars "Chandler, David L." 2002 4 20 News Notes Gamma-Ray Bursts Next Door? "Roth, Joshua" 2002 4 21 News Notes The Hue of the Universe "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 4 22 News Notes First Planet of a Giant Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 4 22 News Notes Barred Spirals Come and Go "Schilling, Govert" 2002 4 24 News Notes Jupiter's Shrinking Red Spot "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 4 24 News Notes Brown Dwarf Imaged Close to a Star "Tytell, David" 2002 4 26 News Notes The Leonids' Best Home Videos "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 4 26 News Notes Vega's Clumpy Dust May Reveal a Hidden Planet "Tytell, David" 2002 4 27 News Notes A Hidden Planet for Beta Pictoris? "Roth, Joshua" 2002 4 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Brown Dwarfs with Clear Skies "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 4 28 News Notes NASA Kills FAME Over Busted Budget "Lewis, Rhiannon" 2002 4 28 News Notes Gemini South: Open for Business "Tytell, David" 2002 4 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Dark Matter Is Not Like a Gas "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 4 30 Mission Update Deep Space 1 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 4 30 Mission Update Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 4 30 Mission Update Yohkoh "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 4 32 Feature Urban Astronomy: Observing the Messier Objects from the City "Flanders, Tony" 2002 4 40 Feature Your Home Lighting Guide "Thessin, Rachel" "Crawford, David L." 2002 4 48 Images The Earth at Night "Thessin, Rachel" 2002 4 50 S&T Test Report Home Lighting for Amateur Astronomers "di Cicco, Dennis" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 4 54 New Product Showcase Aries Chromacor 2002 4 54 New Product Showcase nFOCUS controller from Rigel Systems 2002 4 54 New Product Showcase AstroCapella 2.0 2002 4 57 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: C88 "Ratledge, David" 2002 4 58 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: To Pluto and Beyond! "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 4 60 Software Showcase "The Earth Centered Universe, by Nova Astronomics" 2002 4 60 Software Showcase KStars 2002 4 60 Software Showcase "Secrets of the Universe, by Montparnasse Multimedia" 2002 4 62 Books & Beyond "Stars & Planets, by Ridpath and Tirion" "Roth, Joshua" 2002 4 65 Books & Beyond "Telescope Guidebook, Vol. 1, by Roger Blake" "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2002 4 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Storms in Space, by J. Freeman" 2002 4 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Falling Stars, by M. Reynolds" 2002 4 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Kingdom of the Sun, by J. Mitton and C. Balit" 2002 4 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cosmic Architecture in India, by A. Volwahsen" 2002 4 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cosmic Butterflies, by Sun Kwok" 2002 4 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Grip of Gravity, by P. Gondhalekar" 2002 4 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Skywatchers, by A. Aveni" 2002 4 68 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Adventure at Biosphere 2 "Wood, Charles A." "Garmany, Catharine D." 2002 4 71 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 2002 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 4 73 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Perfect Storm "Levy, David H." 2002 4 78 Rambling Through the Skies Lighter Than Air "Krupp, E. C." 2002 4 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Across the Winter-Spring Divide "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 4 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 4 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Visit to NGC 2903 "Seronik, Gary" 2002 4 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in April" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 4 88 Small-Scope Sampler Gregarious Galaxies "French, Sue" 2002 4 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2002 4 93 Celestial Calendar T Pyxidis: Still Hanging Fire "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 4 94 Celestial Calendar Outer Planets in 2002 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2002 4 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: April Meteors 2002 4 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultations 2002 4 98 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Lunar Occultations 2002 4 98 Celestial Calendar Light-Pollution Notes: Connecticut's Darker Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 4 101 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: The Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster "Gottlieb, Steve" 2002 4 104 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Mysterious Descartes "Wood, Charles A." 2002 4 105 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Jupiter: The Story So Far "Seronik, Gary" 2002 4 108 Telescope Techniques Building a Curved-Vane Secondary-Mirror Holder "Seronik, Gary" 2002 4 114 Astro Imaging "Improving Astrophotos with Photoshop's ""Curves""" "BenDaniel, Matt" 2002 4 122 Gallery Supernova Remnant in Gemini "Motoki, Motosugu" 2002 4 122 Gallery Scimitar Sunset "Fleenor, George W." 2002 4 122 Gallery Giant Spiral in Ursa Major "Stevens, Gary L." 2002 4 124 Gallery "Large Magellanic Cloud and NGC 2070, The Tarantula Nebula" "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 2002 5 1 Front-Cover Photo Center of Milky Way "Mellinger, Axel" 2002 5 8 Spectrum Show Your Support "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 5 10 Focal Point The Neighborhood Astronomer "Field, Laurence" 2002 5 12 Letters New Mexico at Night "Taylor, Tommy" 2002 5 12 Letters A Ringing Impression "Forbes, Stephen B." 2002 5 12 Letters A Deep-Sky Favorite "Stahl, Neil" 2002 5 14 Letters Cool It! - I "Robinson, Micah" 2002 5 14 Letters Cool It! - II "Beinert, Ulrich" 2002 5 14 Letters A Job Well Done "Earley, Chris" 2002 5 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 5 16 News Notes "To See Galaxies Merge, Watch a Pulsar" "Schilling, Govert" 2002 5 17 News Notes Smoking Quasars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 5 18 News Notes A Supernova's Light Echo "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 5 18 News Notes "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Quasar" "Schilling, Govert" 2002 5 19 News Notes "One Quasar, Six Images" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 5 20 News Notes Chandra Spies Southern Starbirth Scene "Roth, Joshua" 2002 5 20 News Notes Buoyant Bubbles in a Galaxy Cluster "Roth, Joshua" 2002 5 22 News Notes The Eagle Nebula at Three Wavebands "Schilling, Govert" 2002 5 23 News Notes Delta Scorpii Gets Brighter Than Ever "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 5 23 News Notes How Hot Can Venus Get? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 5 24 News Notes Killer Asteroid Count Rises "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 5 24 News Notes New Directions for NASA "Vatalaro, Michael" 2002 5 28 Mission Update Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 5 28 Mission Update High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 5 28 Mission Update Galileo "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 5 32 Feature Microquasars in the Milky Way "Mirabel, I. Felix" "Rodriguez, Luis Felipe" 2002 5 44 S&T Test Report "Premium Refractors: Borg 100ED, Orion/Vixen VX114-ED, and Tele Vue-NP 101" "Dyer, Alan" 2002 5 53 Computers in Astronomy Worlds of Planetary Data "Medkeff, Jeff" 2002 5 57 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Deep Space Explorer "Heafner, Joe" 2002 5 58 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: AstroAlerts: The Next Generation "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 5 61 Books & Beyond "The Great Atlas of the Stars, by Serge Brunier" "Kanipe, Jeff" 2002 5 63 Books & Beyond "Cosmic Discoveries, by David H. Levy" "Schilling, Govert" 2002 5 63 Books & Beyond "On the Cosmic Horizon, by Jeffrey O. Bennett" "Schilling, Govert" 2002 5 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Search for Life in the Universe, by Goldsmith and Owen" 2002 5 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Our Cosmic Habitat, by Martin Rees" 2002 5 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cosmic Dispatches, by J. Wilford, ed. " 2002 5 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Beyond Pluto, by John Davies" 2002 5 66 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: David Levy's Guide to the Night Sky 2002 5 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Exploring the Unknown, by J. Logston, ed." 2002 5 69 Amateur Astronomers High-Flying Disco Balls "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 5 73 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Renaissance Man "Levy, David H." 2002 5 79 Rambling Through the Skies "Love, War, and Other Worlds" "Krupp, E. C." 2002 5 82 Guide to the Evening Sky The Diamond of Virgo "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 5 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 5 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Short Hop to M51 "Seronik, Gary" 2002 5 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "The Sun, Moon, and Planets in May" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 5 88 Small-Scope Sampler Coma Squared "French, Sue" 2002 5 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2002 5 92 Celestial Calendar Halley's Comet Crumbs "Kronk, Gary W." 2002 5 96 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 2002 5 96 Celestial Calendar The Near Sky: Unusual Halos "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 5 96 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Comet Ikeya-Zhang 2002 5 98 Observer's Log The Best Abell Planetary Nebulae "Honeycutt, Eric" 2002 5 103 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Gateway to the Year's Globular Clusters "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2002 5 106 Observer's Log "Lunar Notebook: Smooth Floors, Smooth Plains" "Wood, Charles A." 2002 5 108 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A Pair of Naked-Eye Comets "Bryant, Greg" 2002 5 110 Telescope Techniques A Simple Double-Plate Cell for Your Telescope's Mirror "Seronik, Gary" 2002 5 114 Gallery "Nov. 5-6, 2001, Aurora" "Klensch, Michael" 2002 5 114 Gallery Orion Rising "Wienerroither, Peter" 2002 5 114 Gallery Andromeda Galaxy M31 "Candy, Paolo" 2002 5 115 Gallery NGC 2359 in Canis Major "Lula, Brian" 2002 5 115 Gallery Half Moon "Adler, Alan" 2002 5 116 Gallery Nebula DWB 111 in Cygnus "Cook, Mike" 2002 6 1 Front-Cover Photo Eclipses of the Sun "Espenak, Fred" 2002 6 8 Spectrum Bad-Guy Editor "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 6 10 Focal Point Without a Telescope "Cooper, Andrew" 2002 6 12 Letters Collimation Epiphany "Slezak, James J." 2002 6 12 Letters Ptolemy vs. Hipparchus - II "Litsinger, Warren" 2002 6 12 Letters Ptolemy vs. Hipparchus - I "Ryan, Jay" 2002 6 14 Letters Creating New Astronomers: Both Young and Old "Webster, Joseph B." 2002 6 14 Letters High Inclinations "Dunham, David W." 2002 6 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 6 18 News Notes OGLEing New Extrasolar Planets "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 6 19 News Notes Binary Quasar Is No Mirage "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 6 20 News Notes The Most Massive Star Known "Roth, Joshua" 2002 6 20 News Notes The Fastest Binary Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 6 22 News Notes Dust in the Wind "Tytell, David" 2002 6 24 News Notes More Jupiter News "Tytell, David" 2002 6 24 News Notes Mysterious Jovian Hot Spot Puzzles Astronomers "Tytell, David" 2002 6 26 News Notes Mars Odyssey Starts Mapping Minerals "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 6 26 News Notes Ancient Martian Lakes? Maybe Not "Tytell, David" 2002 6 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Lensed Galaxy Sets New Redshift Record "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 6 28 News Notes Mercury's Hidden Splash "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 6 28 News Notes Follow That Story: The Universe Isn't Turquoise "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 6 30 Mission Update Kepler "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 6 30 Mission Update Contour "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 6 30 Mission Update Dawn "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 6 32 Feature Eclipse 2002: Africa or Australia? "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2002 6 37 Feature Box: NASA's 2002 Solar Eclipse Bulletin 2002 6 40 Feature Hubble Rejuvenated "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 6 44 Images Dwarf Galaxy NGC 6822 "Tytell, David" 2002 6 48 S&T Test Report "Premium Refractors: Takahashi Sky 90, TMB 105-mm f/6.2 " "Dyer, Alan" 2002 6 53 S&T Test Report Box: The f/8 Alternative "Dyer, Alan" 2002 6 56 New Product Showcase Rittenhouse Clock No. 1 2002 6 56 New Product Showcase "Nagler Type 6 Eyepieces, by Tele Vue" 2002 6 56 New Product Showcase "Precision Equatorial Tracking Platforms, by Johnsonian Designs" 2002 6 59 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Power Age Sky Simulator 3 "Medkeff, Jeff" 2002 6 60 Computers in Astronomy "Astronomy Online: ""Go To"" Help" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 6 62 Software Showcase "AstroNotes, by Ohio Star Software" 2002 6 62 Software Showcase "Ecliptic, by David Birkett" 2002 6 62 Software Showcase "Halo3, by Cowley and Schroeder" 2002 6 64 Books & Beyond "Higher than Everest, by Paul Hodge" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2002 6 66 Books & Beyond "The Stars of Heaven, by Clifford A. Pickover" "Johnson, Rebecca A." 2002 6 66 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Bright Star Atlas 2000.0, by Tirion and Skiff" 2002 6 67 Books & Beyond The Complete Idiot's Guide to Theories of the Universe "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 6 67 Books & Beyond "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy, 2nd Ed." "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 6 68 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Don't Know Much About Space, by Kenneth C. Davis" 2002 6 68 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Using the Meade ETX, by Mike Weasner" 2002 6 70 Amateur Astronomers High Astronomy Adventure from the Land Down Under "Rogers, Paul" 2002 6 75 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Shakespeare's Eclipses Return "Levy, David H." 2002 6 78 Rambling Through the Skies Skywise and Streetsmart "Krupp, E. C." 2002 6 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Camping Under the Summer Triangle "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 6 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 6 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Double for Steady Hands "Seronik, Gary" 2002 6 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in June" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 6 88 Small-Scope Sampler Grabbing the Bear by the Tail "French, Sue" 2002 6 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2002 6 93 Celestial Calendar June's Transpacific Solar Eclipse "Sinnott, Roger W." 2002 6 97 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Spring Comets 2002 6 98 Celestial Calendar The Near Sky: Noneclipse Shadow Bands "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 6 100 Observer's Log Stargazing from the Arctic Wastes of a Tropical Paradise "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2002 6 104 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Ancient Planetaries "Jakiel, Richard" 2002 6 106 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Exploring Ptolemaeus "Wood, Charles A." 2002 6 108 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: More Amateur Comet Tales "Seronik, Gary" 2002 6 111 Telescope Techniques How to Collimate Your Newtonian Reflector "Carlin, Nils Olof" 2002 6 113 Telescope Techniques Box: Tools of the Trade "Carlin, Nils Olof" 2002 6 116 Telescope Techniques Box: Offsetting the Secondary Mirror "Carlin, Nils Olof" 2002 6 118 Astro Imaging Choosing a Camera for Film Astrophotography "Covington, Michael A." 2002 6 124 Gallery "Comet Ikeya-Zhang, C/2002 C1" "Newton, Jack" 2002 6 124 Gallery Centaurus-Crux Panorama "Von Eiff, Hermann" 2002 6 124 Gallery "Comet Ikeya-Zhang, C/2002 C1" "Jager, Michael" 2002 6 126 Gallery "NGC 1499, California Nebula" "Wendel, Volker" "Eberle, Roland" "Eisenhauer, Stephan" 2002 6 126 Gallery "M8, Lagoon Nebula" "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 2002 6 127 Gallery Galaxy NGC 660 in Pisces "McLaughlin, Bill" 2002 6 127 Gallery "M57, Ring Nebula" "Wendel, Volker" "Eberle, Roland" "Flach-Wilken, Bernd" 2002 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Moon and USS Indianapolis "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." 2002 7 8 Spectrum Situational Awareness "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 7 10 Focal Point Video Killed the Radio Star "Laird Calia, Charles" 2002 7 12 Letters Cosmic Confections "Day, Geraint J." 2002 7 12 Letters Nova Hunting "Liller, Bill" 2002 7 12 Letters When You Wish... "Van Flandern, Barbara" 2002 7 14 Letters Corrected Guidebook "Blake, Roger" 2002 7 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 7 14 Letters Ask Not What Your Hobby Can Do for You "Eichhorn, Guenther" 2002 7 14 Letters Musings of a Nascent Astronomer "Webster, Greg" 2002 7 15 Letters "Location, Location, Location" "Hanner, Gerald P." 2002 7 16 News Notes A Possible Quark-Star Discovery "Lucentini, Jack" 2002 7 17 News Notes The Nature of Strange Matter "Lucentini, Jack" 2002 7 18 News Notes Illusory Pulsar Connections "Schilling, Govert" 2002 7 18 News Notes The Pulsar Age Crisis "Schilling, Govert" 2002 7 20 News Notes A Fiery Birth for Frigid Worlds? "Roth, Joshua" 2002 7 22 News Notes Making Binary Asteroids in the Kuiper Belt "Tytell, David" 2002 7 23 News Notes Double Trouble Among Near-Earth Asteroids "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 7 24 News Notes Threatening Asteroid Aids Planetary Prognosticators "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 7 24 News Notes Comet Borrelly: Dry and Hot "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 7 25 News Notes Follow That Story: Closing In on Neutrino Properties "Schilling, Govert" 2002 7 26 Mission Update Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 7 26 Mission Update Mars Global Surveyor "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 7 26 Mission Update High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 7 28 Images "Tadpole Galaxy, UGC 10214" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 7 30 Feature Ill Met by Moonlight: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis "Olson, Donald W." "Johns, Brandon R." "Doescher, Russell L." 2002 7 38 Feature The Brightest Red Dwarf "Croswell, Ken" 2002 7 42 Feature Box: Lalande 21185: The Brightest Red Dwarf for the Rest of Us "Tytell, David" 2002 7 46 S&T Test Report "The Versa-Port Slider 2, by Van Slyke Engineering" "Horne, Johnny" 2002 7 49 S&T Test Report Kodak Elite Chrome 100EC film "Horne, Johnny" 2002 7 50 New Product Showcase "ScopeTronix adapters, clamps, and gizmos" 2002 7 50 New Product Showcase SCT Microfocuser 2002 7 50 New Product Showcase "Variable Filter System, by Sirius Optics" 2002 7 54 Software Showcase "Guide 8, by Project Pluto" 2002 7 54 Software Showcase "Solar System 2001, by PCs in Space" 2002 7 54 Software Showcase "StarParty, by Vince Sempronio" 2002 7 56 Books & Beyond "Meteorites, by Bevan and de Laeter" "Deans, Paul" 2002 7 56 Books & Beyond "Meteorite Hunter, by Roy A. Gallant" "Deans, Paul" 2002 7 58 Books & Beyond "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites, by Norton" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 7 59 Books & Beyond "Disturbing the Solar System, by Alan E. Rubin" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 7 60 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Connecting with the Cosmos, by Goldsmith" 2002 7 60 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Light Years and Time Travel, by Clegg" 2002 7 60 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System, by Greeley and Batson" 2002 7 60 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: On a Clear Night, by Davis" 2002 7 64 Amateur Astronomers The Birth and Growth of the Tainai Star Party "Numazawa, Shigemi" 2002 7 68 Amateur Astronomers Yuji Hyakutake (1950-2002) "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 7 70 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Comet Master "Levy, David H." 2002 7 78 Rambling Through the Skies Message Machine "Krupp, E. C." 2002 7 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Dog Days and Scorpion Nights "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 7 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 7 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Rho Ophiuchi "Seronik, Gary" 2002 7 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in July" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 7 88 Small-Scope Sampler Overlooked in Ophiuchus "French, Sue" 2002 7 90 Southern Hemisphere's Sky A Fire in the Wolf's Belly "Bryant, Greg" 2002 7 93 Celestial Calendar All Eyes on Pluto "Sicardy, Bruno" 2002 7 94 Celestial Calendar Box: What We Learned About Titania "Sicardy, Bruno" 2002 7 96 Celestial Calendar Light-Pollution Notes: Dark Skies as a Resource "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 7 96 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: July meteors 2002 7 96 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Lunar occultations 2002 7 99 Observer's Log Lowell and the Spokes of Venus "Sheehan, William" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2002 7 104 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Reiner Gamma Swirl "Wood, Charles A." 2002 7 106 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Around the Tail and the Teapot "Dalrymple, Les" 2002 7 110 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Jupiter Season Winds Down "Seronik, Gary" 2002 7 112 Telescope Techniques Homebuilt Right-Angle Binoculars "LeDrew, Glenn" 2002 7 117 Astro Imaging Measuring Double Stars with Video "Anton, Rainer" 2002 7 122 Gallery Comet Ikeya-Zhang and M31 "Rhemann, Gerald" 2002 7 122 Gallery "Comet Ikeya-Zhang, C/2002 C1" "Pope, Conrad" 2002 7 123 Gallery Space Shuttle Columbia Smoke Pillar "Coe, Malcolm" 2002 7 123 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M74 in Pisces "Henry, Edward" 2002 7 123 Gallery Solar Flare from AR 9661 "Pettitt, Jeff" 2002 7 124 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 1792 in Columba "Juchnowski, Steven" 2002 7 124 Gallery NGC 6820 in Vulpecula "Cook, Mike" 2002 7 124 Gallery NGC 4565 in Coma Berenices "Poiget, Florent" 2002 7 125 Gallery Emission Nebula IC 2177 "Salvato, Giampaolo" 2002 7 125 Gallery Contrail from Minuteman II "Fletcher, Bill" "Fletcher, Sally" 2002 7 126 Gallery Sombrero Galaxy M104 in Virgo "Stotz, Dan" "Ford, Mike" "Block, Adam" 2002 8 1 Front-Cover Photo Free-Floating Planet 2002 8 8 Spectrum The Outreach Imperative "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 8 10 Focal Point "An Observatory at 49,000 Feet" "Durda, Daniel D." 2002 8 12 Letters The Frying Pan "Walker, Bob" 2002 8 12 Letters The Wrong-Way Moon? "Lyster, Timothy A." 2002 8 12 Letters A New Breed - I "Allen, Michael E." 2002 8 14 Letters A New Breed - II "Nugent, Richard" 2002 8 14 Letters A New Breed - III "Sales, Thomas" 2002 8 14 Letters Curved-Vane Secondaries "Adler, Alan" 2002 8 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 8 16 Letters Collimation Epiphany "Slezak, James J." 2002 8 16 Letters Observer's Notebook "Borra, John" 2002 8 18 News Notes Cooling White Dwarfs Date the Universe "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 8 19 News Notes The Deepening Mystery of Early Black Holes "Roth, Joshua" 2002 8 19 News Notes Making Millisecond Pulsars "Schilling, Govert" 2002 8 20 News Notes The Closest Brown Dwarf to a Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 8 20 News Notes "X-ray ""Gamma-Ray Bursts"" " "Schilling, Govert" 2002 8 21 News Notes New Payoffs from the 2dF Survey "Tytell, David" 2002 8 22 News Notes "Are Dead Quasars Throwing ""Baseballs"" At Us?" "Schilling, Govert" 2002 8 22 News Notes Ordinary Cosmic Rays from Supernovae "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 8 24 News Notes All Black Holes Sing Alike "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 8 24 News Notes R Cor Bor's Weird Origin "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 8 25 News Notes SS Cygni's Magnetic Braking "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 8 26 News Notes Mars Odyssey Finds Signs of Ice at Flare Site "Chandler, David L." 2002 8 26 News Notes "Jupiter Reclaims Title As ""King of Moons""" "Tytell, David" 2002 8 27 News Notes "A Breakthrough in Big, Cheap Scopes" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 8 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Missing-Link Supernova Was Not Round "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 8 28 News Notes Tensions Erupt on Mauna Kea "Tytell, David" 2002 8 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Space Astrometry Takes Another Hit "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 8 30 Mission Update Microwave Anisotropy Probe "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 8 30 Mission Update Human Spaceflight "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 8 30 Mission Update Genesis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 8 32 Feature The Puzzles of Planethood "Kaisler, Denise" 2002 8 42 Feature Toward a Planet Paradigm "Stern, S. Alan" "Levison, Harold F." 2002 8 48 Images NGC 2264 in Monoceros "Tytell, David" 2002 8 52 S&T Test Report Hydrogen-Alpha Telescope: Coronado's SolarMax and MaxScope "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 8 58 New Product Showcase "Amici-Prism Diagonal, by Williams Optics" 2002 8 58 New Product Showcase "XY Finder, by Tau Ceti" 2002 8 58 New Product Showcase Filter Drawer 2002 8 61 Computers in Astronomy Master of the Universe "Chandler, David L." 2002 8 63 Computers in Astronomy Box: Partiview: Play the Digital Universe Home Version "Chandler, David L." 2002 8 67 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: XEphem 3.5.2 for Windows "Ratledge, David" 2002 8 69 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Galaxy Hunt "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 8 73 Books & Beyond Flash! by Govert Schilling "Reichart, Daniel E." 2002 8 73 Books & Beyond "The Biggest Bangs, by Jonathan I. Katz" "Reichart, Daniel E." 2002 8 75 Books & Beyond "The Universe and How To See It, by Giles Sparrow" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2002 8 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Chasing the Rainbow, by Robert Greenler" 2002 8 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Rainbow Bridge, by Lee and Fraser" 2002 8 77 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: The Prophet and the Astronomer 2002 8 77 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: How the Universe Got Its Spots, by Janna Levin" 2002 8 77 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: The Story of the Solar System 2002 8 79 Amateur Astronomers Firelight Nights: Stargazing from the Caribbean's Emerald Isle "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2002 8 84 Amateur Astronomers A Decade of Soaking Up Southern Starshine "Bryant, Greg" 2002 8 86 Amateur Astronomers This Year's Young Astronomer Award Winners "Tytell, David" 2002 8 87 Amateur Astronomers Spanish Amateur Discovers Earth-Crossing Asteroid "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 8 88 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: An Old Friend from Summer Camp "Levy, David H." 2002 8 94 Rambling Through the Skies Corn Maidens "Krupp, E. C." 2002 8 98 Guide to the Evening Sky The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 8 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 8 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: IC 4665 in Ophiuchus "Seronik, Gary" 2002 8 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in August" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 8 104 Small-Scope Sampler Night of the Trifid "French, Sue" 2002 8 106 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Heads Up for the Scorpion "Bryant, Greg" 2002 8 110 Celestial Calendar A Great Year for the Perseids "Sinnott, Roger W." 2002 8 113 Celestial Calendar Mira's Upcoming Maximum "Sinnott, Roger W." 2002 8 115 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Crescent Moon and M35 2002 8 116 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: The Naked-Eye Limit (Part 1) "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 8 118 Observer's Log My Favorite Globular Clusters "Dalrymple, Les" 2002 8 124 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Off-Season Galaxies "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2002 8 126 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Australe: A Mare on the Edge "Wood, Charles A." 2002 8 128 Gallery April-May 2002 Naked-Eye Planetary Grouping "Pyros, Gregory" 2002 8 129 Gallery Iridium Flare "Shobbrook, John" 2002 8 129 Gallery "Comet Ikeya-Zhang, C/2002 C1, in Cepheus" "Schur, Chris" 2002 8 130 Gallery "Comet Utsunomiya, C/2002 F1" "Jager, Michael" 2002 8 131 Gallery Earthshine on the Moon "Friedman, Alan J." 2002 9 1 Front-Cover Photo Spiral Galaxy NGC 2997 in Antlia 2002 9 8 Spectrum Lines of Sight "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 9 10 Focal Point The Hazards of Astronomy "Dohmen, Kevin D." 2002 9 12 Letters Stars and Guitars "Lavin, Christine" 2002 9 12 Letters A Little Respect "Whittemore, Mark" 2002 9 12 Letters Astrology Revisited "Ventimiglia, Matt" 2002 9 14 Letters A Different Kind of Light Pollution "McDonald, Steve" 2002 9 14 Letters Brazilian Stars "Cassio dos Santos Jr., Jose" 2002 9 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 9 16 News Notes Double Supernova Behind the Veil? "Schilling, Govert" 2002 9 17 News Notes A Tidally Shredded Globular Cluster "Chandler, David L." 2002 9 18 News Notes More Support for the New Cosmology "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 9 19 News Notes Behind the Great Attractor "Roth, Joshua" 2002 9 20 News Notes The First Exo-Jupiters "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 9 22 News Notes "Mars's Abundant ""White Gold""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 9 23 News Notes Mystery Meteorite with a Molten Past "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 9 24 News Notes The Biggest Near-Miss Asteroid "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 9 24 News Notes Celestron Secures Its Future "di Cicco, Dennis" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 9 26 Mission Update Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 9 26 Mission Update Solar Orbiter "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 9 26 Mission Update Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 9 26 Mission Update Eddington "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 9 26 Mission Update Cosmic Vision 2020 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 9 28 Feature Creating Hubble's Technicolor Universe "Villard, Ray" "Levay, Zoltan" 2002 9 36 Feature The Mysteries of Galaxy Spirals "Lucentini, Jack" 2002 9 46 S&T Test Report Binocular Viewers for Telescopes "Dyer, Alan" 2002 9 51 S&T Test Report Zoom Eyepieces "Dyer, Alan" 2002 9 52 Software Showcase "Visual Ephemeris for Uranian Moons, by Dennis W. Tracy" 2002 9 52 Software Showcase "AstroByte Logging System, by MainByte Software" 2002 9 52 Software Showcase "Desktop Universe, by Main-Sequence Software" 2002 9 54 Books & Beyond "The New CCD Astronomy, by Ron Wodaski" "Walker, Sean" 2002 9 56 Books & Beyond ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series 2002 9 58 Amateur Astronomers Rejuvenating Our Past: The Antique Telescope Society "Bell, Trudy E." 2002 9 63 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Astronomer Artist "Levy, David H." 2002 9 68 Rambling Through the Skies Behind the Curve "Krupp, E. C." 2002 9 74 Guide to the Evening Sky On the Wings of the Swan "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 9 75 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 9 76 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: M11 in Scutum "Seronik, Gary" 2002 9 77 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in September" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 9 80 Small-Scope Sampler Tea Cozy "French, Sue" 2002 9 82 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Peering Past the Peacock's Tail "Bryant, Greg" 2002 9 85 Celestial Calendar New Meteor Shower from Taurus? "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2002 9 90 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: The Naked-Eye Limit (Part 2) "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 9 90 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occults a Star 2002 9 94 Observer's Log Some Thoughts on Choosing and Using Binoculars for Astronomy "Adler, Alan" 2002 9 100 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Two Planetaries and Three Decades "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2002 9 102 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Bailly and Schiller "Wood, Charles A." 2002 9 104 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: The June 10th Annular Eclipse of the Sun "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 9 106 Telescope Techniques A Solar-Powered Observatory "Lange, Robert J." 2002 9 112 Astro Imaging Focusing a CCD Camera "Wodaski, Ron" 2002 9 122 Gallery Solar Prominence "Newton, Jack" 2002 9 122 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946 "Block, Adam" 2002 9 123 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725 in Coma Berenices "Keller, Philipp" "Fuchs, Christian" 2002 9 123 Gallery Lunar Halo "Klein, Joe" 2002 9 124 Gallery Comet Ikeya-Zhang over Coast Mountain Range "Klensch, Michael" 2002 10 1 Front-Cover Photo Planetary Nebula NGC 2132 in Vela 2002 10 8 Spectrum Back to School "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 10 10 Focal Point Misadventures with a Green Laser "Adams, Eric" 2002 10 12 Letters Lowell's Spokes on Venus Explained "Sheehan, William" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2002 10 14 Letters "An Unconventional ""Tripod""" "Sackett, Ross" 2002 10 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 10 14 Letters Better Ways to Cool It "Hards, Chuck" 2002 10 14 Letters A Marriage Made for the Heavens "Masnaghetti, Jeff" 2002 10 16 Letters Zigging and Zagging - I "Rule, Bob" 2002 10 16 Letters Zigging and Zagging - II "Gordon, Rodger W." 2002 10 18 News Notes Big Variable-Star Payoff from Small Scopes "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 10 20 News Notes A Stronger Supernova-GRB Link? "Roth, Joshua" 2002 10 20 News Notes The Case of the Missing Dead Comets "Tytell, David" 2002 10 21 News Notes Star-Swapping in Globulars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 10 21 News Notes Omega Centauri's Checkered Past "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 10 22 News Notes A Formative Extrasolar Planet? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 10 22 News Notes More Possible Planet Transits "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 10 24 News Notes New Roadmap for Planetary Exploration "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 10 25 News Notes Homegrown Diamond Dust? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 10 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Fewer Bright Early Quasars? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 10 26 News Notes U.K. Joins European Southern Observatory "Ashford, Adrian R." 2002 10 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Invisible Dwarf Galaxies "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 10 28 Mission Update Comet Nucleus Tour "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 10 28 Mission Update BeppoSAX "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 10 28 Mission Update Spectroscopy and Photometry of the IGM's Diffuse Radiation "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 10 30 Feature The Fate of the Earth "Garlick, Mark A." 2002 10 38 Feature Gems from the Stars "Kwok, Sun" 2002 10 45 S&T Test Report The Sky-Watcher EQ6 Mount "Privett, Grant" 2002 10 52 Computers in Astronomy Fun with Sky & Telescope's Interactive Sky Chart "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 10 56 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Encyclopedia Galactica 3.0 "Foust, Jeff" 2002 10 58 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Software on a Budget "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 10 61 Books & Beyond "Mission Jupiter, by Daniel Fischer" "Moore, Jeff" 2002 10 61 Books & Beyond "Jupiter Odyssey, by David M. Harland" "Moore, Jeff" 2002 10 61 Books & Beyond "The Worlds of Galileo, by Michael Hanlon" "Moore, Jeff" 2002 10 63 Books & Beyond "Bad Astronomy, by Philip Plait" "Sadler, Bud" 2002 10 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Setting Sail for the Universe, by Donald Fernie" 2002 10 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Hands-on Astronomy, by Burillier and Lehenaff" 2002 10 65 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Star Lore of Japan, by Kouichi Kitao" 2002 10 66 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy in the Land of the Aztecs "Ortiz, Francisco Javier Mandujano" 2002 10 70 Amateur Astronomers A European-Style Stellafane "Stein, Guido" 2002 10 71 Amateur Astronomers Comet Award Winners for 2002 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 10 72 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: My Life and Hard Times As a Comet Hunter "Levy, David H." 2002 10 78 Rambling Through the Skies Shelter from the Storm "Krupp, E. C." 2002 10 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Cool Nights and Rustling Leaves "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 10 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 10 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Crisium Watching "Seronik, Gary" 2002 10 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in October" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 10 88 Small-Scope Sampler The Arrow and the Dolphin "French, Sue" 2002 10 90 Southern Hemisphere's Sky An Ode to Octans "Bryant, Greg" 2002 10 94 Celestial Calendar Ceres and Melpomene in Binoculars "Bryant, Greg" 2002 10 95 Celestial Calendar Box: An Explosion of Asteroids "Bryant, Greg" 2002 10 96 Celestial Calendar When Will RS Ophiuchi Next Blow Its Stack? "Wallerstein, George" 2002 10 99 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: October Meteors 2002 10 100 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultation 2002 10 100 Celestial Calendar The Near Sky: Venus Pillars and Venusdogs? "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 10 103 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Observing Faint Nearby Galaxies "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2002 10 106 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Neglected Nubium "Wood, Charles A." 2002 10 108 Telescope Techniques A Refractor in the Round "Carreira, Emmanuel M." 2002 10 113 Astro Imaging Deep-Sky Imaging with Digital Cameras "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 10 120 Gallery Sunburst "Stankiewicz, Richard" 2002 10 120 Gallery Hydrogen-Alpha Sun "Sacco, Giovanni A. Quarra" 2002 10 120 Gallery Crater Clavius "Adler, Alan" 2002 10 121 Gallery Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules "Higgins, Wesley" 2002 10 121 Gallery Saturn "Higgins, Wesley" 2002 10 121 Gallery Jupiter "Ng, Eric W.K." 2002 10 121 Gallery "M16, the Eagle Nebula" "Schedler, Johannes" 2002 10 122 Gallery Crescent Sun "Fienberg, Thorir G." 2002 10 122 Gallery Perseus Double Cluster "Mayfield, Ginger" 2002 10 122 Gallery "June 12, 2002, Conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter" "Ireland, Dale E." 2002 10 122 Gallery Albireo "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 10 123 Gallery Planetary Nebula M27 in Vulpecula "Schedler, Johannes" 2002 10 123 Gallery Canadian Northern Lights "Moussette, Philippe" 2002 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Crab Nebula in Taurus 2002 11 8 Spectrum Dark Days for Dark Nights "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 11 10 Focal Point The Ultimate Sky "Marks, Joel" 2002 11 12 Letters Bilberry Fields Forever "Maher, Raymond P." 2002 11 12 Letters Coming into Focus "Copeland, Bill" 2002 11 12 Letters My Personal Travelscope "Crowl, William D." 2002 11 14 Letters Can't We All Just Get Along? - I "Ford, John" 2002 11 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 11 14 Letters Can't We All Just Get Along? - II "Szuch, Ernest" 2002 11 14 Letters The Wrong-Way Sun "Speare, William" 2002 11 16 News Notes Normal Dark Matter All Found At Last? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 17 News Notes Streamers in a Hot Breeze "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 18 News Notes "1,000 New Planetary Nebulae" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 18 News Notes Making the Case for Merging Black Holes "Roth, Joshua" 2002 11 19 News Notes An Electric Star? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 19 News Notes A Shadowy Hamburger "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 20 News Notes Asteroid Color Clans "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 11 20 News Notes Water on Arcturus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 20 News Notes A Recent Asteroid Crackup "Schilling, Govert" 2002 11 22 News Notes Solar Science for the Coming Decade "Tytell, David" 2002 11 23 News Notes Changes Urged for Astrobiology Effort "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 11 24 News Notes Follow that Story: The Milky Way's Young Bar "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 24 News Notes The Moon Through an 8-Meter Eye "Ashford, Adrian R." 2002 11 24 News Notes Follow That Story: Not a Quark Star? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 26 Mission Update Venus Express "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 11 26 Mission Update Comet Nucleus Tour "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 11 26 Mission Update Cassini "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 11 28 Feature Anatomy of a Supernova "Maurer, Stephen M." "Howell, Andrew" 2002 11 38 Feature Planetary Oceans "Stevenson, David J." 2002 11 46 Images "Corona Australis, the Southern Crown" "Malin, David F." 2002 11 49 S&T Test Report The Questar 50th Anniversary Edition Telescope "Seronik, Gary" 2002 11 54 S&T Test Report Questar's Qmax Spectrometer "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 11 56 New Product Showcase SBIG CCD Cameras with USB-Connectivity 2002 11 56 New Product Showcase "Model 2000HF Focuser, by Burgess Optical" 2002 11 56 New Product Showcase "Shirts, Caps, Mugs, and More from Velocitees" 2002 11 58 Software Showcase "Lunar Map Pro, by RITI" 2002 11 58 Software Showcase "GeoVirgil, by Silicon Spaceships" 2002 11 58 Software Showcase "MPj Equinox, by Microprojects" 2002 11 60 Books & Beyond "More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, by Jean Meeus" "Miller, Robert D." 2002 11 62 Books & Beyond "Seeing in the Dark, by Timothy Ferris" "Raymo, Chet" 2002 11 64 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Variable Stars, by Broens, Diepvens, and Van Der Looy" 2002 11 64 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Neptune: The Planet, Rings, and Satellites" 2002 11 64 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Astronomy 2002 11 64 Books & Beyond Galileo's Battle for the Heavens "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 11 67 Amateur Astronomers Amateur Astrophysics in the Arctic Circle "Oksanen, Arto" 2002 11 73 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Builder and a Healer "Levy, David H." 2002 11 78 Rambling Through the Skies Meeting the Eye "Krupp, E. C." 2002 11 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Other Geometries in the Autumn Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 11 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 11 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: M52 in Cassiopeia "Seronik, Gary" 2002 11 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in November" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 11 88 Small-Scope Sampler Hunting Down the Helix "French, Sue" 2002 11 90 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Brave New Worlds "Bryant, Greg" 2002 11 95 Celestial Calendar Leonids 2002: The Grand Finale "Rao, Joe" 2002 11 104 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: Seeing Venus's Crescent at 1x "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 11 104 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Occultations by Asteroids 2002 11 107 Observer's Log The Caroline Herschel Objects "Houston Jones, Jane" 2002 11 112 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Imbrium Lineaments and Davy's Weird Chain "Wood, Charles A." 2002 11 114 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Two Galaxy Fields in Pegasus "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2002 11 118 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Things Fly in the August Sky "Deans, Paul" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 11 121 Astro Imaging Planning an Astro-Imaging Expedition "BenDaniel, Matt" 2002 11 128 Gallery "May Conjunction, Moon and Venus" "Ball, Jeff" 2002 11 128 Gallery Orion Nebula "Schedler, Johannes" 2002 11 128 Gallery Riverside Star Party Scene "Osborne, Daryl" 2002 11 128 Gallery "Dumbbell Nebula, M27" "Unsold, Mike" 2002 11 128 Gallery International Space Station "Young, James" "Grasdalen, Gary L." 2002 11 130 Gallery Crescent Sunset "Reynolds, Carl" 2002 11 130 Gallery Lunar Halo "Loftus, Don" 2002 11 130 Gallery "Ring Nebula, M57" "Schedler, Johannes" 2002 11 131 Gallery "Sombrero Galaxy, M104" "Honis, Gary J." 2002 11 131 Gallery Lunar Close-Up "Pollock, Garvin" 2002 11 131 Gallery Sun Pillar "Kangus, Lauri" 2002 11 132 Gallery Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules "Unsold, Mike" 2002 11 132 Gallery "Sunspots, May 2001" "Hyndman, Paul" 2002 12 1 Front-Cover Photo Milky Way "BenDaniel, Matt" 2002 12 8 Spectrum The Wrong Stuff "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2002 12 10 Focal Point Moon Illusions "Fortier, Edmund" 2002 12 12 Letters Lightning on the Moon "Rao, Joe" 2002 12 12 Letters What's in a Name? "Bortle, John E." 2002 12 14 Letters Recognizing Talents "Whitney, Charles A." 2002 12 14 Letters Mini-Moon Mania "Whiting, Tom" 2002 12 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2002 12 14 Letters Know When to Hold 'Em "Stanicki, Steve" 2002 12 14 Letters Using Both Eyes "Nagler, Al" 2002 12 16 Letters The Not-So-Wrong-Way Moon "White, Jeff" 2002 12 16 Letters New Meteor Showers "Gliba, George W." 2002 12 16 Letters Free Database "Tejera, Rick" 2002 12 16 Letters Hawaiian Battles "Brust, R. W." 2002 12 18 News Notes Midsize Black Holes Lurk in Globular Clusters "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 12 19 News Notes Globulars' Pregalactic Origins "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 12 20 News Notes Polarized Microwaves Bolster New Cosmology "Roth, Joshua" 2002 12 21 News Notes Weather on a Pre-Nova: Surf's Up! "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 12 22 News Notes First View of Mars in X-rays "Tytell, David" 2002 12 22 News Notes Hoag's Ring Galaxy "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 12 24 News Notes Kuiper Belt Kingpin "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 12 24 News Notes Did a Comet Swarm Kill the Dinosaurs? "Tytell, David" 2002 12 26 News Notes A Deep-Space UFO Mystery Solved "Tytell, David" 2002 12 26 News Notes Refining a Key Distance "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 12 27 News Notes The Webb Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 12 28 News Notes Follow That Story: LIGO Comes Alive "Roth, Joshua" 2002 12 28 News Notes Follow That Story: No Quantized Redshifts "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 12 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Supernova Source of Cosmic Rays? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2002 12 30 Mission Update Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer Spacecraft "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 12 30 Mission Update Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 12 30 Mission Update International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2002 12 32 Feature "Bright Lights, Big Problems" "Thessin, Rachel" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2002 12 40 Feature How I Beat Light Pollution in My Hometown "Crelin, Bob" 2002 12 46 Images "The Eagle Nebula, M16, NGC 6611" "Reipurth, Bo" 2002 12 48 S&T Test Report Meade's LXD55 Schmidt-Newtonians "di Cicco, Dennis" 2002 12 56 New Product Showcase "HyperCamera, by Taurus Technologies" 2002 12 56 New Product Showcase "Fluoro-Star FLT-110, by William Optics" 2002 12 56 New Product Showcase "LM-3 ""Perfect Pitch"" Lap Mold, by Kevin McCarthy" 2002 12 59 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Celestia 1.2.4 "Heafner, Joe" 2002 12 61 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: When Moon Meets Sun "Goldman, Stuart J." 2002 12 62 Software Showcase EclipseTimer 2002 12 62 Software Showcase "StarDrive 2.1, by Alexander Goloveshin" 2002 12 62 Software Showcase "MegaStar Sky Atlas 5.0, by Willman-Bell, Inc." 2002 12 65 Books & Beyond "Storms from the Sun, by Carlowicz and Lopez" "Burnham, Robert" 2002 12 65 Books & Beyond "Solar Observing Techniques, by Chris Kitchin" "Burnham, Robert" 2002 12 65 Books & Beyond "Journey from the Center of the Sun, by Zirker" "Burnham, Robert" 2002 12 66 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: SolarMax DVD 2002 12 68 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The 23rd Cycle, by Sten Odenwald" 2002 12 68 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Nearest Star, by Golub and Pasachoff" 2002 12 68 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Sun from Space, by Lang" 2002 12 68 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun, by Lang" 2002 12 71 Books & Beyond "Glorious Eclipses, by Brunier and Luminet" "Deans, Paul" 2002 12 71 Books & Beyond "Eclipse, by Duncan Steel" "Deans, Paul" 2002 12 75 Amateur Astronomers The Winter Star Party: Back to the Future "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2002 12 78 Amateur Astronomers Box: The Cedar Key Star Party "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2002 12 79 Amateur Astronomers Hunt for Extrasolar Planets from Hawaii "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 12 81 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Red Lights in the Sky "Levy, David H." 2002 12 86 Rambling Through the Skies Whale Watching "Krupp, E. C." 2002 12 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Celebrating the Longest Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 12 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2002 12 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Challenging NGC 253 and 288 "Seronik, Gary" 2002 12 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in December" "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 12 96 Small-Scope Sampler Cassiopeia's Chair "French, Sue" 2002 12 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky In the Shadow of the Clouds "Bryant, Greg" 2002 12 100 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Moons "Meeus, Jean" 2002 12 103 Celestial Calendar The Return of Comet Brewington "Bryant, Greg" 2002 12 104 Celestial Calendar Eclipse Down Under "Sinnott, Roger W." 2002 12 108 Celestial Calendar Light-Pollution Notes: Books on Light Pollution "Schaaf, Fred" 2002 12 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: December Meteors 2002 12 111 Observer's Log Southern Double-Star Gems "Jaworski, Richard" 2002 12 114 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Jason's Phantom Argonauts "Dalrymple, Les" 2002 12 118 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Apollo 17 Landing Site "Wood, Charles A." 2002 12 120 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Strange Eclipses Update "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2002 12 122 Telescope Techniques A Roundup of 6-inch Travelscopes "Highe, Albert" "Clement, Jerry" "Milsom, Francis" "Hunton, Donald E." 2002 12 132 Astro Imaging Shooting the Space Station with Video "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2002 12 139 Gallery Earth from Hot Air Balloon "Verhage, L. Paul" 2002 12 140 Gallery "Flame Nebula, NGC 2024" "Moll, Karl" 2002 12 140 Gallery "Small Magellanic Cloud, 47 Tucanae" "BenDaniel, Matt" 2002 12 141 Gallery Distorted Sun "Medina, Oscar" 2002 12 142 Gallery Lagoon Nebula and M7 "BenDaniel, Matt" 2002 12 143 Gallery Iridium-Flash Reflection "Sabatini, S. Matthew" 2003 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Saturn's Rings 2003 1 8 Spectrum Willkommen! "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 1 10 Focal Point The Glaze "Alper, Chris" 2003 1 12 Letters Back to School "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2003 1 12 Letters A Stellar Mural "Heyn, Herman M." 2003 1 14 Letters "Defining a ""Planet""" "Paulsel, Lee" 2003 1 14 Letters Appreciating the Mountain "Landstrom, Erich" 2003 1 14 Letters Stamp of Approval "Tatum, Jeremy B." 2003 1 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 1 14 Letters Budget Binoculars "Fusfield, William" 2003 1 16 Letters A Run-in with the Law "Wood, Bruce" 2003 1 16 Letters Binocular Fallacies "Rice, Doug" 2003 1 16 Letters I Love It When a Plan Comes Together "Merritt, Frank S." 2003 1 18 News Notes Star Caught Swinging Around Milky Way's Black Hole "Schilling, Govert" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 1 19 News Notes The Magnetar Connection "Schilling, Govert" 2003 1 20 News Notes A Planet of a Bright Double Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 1 22 News Notes The Best-Observed Gamma-Ray Burst "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 1 22 News Notes A Modest Solar Appetite for Baby Planets "Roth, Joshua" 2003 1 24 News Notes The Sharpest Picture Ever Made "Winn, Joshua N." 2003 1 24 News Notes Planets in Fomalhaut's Dust Disk? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 1 24 News Notes Dating Beta Pic "Roth, Joshua" 2003 1 26 News Notes Places for Exo-Earths "Kaisler, Denise" 2003 1 26 News Notes A New Way to Set Off Supernovae? "Roth, Joshua" 2003 1 28 News Notes Big Binary Asteroid "Tytell, David" 2003 1 28 News Notes Reporting Asteroid Impact Risks "Chandler, David L." 2003 1 30 News Notes Pluto's Warming Atmosphere "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 1 32 News Notes Fewer Hits in Our Future? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 1 32 News Notes Does Neptune Make Saturn Tipsy? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 1 34 Mission Update Mu Space Engineering Satellite C "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 1 34 Mission Update Beagle 2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 1 34 Mission Update Nozomi "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 1 36 Feature Hot New Products of 2003 "Sky & Telescope, the Editors of" 2003 1 50 Feature From Ptolemy to the Renaissance "Kanas, Nick" 2003 1 60 Images "M64, NGC 4826, Black Eye Galaxy" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 1 62 Software Showcase "TelePoint, by Larry Phillips" 2003 1 62 Software Showcase "TS-24, Crystal Lake Observatory Simulator" 2003 1 62 Software Showcase "SkyChart III, by Southern Stars Systems" 2003 1 64 Books & Beyond "Uranometria 2000.0, Vols. 1 and 2: Deep Sky Atlas" "Jakiel, Richard" 2003 1 64 Books & Beyond Uranometria 2000.0 Vol. 3: Deep Sky Field Guide "Jakiel, Richard" 2003 1 66 Books & Beyond "Space, by Andrew Chaikin" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 1 66 Books & Beyond "Space Odyssey, by Serge Brunier" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 1 66 Books & Beyond Space Shuttle: The First 20 Years "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 1 68 Books & Beyond "Benjamin Banneker, by Charles A. Cerami" "Dinderman, Gregg" 2003 1 69 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Star Ware, Third Edition, by Harrington" 2003 1 69 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: STF 2000.0: F.G.W. Struve's Double Stars 2003 1 69 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Patterns in the Void, by Odenwald" 2003 1 70 Amateur Astronomers Peter Pan Under the Starlight: A Chat with P. K. Chen "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 1 75 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Last Hour "Levy, David H." 2003 1 78 Rambling Through the Skies Pit Vipers "Krupp, E. C." 2003 1 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Winter's Greatest Attraction "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 1 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 1 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Glorious Double Cluster "Seronik, Gary" 2003 1 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in January" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 1 88 Small-Scope Sampler Winter Wonders "French, Sue" 2003 1 90 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Bright Stars and Faint Galaxies "Bryant, Greg" 2003 1 93 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2003 "Dunham, David W." 2003 1 98 Celestial Calendar Box: A Graze Is Well Observed Remotely "Dunham, David W." 2003 1 101 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: January Meteors 2003 1 102 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: Far-Violet Venus "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 1 106 Observer's Log Saturn's Colorful Mystery "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Heath, Alan W." "Dikarev, Valeri" 2003 1 112 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Active Aristarchus? "Wood, Charles A." 2003 1 115 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Triangular Targets: Exploring Abell 262 "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 1 118 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Of Spots Great and Small "Seronik, Gary" 2003 1 121 Telescope Techniques Collimation with a Barlowed Laser "Carlin, Nils Olof" 2003 1 127 Astro Imaging CCD Imaging with Hydrogen-Alpha Filters "Mandel, Steve" 2003 1 130 Astro Imaging Box: Color CCD Imaging with Hydrogen Alpha "Gendler, Robert" 2003 1 136 Gallery "NGC 7331, Stephan's Quintet: NGC 7317, 7318A & B, 7319, and 7320" "Carrico, Tom" 2003 1 136 Gallery Crepuscular Rays "Kangas, Lauri" 2003 1 136 Gallery Supernova Remnant Simeis 147 in Taurus "Tan, Loke Kun" 2003 1 138 Gallery Canadian Aurora Borealis "Cantin, Dominic" 2003 1 138 Gallery "Pelican Nebula, IC 5067 and 5070" "Rickert, Bob" 2003 1 138 Gallery "NGC 6894, Miniature Ring Nebula" "Jacobs, Rich" 2003 1 138 Gallery "Rainbow over Cooper Landing, Alaska" "Zhu, Jerry Xiaojin" 2003 1 138 Gallery IC 1396 in Cepheus "Rhemann, Gerald" 2003 1 140 Gallery Eta Carinae "Ward, Peter" 2003 2 1 Front-Cover Photo Orion Nebula in the Infrared 2003 2 8 Spectrum Separated at Birth? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 2 10 Focal Point Adventures in Sidewalk Astronomy "Bourque, Kevin" 2003 2 12 Letters Mythical Partners "Moore, Patrick" 2003 2 12 Letters A Flawed Gem? - I "Campbell, Thomas J." 2003 2 12 Letters "Join the NASA ""Saturn Parties"" " "Quinn, Jim" 2003 2 14 Letters A Flawed Gem? - II "Dorschner, Johann" 2003 2 14 Letters Blinded by the Light "Rocheleau, Wayne" 2003 2 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 2 16 News Notes Zooming In on the Sun "Schilling, Govert" 2003 2 18 News Notes Makeover for Jodrell Bank "Sadler, Bud" 2003 2 18 News Notes New Support for Dark Energy "Bobra, Monica" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 2 20 News Notes Oldest Stars: I - Hunting the First Star "Tytell, David" 2003 2 22 News Notes Oldest Stars: II - Dwarf Carbon Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 2 22 News Notes A Hive of Hypernovae? "Roth, Joshua" 2003 2 24 News Notes Tracking a Runaway Black Hole "Roth, Joshua" 2003 2 26 News Notes Cassini Spies Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 2 26 News Notes Why Life May Be Common - and Intelligence Rare "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 2 28 News Notes Follow That Story: No Black Hole in M15? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 2 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Another Sign Tunguskas Are Rare "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 2 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Three Exoplanets That Aren't "Roth, Joshua" 2003 2 28 News Notes Follow That Story: Super-Kamiokande Limps Back to Life "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 2 30 Mission Update Galileo "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 2 30 Mission Update Stardust "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 2 30 Mission Update International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 2 30 Mission Update Rosetta "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 2 32 Feature Cosmology's Treasure Map "Schilling, Govert" 2003 2 35 Feature Box: How They Did It "Schilling, Govert" 2003 2 36 Feature Box: An Even Bigger Redshift Survey "Roth, Joshua" 2003 2 38 Feature Box: The 2dFGRS: Not for Cosmology Alone "Schilling, Govert" 2003 2 42 Feature NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility: Seeking Warmth in the Cosmos "Waller, William Howard" 2003 2 46 Feature Box: Legacies Await 2003 2 54 Images "Perfect Spiral Galaxy, M74, NGC 628" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 2 57 S&T Test Report Four Low-Cost Astronomical Video Cameras "Horne, Johnny" 2003 2 64 New Product Showcase Home Observatory Planning Booklets 2003 2 64 New Product Showcase Static-cling Chart Markers 2003 2 64 New Product Showcase Go To Telescope Dovetail Adapter 2003 2 66 Computers in Astronomy Relativistic Travel: To the Stars in a Lifetime "Tung, Brian" 2003 2 70 Computers in Astronomy "Screen Shot: Voyager 3.52, by Carina Software" "Foust, Jeff" 2003 2 72 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Tuning In to Astro Radio "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 2 74 Software Showcase "SkyTools 2, by CapellaSoft" 2003 2 74 Software Showcase "Maxclock, by Udo Mark" 2003 2 74 Software Showcase "Stellaris, by Nick Heyworth" 2003 2 76 Books & Beyond "The Turtle and the Stars, by Arthur Upgren" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2003 2 78 Books & Beyond "The Hundred Greatest Stars, by James B. Kaler" "Deans, Paul" 2003 2 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 40" 2003 2 80 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Practical Amateur Spectroscopy 2003 2 80 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: El Universo a Sus Pies 2003 2 80 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Heaven & Earth: Unseen by the Naked Eye 2003 2 80 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Mission to Saturn 2003 2 80 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Alien Vision 2003 2 80 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: More Small Astronomical Observatories 2003 2 83 Amateur Astronomers Stargazing in the Shadow of the Great Wall "Xie, Renjiang" 2003 2 86 Amateur Astronomers Nanjing's Historic Refractor "Moran, James M." 2003 2 89 Amateur Astronomers The Light-Pollution Fight Goes Mainstream "Poulsen, Tim" 2003 2 90 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Pluto's New Little Cousin "Levy, David H." 2003 2 94 Rambling Through the Skies Pattern Recognition "Krupp, E. C." 2003 2 98 Guide to the Evening Sky "A Triangle, a Tree, and a Unicorn's Horn" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 2 99 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 2 100 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Open Cluster M35 in Gemini "Seronik, Gary" 2003 2 101 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in February" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 2 104 Small-Scope Sampler A Leap into Lepus "French, Sue" 2003 2 106 Southern Hemisphere's Sky The Arms of Orion "Bryant, Greg" 2003 2 109 Celestial Calendar "The ""Cave"" in Copernicus" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 2 114 Celestial Calendar Light-Pollution Notes: Progress in 2002 "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 2 114 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Trapezium Variable 2003 2 116 Observer's Log The Mystery of the Double Cluster "O'Meara, Stephen James" "Green, Daniel W. E." 2003 2 120 Observer's Log "Deep-Sky Notebook: Orion's ""Other"" Nebulae" "Jakiel, Richard" 2003 2 122 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Serenitatis Basin and a Lunar Valentine "Wood, Charles A." 2003 2 124 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Leonids Under a Frost Moon "Seronik, Gary" 2003 2 128 Astro Imaging Scanning Deep-Sky Astrophotos "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2003 2 136 Gallery "The Pleiades, M45" "Tan, Loke Kun" 2003 2 136 Gallery Airplane Crossing the Sun "Jacquot, Philippe" 2003 2 137 Gallery "The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51" "Hallas, Daphne" "Hallas, Tony" 2003 2 138 Gallery Lunar Crater Plato "Mengoli, Giorgio" 2003 2 139 Gallery "The Dumbbell Nebula, M27" "Wodaski, Ron" 2003 2 139 Gallery Barred-Spiral Galaxy NGC 2146 "Block, Adam" 2003 3 8 Spectrum "What We Do, and Why" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 3 10 Focal Point Last Tango in Minneapolis "Aalseth, Douglas" 2003 3 12 Letters SOS: Save Our Skies - I "Krueger, Keith J." 2003 3 12 Letters SOS: Save Our Skies - II "Frederick, Richard" 2003 3 12 Letters A Stake Through the Heart "Kelly, Rick" 2003 3 14 Letters Sage Advice "Pepin, M. Barlow" 2003 3 14 Letters What's in a Name? "Reesor, Tom" 2003 3 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 3 14 Letters SOS: Save Our Skies - III "Steffey, Philip C." 2003 3 14 Letters The Folded Refractor "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 2003 3 16 News Notes Ripples from a Shredded Galaxy "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 3 17 News Notes A Galaxy Merger Begins "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 3 17 News Notes The Crab's Shimmering Shock Waves "Bobra, Monica" 2003 3 18 News Notes Hubble Reveals a Pulsar's Doomed Partner "Roth, Joshua" 2003 3 20 News Notes What Shapes Planetary Nebulae? "Schilling, Govert" 2003 3 22 News Notes Sizing Up Proxima Centauri "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 3 24 News Notes Storm Clouds Over Titan "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 3 26 News Notes Making Moons Slowly "Tytell, David" 2003 3 26 News Notes Rubble-Pile Moon "Tytell, David" 2003 3 28 News Notes Martian Meteorites Made Easy "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 3 30 Mission Update Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 3 30 Mission Update New Horizons "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 3 30 Mission Update Spectrum-X-Gamma "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 3 32 Feature Astronomy's Phantom Foul Balls: Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic Rays "Semeniuk, Ivan" 2003 3 42 Feature Old Astrophotos: Averting a Lost Legacy "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2003 3 48 Images "Trifid Nebula, M20" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 3 50 S&T Test Report Brains and Brawn: Meade's LX200GPS "Dyer, Alan" 2003 3 59 Computers in Astronomy "Screen Shot: SkyChart III, Version 3.6" "Ratledge, David" 2003 3 61 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Satisfy Your Auroral Longing "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 3 64 Software Showcase "Starry Night Pro 4.0, Starry Night Backyard 4.0" 2003 3 64 Software Showcase Personal Sky Chart 2003 3 64 Software Showcase Planet's Visibility 2.0 2003 3 70 Books & Beyond Where Is Everybody? by Stephen Webb "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 3 71 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Children of the Stars 2003 3 71 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Life at the Limits 2003 3 71 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: What Does a Martian Look Like? 2003 3 71 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Earth, Life, and the Universe" 2003 3 72 Books & Beyond "The Extravagant Universe, by Robert P. Kirshner" "Roth, Joshua" 2003 3 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: On the Shoulders of Giants 2003 3 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Asteroid Rendezvous 2003 3 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Touch the Universe 2003 3 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Celestial Harvest 2003 3 77 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy with Children: Our Backyard Analemma Project "Kauper, Michael" 2003 3 78 Amateur Astronomers What Is an Analemma? "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2003 3 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The New Age of CCD Observing "Levy, David H." 2003 3 86 Rambling Through the Skies The Final Unicorn "Krupp, E. C." 2003 3 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Night-Sky Facts and Fantasies "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 3 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 3 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: M46 and M47: A Celestial Odd Couple "Seronik, Gary" 2003 3 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in March" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 3 96 Small-Scope Sampler Double Your Fun "French, Sue" 2003 3 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Views from the Ship's Stern "Bryant, Greg" 2003 3 101 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations for 2003 "Dunham, David W." 2003 3 107 Celestial Calendar More Events of Jupiter's Moons "Meeus, Jean" 2003 3 110 Celestial Calendar The Near Sky: Halo Effects "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 3 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Full Moon not Full? 2003 3 115 Observer's Log Tips and Techniques for Sketching the Deep Sky "Jakiel, Richard" 2003 3 120 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: A Hive of Galaxies in Cancer "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 3 122 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Multi-Ring Mare Humorum "Wood, Charles A." 2003 3 124 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: December's Brief Totality "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 3 126 Telescope Techniques A Hemispheric Reflector "Wehler, Randall" 2003 3 130 Gallery Dec. 2002 Solar Eclipse with Silhouettes "Hurley, Dan" 2003 3 130 Gallery Dec. 2002 Solar Eclipse Sequence "DiLetti, Kevin" 2003 3 130 Gallery Dec. 2002 Solar Eclipse Corona "Carlos, Wendy" "Kern, Jonathan" "Kern, Jan" 2003 3 132 Gallery Dec. 2002 Solar Eclipse Crescent "Schechter, Eliot J." 2003 3 132 Gallery Dec. 2002 Solar Eclipse Diamond Ring "Morel, Philippe" 2003 3 132 Gallery Dec. 2002 Solar Eclipse over Tree "Karrer, Michael" 2003 3 132 Gallery Dec. 2002 Solar Eclipse with Prominences "Barnes, Stephen" 2003 4 8 Spectrum Out of Africa "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 4 10 Focal Point The Stars in Opposition "Gordon, Nicole" 2003 4 12 Letters Sweeping Up Stars "Embry, Calvin" 2003 4 12 Letters An Old Friend "Fusco, Ralph L." 2003 4 12 Letters Egocentric Naming "Loosli, Urs" 2003 4 12 Letters Tenuous Tenure "Sonnabend, Dave" 2003 4 14 Letters The Wrong Stuff - III "Evans, Hilton" 2003 4 14 Letters The Wrong Stuff - I "Fischer, Eric M." 2003 4 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 4 14 Letters The Wrong Stuff - II "Sutherland, Michael" 2003 4 14 Letters A Clear View "Flynn, Chris" 2003 4 16 Letters Star Power "Caddock, Earl" 2003 4 16 Letters Silver Anniversaries "Kuplin, Bob" 2003 4 18 News Notes Australian Scopes Lost to Wildfire "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 4 20 News Notes A New Way to Find Planets "Tytell, David" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 4 21 News Notes Snowflakes in the Dark Age? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 4 21 News Notes Planet Seen by Sideways Wobble "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 4 22 News Notes Andromeda's Second Stream "Schilling, Govert" 2003 4 22 News Notes Ring Around the Milky Way "Tytell, David" 2003 4 24 News Notes Earth on the Moon "Lucentini, Jack" 2003 4 26 News Notes The Nearest Brown Dwarf "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 4 26 News Notes Cosmic-Ray Bits of the Kuiper Belt "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 4 27 News Notes The Coolest Brown Dwarf "Tytell, David" 2003 4 27 News Notes Neptune's Growing Family "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 4 27 News Notes The Brightest Brown Dwarf "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 4 28 News Notes Speed of Gravity Measured - or Maybe Not "Tytell, David" 2003 4 30 Mission Update Rosetta "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 4 30 Mission Update Comet Nucleus Tour "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 4 30 Mission Update Space Infrared Telescope Facility "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 4 30 Mission Update International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 4 36 Feature Planets in Production: Making New Worlds "Jayawardhana, Ray" 2003 4 38 Feature Box: Growing Up in a Rough Neighborhood "Tytell, David" 2003 4 44 Feature A Trip to the Galactic Center "Tanner, Angelle" 2003 4 52 Images Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 "Villard, Ray" 2003 4 56 S&T Test Report A Siberian Achromatic Refractor "Kalemjian, Ethan" 2003 4 59 S&T Test Report Box: Retro Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 4 62 Computers in Astronomy A Weather Clock for Observers "Danko, Attilla" 2003 4 66 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Starry Night Pro 4.0.2 "Heafner, Joe" 2003 4 68 Software Showcase Nightfall 2003 4 68 Software Showcase Kagayaki III 2003 4 72 Books & Beyond "Strange Matters, by Tom Siegfried" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2003 4 74 Books & Beyond "The Florida Night Sky, by Elinor De Wire" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 4 74 Books & Beyond "Our Spacious Skies, by Lezak, Winter, and Winter" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 4 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: The Facts On File Space and Astronomy Handbook 2003 4 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: The Enigma of Sunspots 2003 4 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon 2003 4 77 Amateur Astronomers Sun and Snow: Mount Wilson Observatory's Summer Program "Simmons, Mike" 2003 4 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Adventure on the High Seas "Levy, David H." 2003 4 86 Rambling Through the Skies Hands-On "Krupp, E. C." 2003 4 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Star Names New and Old "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 4 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 4 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Jupiter Visits the Beehive "Seronik, Gary" 2003 4 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in April" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 4 96 Small-Scope Sampler The Sickle's Harvest "French, Sue" 2003 4 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Setting Sail in the Stellar WInds "Bryant, Greg" 2003 4 101 Celestial Calendar Vesta in Virgo: A Naked-Eye Asteroid "Bryant, Greg" 2003 4 104 Celestial Calendar Outer Planets in 2003 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 4 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: April Meteors 2003 4 108 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: Brightest Comet Trails "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 4 110 Observer's Log 111 Deep-Sky Wonders for Light-Polluted Skies "Mullaney, James" 2003 4 116 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: A Galaxy -Hop from M49 "Whitman, Alan" 2003 4 119 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Marius Hills "Wood, Charles A." 2003 4 122 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Conjunction with a Crustacean "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 4 124 Telescope Techniques A Simple and Sturdy Wedgepod "Seronik, Gary" 2003 4 127 Telescope Techniques A Crutch Tripod "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 2003 4 130 Astro Imaging Guiding Techniques for Astrophotography "Perkins, Philip" 2003 4 133 Astro Imaging "Box: Simple, Accurate Polar Alignment" 2003 4 134 Astro Imaging Box: Practical Tips for Using the ST-4 Autoguider 2003 4 136 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 in Pavo "Wendel, Volker" "Flach-Wilken, Bernd" 2003 4 136 Gallery "Total Solar Eclipse, Dec. 2002, Africa" "Halliday, Tony" 2003 4 136 Gallery Canadian Aurora "Rickerby, Jason" 2003 4 137 Gallery "Fox Fur Nebula, S Monocerotis" "Gendler, Robert" 2003 4 138 Gallery NGC 1973-75-77 in Orion "Held, David" 2003 5 8 Spectrum "Com-mu-ni-ty, n." "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 5 10 Focal Point A Detective Story "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 5 12 Letters Pleiades Illusion "Wood, Charles A." 2003 5 12 Letters Catch a Falling Star "Schreiner, Rick" 2003 5 12 Letters The Lost Years "D'Andrea, John" 2003 5 14 Letters Purple Prose - I "Newsom, Gerald" 2003 5 14 Letters Purple Prose - II "Hanner, Gerald P." 2003 5 14 Letters A Galilean Dream "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2003 5 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 5 16 News Notes Turning a Corner on the New Cosmology "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 5 18 News Notes Hunting the First Stars "Tytell, David" 2003 5 18 News Notes Lumicon Lives "Tytell, David" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 5 19 News Notes New Light on the Whirpool's Origin "Roth, Joshua" 2003 5 20 News Notes Chaos at a White Dwarf "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 5 20 News Notes Zooming Into the Dumbbell "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 5 22 News Notes The Great Lakes of Titan "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 5 22 News Notes Short Lives for Short-Period Comets "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 5 24 News Notes The Moon's Youngest Crater? "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Bobra, Monica" 2003 5 26 News Notes Space Science After Columbia: On Schedule "Tytell, David" 2003 5 28 Mission Update Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 5 28 Mission Update Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 5 28 Mission Update National Aeronautics and Space Administration "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 5 30 Feature Optical Interferometry Comes of Age "Lawson, Peter R." 2003 5 32 Feature Box: How It Works: The Simplest Case 2003 5 34 Feature Box: Why Is It So Hard? 2003 5 40 Feature A Millennium of Shattered Stars "Stephenson, F. Richard" "Green, David A." 2003 5 50 S&T Test Report 21st-Century Robotic Astronomy "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 5 58 New Product Showcase Landing Pad for NexStar GPS 2003 5 58 New Product Showcase SolarView 50 H-Alpha Telescope 2003 5 58 New Product Showcase Moon Mission Game 2003 5 62 Software Showcase Astronomer's Digital Clock 2003 5 62 Software Showcase Stargazer's Delight 6.1 2003 5 62 Software Showcase EarthWatch 4.01 2003 5 65 Books & Beyond "The Smithsonian Book of Mars, by Joseph Boyce" "Tytell, David" 2003 5 65 Books & Beyond "Mars: The Lure of the Red Planet, by Sheehan and O'Meara" "Tytell, David" 2003 5 65 Books & Beyond "Mapping Mars, by Oliver Morton" "Tytell, David" 2003 5 68 Books & Beyond "Mars Observer's Guide, by Neil Bone" "Tytell, David" 2003 5 69 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Mars: The Mystery Unfolds 2003 5 70 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Photographic Atlas of the Moon 2003 5 70 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Observer's Guide to Stellar Evolution 2003 5 70 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: SETI 2020 2003 5 70 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Solar System Voyage 2003 5 70 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Touch the Stars II 2003 5 70 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: How to Observe the Sun Safely 2003 5 70 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: The Restless Universe 2003 5 74 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy in the Land of Fire and Ice "Gudmundsson, Snaevarr" 2003 5 76 Amateur Astronomers Box: Travel Tips for Eclipse Chasers 2003 5 78 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy Day 2003 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2003 5 80 Amateur Astronomers "Star Trails: The Great ""Supernova"" of 2003" "Levy, David H." 2003 5 86 Rambling Through the Skies Sky Writing "Krupp, E. C." 2003 5 90 Guide to the Evening Sky The Yardstick Solar System "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 5 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 5 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Visiting Vesta "Seronik, Gary" 2003 5 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in May" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 5 96 Small-Scope Sampler Under Virgo's Wing "French, Sue" 2003 5 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Unveiling the Centaur "Bryant, Greg" 2003 5 104 Celestial Calendar May's Two Eclipses "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 5 107 Celestial Calendar Mercury Transits the Sun "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 5 112 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultation 2003 5 112 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: May Meteors 2003 5 113 Celestial Calendar Light-Pollution Notes: Dark Sky Week "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 5 116 Observer's Log Observing Lord Rosse's Spirals "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 5 122 Observer's Log "Lunar Notebook: Mare Vaporum, Sinus Aestuum, and Fire Fountains" "Wood, Charles A." 2003 5 123 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Things Far and Near "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 5 125 Telescope Techniques A Compact Back-Garden Observatory "Ashford, Adrian R." 2003 5 130 Gallery "Aurora from Airplane, Dec. 2002" "Myhrvold, Nathan" 2003 5 130 Gallery "Columbia's Launch, Jan. 2003" "Ramotowski, Becky" 2003 5 131 Gallery "Partial Eclipse, Setting Sun, Dec. 2002" "Evans, Nigel" 2003 5 131 Gallery Full Moon Rising "Churchill, Christine" 2003 5 132 Gallery Barred-Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 in Fornax "Wendel, Volker" "Flach-Wilken, Bernd" 2003 5 132 Gallery "Flame Nebula, NGC 2024" "Wolfe, Ted" 2003 5 132 Gallery "Titan II Launch, Jan. 2003" "Lockett, Brian" 2003 5 133 Gallery "Tarantula Nebula, NGC 2070, 30 Doradus" "Ward, Peter" 2003 6 1 Front-Cover Photo Mars 2003 6 8 Spectrum Nothing New Under the Sun "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 6 10 Focal Point Life Amid the Grit "Wann, Jey" 2003 6 12 Letters A Black Eye "Lunn, Martin" 2003 6 12 Letters Level-Headed Advice "Privett, Grant" 2003 6 12 Letters A Stellar Merger "Vecoli, Jeremy" 2003 6 12 Letters As an Empire Declined "Stephan, Christopher" 2003 6 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 6 14 Letters Not-So-Dark Ages "Jackson, Richard A." 2003 6 14 Letters Monogrammed Moon "Dierick, Dominique" 2003 6 16 News Notes A Light Echo Like No Other "Schilling, Govert" 2003 6 18 News Notes Star Wars Satellite Spies Galactic Wind "Roth, Joshua" 2003 6 18 News Notes A Molecular View of M82 "Roth, Joshua" 2003 6 19 News Notes Do Globular Clusters Spit Out X-ray Stars? "Roth, Joshua" 2003 6 20 News Notes A Planet That's Boiling Away "Schilling, Govert" 2003 6 21 News Notes Mars Radiation Not So Bad "Chaikin, Andrew" 2003 6 22 News Notes The Lost Lunar Meteorites "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 6 24 News Notes Lunar Flash Doesn't Pan Out "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 6 25 News Notes "Follow That Story: Alpha Centauri, Exactly" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 6 25 News Notes Follow That Story: Simple Inflation Not Dead Yet "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 6 26 Mission Update Pioneer 10 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 6 26 Mission Update Mu Space Experiment System C "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 6 26 Mission Update Galaxy Evolution Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 6 28 Feature Mars Mania 1956 "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Sheehan, William" 2003 6 30 Feature Box: Masters of Their Craft 2003 6 38 Feature Delving Into Extra Dimensions "Naeye, Robert" 2003 6 46 S&T Test Report Breaking New Ground in the Beginner's Market "Roth, Joshua" 2003 6 49 S&T Test Report Box: Fun and Frustration with a 2 1/2-Pound Wonder "Roth, Joshua" 2003 6 52 New Product Showcase Speers-Waler WA Series Eyepieces 2003 6 52 New Product Showcase Dobsonian Mount for Newtonian Reflector by Teeter Telescopes 2003 6 52 New Product Showcase 2-inch Star Diagonal by William Optics 2003 6 54 Computers in Astronomy Three for the Moon "Seronik, Gary" 2003 6 58 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Exploring the Red Planet "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 6 60 Books & Beyond "Astronomy Encyclopedia, Patrick Moore, ed." "Kanipe, Jeff" 2003 6 62 Books & Beyond "Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects, by Stephen James O'Meara" "Cozens, Glen" 2003 6 64 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Observing the Craters of Mars, Part 1" 2003 6 64 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Episodes from the Early History of Astronomy 2003 6 64 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Objects in the Heavens, by Peter Birren" 2003 6 66 Amateur Astronomers Jewel of the Andes: Love at First Light "Kurtz, Patricia A." 2003 6 72 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Sonnet for Columbia's Seven "Levy, David H." 2003 6 78 Rambling Through the Skies Woman Drivers "Krupp, E. C." 2003 6 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Patterns You Never Knew "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 6 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 6 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: M4: A Marvelous Globular "Seronik, Gary" 2003 6 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in June" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 6 88 Small-Scope Sampler Spectral Hues of Double Stars "French, Sue" 2003 6 90 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Galaxies Near and Far "Bryant, Greg" 2003 6 93 Celestial Calendar Mars at Its All-Time Finest "Troiani, Daniel M." 2003 6 94 Celestial Calendar Box: A Mars Record for the Ages "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 6 96 Celestial Calendar Box: About the Maps 2003 6 98 Celestial Calendar Box: ALPO's Training Program "Robertson, Timothy J." 2003 6 102 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: Bright Spots on the Moon "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 6 105 Observer's Log Seeking Colorful Double Stars "Inglis, Mike" 2003 6 110 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: The Bow and Arrow "Dalrymple, Les" 2003 6 112 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Frigoris and Beyond "Wood, Charles A." 2003 6 117 Astro Imaging Shooting the Planets with Webcams "Davis, Michael" "Staup, David" 2003 6 124 Gallery IC 1795 in Cassiopeia "Lula, Brian" 2003 6 125 Gallery Small Magellanic Cloud "Rhemann, Gerald" "Kersche, Franz" 2003 6 125 Gallery "Hickson 44: NGC 3193, NGC 3190, and NGC 3187" "Block, Adam" 2003 6 126 Gallery Milky Way "Mak, Mark" "Kong, Albert" 2003 6 126 Gallery Circumpolar Star Twirl "Fletcher, Bill" "Fletcher, Sally" 2003 6 127 Gallery Hydrogen-Alpha Sun "Hyndman, Paul" 2003 7 8 Spectrum Unsung Heros "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 7 10 Focal Point Silent(ly) Running "White, Jay C." 2003 7 12 Letters Why We Observe "Foreman, Jeff" 2003 7 14 Letters Pictures from the Past - I "Hazen, Martha L." 2003 7 14 Letters Plane Speaking - II "Anderson, Colin" 2003 7 14 Letters Pictures from the Past - II "Sherman, Steven M." 2003 7 14 Letters Plane Speaking - I "Morgan, Jeff" 2003 7 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 7 16 Letters With All Due Respect "Zwicky, Barbarina" 2003 7 16 Letters Radio Stars "Kaplan, Mat" 2003 7 18 News Notes Gamma-ray Burst Proves a Supernova Link "Schilling, Govert" 2003 7 19 News Notes Superwide Camera Shows Its Stuff "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 7 20 News Notes Galaxy Bars: Firm or Fleeting? "Roth, Joshua" 2003 7 20 News Notes Better Look at a Protoplanetary Disk "Schilling, Govert" 2003 7 21 News Notes Nuclear Physics from Quivering White Dwarfs "Roth, Joshua" 2003 7 22 News Notes LOFAR: A Deep Look Through a Neglected Window "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2003 7 24 News Notes Martian Gullies Revisited "Tytell, David" 2003 7 24 News Notes NASA Sets Its Sites on Mars "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 7 25 News Notes Moon Race Heats Up "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 7 25 News Notes Meteorites Rain on Chicago Suburbs "Brown, Peter" 2003 7 26 News Notes Secret Documents Rewrite the Discovery of Neptune "Sheehan, William" 2003 7 28 Mission Update Deep Impact "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 7 28 Mission Update Space Infrared Telescope Facility "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 7 28 Mission Update Rosetta "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 7 28 Mission Update Nozomi "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 7 30 Feature Eta Carinae's Year of Glory "Roth, Joshua" 2003 7 36 Feature Mysteries of Mars "Hartman, William K." 2003 7 46 S&T Test Report Coronado 90-mm Better White Light Filter "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 7 48 S&T Test Report BinoMite Solar Binoculars "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 7 50 S&T Test Report CEMAX Eyepieces "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 7 52 New Product Showcase Clement Focuser 2003 7 52 New Product Showcase Table Tote 2003 7 52 New Product Showcase "Spanish Planisphere, Guia de las Estrellas" 2003 7 54 Computers in Astronomy "Dating van Gogh's ""Moonrise""" "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Olson, Marilynn S." 2003 7 59 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: A 21st-Century Logbook "Foust, Jeff" 2003 7 60 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: T.G.I. Summer "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 7 62 Software Showcase StarStrider 2003 7 62 Software Showcase Deepsky 2003 2003 7 62 Software Showcase NightVision 2003 7 64 Books & Beyond "Out of the Blue, by John Naylor" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 7 66 Books & Beyond "Solar System, by Nigel Hey" "Harwood, William" 2003 7 69 Amateur Astronomers Going Royal: A Century of Public Service "Grey, Denis" 2003 7 72 Amateur Astronomers A Golden Celebration "Grego, Peter" "Scagell, Robin" 2003 7 73 Amateur Astronomers The Sky's Knight: Patrick Moore "Ashford, Adrian R." 2003 7 74 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Midsummer Night's Starcloud "Levy, David H." 2003 7 78 Rambling Through the Skies High Fashion "Krupp, E. C." 2003 7 82 Guide to the Evening Sky Scorpius and a July Riddle "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 7 83 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 7 84 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Globular Pair in Ophiuchus "Seronik, Gary" 2003 7 85 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in July" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 7 88 Small-Scope Sampler Around the Bend in Draco "French, Sue" 2003 7 90 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Stellar Nurseries and Associations "Bryant, Greg" 2003 7 96 Celestial Calendar All Eyes on Cassiopeia "Tytell, David" 2003 7 101 Celestial Calendar Mars Notebook: Polar Cap on Display "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 7 104 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Visible Side of Mars 2003 7 104 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Moon Occults Mars 2003 7 104 Celestial Calendar The Near Sky: Wonders of the Lupus Supernova "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 7 107 Observer's Log Storm Watch on Mars "Parker, Donald C." "Beish, Jeff D." 2003 7 110 Observer's Log Global Warming on Mars? "Sheehan, William" 2003 7 114 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: In the Shadow of Copernicus "Wood, Charles A." 2003 7 117 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Celestial Odd Couples "Gottlieb, Steve" 2003 7 120 Telescope Techniques A New Lightweight Dobsonian "Henderson, Scott" 2003 7 128 Astro Imaging Getting Star and Nebula Colors Right in CCD Imaging "Goldman, Don S." 2003 7 136 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M81 "Lula, Brian" 2003 7 136 Gallery "Orion Nebulosities, M78, NGC 2064, 2067, and 2071" "Tarr, Chris" 2003 7 136 Gallery NGC 2623 in Cancer "Keller, Philipp" "Fuchs, Christian" 2003 7 136 Gallery Star Trails and a Meteor "Klein, Joe" 2003 7 138 Gallery "Thor's Helmet, NGC 2359" "Lutch, Benjamin" 2003 7 139 Gallery Saturn "Gu, Yu" 2003 7 139 Gallery "Eskimo Nebula, NGC 2392" "Flach-Wilken, Bernd" "Wendel, Volker" 2003 8 8 Spectrum "My, How You've Changed!" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 8 10 Focal Point Driving to Pluto "Livingston, Andrew" 2003 8 12 Letters Moore Opinions "Opderbeck, David" 2003 8 12 Letters Through Starlit Eyes "Tabbutt, Don" 2003 8 12 Letters Like Deja Vu All Over Again "Keel, William C." 2003 8 12 Letters Analemma "Tobiason, Dick" 2003 8 14 Letters Where the Satellite GOES "Kleespies, Thomas J." 2003 8 14 Letters Columbia Remembered "Lock, Frank" 2003 8 14 Letters Tenuous Tenure Revisited "Napier, Tom" 2003 8 14 Letters Breaking Up Is Hard to Do "Wiggins, Patrick" 2003 8 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 8 16 Letters Proper Planning "Latham, Don" 2003 8 16 Letters The Battle Continues... "Shoemaker, Paul" 2003 8 18 News Notes The Delta Sco Show Continues "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 8 18 News Notes The Milky Way and M31 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 8 19 News Notes Waves Against the Swan "Sadler, Bud" 2003 8 20 News Notes Galaxies with No Dark Matter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 8 20 News Notes Supernovae and Cosmic Acceleration "MacRobert, Alan M." "Roth, Joshua" 2003 8 21 News Notes Stellar Slingshot in Taurus? "Roth, Joshua" 2003 8 22 News Notes "Titan's Surface: Mostly Ice, Not Goo" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 8 22 News Notes Neptune's Forecast: A Cloudy Summer "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 8 24 News Notes S&T Rocks! "Tytell, David" 2003 8 24 News Notes Torn-Apart Stars? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 8 26 News Notes Follow That Story: More Signs of Very Early Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 8 26 News Notes Mount Stromlo: Out of the Ashes "Tytell, David" 2003 8 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Distance to the LMC "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 8 28 Mission Update Hubble Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 8 28 Mission Update Galaxy Evolution Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 8 28 Mission Update Hayabusa (MUSES C) "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 8 30 Feature The Iceball Next Door "Clifford, Stephen M." 2003 8 38 Feature Gamma-Ray Astronomy Achieves Stardom "Wanjek, Christopher" 2003 8 41 Feature Box: The Gamma-Ray Primer "Wanjek, Christopher" 2003 8 42 Feature Box: Our Gamma-Ray Sun "Lin, Robert P." 2003 8 46 Images Andromeda Retrospective "Gendler, Robert" 2003 8 53 S&T Test Report "A Classic Returns, Orion SkyView Pro 6LT EQ Reflector" "Ting, Ed" 2003 8 56 S&T Test Report Orion's SkyView Pro Equatorial Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 8 60 New Product Showcase Multi-Eyepiece Turret 2003 8 60 New Product Showcase LightWedge 2003 8 60 New Product Showcase Monster Clamp 2003 8 62 Computers in Astronomy Dark Skies Rule "Ferris, William D." 2003 8 66 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: MegaStar 5 "Ratledge, David" 2003 8 68 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Deep into the Infrared Sky "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 8 70 Software Showcase RegiStax 2003 8 70 Software Showcase S-Spline 2 and S-Spline Pro 2003 8 70 Software Showcase Anti-Blooming Filter 2003 8 72 Books & Beyond "The Backyard Astronomer's Guide, Second Edition" "Aguilar, David A." 2003 8 74 Books & Beyond "What Your Astronomy Textbook Won't Tell You, by Norman Sperling" "Bobra, Monica" 2003 8 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Intelligent Life in the Universe 2003 8 75 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica: A Personal Account" 2003 8 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Mind Over Matter: Conversations with the Cosmos 2003 8 78 Amateur Astronomers Own a Piece of the Sky "Redfern, Greg" 2003 8 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The Architect of Stellafane East "Levy, David H." 2003 8 86 Rambling Through the Skies Facing Mars "Krupp, E. C." 2003 8 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Showing Off the Cosmos "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 8 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 8 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Lagoon Nebula "Seronik, Gary" 2003 8 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in August" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 8 96 Small-Scope Sampler After Tea "French, Sue" 2003 8 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Cities Among the Stars "Bryant, Greg" 2003 8 102 Celestial Calendar "The Hunt for the ""Hurtling Moons""" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 8 103 Celestial Calendar Box: Walt Whitman and a Perihelic Opposition of Mars "Olson, Donald W." "Olson, Marilynn S." 2003 8 108 Celestial Calendar Mars Notebook: The Cap Breaks Up "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 8 109 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: The Brightness and Color of Mars "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 8 109 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: August Meteors 2003 8 109 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Visible Side of Mars 2003 8 112 Observer's Log Observing the Volcanoes of Mars "Sheehan, William" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2003 8 118 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Dark Nebulae in Northern Cygnus "Whitman, Alan" 2003 8 120 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Treasures of Western Tranquillitatis "Wood, Charles A." 2003 8 122 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: The Dark of an Eclipsed Moon "Deans, Paul" 2003 8 124 Telescope Techniques Coping with Atmospheric Dispersion "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2003 8 130 Astro Imaging Creating High-Resolution Color CCD Mosaics with Photoshop "Gendler, Robert" 2003 8 136 Gallery "Lunar Portrait, Full Moon" "Bonduelle, Etienne" 2003 8 136 Gallery Young Crescent Moon "Gu, Yu" 2003 8 136 Gallery Mercury's Transit of the Sun "Bosman, Richard" 2003 8 136 Gallery Great Nebula in Orion "Bonduelle, Etienne" 2003 8 138 Gallery Lunar Crater Clavius "Higgins, Wes" 2003 8 138 Gallery "Ring Nebula, M57" "Bonduelle, Etienne" 2003 8 138 Gallery Phases of Venus "Massey, Steve" 2003 8 139 Gallery Lunar Crater Complex "Bethune, Christophe" 2003 8 139 Gallery Saturn "Yen, I Cheng" 2003 9 8 Spectrum A Decade of Rambling "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 9 10 Focal Point The Tao of Astronomy "Dohmen, Kevin D." 2003 9 12 Letters A Global Community "Wilson, Bruce" 2003 9 12 Letters Missing Artwork "Willard, Bert" 2003 9 14 Letters Proper Credit - I "Sherwood, Bruce" 2003 9 14 Letters Proper Credit - II "Wisse, Peter" 2003 9 14 Letters Had a Great Trip "White, Gerald Kimber" 2003 9 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 9 14 Letters The Aging Eye "Logan, William L." 2003 9 16 News Notes Planet-Forming Paradox Solved? "Tytell, David" 2003 9 17 News Notes X-raying Planetary Birthplaces "Tytell, David" 2003 9 18 News Notes Weighing a Pulsar's Planets "Tytell, David" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 9 18 News Notes Supernova Factory in a Newborn Globular Cluster "Tytell, David" 2003 9 19 News Notes X-raying Windblown Bubbles "Roth, Joshua" 2003 9 20 News Notes Calibrating Dwarf Novae "Roth, Joshua" 2003 9 20 News Notes The Flattest Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 9 22 News Notes Tracking Exoplanet Migration "Schilling, Govert" 2003 9 23 News Notes Metals Hint at How Planets Form "Schilling, Govert" 2003 9 24 News Notes Jupiter's Weather Gets Clearer "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 9 26 News Notes Siberian Fireball Ignites Forest? "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 9 26 News Notes Noctilucent Clouds from Rocket Exhaust "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2003 9 27 News Notes Follow That Story: Light-Echo Star Cools "Tytell, David" 2003 9 27 News Notes Follow That Story: Celestron Wins a Round "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 9 27 News Notes Follow That Story: Exoplanets and Habitable Zones "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 9 28 Mission Update Mars Express and Beagle 2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 9 28 Mission Update Spectroscopy and Photometry of the IGM's Diffuse Radiation "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 9 28 Mission Update Spirit and Opportunity (Mars Exploration Rovers) "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 9 30 Feature Flourine: An Elementary Mystery "Croswell, Ken" 2003 9 38 Feature 400 Years of Uranometria "Tidey, Steve" 2003 9 46 Images M33: More than Meets the Eye "Rector, Travis A." 2003 9 50 S&T Test Report A Stellarvue Duo: The Nighthawk and the SV85S "Dyer, Alan" 2003 9 56 New Product Showcase Helix Observing Accessories' Bino Platform 2003 9 56 New Product Showcase Barry Crist's Telescope Miniatures 2003 9 56 New Product Showcase ScopeTronix's MaxView 2 Eyepiece 2003 9 60 Computers in Astronomy Into the 21st Century "Johnston, Bill" 2003 9 64 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Planetarium Gold 4.1 "Heafner, Joe" 2003 9 66 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: View from Mars Orbit "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 9 68 Software Showcase "JODAS, Ivan Krastev" 2003 9 68 Software Showcase "TheSky, Software Bisque" 2003 9 68 Software Showcase Jim Berry's PocketSat+ 2003 9 70 Books & Beyond "Observing Comets, by John Nick James and Gerald North" "Bortle, John E." 2003 9 72 Books & Beyond "Universe, by Robin Kerrod " "Ruiz, S. Tania" 2003 9 72 Books & Beyond "A Beginner's Guide to the Universe, by Andrew Conway and Rosie Coleman" "Ruiz, S. Tania" 2003 9 74 Books & Beyond "The Universe: 365 Days, by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry T. Bonnell" 2003 9 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites, by Jon Erickson" 2003 9 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Sky at Night, by Patrick Moore" 2003 9 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Universe, by Tim Tully" 2003 9 75 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Misfortunes as Blessings in Disguise, by Dorrit Hoffleit" 2003 9 75 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Alpha and Omega, by Charles Seife" 2003 9 75 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Stikky Night Skies 2003 9 77 Amateur Astronomers How to Organize a Public Star Party "Machholz, Don" 2003 9 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Black Drop Rising "Levy, David H." 2003 9 86 Rambling Through the Skies Balancing Act "Krupp, E. C." 2003 9 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Patterns in a Million-Mars SKy "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 9 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 9 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Three Star Clusters in Ophiuchus "Seronik, Gary" 2003 9 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in September" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 9 96 Small-Scope Sampler The Gem of the Milky Way "French, Sue" 2003 9 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Celestial Pathways "Bryant, Greg" 2003 9 104 Celestial Calendar How Nearby Is Teegarden's Star? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 9 106 Celestial Calendar X Sagittarii: A Star Toward Our Galaxy's Heart "Bryant, Greg" 2003 9 107 Celestial Calendar Mars Notebook: Dusty Times Ahead? "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 9 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Visible Side of Mars 2003 9 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Asteroid Occultation 2003 9 109 Celestial Calendar "Light-Pollution Notes: A Myriad, a Few" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 9 111 Observer's Log Globular Treasures Near Summer Showpieces "Jones, Paul B." 2003 9 116 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Night of the Dolphin "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 9 120 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Oblique Crisium and Proclus "Wood, Charles A." 2003 9 122 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Martian Happenings "Parker, Donald C." 2003 9 125 Astro Imaging Get Ultrasharp Planetary Images with Your CCD Camera "Grafton, Ed" 2003 9 130 Gallery Icelandic Ring Eclipse "Garde, Olivier" 2003 9 130 Gallery Scimitar Eclipse Sunrise "Wienerroither, Peter" 2003 9 131 Gallery Mercury's Transit of the Sun "Dierick, Dominique" 2003 9 131 Gallery Lunar-Eclipse Sequence "Guay, Jean-Francois" 2003 9 131 Gallery Scottish Crescent Sunrise "Davidson, Ian" 2003 9 132 Gallery Lunar Totality "Ball, Jeff" 2003 9 132 Gallery "Partial Sunrise, Scene I" "Giusti, Ida" 2003 9 132 Gallery "Partial Sunrise, Scene III" "Taylor, Mark" 2003 9 132 Gallery "Partial Sunrise, Scene II" "Jager, Michael" 2003 9 133 Gallery Mercury Transit in Hydrogen-Alpha "Ward, Peter" 2003 10 8 Spectrum Cosmology's New Era "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 10 10 Focal Point Sky Writing "Smith, Michael S." 2003 10 12 Letters Moon Shots "Sochinski, John" 2003 10 12 Letters Closest Approach "Henderson, Ralph C." 2003 10 12 Letters Catch a Falling Star... "Bowser, Willis E." 2003 10 14 Letters Watching the Gods "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2003 10 14 Letters The Winter of Our Discontent "Cassidy, Brian E." 2003 10 14 Letters In Memoriam "Greer, John" "Greer, Linda" 2003 10 16 Letters Catching a Wave "Beish, Jeffrey D." 2003 10 16 Letters Sharing Old Photos "Clark, Maurice" 2003 10 16 Letters Feeling a Bit Green? "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2003 10 18 News Notes "The Oldest, Weirdest Planet" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 10 19 News Notes The Overlooked Crab Supernova "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 10 20 News Notes Detailing Dark Matter "Roth, Joshua" 2003 10 20 News Notes A Telltale Heart "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 10 21 News Notes A New Dark-Matter Map "Roth, Joshua" 2003 10 22 News Notes GOODS Eyes Galaxies Being Built "Tytell, David" "Roth, Joshua" 2003 10 24 News Notes "Keck, VLT Interferometers Break New Ground" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 10 24 News Notes Omega Centauri: One Cluster or Two? "Roth, Joshua" 2003 10 26 News Notes Solar Faculae Stand Exposed "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 10 27 News Notes Stardust in the Air "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 10 27 News Notes Putting the Spin on Venus "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 10 28 Mission Update Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 10 28 Mission Update Solar and Heliospheric Observatory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 10 28 Mission Update Gravity Probe B "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 10 30 Feature Cosmology in the New Millennium "Freedman, Wendy L." "Turner, Michael S." 2003 10 42 Feature Cosmology's Growing Pains "Finkbeiner, Ann K." 2003 10 43 Feature A Cosmologist's Diary: Summer at the South Pole "Leitch, Erik" 2003 10 44 Feature Gus Evrard: Observer of Virtual Universes "Salgado, Jose Francisco" 2003 10 46 Feature The Deepest Image Ever Made "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 10 50 S&T Test Report Losmandy's Gemini System "Horne, Johnny" 2003 10 61 New Product Showcase Astrobuffet's ST80 Wide-Field Eyepiece 2003 10 61 New Product Showcase Stellar Technologies' Series IV Stiletto Focuser 2003 10 61 New Product Showcase PixSoft's StarGPS 2003 10 63 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Desktop Universe 1.1 "Foust, Jeff" 2003 10 65 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Cosmological Foundations "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 10 66 Software Showcase "Space Update, by Cosmyx" 2003 10 66 Software Showcase "MaxPoint, by Diffraction Limited" 2003 10 66 Software Showcase "Gravity 6, by Anderson Digital Design" 2003 10 70 Books & Beyond "Echo of the Big Bang, by Michael D. Lemonick" "Roth, Joshua" 2003 10 71 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Tycho & Kepler, by Kitty Ferguson" 2003 10 71 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Tycho Brahe, by William J. Boerst" 2003 10 71 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Johannes Kepler, by William J. Boerst" 2003 10 72 Books & Beyond "Observing Variable Stars, by Gerry A. Good" "Isles, John" 2003 10 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Latitude, by Bill Carter and Merri Sue Carter" 2003 10 74 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects by W. H. Finlay 2003 10 74 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Constellations of the Night Sky by Bruce LaFontaine 2003 10 76 Amateur Astronomers A Public Star Party from Earth Orbit "Berry, Richard" 2003 10 81 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Peak Experience "Levy, David H." 2003 10 83 Amateur Astronomers Comet Award Winners 2003 10 86 Rambling Through the Skies Celestial Cetacean "Krupp, E. C." 2003 10 90 Guide to the Evening Sky The Deep Background of Mars "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 10 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 10 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Biinocular Highlight: Spying Orientale "Seronik, Gary" 2003 10 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in October" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 10 96 Small-Scope Sampler On the Wings of a Swan "French, Sue" 2003 10 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky The Water-Filled Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2003 10 102 Celestial Calendar Comets on Parade "Bryant, Greg" 2003 10 105 Celestial Calendar Mars Notebook: Cloud Watch! "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 10 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Crescent Moon Occults Venus 2003 10 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Visible Side of Mars 2003 10 108 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: October Meteors 2003 10 108 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: Three Planets in Daytime "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 10 111 Observer's Log Outer Halos of Planetary Nebulae "Kraljic, Frank" 2003 10 115 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Cassiopeia's Clusters "Freeman, Jay Reynolds" 2003 10 116 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Elusive Orientale "Wood, Charles A." 2003 10 120 Observer's Log "Observer's Notebook: Mars and Moon, Together Again" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 10 122 Telescope Techniques Better Dobsonian Bearings "Lewis, Martin" 2003 10 128 Astro Imaging Shooting the Heavens from Space "Grunsfeld, John Mace" 2003 10 136 Gallery Witch Head Nebula "Held, David" 2003 10 137 Gallery Edge-On Spiral Galaxy NGC 4631 "Croman, Russell" 2003 10 137 Gallery Moon Occults Mars "Dantowitz, Ron" 2003 10 138 Gallery Snake Nebula "Stevens, Gary" 2003 10 138 Gallery Mars Occultation Sequence "Chaikin, Andrew" 2003 10 138 Gallery Galaxy M106 in Canes Venatici "Faworski, Sheldon" 2003 10 138 Gallery Two Faces of Mars "Leong, Tan Wei" 2003 11 8 Spectrum Save Hubble! "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 11 10 Focal Point Gleanings from the Glass "Fisher, Richard" 2003 11 12 Letters "Goodbye, Galileo" "Criddle, Peter" 2003 11 12 Letters More Respect Due - II "Harrow, Alan G." 2003 11 12 Letters More Respect Due - I "Kirshner, Robert P." 2003 11 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 11 14 Letters An Old Galaxy Seen Anew - I "Jakiel, Richard" 2003 11 14 Letters Outreach Imperative "Greywords, Hanna" 2003 11 14 Letters Confessions of an Astronomer's Wife "Rosien, Mary Lou" 2003 11 14 Letters A Familiar Voice "Truax, Gary" 2003 11 16 Letters An Old Galaxy Seen Anew - III "Hood, Keith" 2003 11 16 Letters An Old Galaxy Seen Anew - II "Hart, Thomas A." 2003 11 18 News Notes Deciding the Fate of Hubble "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" "Tytell, David" 2003 11 20 News Notes New Light on Crucial Supernovae "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 11 21 News Notes A Glowing Ring of Iron "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 11 22 News Notes A Stone-Age Supernova's Legacies "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 11 24 News Notes Beyond the Local Bubble "Lucentini, Jack" 2003 11 24 News Notes Earliest Star-Forming Region "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 11 25 News Notes Women in Astronomy: Venus Rising "Kaisler, Denise" 2003 11 26 News Notes Small Asteroids = Small Threat? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 11 26 News Notes A Recent Impact on Juno? "Tytell, David" 2003 11 27 News Notes Follow That Story: Rock and Ice in Pluto and Charon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 11 27 News Notes Teaching Telescopes Reach First Light "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 11 27 News Notes "Follow That Story: Lightest Free-Floating ""Planet""" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 11 27 News Notes New Life for the Palomar Schmidt "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 11 27 News Notes Follow That Story: Ring Around the Milky Way "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 11 28 Mission Update Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 11 28 Mission Update Phoenix "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 11 28 Mission Update Space Infrared Telescope Facility "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 11 30 Feature The 3rd Zone: Exploring the Kuiper Belt "Stern, S. Alan" 2003 11 38 Feature A Spirit of Place: Where the Modern Universe Was Born "DeVorkin, David H." 2003 11 54 S&T Test Report The Essence of Observing: Discovery's 12.5-inch Dobsonian "Ting, Ed" 2003 11 60 New Product Showcase "GEM Table, by AstroPro Products" 2003 11 60 New Product Showcase "Planetary Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector, by Adirondack Video Astronomy" 2003 11 60 New Product Showcase "Laser Star Finder, by Martron Electronics" 2003 11 62 Computers in Astronomy Sun Worship in Cambridge "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 11 65 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: A League's Extraordinary Site "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 11 66 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: StarStrider 2.5 "Ratledge, David" 2003 11 68 Software Showcase "Hubble's Universe, by PCs in Space" 2003 11 68 Software Showcase "hcAnywhere, by Astrogeeks.com" 2003 11 68 Software Showcase "SkyMap Lite 2003, by Chris Marriott" 2003 11 70 Books & Beyond "The Elegant Universe, PBS series" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 11 72 Books & Beyond "Celestial Delights, by Francis Reddy and Greg Walz-Chojnacki" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2003 11 72 Books & Beyond "Touring the Universe, by Ken Graun" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2003 11 75 Amateur Astronomers Astronomy From A to NZ "Hall, Lesley" 2003 11 79 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Adventures with Mr. Schmidt's Telescopes "Levy, David H." 2003 11 85 Rambling Through the Skies Temporary Replacement "Krupp, E. C." 2003 11 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Unsung Autumn Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 11 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 11 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Ghostly Helix Nebula "Seronik, Gary" 2003 11 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in November" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 11 96 Small-Scope Sampler A Regal Treasure-Trove "French, Sue" 2003 11 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Island Universes "Bryant, Greg" 2003 11 101 Celestial Calendar November's Two Total Eclipses "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 11 105 Celestial Calendar Five Asteroids Meet "Sinnott, Roger W." 2003 11 106 Celestial Calendar Mars Notebook: Smaller and Smaller "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 11 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Occultations 2003 11 110 Celestial Calendar The Near Sky: The Parhelic Circle and Its Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 11 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: November Meteors 2003 11 113 Observer's Log Restoring Order to the Deep Sky "Gottlieb, Steve" 2003 11 119 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Galaxy Groups Near Markab "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 11 122 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Treasures of the Northeast "Wood, Charles A." 2003 11 124 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Milky Way over Manhattan? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 11 128 Telescope Techniques An Inexpensive Microflexed Newtonian Reflector "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 2003 11 132 Astro Imaging As the World Turns "BenDaniel, Matt" 2003 11 138 Gallery Horsehead Nebula "Williams, Bill" "Hallas, Tony" 2003 11 138 Gallery Canadian Aurora "Girard, Daniel" 2003 11 139 Gallery Nebula IC 426 in Orion "Schur, Chris" 2003 11 139 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946 in Cepheus "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 2003 11 140 Gallery Antares-Rho Ophiuchi Region "Lorenzi, Marco" 2003 11 141 Gallery Moon Occults Mars "Clifton, John W." 2003 12 8 Spectrum "Goodbye, Mars!" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2003 12 10 Focal Point Science and Religion: Can We Talk? "Coyne, George V." 2003 12 12 Letters Rowling Gets It Right "Krisciunas, Kevin" 2003 12 12 Letters Rowling Gets It Wrong "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2003 12 12 Letters Historical Contrails "Windross, Mike" 2003 12 14 Letters Missed Transits "Hripcsak, George" 2003 12 14 Letters The Beauty in a Blackout "Ryan, Jay" 2003 12 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2003 12 14 Letters Mars in 3-D "Danby, Otto L." 2003 12 16 Letters The Thrill of the Hunt "Ruszala, Fred" 2003 12 16 Letters A Bigger Family "Artemyeff, Eugene" 2003 12 18 News Notes Sound from a Black Hole "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 12 19 News Notes X-ray Flashes and Gamma-Ray Bursts "Roth, Joshua" 2003 12 20 News Notes A Star Eclipsed by a Planetary Ripple? "Gay, Pamela L." 2003 12 21 News Notes New Evidence for Dark Energy "Tytell, David" 2003 12 22 News Notes Planets for Nearly Every Star? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 12 22 News Notes "A ""Salty Scrambled Egg""" "Roth, Joshua" 2003 12 24 News Notes A Well-Hidden New Neighbor "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 12 24 News Notes Halley in the Distance "MacRobert, Alan M." 2003 12 25 News Notes Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy Spans the Sky "Roth, Joshua" 2003 12 26 News Notes Giant Eyes of the Future Take Shape "Schilling, Govert" 2003 12 27 News Notes The Rescue of the Moscow Planetarium "McCutcheon, Robert A." 2003 12 28 Mission Update SMART 1 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 12 28 Mission Update Galileo Orbiter "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 12 28 Mission Update Messenger "McDowell, Jonathan" 2003 12 30 Feature The New Face of Planetary Astronomy "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 12 34 Feature Mineral Mysteries and Planetary Paradoxes "Bell, Jim" 2003 12 40 Feature Box: What If Mars Never Was Wet? "Hoffman, Nick" 2003 12 42 Feature Mars: The Inside Story "Zuber, Maria T." 2003 12 50 Images An Extended Cat's Eye "Goncalves, Denise Rocha" 2003 12 54 S&T Test Report TEC's 5-1/2-inch Apochromat "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 12 65 New Product Showcase "Favorite Constellation Posters, by Star Finders" 2003 12 65 New Product Showcase "SkyShed, by NorthSheds" 2003 12 65 New Product Showcase "Spacecraft Films, by Fox Home Entertainment" 2003 12 67 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Space Update "Heafner, Joe" 2003 12 69 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Time Marches On "Goldman, Stuart J." 2003 12 70 Software Showcase "Planisphere, by Check-Tech Software" 2003 12 70 Software Showcase "Satscape 2.0, by Scott Hather" 2003 12 70 Software Showcase "RedShift 5, by Viva Media" 2003 12 72 Books & Beyond "Astrophotography, by H. J. P. Arnold" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2003 12 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Photoshop for Astrophotographers, by Jerry Lodriguss" 2003 12 74 Books & Beyond "The Big Splat, by Dana Mackenzie" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2003 12 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Asteroids III, by Bottke, Cellino, Paolicchi, and Binzel" 2003 12 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sky and Ocean Joined, by Steven J. Dick" 2003 12 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: A Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy, by Sherrod and Koed" 2003 12 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sundials at Greenwich, by Hester Higton" 2003 12 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Making Your Own Telescope, by Allyn J. Thompson" 2003 12 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Monthly Sky Guide, 6th Edition, by Ridpath and Tirion" 2003 12 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Mystery of the Moon Illusion, by Ross and Plug" 2003 12 79 Amateur Astronomers Akira Inaka's 3-D Universe "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 12 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: The AAVSO's Invariable Star "Levy, David H." 2003 12 87 Rambling Through the Skies Powered Flight "Krupp, E. C." 2003 12 90 Guide to the Evening Sky The Christmas Astronomy Count "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 12 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2003 12 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Open Cluster M103 "Seronik, Gary" 2003 12 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in December" "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 12 96 Small-Scope Sampler File Under W "French, Sue" 2003 12 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Neighborhood Watch "Bryant, Greg" 2003 12 103 Celestial Calendar Saturn at Its Most Spectacular "Peach, Damian A." 2003 12 105 Celestial Calendar ALPO Observations of Saturn "Benton, Julius L." 2003 12 107 Celestial Calendar Mars Notebook: The Lost Island of Atlantis "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2003 12 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: December Meteors 2003 12 111 Celestial Calendar Light-Pollution Notes: England's New Dark-Sky Program "Schaaf, Fred" 2003 12 113 Observer's Log A Basket of Multiple Stars "Inglis, Mike" 2003 12 116 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Arzachel and Neighbors "Wood, Charles A." 2003 12 119 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: A Circlet of Galaxies in Pisces "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2003 12 122 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: Martian Mooning "di Cicco, Dennis" 2003 12 125 Telescope Techniques A Minimalist Travelscope "Seronik, Gary" 2003 12 131 Astro Imaging Deep-Sky Imaging with Integrating Video Cameras "Ashford, Adrian R." 2003 12 138 Gallery Moonset "Axelsen, Tom" 2003 12 139 Gallery Mars Close-up "Parker, Donald C." 2003 12 139 Gallery Mars over Poodle Rock "Pacholka, Wally" 2003 12 139 Gallery "Mars over Vienna, Austria" "Wienerroither, Peter" 2003 12 140 Gallery Nebula NGC 7023 in Cepheus "Baldwin, Dan" 2003 12 140 Gallery Nebula NGC 1579 in Perseus "Mishler, George" "Mishler, Laura" "Block, Adam" 2003 12 140 Gallery Southern Star Trails over Bolivia "Totten Espenak, Patricia" 2004 1 8 Spectrum The Sky Isn't Falling - Yet "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 1 10 Focal Point The Glory Days "Kircher, Travis K." 2004 1 12 Letters Martian Dispatches - I "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 1 12 Letters Putting Your Best Feature Forward "Busemeyer, Thomas P." 2004 1 12 Letters Martian Dispatches - II "Krupp, E. C." 2004 1 14 Letters Paying Respect "Kanipe, Jeff" 2004 1 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 1 14 Letters Seeing Mars in the Daytime "Rhoads, Samuel E." 2004 1 16 Letters The Tao of Astronomy "Dellinges, Bill" 2004 1 16 Letters Build Your Own Spacecraft "Doody, David F." 2004 1 16 Letters Obeying Speed Limits "Hlynka, Adrian" 2004 1 18 News Notes Cassini Proves Einstein Right - For Now "Schilling, Govert" 2004 1 19 News Notes Close-up on the Trapezium "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 1 20 News Notes A New Handle on the Active Early Sun "Roth, Joshua" 2004 1 22 News Notes Finding Extrasolar Saturns "Tytell, David" 2004 1 22 News Notes Finding Waterworlds "Tytell, David" 2004 1 24 News Notes "A Bizarro ""Cometoid""" "Chaikin, Andrew" 2004 1 24 News Notes Rusting Mars Without Water "Tytell, David" 2004 1 26 News Notes Sunlight Makes Asteroids Spin in Harmony "Tytell, David" 2004 1 28 News Notes Hermes Is Rediscovered - and Double! "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 1 30 News Notes Follow That Story: Planets Migrate Outward Too "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 1 30 News Notes Follow That Story: More Uranian Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 1 30 News Notes SUV Asteroid Whizzes By "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 1 30 News Notes Follow That Story: Better Fix on Distant Transiting Planet "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 1 32 Mission Update STSat 1 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 1 32 Mission Update Target: Mars "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 1 32 Mission Update Shenzhou 5 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 1 32 Mission Update Stardust "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 1 34 Feature Hot New Products for 2004 "The editors of Sky and Telescope," 2004 1 44 Feature Mars Attacked! "Schilling, Govert" 2004 1 48 Feature Box: Nozomi: A Story of Hope "Tytell, David" 2004 1 50 Feature Box: Colorful Instruments "Tytell, David" 2004 1 52 Feature Magic Under the Dome "Deans, Paul" 2004 1 65 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Planisphere "Foust, Jeff" 2004 1 66 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Sounds of Space "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 1 70 Software Showcase "Night Sky Explorer, by SPACE.com" 2004 1 70 Software Showcase "Astronomer's Control Panel (ACP), by DC3 Dreams" 2004 1 70 Software Showcase DarkAdapted 2004 1 70 Software Showcase "Starry Night Pro Plus 4.5, by SPACE.com" 2004 1 72 Books & Beyond "A Traveler's Guide to Mars, by William K. Hartmann" "Bell, Jim" 2004 1 72 Books & Beyond "Magnificent Mars, by Ken Croswell" "Bell, Jim" 2004 1 73 Books & Beyond NOVA: Mars Dead or Alive "Tytell, David" 2004 1 74 Books & Beyond "The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy, by Fulvio Melia" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2004 1 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis, by Brian D. Warner" 2004 1 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Worlds Beyond: The Thrill of Planetary Exploration, by S. Alan Stern" 2004 1 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Exploring Saturn, by Dan Bortolotti" 2004 1 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Century of Space Science, by Johan A. M. Bleeker and others" 2004 1 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Double Star Observer's Handbook, Second Edition, by Ronald C. Tanguay" 2004 1 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Fifth Edition, by Lutz D. Schmadel" 2004 1 80 Amateur Astronomers An Astronomer's Tale "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 1 82 Amateur Astronomers El Cyberastronomo "Castro, Edgar" 2004 1 84 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Miracle at Birr Castle "Levy, David H." 2004 1 87 Rambling Through the Skies Baked to Perfection "Krupp, E. C." 2004 1 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Floating Down the River "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 1 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2004 1 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Corralling the Hyades "Seronik, Gary" 2004 1 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in January" "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 1 96 Small-Scope Sampler Northern Nights "French, Sue" 2004 1 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky A Midsummer's Hunt "Bryant, Greg" 2004 1 102 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2004 "Dunham, David W." 2004 1 112 Celestial Calendar Light-Pollution Notes: England's Program Rolls On "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 1 112 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Delta-T for 2004 2004 1 112 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: January Meteors 2004 1 114 Observer's Log The Story of Jupiter's Egg Moons "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Sheehan, William" 2004 1 121 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Globular Clusters on the Outskirts "Whitman, Alan" 2004 1 124 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: The Aristarchus Plateau "Wood, Charles A." 2004 1 127 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: A Sunspot for the Record Books "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 1 131 Telescope Techniques Three Basic Telescope Shelters: Sonoran Sky Observatory "Root, Nile" 2004 1 132 Telescope Techniques Three Basic Telescope Shelters: Canopy Carport Observatory "Tatum, Randy" 2004 1 134 Telescope Techniques Three Basic Telescope Shelters: The Mini-Max Observatory "Allevo, Bob" 2004 1 137 Astro Imaging Deep-Sky Imaging with Webcams "Chambers, Stephen" "Wainwright, Stephen J." 2004 1 144 Gallery North America Nebula Detail "Kussow, Kevin" "Kussow, Dave" 2004 1 144 Gallery "Crab Nebula, M1" "Croman, Russell" 2004 1 145 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 2903 in Leo "Mategrano, Victor C." 2004 1 145 Gallery Cassiopeia over Thunderstorm "Roberts, Randall" 2004 1 146 Gallery IC 410 in Auriga "Schur, Chris" 2004 1 146 Gallery Messier 3 in Canes Venatici "Richmann, Michael" 2004 1 146 Gallery Stars over Table Mountain "Reese, Tom" 2004 2 8 Spectrum New Arrivals "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 2 10 Focal Point Two Hunts Partaken "Wehler, Randall" 2004 2 12 Letters Stars in the State House "Sherrod, P. Clay" 2004 2 12 Letters The New Cosmology "Waller, William H." 2004 2 12 Letters Scimitar Symbolism "Hazard, Evan B." 2004 2 12 Letters Astronomy with a Purpose "Morris, David J." 2004 2 14 Letters The Overlooked Crab "Kvamme, Todd" 2004 2 14 Letters For the Record 2004 2 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 2 14 Letters Calling All Aurora Watchers "Silverman, Sam" 2004 2 14 Letters Who is Number 2? "McKinnon, William" 2004 2 16 News Notes Fireworks (solar flares/sunspots) on the Sun "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 2 17 News Notes White Dwarfs as Ultrastable Clocks "Roth, Joshua" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 2 18 News Notes Refining the Cosmic Recipe "Schilling, Govert" 2004 2 20 News Notes The Biggest Thing Ever Found "Schilling, Govert" 2004 2 20 News Notes Keck Legal Update "Tytell, David" 2004 2 22 News Notes The Newest Closest Galaxy "Naeye, Robert" 2004 2 22 News Notes Did Another Galaxy Send Us Arcturus "Schilling, Govert" 2004 2 24 News Notes A Lunar Water Search Comes Up Dry "Tytell, David" 2004 2 26 Mission Update Stereo "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 2 26 Mission Update Small Explorers "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 2 26 Mission Update Swift "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 2 28 Feature "When the Sky Ran Red: The Story Behind ""The Scream""" "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Olson, Marilynn S." 2004 2 40 Feature Life on Mars? "DiGregorio, Barry Elliott" 2004 2 46 Feature The Transit of Venus: Tales From the 18th Century "Sheehan, William" 2004 2 50 Feature "Box: Horrocks, Crabtree, and the 1639 Transit" "Sheehan, William" 2004 2 52 Feature Box: Transit Details and Weather Prospects for 2004 "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2004 2 54 Feature Box: Scaling the Solar System "Westfall, John E." 2004 2 56 Images Peering into the Cocoon "Herbig, G. H." 2004 2 60 S&T Test Report An Apochromat for the Masses "Ting, Ed" 2004 2 62 S&T Test Report Box: Another Outstanding Value "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 2 67 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: Lite and Easy "Ratledge, David" 2004 2 69 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Master of Your Own Domain "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 2 72 Books & Beyond "Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes, by Michael Benson" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 2 74 Books & Beyond "Back to the Astronomical Cafe, by Sten Odenwald" "Johnston, Lisa R." 2004 2 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Handbook of Isotopes in the Cosmos: Hydrogen to Gallium, by Donald Clayton" 2004 2 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Stromlo: An Australian Observatory, by Tom Frame and Don Falkner" 2004 2 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Mirror Mirror, by Mark Pendergrast" 2004 2 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System, by Kenneth R. Lang" 2004 2 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The History of the Telescope, by Henry C. King" 2004 2 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: There Once Was A Sky Full of Stars, by Bob Crelin" 2004 2 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Hubble: The Mirror on the Universe, by Robin Kerrod" 2004 2 78 Amateur Astronomers America's Next Generation of Astronomers "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 2 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: In the Footsteps of Giants "Levy, David H." 2004 2 87 Rambling Through the Skies Current Astronomy "Krupp, E. C." 2004 2 90 Guide to the Evening Sky Heroes Above and Below "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 2 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2004 2 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: A Journey Along the Ecliptic "Seronik, Gary" 2004 2 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in February" "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 2 96 Small-Scope Sampler A Walk in Starry Mists "French, Sue" 2004 2 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Canine Tales and a Pup "Bryant, Greg" 2004 2 102 Celestial Calendar Seeking Thin Crescent Moons "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 2 103 Celestial Calendar "Box: August 19, 2001" "Yazdi, Hamid-Reza Giahi" 2004 2 105 Celestial Calendar "Box: September 7, 2002" "Mirsaeed, Mohsen Ghazi" 2004 2 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Sky Coordinates 2004 2 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Variable-star Maxima 2004 2 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Accurate Time Signals 2004 2 110 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: Shadows Cast by Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 2 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Jupiter's Red Spot 2004 2 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Angles in the Sky 2004 2 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Minima of Algol 2004 2 112 Observer's Log A Roster of Rich Open Clusters "Adler, Alan" 2004 2 116 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Two Prizes in Perseus "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2004 2 118 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Auzout: A Minor Crater and Some Big Ideas "Wood, Charles A." 2004 2 120 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: An Eclipse on Ice "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 2 123 Telescope Techniques A Folding-Truss Dobsonian "Walton, Guy" 2004 2 129 Astro Imaging Creating a Rotating Mars "Matheson, Tom" 2004 2 132 Astro Imaging Galaxy Images Needed "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 2 134 Gallery Portrait of Totality "Ball, Jeff" 2004 2 134 Gallery Eclipse Sequence "Hyndman, Paul" 2004 2 135 Gallery Earth's Shadow "Danielsen, Arne" 2004 2 135 Gallery Lunar-Eclipse Trail "Pedit, Joe" 2004 2 136 Gallery Red Dawn "Brown, Mark A." 2004 2 137 Gallery Solar Portrait "Re, Pedro" 2004 3 8 Spectrum A New Approach to the Night Sky "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 3 10 Focal Point "The ""Wow"" Factor" "Leschak, Peter M." 2004 3 12 Letters Science and Religion - I "Robertson, William J." 2004 3 12 Letters Water on Mars! "Stiff, Thomas" 2004 3 12 Letters More Mars Mania "Heyn, Herman M." 2004 3 14 Letters Uniting the World with Sundials "Sullivan, Woodruff T." 2004 3 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 3 14 Letters What's in a Name? "Covington, Michael A." 2004 3 14 Letters Science and Religion - II "Clarke, Arthur C." 2004 3 16 Letters For the Record 2004 3 16 Letters The Narrowing Window "Wehler, Randall" 2004 3 16 Letters Fire in the Sky "Benicek, Keith" 2004 3 18 News Notes Spitzer Space Telescope Opens a Cold Eye "Smith, Bruce A." "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 3 19 News Notes The Secret History of the SMC "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 3 20 News Notes New Evidence for Common-Envelope Binaries "Roth, Joshua" 2004 3 20 News Notes "The Smallest, Nastiest Black Hole" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 3 22 News Notes New Binary Neutron Star Will Further Test Einstein "Naeye, Robert" 2004 3 23 News Notes Inflating the Crescent Nebula "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 3 24 News Notes Hubble in Limbo "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 3 26 News Notes The Mother of All Quadrantids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 3 26 News Notes Prison Lights at Stellafane: A Happy Ending "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 3 27 News Notes Follow That Story: Auger Observatory Passes a Milestone "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 3 27 News Notes Follow That Story: Constant Looks Constant "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 3 30 Mission Update Cancellation and Cutback "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 3 30 Mission Update Gravity Probe B "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 3 30 Mission Update XMM-Newton "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 3 32 Feature Catching Gamma-Ray Bursts on the Wing "Schilling, Govert" 2004 3 42 Feature The Anthropic Principle's Surprising Resurgence "Falk, Dan" 2004 3 47 Feature Box: The Anthropic Principle's Astronomical Roots "Schilling, Govert" 2004 3 52 Images A Turbulent Pelican "Bally, John" 2004 3 54 S&T Test Report Celestron's CGE 1400 Telescope "Horne, Johnny" 2004 3 62 New Product Showcase Lunawheel by Moonstick Co. 2004 3 62 New Product Showcase Soft Telescope Carrying Cases by Sirius Technologies 2004 3 62 New Product Showcase ToUcam to T-Mount Adapter by Peter Albrecht 2004 3 65 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: EquinoX 4.1 "Heafner, Joe" 2004 3 66 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Running Commentary "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 3 68 Software Showcase Real Time by CapellaSoft 2004 3 68 Software Showcase AstroCalculator 1.3 by Sunshine Design Engineering Services 2004 3 68 Software Showcase Mars24 by Robert B. Schmunk 2004 3 71 Books & Beyond "Galaxies and the Cosmic Frontier, by Willian H. Waller and Paul W. Hodge" "Tytell, David" 2004 3 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Chaos to Cosmos: A Space Odyssey, by Laura Danly, Leonard David, and Donald Goldsmith" 2004 3 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Edge of Infinity, by Fulvio Melia" 2004 3 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Lost Stars, by Morton Wagman" 2004 3 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sojourner, by Andrew Mishkin" 2004 3 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Exploring Our Solar System, by Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy" 2004 3 73 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Orion Nebula: Where the Stars are Born, by C. Robert O'Dell" 2004 3 73 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Out-of-This World Astronomy, by Joe Rhatigan and Rain Newcomb" 2004 3 74 Books & Beyond "The Best of Amateur Telescope Making Journal, by William J. Cook" "Seronik, Gary" 2004 3 77 Amateur Astronomers Detecting Transiting Exoplanets "Castellano, Tim" 2004 3 82 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: A Tale of Two Eclipses "Levy, David H." 2004 3 87 Rambling Through the Skies Twilight Zone "Krupp, E. C." 2004 3 90 Guide to the Evening Sky "Winter Below, Spring Above" "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 3 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2004 3 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: Star Cluster M38 in Hydra "Seronik, Gary" 2004 3 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in March" "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 3 96 Small-Scope Sampler Perambulations in Puppis "French, Sue" 2004 3 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Touring Some Nearby Star Clusters "Bryant, Greg" 2004 3 102 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations for 2004 "Dunham, David W." 2004 3 112 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Lunar Occultations 2004 3 112 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: More Shadows from Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 3 114 Observer's Log The Canals of Mars Revisited "Dobbins, Thomas A." "Sheehan, William" 2004 3 118 Observer's Log Deep-Sky Notebook: Nebulous Knots in Gemini "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2004 3 121 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Sunrise at Petavius and Vendelinus "Wood, Charles A." 2004 3 126 Astro Imaging Capturing Star Trails with a Digital Camera "Michaud, Peter" 2004 3 132 Telescope Techniques A Folded Herschelian Reflector "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2004 3 136 Gallery Full Moon Crossing "Licata, Tony" 2004 3 136 Gallery High-Altitude Solar Eclipse "Schechter, Eliot J." 2004 3 137 Gallery Lenticular Clouds "Michaud, Peter" 2004 3 137 Gallery Diamond Ring of Solar Eclipse "Duncan, Howard Anton" 2004 3 138 Gallery Austrian Aurora "Salzgeber, Philipp" 2004 3 138 Gallery Canadian Aurora "Taylor, Lance" 2004 3 139 Gallery Comet 2P/Encke and Andromeda Galaxy "Skorupa, Waldemar" 2004 3 140 Gallery Saturn "Higgins, Wes" 2004 4 8 Spectrum Change Is Good "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 4 10 Focal Point Breaking the Rules "Nelson, Douglas R." 2004 4 12 Letters Astronomical Music "Cooke, Antony" 2004 4 12 Letters Chinese Space Stamps "Xie, Renjiang" 2004 4 12 Letters Isn't It Ironic? "Russo, Steven L. J." 2004 4 12 Letters Where Credit Is Due "Binzel, Richard P." 2004 4 14 Letters Assigning Quadrants "van Gent, Robert H." 2004 4 14 Letters Celestial Sounds "Crelin, Bob" 2004 4 14 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 4 14 Letters Forgotten Flyer "Niederstasser, Hans P." 2004 4 16 News Notes Three Triumphs at Mars "Naeye, Robert" 2004 4 18 News Notes Snapshots of the Sun in Time "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 4 20 News Notes The Most Massive Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 4 20 News Notes A Stripped Galaxy "Naeye, Robert" 2004 4 21 News Notes Getting to Know Our Stellar Neighbors "Schilling, Govert" 2004 4 22 News Notes Seeing Yarkovsky at Last "Tytell, David" 2004 4 23 News Notes Ejecting the Kuiper Belt "Tytell, David" 2004 4 24 News Notes NASA Seeks to Give Hubble the Heave-Ho "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 4 26 News Notes Stardust Catches a Comet "Smith, Bruce A." 2004 4 26 News Notes "Follow That Story: ""Free-Floating Planet"" Not So Light" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 4 26 News Notes Follow That Story: How Far Is the LMC? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 4 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Double Neutron Star Is the First Double Pulsar "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 4 28 Mission Update Space Interferometry Mission "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 4 28 Mission Update Astro E2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 4 28 Mission Update NeXT "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 4 30 Feature The Heat Is On "Tytell, David" 2004 4 36 Feature Picturing the Heavens: The Rise of Celestial Photography in the 19th Century "Hirshfeld, Alan W." 2004 4 40 Feature Box: Early Photographic Processes "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 4 44 Feature Imaging Exoplanets "Shiga, David" 2004 4 50 Feature Box: A Night Hunting Exoplanets at Keck "Schilling, Govert" 2004 4 52 Feature Box: Exoplanet False Alarm "Naeye, Robert" 2004 4 54 S&T Test Report Curing the Refractor Blues "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2004 4 60 New Product Showcase "Megrez II 80-mm Refractor, by William Optics" 2004 4 60 New Product Showcase "Astro-Glow Delineators, by Astronomy Shoppe" 2004 4 60 New Product Showcase "Eyelight Case, by The Right Stuff" 2004 4 63 Computers in Astronomy Screen Shot: RedShift 5 "Foust, Jeff" 2004 4 65 Computers in Astronomy Astronomy Online: Reaching Out for Help "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 4 68 Software Showcase "Celestial Explorer: Mars, by RITI" 2004 4 68 Software Showcase "Perseus, by ELItalia" 2004 4 68 Software Showcase "Virtual Moon Atlas 2.0, by Christian Legrand and Patrick Chevalley" 2004 4 70 Books & Beyond "Star Clusters, by Brent A. Archinal and Steven J. Hynes" "Whitman, Alan" 2004 4 72 Books & Beyond "David Levy's Guide to Observing and Discovering Comets, by David H. Levy" "Liller, William" 2004 4 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Lonely Planets, by David Grinspoon" 2004 4 74 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cosmic Company: The Search for Life in the Universe, by Seth Shostak and Alex Barnett" 2004 4 74 Books & Beyond "Cometography: A Catalog of Comets, Vol. 2, by Gary W. Kronk" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 4 78 Amateur Astronomers The Texas Star Party: A Magic Elixir "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 4 83 Amateur Astronomers Star Trails: Totality Near the Bottom of the World "Levy, David H." 2004 4 87 Rambling Through the Skies Riding with the King "Krupp, E. C." 2004 4 90 Guide to the Evening Sky A Spring Evening's Hike "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 4 91 Guide to the Evening Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2004 4 92 Guide to the Evening Sky Binocular Highlight: The Engagement Ring "Seronik, Gary" 2004 4 93 Guide to the Evening Sky "Sun, Moon, and Planets in April" "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 4 96 Small-Scope Sampler Highlights of Hydra "French, Sue" 2004 4 98 Southern Hemisphere's Sky When to See the Southern Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2004 4 103 Celestial Calendar Venus at Its Highest "Flanders, Tony" 2004 4 106 Celestial Calendar Outer Planets in 2004 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 4 110 Celestial Calendar The Near Sky: Parry Arcs "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 4 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: April Meteors 2004 4 110 Celestial Calendar Calendar Notes: Partial Eclipse of the Sun 2004 4 113 Observer's Log Lunar Notebook: Introducing the Lunar 100 "Wood, Charles A." 2004 4 122 Observer's Log Observer's Notebook: More Stars Than You Can Count "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 4 124 Telescope Techniques Daytime Telescope Testing "Pfannenschmidt, Ernie" 2004 4 128 Telescope Techniques Box: Remembering Ernie "Seronik, Gary" 2004 4 130 Astro Imaging Processing Webcam Images with RegiStax "Berrevoets, Cor" 2004 4 136 Gallery Moonrise over Old Cape Cod "Cook, Chris" 2004 4 136 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse Series from Antarctica "Numazawa, Shigemi" 2004 4 136 Gallery Sharpless 2-188 in Cassiopeia "Laina, Javier Gomez" 2004 4 138 Gallery Spanish Star Trails "Fernandez, Jesus Navas" 2004 4 139 Gallery Planetary Nebula Abell 43 in Ophiuchus "Walendowski, Edmund" "Block, Adam" 2004 5 8 Spectrum New and Improved! "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 5 12 Letters Glory Days - II "Steele, Dennis" 2004 5 12 Letters Living Legend "Duffy, Stephen" 2004 5 12 Letters Inspiration "Fleck, Carrie" 2004 5 12 Letters Glory Days - I "Engleman, Steve" 2004 5 13 Letters Learning Curves "Kier, Ruben" 2004 5 13 Letters For the Record 2004 5 16 News Notes SS 433: Anatomy of a Microquasar "Naeye, Robert" 2004 5 17 News Notes SS 433's Jets: The Movie "Naeye, Robert" 2004 5 18 News Notes No Planetary Nebula for Single Stars? "Schilling, Govert" 2004 5 18 News Notes A Freezing White Dwarf "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 5 19 News Notes Close-up of the Black Eye Galaxy "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 5 19 News Notes The Route to a Type Ia Supernova "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 5 22 News Notes The Andromeda Swarm "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 5 22 News Notes King of the Nebulae "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 5 23 News Notes Lensed Quasars Smash Record "Schilling, Govert" 2004 5 24 News Notes No Telescopes on the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 5 24 News Notes A Planet's Magnetic Footprint "Naeye, Robert" 2004 5 26 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 5 26 News Notes Blowin' in the Exoplanet Wind "Naeye, Robert" 2004 5 27 Mission Update SOFIA "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 5 27 Mission Update Mars 2009 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 5 27 Mission Update NASA Budget for Fiscal 2005 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 5 30 Spotlight On... Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo "Madore, Barry F." 2004 5 32 Feature The Transit of Venus: Tales from the 19th Century "Sheehan, William" 2004 5 37 Feature Box: Reanimating the 1882 Transit of Venus "Misch, Tony" 2004 5 38 Feature Pox Populi: A Commonsense Guide to Cosmic Nonsense "Plait, Philip C." 2004 5 44 Feature Red-Letter Days "Naeye, Robert" 2004 5 50 Rambling Through the Skies Looking Up to the Gold Standard "Krupp, E. C." 2004 5 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Springtime Visitors "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 5 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 5 60 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: M104 and the Great Beyond "Seronik, Gary" 2004 5 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: A True Blue Open Cluster "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 5 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 5 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Tails Across the Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2004 5 66 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Planets on Parade "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 5 70 Exploring the Moon The Whole of the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2004 5 73 Celestial Calendar The Double Comet Show Begins! "Bryant, Greg" "Bortle, John E." "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 5 79 Celestial Calendar Box: Pairs of Comets Past "Bryant, Greg" 2004 5 80 Celestial Calendar The Moon Goes Dark "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 5 81 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for May 2004 5 85 Eye on the Sky Jupiter and the Race Against Time "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 5 88 Deep-Sky Wonders Markarian's Chain "French, Sue" 2004 5 92 Observer's Log "Northern Eyes, Southern Skies" "Flanders, Tony" 2004 5 96 S&T Test Report Hardin Optical's 10-inch Deep Space Hunter "Seronik, Gary" 2004 5 102 S&T Test Report "Perseus 1.4, Level III" "Ratledge, David" 2004 5 104 Buyer's Guide 10-inch Dobsonian Reflectors "Seronik, Gary" 2004 5 106 New Product Showcase "Stump Pod and Post Pod, by FAR Laboratories" 2004 5 106 New Product Showcase "Active Region Explorer, by Raben Systems" 2004 5 106 New Product Showcase "I-Turret, by Telescope Engineering Co." 2004 5 108 New Product Showcase "Newton's Aquarium for Windows, by Living Graphs" 2004 5 108 New Product Showcase "MicroGlide Focuser, by Van Slyke Engineering" 2004 5 108 New Product Showcase "picoSky, by Bubba's Bits, Inc." 2004 5 108 New Product Showcase "Cosmic Decoders, by Astronomical Society of the Pacific" 2004 5 111 Books & Beyond "The Modern Moon: A Personal View, by Charles A. Wood" "Westfall, John E." 2004 5 112 Books & Beyond "Star Watch, by Philip S. Harrington" "French, Sue" 2004 5 115 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Rough Guide to the Universe, by John Scalzi" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 5 115 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sunquakes, by J. B. Zirker" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 5 115 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Moons of Jupiter, by Kristin Leutwyler" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 5 115 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Stellar Alchemy, by Michel Casse" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 5 115 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Book Nobody Read, by Owen Gingerich" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 5 115 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Life and Science of Leon Foucault, by William Tobin" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 5 116 Astronomy Online Following Rover "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 5 119 The Astronomy Scene Destination: Antarctica "Flanders, Tony" 2004 5 123 The Astronomy Scene Light-Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 5 126 Star Trails The Risky Path to Mars "Levy, David H." 2004 5 128 Amateur Telescope Making Improving the Thermal Properties of Newtonian Reflectors - Part 1 "Greer, Bryan" 2004 5 134 Hobby Q&A Can I Save Money by Making My Own Telescope? "Seronik, Gary" 2004 5 134 Hobby Q&A How Do I Clean Eyepieces Safely? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 5 134 Hobby Q&A How Do I Polar-align in the Daytime? "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 5 134 Hobby Q&A Can an Amateur Discover an Asteroid Using an 8-inch Telescope? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 5 137 Astrophotography Photographing the Transit of Venus "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 5 142 Gallery Waning Crescent Moon "Mehrani, Alireza" 2004 5 142 Gallery Helix Nebula in Aquarius "Goldman, Don S." 2004 5 143 Gallery Orion Nebula "Cannistra, Steve" 2004 5 144 Gallery Star Trails over Gemini Telescope "Mastroianni, Ernie" 2004 5 145 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus "Brewer, Randy" 2004 5 145 Gallery Greek Analemma "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2004 5 146 Gallery Tennessee Aurora "Work, Joey" 2004 5 146 Gallery Spiral Galaxy Messier 81 Ursa Major "Harrison, Tom W." 2004 5 147 Gallery Eta Carinae Nebula "Lorenzi, Marco" 2004 5 158 Focal Point Space Ghost "Calia, Charles Laird" 2004 6 8 Spectrum Lost in Space "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 6 12 Letters Magical Monsters "Marks, Joel" 2004 6 12 Letters A Predictable Scream? "Cotton, Mary" 2004 6 12 Letters Mars in Stereo "Fahrenbach, Wolf H." 2004 6 12 Letters The Name Game "Thibault, Patrick" 2004 6 12 Letters The Perfect Spot "Gingrich, Mark" 2004 6 13 Letters For the Record 2004 6 13 Letters Questions of Stability "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2004 6 14 News Notes Distant Planetoid Sedna Baffles Astronomers "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2004 6 16 News Notes Another Not-Quite-Pluto "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 16 News Notes New Light on Dark Energy "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 6 18 News Notes Smashing the Redshift Record "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 6 20 News Notes Opportunity's Watery Jackpot "Tytell, David" 2004 6 21 News Notes Martian Moons Transit the Sun "Naeye, Robert" 2004 6 21 News Notes Closest Asteroid in Near-Miss "Walker, Sean" 2004 6 22 News Notes Comet Cargo Heads for Earth "Tytell, David" 2004 6 24 News Notes Hubble Hangs On "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 6 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 6 25 Mission Update Ulysses "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 6 25 Mission Update Cassini "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 6 25 Mission Update Genesis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 6 25 News Notes "Janet Mattei, 1943-2004" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 6 28 Spotlight On... Orion's Depths "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 6 30 Feature The Man on the Mountain: Behind the Scenes at Lick Observatory "Irion, Robert" 2004 6 40 Feature New Hope for Life Beyond Earth "Davies, Paul" 2004 6 48 Rambling Through the Skies Showgirl "Krupp, E. C." 2004 6 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Olcott's Summer Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 6 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 6 60 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: The Great Hercules Cluster "Seronik, Gary" 2004 6 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: Two Clusters Near the Square "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 6 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 6 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Winter's Altar "Bryant, Greg" 2004 6 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Venus Takes Center Stage "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 6 68 Exploring the Moon Impact Basins: Sculpting the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2004 6 73 Celestial Calendar The June 8th Transit of Venus "Westfall, John E." 2004 6 78 Celestial Calendar Cytherean Rhythms "Gingerich, Owen" 2004 6 79 Celestial Calendar Timing the Transit "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 6 80 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for June 2004 6 82 Eye on the Sky A Walk in the Night - Part 1 "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 6 84 Deep-Sky Wonders Follow the Arc "French, Sue" 2004 6 89 Targets HII Regions Galore in M101 "Gottlieb, Steve" 2004 6 92 Targets Eye and I: An Unforgettable Conjunction "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 6 94 S&T Test Report "Fluoro-Star FLT-110 Refractor, by William Optics" "Dyer, Alan" 2004 6 101 S&T Test Report "Celestial Explorer: Mars, by RITI" "Heafner, Joe" 2004 6 104 Buyer's Guide Portable 4-inch Apochromatic Refractors "Seronik, Gary" 2004 6 106 New Product Showcase "Pocket Stars, by Nomad Electronics" 2004 6 106 New Product Showcase "STAR Atlas:PRO, by SKYLab Astronomy Software" 2004 6 106 New Product Showcase "Spacecraft Models, by Space Craft International" 2004 6 106 New Product Showcase "Astrola 2x Barlow, by Hardin Optical" 2004 6 107 New Product Showcase "Glow Board, by David Butler" 2004 6 107 New Product Showcase "Minor Planet Software, by Sergio Foglia" 2004 6 107 New Product Showcase "To Touch the Stars CD, by Prometheus Music" 2004 6 107 New Product Showcase "S&T Mobile Sky Chart, by Sky Publishing" 2004 6 108 Books & Beyond "Hokuloa: The British 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawai'i, by Michael Chauvin" "Gingerich, Owen" 2004 6 108 Books & Beyond "The Transit of Venus, by William Sheehan and John Westfall" "Gingerich, Owen" 2004 6 109 Books & Beyond "Sky Vistas: Astronomy for Binoculars and Richest-Field Telescopes, by Craig Crossen and Gerald Rhemann" "Flanders, Tony" 2004 6 109 Books & Beyond "Venus in Transit, by Eli Maor" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 111 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Visual Astronomy in the Suburbs, by Antony Cooke" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 111 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Moon Observer's Guide, by Peter Grego" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 111 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Practical Astronomy, by Storm Dunlop" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 111 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Mapping the Sky, by Leila Haddad and Alain Cirou" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 111 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: A Year of Stars, by Fred Schaaf" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 111 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Gravity from the Ground Up, by Bernard Schutz" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 112 Astronomy Online Crossing Against the Light "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 6 114 The Astronomy Scene Unraveling the Mystery of McNeil's Nebula "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 6 120 Star Trails Save Hubble! "Levy, David H." 2004 6 122 Amateur Telescope Making Improving the Thermal Properties of Newtonian Reflectors - Part 2 "Greer, Bryan" 2004 6 128 Hobby Q&A Why Do Star Distances Vary in References? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 6 128 Hobby Q&A What Makes a Star Look Brighter in a Telescope? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 6 128 Hobby Q&A Why Do Bright Stars Look Bigger Than Faint Ones? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 6 128 Hobby Q&A Why Doesn't the Earliest Sunrise Occur on the Solstice? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 6 130 Astrophotography High-End Digital Cameras for Astro Imaging "Schedler, Johannes" 2004 6 140 Gallery Earthshine "Aasland, Jarle" 2004 6 140 Gallery Pleiades Star Cluster "Krejci, Rick" 2004 6 141 Gallery Flame and Horsehead Nebulae "Cannistra, Steve" 2004 6 142 Gallery Rosette Nebula "Cannistra, Steve" 2004 6 142 Gallery Spiral Galaxy Messier 33 "Krejci, Rick" 2004 6 158 Focal Point Parallel Universes "Meckler, Harold" 2004 7 8 Spectrum No Adjectives Necessary "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 7 12 Letters The Streaks of Mars "Hartmann, William K." 2004 7 12 Letters Making a Difference "Scott, Hunter" 2004 7 12 Letters Superachromat "Pepin, Barlow" 2004 7 12 Letters The Evil Eye "Head, James W." 2004 7 12 Letters Mystery Solved "Found, Bob" 2004 7 13 Letters For the Record 2004 7 13 Letters Everything Old Is New Again "Mellberg, Bill" 2004 7 14 News Notes The Peak of Cosmic Starbirth "Naeye, Robert" 2004 7 15 News Notes The Ring of Supernova 1987A Lights Up "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 7 16 News Notes Winking-Star Mystery Solved "Naeye, Robert" 2004 7 18 News Notes Planet Found by Gravitational Lensing "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 7 19 News Notes Two New Transiting Planets "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 7 19 News Notes Black Hole Rips Star Apart "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 7 19 News Notes Cometary Antifreeze "Tytell, David" 2004 7 20 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 7 20 News Notes The Infrared Flame Nebula "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 7 22 News Notes Relativity's Strongest Test Begins "Johnston, Lisa R." 2004 7 24 News Notes Martian Methane Mystery "Naeye, Robert" 2004 7 26 News Notes Follow That Story: No Moon for Sedna "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 7 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Mystery Supernova Explained "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 7 26 News Notes When Mars Had an Icy Equator "Tytell, David" 2004 7 27 Mission Update Wide Field Infrared Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 7 27 Mission Update Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 7 27 Mission Update COROT "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 7 30 Spotlight On... "The Farthest, Faintest Galaxies" "Roth, Joshua" 2004 7 32 Feature Ringworld Rendezvous "Doody, David F." 2004 7 38 Feature Into Thick Air "Lebreton, Jean-Pierre" 2004 7 41 Feature Box: Huygen's Darkest Day "Doody, David F." 2004 7 42 Feature A Stab in the Dark "Cowen, Ron" 2004 7 50 Rambling Through the Skies Crash Landing "Krupp, E. C." 2004 7 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Vega on High "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 7 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 7 60 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight "Seronik, Gary" 2004 7 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 7 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 7 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Hooked on Scorpius "Bryant, Greg" 2004 7 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mercury Meets Mars "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 7 68 Exploring the Moon The Lunar Crater Main Sequence "Wood, Charles A." 2004 7 72 Celestial Calendar A New View of Mizar "Ondra, Leos" 2004 7 74 Celestial Calendar "Box: Mizar, Alcor, and Sidus Ludoviciana" "Ondra, Leos" 2004 7 76 Celestial Calendar The June Lyrids and James Joyce's Ulysses "Olson, Donald W." "Olson, Marilynn S." 2004 7 78 Celestial Calendar Will the June Bootids Return "Rao, Joe" 2004 7 80 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for July 2004 7 82 Eye on the Sky A Walk in the Night - Part 2 "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 7 85 Deep-Sky Wonders Stung by Beauty "French, Sue" 2004 7 89 Targets Some of My Favorite Double Stars "Mullaney, James" 2004 7 94 Observer's Log "One Planet, Two Moons, Three Shadows" "Flanders, Tony" 2004 7 95 Observer's Log Eye and I: The Near Sky: A Lunar Fogbow "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 7 96 S&T Test Report King of the Chips: SBIG's STL-11000M "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 7 104 S&T Test Report Planet's Orbits 1.7 "Foust, Jeff" 2004 7 108 Buyer's Guide Low Cost Video Eyepieces "Seronik, Gary" 2004 7 110 New Product Showcase "MaxView DSLR Variable Projection Adapter, by ScopeTronix" 2004 7 110 New Product Showcase "Ricerca and Advanced Telescope Control, by Omega Lab" 2004 7 110 New Product Showcase Andreas Hafer's Planetarium Version 2.3 2004 7 112 New Product Showcase "RGB Filter Wheel, by Sirius Optics" 2004 7 112 New Product Showcase "Squid Light, by Montane" 2004 7 112 New Product Showcase Alan Chu's Photographic Moon Book 2004 7 115 Books & Beyond "The Herschel Partnership, by Michael Hoskin" "Wilson, Barbara" 2004 7 116 Books & Beyond "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun, by Jay M. Pasachoff" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2004 7 118 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Isaac Asimov's 21st Century Library of the Universe: The Solar System "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 7 118 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Exploring Mercury: The Iron Planet, by Strom and Sprague" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 7 118 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Once Upon a Starry Night, by Mitton and Balit" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 7 118 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Kids Book of the Night Sky, by Love and Drake" "Roth, Joshua" 2004 7 120 Astronomy Online Better Blogs "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 7 122 The Astronomy Scene Robotic Telescopes for Education Launched "Ashford, Adrian R." 2004 7 123 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Bradfield's 18th Comet "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 7 123 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Sky Survey Update "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 7 123 The Astronomy Scene Community News: 11 Million Observations and Counting "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 7 128 Star Trails Don't Let It Get to You "Levy, David H." 2004 7 130 Amateur Telescope Making A Novel Belt Drive for Telescopes "Britz, David" 2004 7 134 Hobby Q&A How do you determine true field of view? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 7 134 Hobby Q&A When is the next blue Moon? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 7 134 Hobby Q&A Is there optical-design software? "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 7 134 Hobby Q&A What size is best for making a first telescope mirror? "Seronik, Gary" 2004 7 137 Astrophotography Channel-Surfing to Better Solar Images "Weightman, James M." 2004 7 142 Gallery Twilight Spectacle "Catala, Paco Burguera" 2004 7 142 Gallery Double Shadow Transit on Jupiter "Go, Christopher" 2004 7 143 Gallery Hydrogen-Alpha Sun "Croman, Russell" 2004 7 144 Gallery NGC 2261 in Monoceros "Smith, John C." 2004 7 144 Gallery Moonrise at Surf City "Pope, Conrad" 2004 7 145 Gallery White-Light Solar Flare "Vercoutter, Philippe A. J." 2004 7 146 Gallery Galaxy Messier 82 in Ursa Major "Lula, Brian" 2004 7 158 Focal Point The Color of Space "Cooper, Andrew" 2004 8 8 Spectrum Milestones Overlooked and Not "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 8 12 Letters With a Southern Eye "Barreto, Paulo S. L. M." 2004 8 12 Letters Plait Again - I "Dickinson, David A." 2004 8 12 Letters New and Improved - III "Ewart, Scott" 2004 8 12 Letters New and Improved - V "Bermudez, Richard" 2004 8 12 Letters New and Improved - I "Appelbaum, Bruce" 2004 8 12 Letters New and Improved - VI "Edgar, James" 2004 8 12 Letters New and Improved - II "McDrury, Dayle" 2004 8 12 Letters New and Improved - IV "O'Hara, John" 2004 8 13 Letters Plait Again - III "Howard, Jim" 2004 8 13 Letters Plait Again - IV "Perfetti, Frank" 2004 8 13 Letters Plait Again - II "Fabian, Karl" 2004 8 14 Letters Plait Again - V "Cordova, Henry" 2004 8 14 Letters Plait Again - VII "Brown, Scott P." 2004 8 14 Letters Inspiration "Miller, Harvey" 2004 8 14 Letters For the Record 2004 8 14 Letters Plait Again - VI "Carter, Janet E." 2004 8 18 News Notes The Little Rovers That Could "Naeye, Robert" 2004 8 20 News Notes How to Build a Midsize Black Hole "Naeye, Robert" 2004 8 21 News Notes No Weird Cosmic Topology "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 8 21 News Notes A New Milky Way Spiral Arm? "Naeye, Robert" 2004 8 22 News Notes First Exoplanet Image...or Not? "Naeye, Robert" 2004 8 22 News Notes A Nearby Planet-Forming Disk "Naeye, Robert" 2004 8 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 8 24 News Notes Tracking Orion's Runaways "Gay, Pamela L." 2004 8 26 News Notes "Ground Zero for the ""Great Dying""?" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2004 8 28 News Notes Plan B for Saving Hubble "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 8 30 News Notes Follow That Story: More Dwarf Carbon Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 8 30 News Notes SuperWASP: Magnitudes by the Millions "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 8 30 News Notes Follow That Story: Winking Star: Case Closed "Naeye, Robert" 2004 8 31 Mission Update Gravity Probe B "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 8 31 News Notes Heavy-Metal Frost on Venus "Tytell, David" 2004 8 31 Mission Update 2001 Mars Odyssey "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 8 31 Mission Update Galaxy Evolution Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 8 32 Spotlight On... An Old Friend in a New Light "Hodge, Paul W." 2004 8 36 Feature Smoking Supernovae and Dusty Galaxies "Eales, Stephen" 2004 8 44 Feature Starlight Detectives "Hirshfeld, Alan W." 2004 8 50 Feature The Enigma of Przybylski's Star "Worthy, Guy" "Cowley, Charles R." 2004 8 56 Rambling Through the Skies Close-up "Krupp, E. C." 2004 8 66 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Archer and the Harp "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 8 67 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 8 68 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: M22: A Gem of a Globular "Seronik, Gary" 2004 8 69 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 8 69 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: The Closest Globular "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 8 71 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Surprises in the Milky Way "Bryant, Greg" 2004 8 72 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Nice Parings at Dawn and Dusk "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 8 76 Exploring the Moon Maria and the Rings "Wood, Charles A." 2004 8 78 Celestial Calendar An Excellent Year for the Perseids? "Rao, Joe" 2004 8 80 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for August "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 8 85 Eye on the Sky Digging for Gold "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 8 88 Deep-Sky Wonders Leagues of Stars "French, Sue" 2004 8 92 Observer's Log The 2003 Apparition of Mars "Parker, Donald C." 2004 8 93 Observer's Log Box: Two Weeks on Mars "Flanders, Tony" 2004 8 98 S&T Test Report TMB Monocentric Eyepieces "Seronik, Gary" 2004 8 105 S&T Test Report "Pocket Stars, version 2.0" "Ratledge, David" 2004 8 108 Buyer's Guide High-Magnification Eyepieces "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 8 110 New Product Showcase Kendrick Astro Instruments Digital Premier Controller 2004 8 110 New Product Showcase "Image Stacker 4.2 and AstroImager 3.1, by Keith Wiley" 2004 8 110 New Product Showcase "Lunar Map Pro, Version 3, by RITI" 2004 8 112 New Product Showcase ClubExpress Internet-based Club Manager 2004 8 112 New Product Showcase "SmartCase, by Smart Astronomy" 2004 8 112 New Product Showcase "2-inch Star Diagonal, by Vernonscope" 2004 8 115 Books & Beyond "Astronomy of the Milky Way, by Mike Inglis" "Gottlieb, Steve" 2004 8 117 Books & Beyond "Giant Telescopes, by W. Patrick McCray" "Maran, Stephen P." 2004 8 119 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Maunder Minimum and the Variable Sun-Earth Connection, by Soon and Yaskell" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 8 119 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: New Worlds in the Cosmos, by Michel Mayor and Pierre-Yves Frei" "Roth, Joshua" 2004 8 119 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Dear Visitor, Voices of McDonald Observatory, by Karen Stewart Winget" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 8 119 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Universe on a T-Shirt, by Dan Falk" "Roth, Joshua" 2004 8 120 Astronomy Online Telescopes by Wire "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 8 123 The Astronomy Scene Jay Brausch: Observer Extraordinaire "Wood, Charles A." 2004 8 124 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Young Astronomers Honored "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 8 124 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Telescopes in Education Facing Closure "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 8 124 The Astronomy Scene Community News: A Decade of Project ASTRO "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 8 127 The Astronomy Scene Light-Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 8 130 Star Trails Acts of Terror "Levy, David H." 2004 8 133 Amateur Telescope Making Introducing the Tri-Dob "Bartels, Mel" 2004 8 138 Hobby Q&A What's the difference between nebula and light-pollution filters? "Roth, Joshua" 2004 8 138 Hobby Q&A Can there be a Jovian quadruple shadow transit? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 8 138 Hobby Q&A Will Mercury and Venus simultaneously transit the Sun? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 8 138 Hobby Q&A Why are views through two Plossl eyepieces different? "Seronik, Gary" 2004 8 138 Hobby Q&A How do I get my old German mount to hold a proper tilt? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 8 140 Gallery Comet NEAT C/2001 Q4 "Tan, Loke Kun" 2004 8 140 Gallery Galaxy NGC 3628 in Leo "Keller, Philipp" 2004 8 141 Gallery Gamma Cygni Panorama "Mannoff, Rainer" 2004 8 142 Gallery Lunar Halo "Moussette, Philippe" 2004 8 142 Gallery McNeil's Nebula in Orion "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 2004 8 143 Gallery Alaskan Aurora "Klensch, Michael" 2004 8 144 Gallery Lunar Crescent "Croman, Russell" 2004 8 145 Gallery Nebula Cederblad 214 "Carrico, Tom" 2004 8 145 Gallery Jupiter "Chavez, Rolando" 2004 8 158 Focal Point Celestial Networking "Smith, Michael S." 2004 9 1 Front-Cover Photo Milky Way Galaxy "Garlick, Mark A." 2004 9 8 Spectrum Spread the Word! "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 9 12 Letters Hubble Trouble - II "McConnell, Bill" 2004 9 12 Letters Hubble Trouble - I "Diaz, Eric F." 2004 9 12 Letters Johnny Astroseed "Meehan, Robert J." 2004 9 12 Letters Siting a Supernova "Rubin, Vera C." 2004 9 13 Letters For the Record 2004 9 13 Letters Another Convert "Desrouches-Walker, Michelle" 2004 9 16 News Notes Spotting the Very First Galaxies "Schilling, Govert" 2004 9 17 News Notes Early Hidden Holes "Schilling, Govert" 2004 9 18 News Notes The Asteroid with the Smallest Orbit "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 9 18 News Notes Confirming Dark Energy's Nature "Shiga, David" 2004 9 19 News Notes Remnant of a Nearby Gamma-Ray Burst? "Schilling, Govert" 2004 9 19 News Notes Explaining the Dwarf-Galaxy Shortage "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 9 20 News Notes Amateur Images Venus's Surface! "Shiga, David" 2004 9 20 News Notes Protoplanetary Disks Galore "Shiga, David" 2004 9 22 News Notes 50 & 25 Years ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 9 22 News Notes Astronomers Launch Pro-Am Meet-up Site "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2004 9 24 Mission Update Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 9 24 Mission Update Hayabusa "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 9 24 Mission Update Coriolis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 9 28 Spotlight On... A Supernova's Echoes "Fesen, Robert A." 2004 9 30 Feature "Saturn's Phoebe: Small Moon, Grand Debut" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2004 9 34 Feature The Moon and the Marathon "Olson, Donald W." "Olson, Marilynn S." "Doescher, Russell L." 2004 9 42 Feature Astronomy and the New Neutrino "Semeniuk, Ivan" 2004 9 50 Feature Redesigning the Milky Way "Waller, William H." 2004 9 58 Rambling Through the Skies Bearing the Load "Krupp, E. C." 2004 9 66 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Shine On, Harvest Moon" "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 9 67 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 9 68 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Splendid Sagitta "Seronik, Gary" 2004 9 69 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: NGC 6752 Greets Spring "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 9 69 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 9 71 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Feathers and Crowns "Bryant, Greg" 2004 9 72 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Bright Planets at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 9 76 Exploring the Moon Lava Rivers on the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2004 9 78 Celestial Calendar Mercury in the Morning "Melillo, Frank J." 2004 9 81 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol 2004 9 82 Celestial Calendar The Closest Whiz-by of Toutatis "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 9 84 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for September 2004 9 86 Eye on the Sky September Taurids Again? "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 9 88 Deep-Sky Wonders Summer's Bright Planetaries "French, Sue" 2004 9 92 Observer's Log The Venus Transit: A First Look "Flanders, Tony" 2004 9 93 Observer's Log Astronomical Lengths with Simple Instruments "Suits, Frank" 2004 9 94 Observer's Log The Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project "Lawrence, Peter" 2004 9 96 Observer's Log Eye and I: The Grandest Trio "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 9 96 Observer's Log Box: Calculating the Distance "Flanders, Tony" 2004 9 98 S&T Test Report "A Novel ""Astronomer's Watch""" "Morris, L. Robert" 2004 9 103 S&T Test Report "Shadows 2.0, by Francois Blateryon" "Heafner, Joe" 2004 9 106 Buyer's Guide SLR Camera Adapters "Seronik, Gary" 2004 9 108 New Product Showcase "Power X Switch, by Denkmeier Optical" 2004 9 108 New Product Showcase Howie Glatter's Self-Barlowed Laser Collimator 2004 9 108 New Product Showcase Shortcut PhotoZoom (Pro) 2004 9 110 New Product Showcase "Varobs, by Patrick Chevalley" 2004 9 110 New Product Showcase "20x Right-Angle Binoculars, by Apogee, Inc." 2004 9 110 New Product Showcase "Deep Sky Southwest Screen Saver, by Albuquerque Astronomical Society" 2004 9 112 Books & Beyond "Astronomically Speaking, by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither" "Shiga, David" 2004 9 113 Books & Beyond "The Depths of Space, by Mark Wolverton" "Foust, Jeff" 2004 9 114 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Rise the Moon, by Eileen Spinelli" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 9 114 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Mars: The NASA Mission Reports, Vol. 2, by Robert Godwin" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 9 114 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Filling the Sky: The Modern Constellations, by Jim Fuchs" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 9 116 Astronomy Online Visual Impact "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 9 118 The Astronomy Scene A Rocket Pioneer's Legacy "Mellberg, William F." 2004 9 119 The Astronomy Scene Community News: SOHO Comets Abound "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 9 119 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Dark-Sky Advocates on the Rise "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 9 119 The Astronomy Scene Community News: S&T Contributors Honored "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 9 124 Star Trails Observing Earth "Levy, David H." 2004 9 127 Amateur Telescope Making An Elegant Rotating Secondary Cage "Tremoulet, O. L. ""Sonny""" 2004 9 132 Hobby Q&A How do you calculate the density of a black hole? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 9 132 Hobby Q&A Should I wear eyeglasses while observing? "Seronik, Gary" 2004 9 132 Hobby Q&A "How do you pronounce ""Vega""?" "Flanders, Tony" 2004 9 132 Hobby Q&A Why are the stars so far away? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 9 134 Astrophotography Lunar Mosaics Made Easy "Seronik, Gary" 2004 9 142 Gallery Corona Australis-Sagittarius Region "Tan, Loke Kun" 2004 9 144 Gallery Comet NEAT "Pacholka, Wally" 2004 9 144 Gallery Brilliant Pollux "Stuart, Adam" 2004 9 145 Gallery Comet LINEAR "Balfour, Pat" "Harris, Curt" "Block, Adam" 2004 9 145 Gallery Comet NEAT Close-up "Glivar, Andjelko" 2004 9 146 Gallery Virgo Galaxy Cluster "Cole, Michael" 2004 9 146 Gallery Butterfly Nebula "Rhemann, Gerald" "Jager, Michael" 2004 9 158 Focal Point A Boat in the Desert "Calia, Charles Laird" 2004 10 1 Front-Cover Photo Eta Carinae Nebula 2004 10 8 Spectrum From Venice to Venus "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 10 12 Letters Opportunities "Divietri, Nikolai" 2004 10 12 Letters Photographic Memory "Keene, George T." 2004 10 12 Letters A Match Made Under the Dome "Benedetti, Harry" "Benedetti, Suzy" 2004 10 12 Letters Almighty Dad "LaFlamme, Stephen" 2004 10 13 Letters A Little Light Politics "Porter, Jim" 2004 10 13 Letters The Name Game "Meeus, Jean" 2004 10 14 News Notes Cassini at Saturn: An Early Report "Tytell, David" 2004 10 15 News Notes Cassini Peeks at Titan "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2004 10 16 News Notes Mars Rovers Find More Evidence of Water "Naeye, Robert" 2004 10 18 News Notes Sleuthing Out the Light-Echo Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 10 20 News Notes Free-Floating Planet Claims Bolstered "Naeye, Robert" 2004 10 20 News Notes Celestron and Meade End Litigation "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 10 22 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 10 22 News Notes Binary Sheds Light on Brown Dwarf Formation "Naeye, Robert" 2004 10 24 News Notes The Solar System's Tumultuous Birth "Thomas, Vanessa" 2004 10 26 News Notes Aging Asteroids Get Sunburned "Shiga, David" 2004 10 26 News Notes Follow That Story: No Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy? 2004 10 26 News Notes Panel Endorses Hubble Servicing "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 10 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Polaris's Pulse Picks Up 2004 10 27 Mission Update Mars Express "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 10 27 Mission Update James Webb Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 10 27 Mission Update Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 10 30 Spotlight On... A Crescent in Cygnus "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 10 32 Feature Tracing the Milky Way's History "Chiappini, Christina" 2004 10 42 Feature Eta Carinae: Galactic Superstar "Naeye, Robert" 2004 10 50 Rambling Through the Skies Doctoring the Stars "Krupp, E. C." 2004 10 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Moons and Horns Aplenty "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 10 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 10 60 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Open Cluster M39 in Cygnus "Seronik, Gary" 2004 10 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: Golden Doubles in Grus "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 10 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 10 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Spring's Fab Four "Bryant, Greg" 2004 10 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Jupiter's Early-Morning Comeback "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 10 70 Exploring the Moon Getting Old on the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2004 10 72 Celestial Calendar October's Ideal Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 10 75 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol 2004 10 75 Celestial Calendar October Meteors 2004 10 75 Celestial Calendar Pacific Partial Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 10 75 Celestial Calendar Catching Toutatis at Closest Approach "Bryant, Greg" 2004 10 76 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for October 2004 10 78 Eye on the Sky Dark Shadows? "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 10 80 Deep-Sky Wonders Navigating North America "French, Sue" 2004 10 84 Observer's Log Tales of Three Comets "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 10 85 Observer's Log Eye and I: Transit of Venus "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 10 86 S&T Test Report StellaCam II: Taking Video into the Deep Sky "Horne, Johnny" 2004 10 91 S&T Test Report MaxIm DL/CCD 4.01 "Walker, Sean" 2004 10 96 Buyer's Guide Compact Wide-Field Reflectors "Seronik, Gary" 2004 10 98 New Product Showcase "Telguide, by ActonAstro" 2004 10 98 New Product Showcase Solarscope 2004 10 98 New Product Showcase "PleiadAtlas, by Brian Tung" 2004 10 100 New Product Showcase "AstroYacker, by Rod Kennedy" 2004 10 100 New Product Showcase "Lunar Calculator, by Alister Ling" 2004 10 100 New Product Showcase "Eyepiece Carousel, by Ray's Astro Stuff" 2004 10 103 Books & Beyond "Visions of the Cosmos, by Carolyn Collins Petersen and John C. Brandt" "Gay, Pamela L." 2004 10 104 Books & Beyond "Children's Night Sky Altas, by Robin Scagell" "Schatz, Dennis" 2004 10 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Urban Astronomy, by Dennis Berthier" "Roth, Joshua" 2004 10 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Blowing Bubbles in the Cosmos by Hartquist, Dyson, and Ruffle" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 10 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: A Visitor's Guide to the Kitt Peak Observatories, by Leslie Sage and Gail Aschenbrenner" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 10 108 Astronomy Online Going to the Source "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 10 111 The Astronomy Scene A Trio of Supernova Hunters "Mobberley, Martin P." 2004 10 114 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Jack Horkheimer Award Winners "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 10 114 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Comet Award Winners "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 10 114 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Finland Joins ESO "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 10 114 The Astronomy Scene Community News: S&T Astronomy Day Award Winners "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 10 115 The Astronomy Scene Box: Other Supernova Hunters 2004 10 121 Star Trails Harvester of Comets "Levy, David H." 2004 10 125 Amateur Telescope Making Exploring Low-Power Limits "Seronik, Gary" 2004 10 130 Hobby Q&A Can you see astronauts on the Moon? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 10 130 Hobby Q&A How can you claim that a telescope never increases surface brightness? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 10 130 Hobby Q&A Where can I find stars corresponding to SAO numbers? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 10 130 Hobby Q&A Do you get the same number of daylight hours per year no matter where you live? "Flanders, Tony" 2004 10 132 Astrophotography How to Capture October's Lunar Eclipse "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 10 140 Gallery Venus Transit at Sunrise "Watters, Robert" 2004 10 141 Gallery Hydrogen-Alpha Venus Transit "Dantowitz, Ron" 2004 10 142 Gallery Venus Transit from Maine "Howell, Paul" "Rogers, Kirk" "Whitney, George" 2004 10 142 Gallery Venus Transit Sequence "Schedler, Johannes" 2004 10 143 Gallery Venus Transit's Ring of Light "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2004 10 143 Gallery Venus and Space Station Transit "Maruska, Tomas" 2004 10 143 Gallery Venus Transit from Empire State Building "Perrine, Robert" 2004 10 144 Gallery Venus Transit Third Contact "Vandebergh, Ralf" 2004 10 144 Gallery Venus Transit from Argentina "Jones, Matias" 2004 10 145 Gallery Venus Transit from New Jersey Shore "Maher, Raymond P." 2004 10 158 Focal Point Astronomy and the Homeless "Reade, Gordon" 2004 11 8 Spectrum Don't Forget to Look Up! "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 11 12 Letters "The ""June 7th"" Transit of Venus - I" "Weferling, Bernd" 2004 11 12 Letters Unexpected Encounters "Berry, Richard" 2004 11 13 Letters "The ""June 7th"" Transit of Venus - II" "Gorman, Ross" 2004 11 13 Letters For the Record 2004 11 14 News Notes Stringy Holes: Behind Stephen Hawking's Bet "Naeye, Robert" 2004 11 15 News Notes Starbirth Scenery in the LMC "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 11 16 News Notes Most-Massive Binaries Measured "Naeye, Robert" 2004 11 16 News Notes Least-Massive Binaries Measured "Naeye, Robert" 2004 11 18 News Notes Three Neptune-Mass Exoplanets "Naeye, Robert" 2004 11 20 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 11 20 News Notes "An ""Impossibly"" Young Planet?" "Shiga, David" 2004 11 22 News Notes Locking in Mercury's Spin "Tytell, David" 2004 11 22 News Notes Solar Spicule Mystery Solved "Shiga, David" 2004 11 24 News Notes Why No SETI Signals Yet? "Beatty, J. Kelly" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 11 25 Mission Update Hubble Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 11 25 Mission Update Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 11 25 Mission Update Messenger "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 11 28 Spotlight On... Sculptor's Splendid Spiral "Dressler, Alan M." 2004 11 30 Feature Galaxy Train Wrecks "Charlton, Jane C." "Gallagher, Sarah C." "Palma, Christopher" 2004 11 37 Feature Box: Scrutinizing Stephan's Quintet "Gottlieb, Steve" 2004 11 38 Feature NASA's Ringmaster "Tytell, David" 2004 11 44 Rambling Through the Skies Bottled Messages "Krupp, E. C." 2004 11 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Savoring a Season of Dimmer Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 11 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2004 11 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Three Cygnus Doubles "Seronik, Gary" 2004 11 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: Nearby Galaxy NGC 55 "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 11 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky 2004 11 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Flocks of Toucans "Bryant, Greg" 2004 11 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Venus and Jupiter Rendezvous "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 11 63 Exploring the Moon Ghost Craters and Lava Lakes "Wood, Charles A." 2004 11 66 Celestial Calendar A Daytime Occultation of Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 11 67 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol 2004 11 68 Celestial Calendar Spot Vesta and Uranus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 11 69 Celestial Calendar November Meteors 2004 11 69 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for November 2004 11 72 Eye on the Sky The Vampires of Venus - Part I "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 11 74 Deep-Sky Wonders The Starred Lizard "French, Sue" 2004 11 78 Observer's Log A Most Agreeable Spectacle "Westfall, John E." 2004 11 80 Observer's Log Box: Unusual Observations "Flanders, Tony" 2004 11 82 Observer's Log Box: Transit Research in the 21st Century "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2004 11 84 Observer's Log Eye and I: The Near Sky: The Cheshire Cat Rainbow "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 11 84 Observer's Log Bootes and Space Junk "Flanders, Tony" 2004 11 86 S&T Test Report Orion's SkyQuest XT IntelliScope "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 11 92 S&T Test Report "2sky 2.8, by Zerpec, Inc." "Foust, Jeff" 2004 11 94 Buyer's Guide Digital Setting Circles "Seronik, Gary" 2004 11 98 New Product Showcase "Solar-4 Telescope, by Sirius Optics" 2004 11 98 New Product Showcase "XEphem 3.6, by Clear Sky Institute, Inc." 2004 11 98 New Product Showcase "Diamond Constellation Jewlery, by A. G. A. Correa & Son" 2004 11 100 New Product Showcase "SkyORB'03, by Realtech VR" 2004 11 100 New Product Showcase "1rpd Diagonal, by Astrobuffet" 2004 11 100 New Product Showcase "SkyGazer Emphemeris, AstroPhoto, and MessierLog, by John Biondo" 2004 11 103 Books & Beyond "The Clementine Altas of the Moon, by Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis" "Seronik, Gary" 2004 11 103 Books & Beyond "Discover the Moon, by Jean Lacroux and Christian Legrand" "Wood, Charles A." 2004 11 105 Books & Beyond "Origins: a PBS miniseries directed by Paula S. Apsell; Origins, by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith" "Tytell, David" 2004 11 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Way Cool Science: Space Trekkers, by Thinkeroo" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 11 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Beginner's Observing Guide, 5th edition, by Leo Enright" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 11 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Celestron - The Earth Years, by Robert Piekiel" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 11 106 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Faraway Worlds by Paul Halpern "Naeye, Robert" 2004 11 108 Astronomy Online Internet Anniversary "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 11 110 The Astronomy Scene The Midwest's Hidden Treasure-Trove "Miles, Fiske" 2004 11 119 Star Trails A Not-So-Transitory Success "Levy, David H." 2004 11 122 Amateur Telescope Making A Trio of Personal Observatories "Seronik, Gary" 2004 11 122 Amateur Telescope Making A Trio of Personal Observatories I: A Classic Dome "Honnecke, Marcus" 2004 11 124 Amateur Telescope Making A Trio of Personal Observatories II: A Storage-Tank Observatory "Wehler, Randall" 2004 11 126 Amateur Telescope Making A Trio of Personal Observatories III: A Hexagonal Observatory "Stowbridge, Marc" 2004 11 130 Hobby Q&A How can I keep my finder from dewing? "French, Sue" 2004 11 130 Hobby Q&A What's the phase of the Moon during next year's Perseids? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 11 130 Hobby Q&A How can I find my naked-eye magnitude limit? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 11 130 Hobby Q&A Why don't the error bars on a graph always match up to the best-fit line? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 11 134 Gallery Hydrogen-Alpha Venus Transit "Badin, Jean-Louis" 2004 11 134 Gallery Comet NEAT and Beehive Cluster "Diana, Tom" 2004 11 135 Gallery Moonrise Over San Diego "O'Leary, Michael J." 2004 11 136 Gallery Galaxy NGC 891 in Andromeda "Block, Adam" 2004 11 136 Gallery Dumbbell Nebula "Smith, John C." 2004 11 137 Gallery Saturn "Honis, Gary J." 2004 11 137 Gallery Green Flash "Danielsen, Arne" 2004 11 138 Gallery Medieval Star Trails "Dimijian, Gregory G." 2004 11 138 Gallery The Straight Wall "Edlin, James" 2004 11 139 Gallery A Star-Forming Region in Ara "Rhemann, Gerald" 2004 11 150 Focal Point "Let's Kill the ""f/number""" "Gordon, Barry" 2004 12 1 Front-Cover Photo Galaxy Cluster Abel 1689 2004 12 8 Spectrum Good Stuff Cheap "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2004 12 12 Letters I Spy an Eye "Incaminato, Claudio" 2004 12 12 Letters A Point to Harp On "Duffy, Stephen" 2004 12 12 Letters Reliving the Wonder Years "Dempsey, Johanna" 2004 12 12 Letters Transit Marching "Cugnini, Aldo G." 2004 12 13 Letters Crash and Burn "Ulivi, Paolo" 2004 12 13 Letters For the Record 2004 12 13 Letters Overstatement? "Brewer, Gene" 2004 12 14 News Notes Pale Red Dot: The First Exoplanet Image? "Shiga, David" 2004 12 15 News Notes Ripples in the Cat's-Eye Pool "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 12 16 News Notes Fossil Supernova Jets "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 12 16 News Notes Lensing Star Resolved and Weighed "Shiga, David" 2004 12 18 News Notes Tiny Telescope Finds Big Planet "Naeye, Robert" 2004 12 19 News Notes A Star Without Planets "Naeye, Robert" 2004 12 20 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2004 12 20 News Notes Sedna's Dark Origin "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 12 22 News Notes New Evidence for Mars Oceans (and Life?) "Naeye, Robert" 2004 12 24 News Notes A Giant Radio Telescope Takes Shape "Schilling, Govert" 2004 12 26 Mission Update Genesis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 12 26 Mission Update Double Star "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 12 26 Mission Update Beagle 2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2004 12 30 Spotlight On... Starbirth in Cassiopeia: NGC 281 "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2004 12 32 Feature Cosmology with Galaxy Clusters "Donahue, Megan" 2004 12 42 Feature Mapping the Moon's Shadow "Maor, Eli" 2004 12 46 Feature Box: The Hybrid Solar Eclipse of April 2005 "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2004 12 50 Rambling Through the Skies Inner Glow "Krupp, E. C." 2004 12 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Christmas Coincidences "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 12 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 12 60 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Ancient Cluster NGC 752 "Seronik, Gary" 2004 12 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2004 12 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: Exploring the SMC "Dalrymple, Les" 2004 12 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Achernar and the Sculptor Group "Bryant, Greg" 2004 12 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Attention Turns to Saturn "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 12 71 Exploring the Moon Floor-Fractured Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2004 12 75 Celestial Calendar A Late-Night Jupiter Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2004 12 78 Celestial Calendar December Meteors 2004 12 78 Celestial Calendar Saturn Meets Flora and Herculina "Bryant, Greg" 2004 12 79 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol 2004 12 80 Celestial Calendar A Line of Planets "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 12 80 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for December 2004 12 83 Eye on the Sky The Vampires of Venus - Part II "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2004 12 86 Deep-Sky Wonders Unsung Star Clusters "French, Sue" 2004 12 92 Targets Digging Deep in M33 "Whitman, Alan" 2004 12 94 Targets Box: What's in a Name "Flanders, Tony" 2004 12 97 Observer's Log The Green Flash Observed "Flanders, Tony" 2004 12 99 Observer's Log The Near Sky: Nacreous Clouds - Part 1 "Schaaf, Fred" 2004 12 100 Observer's Log Perseids Peak as Predicted "Flanders, Tony" 2004 12 102 S&T Test Report Tele Vue's TV-60 "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 12 108 S&T Test Report TheSky 6 Professional Edition "Ratledge, David" 2004 12 112 Buyer's Guide Compact Wide-Field Refractors "Seronik, Gary" 2004 12 116 New Product Showcase "NightStar Flashlight, by Applied Innovative Technologies" 2004 12 116 New Product Showcase "Astronomer's VersaTool, by Orion" 2004 12 116 New Product Showcase "Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack Deluxe Edition, by Imaginova " 2004 12 117 New Product Showcase "MacAstronomica, by Artistic Techworks" 2004 12 117 New Product Showcase "Deepsky Astronomy Software, by Steven S. Tuma" 2004 12 117 New Product Showcase Acculap Synthetic Polymer 2004 12 119 Books & Beyond "Astronomy: A Visual Guide, by Mark A. Garlick" "Deans, Paul" 2004 12 120 Books & Beyond "The NextStar User's Guide, by Michael Swanson" "Parker, Samantha" 2004 12 122 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The ETX Telescope Guide, by Lilian Hobbs" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 12 122 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Beginner's Guide to the Meade LX200 GPS, by Patrick Harrold" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 12 122 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes, by Michael A. Covington" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 12 122 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: How to Use a Computerized Telescope, by Michael A. Covington" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 12 124 Astronomy Online Having Good FITS "Goldman, Stuart J." 2004 12 127 The Astronomy Scene A Ring Eclipse over Panama "Earle, Tony" 2004 12 130 The Astronomy Scene Community News: A New Comet Machholz "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 12 130 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Famous Paintings Stolen "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 12 130 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Fred L. Whipple (1906-2004) "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 12 131 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Xingming Zhou (1965-2004) "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2004 12 132 Star Trails "Stargazing at 12,500 Feet" "Levy, David H." 2004 12 136 Amateur Telescope Making Telescope Making Highlights from Two Western Star Parties "Seronik, Gary" 2004 12 142 Hobby Q&A My mirror looks dusty. What should I do? "French, Sue" 2004 12 142 Hobby Q&A I observed three satellites traveling in a near-perfect equilateral triangle. What were they? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2004 12 142 Hobby Q&A How did astronomers calculate the positions for the Moon and planets before the computer age? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2004 12 142 Hobby Q&A How do you create diffraction spikes on photographs without using a Newtonian reflector? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2004 12 144 Gallery Orion in the Desert "Orman, Joe" 2004 12 145 Gallery "Black Eye Galaxy, M64" "Beiter, Anne" "Shallop, Jon" "Block, Adam" 2004 12 145 Gallery Van den Bergh 142 "Cannistra, Steve" 2004 12 146 Gallery Pacific Northwest Aurora "Clark Jr., Wade B." 2004 12 147 Gallery Galaxy IC 342 in Camelopardalis "Greaney, George" 2004 12 148 Gallery Milky Way "van der Velden, Erwin" 2004 12 148 Gallery Venus in Twilight "Licchelli, Domenico" 2004 12 149 Gallery "Deep View of Ring Nebula, M57" "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 2004 12 166 Focal Point "Star Hustling, Reconsidered" "Mollise, Rod" 2005 1 8 Spectrum It's All in Your Head "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 1 12 Letters Stellar Act "Sisson, Mark D." 2005 1 12 Letters A Timely Test Report "Rukrigl, Robert" 2005 1 12 Letters Proper Credit "Eisenhardt, Peter" 2005 1 12 Letters Texan Stars "Marcy, Geoffrey" 2005 1 13 Letters Low-Power Problems "Dilworth, Donald C." 2005 1 13 Letters A Third Interior Asteroid "Meeus, Jean" 2005 1 16 News Notes A Planet for Beta Pic "Schilling, Govert" 2005 1 17 News Notes Terrestrial Planets Galore "MacRobert, Alan M." "Roth, Joshua" 2005 1 18 News Notes When the Very Biggest Things Collide "Naeye, Robert" 2005 1 20 News Notes "Titan: ""A World Apart""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2005 1 21 News Notes The Naked-Eye Globular You've Never Seen "Roth, Joshua" 2005 1 22 News Notes Procyon's Vibrations Go Missing "Shiga, David" 2005 1 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 1 24 News Notes Asteroids Tell Tale of Jupiter's Migration "Naeye, Robert" 2005 1 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Frame Dragging Found Early? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 1 26 News Notes Follow That Story: The Pulsar Planet in M4 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 1 26 News Notes Martian Mudcake? "Naeye, Robert" 2005 1 28 Mission Update Astrostat "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 1 28 Mission Update Genesis "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 1 28 Mission Update New Horizons "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 1 32 Spotlight On... A Galaxy's Evolution "Mateo, Mario" 2005 1 34 Feature Anomalous X-ray Pulsars: Mystery Solved? "Duncan, Robert C." 2005 1 44 Feature Planetary Harmony "Naeye, Robert" 2005 1 52 Rambling Through the Skies Star Tails "Krupp, E. C." 2005 1 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Seven Sisters on High "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 1 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 1 60 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Kemble's Cascade "Seronik, Gary" 2005 1 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 1 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: Really Red R Doradus "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 1 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky On First Sighting Dorado "Bryant, Greg" 2005 1 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Dueling Morning Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 1 73 Exploring the Moon Ideal Orientale "Wood, Charles A." 2005 1 77 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2005 "Dunham, David W." 2005 1 84 Celestial Calendar Comet Machholz in the Evening Sky "Bryant, Greg" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 1 86 Celestial Calendar Box: Finding Machholz "Bryant, Greg" 2005 1 88 Celestial Calendar January Meteors 2005 1 88 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for January 2005 1 93 Eye on the Sky The Lost Jewel of Orion "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 1 96 Deep-Sky Wonders Cruising Down the River "French, Sue" 2005 1 100 Targets Double Stars for the New Year "Mullaney, James" 2005 1 106 New Product Showcase Hot New Products for 2005 2005 1 116 New Product Showcase Trend Watch 2005 1 118 Books & Beyond "Via Lactea: Milky Way in the History and in the Heavens, by Francesco Bertola " "Raymo, Chet" 2005 1 119 Books & Beyond "Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars, by Bob Argyle" "Jaworski, Richard" 2005 1 120 Books & Beyond Astronomy Textbooks by Cambridge University Press "Shiga, David" 2005 1 121 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Stonehenge: Earth and Sky "Deans, Paul" 2005 1 124 Astronomy Online Happy Nerd Year "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 1 127 The Astronomy Scene Exploring the Radio Sky "Lichtman, Jeffrey M." 2005 1 129 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Asteroids Named after S&T Contributors "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 1 129 The Astronomy Scene Community News: S&T Contributor Wins Award "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 1 132 The Astronomy Scene Amateurs Catch Exoplanet Transit "Naeye, Robert" 2005 1 133 The Astronomy Scene Light-Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 1 137 Star Trails Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: The Saga Continues "Levy, David H." 2005 1 140 Hobby Q&A "Why are ""sundogs"" called by that name?" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 1 140 Hobby Q&A How far are the faintest stars I see in my 4-inch reflector? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 1 140 Hobby Q&A How do I build a replica of Galileo's telescope? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 1 142 Astrophotography A New Way of Looking at the Moon "Metsavainio, J.-P." 2005 1 145 Astrophotography Box: Correcting Lunar Close-Ups "Wood, Charles A." 2005 1 148 Gallery Nebula NGC 6559 "Connor, John" "Connor, Christie" "Block, Adam" 2005 1 149 Gallery Nebula Complex in Sagittarius "Mandel, Steve" 2005 1 149 Gallery Moon and Venus Conjunction "Spencer, Ken" 2005 1 150 Gallery Perseus Double Cluster "Gendler, Robert" 2005 1 150 Gallery Tropical Star Trails "Szymanek, Nik" 2005 1 151 Gallery The Cocoon Nebula "Faworski, Sheldon" "Walker, Sean" 2005 1 152 Gallery Nebula NGC 7380 in Cepheus "Lula, Brian" 2005 1 153 Gallery Southern Nebulae and Globular Cluster "Rhemann, Gerald" "Jager, Michael" 2005 1 153 Gallery Waning Crescent Moon "Galvan, Anthony" 2005 1 166 Focal Point Breath of the Northern World "Leschak, Peter M." 2005 2 1 Front-Cover Photo Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope "Long, Daniel C." 2005 2 8 Spectrum Ups and Downs "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 2 12 Letters Plate Mail "Jacob, Duane ""Jake""" 2005 2 12 Letters Cookout Under the Sun "Mathews, Jeremy" 2005 2 12 Letters Star Splitter "Pope, Tom" "Mosher, Jim" 2005 2 12 Letters Citing Sources "Karlson, Dick" 2005 2 13 Letters Fire in the Sky "Flippo, Dale" 2005 2 16 News Notes Uranus: Kicking Up a Storm "Naeye, Robert" 2005 2 17 News Notes "Laser ""Guide Stars"" on the Rise" "Roth, Joshua" 2005 2 18 News Notes Pressing Toward the Cosmic Dawn "Naeye, Robert" 2005 2 19 News Notes A Too-Early Black Hole "Shiga, David" 2005 2 19 News Notes No Redshift-10 Galaxy "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 2 20 News Notes Two Starbirth Eras for an Old Dwarf "Roth, Joshua" 2005 2 22 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 2 22 News Notes Tycho's Supernova: The Culprit Found? "Johnston, Lisa R." 2005 2 24 News Notes The Kernel of a Star Stripped Bare "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 2 24 News Notes A Rock's Life "Tytell, David" 2005 2 26 News Notes The Dwindling Kuiper Belt "Naeye, Robert" 2005 2 28 Mission Update SOFIA "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 2 28 Mission Update SMART-1 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 2 28 Mission Update Gravity Probe B "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 2 32 Spotlight On... A Study in Contrasts "French, Sue" 2005 2 34 Feature The Sloan Digital Sky Survey "Strauss, Michael A." "Knapp, Gillian R." 2005 2 38 Feature Box: Scanning the Sky: A Sloan Observer's Tale "Kleinman, Scot J." 2005 2 44 Feature The Universe in the Mirror "Hirshfeld, Alan W." 2005 2 50 Feature Box: The Life of the Great Melbourne Reflector "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2005 2 52 Rambling Through the Skies Dome Wrecker "Krupp, E. C." 2005 2 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Three Starry Guardians "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 2 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 2 60 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Auriga's Messier Clusters "Seronik, Gary" 2005 2 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemipshere's Sky Chart 2005 2 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: Colorful Cluster NGC 2451 "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 2 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky The Distant Night Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2005 2 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Giant Planets Rule the Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 2 72 Exploring the Moon In and Around Imbrium "Wood, Charles A." 2005 2 75 Celestial Calendar Young-Moon Hunting in 2005 "MacRobert, Alan M." "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 2 77 Celestial Calendar Comet Machholz on Track for Fine Show "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 2 78 Celestial Calendar Occultations by Asteroids "Dunham, David W." 2005 2 80 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for February 2005 2 82 Eye on the Sky The Emerald Tiara "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 2 86 Deep-Sky Wonders The Giant's Shield "French, Sue" 2005 2 90 Targets Through Taurus to the Anticenter "Kaler, James B." 2005 2 94 Targets The Near Sky: Nacreous Clouds - Part 2 "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 2 96 S&T Test Report Coronado's PST: Hydrogen-Alpha Viewing on a Budget "Walker, Sean" 2005 2 100 S&T Test Report MacAstronomica 2.0.5 "Heafner, Joe" 2005 2 102 Buyer's Guide White-Light Solar Filters "Seronik, Gary" 2005 2 104 New Product Showcase "Digital Setting Circles, by JMI Telescopes" 2005 2 104 New Product Showcase "OptiCalculator 1.1, by Joe Cahak" 2005 2 104 New Product Showcase "Deep Space Observing Log 2.0, by M42 Technology Concepts" 2005 2 106 New Product Showcase "CCDAutoPilot 1.0, by CCDWare" 2005 2 106 New Product Showcase "CromixSun, by Marcello Lugli" 2005 2 106 New Product Showcase "Micro Edge Focuser, by Land, Sea & Sky" 2005 2 109 Books & Beyond "Futures: 50 Years in Space, by David A. Hardy and Partrick Moore" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 2 110 Books & Beyond "Measuring the Cosmos, by David H. Clark and Matthew D. H. Clark" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2005 2 112 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: Moonwatch "Seronik, Gary" 2005 2 112 Books & Beyond Briefly Noted: The Transit of Venus by Peter Aughton "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 2 112 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Great Beyond, by Paul Haplern" "Roth, Joshua" 2005 2 114 Astronomy Online Celestial Watch "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 2 116 The Astronomy Scene Combat Astronomers in Iraq "Pelletier, Mike" 2005 2 118 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Mount Stromlo Observatory Reopens "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 2 118 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Damage from Japan Earthquakes Reported "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 2 123 Star Trails The Marathon Man "Levy, David H." 2005 2 127 Amateur Telescope Making A Folded Maksutov-Herschelian "Jones, Ed" 2005 2 132 Hobby Q&A What is the farthest object I can see with my 5-inch reflector? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 2 132 Hobby Q&A Can February contain no full Moons? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 2 132 Hobby Q&A How do I know when my telescope needs re-aluminizing? "Seronik, Gary" 2005 2 132 Hobby Q&A What was the moving fuzzy cloud I saw? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2005 2 132 Hobby Q&A How could someone on the Moon verify that Earth exists? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 2 134 Gallery Coppery Moon "Reese, Tom" 2005 2 135 Gallery October Lunar Eclipse "Martinez, Patrick" "Bonnet, Michel" 2005 2 135 Gallery False Moon "Hahn, Hermann-Michael" 2005 2 136 Gallery North America Nebula "Thomas, Matthew" 2005 2 137 Gallery Eta Carinae Nebula "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2005 2 137 Gallery Stellar Bubble "Kelly, Al" 2005 2 138 Gallery A Red-Letter Eclipse "Cook, Chris" 2005 2 150 Focal Point "Remembering Tech Pan, 1977-2004" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2005 3 1 Front-Cover Photo Mars Rover Spirit's View of Mars 2005 3 8 Spectrum G'day to S&T Down Under "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 3 12 Letters Dark Legacy "Maor, Eli" 2005 3 12 Letters Candid Camera Commentary "Allen, Randy" 2005 3 12 Letters Historical Completeness "Schou, Ole" 2005 3 12 Letters Teaching by Moonlight "Barnes, Joshua E." 2005 3 13 Letters "Turning ""Trash"" into Treasure" "Lehman, Dale E." 2005 3 13 Letters For the Record 2005 3 16 News Notes A Flood of Cassini Discoveries "Naeye, Robert" 2005 3 18 News Notes Hubble Gets a Shot in the Arm "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 3 19 News Notes Yerkes on the Block "Roth, Joshua" 2005 3 19 News Notes Magellan's Monster Mirror "Naeye, Robert" 2005 3 20 News Notes Martian Methane = Martian Life? "Naeye, Robert" 2005 3 22 News Notes Debris Disks on Display "Roth, Joshua" 2005 3 22 News Notes A New Chapter in the Life of Planets? "Roth, Joshua" 2005 3 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 3 24 News Notes Amateur Discovers Variable Star in Cepheus "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 3 26 News Notes Follow That Story: A Magnetar Missing-Link Puzzle "Naeye, Robert" 2005 3 26 News Notes Follow That Story: Another Resonant Exoplanetary System "Naeye, Robert" 2005 3 26 News Notes Dark-Matter Discrepancy "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 3 27 Mission Update Constellation-X "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 3 27 Mission Update Rosetta "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 3 27 Mission Update Swift "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 3 30 Spotlight On... A Dance of Light and Shadow "Walker, Sean" 2005 3 32 Feature Dark Energy and The Preposterous Universe "Carroll, Sean" 2005 3 40 Feature In Search of Martian Seas "Bell, Jim" 2005 3 44 Feature Box: Things Are Looking Up "Wolff, Michael J." "Smith, Michael D." 2005 3 48 Rambling Through the Skies Bear Watching "Krupp, E. C." 2005 3 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Night When Opposites Attract "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 3 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 3 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: M50 in a Stream of Starlight "Seronik, Gary" 2005 3 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Southern Binocular Highlight: False Cross Cluster, NGC 2516" "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 3 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 3 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky A Tour of Argo Navis "Bryant, Greg" 2005 3 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mercury Pops Up "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 3 64 Exploring the Moon Color and History on the Aristarchus Plateau "Wood, Charles A." 2005 3 67 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Fiery Antares "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 3 70 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations for March-July 2005 "Dunham, David W." 2005 3 74 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for March 2005 3 78 Eye on the Sky M102: Mystery Solved "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 3 80 Deep-Sky Wonders The Flight of the Unicorn "French, Sue" 2005 3 84 Observer's Log Lunar Eclipse Science "Flanders, Tony" 2005 3 85 Observer's Log Eye and I: Easiest Daytime Venus "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 3 86 Observer's Log Editors Observe "Flanders, Tony" 2005 3 88 S&T Test Report Denkmeier Optical's Binocular Viewer "Dyer, Alan" 2005 3 95 S&T Test Report Kagayaki 4.1 "Foust, Jeff" 2005 3 98 Buyer's Guide Binocular Viewers "Walker, Sean" 2005 3 100 New Product Showcase "Little Joe: Mercury's First Steps DVD, by Rocket.aero" 2005 3 100 New Product Showcase "Telescope Simulator, by Matt Wier" 2005 3 100 New Product Showcase "Network Telescope Control, by Trefach Astronomy Centre" 2005 3 102 New Product Showcase Universal Astronomics Telescope Tripods 2005 3 102 New Product Showcase StarGazers Inn and Observatory 2005 3 102 New Product Showcase "Astro IIDC, by Aupperie Service and Contracting" 2005 3 105 Books & Beyond "The Hubble Space Telescope, by David DeVorkin and Robert W. Smith" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 3 106 Books & Beyond "National Geographic Encyclopedia of Space, by Linda K. Glover" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 3 106 Books & Beyond "The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, by Munya Andrews" "Krupp, E. C." 2005 3 108 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Icy Worlds of the Solar System, by Pat Dasch" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 3 108 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Privileged Planet, by Gullermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards" "Tytell, David" 2005 3 108 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Night Sky Month-by-Month 2005, by Jean-Louis Heudier" "Roth, Joshua" 2005 3 110 Astronomy Online "So Much to Read, So Little Time" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 3 112 Star Trails Eclipse Tales "Levy, David H." 2005 3 114 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Pierre Cugnon (1940-2004) "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 3 114 The Astronomy Scene Community News: The Demise of Kodak's Slide Projector "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 3 114 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Alfred L. Woods (1911-2004) "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 3 119 Amateur Telescope Making Mirror-Cell Design with Plop "Holm, Mark" 2005 3 124 Hobby Q&A Can a sundial be used accurately at different latitudes? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 3 124 Hobby Q&A What ISO setting for a digital camera should be used for a planetary grouping in twilight? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2005 3 124 Hobby Q&A How is the date of Easter determined? "Bryant, Greg" 2005 3 124 Hobby Q&A Are machine-made telescope mirrors better than those made by hand? "Seronik, Gary" 2005 3 127 Astrophotography Resurrecting an Old Astrophoto "Jewell, Milke" 2005 3 132 Gallery October Total Lunar Eclipse "Bernier, Martin" 2005 3 132 Gallery Mount Rushmore and Big Dipper "Schechter, Daniel S." 2005 3 133 Gallery Andromeda's Great Galaxy "Christensen, Jon" 2005 3 134 Gallery "Trifid Nebula, M20, in Sagittarius" "Wendel, Volker" "Flach-Wilken, Bernd" 2005 3 135 Gallery Globular Cluster Omega Centauri "Hoppe, Michael" 2005 3 135 Gallery Canadian Aurora "Irvine, Steve" 2005 3 136 Gallery Eclipsed Moon Setting "Karrer, Michael" 2005 3 136 Gallery Nebula NGC 281 in Cassiopeia "Promper, Wolfgang" 2005 3 137 Gallery "Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635" "Misti, Jim" 2005 3 137 Gallery Saturn "Phillips, Jim" 2005 3 150 Focal Point If Telescopes Could Talk "Kany, Jessica" 2005 4 1 Front-Cover Photo Titan 2005 4 8 Spectrum Evolution: We Can't Sit Idly By "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 4 12 Letters The Name Game Continued "Offutt, Joe" 2005 4 12 Letters The Vampire's Bite "Barbetti, Susan" 2005 4 12 Letters "Star Hustling, Reviled - I" "Haggath, Neil M." 2005 4 12 Letters "Star Hustling, Reviled - II" "Falconer, Thomas H." 2005 4 12 Letters Heavens Filled with Hope "Kurlancheek, Brad" 2005 4 12 Letters Shot Down "Lyons, Robert D." 2005 4 13 Letters Sundogs Defined? - II "Jones, Bob" 2005 4 13 Letters For the Record 2005 4 13 Letters Sundogs Defined? - I "Henbest, Nigel" 2005 4 16 News Notes Iapetus Encountered "Naeye, Robert" 2005 4 18 News Notes Active Volcanoes on Mars? "Naeye, Robert" 2005 4 19 News Notes Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On "Tytell, David" 2005 4 19 News Notes Opportunity Gets into Heavy Metal "Naeye, Robert" 2005 4 20 News Notes Supernova in a Spiral Arm "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 4 20 News Notes The Nightmare Before Christmas "Tytell, David" 2005 4 22 News Notes Exoplanet Image Confirmed? "Shiga, David" 2005 4 22 News Notes Newfound Star Sparks Debate "Roth, Joshua" 2005 4 24 News Notes Disk Demolition Derby "Shiga, David" 2005 4 26 News Notes Spitzer's Trifid "Shiga, David" 2005 4 26 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 4 26 News Notes Still No Planets in 47 Tucanae "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 4 28 News Notes The Very Biggest Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 4 28 News Notes A Black-Hole Swarm "Schilling, Govert" 2005 4 29 Mission Update Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 4 29 Mission Update Mars Science Laboratory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 4 32 Spotlight On... A Flaming Runaway Star "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 4 34 Feature Titan: A Whole New World "Tytell, David" 2005 4 42 Feature Supermassive Black Holes: Shaping Their Surroundings "Miller, M. Coleman" "Reynolds, Christopher S." "Krishnamurthi, Anita" 2005 4 50 Feature The Astronomy of Robert Frost "Calia, Charles Laird" 2005 4 54 Rambling Through the Skies Sky Hybrid "Krupp, E. C." 2005 4 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Leo Springs into View "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 4 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 4 60 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Two Doubles in Cancer "Seronik, Gary" 2005 4 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: An Overlooked Jem "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 4 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 4 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky A First-Class Night "Bryant, Greg" 2005 4 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Jupiter at Its Annual Best "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 4 70 Exploring the Moon Basins of the Southwestern Limb "Wood, Charles A." 2005 4 73 Celestial Calendar The April 8th Partial Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 4 74 Celestial Calendar The April 24th Penumbral Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 4 74 Celestial Calendar Pallas in the Realm of the Galaxies "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 4 76 Celestial Calendar April Meteors "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 4 76 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for April "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 4 78 Eye on the Sky The Secret Corona - Part I "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 4 80 Deep-Sky Wonders A Bear's Bunch "French, Sue" 2005 4 83 Targets Comet Chasing "Crinklaw, Greg" 2005 4 88 S&T Test Report Orion SkyView Pro 3.6CA EQ "Seronik, Gary" 2005 4 95 S&T Test Report "JupSat Pro, by Gary Nugent" "Ratledge, David" 2005 4 98 Buyer's Guide 90-mm Astronomical Maksutovs "Seronik, Gary" 2005 4 100 New Product Showcase "The Stars at a Click, by Maxfactory" 2005 4 100 New Product Showcase "Tele-Station, by Pier-Tech Inc." 2005 4 100 New Product Showcase Starlight Xpress M Series CCD Cameras 2005 4 102 New Product Showcase "StarLITE, by SKY:Lab Astronomy Software" 2005 4 102 New Product Showcase "AstroStack 3, by Robert Stekelenburg" 2005 4 102 New Product Showcase Agena AstroProducts Solar Filters 2005 4 104 Books & Beyond "A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky, by Michael Driscoll" "Flanders, Tony" 2005 4 105 Books & Beyond "Sun Observer's Guide, by Pam Spence" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 4 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Exploring the Starry Sky, by Robert Burnham and Wil Tirion" "Flanders, Tony" 2005 4 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cosmos, by Sylvia Arditi and Marc Lachieze-Rey" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 4 107 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Mike Lynch's Minnesota Starwatch, by Mike Lynch" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 4 108 Astronomy Online Applet Power "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 4 110 The Astronomy Scene Namibian Nights: The Adventure Continues "Binnewies, Stefan" "Bocker, Dietmar" "Popsel, Josef" 2005 4 114 The Astronomy Scene Community News: A Sun Book for the Visually Impaired "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 4 115 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Amateur Observatory Opens in Chile "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 4 116 The Astronomy Scene Light-Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 4 118 Star Trails Fellowship Under Southern Skies "Levy, David H." 2005 4 121 Amateur Telescope Making A Simple Altazimuth Tripod Adapter "Adler, Alan" 2005 4 124 Hobby Q&A What do we mean when we say a galaxy is 300 million light-years away? "Roth, Joshua" 2005 4 124 Hobby Q&A Are parsecs or light-years a better measurement of large distances? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 4 124 Hobby Q&A Where did the 1.25-inch standard size for eyepiece barrels come from? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 4 124 Hobby Q&A Did the tsunami-causing earthquake of 2004 alter Earth's tilt or rotation? "Tytell, David" 2005 4 126 Astrophotography In Pursuit of the Ultimate Image "Walker, Sean" 2005 4 132 Gallery Planetary Nebula Shapley 1 in Norma "Sparenberg, Rainer" "Binnewies, Stefan" "Robering, Volker" 2005 4 132 Gallery Moon Occults Jupiter "Coretti, Becky" "Williams, Bill" 2005 4 133 Gallery Helix Nebula "Popsel, Josef" 2005 4 134 Gallery Twin-Tailed Comet Machholz "Block, Adam" 2005 4 134 Gallery Planetary Nebula IC 5148 in Grus "Popsel, Josef" 2005 4 135 Gallery Comet Machholz Close-Up "Ito, Akihiko" 2005 4 136 Gallery Crab Nebula "Jacobs, Richard" 2005 4 136 Gallery Nebula RCW 57 in Carina "Sparenberg, Rainer" "Binnewies, Stefan" "Robering, Volker" 2005 4 150 Focal Point A Changing Point of View "Baird-Chleborad, Dawn" 2005 5 1 Front-Cover Photo Brown Dwarf Star "Simpson, Steven" 2005 5 8 Spectrum Missed Opportunities "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 5 12 Letters Don't Believe the Hype "Maor, Eli" 2005 5 12 Letters Phantom Comet "Pearce, Andrew" 2005 5 12 Letters Cartography Credit "van Gent, Robert H." 2005 5 12 Letters A Flash in the Pan - I "Kaplan, George" 2005 5 12 Letters A Flash in the Pan - II "de Celis, John" 2005 5 12 Letters Skylab Repellent "Reade, Gordon" 2005 5 13 Letters Dome Wreckers "Steier, Sandy" 2005 5 13 Letters A Flash in the Pan - III "Young, Andy" 2005 5 16 News Notes Asteroid 2004 MN4: A Really Near Miss "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 5 17 News Notes "Say ""Cheese!""" "Tytell, David" 2005 5 18 News Notes Galaxy Maps Reveal Long-Sought Waves "Schilling, Govert" "Roth, Joshua" 2005 5 18 News Notes Catching a Breeze "Tytell, David" 2005 5 19 News Notes A Bonanza of Exoplanet Discoveries "Naeye, Robert" 2005 5 20 News Notes A Star Flung Out of the Milky Way "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 5 20 News Notes Hubble Takes a Hit "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 5 20 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 5 22 Mission Update Mars Express/Beagle-2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 5 22 Mission Update Deep Impact "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 5 22 News Notes "Follow that Story: Supernovae Are not Round, Continued" "Naeye, Robert" 2005 5 22 Mission Update Swift "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 5 26 Spotlight On... A Puzzling Polar-Ring Galaxy "Rubin, Vera C." 2005 5 28 Feature Fireworks from the Far Side of the Galaxy "Naeye, Robert" 2005 5 31 Feature Box: The Birth of Magnetars "Naeye, Robert" 2005 5 32 Feature Box: Amateurs Detect Effects on Earth "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 5 34 Feature A Decade of Brown Dwarfs "Basri, Gibor" 2005 5 42 Feature Astronomy's Matriarch "Hoskin, Michael A." 2005 5 48 Rambling Through the Skies Outsourcing the Light "Krupp, E. C." 2005 5 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Magic of May "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 5 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 5 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Steady on Galaxy M94 "Seronik, Gary" 2005 5 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 5 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: A Jewel Among Jewels "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 5 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Modern Star Groups of the South "Bryant, Greg" 2005 5 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Jupiter & Saturn: After-Dinner Treats "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 5 64 Exploring the Moon The Naked-Eye Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2005 5 67 Celestial Calendar Dynamic Jupiter: An Observing Guide "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 5 71 Celestial Calendar May Meteors "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 5 72 Celestial Calendar Two Stellar Opposites "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 5 72 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for May "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 5 75 Eye on the Sky The Secret Corona - Part II "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 5 78 Deep-Sky Wonders Bowled Over in Ursa Major "French, Sue" 2005 5 83 Targets 3C 273: Catch the Brightest Quasar "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 5 84 Targets "The Near Sky: Hevelius, Huygens, and Halos" "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 5 86 S&T Test Report A Preview of Meade's RCX400 "di Cicco, Dennis" 2005 5 91 S&T Test Report "HNSky 2.3, by Han Kleijn" "Heafner, Joe" 2005 5 94 New Product Showcase "Cosmic Debris, by John Schilling" 2005 5 94 New Product Showcase "RegiStax 3, by Cor Berrevoets" 2005 5 94 New Product Showcase "MacroGlide Focuser, by Van Slyke Engineering" 2005 5 96 New Product Showcase "Astromist, by Cyrille Thieullet" 2005 5 96 New Product Showcase "HD Abbe Orthoscopic Eyepieces, by University Optics" 2005 5 96 New Product Showcase "Glow-in-the-Dark Star Posters, Star Finders, Inc." 2005 5 99 Books & Beyond "Archives of the Universe, by Marcia Bartusiak, ed." "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2005 5 101 Books & Beyond "The Real Mars, by Michael Hanlon" "Naeye, Robert" 2005 5 102 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Lunar Exploration, by Paolo Ulivi and David M. Harland" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 5 102 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Star Lore, by William Tyler Olcott" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 5 102 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Observing the Universe, by Andrew J. Norton, ed." "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 5 102 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: NASA's Voyager Mission, by Ben Evans and David M. Harland" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 5 102 Books & Beyond "Mars: A Warmer, Wetter Planet, by Jeffrey S. Kargel" "Naeye, Robert" 2005 5 103 Books & Beyond "Destination Mars, by Alain Dupas" "Naeye, Robert" 2005 5 103 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Universe and Beyond, 4th ed., by Terence Dickinson" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 5 104 Astronomy Online Landscapes on Titan: Amateurs Scoop the Pros "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 5 107 The Astronomy Scene The Human Orrery: Putting the Solar System in Perspective "Bailey, Mark E." "Asher, David J." "Christou, Apostolas A." 2005 5 112 The Astronomy Scene Community News: AAVSO's New Director Named "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 5 112 The Astronomy Scene Community News: SOHO Comet No. 900 Discovered "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 5 112 The Astronomy Scene Community News: David Lunt (1942-2005) "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 5 112 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Orion Telescopes Sold to Imaginova "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 5 113 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Biosphere 2 on the Block "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 5 113 The Astronomy Scene Community News: New Planetarium Opens in China "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 5 114 Star Trails The Man with Radar Eyes "Levy, David H." 2005 5 116 Hobby Q&A Why does Titan have an atmosphere and Jupiter's large moons do not? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2005 5 116 Hobby Q&A Can I upgrade my 4.5-inch Newtonian f/7.7 spherical mirror with a f/8 paraboloidal mirror? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 5 116 Hobby Q&A Why are some stars big and others small in photographs? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 5 118 Astrophotography Hybrid Composite Imaging "Gendler, Robert" 2005 5 126 Gallery Moon and Pleiades Conjunction "Pacholka, Wally" 2005 5 126 Gallery "Eagle Nebula, M16" "Sparenberg, Rainer" "Binnewies, Stefan" "Robering, Volker" 2005 5 127 Gallery "Whirlpool Galaxy, M51" "Jurasevich, Dave" 2005 5 128 Gallery Machholz Meets the Seven Sisters "Skorupa, Waldemar" 2005 5 128 Gallery Rosette Nebula Detail "Crawford, Ken" 2005 5 129 Gallery Sunset Glory "Meyers, Charlene M." 2005 5 129 Gallery Icelandic Aurora "Potts, Jay E." 2005 5 142 Focal Point One of Those Nights "Anderson, Peter" 2005 6 1 Front-Cover Photo Deep Impact "Rawlings, Pat" 2005 6 8 Spectrum Watts Up with Laser Pointers? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 6 12 Letters A Tribute: Kodak Technical Pan Film "Liller, William" 2005 6 12 Letters Dome-estic Violence - II "Zollner, Philip" 2005 6 12 Letters Dome-estic Violence - I "Jawad, Ala'a H." 2005 6 12 Letters Seeing the Light "Trueblood, Mark" 2005 6 12 Letters Support Your Friends "Cox, Richard D." 2005 6 13 Letters For the Record 2005 6 13 Letters Historical Perspective "Craig, Donald I." 2005 6 13 Letters Memories for Sale "Smith, Bill R." 2005 6 16 News Notes "Enceladus's ""Invisible Atmosphere""" "Tytell, David" 2005 6 17 News Notes Saturn Lights "Johnston, Lisa R." 2005 6 18 News Notes A Controversial Equatorial Martian Sea "Tytell, David" 2005 6 18 News Notes White Dwarf Planets? "Naeye, Robert" 2005 6 19 News Notes Exoplanets: The Heat Is On "Naeye, Robert" 2005 6 20 News Notes Pulsar Jackpot "Schilling, Govert" 2005 6 20 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 6 22 News Notes Glimpsing Starbirth with Spitzer "Roth, Joshua" 2005 6 22 News Notes Thick Disks Discerned Beyond Milky Way "Roth, Joshua" 2005 6 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Magellanic Magnetism 2005 6 24 News Notes "Astro News Brief: Giant Planet, Tiny Star" 2005 6 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Solar-System Supernova? 2005 6 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Upper Mass Limit for Stars? 2005 6 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Meteor Crater Mystery 2005 6 24 News Notes Procyon Pulsations Found? "Shiga, David" 2005 6 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Lopsided Giants? 2005 6 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: M33's Motion Measured 2005 6 26 Mission Update New Horizons "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 6 26 News Notes Big Bang Material Brewed? "Naeye, Robert" 2005 6 26 Mission Update JIMO "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 6 26 Mission Update Rosetta "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 6 30 Spotlight On... Mars's Hale Crater "Naeye, Robert" 2005 6 34 Feature Rendezvous with an Asteroid "Clark, Beth Ellen" "Grant, Kelli B." 2005 6 40 Feature Deep Impact: Our First Look Inside a Comet "Warner, Elizabeth M." "Redfern, Greg" 2005 6 46 Rambling Through the Skies Complete Set "Krupp, E. C." 2005 6 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Eye of the Dragon "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 6 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 6 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: M101 in the Mind's Eye "Seronik, Gary" 2005 6 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 6 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: King of the Globulars "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 6 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Exploring Lacaille's Deep Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2005 6 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Three Planets Meet "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 6 63 Exploring the Moon Bumps on the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2005 6 67 Celestial Calendar Targeting Comet Tempel 1 "Bryant, Greg" 2005 6 69 Celestial Calendar Comet Lost and Found "Bryant, Greg" 2005 6 70 Celestial Calendar Amateurs and the Deep Impact Mission "Warner, Elizabeth M." "Redfern, Greg" 2005 6 71 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for June "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 6 72 Celestial Calendar Outer Planets in 2005 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 6 74 Celestial Calendar Porrima at Periastron "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 6 76 Eye on the Sky The Mercury Challenge "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 6 78 Deep-Sky Wonders Embracing Edasich "French, Sue" 2005 6 83 Observer's Log Comet Machholz's Fine Performance "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 6 86 Observer's Log Eye and I: Tighter Than Mizar-Alcor "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 6 88 S&T Test Report Adirondack Video Astronomy's Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2005 6 92 S&T Test Report Orbitron 3.14 "Foust, Jeff" 2005 6 96 New Product Showcase "ATM Foucault Test - Miror Surface Profiler, by Larry Gilstrap" 2005 6 96 New Product Showcase "Binary Maker 3.0, by Contact Software" 2005 6 96 New Product Showcase "Super Abbe Ortho Eyepieces, by Apogee Inc." 2005 6 98 Buyer's Guide Specialized Planetary Filters "Walker, Sean" 2005 6 102 Books & Beyond "The Firefly Encyclopedia of Astronomy, by Paul Murdin and Margaret Penston" "Gay, Pamela L." 2005 6 103 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Taki's Online Star Atlas, by Tashimi Taki" "Deans, Paul" 2005 6 103 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: NGC, by Daryl West" "Deans, Paul" 2005 6 103 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sharing the Night Sky, by John York" "Deans, Paul" 2005 6 103 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Finder Charts of Deep Sky Objects, by Walter E. Thomas" "Deans, Paul" 2005 6 106 Astronomy Online A Decade of Daily Delights "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 6 108 Star Trails Clyde Tombaugh's Rich Legacy "Levy, David H." 2005 6 110 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Charles R. Hammond (1915-2004) "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 6 110 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Tombaugh Telescope Dedicated "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 6 110 The Astronomy Scene Community News: New Zealand's Stonehenge Exhibit Opens "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 6 114 Amateur Telescope Making A Lightweight Composite Dob "Highe, Albert" 2005 6 118 Hobby Q&A How can I run BASIC programs featured in past issues of S&T? "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 6 118 Hobby Q&A What would our Sun look like among the constellations from another star? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 6 118 Hobby Q&A Are meteor showers enhanced when viewed from an aircraft? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 6 120 Gallery Stellar Nursery in Monoceros "Guthmiller, Allan" 2005 6 121 Gallery Equinox Sun "Orman, Joe" 2005 6 121 Gallery Our Daytime Star in Hydrogen-Alpha Light "Piepol, Greg" 2005 6 122 Gallery Hubble's Variable Nebula "Crawford, Ken" 2005 6 122 Gallery Auroraland Delight "Potts, Jay E." 2005 6 123 Gallery The Ghost of Jupiter "Sparenberg, Rainer" "Binnewies, Stefan" "Robering, Volker" 2005 6 123 Gallery Thor's Helmet "Misti, Jim" 2005 6 124 Gallery Desert Tapestry "Hann, Al" 2005 6 124 Gallery Hairy Encounter "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2005 6 125 Gallery The Big Bear's Owl "Keller, Philipp" "Fuchs, Christian" 2005 6 125 Gallery A Heavenly Pairing "Schur, Chris" 2005 6 142 Focal Point What's in a Name? "Robbins, Randy S." 2005 7 1 Front-Cover Photo Albert Einstein 2005 7 8 Spectrum Einstein Forever? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 7 12 Letters The Right Tools for the Job "Lederman, Russ" 2005 7 12 Letters Discovered Treasure - I "Denton, Stephen" 2005 7 12 Letters Naked-Eye Comets in 2004 "Kammerer, Andreas" 2005 7 12 Letters Discovered Treasure - II "Burdell, Ed" 2005 7 12 Letters Inappropriate "Marler, Larry P." 2005 7 13 Letters For the Record 2005 7 13 Letters Hybrid Eclipse "Meeus, Jean" 2005 7 13 Letters Science in Iraq "Abed, Abdulkader M." 2005 7 16 News Notes Meet the Milky Way's Newfound Neighbors "Naeye, Robert" 2005 7 18 News Notes A New Exoplanet Imaged? "Naeye, Robert" 2005 7 18 News Notes Deposits Point to Evaporated Water on Mars "Tytell, David" 2005 7 19 News Notes A Truly Ancient Relic Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 7 19 News Notes Auroras Aren't Mirror Images "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 7 19 News Notes Dark-Matter Developments "Roth, Joshua" 2005 7 20 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 7 20 News Notes One Super Star Cluster "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 7 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Eta Carinae Twin 2005 7 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: A New Way To Find E.T. 2005 7 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Ancient Novae 2005 7 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Mars Rovers Extended 2005 7 22 News Notes Ancient Star Catalog Found "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 7 24 Mission Update Hard Times for Space Science "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 7 28 Spotlight On... Sagittarius's Stellar Playgrounds "Bryant, Greg" 2005 7 32 Feature Putting Einstein to the Test "Gefter, Amanda" 2005 7 39 Feature Box: Test Einstein at Home "Allen, Bruce" 2005 7 42 Feature Hidden in Plain Sight: Finding Martian Landers "Malin, Michael C." 2005 7 48 Rambling Through the Skies Great Expectations "Krupp, E. C." 2005 7 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Starry Skies to Count On "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 7 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 7 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Globular Cluster Season "Seronik, Gary" 2005 7 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 7 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: The Southern Pointers "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 7 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Pointers to the Night's Diversity "Bryant, Greg" 2005 7 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mars Returns to the Stage "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 7 62 Exploring the Moon Polar Pleasures "Wood, Charles A." 2005 7 65 Celestial Calendar Meteors in the Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 7 66 Celestial Calendar A Fine Antares Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 7 68 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for July "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 7 69 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 7 72 Eye on the Sky Haidinger's Brush - Part I "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 7 75 Deep-Sky Wonders Scuttling Around the Scorpion "French, Sue" 2005 7 79 Targets The Seven Messier Globulars of Ophiuchus "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 7 83 Targets Light-Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 7 84 S&T Test Report "Vixen's Sphinx ""Go To"" Mount" "Dyer, Alan" 2005 7 91 S&T Test Report "The Stars at a Click, by Maxfactory" "Ratledge, David" 2005 7 94 New Product Showcase Finger Lakes Instrumentation's Precision Digital Focuser 2005 7 94 New Product Showcase Lynkeos 2005 7 94 New Product Showcase Shoestring Astronomy's Guide Port Interface Adapter 2005 7 96 New Product Showcase "PixInsight LE, Pleiades Astrophoto" 2005 7 96 New Product Showcase "Starry Night Pro Plus 5.0, by Imaginova" 2005 7 96 New Product Showcase Ideal Astronomy's Sight Saver 2005 7 98 Buyer's Guide "German Equatorial ""Go To"" Mounts" "Walker, Sean" 2005 7 101 Books & Beyond "The New Amateur Astronomer, by Martin Mobberley" "Medkeff, Jeff" 2005 7 102 Books & Beyond On the Shoulders of Giants "Roth, Joshua" 2005 7 103 Books & Beyond "Navigating the Night Sky, by Guilherme de Almeida" "Roth, Joshua" 2005 7 103 Books & Beyond "A Walk through the Heavens, by Milton D. Heifetz and Wil Tirion" "Roth, Joshua" 2005 7 105 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: The Mount Wilson Observatory, by Allan Sandage" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2005 7 106 Astronomy Online This Software Club Wants You "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 7 108 Star Trails Seeing Einstein's Gravity Lens "Levy, David H." 2005 7 113 Amateur Telescope Making Automate Your Backyard Observatory "Capon, Robert" 2005 7 118 Hobby Q&A Does stopping down your telescope to a smaller aperture produce sharper images? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 7 118 Hobby Q&A Why is Uranus considered to have a retrograde spin? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 7 118 Hobby Q&A Why do astrophotographers stack exposures? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2005 7 120 Astrophotography Capturing the Colors of the Moon "Alves, Filipe" 2005 7 126 Gallery Milky Way Panorama "Pacholka, Wally" 2005 7 126 Gallery Yosemite in Moonlight "Martinez, Alvaro" 2005 7 127 Gallery Orion Rising "Tough, Alan C." 2005 7 128 Gallery Sun Pillar "Pikhard, Alexander" 2005 7 128 Gallery Starlight Through My Window "Ramotowski, Becky" 2005 7 128 Gallery Mock Sun "Mason, Euan" 2005 7 129 Gallery Heavenly Pirouette "Evans, Drew J." 2005 7 129 Gallery Digital Star Trails "Wienerroither, Peter" 2005 7 142 Focal Point Thy Neighbor's Scope "Jones, Paul B." 2005 8 1 Front-Cover Photo Sun-Scorched Comets "Reed, Casey B." 2005 8 8 Spectrum Paradigm Shift "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 8 12 Letters Taking a Stand - III "Nicolaisen, Curtis" 2005 8 12 Letters Taking a Stand - V "Richards, David P." 2005 8 12 Letters Taking a Stand - I "Brown, David" 2005 8 12 Letters Taking a Stand - II "Suskin, Greg" 2005 8 12 Letters Taking a Stand - IV "DeCristofano, Carolyn" 2005 8 13 Letters Taking a Stand - VII "Morris, Steven" 2005 8 13 Letters Taking a Stand - VI "Wilke, John" 2005 8 13 Letters For the Record 2005 8 16 News Notes Short Gamma-Ray Burst Nailed at Last "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 8 17 News Notes Shreds of a Swallowed Spiral "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 8 18 News Notes A Bigger Andromeda Galaxy "Naeye, Robert" 2005 8 19 News Notes The Milky Way's Youngest Globular "Johnston, Lisa R." 2005 8 20 News Notes Lakes on Titan Found? "Tytell, David" 2005 8 20 News Notes 13 New Saturnian Moons "Naeye, Robert" 2005 8 22 News Notes Scattered Planet "Naeye, Robert" 2005 8 22 News Notes An Exo-Asteroid Belt "Naeye, Robert" 2005 8 24 News Notes Follow That Story: One-Sided Superflare "Naeye, Robert" 2005 8 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 8 24 News Notes Follow That Story: Big Bang Brew "Naeye, Robert" 2005 8 24 News Notes Follow That Story: Chandra Observes Supernova 1987A "Naeye, Robert" 2005 8 25 Mission Update Solar-B "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 8 25 News Notes Hubble's Prospects Brighten "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 8 25 Mission Update Astro-F "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 8 25 Mission Update Astro-E2 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 8 28 Spotlight On... A Cavity in Cassiopeia "Rector, Travis A." 2005 8 32 Feature The Booming Science of Sungrazing Comets "Hoffman, Tony" "Marsden, Brian G." 2005 8 38 Feature Extrasolar Planets: Pictured at Last? "Naeye, Robert" 2005 8 46 Rambling Through the Skies Hole in One "Krupp, E. C." 2005 8 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Starry Scorpion "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 8 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 8 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: M57 and Expectations "Seronik, Gary" 2005 8 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 8 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: NGC 6124 in Scorpius "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 8 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky A Shielded Arm "Bryant, Greg" 2005 8 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Red Planet Rising "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 8 62 Exploring the Moon Pyroclastics on the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2005 8 65 Celestial Calendar Fine Year for a Perseid Watch "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 8 66 Celestial Calendar Collision Course "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 8 67 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: Awesome Augusts "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 8 68 Celestial Calendar Planetary Occultations for August-December "Dunham, David W." 2005 8 72 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for August "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 8 74 Eye on the Sky Haidinger's Brush - Part II "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 8 77 Deep-Sky Wonders More Summer Planetaries "French, Sue" 2005 8 82 S&T Test Report "Celestron's Advanced Series ""Go To"" Mount" "Dyer, Alan" 2005 8 88 New Product Showcase TeleGizmos Solar Scope Covers 2005 8 88 New Product Showcase ScopeRoller 2005 8 88 New Product Showcase Gravity Simulator 2.0 2005 8 91 Books & Beyond "Exploring Ancient Skies, by David H. Kelley and Eugene F. Milone" "Gingerich, Owen" 2005 8 93 Books & Beyond "Mathematical Astronomy Morsels III, by Jean Meeus" "Heafner, Joe" 2005 8 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Meteorites, by Robert Hutchison" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 8 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Pathways to the Planets, by John R. Strand" "Tytell, David" 2005 8 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astro Turf, by M. G. Lord" "Tytell, David" 2005 8 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Jupiter, by Fran Bagenal, Timothy Dowling, and William McKinnon, eds." "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 8 96 Astronomy Online Comet Grazing "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 8 99 The Astronomy Scene Greenwich: Center of Space and Time "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 8 102 The Astronomy Scene Community News: America's Young Astronomers Recognized "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 8 102 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Universo Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 8 107 Star Trails A Crimson Ring "Levy, David H." 2005 8 110 Hobby Q&A Why wouldn't a GPS receiver display zero longitude at Greenwich Observatory? "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 8 110 Hobby Q&A "If I lived on Saturn, would the rings be visible?" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 8 110 Hobby Q&A How bright is the combined magnitude of all visible stars? "Flanders, Tony" 2005 8 110 Hobby Q&A Why not list the name of the question writers in the Hobby Q&A column? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 8 112 Astrophotography Narrowband Imaging in Color? "Crisp, Richard" 2005 8 118 Gallery Partial Darkness "Williams, Bill" 2005 8 118 Gallery Totality at Sea "Dyer, Alan" 2005 8 119 Gallery Diamond Ring "Whiddon, William B." 2005 8 120 Gallery Solar Eruption "Palmer, Gary" 2005 8 121 Gallery The Calm Before the Storm "Williams, Bill" 2005 8 122 Gallery Nebula NGC 7129 in Cepheus "Misti, Jim" 2005 8 123 Gallery Rosette Nebula "Gendler, Robert" 2005 8 134 Focal Point The 14-degree Twitch "Ryan, Bill" 2005 9 1 Front-Cover Photo Whirlpool Galaxy 2005 9 8 Spectrum Eyesight Insight "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 9 12 Letters Ice Breaker "Castellano, Joseph A." 2005 9 12 Letters Solar Power "Kerste, Alexander" 2005 9 12 Letters Keats's Steadfast Star "Sheehan, William" 2005 9 13 Letters For the Record 2005 9 13 Letters Spitzer Response "Werner, Michael" "Soifer, B. Thomas" 2005 9 16 News Notes A Record-Setting Solar Flare "Roth, Joshua" 2005 9 17 News Notes GALEX Sees Ultraviolet Explosion "Johnston, Lisa R." 2005 9 18 News Notes Chaos and Capture "Naeye, Robert" 2005 9 19 News Notes A Low-Mass Exoplanet "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 9 20 News Notes Gamma-Ray Re-Bursts "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 9 20 News Notes Echoes of a Black Hole's Feisty Past "Roth, Joshua" 2005 9 20 News Notes Tuning In to Cosmic Rays "Roth, Joshua" 2005 9 22 News Notes Revising Asteroid Warnings "Tytell, David" 2005 9 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Opportunity Unstuck 2005 9 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Voyager Crosses Boundary 2005 9 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Martian Sky Shows 2005 9 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Binary Going Berserk 2005 9 24 Mission Update Solar-B "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 9 24 Mission Update Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 9 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 9 24 Mission Update Juno "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 9 28 Feature Vision Quest: Optimizing Your Eyes for Astronomy "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 9 30 Feature Spectacles for Spectacular Skies "Roth, Joshua" 2005 9 36 Feature LASIK Eye Surgery for the Amateur Astronomer "Wanjek, Christopher" 2005 9 44 Feature Hubble's Anniversary Present "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 9 48 Rambling Through the Skies Generation Gap "Krupp, E. C." 2005 9 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Tangle of Triangles "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 9 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 9 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: M27 in Vulpecula "Seronik, Gary" 2005 9 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 9 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: Watching Kappa Pavonis "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 9 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Stellar Sights in Sagittarius "Bryant, Greg" 2005 9 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Pairings at Dusk and Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 9 63 Exploring the Moon A Basin Too Big to Believe "Wood, Charles A." 2005 9 67 Celestial Calendar The Great Mars Apparition of 2005 "MacRobert, Alan M." "Troiani, Daniel M." 2005 9 70 Celestial Calendar Box: A Mars Observing Forecast "Beish, Jeffrey D." 2005 9 72 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for September "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 9 77 Eye on the Sky Twisted Meteors "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 9 81 Deep-Sky Wonders The Towering Eagle "French, Sue" 2005 9 87 Observer's Log April's Unique Solar Eclipse "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 9 91 Observer's Log The Near Sky: The Countersun Revisited "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 9 96 S&T Test Report JMI Telescope's RB-66 Reverse Binoculars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 9 100 New Product Showcase JMI Telescopes' NGF-XTc Focuser 2005 9 100 New Product Showcase "ImagesPlus 2.5, by MLUnsold Digital Imaging" 2005 9 100 New Product Showcase "GradientXTerminator, by Russell Croman Astrophotography" 2005 9 103 Books & Beyond "Empire of the Stars, by Arthur I. Miller" "Bobra, Monica" 2005 9 105 Books & Beyond "Observing Variable Stars, Novae, and Supernovae, by Gerald North" "Isles, John" 2005 9 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The New Quotable Einstein, Alice Calaprice, ed." "Tytell, David" 2005 9 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Lunar Prospector, by Alan B. Binder" "Tytell, David" 2005 9 106 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: From Eudoxus to Einstein, by C. M. Linton" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 9 108 Astronomy Online Seeing the Big Pictures "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 9 113 Star Trails In Praise of Penumbral Eclipses "Levy, David H." 2005 9 116 Hobby Q&A How would Earth look to a Martian observer? "Tytell, David" 2005 9 116 Hobby Q&A How is the time of new Moon defined? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 9 116 Hobby Q&A Do Saturn's moons cast observable shadows on that planet? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 9 116 Hobby Q&A Can the lunar crescent be seen in a telescope at new Moon when the Moon is at its greatest inclination? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 9 120 Gallery Panamanian Ring of Fire "Deans, Paul" 2005 9 120 Gallery Eclipse Diamond Ring "Duncan, Howard Anton" 2005 9 121 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse "Druckmuller, Miloslav" 2005 9 122 Gallery Scimitar Sun "Patching, Richard" 2005 9 122 Gallery Eclipse Chromosphere "Blackwell, Kent" 2005 9 122 Gallery Pinhole Solar Crescents "Sanchez, Anthony G." 2005 9 123 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse "Espenak, Fred" 2005 9 134 Focal Point Observing by Ear "Livingston, Andrew" 2005 10 1 Front-Cover Photo Deep Impact on Comet Tempel 1 2005 10 8 Spectrum E-Publish or Perish "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 10 12 Letters Second Chances "Syed, Andy" 2005 10 12 Letters Never Seen? "Simpson, Janet P." 2005 10 12 Letters Symbol Formerly Known As . . . "Poole, Rowen" 2005 10 12 Letters Science Lost "Alsip, Mark" 2005 10 12 Letters Shaky Ground "Magnuson, Bob" 2005 10 13 Letters Showing the Way "Kalix, Eric" 2005 10 13 Letters For the Record 2005 10 13 Letters Importing Astronomy "Guzman Sanz, Tomas" 2005 10 16 News Notes One Big Ball of Rock "Naeye, Robert" 2005 10 18 News Notes The Planet-Disk Connection "Naeye, Robert" 2005 10 18 News Notes Prospecting for Martian Ice "Naeye, Robert" 2005 10 20 News Notes Supernova in the Whirlpool "Naeye, Robert" 2005 10 20 News Notes M82 Has Spiral Arms "Naeye, Robert" 2005 10 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Cosmic-Ray Milestone 2005 10 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Titan Lake Imaged? 2005 10 22 News Notes Dating the Milky Way "Croswell, Ken" 2005 10 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Leap Second 2005 10 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 10 24 Mission Update Spitzer Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 10 24 Mission Update Cosmos-1/Volna "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 10 28 Feature The New Kings of the Kuiper Belt "Tytell, David" 2005 10 34 Feature Deep Impact's Hammer Throw "Tytell, David" 2005 10 38 Feature Box: Amateur Sightings: Watching History Happen "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 10 39 Feature Box: Deep Impact: The Sequel "Tytell, David" 2005 10 40 Feature "Ansel Adams and an ""Autumn Moon""" "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Mitte Honor Students, the" 2005 10 46 Rambling Through the Skies On the Air "Krupp, E. C." 2005 10 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Think Outside the Great Square "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 10 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 10 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Magnificent Mu Cephei "Seronik, Gary" 2005 10 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 10 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: M75: The Loneliest Globular "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 10 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Contrasts in Capricornus "Bryant, Greg" 2005 10 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mars at Its Biggest and Best "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 10 62 Exploring the Moon The Straight Story on Linear Rilles "Wood, Charles A." 2005 10 64 Celestial Calendar The October 3rd Annular Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 10 65 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for October "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 10 66 Celestial Calendar The October 17th Partial Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 10 68 Eye on the Sky Shadow Play "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 10 71 Deep-Sky Wonders A Cygnus Sampler "French, Sue" 2005 10 76 S&T Test Report Meade DSI Color CCD Camera "Horne, Johnny" 2005 10 79 S&T Test Report Box: And Science Too "Henden, Arne A." 2005 10 82 S&T Test Report "Binary Maker 3.0, by Contact Software" "Heafner, Joe" 2005 10 86 New Product Showcase Meade Instruments' ETX Premier Edition Series 2005 10 86 New Product Showcase Rigel Systems' RS-Spectroscope 2005 10 86 New Product Showcase "Feather Touch Focusers, by Starlight Instruments" 2005 10 88 New Product Showcase "Lunar Map Pro 4.0 Deluxe, by RITI" 2005 10 88 New Product Showcase Burgess/TMB Multi-Reticle Finder 2005 10 88 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Optics' Dioptrx Eyepieces 2005 10 90 Books & Beyond "Night Sky Atlas, by Robin Scagell" "Flanders, Tony" 2005 10 90 Books & Beyond "Deep Sky Observer's Guide, by Neil Bone" "Flanders, Tony" 2005 10 90 Books & Beyond "Stargazing with a Telescope, by Robin Scagell" "Flanders, Tony" 2005 10 92 Books & Beyond "Atlas of the Moon, by Antonin Rukl" "Grego, Peter" 2005 10 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Voyage to the Planets and Beyond, by Tim Haines and Christopher Riley; Video by BBC Video/Warner Home Video" "Naeye, Robert" 2005 10 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, by Ian Ridpath, ed." "Tytell, David" 2005 10 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Grand Tour, by Ron Miller and William K. Hartmann" "Naeye, Robert" 2005 10 96 The Astronomy Scene Amateurs Help Discover Exoplanet "Naeye, Robert" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 10 98 The Astronomy Scene Canadian Amateurs Access Big Hawaiian Scopes "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 10 100 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Constellation Stamps to Be Issued "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 10 100 The Astronomy Scene Community News: S&T Executive Editor Honored "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 10 100 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Comet Discoverers Recognized "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 10 101 The Astronomy Scene Light-Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 10 104 Star Trails A Master Storyteller "Levy, David H." 2005 10 107 Amateur Telescope Making Image-Stabilize Your Binoculars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 10 112 Hobby Q&A Will a 12- or 14-inch scope dramatically improve my view of nebulae and galaxies over my 6-inch telescope? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 10 112 Hobby Q&A When was the last time the two stars of Alpha Centauri were closest? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 10 112 Hobby Q&A "What happened to Saturn's ring ""spokes"" that were revealed by the 1979 Voyager spacecraft? " "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2005 10 115 Astrophotography Planetary Masters "Walker, Sean" 2005 10 120 Gallery Fox Fur Nebula "Croman, Russell" 2005 10 120 Gallery Tropical Jupiter "Leroi, Teiva" 2005 10 121 Gallery Gamma Cygni Complex "Ito, Akihiko" 2005 10 122 Gallery Cygnus Supernova Remnant "Goldman, Don S." 2005 10 122 Gallery Rho Ophiuchi Region "Candy, Paolo" 2005 10 123 Gallery Fly Me to the Moon "Seip, Stefan" 2005 10 123 Gallery Hercules Galaxy Cluster "Crawford, Ken" 2005 10 134 Focal Point Conversation with a Wizard "Lockhart, Forrest" 2005 11 1 Front-Cover Photo Inflation Theory Illustration "Reed, Casey B." 2005 11 8 Spectrum Planetary Plasticity "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 11 12 Letters A Brush with Success - I "Macrae, Bill" 2005 11 12 Letters Evolution in the Classroom - I "Stienmier, Richard" 2005 11 12 Letters Celestial Growing Pains "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2005 11 12 Letters Evolution in the Classroom - II "Hynes, Steven J." 2005 11 12 Letters A Brush with Success - II "Van Dyke, Donald" 2005 11 13 Letters Evolution in the Classroom - III "Sharp, Christopher" 2005 11 13 Letters Young Einstein "Solomon, Mark" 2005 11 13 Letters For the Record 2005 11 16 News Notes Enceladus's Frozen Volcanoes? "Tytell, David" 2005 11 17 News Notes "The ""Death Star"" Revisited" "Tytell, David" 2005 11 18 News Notes The Comet That Doesn't Quit "Tytell, David" 2005 11 18 News Notes Red Planet Roundup "Naeye, Robert" 2005 11 20 News Notes Survivor Planets "Naeye, Robert" 2005 11 20 News Notes The Dominatrix Planet "Naeye, Robert" 2005 11 22 News Notes World's Largest Scope Takes Shape "Naeye, Robert" 2005 11 22 News Notes Weighing a Monstrous Black Hole "Roth, Joshua" 2005 11 24 News Notes "Astro News Brief: ""10th"" Planet Bigger Than Thought?" 2005 11 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Dark-Matter Galaxy? 2005 11 24 News Notes Early Universe Shows Signs of Life "Johnston, Lisa R." 2005 11 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Supernova Stardust 2005 11 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: An Asteroid with Two Moons 2005 11 26 Mission Update Suzaku "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 11 26 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 11 26 Mission Update Space Shuttle Return to Flight "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 11 30 Spotlight On... A Swan Song in Aquarius "Kwitter, Karen B." 2005 11 32 Feature Sizing Up Inflation "Nadis, Steve" 2005 11 40 Feature Discovery Among the Disks "Madore, Barry F." "de Paz, Armando Gil" 2005 11 46 Rambling Through the Skies Skin Deep "Krupp, E. C." 2005 11 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Really Big Story "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 11 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 11 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Two Lacerta Clusters "Seronik, Gary" 2005 11 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 11 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: A Cluster in the Wrong Spot "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 11 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Migrating South "Bryant, Greg" 2005 11 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mars in Full Glory "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 11 62 Exploring the Moon Mysteries of the Eastern Limb "Wood, Charles A." 2005 11 64 Celestial Calendar Solved: The Mars-Crater Mystery "Gordon, Rodger W." "Sheehan, William" 2005 11 68 Celestial Calendar November Meteors "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 11 68 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for November "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 11 70 Eye on the Sky Seeing Red? "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 11 75 Deep-Sky Wonders Cygnus Sampler - Part II "French, Sue" 2005 11 81 Targets Planetary Pretzels "Gingerich, Owen" "Henry, Richard C." 2005 11 82 Targets Eye and I: Conquering Kuma "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 11 84 S&T Test Report Canon's Astrocamera: The EOS 20Da "Dyer, Alan" 2005 11 90 S&T Test Report Coronado's SolarMax CaK Calcium-Light Solar Telescope "Walker, Sean" 2005 11 92 New Product Showcase Denkmeier Optical's PST Bino-Corrector Adapter 2005 11 92 New Product Showcase SkyAlign for Celestron's CPC Schmidt-Cassegrain Go To Telescopes 2005 11 92 New Product Showcase StarChartGL 2005 11 93 New Product Showcase "A Sidewalk Astronomer, by Jacobs Entertainment" 2005 11 93 New Product Showcase Yankee Robotics' Trifid-2 CCD Cameras 2005 11 93 New Product Showcase StellarCAT's ServoCAT Jr. 2005 11 96 Books & Beyond "Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope, by Fred Watson" "Tytell, David" 2005 11 97 Books & Beyond "Year of the Comets: A Journey from Sadness to the Stars, by Jan DeBlieu" "Roth, Joshua" 2005 11 98 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Infinite Worlds, by Ray Villard and Lynette R. Cook" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2005 11 98 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery, by the European Space Agency" "Naeye, Robert" 2005 11 101 The Astronomy Scene Amateur Team Finds 100 Supernovae "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 11 102 The Astronomy Scene Why Are Supernovae Important? "Filippenko, Alexei V." 2005 11 103 The Astronomy Scene German Amateur's Supernova in M51 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2005 11 104 Star Trails Earth Strikes Back "Levy, David H." 2005 11 107 Amateur Telescope Making Remote Collimation for a Big Dob "VanderBrugge, John" 2005 11 112 Hobby Q&A Is there another planet whose moon(s) would fit over the Sun producing a perfect fit for a total eclipse? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 11 112 Hobby Q&A How can giant stars in a binary system have an orbital period of a few days? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 11 112 Hobby Q&A How do I convert equinox 1950.0 celestial coordinates to the current standard 2000.0? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 11 114 Astrophotography Digicam Astrophotography "Adler, Alan" 2005 11 120 Gallery Gibbous Moon "Davoodian, Shahriar" 2005 11 120 Gallery Pipe Nebula in Ophiuchus "Schur, Chris" 2005 11 121 Gallery Trailed Lunar Eclipse "Ebone, Sandro" 2005 11 121 Gallery Canadian Sundogs "Heggie, Stuart" 2005 11 122 Gallery Orion Nebulosity "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2005 11 123 Gallery Horsehead Nebula "GaBany, R. Jay" 2005 11 124 Gallery Digital Milky Way "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2005 11 134 Focal Point Night Flight "Reade, Gordon" 2005 12 1 Front-Cover Photo Perspective View from Mars Express 2005 12 8 Spectrum Parallel Universes "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 12 12 Letters Big Binos Bounce Back "Johnston, Tom" 2005 12 12 Letters Sky Vision - II "Miller, Mike" 2005 12 12 Letters Sky Vision - III "Krajci, Tom" 2005 12 12 Letters Sky Vision - I "Deman, Chris" 2005 12 13 Letters Capturing the Moment "Pedreira, Tom" 2005 12 16 News Notes Deep Impact Revisited "Tytell, David" 2005 12 17 News Notes Hayabusa Arrives at Asteroid Itokawa "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2005 12 18 News Notes Understanding Titan's Terrain "Tytell, David" 2005 12 18 News Notes They're Back! "Tytell, David" 2005 12 20 News Notes Extreme Pulsars "Naeye, Robert" 2005 12 20 News Notes Binary Dwarf Bagged "Roth, Joshua" 2005 12 21 News Notes Short GRBs Linked to Mergers "Naeye, Robert" 2005 12 21 News Notes Giant African Scope Sees First Light "Naeye, Robert" 2005 12 22 News Notes Setback for Alternative Cosmology "Roth, Joshua" 2005 12 22 News Notes Sloan Survey Extended "Roth, Joshua" 2005 12 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Cygnus X-1's Dark Jet 2005 12 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Dusty White Dwarf 2005 12 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: No Kuiper Belt Jupiters 2005 12 24 News Notes Homeless Black Hole? "Roth, Joshua" 2005 12 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Icy Ceres? 2005 12 24 News Notes "Astro News Brief: A Moon for the ""10th Planet""" 2005 12 26 Mission Update Messenger "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 12 26 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2005 12 26 Mission Update Venus Express "McDowell, Jonathan" 2005 12 30 Feature Europe's Eye on Mars "Naeye, Robert" 2005 12 38 Feature E. E. Barnard's Milky Way "Sheehan, William" 2005 12 46 Rambling Through the Skies Buttermilk Sky "Krupp, E. C." 2005 12 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Putting Taurus Together "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 12 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 12 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Andromeda's Companions "Seronik, Gary" 2005 12 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: NGC 288 in Sculptor "Dalrymple, Les" 2005 12 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2005 12 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Deep-Sea Nights "Bryant, Greg" 2005 12 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Venus Blooms as Mars's Fire Fades "Schaaf, Fred" 2005 12 63 Exploring the Moon Ancient Lunar Faults "Wood, Charles A." 2005 12 66 Celestial Calendar Seeking the Crescent of Venus "Hostetter, Clyde" 2005 12 67 Celestial Calendar The Christmas-Morning Spica Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 12 68 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for December "Sinnott, Roger W." 2005 12 74 Eye on the Sky Mercury by Day "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 12 77 Deep-Sky Wonders Island Universe "French, Sue" 2005 12 80 Targets Introducing the Levy List "Levy, David H." 2005 12 84 Observer's Log Perseids 2005: Right on Schedule "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 12 86 S&T Test Report Low-Cost Starter Scopes "Seronik, Gary" 2005 12 94 S&T Test Report Planetary Processing with RegiStax 3 "Walker, Sean" 2005 12 98 New Product Showcase "ZenithStar 66 Petzval ED Semi-APO Refractor, by William Optics" 2005 12 98 New Product Showcase Orion 6-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope 2005 12 98 New Product Showcase Meade Instruments' Series 5000 Plossl Eyepieces 2005 12 98 New Product Showcase "MaxDSLR, by Diffraction Limited" 2005 12 101 Books & Beyond "Evolving Cosmos, by Govert Schilling" "Johnston, Lisa R." 2005 12 102 Books & Beyond "The Violent Universe, by Kimberly Weaver" "Johnston, Lisa R." 2005 12 103 Books & Beyond "The Backyard Stargazer: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Skywatching with and without a Telescope, by Pat Price" "Raymo, Chet" 2005 12 104 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astronomy with a Home Computer, by Neale Monks" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 12 104 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Art of Collecting Meteorites, by Kevin Kichinka" "Tytell, David" 2005 12 104 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sky Phenomena, by Norman Davidson" "Raymo, Chet" 2005 12 106 Astronomy Online A Classic Book Reborn "Goldman, Stuart J." 2005 12 108 The Astronomy Scene To Mars by Way of Noto "Sheehan, William" 2005 12 112 The Astronomy Scene Renowned Japanese Mars Observers "Sheehan, William" "Minami, Masatsugu" 2005 12 114 Star Trails A Voyage to Remember "Levy, David H." 2005 12 116 Hobby Q&A What percentage of our galaxy's stars move in retrograde orbits? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2005 12 116 Hobby Q&A Why aren't the Magellanic Clouds included on deep-sky-object lists? "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2005 12 116 Hobby Q&A Is it possible to see the crescent of Venus naked-eye? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2005 12 118 Astrophotography Resolution Realities "Bruns, Donald" 2005 12 122 Gallery Gibbous Mars "Higgins, Wes" 2005 12 122 Gallery North America and Pelican Nebulae "Ito, Akihiko" 2005 12 123 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331 "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 2005 12 124 Gallery Northern Nebula Complex "Pierce, John G." 2005 12 124 Gallery Magellanic Clouds "Totten Espenak, Patricia" 2005 12 134 Focal Point Save the Leap Second! "Steyaert, Christian" 2006 1 1 Front-Cover Photo Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant 2006 1 8 Spectrum Space Race Against Time "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 1 14 Letters What Is a Planet? - II "Sorrells, Bill" 2006 1 14 Letters What Is a Planet? - IV "Sheppard, Scott" 2006 1 14 Letters What Is a Planet? - I "Gehrels, Tom" 2006 1 14 Letters What is a Planet? - III "De Silva, Rex I." 2006 1 14 Letters The Adams Family "Garfinkle, Robert A." 2006 1 15 Letters Lose the Jiggle "Echeverria, Gerardo" 2006 1 15 Letters Cosmos 1 Jr.? "Meeus, Jean" 2006 1 15 Letters Backyard Maestro "Thibault, Patrick" 2006 1 15 Letters For the Record 2006 1 18 News Notes Too Big Too Soon? "Naeye, Robert" 2006 1 19 News Notes Cratering Culprits Identified "Naeye, Robert" 2006 1 19 News Notes A Crater-Free Asteroid "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2006 1 20 News Notes Saturn's Sponge Rock "Tytell, David" 2006 1 20 News Notes The Best Transiting Exoplanet Yet "Naeye, Robert" 2006 1 22 News Notes The Missing Martian Carbonates "Tytell, David" 2006 1 22 News Notes Mars Polar Lander Still Missing "Tytell, David" 2006 1 24 News Notes Ring Around a Black Hole "Johnston, Lisa R." 2006 1 24 News Notes Lasering the Galactic Center "Roth, Joshua" 2006 1 26 News Notes Seeing the Milky Way Take Shape "Johnston, Lisa R." 2006 1 26 News Notes Violence Within Virgo "Roth, Joshua" 2006 1 27 News Notes Yerkes Bidders Go Public "Roth, Joshua" 2006 1 27 News Notes A Speedy Star's New Birthplace "Roth, Joshua" 2006 1 27 News Notes Astro News Briefs: Relativity Mission Completed 2006 1 27 News Notes Astro News Briefs: A New Herschel Comet? 2006 1 27 News Notes Astro News Briefs: Detecting Extrasolar Comets 2006 1 28 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 1 28 Mission Update Apollo Again? "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 1 32 Spotlight On... The Best Bar in the Neighborhood "Knezek, Patricia" 2006 1 34 Feature NASA's Other Space Telescopes "Roth, Joshua" 2006 1 36 Feature Chandra: Taking the Universe's X-ray "Naeye, Robert" 2006 1 40 Feature "Galex: Seeing Starbirth, Near and Far" "Roth, Joshua" 2006 1 44 Feature Spitzer: Living Life to the Fullest "Tytell, David" 2006 1 48 Feature Swift: The Satellite That's Always On Call "Johnston, Lisa R." 2006 1 52 Rambling Through the Skies Fluid Drive "Krupp, E. C." 2006 1 54 Rambling Through the Skies Fresh Looks at Taurus "Schaff, Fred" 2006 1 55 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 1 56 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Watching the Demon Star "Seronik, Gary" 2006 1 57 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 1 57 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: Summer Globular NGC 1851 "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 1 59 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Tales of the Bull "Bryant, Greg" 2006 1 60 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mars Makes Way for Saturn "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 1 67 Exploring the Moon Why Are Crater Rays Bright? "Wood, Charles A." 2006 1 71 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2006 "Dunham, David W." 2006 1 74 Celestial Calendar Box: Chasing a Graze of Antares "Dunham, David W." 2006 1 76 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for January "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 1 79 Eye on the Sky "Great Jupiter's ""Ghost""!" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 1 83 Deep-Sky Wonders Winter Wonders "French, Sue" 2006 1 87 Targets Searching for Vulcanoids "Noll, Landon Curt" 2006 1 93 Observer's Log An Ansel Adams Encore "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 1 94 Observer's Log A Hyperactive Sunspot "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 1 95 Observer's Log Light-Pollution Notes "Schaff, Fred" 2006 1 98 S&T Test Report Hot New Products for 2006 "Sky & Telescope, the Editors of" 2006 1 108 Books & Beyond "The Scientific Legacy of Fred Hoyle, by Douglas Gough, ed." "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 1 108 Books & Beyond "Conflict in the Cosmos: Fred Hoyle's Life in Science, by Simon Mitton" "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 1 109 Books & Beyond "Astronomy Hacks: Tips & Tools for Observing the Night Sky, by Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 1 110 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Night Wonders, by Jane Ann Peddicord" "Tytell, David" 2006 1 110 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Moon, by Steve Tomecek" "Tytell, David" 2006 1 110 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Big Bang, by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano" "Tytell, David" 2006 1 110 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Mac Goes to Mars, by Jeffrey Bennett" "Tytell, David" 2006 1 111 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Pieces of Another World, by Mara Rockliff" "Tytell, David" 2006 1 111 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Zula Patrol, aired on PBS" "Tytell, David" 2006 1 112 Astronomy Online Try to Find Saturn "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 1 115 The Astronomy Scene The Great Total Eclipse of 2006 "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2006 1 121 Star Trails Tsutomu Seki and the Great Comet of 1965 "Levy, David H." 2006 1 125 Amateur Telescope Making Building a Simplified Yolo "Anderson, Carl" 2006 1 132 Hobby Q&A Why are there two peaks in a extoplanet system's light curve? "Naeye, Robert" 2006 1 132 Hobby Q&A Was the brightening of Comet Tempel 1 after Deep Impact the most-distant human caused event? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 1 132 Hobby Q&A What does a periodic error in a telescope drive mean? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 1 132 Hobby Q&A How large an asteroid could a person jump off? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 1 136 Gallery Partial Face "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2006 1 136 Gallery Return of the Red Planet "Melka, Jim" 2006 1 137 Gallery A String of Solar Crescents "Jacquot, Philippe" 2006 1 138 Gallery Gemini's Miniature Veil Nebula "Gendler, Robert" 2006 1 139 Gallery White-Light Ring "Staiger, Olivier R." 2006 1 139 Gallery Hydrogen-Alpha Ring "Seip, Stefan" 2006 1 150 Focal Point There's Mister Moon! "Green, Terry" 2006 2 1 Front-Cover Photo Understanding Comets 2006 2 8 Spectrum Astronomy in the Spotlight "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 2 12 Letters Deep Impact - II "Goldberg, Eric M." 2006 2 12 Letters Shadow Boxing "Dobbins, Thomas" "Parker, Donald" "Beish, Jeffrey" 2006 2 12 Letters Deep Impact - I "Alpiar, Ronald" 2006 2 16 News Notes Magnetar Magnificence "Naeye, Robert" 2006 2 17 News Notes Snapshot of the First Stars? "Roth, Joshua" 2006 2 18 News Notes The Face of Copernicus? "Naeye, Robert" 2006 2 18 News Notes Pluto Adds Two New Moons "Tytell, David" 2006 2 18 News Notes The Best-Ever Pluto Picture "Tytell, David" 2006 2 20 News Notes Neutron Stars Flying Pole-First "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 2 20 News Notes Exploding Stars Explained? "Naeye, Robert" 2006 2 22 News Notes Eta Carinae: Nasty Neighbors "Naeye, Robert" 2006 2 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: LBT Sees First Light 2006 2 24 Mission Update Venus Express "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 2 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Discovery Channel Telescope 2006 2 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 2 24 Mission Update Hubble Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 2 24 News Notes Astro News Brief: Tugboat Can Save Earth 2006 2 28 Feature Unveiling Distant Worlds "Seager, Sara" 2006 2 34 Feature The Amateur Contribution "Laughlin, Gregory P." 2006 2 36 Feature A Comet Tale "Weissman, Paul R." 2006 2 43 Rambling Through the Skies Gold Dust "Krupp, E. C." 2006 2 46 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Night's Brightest Star "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 2 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 2 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Orion's Sword "Seronik, Gary" 2006 2 49 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: The Magnificent Tarantula "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 2 49 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 2 51 Southern Hemisphere's Sky A Lifetime in Orion "Bryant, Greg" 2006 2 52 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Mars Says Goodbye, and Giants Say Hello" "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 2 58 Exploring the Moon Weird Crater Rays "Wood, Charles A." 2006 2 60 Celestial Calendar Crescent Moons in 2006 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 2 62 Celestial Calendar A Backyard Guide to Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 2 64 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for February "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 2 66 Eye on the Sky Scattered Pearls "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 2 69 Deep-Sky Wonders Icy Blue Diamonds "French, Sue" 2006 2 73 Observer's Log Measuring the Distance to Teegarden's Star "Stafford, Tom" 2006 2 74 Observer's Log The Near Sky: Return of the Venus Green Flashes - Part 1 "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 2 78 S&T Test Report Meade's RCX400 "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 2 86 New Product Showcase Orion StarBlast 4.5 EQ 2006 2 86 New Product Showcase F50 finder by Stellarvue 2006 2 86 New Product Showcase Atik Instruments' Manual Filter Wheel 2006 2 86 New Product Showcase Motofocus focuser by JMI Telescopes 2006 2 88 Books & Beyond "The Stargazing Year, by Charles Laird Calia" "Sadler, Bud" 2006 2 89 Books & Beyond "The Universal Book of Astronomy, by David Darling" "Roth, Joshua" 2006 2 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Firefly Astronomy Dictionary, by Ian Ridpath and John Woodruff, eds." "Roth, Joshua" 2006 2 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astronomy On Ice, by Martin A. Pomerantz" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 2 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy, by Ian Ridpath" "Roth, Joshua" 2006 2 93 Star Trails A Ringside Seat "Levy, David H." 2006 2 96 Hobby Q&A When will the last ever total solar eclipse occur? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 2 96 Hobby Q&A "If the asteroid 99942 Apophis ever strikes Earth, how big would the crater be?" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 2 96 Hobby Q&A "Can an O III nebula filter be referred to an ""oh-two"" filter because of double ionized oxygen atoms?" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 2 96 Hobby Q&A Why do we need a hydrogen-alpha filter to see solar prominences? "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 2 99 Astrophotography Measuring Skyglow with Digital Cameras "Flanders, Tony" 2006 2 104 Astrophotography Box: The Sky Quality Meter "Flanders, Tony" 2006 2 106 Gallery "October 3, 2005, annular solar eclipse" "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2006 2 107 Gallery Star Cluster NGC 2264 "Ito, Akihiko" 2006 2 107 Gallery "Black Eye Galaxy, M64" "Domaracki, Charles E." 2006 2 108 Gallery Mars's South Polar Cap "Peach, Damian A." 2006 2 108 Gallery "Elephant Trunk Nebula, van den Bergh 142" "Misti, Jim" 2006 2 109 Gallery "Iris Nebula, NGC 7023" "Goldman, Don S." 2006 2 118 Focal Point Death of a Streetlight "Lehman, Dale E." 2006 3 8 Spectrum The Camera Always Lies "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 3 12 Letters Desert Visions "Browning, Michael C." 2006 3 12 Letters For the Record 2006 3 12 Letters "Mars Bigger, But Not Better" "Glasgow, Rod" 2006 3 16 News Notes Titan Revisited "Naeye, Robert" "Tytell, David" 2006 3 17 News Notes Mars: From Above and Below "Tytell, David" 2006 3 18 News Notes A New Type of Neutron Star "Naeye, Robert" 2006 3 20 News Notes More Einstein Rings "Johnston, Lisa R." 2006 3 20 News Notes Evidence Mounts for Brown-Dwarf Planets "Naeye, Robert" 2006 3 22 News Notes Detecting Deuterium "Roth, Joshua" 2006 3 22 News Notes A Short-Lived Spiral? "Roth, Joshua" 2006 3 22 News Notes "Radio Array Finds a High, Dry Home" "Roth, Joshua" 2006 3 24 News Notes Hayabusa Mission Gets Long Delay "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2006 3 24 News Notes Dark Matter in Ellipticals? "Naeye, Robert" 2006 3 26 Mission Update Webb Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 3 26 News Notes Sirius B's Mass Measured "Naeye, Robert" 2006 3 26 Mission Update Dawn "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 3 26 News Notes "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 3 28 Spotlight On... Monoceros's Many Wonders "Telis, Gisela" 2006 3 30 Feature Deciphering the Globular-Cluster Code "Pulliam, Christine" 2006 3 38 Feature Frosting Saturn's Moons "Tytell, David" 2006 3 43 Rambling Through the Skies The Bowl of Night "Krupp, E. C." 2006 3 46 Northern Hemisphere's Sky When Spring Blooms in Cancer "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 3 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 3 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: Golden Betelgeuse "Seronik, Gary" 2006 3 49 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: A Cluster in Search of Nature "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 3 49 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 3 51 Southern Hemisphere's Sky An Enjoyable Latitude "Bryant, Greg" 2006 3 52 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Saturn at Its Most Inviting "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 3 58 Exploring the Moon Looking Between Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2006 3 60 Celestial Calendar Europe's Partial Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 3 61 Celestial Calendar Upcoming Asteroid Occultations "Dunham, David W." 2006 3 62 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for March "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 3 64 Eye on the Sky Charon's Canal "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 3 66 Deep-Sky Wonders Dog-and-Pony Show "French, Sue" 2006 3 69 Observer's Log The Outer Limits: Observing Quasars at High Redshifts "McGaha, James" 2006 3 72 Observer's Log The Near Sky: Return of the Venus Green Flashes - Part 2 "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 3 74 S&T Test Report Celestron CPC 800 GPS "Ashford, Adrian R." 2006 3 78 New Product Showcase "The Rouge, by Astrodon" 2006 3 78 New Product Showcase Olivon Sky Sweeper Ulta-Wide Eyepieces 2006 3 78 New Product Showcase "Stark Tracker Chair, by Universal Astronomics" 2006 3 80 New Product Showcase "SpicaEyes SlipStream Telescopes, by Equatorial Platforms" 2006 3 80 New Product Showcase ScopeBuggy 2006 3 80 New Product Showcase "CCDINspector and CCDStack, by CCDWare" 2006 3 83 Books & Beyond "Introducton to Digital Astrophotography, by Robert Reeves" "Walker, Sean" 2006 3 84 Books & Beyond "Astronomical Enigmas, by Mark Kidger" "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 3 85 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: What's Out There, by Mary K. Baumann, Will Hopkins, Loralee Nolletti, and Michael Soluri" "Tytell, David" 2006 3 85 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Atlas of the Universe, by Patrick Moore" "Tytell, David" 2006 3 85 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Universe, by Martin Rees, ed." "Tytell, David" 2006 3 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Great Observatories of the World, by Serge Brunier and Anne-Marie Lagrange" "Tytell, David" 2006 3 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: NASA: The Complete Illustrated History, by Michael Gorn" "Tytell, David" 2006 3 88 Astronomy Online The Plurality of Worlds "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 3 91 Star Trails Four Decades of Comet Hunting "Levy, David H." 2006 3 92 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Historic Observatory's Fund Drive a Success "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 3 92 The Astronomy Scene Community News: SOHO Celebrates a Milestone "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 3 96 Amateur Telescope Making A Modern Long-Focus Newtonian "Lockwood, Michael" 2006 3 100 Hobby Q&A "What does ""true color"" mean in a deep-space photograph?" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 3 100 Hobby Q&A Is there a good test for a telescope's optical quality? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 3 100 Hobby Q&A What is the faintest object imaged by ground-based telescopes? "Roth, Joshua" 2006 3 103 Astrophotography Deep-Sky Astrophotography 2005 "Walker, Sean" 2006 3 106 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 247 "Verschatse, Daniel" 2006 3 107 Gallery Van den Bergh 141 in Cepheus "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 2006 3 107 Gallery Antarctic Solar Halo Display "Gerboc, John" 2006 3 108 Gallery "Craters Clavius D, C, N, and J" "Peach, Damian A." 2006 3 108 Gallery Lunar Crater Schiller "Higgins, Wes" 2006 3 109 Gallery Crescent Moon and Venus above Croatia "Kis, Miljenko" 2006 3 118 Focal Point What Star Is That? "Frederick, Richard" 2006 4 1 Front-Cover Photo Sun's Coronal Plasma 2006 4 8 Spectrum Clouded Vision "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 4 12 Letters Moon Illusion "Engstrom, Lars" 2006 4 12 Letters GALEX Lives "Friedman, Peter G." "Erickson, Kerry" "Martin, D. Christopher" 2006 4 12 Letters For the Record 2006 4 12 Letters Lowell's Legacy "Putnam, William L." 2006 4 16 News Notes Vega Mystery Solved "Naeye, Robert" 2006 4 17 News Notes Probing Polaris "Tytell, David" 2006 4 17 News Notes The Helix Exposed "Tytell, David" 2006 4 18 News Notes Uranus's New Rings "Tytell, David" 2006 4 18 News Notes A Colder Pluto "Tytell, David" 2006 4 18 News Notes One Weird Kuiper Belt Object "Tytell, David" 2006 4 20 News Notes "Cosmic ""Twister""" "Naeye, Robert" 2006 4 20 News Notes Reionization Revealed "Roth, Joshua" 2006 4 22 News Notes Extreme Parallax "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 4 22 News Notes Binary-Star Planets Common "Naeye, Robert" 2006 4 23 News Notes Einsteinian Energy Bolstered "Roth, Joshua" 2006 4 23 News Notes Elliptical Mergers: Caught in the Act "Roth, Joshua" 2006 4 24 Mission Update Stardust "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 4 24 Mission Update New Horizons "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 4 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 4 28 Feature The Science Behind the Solar Corona "Schrijver, Carolus J." 2006 4 36 Feature A New Breed of Black Hole "Castelvecchi, Davide" 2006 4 41 Feature Box: A Black Hole Hive? "Naeye, Robert" 2006 4 43 Rambling Through the Skies Fooled by the Moon "Krupp, E. C." 2006 4 46 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Secrets of the Lion's Heart "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 4 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 4 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: The Beehive Cluster "Seronik, Gary" 2006 4 49 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: NGC 3532: Best of the Best? "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 4 49 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 4 51 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Sailing Along the Galactic Plane "Brant, Greg" 2006 4 52 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Planets Flirt with Star Clusters "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 4 58 Exploring the Moon Little Lunar Volcanoes "Wood, Charles A." 2006 4 61 Celestial Calendar A Spectacular Pleiades Occulation "Dunham, David W." 2006 4 61 Celestial Calendar Box: Predicting Your Events "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 4 62 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for April "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 4 64 Eye on the Sky An Eclipse Timetable "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 4 67 Deep-Sky Wonders Leo's 11th Hour "French, Sue" 2006 4 70 Observer's Log A Look Back at Mars in 2005 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 4 74 S&T Test Report Canon 10 x 42 L IS WP Image-Stabilized Binoculars "Seronik, Gary" 2006 4 74 S&T Test Report Apogee RA-88-SA Right-Angle Binoculars "Seronik, Gary" 2006 4 78 S&T Test Report Starry Night Pro Plus 5 by Imaginova "Ratledge, David" 2006 4 82 Books & Beyond "The Next Step: Finding and Viewing Messier's Objects, by Ken Graun" "Flanders, Tony" 2006 4 83 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Comets II, by Michel C. Festou, H. Uwe Keller, and Harold A. Weaver, eds." "Tytell, David" 2006 4 83 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Transits of Venus, by Don Kurtz, ed." "Tytell, David" 2006 4 83 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Pluto and Charon, by S. Alan Stern and Jacqueline Mitton" "Tytell, David" 2006 4 85 The Astronomy Scene Solar Exlipses on Stamps "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 4 90 Star Trails Asteroid Alerts: A Risky Business "Levy, David H." 2006 4 92 Hobby Q&A When will (or did) the galactic equator intersect the ecliptic at the solstice points? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 4 92 Hobby Q&A Fast Fact: The Universal Constant Pi "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 4 92 Hobby Q&A How well definied is a meteor-shower radiant? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 4 92 Hobby Q&A "What does the term ""lignes"" mean?" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 4 94 Astrophotography Of Color and Composition "Hallas, Tony" 2006 4 98 Gallery Texas Star Trails "Williams, Bill" 2006 4 98 Gallery Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius "Chen, Alan" 2006 4 99 Gallery Horsehead Nebula "Verschatse, Daniel" 2006 4 100 Gallery Andromeda Galaxy "Hallas, Tony" "Hallas, Daphne" 2006 4 101 Gallery Iridium Flare in Orion "Staiger, Olivier R." 2006 4 101 Gallery Full Moon over Sierra Nevada Range "Royer, Ronald E." 2006 4 110 Focal Point Here's Dirt in Your Eye "Lester, Dan" 2006 5 1 Front-Cover Photo Population III Star "Reed, Casey B." 2006 5 8 Spectrum My Trip to the Moon "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 5 12 Letters Galileo's Pride and Prejudice "Graney, Chris" 2006 5 12 Letters Wanton Destruction? "Faber, Thomas" 2006 5 12 Letters Observers Wanted "Mellander, Peter" 2006 5 16 News Notes Milky Way Roundup "Johnston, Lisa R." "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 17 News Notes Surprise! Most Star Systems Are Single "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 18 News Notes Brown-Dwarf Enigma "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 19 News Notes Peering into a Planetary Graveyard "Tytell, David" 2006 5 19 News Notes A New Low-Mass Exoplanet "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 20 News Notes Sizing Distant Worlds "Tytell, David" "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 20 News Notes Trojans from the Kuiper Belt "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 20 News Notes An Asteroidal Dust Shower "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2006 5 22 News Notes Seeing Not-So-Ancient Supernovae "Tytell, David" 2006 5 22 News Notes Andromeda's Satellite Plane "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 24 News Notes Pulsar Spin Record Smashed 2006 5 24 News Notes Black-Hole News "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 25 News Notes Going Deep in Virgo "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 25 News Notes Creator Calling Card? "Naeye, Robert" 2006 5 26 Mission Update AGILE "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 5 26 Mission Update Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 5 26 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 5 28 Spotlight On... The Moon's North Pole "Seronik, Gary" 2006 5 30 Feature Out of the Dark Ages: The First Stars "Bromm, Volker" 2006 5 38 Feature Reflections on Edvard Munch's Girls on the Pier "Olson, Donald W." "Robertson, Beatrice" "Doescher, Russell L." 2006 5 43 Rambling Through the Skies Antagonized by Poets "Krupp, E. C." 2006 5 46 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Tales of Charles's Heart "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 5 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 5 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Binocular Highlight: A Pair of Leo Doubles "Seronik, Gary" 2006 5 49 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 5 49 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Binocular Highlight: See a Seyfert "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 5 51 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Beacons of the Night "Bryant, Greg" 2006 5 52 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Nights of the Giant Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 5 58 Exploring the Moon Extreme Basinology "Wood, Charles A." 2006 5 60 Celestial Calendar A Very Close Comet Flyby "Bryant, Greg" 2006 5 64 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for May "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 5 66 Celestial Calendar Outer Planets in 2006 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 5 68 Eye on the Sky Spirits of the Air "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 5 71 Deep-Sky Wonders Dear Chara "French, Sue" 2006 5 76 S&T Test Report ZenithStar 66 Refractors "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 5 82 New Product Showcase Meade LightBridge Dobsonians 2006 5 82 New Product Showcase "Digital Starlab, by Learning Technologies" 2006 5 82 New Product Showcase "Explore the Planets CD-ROM, by Tasa Graphic Arts" 2006 5 82 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Optics TV-60is Astrograph 2006 5 83 New Product Showcase Orion GoScope 350 2006 5 83 New Product Showcase Porter Garden Telescope 2006 5 83 New Product Showcase "Deepsky Astronomy Software v.2006.01.01, but Steven Tuma" 2006 5 84 Books & Beyond "Roving Mars, by Steve Squyres" "Tytell, David" 2006 5 85 Books & Beyond "The Planets, by Dava Sobel" "Tytell, David" 2006 5 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing, by Richard Berry and James Burnell" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 5 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Patrick Moore, by Patrick Moore" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 5 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Deep Sky Objects, by David H. Levy" "Tytell, David" 2006 5 88 Astronomy Online "Look, Up in the Sky!" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 5 90 The Astronomy Scene Where Amateurs and Professionals Come Together "Mais, Dale E." 2006 5 91 The Astronomy Scene Community News: London Planetarium to Close "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 5 91 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Martian Crater Named After Japanese Amateur "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 5 91 The Astronomy Scene Light Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 5 91 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Manufacturers Cut Back Film-Camera Production "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 5 96 Star Trails Headed for Pluto and Beyond "Levy, David H." 2006 5 98 Hobby Q&A Does advanced technology make diffraction theory obsolete? Is obstruction of less consequence for photography than observing? "Flanders, Tony" 2006 5 98 Hobby Q&A What is the best guess for the number of stars in the Milky Way? "Roth, Joshua" 2006 5 98 Hobby Q&A Why have recent Kuiper Belt discoveries been made while the objects are at aphelion? "Tytell, David" 2006 5 100 Astrophotography Unmasking Eclipse Details with Photoshop "Hamilton, Maurice" 2006 5 106 Gallery Edge-on Galaxy NGC 4631 "Jurasevich, Dave" 2006 5 106 Gallery Planetary Nebula NGC 7662 "Wendel, Volker" "Flach-Wilken, Bernd" 2006 5 107 Gallery Orion Nebula "Chen, Alan" 2006 5 108 Gallery Aurora Near Arctic Circle "Gudmundsson, Snaevarr" 2006 5 108 Gallery Star Trails through Trees "Gale, Jim" 2006 5 109 Gallery Nebula NGC 1977 in Orion "Gendler, Robert" 2006 5 109 Gallery Jupiter Approaches Occultation "Simoes Correa, Odilon" 2006 5 110 Gallery Nebula M78 in Orion "Christensen, Jon" 2006 5 118 Focal Point Rose-Colored Glasses "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 7 8 Spectrum House of Wax "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 7 12 Letters Rethinking Resources "White, Bruce" 2006 7 12 Letters Wonders Beyond the 10th Planet "Marts, Donald K." 2006 7 12 Letters Seeing Slivers "Owen, Bill" 2006 7 12 Letters Child's Play "Moore, Patrick" 2006 7 16 News Notes Weird Disks "Shiga, David" "Naeye, Robert" 2006 7 17 News Notes Another Exoplanet Direct Detection "Naeye, Robert" 2006 7 18 News Notes Saturn's Millions of Moonlets "Tytell, David" 2006 7 18 News Notes NASA's New Sharp Eye on Mars "Naeye, Robert" 2006 7 20 News Notes Pioneer Anomaly Mystery Narrows "Hellemans, Alexander" 2006 7 20 News Notes Lessons from an Odd KBO "Tytell, David" 2006 7 22 News Notes 10th Planet Downsized "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2006 7 22 News Notes Sculpting Cosmic Hourglasses "Naeye, Robert" 2006 7 24 News Notes RAVE Releases First Star-Motion Data "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 7 24 News Notes Dawn Reprieve "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2006 7 24 News Notes How the Milky Way Got Its Tilt "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 7 26 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 7 26 Mission Update Venus Express "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 7 26 Mission Update Chang'e 1 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 7 30 Feature The Cartographic Legacy of John Flamsteed "Kanas, Nick" 2006 7 40 Feature A Quasar in Every Galaxy? "Irion, Robert" 2006 7 50 Rambling Through the Skies Second Place "Krupp, E. C." 2006 7 54 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Overlooked Gems in Hercules "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 7 55 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 7 56 Northern Binocular Highlight "M92: The ""Other"" Globular" "Seronik, Gary" 2006 7 57 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 7 57 Southern Binocular Highlight NGC6067 on a Magic Carpet "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 7 59 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Fireworks in Lupus "Bryant, Greg" 2006 7 60 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Dancing with the Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 7 63 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" The Moons of Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 7 65 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Jupiter's Two Red Spots! "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 7 66 Exploring the Moon False Volcanoes on the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2006 7 68 Celestial Calendar A Pleiades Occultation Before Dawn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 7 70 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for July "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 7 72 Eye on the Sky M44: What's the Buzz? Part II "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 7 75 Deep-Sky Wonders The Galactic Dark Horse "French, Sue" 2006 7 78 Observer's Log Unraveling the Mystery of the Milky Way's Giant Dust Clouds "Mandel, Steve" 2006 7 82 S&T Test Report ImagesPlus v2.75 "Dyer, Alan" 2006 7 88 New Product Showcase Celestron SkyScout 2006 7 88 New Product Showcase Orion SkyView Pro IntelliScope Upgrade Kit 2006 7 88 New Product Showcase Takahashi TSA-1025 refractor 2006 7 90 New Product Showcase Great Red Spot red LED flashlight 2006 7 90 New Product Showcase William Optics EZTouch altazimuth mount 2006 7 90 New Product Showcase Meade Instruments' Series 5000 ED refractors 2006 7 93 Books & Beyond "The Day Without Yesterday, by John Farrell" "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 7 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Copernicus and Modern Astronomy, by Angus Armitage" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 7 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Sundials of the British Isles, by Mike Cowham" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 7 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Celestial Images, by Boston University Art Gallery" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 7 94 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Aristarchus of Samos, by Thomas Heath" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 7 96 Astronomy Online Keep Looking Down "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 7 99 The Astronomy Scene The Nebraska Star Party's Cherry Skies "Zubenel, Doug" 2006 7 101 The Astronomy Scene Light-Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 7 106 Star Trails Further Adventures with Mr. Schmidt's Telescope "Levy, David H." 2006 7 108 Hobby Q&A Why doesn't Sky & Telescope produce a star atlas with mirror-image charts? "Deans, Paul" 2006 7 108 Hobby Q&A Is it possible to use a 12-inch reflector at f/42? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 7 108 Hobby Q&A Will all eight major planets ever be in a straight line on the same side of the Sun? "Flanders, Tony" 2006 7 108 Hobby Q&A Is the Andromeda Galaxy blueshifted and moving toward Earth? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 7 110 Astrophotography Peering Through the Dust "Goldman, Don S." 2006 7 112 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Saturn: A New View, by Laura Lovett, Joan Horvath, and Jeff Cuzzi" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 7 114 Gallery Earthshine during total solar eclipse "Alves, Filipe" 2006 7 115 Gallery "March 29, 2006, Total Solar Eclipse sequence" "Tezel, Tunc" 2006 7 115 Gallery NGC 281 in Cassiopeia "Talbot, Jon" 2006 7 116 Gallery Sundogs "Passas, Stelios" 2006 7 116 Gallery Solar corona "Buell, Jeff" 2006 7 116 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M101 "Rowe, Dean" 2006 7 126 Focal Point The Joy of (Just) Looking "Rensvold, Roger" 2006 8 8 Spectrum Sensory Overload "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 8 12 Letters Starry Memories Lost "Brown, Thomas E." 2006 8 12 Letters Perfect Timing "Brown, Thomas E." 2006 8 12 Letters Friends in High Places "Brown, Thomas E." 2006 8 16 News Notes Black Hole Monster Mash "Naeye, Robert" 2006 8 17 News Notes Peculiar Pulsar "Naeye, Robert" 2006 8 18 News Notes Peru's Oldest Astronomical Temple "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 8 18 News Notes Mars Rovers Hunker Down for Winter "Tytell, David" 2006 8 20 News Notes Two Big New Steps for SETI "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 8 20 News Notes Main-Belt Comets "Cull, Selby" 2006 8 22 News Notes Battle of the Galaxies: Milky Way vs. Andromeda "Naeye, Robert" 2006 8 22 News Notes New Hidden Milky Way Satellites "Coffey, Valerie C." 2006 8 24 News Notes Saturn Spins Slower? "Tytell, David" 2006 8 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 8 24 Mission Update Akari (Astro F) "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 8 24 Mission Update SMART-1 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 8 26 Feature Hubble Zooms In on Jupiter's New Red Spot "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 8 28 Feature Box: Jupiter's Two Red Spots to Merge? "MacRobert, Alan M." "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 8 30 Feature Dissecting the Bursts of Doom "Naeye, Robert" 2006 8 35 Feature Box: Using GRBs for Cosmology "Friedman, Andrew Samuel" 2006 8 40 Feature Backyard Astronomy from Mars "Bell, Jim" 2006 8 47 Rambling Through the Skies Kidnapped "Krupp, E. C." 2006 8 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Backbone of the Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 8 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 8 52 Northern Binocular Highlight Seeking Barnard's Star "Seronik, Gary" 2006 8 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 8 53 Southern Binocular Highlight Watching R Centauri "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 8 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky The Heart of the Scorpion "Bryant, Greg" 2006 8 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Dance of the Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 8 62 Exploring the Moon Lunar Half Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2006 8 66 Celestial Calendar Three Night Crawlers "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 8 67 Celestial Calendar Variable Stars for August "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 8 70 Eye on the Sky Saharan Solar Surprises "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 8 73 Deep-Sky Wonders Hazy Gleams and Starry Streams "French, Sue" 2006 8 73 Deep-Sky Wonders Snake Wrangler "French, Sue" 2006 8 77 Observer's Log A Comet's Spectacular Breakup "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 8 79 Observer's Log A Total Eclipse That'll Be Hard to Beat "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 8 81 Observer's Log The Near Sky: Pioneers of the Near Sky - Part 1 "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 8 86 S&T Test Report Celestron's New C6-SGT "Ashford, Adrian R." 2006 8 90 New Product Showcase Knightware's Deep-Sky Planner 4 2006 8 90 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Focusmate Driver 2006 8 92 New Product Showcase Eclipse Telescopes' MakView Series 2006 8 92 New Product Showcase Meade LX200R Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope 2006 8 92 New Product Showcase ProDigital Software's Astronomy Tools 2006 8 94 Books & Beyond "Cosmic Collisions, at the American Museum of Natural History " "Maran, Stephen P." 2006 8 95 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Teaching and Learning Astronomy, by Jay Pasachoff and John Percy" "Gay, Pamela L." 2006 8 95 Books & Beyond "Epic of Evolution, by Eric Chaisson" "Gay, Pamela L." 2006 8 96 Star Trails The Double Eclipse of March "Levy, David H." 2006 8 100 Amateur Telescope Making The Trackball Telescope "Oltion, Jerry" 2006 8 102 Hobby Q&A Would meteors coming in at a shallow angle creal an oval crater on the Moon and planets? "Tytell, David" 2006 8 104 Hobby Q&A How crucial is optical quality for deep-sky objects? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 8 104 Hobby Q&A At what atmospheric pressure does a planet's sky become so bright that you can't see stars when the Sun is up? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 8 104 Hobby Q&A How would the night sky appear from near the center of M13? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 8 104 Hobby Q&A Why don't oddly shaped nebulae either disperse into nothingness or collapse? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 8 105 Gallery "Transit of Mercury on November 8, 2006" "Parker, Donald C." 2006 8 106 Gallery "March 29, 2006, eclipse sequence" "Seip, Stefan" 2006 8 106 Gallery "March 29, 2006, eclipse flash spectrum" "Slobins, Robert B." 2006 8 107 Gallery "March 29, 2006, total solar eclipse" "Morgan, Greg" 2006 8 108 Gallery Comet Schwassmann-Wachman 3 and Ring Nebula "Schedler, Johannes" 2006 8 108 Gallery North America and Pelican nebulae in Cygnus "Erdman, Peter" 2006 8 109 Gallery Rho Ophiuchi Region "Ballauer, Jay R." "Jones, Phil" "Block, Adam" 2006 8 118 Focal Point "Oh, Now I Get It!" "Rosenfeld, Sue" 2006 9 8 Spectrum The Times They Are A-Changing "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 9 12 Letters Godless Cosmology "Branscome, Chris" 2006 9 12 Letters Dark Ages? - IV "Moore, Chad" 2006 9 12 Letters Dark Ages? - III "Searcy, Jerry T." 2006 9 12 Letters Dark Ages? - II "Vidsens, Charles" 2006 9 12 Letters Quoth the Raven "Brust Jr., Raymond W." 2006 9 12 Letters Dark Ages? - I "Diaz, Eric F." 2006 9 16 News Notes Super-Earths "Coffey, Valerie C." 2006 9 17 News Notes The Birth of Carbon Planets? "Cull, Selby" 2006 9 17 News Notes Ancient American Supernova Art? "Cull, Selby" 2006 9 18 News Notes Triton Kidnap Caper "Naeye, Robert" 2006 9 19 News Notes Pluto's New Moons Named "Cull, Selby" 2006 9 19 News Notes How Moon Mass Is Maintained "Naeye, Robert" 2006 9 19 News Notes The Amazing Somersaulting Satellite "Cull, Selby" 2006 9 20 News Notes Uranus's Blue Ring "Naeye, Robert" 2006 9 20 News Notes A Nova Unlike Any Other "Naeye, Robert" 2006 9 22 News Notes Agreement Reached on Yerkes Sale "Naeye, Robert" 2006 9 22 News Notes Fine Seeing in a Frozen Spot "Cull, Selby" 2006 9 24 Mission Update Rosetta "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 9 24 Mission Update Solar-B "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 9 24 News Notes "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 9 28 Feature Heaven on Earth "Schilling, Govert" 2006 9 34 Feature The Falcon's Wild Flight "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2006 9 40 Rambling Through the Skies Lost in Space "Krupp, E. C." 2006 9 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Summer Sky's Seventh Glow "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 9 43 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 9 45 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 9 45 Southern Binocular Highlight M55 High in Sagittarius "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 9 47 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Springtime Surprises in Pavo "Bryant, Greg" 2006 9 57 Celestial Calendar An Atlantic Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 9 58 Celestial Calendar T Ursae Minoris: Star at a Tipping Point "Templeton, Matthew" 2006 9 61 Celestial Calendar A Very Partial Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 9 62 Eye on the Sky Mechain's Unsung Discovery "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 9 65 Deep-Sky Wonders Foxfire Nights "French, Sue" 2006 9 69 Targets More of My Favorite Double Stars "Mullaney, James" 2006 9 72 Targets The Near Sky: Pioneers of the Near Sky - Part II "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 9 76 S&T Test Report Meade's DSI II CCD Cameras "Horne, Johnny" 2006 9 82 New Product Showcase Neumann EOS adapters 2006 9 82 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Paracorr for fast Newtonians 2006 9 82 New Product Showcase Stellarvue 90-millimeter apochromats 2006 9 82 New Product Showcase Orion 2x Barlow lens 2006 9 85 Books & Beyond "Photoshop Astronomy, by R. Scott Ireland" "Walker, Sean" 2006 9 88 Astronomy Online Club Critiques "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 9 90 The Astronomy Scene Amateurs Help Discover a Transiting Exoplanet "Naeye, Robert" 2006 9 92 The Astronomy Scene Community News: America's Young Astronomers Honored "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 9 96 Star Trails Moonlight Sonata "Levy, David H." 2006 9 97 Gallery Iris Nebula "Schur, Chris" 2006 9 98 Gallery "M82, M81, and NGC 3077 " "Hetlage, Zack" 2006 9 98 Hobby Q&A How can you make an unobstructed system with a telescope cap? "Seronik, Gary" 2006 9 98 Hobby Q&A When will tidal forces stabilize with one side of the Earth always facing the Moon? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 9 98 Hobby Q&A Is it possible to do a spectroscopic observing and analysis with backyard telescopes? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 9 98 Hobby Q&A Where are von Gruithuisen's city and temple on the surface of the Moon? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 9 100 Astrophotography Capture the Sun with Your PST "Walker, Sean" 2006 9 106 Gallery Gum Nebula "Mellinger, Axel" 2006 9 106 Gallery Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 "Rhemann, Gerald" "Jager, Michael" 2006 9 107 Gallery Lunar South "Lazzarotti, Paolo" 2006 9 108 Gallery Venus over Turkey "Tenzel, Tunc" 2006 9 108 Gallery Zodiacal Light "Yuferev, Alexander" 2006 9 109 Gallery IC 4592 in Scorpius "Mize, Joe" 2006 9 118 Focal Point Stars of the Show "Green, Jane A." 2006 10 8 Spectrum You Get What You Pay For "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 10 12 Letters Quasar Conclusions "Silver, Stephen A." 2006 10 12 Letters Possible Meteor Source "Zubenel, Doug" 2006 10 12 Letters Satellite Symmetry "Meeus, Jean" 2006 10 12 Letters Not-So-Dark Parks "Lazowska, Lazlo" 2006 10 12 Letters Inside a Globular Cluster "Wolfe, Ted" 2006 10 16 News Notes Great Lakes on Titan "Cull, Selby" 2006 10 17 News Notes Predicting Solar Eruptions "Cull, Selby" 2006 10 18 News Notes New Concept for Imaging Life-Bearing Planets "Naeye, Robert" 2006 10 18 News Notes Nova RS Ophiuchi: Confusion Reigns Supreme "Naeye, Robert" 2006 10 19 News Notes Multiple Type la Supernova Progenitors? "Naeye, Robert" 2006 10 20 News Notes Minor Planets Stick Together "Cull, Selby" 2006 10 20 News Notes Amatuers Catch a Near-Earth Flyby "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 10 20 News Notes Saturn's Ring Arcs "Cull, Selby" 2006 10 22 News Notes Record-Breaking Gravitational Lens "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 10 22 News Notes Black Hole-Galaxy Relation Extended "Naeye, Robert" 2006 10 24 Mission Update SIM PlanetQuest "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 10 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 10 24 Mission Update SOFIA "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 10 26 Spotlight On... The Blue Witch "Croswell, Ken" 2006 10 26 Feature The Supernova Menace "Garlick, Mark A." 2006 10 26 Spotlight On... The North America and Pelican Nebulae "Walker, Sean" 2006 10 30 Feature The Great Milky Way-Andromeda Collision "Dubinski, John" 2006 10 38 Feature Virtual Planet Sleuths "Laughlin, Gregory P." 2006 10 46 Rambling Through the Skies Moving Mountains "Krupp, E. C." 2006 10 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Who Shot Sagitta? "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 10 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 10 52 Northern Binocular Highlight Pretty Capricornus Pairs "Seronik, Gary" 2006 10 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 10 53 Southern Binocular Highlight Planet Number 100 "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 10 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Epsilon Indi Up Close "Bryant, Greg" 2006 10 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" October Sights Bright and Dim "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 10 60 Exploring the Moon Weird Lunar Domes "Wood, Charles A." 2006 10 63 Celestial Calendar A Bright-Moon Pleiades Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 10 64 Celestial Calendar Dark Nights for the Orionid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 10 66 Celestial Calendar R Aquilae: Under the Eagle's Wing "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 10 68 Eye on the Sky I See Nothing! "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 10 70 Deep-Sky Wonders Return of the Little Fox "French, Sue" 2006 10 75 Targets Observing Uranus and Its Moons "Schmude Jr., Richard" "Melillo, Frank J." 2006 10 80 S&T Test Report Meade's LightBridge Truss Tube Dobsonians "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 10 86 New Product Showcase Astrodon's TAKometer 2006 10 86 New Product Showcase Yankee Robotics Trifid Gold series 2006 10 86 New Product Showcase Adam Block's Making Every Pixel Count DVD 2006 10 86 New Product Showcase Astro Systeme Austria Astrograph N series 2006 10 87 New Product Showcase Luc Coiffier's DeepSkyStacker software 2006 10 87 New Product Showcase TMB Signature Series refractor 2006 10 87 New Product Showcase Zhumell Dobsonian telescopes 2006 10 90 Books & Beyond "Double and Multiple Stars and How to Observe Them, by James Mullaney" "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 10 91 Books & Beyond "The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design, by Leonard Susskind" "Gay, Pamela L." 2006 10 93 Star Trails My First Meteor "Levy, David H." 2006 10 94 Star Trails Light-Pollution Notes "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 10 97 Amateur Telescope Making A Portable Large-Aperture Cassegrain "Lockwood, Michael" 2006 10 102 Hobby Q&A "How is the ""total exposure time"" for Gallery photographs determined?" "Walker, Sean" 2006 10 102 Hobby Q&A Might Uranus have been discovered the same way Neptune was? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 10 102 Hobby Q&A Does Venus forms a pentacle as it moves across the sky? "Coffey, Valerie C." 2006 10 102 Hobby Q&A How can you tell the focal length needed to photograph star patterns at the same scale as star atlases? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 10 104 Gallery Vallis Alpes "Wirths, Mike" 2006 10 104 Gallery IC 1396A in Cepheus "Janusz, Jim" "Cook, Chris" 2006 10 105 Gallery Brocchi's Cluster in Vulpecula "Best, Richard" 2006 10 106 Gallery December Solstice Sun Sequence "Pivato, Danilo" 2006 10 106 Gallery Saturn "Owens, Larry" 2006 10 107 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M83 "Sidonio, Michael" 2006 10 108 Gallery Young Moon and Earthshine "Cook, Chris" 2006 10 108 Gallery IC 410 in Auriga "Crawford, Ken" 2006 10 118 Focal Point Requiem for an Observatory "Sheehan, William" 2006 11 8 Spectrum Pluto Doesn't Care "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 11 12 Letters Senses Reconnected "Baca, Michael" 2006 11 12 Letters Trackball Tales "Lemay, Pierre" 2006 11 12 Letters "Local ""Lights Out""" "Slezak, James" 2006 11 12 Letters Hauling Tail "Mouli, Chandra" 2006 11 14 News Notes A Trip Through a Star "Naeye, Robert" 2006 11 15 News Notes Pollux Planet "Naeye, Robert" 2006 11 15 News Notes "Hot, Heavy, and Highly Eccentric" "Cull, Selby" 2006 11 15 News Notes The Lowest-Mass Binary Ever Found "Naeye, Robert" 2006 11 16 News Notes Help NASA Find Stardust "Cull, Selby" 2006 11 16 News Notes Twinkling Gives Inkling of Tiny Ice Balls "Naeye, Robert" 2006 11 18 News Notes Slow-Poke Neutron Star "Naeye, Robert" 2006 11 18 News Notes MACHO Prediction Challenged "Coffey, Valerie C." 2006 11 20 News Notes Astro News Brief: Black Hole Booted from Galaxy 2006 11 20 News Notes Astro News Brief: Feeblest Dwarf 2006 11 20 News Notes Astro News Brief: Proxima Bound 2006 11 20 News Notes Astro News Brief: A New Four-Planet System 2006 11 20 News Notes Astro News Brief: Neptune Trojans 2006 11 20 News Notes Martian Jets "Naeye, Robert" 2006 11 20 News Notes Astro News Brief: New Solar Cycle Under Way 2006 11 22 Mission Update Gaia "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 11 22 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 11 22 Mission Update Deep Space Station 63 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 11 26 Spotlight On... The Perseus Double Cluster "Janes, Kenneth" 2006 11 28 Feature The Most Dangerous Asteroid Ever Found "Durda, Daniel D." 2006 11 34 Feature The Inside Story of Pluto's Demotion "Gingerich, Owen" 2006 11 40 Rambling Through the Skies The Transit Business "Krupp, E. C." 2006 11 42 Rambling Through the Skies Sauntering Among the Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 11 43 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 11 44 Northern Binocular Highlight Star-Mist Cluster NGC 7789 "Seronik, Gary" 2006 11 45 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 11 45 Southern Binocular Highlight The Queen of Globulars "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 11 47 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Renamed and Reborn "Bryant, Greg" 2006 11 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "A Transit of Mercury, and More" "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 11 54 Exploring the Moon Imbrium Mayhem "Wood, Charles A." 2006 11 57 Celestial Calendar The November 8-9 Transit of Mercury "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 11 58 Celestial Calendar Leonid Meteors: A Last Hurrah? "Rao, Joe" 2006 11 60 Celestial Calendar A Binocular Comet for Fall "Bryant, Greg" 2006 11 65 Eye on the Sky The Sound of Silence "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 11 69 Deep-Sky Wonders Sovereign Splendors "French, Sue" 2006 11 71 Deep-Sky Wonders Eye and I "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 11 72 S&T Test Report Celestron's SkyScout "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 11 76 New Product Showcase Starlight Xpress SXVF-H16 CCD camera 2006 11 76 New Product Showcase TeleGizmos telescope covers 2006 11 76 New Product Showcase Tele Vue TV-NP101is 2006 11 78 Books & Beyond "Life as We Do Not Know It, by Peter Ward" "Gay, Pamela L." 2006 11 79 Books & Beyond "Simon Newcomb, by Bill Carter and Merri Sue Carter" "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 11 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Denver's Great Telescope, by Claire M. Stencel and Robert E. Stencel" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 11 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Aurora's Winter Waltz, by Michael Klensch" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 11 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: CCD Astrophotography, by Adam M. Stuart" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 11 80 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Pattern Asterisms, by John A. Chiravalle" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 11 82 Astronomy Online Singularity Sensation "Goldman, Stuart J." 2006 11 85 The Astronomy Scene A New Vision for an Old Society "Gay, Pamela L." 2006 11 88 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Comet Discoverers Honored "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 11 91 Star Trails Falling Free "Levy, David H." 2006 11 94 Hobby Q&A Would any constellations in our night sky be recognizable from the planet of another star? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 11 94 Hobby Q&A Where can one find a portable sidereal clock? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 11 94 Hobby Q&A How many photons of visible light enter the eye per second when viewing a 6th-magnitude star? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 11 97 Astrophotography Going Deep with a DSLR "Vaughn, Chuck" 2006 11 104 Gallery Noctilucent Clouds "Olholm, Tina" 2006 11 104 Gallery Milky Way "Cook, Chris" 2006 11 105 Gallery Milky Way "Beinert, Ulrich C." 2006 11 105 Gallery Veil Nebula NGC 6992 "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2006 11 106 Gallery Milky Way "Schur, Chris" 2006 11 106 Gallery Magellanic Clouds "Schur, Chris" 2006 11 118 Focal Point When to Say When "Sundem, Garth" 2006 12 8 Spectrum What's in the Sky Tonight? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 12 12 Letters Planetary Turmoil - V "Bourque, Kevin" 2006 12 12 Letters Planetary Turmoil - IV "Hanner, Gerald P." 2006 12 12 Letters Planetary Turmoil - III "Moritz, Harold" 2006 12 12 Letters Planetary Turmoil - II "Butler, Hadyn" 2006 12 12 Letters Planetary Turmoil - I "Craig Jr., Donald I." 2006 12 14 Letters Cirque du Soleil "Killgore, Tom" 2006 12 14 Letters Never Too Late "Whitaker, Ewen A." 2006 12 14 Letters Ancient Andromeda "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2006 12 18 News Notes When Galaxies Assembled "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 19 News Notes Four New Milky Way Satellites "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 19 News Notes New Galaxy Survey Bolsters Standard Cosmology "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 20 News Notes The Moon's Wild Youth "Cull, Selby" 2006 12 20 News Notes SMART 1's Grand Finale "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2006 12 22 News Notes New Transiting Exoplanets "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 22 News Notes "Former ""10th Planet"" Formally Named" "Tytell, David" 2006 12 24 News Notes Black Hole Blasts Neighbor "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 24 News Notes "An ""Impossible"" Supernova?" "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 26 News Notes Magnetar Radio Transmitter "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 26 News Notes Bursts Without Blasts "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 28 News Notes Astro News Brief: Stuff of Life Found 2006 12 28 News Notes Astro News Brief: Sun Innocent in Global Warming 2006 12 28 News Notes Astro News Brief: High Martian Clouds 2006 12 28 News Notes Astro News Brief: Disk Brakes 2006 12 28 News Notes Astro News Brief: Avoiding Pluto's Rings 2006 12 28 News Notes Astro News Brief: Nine New Saturnian Satellites 2006 12 28 News Notes Astro News Brief: Pluto Assigned Asteroid Number 2006 12 28 News Notes Uranus Satellite Shadow Transit "Walker, Sean" 2006 12 30 News Notes "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2006 12 30 Mission Update Herschel Space Observatory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 12 30 Mission Update Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter "McDowell, Jonathan" 2006 12 32 Spotlight On... Stardust in the Large Magellanic Cloud "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2006 12 36 Feature Where Did it All Come From "Aguirre, Anthony" 2006 12 36 Feature Where Did It All Come From? "Aguirre, Anthony" 2006 12 39 Feature Box: Defying Common Sense "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 42 Feature Messages from the Dark Side "Schilling, Govert" 2006 12 46 Feature "Box: ""Proof"" of Dark Matter?" "Naeye, Robert" 2006 12 48 Feature Sleep and the Amatuer Astronomer "Caton, Daniel B." "Roberts, Joan E." 2006 12 51 Feature Box: Medical Sleep Aids "Roberts, Joan E." 2006 12 53 Feature Box: The Night's Wakeful Watch "Wehler, Randall" 2006 12 54 Rambling Through the Skies Raising Hell "Krupp, E. C." 2006 12 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 12 60 Northern Binocular Highlight Magnificent M31 "Seronik, Gary" 2006 12 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2006 12 61 Southern Binocular Highlight Perfect Galaxy NGC 300 "Dalrymple, Les" 2006 12 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Galaxy Season "Bryant, Greg" 2006 12 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" A Challenging Planetary Grouping "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 12 68 Exploring the Moon Lunar Tectonics "Wood, Charles A." 2006 12 71 Celestial Calendar Iris: The Season's Brightest Asteroid "Bryant, Greg" 2006 12 72 Celestial Calendar The Geminids: Best Meteors of the Year? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 12 74 Celestial Calendar R Geminorum and Cubic Zirconia "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 12 74 Celestial Calendar Two Bright-Moon Pleiades Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2006 12 79 Eye on the Sky Observing on the Edge "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2006 12 83 Deep-Sky Wonders A Whale of a Tale "French, Sue" 2006 12 86 Observer's Log Jupiter's Mini Red Spot Survives Encounter "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 12 88 Observer's Log Chi Cygni's Unusually Bright Maximum "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 12 90 S&T Test Report The Bigha StarSeeker "di Cicco, Dennis" 2006 12 93 S&T Test Report Mira AL "Heafner, Joe" 2006 12 96 New Product Showcase Fingers Lakes Instrumentation ProLine imaging system 2006 12 96 New Product Showcase Paragon 40-mm 2-inch Orthoscopic Super-Wide eyepiece 2006 12 96 New Product Showcase Lazzarotti Optics Gladio series reflectors 2006 12 98 New Product Showcase Where is M13 software 2006 12 98 New Product Showcase Scope Armor Telescope Protector 2006 12 98 New Product Showcase Astro-Physics binoculars 2006 12 100 Books & Beyond "The Rock from Mars, by Kathy Sawyer" "Cull, Selby" 2006 12 101 Books & Beyond "Parallel Worlds, by Michio Kaku" "Coffey, Valerie C." 2006 12 102 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Chronologers' Quest, by Patrick Wyse Jackson" "Cull, Selby" 2006 12 102 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandries, by Neil deGrasse Tyson" "Cull, Selby" 2006 12 102 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Miss Leavitt's Stars, by George Johnson" "Cull, Selby" 2006 12 104 The Astronomy Scene Detwinkling Starlight on Mauna Kea "Wainscoat, Richard J." 2006 12 108 The Astronomy Scene Light-Pollution Notes: The Globe at Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2006 12 108 The Astronomy Scene Community News: Amateur Achievement Awards "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 12 110 Star Trails What Is a Planet? "Levy, David H." 2006 12 113 Amateur Telescope Making A Bent Rich-Field Refractor "Ayers, Robert M." 2006 12 118 Hobby Q&A Where is the best place to store a 12-inch Dobsonian? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 12 118 Hobby Q&A "If a rocket traveled away from Earth at 1,000 mph, why couldn't it escape Earth's gravitational pull?" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2006 12 118 Hobby Q&A When has one planet occulted or transited another? "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2006 12 118 Hobby Q&A What is producing the shadow seen on photograph of asteroid Itokawa? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2006 12 121 Astrophotography Bicolor Narrowband Astrophotography "Cannistra, Steve" 2006 12 128 Gallery Crescent Moon and Venus "Wienerroither, Peter" 2006 12 129 Gallery Herbig-Haro 555 "Crisp, Richard" 2006 12 129 Gallery Jupiter "Olivetti, Tiziano" 2006 12 130 Gallery Nebula NGC 6559 "Mize, Joe" 2006 12 130 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 "GaBany, R. Jay" 2006 12 131 Gallery North America and Pelican Nebulae "Kimball, Brian" 2006 12 131 Gallery Fracastorius Crater "Mengoli, Giorgio" 2006 12 142 Focal Point Stop Renaming the Sky "Allison, Mark" 2007 1 8 Spectrum What Would George and Henri Do? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 1 12 Letters More Pleas for Pluto - V "Weissman, Paul R." 2007 1 12 Letters More Pleas for Pluto - IV "Frey, Steve" 2007 1 12 Letters More Pleas for Pluto - III "Bjornstad, David M." 2007 1 12 Letters More Pleas for Pluto - II "Brescia, Keith" 2007 1 12 Letters More Pleas for Pluto - I "Miller, Charlie" 2007 1 14 Letters Las Campanas Correction "Phifer, Arnold" 2007 1 14 Letters A Very Special Star "Comeron, Fernando" "Pasquali, Anna" 2007 1 14 Letters Uranus No Accident "Vines, Ken" 2007 1 16 News Notes 16 New Transiting Planet Candidates "Putney, Margaret" 2007 1 17 News Notes A Planet that Runs Hot and Cold "Naeye, Robert" 2007 1 17 News Notes Nearest Exoplanet Orbits in a Disk "Schilling, Govert" 2007 1 18 News Notes Supernova Impostor "Naeye, Robert" 2007 1 18 News Notes Saturn Ring Takes a Hit "Tytell, David" 2007 1 20 News Notes Why Venus Has No Moon "Tytell, David" 2007 1 20 News Notes Hubble Sees Dark Cloud on Uranus "Coffey, Valerie C." 2007 1 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Galactic Glow Gleaned 2007 1 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Nasty Neighbor 2007 1 22 News Notes How Pure Are Comets? "Cull, Selby" "Tytell, David" 2007 1 24 News Notes Rejuvenating Ancient Stars "Becker, Kate" 2007 1 24 News Notes Hot News on Cool Dwarfs "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 1 26 News Notes M87 Black Hole Blasts the Virgo Cluster "Naeye, Robert" 2007 1 26 News Notes Historic Supernova Linked to Remnant "Schilling, Govert" 2007 1 28 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 1 28 Mission Update Planck "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 1 28 Mission Update Hubble Space Telescope "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 1 30 Feature Martian Photo Opportunity "Cull, Selby" 2007 1 34 Feature Reverse Panspermia: Seeding Life in the Solar System "Cull, Selby" 2007 1 42 Feature How Black Holes Helped Build the Universe "Wanjek, Christopher" 2007 1 48 Feature The Moon's Far Side: Nearly a New World "Wood, Charles A." 2007 1 55 Rambling Through the Skies Heavenly Reward "Krupp, E. C." 2007 1 58 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Star for Three Seasons "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 1 59 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 1 60 Northern Binocular Highlight Wonderful Mira "Seronik, Gary" 2007 1 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 1 61 Southern Binocular Highlight Beta Pictoris Plus "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 1 63 Southern Hemisphere's Sky The River of the Night "Bryant, Greg" 2007 1 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Venus and Saturn Adorn the Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 1 71 Exploring the Moon Concentric Fractures and Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2007 1 75 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2007 "Dunham, David W." 2007 1 78 Celestial Calendar A Fire on Orion's Club "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 1 80 Celestial Calendar A Great Asteroid Occultation "Dunham, David W." 2007 1 83 Eye on the Sky Something Nu in Andromeda "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2007 1 87 Deep-Sky Wonders Chasing the Starry Cetus "French, Sue" 2007 1 91 Observer's Log Measuring the Astronomical Unit from Your Backyard "Vanderbei, Robert J." "Belikov, Ruslan" 2007 1 95 Observer's Log A South American Ring Eclipse "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2007 1 96 Observer's Log The Eye and I: Star Colors - I "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 1 100 S&T Test Report Hot New Products for 2007 "Sky & Telescope, the Editors of" 2007 1 110 Books & Beyond "Revolutionaries of the Cosmos, by Ian S. Glass" "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 1 111 Books & Beyond "Walking Zero, by Chet Raymo" "Gay, Pamela L." 2007 1 112 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Little Moon Phase Book, by Noreen Grice" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 1 112 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: NightWatch, by Terence Dickinson" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 1 112 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Saturn: A New View, by Lovett, Horvath, and Cuzzi" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 1 112 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery, by Lars Lindberg and Bob Fosbury" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 1 114 Astronomy Online Visit to a Namesake "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 1 116 The Astronomy Scene Robert Evans: Supernova Champ "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2007 1 120 The Astronomy Scene Community News: A New Comet Levy "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2007 1 123 Star Trails On the Shoulders of a Giant "Levy, David H." 2007 1 126 Hobby Q&A Lingering questions about the International Astronomical Union's new planet definition "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 1 126 Hobby Q&A When was the last time a professional astronomer actually looked into an eyepiece at an observatory such as Palomar? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 1 126 Hobby Q&A Why do Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes have focal ratios of f/10? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 1 129 Astrophotography How to Process Planetary Images "Parker, Donald C." 2007 1 134 Gallery Pleiades above Volcano "Taschler, Patrick" 2007 1 134 Gallery Analemma Eclipse "Tezel, Tunc" "Tezel, Tunc" 2007 1 135 Gallery "Arzachel, Alpetragius, and Alphonsus craters" "Higgins, Wes" 2007 1 136 Gallery Solar Features "Ashraf, Cameran" 2007 1 136 Gallery Partial Solar Eclipse at Sunrise "Debuchy, Arnaud" 2007 1 137 Gallery "Crux, the Southern Cross" "Chung, Simon" 2007 1 138 Gallery "Lagoon Nebula, M8" "Promper, Wolfgang" 2007 1 138 Gallery "Dumbbell Nebula, M27" "Ware, Jason" 2007 1 150 Focal Point Life On the Main Sequence "Russell, Pamela J." 2007 2 8 Spectrum A Moving Experience "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 2 12 Letters The Sound of Silence "Hanner, Gerald" 2007 2 12 Letters Planet Madness "Echols, Patton" 2007 2 12 Letters Conservative Claims "Montani, Joseph L." 2007 2 14 News Notes "Good Times, Bad Times for Astronomy" "Naeye, Robert" 2007 2 15 News Notes Hubble Gets a New Lease on Life "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 2 16 News Notes Little Red Spot Winds Strengthen "Coffey, Valerie C." 2007 2 16 News Notes Titan: Assembling the Puzzle "Tytell, David" 2007 2 18 News Notes Doubt Cast on Lunar Ice "Naeye, Robert" 2007 2 18 News Notes A Kuiper Belt Family "Tytell, David" 2007 2 20 News Notes Looking Through a Gas Onion "Naeye, Robert" 2007 2 20 News Notes Andromeda Makes a Splash "Schilling, Govert" 2007 2 22 News Notes Old Star Unleashes Monster Flare "Becker, Kate" 2007 2 22 News Notes Plethora of Puffy Planets "Naeye, Robert" 2007 2 24 News Notes Bucking the Metallicity Trend "Naeye, Robert" 2007 2 24 News Notes The Widening Monoceros Light Echo "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 2 26 Mission Update Hinode "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 2 26 Mission Update Stereo "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 2 26 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 2 28 Spotlight On... The Face on Mars "Plait, Philip C." 2007 2 32 Feature Ringworld Revelations "Tiscareno, Matthew S." 2007 2 40 Feature Resolving the Faces of Stars "Berger, David H." "Aufdenberg, Jason P." "Turner, Nils H." 2007 2 47 Rambling Through the Skies Preparation for Landing "Krupp, E. C." 2007 2 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Sirius Celebration "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 2 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 2 52 Northern Binocular Highlight The Crab Nebula "Seronik, Gary" 2007 2 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 2 53 Southern Binocular Highlight The Pi Puppis Cluster "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 2 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Hopping Around the Hare "Bryant, Greg" 2007 2 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Saturn Rules the Evening Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 2 62 Exploring the Moon Hidden Maria and Dusty Debris "Wood, Charles A." 2007 2 64 Celestial Calendar Upcoming Asteroid Occultations "Dunham, David W." 2007 2 65 Celestial Calendar Crescent Moons in 2007 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 2 67 Celestial Calendar Chased by the Little Dog "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 2 68 Celestial Calendar Eye and I: Star Colors - II "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 2 70 Eye on the Sky "The ""Black Aurora""" "O'Meara, Stephen James" 2007 2 73 Deep-Sky Wonders Hazy Gleams and Starry Streams "French, Sue" 2007 2 76 S&T Test Report STF Mirage 7 Mak "Walker, Sean" 2007 2 80 New Product Showcase Lucam Recorder 2007 2 80 New Product Showcase JMI Telescopes Event Horizon focusers 2007 2 80 New Product Showcase Think Astronomy Solar-Spotters solar filters 2007 2 82 New Product Showcase Gotostar retrofit kit 2007 2 82 New Product Showcase Yankee Robotics Trifid Nugget 2007 2 82 New Product Showcase Agena AstroProducts ScoutCase 2007 2 84 Books & Beyond "The Last of the Great Observatories, by George H. Rieke" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 2 85 Books & Beyond "Human Vision and the Night Sky, by Michael P. Borgia" "Flanders, Tony" 2007 2 85 Books & Beyond "The Urban Astronomer's Guide, by Rod Mollise" "Flanders, Tony" 2007 2 88 Astronomy Online Personal Celestial Alerts "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 2 91 Star Trails Old Telescopes Should Never Die "Levy, David H." 2007 2 94 Star Trails Community News: Star Gazer Turns 30 "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2007 2 94 Star Trails "Community News: SOHO Comet No. 1,200 Discovered" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2007 2 97 Amateur Telescope Making Tips for Shipping Equipment Safely "Bonandrini, Dave" 2007 2 102 Hobby Q&A Doesn't Earth's motion interfere with measuring stellar radial velocities? "Flanders, Tony" 2007 2 102 Hobby Q&A Wouldn't oblique meteorite impacts cause oval craters? "Tytell, David" 2007 2 102 Hobby Q&A What are the best settings to take a scenic picture of a full or crescent Moon? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 2 102 Hobby Q&A Does the Moon experience annual meteor showers? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 2 104 Gallery Nebula NGC 6357 "Promper, Wolfgang" 2007 2 104 Gallery Sun "Piepol, Greg" 2007 2 105 Gallery "November 8, 2006, Transit of Mercury" "Parker, Donald C." 2007 2 105 Gallery Pipe Nebula "Jung, Manuel" 2007 2 106 Gallery Nebula IC 1396 "Flemming, Neil" 2007 2 118 Focal Point "Set It Up, and They Will Come" "Pijawka, John" 2007 3 8 Spectrum Lost in Translation "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 3 12 Letters RC or Not RC: That Is the Question - II "Gordon, Rodger W." 2007 3 12 Letters RC or Not RC: That Is the Question - I "Haberman, Joe" 2007 3 12 Letters Godless Cosmology "Branscome, Chris" 2007 3 12 Letters More Than One Everything? "Kilgore, Chuck" 2007 3 14 Letters RC or Not RC: That Is the Question - VII "Durusau, Patrick" 2007 3 14 Letters RC or Not RC: That Is the Question - VI "Stiles, John" 2007 3 14 Letters RC or Not RC: That Is the Question - V "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 3 14 Letters RC or Not RC: That Is the Question - IV "Curley, Donald" 2007 3 14 Letters RC or Not RC: That Is the Question - III "Aranda, Ted" 2007 3 16 News Notes A Millennium Ahead of Its Time "Naeye, Robert" 2007 3 17 News Notes Flowing Water on Today's Mars? "Naeye, Robert" 2007 3 18 News Notes An Ancient Building Block of Life "Tytell, David" 2007 3 18 News Notes Moon Shows Signs of Life "Naeye, Robert" 2007 3 20 News Notes Living with a Red Dwarf "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 3 20 News Notes Hubble Confirms a Cosmic Jerk "Coffey, Valerie C." 2007 3 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Negative Molecule in Space 2007 3 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: New Solar Neighbors 2007 3 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: Baby Galaxies Weighed 2007 3 22 News Notes Astro News Brief: New Telescope in Mexico 2007 3 22 News Notes A Nearby Superbubble "Naeye, Robert" 2007 3 24 News Notes "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 3 24 Mission Update Mars Global Surveyor "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 3 26 Feature The Supernova Menace "Garlick, Mark A." 2007 3 29 Feature Box: The Creative Side of Supernovae "Naeye, Robert" 2007 3 32 Feature Cosmic Code Breakers "Savin, Daniel Wolf " "McCall, Benjamin J." "Kirby, Kate" 2007 3 39 Rambling Through the Skies Minor League "Krupp, E. C." 2007 3 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky In Praise of Pollux "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 3 43 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 3 44 Northern Binocular Highlight NGC 2403 in the Wilderness "Seronik, Gary" 2007 3 45 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 3 45 Southern Binocular Highlight A Vela Binocular Duo "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 3 47 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Sirius Blazes Forth "Bryant, Greg" 2007 3 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mercury Leaps Up Down Under "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 3 51 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" The Moons of Saturn and Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 3 55 Exploring the Moon Odd Lunar Domes "Wood, Charles A." 2007 3 60 Celestial Calendar March's Twilight Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 3 62 Celestial Calendar Detecting the Penumbra "Weixelman, Dave" 2007 3 64 Celestial Calendar Pluto to Occult a Star 2007 3 64 Celestial Calendar Mira in the Sunset "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 3 66 Deep-Sky Wonders Bark with the Overdog "French, Sue" 2007 3 70 Observer's Log Tiny Planet Crosses Huge Star "Flanders, Tony" 2007 3 71 Observer's Log Light-Pollution Notes: Release from Prison "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 3 72 Targets A Bundle of Wonders in Puppis "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 3 75 Targets The Lives of Open Clusters "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 3 76 S&T Test Report The Starry Night BlueStar Telescope Adapter "Dyer, Alan" 2007 3 80 New Product Showcase Backyard Observatories 2007 3 80 New Product Showcase William Optics FLT-132 f/7 triplet apochromatic refractor 2007 3 83 Books & Beyond "Parting the Cosmic Veil, by Kenneth R. Lang" "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 3 84 Books & Beyond "New Atlas of the Moon, by Thierry Legault and Serge Brunier" "Seronik, Gary" 2007 3 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: 300 Astronomical Objects, by Jamie Wilkins and Robert Dunn" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 3 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Parks After Dark, by Rick Shaffer" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 3 86 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Robber Baron, by John Franch" "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 3 88 Gallery C/2006 P1 "McNaught, Robert H." 2007 3 88 Star Trails My Yom Kippur Comet "Levy, David H." 2007 3 92 Hobby Q&A Is it better to get a wedge or a field de-rotator for CCD imaging? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 3 92 Hobby Q&A What is the farthest star that one can see without optical aid? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 3 92 Hobby Q&A "How is it possible for us to see a 2,000-year-old supernova that is 10,000 light-years away?" "Naeye, Robert" 2007 3 94 Gallery Planetary Nebula NGC 7293 "Gendler, Robert" 2007 3 94 Gallery "Eagle Nebula, M16" "Crawford, Ken" 2007 3 95 Gallery "Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635" "Fulbright, Michael" 2007 3 95 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M77 "Crawford, Ken" 2007 3 96 Gallery Fogbow "Zinkova, Mila" 2007 3 96 Gallery Deslandres crater "Higgins, Wes" 2007 3 97 Gallery Iris Nebula "Schur, Chris" 2007 3 97 Gallery Pelican Nebula "Hammonds, Scott" 2007 3 98 Gallery "Galaxies M81, M82, and NGC 3077" "Hetlage, Zack" 2007 3 98 Gallery Comet SWAN "Schur, Chris" 2007 3 110 Focal Point Found in the Phases of the Moon "Currin, Brenda" 2007 4 8 Spectrum The Other Side of the Story "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 4 12 Letters Lookin' Good "Campbell, Lyle" 2007 4 12 Letters Arthritis and the Sleepy Amateur "Cassidy, Susan" 2007 4 12 Letters Confounded Craters "Pohnan Jr., Bill" 2007 4 14 News Notes Superduper Supernova "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 15 News Notes Kepler Saw a White Dwarf Explode "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 16 News Notes Titan's Sierras "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 16 News Notes Deep Survey Yields First Results "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 18 News Notes The First Triple Quasar "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 18 News Notes Nearby-Star News "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 20 News Notes Orion Binary Makes No Sense "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 20 News Notes Milky Way Black Hole Has a Snack "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 22 News Notes Follow That Story: Mars Underground "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 22 News Notes Follow That Story: Kuiper Belt Counts "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 22 News Notes Follow That Story: Surplus of Stardust Results "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 22 News Notes Follow That Story: A Dry Enceladus? "Naeye, Robert" 2007 4 24 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 4 24 Mission Update COROT "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 4 26 Spotlight On... The Blue Witch "Croswell, Ken" 2007 4 30 Feature Battlefield Galactica: Dark Matter vs. MOND "Schilling, Govert" 2007 4 35 Feature A Particle Physicist's Perspective on Dark Matter "Hooper, Dan" 2007 4 38 Feature Global Surveyor's Last Hurrah "Chaikin, Andrew" 2007 4 42 Feature Count Light Pollution Out! "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 4 47 Rambling Through the Skies Private Astronomy "Krupp, E. C." 2007 4 50 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Layers of Constellations "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 4 51 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 4 52 Northern Binocular Highlight M67: Cancer's Other Cluster "Seronik, Gary" 2007 4 53 Southern Binocular Highlight Underappreciated NGC 3201 "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 4 55 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Clustered Along the Milky Way "Bryant, Greg" 2007 4 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Planets of Dusk and Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 4 63 Exploring the Moon Mystery Maria "Wood, Charles A." 2007 4 66 Celestial Calendar Two Dark-Side Occultations of Regulus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 4 67 Celestial Calendar The Lyrid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 4 69 Deep-Sky Wonders The Lion's Lair "French, Sue" 2007 4 72 S&T Test Report Smarter Observing with Deep-Sky Planner 4 "Ratledge, David" 2007 4 76 New Product Showcase Shoestring Astronomy USB adapters 2007 4 76 New Product Showcase "Omega Optical NPB, VHT, HPOIII, and GCE filters" 2007 4 76 New Product Showcase Tri-Pier 2 tripod pier 2007 4 78 Books & Beyond "The Amateur Astronomer's Introduction to the Celestial Sphere, by William Millar" "Gay, Pamela L." 2007 4 79 Books & Beyond Is Pluto a Planet? by David A. Weintraub "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2007 4 81 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Meteors Showers and Their Parent Comets, by Peter Jenniskens" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 4 81 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Meteors and Meteorites, by Martin Beech" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 4 81 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Illustrated Timeline of the Universe, by Richard Sanderson and Philip Harrington" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 4 81 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Postcards from Mars, by Jim Bell" "Tytell, David" 2007 4 81 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Sun, by Steele Hill and Michael Carlowicz" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 4 82 Astronomy Online High-Definition Living "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 4 84 Star Trails Sharing the Sky "Levy, David H." 2007 4 86 Hobby Q&A Is there a handy astronomical indicator that could identify a point in the near or distant past? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 4 86 Hobby Q&A Where can one find a 0.965-inch-diameter eyepiece for a Tasco telescope? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 4 86 Hobby Q&A How can one determine a sunspot's size compared to that of Earth? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 4 86 Hobby Q&A How would the Milky Way Galaxy look from a planet in the Large Magellanic Cloud? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 4 88 Gallery Comet McNaught by McNaught "McNaught, Robert H." 2007 4 89 Gallery Comet McNaught and the Morning Mists "Kronk, Gary W." 2007 4 89 Gallery Comet McNaught Daylight Tail "Karrer, Michael" 2007 4 90 Gallery Comet McNaught in Poland "Kaluzny, Michal" 2007 4 90 Gallery Comet McNaught in Sweden "Heden, P-M" 2007 4 91 Gallery Comet McNaught in Daylight "Johnson, Ed" 2007 4 91 Gallery Comet McNaught in South Africa "Thomson, Revere" 2007 4 102 Focal Point A Lesson in What We Don't Know "Shaberman, Ben A." 2007 5 8 Spectrum Around the World with S&T "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 5 12 Letters Sun Guilty in Global Warming "Meeus, Jean" 2007 5 12 Letters Cold Comfort "Genovese, Charles" 2007 5 12 Letters Renaming the Sky "Polakis, Jennifer" 2007 5 12 Letters Bluetooth Blues "Pattillo, Monroe" 2007 5 15 News Notes A Magnetically Lit Brown Dwarf "Naeye, Robert" 2007 5 15 News Notes Dwarf Spheroidals: Mystery Solved? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 5 16 News Notes No Cosmic Neutrinos Found...Yet "Naeye, Robert" 2007 5 16 News Notes Seeking the Origins of Cosmic Rays "Bryant, Greg" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 5 16 News Notes Astronomers Unearth a Cataclysmic Corpse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 5 18 News Notes Globular Cluster News "Becker, Kate" 2007 5 18 News Notes A Solar System's Wreckage in the Helix's Heart "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 5 20 News Notes Update on Massive Black Holes "Naeye, Robert" 2007 5 20 News Notes Clash of the Photons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 5 22 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 5 22 Mission Update Hubble's Main Camera Dies "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 5 24 Feature Moonbows over Yosemite "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Mitte Honors Students, The" 2007 5 32 Feature McNaught's Passing Fancy "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Bryant, Greg" 2007 5 39 Rambling Through the Skies Designated Driver "Krupp, E. C." 2007 5 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Long and Short of It "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 5 43 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 5 44 Northern Binocular Highlight Treasures in Canes Venatici "Seronik, Gary" 2007 5 45 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 5 45 Southern Binocular Highlight A Gem of a Cluster "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 5 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Our Nearest Stellar Neighbors "Bryant, Greg" 2007 5 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Venus at Its Height "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 5 55 Exploring the Moon Pits of Contention "Wood, Charles A." 2007 5 59 Celestial Calendar Tracking Spots on Saturn "Vandebergh, Ralf" 2007 5 60 Celestial Calendar Porrima's Grand Opening "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 5 62 Celestial Calendar The Warring Pulses of V Bootis "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 5 65 Deep-Sky Wonders V Is for Virgo "French, Sue" 2007 5 69 Targets My Favorite Double Stars of Spring "Mullaney, James" 2007 5 70 Targets The Foldout Star Chart "Flanders, Tony" 2007 5 73 Targets The Near Sky: Twinned Rainbows "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 5 75 S&T Test Report Megrez 90 Apo: First-Class Glass "Dyer, Alan" 2007 5 77 S&T Test Report William Optics FLT-132 Apo: When Aperture Matters "Walker, Sean" 2007 5 80 New Product Showcase Scope Armor thermal underwear 2007 5 80 New Product Showcase RC Optical Systems 10RCA 2007 5 80 New Product Showcase Bob's Knobs' LightBridge collimation knobs 2007 5 82 Books & Beyond "A Year in the Life of the Universe, by Robert Gendler" "Bonnell, Jerrry T." 2007 5 83 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Deep Space, by Stephen Whitfield" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 5 83 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Mars, by Robert Godwin" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 5 83 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Hubble Space Telescope, by Steve Whitfield" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 5 83 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Patterns in the Sky, by Ken Hewitt-White" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 5 83 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes, by Michael K. Gainer" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 5 84 Star Trails Our Memorable Mercury Transit "Levy, David H." 2007 5 86 Hobby Q&A Does the Sun's closer proximity to the Earth have any connection to global warming? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 5 86 Hobby Q&A Whatever became of comet photographer Alan McClure? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 5 86 Hobby Q&A How far apart are the icy particles comprising Saturn's main rings? "Naeye, Robert" 2007 5 88 Gallery Moon and Saturn Conjunction "Patel, Rishi N." 2007 5 88 Gallery Galaxy NGC 2146 "Manner, Mark" 2007 5 88 Gallery Orion's Belt and Sword "Mazlin, Steve" "Misti, Jim" 2007 5 90 Gallery Sun "Badin, Jean-Louis" 2007 5 90 Gallery Star Trails Above Fog "Stromar, Boris" 2007 5 91 Gallery Iris Nebula "Keller, Warren A." 2007 5 102 Focal Point Build Bridges Through the Sky "Simmons, Mike" 2007 6 8 Spectrum Our Golden Opportunity "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 6 12 Letters Godless Cosmology Explained - I "Graham, Donald M." 2007 6 12 Letters Young (Astronomers) at Heart "Horwitz, Richard" 2007 6 12 Letters Phase the Facts - IV "Cob, Brian" 2007 6 12 Letters Phase the Facts - III "Blom, Jorgen" 2007 6 12 Letters Phase the Facts - II "Duvieusart, Jerome" 2007 6 12 Letters Phase the Facts - I "Morris, L. Robert" 2007 6 14 Letters Godless Cosmology Explained - III "Ryan, Jack" 2007 6 14 Letters Godless Cosmology Explained - II "Gross, Karl F." 2007 6 16 News Notes Postcards from Mars and Jupiter "Tytell, David" 2007 6 17 News Notes The Big Bright Galaxy You've Never Seen "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 6 18 News Notes An Exoplanet-Measuring Feat "Schilling, Govert" 2007 6 18 News Notes "Exoplanet Atmospheres: Dry, Dusty?" "Schilling, Govert" 2007 6 20 News Notes Geysers on Dione Too? "Tytell, David" 2007 6 20 News Notes Understanding Enceladus "Tytell, David" 2007 6 22 News Notes Yerkes' Fate: Again Unknown "Naeye, Robert" 2007 6 22 News Notes Transit of Luna "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 6 24 News Notes "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 6 24 Mission Update Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 6 24 Mission Update THEMIS "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 6 26 Feature Stellar Origins: From the Cold Depths of Space "Shepherd, Debra" 2007 6 32 Feature From Here to Eternity: The Fate of the Sun and the Earth "Laughlin, Gregory P." 2007 6 39 Rambling Through the Skies Public Astronomy "Krupp, E. C." 2007 6 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky New Facts About Old Friends "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 6 43 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 6 44 Northern Binocular Highlight A Trio of Bootes Duos "Seronik, Gary" 2007 6 45 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 6 45 Southern Binocular Highlight The Coalsack Nebula "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 6 47 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Constellations Big and Small "Bryant, Greg" 2007 6 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Watch Saturn March on Venus "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 6 56 Celestial Calendar The Crescent Moon Occults Regulus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 6 57 Celestial Calendar Vesta Shines Its Brightest in 18 Years "Bryant, Greg" 2007 6 58 Celestial Calendar If the Ancients Had Known... "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 6 61 Deep-Sky Wonders Where Virgo Walks "French, Sue" 2007 6 64 S&T Test Report Apogee's Alta U9000 CCD Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 6 68 New Product Showcase MaxFactory's Stars at a Click: Master AutoStar CD-ROM 2007 6 68 New Product Showcase SmartAstronomy EF eyepieces 2007 6 68 New Product Showcase Orion 180-mm Maksutov-Cassegrain 2007 6 70 Books & Beyond "Brave New Universe, by Paul Halpern and Paul Wesson" "Gay, Pamela L." 2007 6 70 Books & Beyond "In Search of Dark Matter, by Ken Freeman and Geoff McNamara" "Gay, Pamela L." 2007 6 70 Books & Beyond "Dark Cosmos, by Dan Hooper" "Gay, Pamela L." 2007 6 71 Books & Beyond "The Finest Atlas of the Heavens, by Robert H. van Gent" "Schilling, Govert" 2007 6 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Russian Planetary Exploration, by Brian Harvey" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 6 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Binocular Highlights, by Gary Seronik" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 6 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses, by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 6 74 Astronomy Online The World of Widgets "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 6 76 Star Trails Under Adirondack Skies "Levy, David H." 2007 6 80 Amateur Telescope Making Build a Tracking Platform for Your Camera "Seronik, Gary" 2007 6 84 Astrophotography Comets Enter the Digital Age "Walker, Sean" 2007 6 88 Hobby Q&A How do you build a small observatory for a Dobsonian that sits at ground level? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 6 88 Hobby Q&A Will using Adobe Photoshop call into question the authenticity of composite images? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 6 88 Hobby Q&A "When a telescope is wet with condensation, should you keep the lens caps on or off while the scope warms up?" "Seronik, Gary" 2007 6 90 Gallery Van den Bergh 14 and 15 "Puckett, Tim" "Block, Adam" 2007 6 91 Gallery Comet McNaught in Scotland "Urwin, Peter" 2007 6 91 Gallery "Pleiades, M45" "Stare, Jurij" 2007 6 92 Gallery Witch Head Nebula "Hetlage, Chris" 2007 6 92 Gallery Comet McNaught in Cape Town "Brink, Janus" 2007 6 102 Focal Point Astronomy in Popular Culture "Fraknoi, Andrew" 2007 7 8 Spectrum Pluto on My Mind "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 7 12 Letters "Another Way to Define ""Planet""" "Augusto, Pedro" 2007 7 12 Letters Big Praise for Big Binos "Hallas, Tony" 2007 7 14 News Notes Catching Orion's Bullets "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 7 15 News Notes Black Hole Spins as Fast as It Can "Naeye, Robert" 2007 7 16 News Notes Double-Sun Planetary Systems Leave Telltale Signs "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 7 16 News Notes A Dwarf Nova's Spectacular Past "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 7 18 News Notes "Earth's Temporary ""Second Moon""" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 7 18 News Notes The Best Way to Find Exoplanets "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 7 20 News Notes Follow that Story: Hot-Jupiter Water After All! "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 7 20 News Notes Follow that Story: Barren Red-Dwarf Planets? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 7 20 News Notes "A ""Habitable"" Super-Earth?" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 7 22 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 7 22 Mission Update NASA Moon-Program Peril "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 7 22 Mission Update SELENE: Japan Shoots for the Moon "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 7 24 Feature Solar Forecast: Storm Ahead "James, C. Renee" 2007 7 27 Feature Sun-Earth Science Goes Global "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 7 32 Feature A Bigger Bang "Stevenson, David S." 2007 7 39 Rambling Through the Skies Altaring Direction "Krupp, E. C." 2007 7 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Constellation Not Like Orion "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 7 43 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 7 44 Northern Binocular Highlight Draco Doubles "Seronik, Gary" 2007 7 45 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 7 45 Southern Binocular Highlight The Fly's Globular "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 7 47 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Changes in Scorpius "Bryant, Greg" 2007 7 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Planet Pair Widens in Twilight "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 7 55 Exploring the Moon Oblique Impacts "Wood, Charles A." 2007 7 58 Celestial Calendar Help Track a Fast Eclipsing Binary "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 7 62 Deep-Sky Wonders Heavenly Hero "French, Sue" 2007 7 66 S&T Test Report Tele Vue NP127 Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 7 69 S&T Test Report Dioptrx: Prescription for Perfection "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 7 73 Books & Beyond "Galaxies and How to Observe Them, by Wolfgang Steinicke and Richard Jakiel" "French, Sue" 2007 7 73 Books & Beyond "Nebulae and How to Observe Them, by Steven R. Coe" "French, Sue" 2007 7 74 Books & Beyond "Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Second Edition, by Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman, and Torrence V. Johnson" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 7 76 Books & Beyond "Cosmic Jackpot, by Paul Davies" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 7 76 Books & Beyond "Introduction to Webcam Astrophotography, by Robert Reeves" "Walker, Sean" 2007 7 76 Books & Beyond "The Jumbo Book of Space, by Cynthia Pratt Nicolson and Paulette Bourgeois" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 7 76 Books & Beyond "Distant Worlds, by Peter Bond" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 7 77 Books & Beyond "The Monthly Sky Guide, by Jan Ridpath and Wil Tirion" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 7 77 Books & Beyond "Cassini at Saturn, by David M. Harland" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 7 78 Star Trails New Friends in New Zealand "Levy, David H." 2007 7 82 Backyard Basics Observing Logbooks: How and Why "Markov, Paul" 2007 7 86 Backyard Basics What Computers Do Best "Flanders, Tony" 2007 7 88 Hobby Q&A Who is Stock? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 7 88 Hobby Q&A "Why does the Earth rotate west to east, even though its precession is in the opposite direction?" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 7 88 Hobby Q&A Why is Mars the only planet to have a well-defined color when viewed with an 8-inch scope? "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 7 90 Gallery "March 3-4, 2007, total lunar eclipse" "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2007 7 90 Gallery "March 19, 2007, Partial Solar Eclipse" "Martinfar, Ali" 2007 7 91 Gallery Lunar Eclipse on Cape Cod "Cook, Chris" 2007 7 92 Gallery "NGC 2070, Tarantula Nebula" "GaBany, R. Jay" 2007 7 92 Gallery M31 in Andromeda "Stare, Jurij" 2007 7 102 Focal Point Waiting for the Big One "Odenwald, Sten" 2007 8 8 Spectrum Denying Doomsday "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 8 8 Spectrum Denying Doomsday "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 8 12 Letters Echoes of the Past "Kjer, Torben" 2007 8 12 Letters Going Deep "Lang, Phyllis K." 2007 8 12 Letters Higher Technology "Molnar, Michael R." 2007 8 13 Letters Book Betterment "Millar, William" 2007 8 13 Letters A Bridge Too Far "Schilling, Govert" 2007 8 14 News Notes A Galaxy Core's Shadow Play "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 15 News Notes New Worlds Roundup "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 16 News Notes Measuring a Black Hole's Energy Efficiency "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 16 News Notes An Exoplanet's Very Hot Afternoon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 18 News Notes An Ancient Martian Volcanic Blast "Tytell, David" 2007 8 18 News Notes Mercury's Mystery Core "Grifantini, Kristina" 2007 8 19 News Notes The Wrong Earth-Like Planet "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 19 News Notes Mars Rover Update "Tytell, David" 2007 8 19 News Notes Volcanic Vents on Mars? "Tytell, David" 2007 8 20 News Notes SOFIA Takes Flight "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 8 20 News Notes Proxima's Puzzling Activity Cycle "Schilling, Govert" 2007 8 22 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 8 22 Mission Update AGILE "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 8 24 Feature Carina's Stellar Cauldron "Villard, Ray" 2007 8 28 Feature Hinode Reveals the Sun "Bobra, Monica" 2007 8 32 Rambling Through the Skies Diamond in the Sky "Krupp, E. C." 2007 8 34 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Double Allure of Ophiuchus "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 8 35 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 8 36 Northern Binocular Highlight The Fox's Coathanger "Seronik, Gary" 2007 8 37 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 8 37 Southern Binocular Highlight Pole Position "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 8 39 Southern Hemisphere's Sky South of Scorpius "Bryant, Greg" 2007 8 40 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Jupiter at Dusk, Mars at Dawn" "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 8 47 Exploring the Moon Secrets of Descartes and Ina "Wood, Charles A." 2007 8 50 Celestial Calendar A Lunar Eclipse in the Dawn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 51 Celestial Calendar A Naked-Eye Timing Project "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 52 Celestial Calendar Dark Nights for the Perseids! "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Return of the Hero "French, Sue" 2007 8 59 Targets In Caroline Herschel's Footsteps "Hoskin, Michael A." 2007 8 62 Targets See Caroline's Objects as She Saw Them "Flanders, Tony" 2007 8 64 S&T Test Report Parks Optical 8-inch Astrolight Reflector "Seronik, Gary" 2007 8 68 New Product Showcase SkyShed Observatories' POD 2007 8 68 New Product Showcase Microprojects' Equinox Image software 2007 8 68 New Product Showcase m1 OASYS 2007 8 70 Books & Beyond "The Future of the Universe, by A. J. Meadows" "Johnson, Rebecca A." 2007 8 70 Books & Beyond "Origins, by Stephen Eales" "Kanipe, Jeff" 2007 8 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Early Career of Alvan Clark, by Antique Telescope Society" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 8 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Supernovae and How to Observe Them, by Martin Mobberley" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 8 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Sun Kings, by Stuart Clark" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 8 72 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Complete CD Atlas of the Universe, by Richard Harshaw" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 8 74 Astronomy Online Dragging the Stars Around "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 8 76 The Astronomy Scene An Innovative Open-Air Planetarium "Schlom, David" 2007 8 78 Star Trails Visions of Lynette "Levy, David H." 2007 8 82 Hobby Q&A What is the relationship between the cost and the quality of a CCD camera? "Walker, Sean" 2007 8 82 Hobby Q&A How much of the universe's mass has been consumed by black holes? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 8 82 Hobby Q&A How big is the biggest single galaxy in the known universe? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 8 82 Hobby Q&A "Did the Greeks, in Homer's time, name a constellation or asterism after Achilles?" "Flanders, Tony" 2007 8 84 Astrophotography Good Moons from Bad Locations "Friedman, Alan J." 2007 8 88 Astrophotography Box: Solar-System Imaging and the PC "Walker, Sean" 2007 8 90 Gallery Edge-on Galaxy NGC 4013 "GaBany, R. Jay " 2007 8 90 Gallery Galaxy Messier 94 "Henry, Edward" 2007 8 91 Gallery Rosette Nebula in Monoceros "Puckett, Tim" "Block, Adam" 2007 8 92 Gallery Comet McNaught from Argentina "Druckmuller, Miloslav" 2007 8 93 Gallery Moon craters "Bosman, Richard" 2007 8 93 Gallery Venus and crescent Moon "Claro, Miguel" 2007 8 102 Focal Point We Are Stardust: Spread the Word "Hudon, Daniel" 2007 9 8 Spectrum Full-Moon Fever "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 9 12 Letters Bodies in Motion "Rowland, John" 2007 9 12 Letters The Myth Stops Here "Benoit, Gabe" 2007 9 12 Letters Lord of the Rings "Reade, Gordon" 2007 9 14 News Notes Why Monster Black Holes Stay Put "Naeye, Robert" 2007 9 16 News Notes "Planets of Hot, Massive Stars" "Deans, Paul" 2007 9 16 News Notes "A Weird ""Hot Neptune""" "Naeye, Robert" 2007 9 17 News Notes Comet McNaught's Iron Tail "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 9 17 News Notes Weighing the Kupier Belt "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 9 17 News Notes It's Official: Eris Outweighs Pluto "Tytell, David" 2007 9 18 News Notes Saturn's Smoking Guns "Grifantini, Kristina" 2007 9 18 News Notes After We Merge with Andromeda "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 9 20 News Notes "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 9 20 Mission Update Messenger "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 9 22 Feature From Chaos to the Kuiper Belt "Littmann, Mark" 2007 9 30 Feature Roger Hayward: Forgotten Artist of Optics "Bell, Trudy E." 2007 9 39 Rambling Through the Skies Green Cheese "Krupp, E. C." 2007 9 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Flights of Fancy "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 9 43 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 9 44 Northern Binocular Highlight Wild Duck Chase "Seronik, Gary" 2007 9 45 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 9 45 Southern Binocular Highlight Pretty Globular NGC 6541 "Dalrymple, Les" 2007 9 47 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Toward the South Celestial Pole "Bryant, Greg" 2007 9 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Evening Star, Morning Star" "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 9 54 Exploring the Moon Tempting Tranquillity "Wood, Charles A." 2007 9 56 Celestial Calendar Earth to Hit Aurigid Meteors? "Rao, Joe" 2007 9 58 Celestial Calendar Chi Cygni Rises Again "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 9 61 Deep-Sky Wonders The Graceful Swan "French, Sue" 2007 9 64 S&T Test Report Adirondack's StellaCam3 "Horne, Johnny" 2007 9 67 S&T Test Report Box: StellaCam3 wireless controller 2007 9 68 New Product Showcase Fishcamp Engineering Starfish camera 2007 9 68 New Product Showcase Baader Planetarium Hyperion 68 deg. Modular Eyepieces 2007 9 68 New Product Showcase Takahashi FSQ-106ED astrograph 2007 9 70 New Product Showcase Imaging Source DMK series webcams 2007 9 70 New Product Showcase Meade mySky 2007 9 70 New Product Showcase Vixen Optics VMC260L Cassegrain 2007 9 73 Books & Beyond "Seeing in the Dark, by Timothy Ferris" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 9 74 Books & Beyond "The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, by Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2007 9 76 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Why the Sky is Blue, by Gotz Hoeppe" "Grifantini, Kristina" 2007 9 78 Star Trails A Second Look at Norman Davidson's Imagination "Levy, David H." 2007 9 83 Backyard Basics Cosmic Perspectives "Kane, Phillip" 2007 9 88 Hobby Q&A What causes the green and violet arcs along the blue edge of a bright rainbow? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 9 88 Hobby Q&A Does the jet stream above an observer cause good or bad seeing for lunar and planetary observing? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 9 88 Hobby Q&A How do you know what you're supposed to see in a 80-mm telescope? "Walker, Sean" 2007 9 90 Gallery Southern MIlky Way over Mount Kinabalu in East Malaysia "Chin, William L." 2007 9 90 Gallery Moon Occults Saturn "Fiorentino, Luigi" 2007 9 91 Gallery Geminid Fireball "Grigore, Valentin" 2007 9 91 Gallery Thackeray's Globules in IC 2944 "Gilbert, Rick" "Harvey, Jack" "Verschatse, Daniel" "Reichart, Daniel E." 2007 9 92 Gallery Lyra over Temple of Poseidon "Chen, PK" 2007 9 92 Gallery Messier 104 "Talbot, Jon" 2007 9 92 Gallery "March 3, 2007, Total Lunar Eclipse" "Ratledge, David" 2007 9 93 Gallery Jupiter and Red Spot Jr. "Salway, Mike" 2007 9 93 Gallery Mars "Salway, Mike" 2007 9 93 Gallery Mercury "Boudreau, John" 2007 9 93 Gallery Saturn "Phillips, Jim" 2007 9 93 Gallery Venus "Lazzarotti, Paolo" 2007 9 102 Focal Point Maintaining Relevance "Watson, Thomas T." 2007 10 8 Spectrum Back to the Future "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 10 10 Letters More than Just Dots "Slezak, James" 2007 10 10 Letters Which Came First? "Cramer, Zak" 2007 10 10 Letters No Starchild Left Behind "Krumenaker, Lawrence" 2007 10 14 Skyscape The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies "Hallas, Tony" 2007 10 16 News Notes New Infrared All-Sky Survey 2007 10 16 News Notes Sunny with a Chance of Mercury Clouds 2007 10 16 News Notes Bound for the Martian Pole - Again 2007 10 16 News Notes Planet/Brown-Dwarf Confusion 2007 10 16 News Notes New Galaxy Redshift Record 2007 10 16 News Notes Great-Grandfather Star 2007 10 16 News Notes Ringside View of Uranus 2007 10 17 Mission Update Stardust "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 10 17 Mission Update Deep Impact "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 10 17 News Notes Coolest Dwarf 2007 10 17 News Notes Walnut-Shaped Moon 2007 10 18 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 10 18 News Notes World's Largest Telescope 2007 10 18 News Notes Ice Geysers Everywhere? 2007 10 18 News Notes Return of the Sponge Moon 2007 10 20 Feature The Hunt for the Missing Dwarf Galaxies "Naeye, Robert" 2007 10 24 Feature Taking Science Back to the Moon "Villard, Ray" 2007 10 30 Feature Project Moonwatch "Pulliam, Christine" 2007 10 36 S&T Test Report A New Planetary Camera "Walker, Sean" 2007 10 41 S&T Test Report A Triple-Digit Field of View "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 10 44 New Product Showcase Astronomy-Shoppe Bino-Brac 2007 10 44 New Product Showcase FAR Laboratories Look Here Device 2007 10 44 New Product Showcase GSW AstroProducts Planisphere 2 2007 10 46 Books & Beyond "The Haunted Observatory, by Richard Baum" "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 10 47 Books & Beyond "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stars, by James B. Kaler" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2007 10 48 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Moon, by Michael Carlowicz" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 10 48 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Stargazing with Jack Horkeimer, by Jack Horkheimer with Stephen James O'Meara" "Grifantini, Kristina" 2007 10 49 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Astronomical Sketching, by R. Handy, D. B. Moody, J. Perez, E. Rix, and S. Robbins" "Flanders, Tony" 2007 10 50 Astronomy Online Two Nighttime Helpers "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 10 52 Rambling Through the Skies Down to Earth "Krupp, E. C." 2007 10 54 Sky at a Glance October 2007 Sky at a Glance 2007 10 56 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Stars, Stars, Stars" "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 10 57 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 10 58 Northern Binocular Highlight IC 1396 in Cepheus "Seronik, Gary" 2007 10 59 Suburban Star Hop A Tale of Two Globulars "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2007 10 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2007 10 62 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Two Planets Dance with Regulus "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 10 65 Celestial Calendar Jupiter and Its Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 10 66 Exploring the Moon A Trio of Lunar Mysteries "Wood, Charles A." 2007 10 68 Celestial Calendar Challenges Await at Uranus and Neptune "Walker, Sean" 2007 10 69 Celestial Calendar Find the Moons of Neptune and Uranus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 10 70 Celestial Calendar Moon Amid the Pleiades "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 10 72 Deep-Sky Wonders Unsung Marvels in Cygnus "French, Sue" 2007 10 74 Deep-Sky Wonders The Winged Horse "French, Sue" 2007 10 76 Feature Spotting Sputniks "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 10 82 Star Trails Tales of Two Comets "Levy, David H." 2007 10 86 Feature How to Choose Binoculars for Stargazing "Seronik, Gary" 2007 10 92 Telescope Workshop Telescope String Theory "Seronik, Gary" 2007 10 94 Hobby Q&A "Will we ever see a mirror image of the conjunction of Venus and crescent Moon, as depicted on the Turkish flag?" "Grifantini, Kristina" 2007 10 94 Hobby Q&A "What is the reddest star visible in amateur telescopes, and how red will it look?" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 10 94 Hobby Q&A Will it ever be possible to observe Halley's Comet around its entire orbit? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 10 94 Hobby Q&A What would happen if antimatter was fed into a black hole? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 10 94 Gallery Comet LINEAR and Messier 3 "Jager, Michael" "Rhemann, Gerald" 2007 10 94 Gallery California Nebula NGC 1499 "Karbal, Bruce" 2007 10 96 Feature Revealing the Clouds of Venus "Walker, Sean" 2007 10 100 Gallery North America Nebula "Drelling, Bill" "Hoy, Paul" 2007 10 101 Gallery Spiral Galaxy Messier 101 "Talbot, Jon" 2007 10 101 Gallery Solar Active Region 10960 "Valentini, Gianluca" 2007 10 102 Gallery Wolfe Creek Crater in Western Australia "Dravins, Dainis" 2007 10 102 Gallery IC 443 and 444 "Ratto, Gimmi" 2007 10 103 Gallery "Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8" "Henry, Edward" 2007 10 103 Gallery Moon and Venus conjunction "Fletcher, Scott" 2007 10 112 Focal Point Becoming Spacefarers "Chaikin, Andrew" 2007 11 8 Spectrum No Laughing Matter "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 11 10 Letters Moon Madness "Policansky, David" 2007 11 10 Letters "Putting the ""No"" in Nobel" "Hunter, Tim" 2007 11 10 Letters Save Our Skies (and Ten Bucks) "Gent, Robert L." 2007 11 10 Letters Driver Education "Cowan, Alton" 2007 11 14 Skyscape Short-Lived Sunspot "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2007 11 16 News Notes Stars that Smoke 2007 11 16 News Notes A Very Puffed-Up Planet 2007 11 16 News Notes Hubble Penetrates the Veil 2007 11 16 News Notes Nearby Neutron Star 2007 11 16 News Notes Monster Galaxy Void 2007 11 16 News Notes Monster Galaxy Mashup 2007 11 17 Mission Update "Kepler Dodges Axe, Aims for Alien Earths" "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 11 17 News Notes Thirty Meter Telescope 2007 11 18 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 11 18 News Notes Geysers Not a Cassini Threat 2007 11 18 News Notes Enceladus: Geysers Without Water? 2007 11 18 News Notes Risky Meteorite Recovery 2007 11 20 Feature The Great Mars Chase of 1907 "Sheehan, William" "Misch, Anthony" 2007 11 23 Feature "Box: Mars, Mars, Mars - and an Annular Eclipse" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 11 26 Feature Dark Beasts of the Trans-Neptunian Zoo "Littmann, Mark" 2007 11 30 Feature Destination: Mars "Grifantini, Kristina" 2007 11 32 S&T Test Report Traveling Through the Solar System "Heafner, Joe" 2007 11 36 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Helio Pod Solar Finder "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 11 36 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Atik Instruments ATK-16IC "Walker, Sean" 2007 11 38 New Product Showcase Stellarvue SV102ED 2007 11 38 New Product Showcase Clear Sky Clock Gadget 2007 11 38 New Product Showcase iOptron Cube 2007 11 40 Books & Beyond "A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes and Binoculars, by James Mullaney" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2007 11 40 Books & Beyond "Contact with Alien Civilizations, by Michael A. G. Michaud" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 11 41 Books & Beyond "Lives of the Planets, by Richard Corfield" "Grifantini, Kristina" 2007 11 42 Books & Beyond "Creating and Enhancing Digital Astro Images, by Grant Privett" "Walker, Sean" 2007 11 42 Books & Beyond "Voyages, by Greg Mort" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 11 42 Books & Beyond "Planetary Rings, by Larry Esposito" "Tytell, David" 2007 11 44 Astronomy Online Exploring Earth at Night "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 11 47 Rambling Through the Skies Going Like Sixty "Krupp, E. C." 2007 11 50 Sky at a Glance November 2007 Sky at a Glance 2007 11 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Novelties of November "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 11 53 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2007 11 54 Northern Binocular Highlight Seeking Stock 2 "Seronik, Gary" 2007 11 55 Suburban Star Hop Snowball Sighting "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2007 11 57 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2007 11 58 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" A Month for Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 11 61 Celestial Calendar Saturn and Its Many Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 11 63 Exploring the Moon Reading the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2007 11 66 Feature Your Telescopic Guide to Mars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 11 70 Celestial Calendar Watch the Moon Occult Regulus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 11 72 Celestial Calendar A Symbiotic Star 2007 11 78 Star Trails Flight to the Future "Levy, David H." 2007 11 82 Telescope Workshop ATMentoring "Seronik, Gary" 2007 11 84 Hobby Q&A What was the flashing object that never moved? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 11 84 Hobby Q&A When can you detect Jupiter's satellites with unaided eyes? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 11 84 Hobby Q&A "Why do outer, gas-giant planets rotate faster than the inner, terrestrial planets?" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 11 87 Astrophotography Focusing Your DSLR on the Sky "Dyer, Alan" 2007 11 92 Gallery Venus series "Schrantz, Rick" 2007 11 92 Gallery 2-day-old Moon over Teton Mountains "Fleming, Tom" 2007 11 93 Gallery Sigma Scorpii and Messier 4 "Salman, Dean" 2007 11 104 Focal Point Channeling the Big Bang "Lago, Don" 2007 12 10 Spectrum Master of the Occult "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 12 12 Letters "Been There, Done That" "Gordon, Rodger W." 2007 12 12 Letters The Dynamics of Dynamic Range "Kidd, Simon" 2007 12 12 Letters More Moon Madness "Rodger, David A." 2007 12 12 Letters Armstrong on the Moon "Mellberg, William F." 2007 12 16 News Notes The Sun Shakes the Earth 2007 12 16 News Notes The Sun's Hot Corona: Mystery Deepens 2007 12 16 News Notes A Starry Chemical Imbalance 2007 12 16 News Notes Measuring Neutron Stars Precisely 2007 12 17 Mission Update Life and Death of FUSE "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 12 17 Mission Update Kaguya: To the Moon! "McDowell, Jonathan" 2007 12 17 News Notes The Source of the Dinosaurs' Asteroid 2007 12 17 News Notes "Neptune's ""Warm"" Pole" 2007 12 18 News Notes "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2007 12 18 News Notes A Root of Amateur Astronomy Unearthed 2007 12 18 News Notes Sharpening the 200-Inch 2007 12 20 Feature Mira's Marvelous Tail "Schilling, Govert" 2007 12 22 Feature "Mirror, Mirror" "Lowe, Jonathan" 2007 12 24 Feature Box: First LBT Science "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2007 12 26 Feature "Science, Scholarship, & Bethlehem's Starry Night" "Adair, Aaron Michael" 2007 12 30 Feature Celebrating Cassini "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2007 12 34 S&T Test Report Celestron's Grab-'n'-Go 6-inch "Dyer, Alan" 2007 12 37 S&T Test Report Staying on Track "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 12 42 New Product Showcase Orion TeleTrack 2007 12 42 New Product Showcase SBIG AO-8 active-optics system 2007 12 42 New Product Showcase Diffraction Limited's Boltwood Portable Cloud Sensor 2007 12 45 Books & Beyond "Sirius, by Jay B. Holberg" "Deans, Paul" 2007 12 45 Books & Beyond "Dark Side of the Universe, by Iain Nicolson" "Bobra, Monica" 2007 12 46 Books & Beyond "Of Firebirds and Moonmen, by Norman J. James" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2007 12 46 Books & Beyond "But It Was Fun, by Felix J. Lockman, Frank D. Ghigo, and Dana S. Balser, eds." "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 12 46 Books & Beyond "The Sky Is Your Laboratory, by Robert K. Buchheim" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2007 12 48 Astronomy Online Realizing Virtual-Sky Dreams "Goldman, Stuart J." 2007 12 51 Rambling Through the Skies The Four Seasons "Krupp, E. C." 2007 12 54 Sky at a Glance December 2007 Sky at a Glance 2007 12 56 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Orion Arrives on the Scene "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 12 57 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 2007 12 58 Northern Binocular Highlight Ghostly Galaxy M33 "Seronik, Gary" 2007 12 59 Suburban Star Hop Clusters Fit for a Queen "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2007 12 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2007 12 62 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mars Madness "Schaaf, Fred" 2007 12 65 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" The Moons of Mars and Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 12 67 Exploring the Moon Decoding Mare Imbrium "Wood, Charles A." 2007 12 71 Feature The Glorious Geminids "Flanders, Tony" 2007 12 77 Celestial Calendar Moon and Pleiades Meet "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 12 78 Celestial Calendar Bright Red Variable Near a Nebula "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 12 80 Deep-Sky Wonders Square Dancing "French, Sue" 2007 12 85 Feature Pacific Eclipse Impressions "Walker, Sean" 2007 12 88 Feature "Fireworks at 50,000 Feet" "Dantowitz, Ron" 2007 12 92 Telescope Workshop The Easy-Go-Round Bino Mount "Seronik, Gary" 2007 12 96 Hobby Q&A Would a large concave mirror suffice for low-power views of extended deep-sky objects? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 12 96 Hobby Q&A Were stars artistically depicted with diffraction spikes before the Newtonian reflector was invented? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2007 12 96 Hobby Q&A Where was the Big Bang located? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2007 12 98 Gallery Barnard 72 in Ophiuchus "Khan, Tim" 2007 12 98 Gallery Sharpless 2-129 in Cepheus "Salman, Dean" 2007 12 99 Gallery Sunrise Eclipse over Iran "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2007 12 99 Gallery Vesta "Medugno, Antonello" 2007 12 99 Gallery Venus and Saturn conjunction "Tezel, Tunc" 2007 12 100 Gallery Messier 28 "Kelly, Al" 2007 12 100 Gallery IC 1318 "Karbal, Bruce" 2007 12 112 Focal Point Two Journeys Back in Time "Wehler, Randall" 2008 1 10 Spectrum Star Trails at 20 "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 1 12 Letters New Use for Old Books 2008 1 12 Letters Where Are They Now? "Sufitchi, Ciprian" 2008 1 12 Letters Astronomy's Image Problem "Peterson, Mark B." 2008 1 18 News Notes Pluto Family Portrait 2008 1 18 News Notes Mystery Pulse 2008 1 18 News Notes Too Many Planets! 2008 1 18 News Notes Students to Hunt Pulsars 2008 1 18 News Notes Titan's Frigid Shores 2008 1 19 Mission Update NuSTAR Revived "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 1 19 Mission Update Dawn: Bound for Vesta and Ceres "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 1 19 News Notes Automated Lunar Impacts 2008 1 19 News Notes Imaging Mercury 2008 1 19 News Notes Skylights into Martian Caves 2008 1 20 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 1 20 News Notes Aurora Stamps 2008 1 20 News Notes "Dunlap Observatory, RIP" 2008 1 20 News Notes Site Picked for Giant Magellan Telescope 2008 1 22 Feature Alien Earths from A to Z "Seager, Sara" 2008 1 26 Feature A Hawaiian Galaxy Garden "Lomberg, Jon" 2008 1 31 Feature Hipparcos's Star Distances Get Better "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 1 34 Feature The Arctic-Asian Solar Eclipse of August 2008 "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2008 1 38 Feature Hot New Products for 2008 "Sky & Telescope, the Editors of" 2008 1 45 Books & Beyond "Spectroscopy, by Keith Robinson" "Peterson, Carolyn C." 2008 1 45 Books & Beyond "Understanding Variable Stars, by John R. Percy" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2008 1 48 Astronomy Online Lunar Roundup "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 1 51 Rambling Through the Skies Priming the Meridian "Krupp, E. C." 2008 1 55 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance 2008 1 56 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Winter's Sky of All Seasons "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 1 57 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 1 59 Suburban Star Hop The Andromeda Strain "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 1 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2008 1 62 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Jupiter and Venus Dance at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 1 69 Exploring the Moon The Rings of Imbrium "Wood, Charles A." 2008 1 73 Celestial Calendar The Southward Plunge of Comet Tuttle "Bryant, Greg" 2008 1 76 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2008 "Dunham, David W." 2008 1 80 Deep-Sky Wonders Perseus's Flying Mantle "French, Sue" 2008 1 84 Star Trails Is a Small Scope Better? "Levy, David H." 2008 1 87 Telescope Workshop Cooldown Confusion "Seronik, Gary" 2008 1 90 Hobby Q&A Why are Earth's skies so boring? "Flanders, Tony" 2008 1 90 Hobby Q&A Why are there no green stars? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 1 90 Hobby Q&A How would the sky look through 1 x 50 binoculars? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 1 93 Feature Mastering Your Finderscope "Flanders, Tony" 2008 1 98 Gallery NGC 2237 "Khan, Tim" 2008 1 98 Gallery Jupiter and Antares in Scorpius "Beletsky, Yuri" 2008 1 98 Gallery Van den Bergh 14 and 15 "Davis, Thomas V." 2008 1 99 Gallery "Milky Way Vista with M16, M17, and M24" "Noble, John" 2008 1 99 Gallery Mars Dust Storm "Melka, Jim" 2008 1 100 Gallery "Moon above stone circle at Stenness, Scotland" "Privett, Grant" 2008 1 100 Gallery Stephan's Quintet and Deerlick Group "Hager, Dietmar" 2008 1 112 Focal Point "Pluto, Science, and Death" "Shuster, Joe" 2008 2 10 Spectrum Countdown to 2009 "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 2 12 Letters DSLR Focusing Aids "Shell, Richard D." 2008 2 12 Letters An Accidental Right Answer "O'Dell, C. Robert" 2008 2 12 Letters A Simple Explanation "Meeus, Jean" 2008 2 12 Letters Eyeballing Eclipses "Fischer, Daniel" 2008 2 18 News Notes Our Sun's Closest Twin 2008 2 18 News Notes A Star with Five Planets 2008 2 18 News Notes Betelgeuse: Star in a Shell 2008 2 18 News Notes New Route to a Supernova 2008 2 18 News Notes The Record Stellar-Mass Black Hole 2008 2 19 Mission Update Stepping to the Moon "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 2 19 Mission Update Satellite Practice "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 2 19 Mission Update China's First Interplanetary Spacecraft "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 2 19 News Notes Do We Really Need Jupiter? 2008 2 20 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 2 20 News Notes Rosetta Attacks! 2008 2 20 News Notes The Meteor Showers of Mars 2008 2 22 Feature The Exoplanet and the Amateurs "Naeye, Robert" 2008 2 24 Feature The Astounding Comet Holmes "Bortle, John E." 2008 2 30 Feature Le Verrier and the Discovery of Sirius B "Holberg, Jay B." 2008 2 34 S&T Test Report iOptron's Capable Cube "Seronik, Gary" 2008 2 38 New Product Showcase Shelyak Instruments' LHIRES III Spectrograph 2008 2 38 New Product Showcase Astronomy-Shoppe's Meade Rescue Kit 2008 2 38 New Product Showcase StarShoot Deep Space Color Imager II 2008 2 40 New Product Showcase Baader Planetarium's Narrowband Filters 2008 2 40 New Product Showcase Orion Premium 102mm F/7 ED Refractor 2008 2 40 New Product Showcase Smart Astronomy's Clear-View Portable Observatory Tent 2008 2 42 Books & Beyond "The Telescope, by Geoff Andersen" "Bobra, Monica" 2008 2 42 Books & Beyond "Aurora, by Neil Bone" "Deans, Paul" 2008 2 43 Books & Beyond Science Educators Under the Stars "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 2 43 Books & Beyond "Race to Mars, by Dana Berry" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 2 43 Books & Beyond "Kaleidoscope Sky, by Tim Herd" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 2 43 Books & Beyond "Conceptions of Cosmos, by Helge S. Kragh" "Gay, Pamela L." 2008 2 44 Astronomy Online Reaching Out "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 2 47 Rambling Through the Skies Driving at Night "Krupp, E. C." 2008 2 65 Exploring the Moon Lunar Rilles of Mystery "Wood, Charles A." 2008 2 68 Feature February's Ideal Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 2 74 Deep-Sky Wonders Starry Nights "French, Sue" 2008 2 78 Star Trails The Accidental Comet "Levy, David H." 2008 2 84 Telescope Workshop A Great Big Yolo "Seronik, Gary" 2008 2 86 Hobby Q&A "What is the ""star"" in Johnny Horne's Horsehead Nebula image?" "Horne, Johnny" 2008 2 86 Hobby Q&A "Wouldn't a 300-meter asteroid be able to eclipse the Moon, if it should pass in front of it?" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 2 86 Hobby Q&A Shouldn't a perfectly reflecting full Moon be as bright as the Sun? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 2 88 Feature The Time-Travel Project "Schedler, Johannes" 2008 2 92 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946 "Quattrocchi, Keith B." 2008 2 92 Gallery Messier 42 "Hetlage, Chris" 2008 2 92 Gallery Veil Nebula "Wood, Kent" 2008 2 93 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 253 "Gendler, Robert" 2008 2 94 Gallery Open Cluster NGC 1893 "Quattrocchi, Keith B." 2008 2 94 Gallery IC 5134 in Cepheus "Janusz, Jim" 2008 2 104 Focal Point Teenage Girl Beats Hubble! "McFarlane, Gil" 2008 3 10 Spectrum Lights Out! "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 3 12 Letters How Science Works "DeCanio, Thomas" 2008 3 12 Letters Finders Peepers "Hazlet, John" 2008 3 12 Letters Planetary Pilot "Taylor, Tony" 2008 3 20 News Notes Dust in a Hot Jupiter 2008 3 20 News Notes "The Orion Nebula, Exactly" 2008 3 20 News Notes 200 Million Hydrogen Emitters 2008 3 20 News Notes Saturn's Flying-Saucer Moons 2008 3 21 Mission Update Swift Restored to Service "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 3 21 Mission Update GLAST at Last "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 3 21 News Notes Europa's Bitter Sea 2008 3 22 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 3 22 News Notes Thirty Meter Telescope Moves Ahead 2008 3 22 News Notes Deep Impact Retargeted 2008 3 22 News Notes Lightning on Venus 2008 3 24 Feature Cosmic Superparticle Mystery: Solved? "Schilling, Govert" 2008 3 26 Feature Origin of the Elements of Life "Beers, Timothy C." 2008 3 32 Feature Where Did You Come From? "James, C. Renee" 2008 3 36 Feature Gaia's Mission to the Milky Way "Dambeck, Thorsten" 2008 3 40 S&T Test Report Borg Oasis Studio 77EDII and 101ED Refractors "Dyer, Alan" 2008 3 44 New Product Showcase Canon DSLR Filters 2008 3 44 New Product Showcase Smart Astronomy Solar System Planetary Long Eye-Relief Eyepieces 2008 3 44 New Product Showcase Orion Extra Narrowband Hydrogen-Alpha Imaging Filter 2008 3 47 Rambling Through the Skies A Day at the Races "Krupp, E. C." 2008 3 51 Sky at a Glance March 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 3 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Walking a Different Dog "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 3 53 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 3 54 Northern Binocular Highlight "M41, the Big Dog's Cluster" "Seronik, Gary" 2008 3 55 Suburban Star Hop A Chariot Full of Clusters "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 3 57 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2008 3 64 Exploring the Moon Imbrium's Impact "Wood, Charles A." 2008 3 66 Feature Polestars of the Future: A Journey in a Celestial Time Machine "Bordeleau, Andre G." 2008 3 74 Deep-Sky Wonders By Jiminy! "French, Sue" 2008 3 78 Star Trails Dreaming of Midsummer Nights "Levy, David H." 2008 3 81 Books & Beyond "The Birth of Stars and Planets, by John Bally and Bo Reipurth" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2008 3 81 Books & Beyond "Digital Astrophotography, by David Ratledge" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2008 3 82 Books & Beyond "The Planet Hunter, by Elizabeth Rusch" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 3 82 Books & Beyond "Star Ware, 4th Edition, by Philip S. Harrington" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 3 82 Books & Beyond "Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV, by Jean Meeus" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 3 82 Books & Beyond "Star Maps, by Nick Kanas" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 3 85 Astronomy Online The New Slooh "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 3 88 Telescope Workshop Of Telescopes and Tomatoes "Seronik, Gary" 2008 3 90 Hobby Q&A Why don't we on Earth see an angled view of Comet Holmes' tail? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 3 90 Hobby Q&A Has anyone ever calculated the combined tonnage of meteroids and space debris falling into our atmosphere yearly? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 3 90 Hobby Q&A How does the Moon's phase affect the skyglow of any given location? "Flanders, Tony" 2008 3 90 Hobby Q&A What are the chances of turning an astronomy hobby into a career? "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 3 104 Focal Point My Murphy's Law Marathon "Zander, Jon" 2008 4 10 Spectrum Glass Menagerie "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 4 12 Letters National Leaguer's Lament "Fisher, James R." 2008 4 12 Letters Highly Reflective Tech "Chiravalle, John" 2008 4 12 Letters Not So Prime "Bellessort, Jacques" 2008 4 16 News Notes Monster Black Holes Soon to Merge? 2008 4 16 News Notes A Double Einstein Ring 2008 4 16 News Notes Reunion with Mercury 2008 4 17 Mission Update Shaping Up the Moon "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 4 17 Mission Update The Lumps in Our Planet "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 4 17 News Notes Tunguska Blast Revised Downward 2008 4 17 News Notes Stars Born in the Middle of Nowhere 2008 4 18 News Notes Capen Gets a Martian Crater 2008 4 18 News Notes Big Plans for Hubble 2008 4 18 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 4 20 Feature Next Light: Tomorrow's Monster Telescopes "Lowe, Jonathan" 2008 4 26 Feature Parched Planet "Robertson, Donald F." 2008 4 32 S&T Test Report Orion StarShoot Deep Space Color Imager II "Horne, Johnny" 2008 4 36 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Nikon D300 Digital SLR "di Cicco, Dennis" 2008 4 38 New Product Showcase Orion StarShoot AutoGuider 2008 4 38 New Product Showcase Imaginova's Starry Night Apollo 2008 4 38 New Product Showcase Night Ize LED Upgrade Kit 2008 4 38 New Product Showcase Celestron FAR-Sight SkyScout Mount 2008 4 38 New Product Showcase StarShoot AstroGuider 2008 4 41 Books & Beyond "Wonderful World of Space, by Andrew Fraknoi" "Gay, Pamela L." 2008 4 41 Books & Beyond "Space Art, by Michael Carroll" "Reed, Casey B." 2008 4 42 Books & Beyond "State of the Universe 2008, by Martin Ratcliffe" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 4 42 Books & Beyond "Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, by Thomas Hockey" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 4 42 Books & Beyond "Planets, Stars, and Galaxies, by David A. Aguilar" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2008 4 44 Rambling Through the Skies Backpack to the Future "Krupp, E. C." 2008 4 47 Sky at a Glance April 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 4 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Changing of the Guard "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 4 49 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 4 50 Northern Binocular Highlight A Pair of Puppis Clusters "Seronik, Gary" 2008 4 51 Suburban Star Hop Big Bear Pair "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 4 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2008 4 54 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" The Ringed Planet Rules "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 4 61 Exploring the Moon The Big (Basin) Picture "Wood, Charles A." 2008 4 64 Feature Hinode's Solar Wonderland "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2008 4 66 Feature Savor Saturn in 2008 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 4 73 Deep-Sky Wonders Bear Toes "French, Sue" 2008 4 77 Star Trails A Friend Indeed "Levy, David H." 2008 4 80 Telescope Workshop Highe's Telescope Odyssey "Seronik, Gary" 2008 4 82 Hobby Q&A Are you able to see the light of cities on Earth from Mars using a modest-size telescope? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 4 82 Hobby Q&A How and who decided that January 1st at midnight is the moment a new year begins? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 4 82 Hobby Q&A How much extra aperture does a telescope need to produce the same aesthetic impact as certain binoculars? "Flanders, Tony" 2008 4 96 Focal Point Bastions of Science "Reade, Gordon" 2008 5 10 Spectrum Out to Launch "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 5 12 Letters "All Hail, Comet Holmes!" "Licht, A. Lewis" "Ramsey, John T." 2008 5 12 Letters Beginner's Lucklessness "Creedon, Lew" 2008 5 14 News Notes "A Really Fast Star from Far, Far Away" 2008 5 14 News Notes Standard-Candle Supernova Confusion 2008 5 14 News Notes "An Ingenious, Super-Good Cepheid Distance" 2008 5 14 News Notes Meteorites from Mercury? 2008 5 15 Mission Update Space-Station Astronomy "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 5 15 Mission Update Voyager 2 at the Edge "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 5 15 News Notes A Neutron Star's Hard Core 2008 5 16 News Notes Can Dunlap Observatory Be Saved? 2008 5 16 News Notes Telescope Companies Bury Hatchet 2008 5 16 News Notes A Stardust-Free Comet 2008 5 16 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 5 18 Feature Decoding the Oldest Light in the Universe "Hinshaw, Gary" "Naeye, Robert" 2008 5 24 Feature Reunion with Mercury "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 5 28 Feature The Mystery of the Million-Mass Cloud "Schilling, Govert" 2008 5 31 S&T Test Report Meade mySKY "di Cicco, Dennis" 2008 5 34 S&T Test Report Quick Look: FAR-Sight Binocular Mount "Seronik, Gary" 2008 5 36 New Product Showcase Pier-Tech Star Traveler Mobile Observatory 2008 5 36 New Product Showcase Meade Deep Sky Imager III and DSI III Pro CCD cameras 2008 5 36 New Product Showcase Celestron SkyScout Scope 90 2008 5 39 Books & Beyond "Astrophysics Is Easy!, by Mike Inglis" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2008 5 39 Books & Beyond "Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders, by Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson" "Seronik, Gary" 2008 5 40 Books & Beyond "The Far Side of the Moon, by Charles J. Byrne" "Wood, Charles A." 2008 5 41 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Night Sky Companion, by Tammy Plotner" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 5 41 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Astronomy, by Jacqueline Milton" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 5 43 Rambling Through the Skies Theatrical Lighting "Krupp, E. C." 2008 5 47 Sky at a Glance May 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 5 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Exploring the Great Bear "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 5 49 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 5 50 Northern Binocular Highlight Galaxy Whirlpool "Seronik, Gary" 2008 5 51 Suburban Star Hop "Cluster Near, Cluster Far" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 5 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2008 5 54 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Twilight Spectacle "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 5 63 Exploring the Moon Hide-and-Seek Basin "Wood, Charles A." 2008 5 66 Feature Glimpse the Moon's Far Side "Seronik, Gary" 2008 5 70 Celestial Calendar Springtime Asteroids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 5 72 Celestial Calendar Mars Meets the Beehive "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 5 74 Deep-Sky Wonders The Immortal Beast "French, Sue" 2008 5 78 Telescope Workshop The Hollimon Secondary Holder "Seronik, Gary" 2008 5 80 Hobby Q&A When is the next visible gathering of five bright planets? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 5 80 Hobby Q&A "If you find something new in the sky, whom do you contact?" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 5 80 Hobby Q&A Are there plans to look at the Apollo landing sites with the Japanese Kaguya spacecraft? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 5 82 Feature Earth and Sky United "Tafreshi, Babak A." "Simmons, Mike" 2008 5 96 Focal Point Science or Spacemen? "Weinberg, Steven" 2008 6 10 Spectrum Yesterday and Today "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 6 12 Letters A Summer Observation "Upgren, Arthur" 2008 6 12 Letters Dark Illumination "Kniffen, Doug" 2008 6 12 Letters "Drop Dead, Please" "Rupel, Pat" 2008 6 14 News Notes Rings Around a Saturn Moon? 2008 6 14 News Notes A Magnetar in Sheep's Clothing 2008 6 14 News Notes A New Day in Precision Cosmology 2008 6 15 Mission Update Looking for Dark Matter "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 6 15 Mission Update Ulysses Says Goodbye "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 6 15 News Notes Mare Mercury 2008 6 15 News Notes Four Martian Landslides Caught in the Act 2008 6 16 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 6 16 News Notes First-First Light-Light for the Large Binocular Telescope 2008 6 16 News Notes Triple Asteroid 2008 6 18 Feature NASA's New Gamma-Ray Trailblazer "Naeye, Robert" 2008 6 24 Feature A Bump in the Night "Schilling, Govert" 2008 6 27 Feature Box: The Incredible Shrinking Planet "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 6 28 Feature How to Hunt for Supernova Fossils in the Milky Way "Welch, Douglas L." 2008 6 34 S&T Test Report Double-Barreled Observing "Seronik, Gary" 2008 6 37 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Speedy Austrian Astrograph "Fera, Bob" 2008 6 38 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Smart Astronomy's Planetary Eyepieces "Walker, Sean" 2008 6 40 Books & Beyond "Observing the Moon, by Gerald North" "Wood, Charles A." 2008 6 40 Books & Beyond "James Van Allen, by Abigail Foerstner" "Garfinkle, Robert A." 2008 6 43 Rambling Through the Skies Weathering the Stars "Krupp, E. C." 2008 6 47 Sky at a Glance June 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 6 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Lost Lore of the Little Dipper "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 6 49 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 6 50 Northern Binocular Highlight Messiers Near and Far "Seronik, Gary" 2008 6 51 Suburban Star Hop Binaries in Your Bootes "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 6 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2008 6 54 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" A Marvelous Midsummer Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 6 55 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Box: Not-So-Universal Time "Flanders, Tony" 2008 6 63 Exploring the Moon The Crater Main Sequence "Wood, Charles A." 2008 6 67 Celestial Calendar Pluto's Slow Departure "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 6 68 Celestial Calendar Scope Test "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 6 68 Celestial Calendar Dawn Moon in the Pleiades "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 6 70 Deep-Sky Wonders Flying off the Handle "French, Sue" 2008 6 72 Star Trails February's Lunar Eclipse "Levy, David H." 2008 6 75 Telescope Workshop Taming a Monster Scope "Seronik, Gary" 2008 6 78 Hobby Q&A How much farther will the Sun move out of the plane to the Milky Way before diving back in? "French, Sue" 2008 6 78 Hobby Q&A How should you focus a digital camera if you have progressive-correction eyeglasses? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2008 6 78 Hobby Q&A By what factor (if any) should you convert the field-of-view angle of a 1 1/4-inch eyepiece to the that for a 2-inch eyepiece? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 6 80 Feature Trying to Touch the Stars "Brunier, Serge" 2008 6 84 Gallery Sun Pillar over Texas "Stine, Mark" "Fraley, Ken" 2008 6 84 Gallery Green Flecks on Solar Limb "Zubenel, Doug" 2008 6 85 Gallery Planetary Nebula NGC 246 "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2008 6 85 Gallery Trailed February 2008 Lunar Eclipse "Cook, Chris" 2008 6 85 Gallery International Space Station "Vandebergh, Ralf" 2008 6 86 Gallery Planetary Nebula M76 "Hager, Dietmar" 2008 6 86 Gallery IC 1848 in Cassiopeia "Quattrocchi, Keith B." 2008 6 86 Gallery NCG 2359 Thor's Helmet "Peterson, Brian" 2008 6 96 Focal Point The Perfect Star Party "Elliott, Ted" 2008 7 10 Spectrum Out with the Old "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 7 10 Spectrum Out with the Old "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 7 12 Letters Why We Bother "Trotta, Steve" 2008 7 12 Letters Ancient Eye Test Tested "Bohigian, MD, George" 2008 7 14 News Notes A Naked-Eye Gamma-Ray Burst 2008 7 14 News Notes A Rich Protoplanetary Soup 2008 7 14 News Notes A Raft of New Planets in Silhouette 2008 7 14 News Notes Naked-Eye Gamma-Ray Burst 2008 7 15 Mission Update A Russian Phoenix Rises "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 7 15 Mission Update Akari Warms Up "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 7 15 News Notes Titan's Free-Floating Crust 2008 7 15 News Notes What Is Inside Enceladus? 2008 7 16 News Notes "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 7 16 News Notes Genesis: Earth Is Weird 2008 7 16 News Notes A Tiny Whiff of Moon Water 2008 7 16 News Notes Comet Hale-Bopp Lives On 2008 7 18 Skyscape Fiery Infants "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 7 20 Feature Tuning In to the Universe "Lazio, Joseph" "Kramer, Michael" "Gaensler, Bryan" 2008 7 26 Feature Solving a Halloween Mystery "Patterson, Joseph" 2008 7 32 S&T Test Report Sky Voyager "Heafner, Joe" 2008 7 36 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Astro-Tech Voyager Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 2008 7 38 New Product Showcase Foster Systems AstroMC observatory control hub 2008 7 38 New Product Showcase Unihedron Sky Quality Meter 2008 7 38 New Product Showcase Astro-Tech AT111EDT f/7 ED triplet apochromatic refractor 2008 7 40 New Product Showcase Vixen Optics Newtonian Replica 2008 7 40 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Universal Paracorr 2008 7 40 New Product Showcase Software Bisque TheSkyX Student Edition 2008 7 43 Books & Beyond "Women Astronomers, by Mabel Armstrong" "Gay, Pamela L." 2008 7 43 Books & Beyond "Observing the Sun with Coronado Telescopes, by Philip Pugh" "Tresch Fienberg, Richard" 2008 7 44 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images, by Greg Parker" "Walker, Sean" 2008 7 44 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Digital SLR Astrophotography, by Michael A. Covington" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2008 7 44 Books & Beyond "The History of Astronomy, by Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest" "Kanipe, Jeff" 2008 7 47 Rambling Through the Skies Getting the Picture "Krupp, E. C." 2008 7 51 Sky at a Glance July 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 7 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Apart, Yet Joined" "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 7 53 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 2008 7 54 Northern Binocular Highlight Hercules Messiers "Seronik, Gary" 2008 7 55 Suburban Star Hop Star Cluster Wars "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 7 57 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere Sky Chart "Bryant, Greg" 2008 7 58 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Evening Encounters "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 7 62 Feature Tiny Players on Jupiter's Stage "Wood, Charles A." "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 7 69 Exploring the Moon Counting Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2008 7 72 Feature A Multi-Hued Palette "Rao, Joe" 2008 7 75 Feature Box: Our Readers Measure Earth's Shadow "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 7 78 Deep-Sky Wonders The 12 Labors of Hercules "French, Sue" 2008 7 82 Star Trails The Vail Astronomy Unclub "Levy, David H." 2008 7 86 Telescope Workshop Two Focusing Tools for Astrophotography "Seronik, Gary" 2008 7 88 Feature Layer Magic for Your Astrophotos "Ireland, R. Scott" 2008 7 92 Gallery Color-Enhanced Moon "Johnson, Tim" 2008 7 93 Gallery Solar Halo and Sundogs "Szabototh, Charles" 2008 7 93 Gallery "Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405" "Goldman, Don S." 2008 7 94 Gallery Comet Holmes and California Nebula "Astreoud, Jerome" 2008 7 94 Gallery Jupiter with Red Spot "Salway, Mike" 2008 7 104 Focal Point Flash Astronomy "Rifkin, Alan" 2008 8 10 Spectrum Vital Signs "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 8 12 Letters Shocking Truth "Ulivi, Paolo" 2008 8 12 Letters Divinity Divide "Miller, Grant" 2008 8 12 Letters Amateur Glass Only Half Full "Ilovaisky, Sergio" 2008 8 14 News Notes Gallery of Colliding Galaxies 2008 8 14 News Notes Looking Down the Throat of a Black-Hole Jet 2008 8 15 Mission Update Collecting Interstellar Atoms "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 8 15 Mission Update Nanosatellites Reach Orbit "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 8 16 News Notes 50 & 25 years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 8 16 News Notes Is Mercury's Orbit Unstable? 2008 8 18 Feature Caesar's Invasion of Britain "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." Texas State Honors Students 2008 8 24 Feature Clear(er) Skie Ahead "Creed, Phillip J." 2008 8 30 Feature The Quest for Dark Matter "Panek, Richard" 2008 8 36 Feature Gearheads in Paradise "di Cicco, Dennis" "Walker, Sean" 2008 8 40 Books & Beyond "Jupiter and How to Observe It, by John W. McAnnaly" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2008 8 40 Books & Beyond "Cosmological Engmas, by Mark Kidger" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2008 8 43 Rambling Through the Skies Dinner Date "Krupp, E. C." 2008 8 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Judge Your Sky with Draco "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 8 61 Exploring the Moon Unseen Seas "Wood, Charles A." 2008 8 65 Celestial Calendar Dodge the Moon the Perseids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 8 66 Celestial Calendar Solar Eclipse over Eurasia "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 8 67 Celestial Calendar August 208's Partial Lunar Eclpse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 8 69 Celestial Calendar Three Blood Drops on the Swan's Wing "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 8 73 Deep-Sky Wonders Stars Unnumbered "French, Sue" 2008 8 77 Star Trails European AstroFest 2008 "Levy, David H." 2008 8 81 Telescope Workshop Milsom's Terrific Travelscope "Seronik, Gary" 2008 8 96 Focal Point Street-level Stargazing "Frybarger, Duane" 2008 9 10 Spectrum A Fond Farewell "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 9 12 Letters Jonesing for Pharaohs "Laber, Bernd" 2008 9 12 Letters Space Priorities - II "Isaacs, Julian" 2008 9 12 Letters Space Priorities - I "Wilkinson, Clint" 2008 9 14 News Notes The Most Recent Milky Way Supernova 2008 9 14 News Notes Supernova Caught in the Act 2008 9 14 News Notes The Milky Way Remapped 2008 9 15 Mission Update GLAST Reaches Orbit "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 9 15 Mission Update Faster Solar Snapshots "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 9 15 Mission Update Hinode Has a Hitch "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 9 15 News Notes Jupiter's Three Red Spots 2008 9 15 News Notes More Supernovae: A White Dwarf's Messy Blowup 2008 9 16 News Notes Anticipating Epsilon Aurigae 2008 9 16 News Notes 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 9 16 News Notes Plutoids? 2008 9 16 News Notes Amateur Finds Fastest-Spinning Asteroid 2008 9 16 News Notes "Little Red Dwarf, Great Big Flare" 2008 9 20 Skyscape A Historic Descent 2008 9 22 Feature Polar Prospector "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 9 26 Feature Box: Planet Quests "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2008 9 26 Feature Planetary Peculiarities "Croswell, Ken" 2008 9 30 Feature Box: Death of Amateur Astronomy ... or New Birth? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 9 30 Feature The Coming Giant Sky Patrols "Jedicke, Peter" "Jedicke, Robert" 2008 9 36 S&T Test Report A Bigger Blast for the Buck "Seronik, Gary" 2008 9 39 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Astro-Tech AT80EDT Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2008 9 42 Books & Beyond "The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies, by Ronald J. Buta, Harold G. Corwin Jr., and Stephen C. Odewahn" "Garfinkle, Robert A." 2008 9 42 Books & Beyond "Setting-up a Small Observatory, by David Arditti" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2008 9 43 Books & Beyond "Stars & Planets, by Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion" "Burchell, Tania" 2008 9 44 Astronomy Online Microsoft's Cosmic Marvel "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 9 47 Sky at a Glance September 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 9 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Sagittarius Crazy Quilt "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 9 49 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 9 50 Northern Binocular Highlight Lagoon and Trifid "Seronik, Gary" 2008 9 51 Suburban Star Hop Lyra's Dandy Doughnut "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 9 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2008 9 54 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Twilight Threesome "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 9 60 Exploring the Moon A Colorful Moon? "Wood, Charles A." 2008 9 63 Celestial Calendar Uranus and Neptune After Dark "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 9 64 Celestial Calendar Moon Crosses the Pleiades "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 9 65 Celestial Calendar The Year's Best Asteroid Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 9 69 Deep-Sky Wonders Magic Nights of Stars "French, Sue" 2008 9 73 Rambling Through the Skies Labor Day "Krupp, E. C." 2008 9 77 Star Trails Not the Stellafane Way "Levy, David H." 2008 9 80 Telescope Making Selections from My Bookshelf "Seronik, Gary" 2008 9 82 Hobby Q&A Why do emission nebulae look red in photographs but greenish gray in the eyepiece? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 9 82 Hobby Q&A Why isn't the Moon always oriented the same way in the sky? "Tytell, David" 2008 9 82 Hobby Q&A "How long after sunset is the sky truly ""dark""?" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 9 82 Hobby Q&A "Has a ""blue Moon"" ever occurred on February 29th (leap day)?" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 9 84 Gallery "Stars over Poulnabrone Dolman, Ireland" "Ryan Jr., Frank" 2008 9 85 Gallery Zodiacal Light "Beletsky, Yuri" 2008 9 85 Gallery Yearly Saturn images "Gasparri, Daniele" 2008 9 85 Gallery Galaxy NGC 4565 in Coma Berenices "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 2008 9 86 Gallery Nebula IC 5146 in Cygnus "Yaney, David S." 2008 9 86 Gallery Star Trails over El Torcal "Fernandez, Jesus Navas" 2008 9 96 Focal Point Red Planet Resolve "Bos, Brent J." 2008 10 10 Spectrum Taking the Helm "Naeye, Robert" 2008 10 12 Letters Looking Back and Ahead - III "Allum, Andrew" 2008 10 12 Letters Looking Back and Ahead - II "Black, Larry" 2008 10 12 Letters Record Moons "Hoffman, Roy" 2008 10 12 Letters Looking Back and Ahead - I "Reade, Gordon" 2008 10 14 Letters Looking Back and Ahead - IV "Tyson, Richard" 2008 10 14 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 10 16 News Notes Brown Dwarfs Weigh In Too 2008 10 16 News Notes The Most Massive Star Yet? 2008 10 16 News Notes Mars Too Salty for Life? 2008 10 16 News Notes Mars's Ancient Water Works 2008 10 17 News Notes "Few Jupiters, Lots of Earths?" 2008 10 17 News Notes "SOHO Comets: 1,500 and Counting" 2008 10 17 News Notes Why Mars Is Two-Faced 2008 10 17 News Notes Saturn's Crash-Ridden F Ring 2008 10 17 News Notes The Secret Companion of Regulus 2008 10 17 News Notes Black Holes Shape Spiral Galaxy Arms 2008 10 18 News Notes Dark-Sky Park in Pennsylvania 2008 10 18 News Notes How Little Asteroids Go Double 2008 10 18 Mission Update Rosetta's First Asteroid "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 10 18 Mission Update Messenger Returns to Mercury "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 10 18 News Notes The Sun Twists its Pitches 2008 10 22 Feature A Martian Wonderland "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 10 23 Feature Box: Countown 2 Landing "Levy, David H." 2008 10 23 Feature Sidebar: Countdown 2 Landing "Levy, David H." 2008 10 26 Feature Fixing Hubble One Last Time "Blades, J. Chris" 2008 10 32 Feature Touching the Stars Without Leaving Home "Garcia, Ruben" "Notkin, Geoffrey" 2008 10 36 Feature Box: They Came from Mars "Naeye, Robert" 2008 10 38 S&T Test Report Following the Stars "Seronik, Gary" 2008 10 42 New Product Showcase StarShoot Pro Deep Space CCD Color Imaging Camera 2008 10 42 New Product Showcase Deep Sky Instruments TrueRC astrographs 2008 10 42 New Product Showcase North Star Systems Dob Tracker II 2008 10 44 Books & Beyond "Empire of the Stars, by Arthur I. Miller" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2008 10 44 Books & Beyond "Lights in the Sky, by Michael Maunder" "Kanipe, Jeff" 2008 10 45 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Lunar Exploration Scrapbook, by Robert Godwin" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 10 45 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Rejuvenating the Sun, by Martin Beech" "Tytell, David" 2008 10 45 Books & Beyond "Stargazing with Binoculars, by Robin Scagell" "Flanders, Tony" 2008 10 47 Sky at a Glance October 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 10 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Summer's Swan Song "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 10 49 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 10 50 Northern Binocular Highlight Planetary Nebula M27 "Seronik, Gary" 2008 10 51 Suburban Star Hop Coy Cluster in Capricornus "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 10 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2008 10 54 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Venus and Jupiter Light the Dusk "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 10 63 Exploring the Moon A Swim in Mare Humorum "Wood, Charles A." 2008 10 67 Celestial Calendar October Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 10 68 Celestial Calendar East Coast Asteroid Occultation 2008 10 71 Deep-Sky Wonders Arion's Dolphin "French, Sue" 2008 10 75 Rambling Through the Skies Space Opera "Krupp, E. C." 2008 10 78 Telescope Workshop Baffle Your Scope's Focuser "Seronik, Gary" 2008 10 80 Feature Improving Your DSLR Photos "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2008 10 84 Gallery NGC 4725 and NGC 4448 "Kelly, Al" 2008 10 84 Gallery Nebula IC 1848 "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 2008 10 85 Gallery NGC 6559 and IC 1274 "Rhemann, Gerald" 2008 10 86 Gallery Jupiter with Three Red Spots "Hease, Paul" 2008 10 86 Gallery 12-hour Star Trails "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2008 10 96 Focal Point Game Plan "Watson, Thomas T." 2008 11 8 Spectrum An Unforgettable Night on Mount Wilson "Naeye, Robert" 2008 11 11 Letters Why Spend on Astronomy? - II "Durrell, Mark W." 2008 11 11 Letters Keep on Tinkering! "Habas, Gregory" 2008 11 11 Letters Why Spend on Astronomy? - I "Skoch, Bernard K." 2008 11 11 Letters Superior Celestial Eye Exam "Gordon, Rodger W." 2008 11 12 Letters Blame Sagan "Maor, Eli" 2008 11 12 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 11 19 News Notes Moon Transits Earth 2008 11 19 News Notes Weighing Black Holes by High-School Gas Laws 2008 11 19 News Notes Titan Lakes Nailed at Last 2008 11 19 News Notes Zooming in on Enceladus's Cracks 2008 11 20 News Notes Third Plutoid Named 2008 11 20 News Notes Largest Known Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) 2008 11 20 News Notes Eta Carinae Prepares for X-ray Crash 2008 11 20 News Notes A Galaxy's Dead Zone 2008 11 20 News Notes Dark Energy's Early Fingerprints 2008 11 22 Mission Update International X-ray Observatory "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 11 22 Mission Update Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Delayed "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 11 22 News Notes "Our ""Goldilocks"" Solar System" 2008 11 24 Feature Totality 2008: First Look "Walker, Sean" 2008 11 26 Feature X Rays Mark the Spot: A Newborn Supernova "Soderberg, Alicia" 2008 11 30 Feature Box: Red Giant Shock Breakout "Naeye, Robert" 2008 11 32 Feature Building Planets in Disks of Chaos "Weinberger, Alycia J." 2008 11 38 Feature Pioneering Telescope Turns 100 "Misch, Tony" "Sheehan, William" 2008 11 43 S&T Test Report Guiding on a Budget "Dyer, Alan" 2008 11 48 New Product Showcase Astro-Tech AT16D Dobsonian 2008 11 48 New Product Showcase Astrodon Narrowband Filters 2008 11 48 New Product Showcase HoTech SCA Laser Collimator 2008 11 52 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Writing in the Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 11 53 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 11 54 Northern Binocular Highlight Autumn Globulars "Seronik, Gary" 2008 11 55 Suburban Star Hop Contrasting Cass Clusters "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 11 57 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart "Bryant, Greg" 2008 11 64 Exploring the Moon The Big Picture "Wood, Charles A." 2008 11 67 Celestial Calendar Vesta Circles the Whale's Head "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 11 68 Celestial Calendar Three Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 11 71 Deep-Sky Wonders Frederick's Glory "French, Sue" 2008 11 77 Books & Beyond "Ice, Rock, and Beauty, by David Brodie" "Burchell, Tania" 2008 11 77 Books & Beyond "Total Solar Eclipses and How To Observe Them, by Martin Mobberley" "Garfinkle, Robert A." 2008 11 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22, by Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 11 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Keep Watching the Skies, by W. Patrick McCray" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 11 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Eleven Planets, by David A. Aguilar" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2008 11 78 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites, by O. Richard Norton and Lawrence A. Chitwood" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 11 80 Astronomy Online Delving into Hubble's Hoard "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 11 83 Rambling Through the Skies Astronomical Wonders "Krupp, E. C." 2008 11 87 Telescope Workshop Meet the Chief "Seronik, Gary" 2008 11 91 Hobby Q&A Fast Fact: Sirius and January 1st "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 11 91 Hobby Q&A Is it good or bad to have an infrared-blocking feature on a camera? "Walker, Sean" 2008 11 91 Hobby Q&A Would a light-pollution filter help find Puto with a 10-inch reflector? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 11 92 Gallery "Pelican Nebula, IC 5070" "Van Vleet, Larry" 2008 11 93 Gallery Moon wide-field portrait "Bareket, Ido" 2008 11 93 Gallery Solar Granulation "Usatov, Maxim" 2008 11 93 Gallery Galaxy M82 "Kloehr, Wolfgang" 2008 11 94 Gallery Setting Crescent Moon "Kohlhauf, Franz Xaver" 2008 11 94 Gallery Dwarf galaxy IC 2574 "Winder, Martin" "Hager, Dietmar" 2008 11 95 Gallery August 2008 Solar Eclipse over Mongolia "Sims, Geoff" 2008 11 104 Focal Point There's No Place Like Dome "Illig, Leona" 2008 12 8 Spectrum What's Earth's Closest Relative? "Naeye, Robert" 2008 12 10 Letters Of Plutoids and Planets - II "Caldwell, Robert B." 2008 12 10 Letters Early All-Sky Surveys - II "Steinicke, Wolfgang" 2008 12 10 Letters Critical Galaxy Guide "Diaz, Eric F." 2008 12 10 Letters Of Plutoids and Planets - I "Unger, Rebecca" 2008 12 10 Letters Early All-Sky Surveys - I "Ferrio, Michael" 2008 12 12 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2008 12 12 Letters Don't Be Dirty "Lewis, Barbara-Ann" 2008 12 15 News Notes Milky Way's Central Monster Weighed Anew 2008 12 15 News Notes Rosetta's Diamond in the Sky 2008 12 16 News Notes "GLAST Begins Work, Gets New Name" 2008 12 16 News Notes Exoplanet Search Strategies 2008 12 16 News Notes Perseids on the Moon 2008 12 16 News Notes Black Hole View: Almost Sharp Enough! 2008 12 16 News Notes Star-Studded Holes 2008 12 18 Mission Update The Infrared Eye of WISE "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 12 18 Mission Update Phoenix Races the Calendar "McDowell, Jonathan" 2008 12 18 News Notes Low-Polluting Streetlights 2008 12 18 News Notes For Carl 2008 12 26 Feature Titan: Earth in Deep Freeze "Barnes, Jason" 2008 12 34 Feature Still Debating Pluto's Fate "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2008 12 36 Feature Palomar's Big Eye "Mason, Todd" "Mason, Robin" 2008 12 43 S&T Test Report Celestron's Omni XLT 127 Schmidt-Cassegrain "Ashford, Adrian R." 2008 12 44 S&T Test Report Quick Look: HoTech SCA Laser Collimator "Walker, Sean" 2008 12 48 S&T Test Report Quick Look: iOptron's MiniTower "di Cicco, Dennis" 2008 12 50 New Product Showcase Telescope Atlanta T1 series Dobsonian telescopes 2008 12 50 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Ethos eyepieces 2008 12 50 New Product Showcase Garrett Optical Signature 20 x 110 and 28 x 110 HD-WP Bincoulars 2008 12 52 Astronomy Online Gallery Hopping "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 12 54 Sky at a Glance Celestial and Terrestrial Lights "Cook, Chris" 2008 12 55 Sky at a Glance December 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 12 55 Sky at a Glance December 2008 Sky at a Glance 2008 12 56 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Let a Comet Be Your Guide "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 12 57 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2008 12 58 Northern Binocular Highlight Treasures in Cass "Seronik, Gary" 2008 12 59 Suburban Star Hop Aries and Beyond "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2008 12 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky Chart "Bryant, Greg" 2008 12 62 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Close Encounters "Schaaf, Fred" 2008 12 67 Celestial Calendar Europe's Occultation of Venus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 12 68 Celestial Calendar Pleiades Occultation 2008 12 68 Celestial Calendar Bright Peak for Chi Cygni? 2008 12 68 Celestial Calendar Moonlight Geminids 2008 12 69 Celestial Calendar More Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 12 71 Exploring the Moon What the Astronauts Saw "Wood, Charles A." 2008 12 74 Feature The Great Total Eclipse of 2009 "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2008 12 79 Deep-Sky Wonders The Darkling Fish "French, Sue" 2008 12 85 Rambling Through the Skies Voice in the Wilderness "Krupp, E. C." 2008 12 89 Books & Beyond "The International Atlas of Lunar Exploration, by Philip J. Stooke" "Robertson, Donald F." 2008 12 89 Books & Beyond "Titan Unveiled, by Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton" "Tytell, David" 2008 12 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Hubble, by David DeVorkin and Robert W. Smith" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 12 90 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: The Sun and the Moon, by Matthew Goodman" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2008 12 90 Books & Beyond "Digital Astrophotography, by Stefan Seip" "Aguirre, Edwin L." 2008 12 92 Hobby Q&A How many stars are discretely visible to the unaided eye at one time on a dark night? "Flanders, Tony" 2008 12 92 Hobby Q&A How can the Gaia spacecraft measure star positions to 7 microarcseconds? "Sinnott, Roger W." 2008 12 92 Hobby Q&A What's the greatest distance at which it is practical to detect extrasolar planets? "Naeye, Robert" 2008 12 93 Hobby Q&A Fast Fact: Largest Solar-System Model on Earth "MacRobert, Alan M." 2008 12 94 Telescope Workshop A Single-Strut Wonderscope "Seronik, Gary" 2008 12 96 Feature Data Mining for Astro-Gold "Mortfield, Paul" 2008 12 100 Gallery "Diamond Rings of August 1, 2008, Total Solar Eclipse" "Tuner, Nick" 2008 12 100 Gallery "August 16, 2008, Partial Lunar Eclipse" "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2008 12 101 Gallery Milky Way Above Mitikas Peak on Mount Olympus "Athanasiadis, Tilemachos" 2008 12 102 Gallery "August 1, 2008, Total Solar Eclipse" "Druckmuller, Miloslav" 2008 12 102 Gallery Bubble-like Nebula in Cygnus "Quattrocchi, Keith B." 2008 12 103 Gallery "NGC 6960, Veil Nebula" "Mortfield, Paul" 2008 12 103 Gallery International Space Station "Boudreau, John" 2008 12 112 Focal Point Misinterpreting the Magi "Molnar, Michael R." 2009 1 8 Spectrum IYA: A Call to Action! "Naeye, Robert" 2009 1 10 Letters "Exceptions, Exceptions" "Jackson, Pete" 2009 1 10 Letters Planetary Preferences "Knecht, Dan" 2009 1 10 Letters Amateur Showcase at NASA "Wolfe, Ted" 2009 1 10 Letters What's That Scope? "Gillespie, Guy" 2009 1 12 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 1 15 News Notes Is This an Alien Planet? 2009 1 15 News Notes "Gamma-Ray-Only Pulsar, A" 2009 1 15 News Notes Going With a Cosmic Flow? 2009 1 15 News Notes "New Face of Mercury, The" 2009 1 16 News Notes Saturn's Southern Swirl 2009 1 16 News Notes Opportunity's Long Dash 2009 1 16 News Notes "Shape of the Sun, The" 2009 1 16 News Notes "Deep (Impact) Mystery, A" 2009 1 16 News Notes Haumea and a Dwarf-Planet Name Game 2009 1 16 News Notes "Very Loopy Trans-Neptunian Object, A" 2009 1 18 Mission Update MAVEN and Mars's Dwindling Atmosphere "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 1 18 Mission Update Mars Science Laboratory: Landing Sites "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 1 18 News Notes Little Asteroid Makes a Big Splash 2009 1 21 Cosmic Relief "Through the Glass, Darkly?" "Grinspoon, David" 2009 1 28 Feature "Race to Find Alien Earths, The" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2009 1 34 Feature "Brightest Burst, The" "Fox, Derek" "Racusin, Judith" 2009 1 42 Feature Hot Products for 2009 2009 1 51 Books & Beyond "People and the Sky, by Anthony Aveni" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2009 1 51 Books & Beyond "Death from the Skies, by Philip Plait" "Bobra, Monica" 2009 1 52 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cosmos in the Classroom 2007, by Andrew Fraknoi, ed." "Goldman, Stuart J." 2009 1 52 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Cosmic Imagery, by John D. Barrow" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2009 1 52 Books & Beyond "The Oxford Companion to Cosmology, by Andrew Liddle and Jon Loveday" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2009 1 54 Sky at a Glance Cold Fire "Klensch, Michael" 2009 1 55 Sky at a Glance January 2009 Sky at a Glance 2009 1 56 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Ringing in the New Year "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 1 57 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2009 1 58 Northern Binocular Highlight Touring Clusterland "Seronik, Gary" 2009 1 59 Suburban Star Hop Associate with Perseus "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2009 1 61 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2009 1 62 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" How Brightly Shines the Evenstar "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 1 64 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Planetary Almanac 2009 1 67 Exploring the Moon Revelations in a Shallow Sea "Wood, Charles A." 2009 1 71 Celestial Calendar The Peekaboo Quadrantids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 1 72 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation Highlights for 2009 "Dunham, David W." 2009 1 74 Celestial Calendar Indian Ocean Annular Eclipse 2009 1 77 Deep-Sky Wonders "Segment of Perseus, The" "French, Sue" 2009 1 82 Feature "Year to Celebrate Astronomy, The" "Cesarsky, Catherine" "Russo, Pedro" "Christensen, Lars Lindberg" 2009 1 85 Feature Box: The American Effort "Isbell, Douglas" 2009 1 89 Telescope Workshop Pushing Glass "Seronik, Gary" 2009 1 92 Feature Galaxy Archaeology with Amateurs "Martinez-Delgado, David" "GaBany, R. Jay " 2009 1 100 Gallery Wind Farm in Oregon at Night "Andreasen, Larry" 2009 1 100 Gallery NGC 7023 in Cepheus "Wood, Kent" 2009 1 101 Gallery Milky Way as Waterfall "Andreasen, Larry" 2009 1 102 Gallery "Double Corona at Sunset, Lac Seul, Ontario" "Stankiewicz, Rick" 2009 1 102 Gallery Rho Ophiuchi "Noble, John" 2009 1 112 Focal Point Prized Lunar Mystique "Cokinos, Christopher" 2009 2 8 Spectrum Has S&T Been Dumbed Down? "Naeye, Robert" 2009 2 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 2 10 Letters Historic Sketch Found "Hollberg, Jay B." 2009 2 12 Letters Scope Pride - II "Ryan, Dan" 2009 2 12 Letters Scope Pride - I "Larcombe, Dennis" 2009 2 14 News Notes Imaging Planets . . . This Time for Sure 2009 2 14 News Notes New Close-ups of Enceladus 2009 2 15 Mission Update XMM-Newton Dodges a Bullet "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 2 15 Mission Update Chandrayaan-1 at the Moon "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 2 15 Mission Update iBEX Begins Work "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 2 16 News Notes Clear Sky Forecasts for All 2009 2 16 News Notes Telescope Mirrors of Antifreeze? 2009 2 16 News Notes Hubble Repair Mission Reset 2009 2 16 News Notes "Mars Phoenix Chills Out, Mission Ends" 2009 2 20 Cosmic Relief Living Dangerously "Grinspoon, David" 2009 2 22 Feature Box: Is Dark Energy Bad for Astronomy? "Naeye, Robert" 2009 2 22 Feature Going Over the Dark Side "Panek, Richard" 2009 2 29 Feature "Moon, the Telescope, and the Birth of the Modern World, The" "Maran, Stephen P." "Marschall, Laurence A." 2009 2 30 Feature Box: What Galileo Really Saw "Fedeli, Damiano" 2009 2 34 S&T Test Report Powerful Performer: Orion's StarShoot Pro "Horne, Johnny" 2009 2 38 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Obsession's 12 1/2-inch Truss-tube Dob "Seronik, Gary" 2009 2 41 New Product Showcase Diffraction Limited Maxlm DL Version 5 2009 2 41 New Product Showcase Sky Instruments' Twist-Lock Eyepiece Adapter 2009 2 41 New Product Showcase Sky-Watcher U.S.A.'s SW 90Mak MultiMount 2009 2 43 Books & Beyond "Black Hole War, by Leonard Susskind" "Gay, Pamela L." 2009 2 43 Books & Beyond "Passion for Mars, by Andrew Chaikin" "Garfinkle, Robert A." 2009 2 44 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Pluto Files, by Neil deGrasse Tyson" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2009 2 44 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Mars 3-D, by Jim Bell" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2009 2 44 Books & Beyond "Brightest Stars, by Fred Schaaf" "Deans, Paul" 2009 2 46 Sky at a Glance Twilight Tranquility "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2009 2 47 Sky at a Glance February 2009 Sky at a Glance 2009 2 48 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky 2009 2 49 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2009 2 50 Northern Binocular Highlight "Cetus Seyfert, The" "Seronik, Gary" 2009 2 51 Suburban Star Hop Crusing the Orion Beltway "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2009 2 53 Southern Hemisphere's Sky Southern Hemisphere's Sky "Bryant, Greg" 2009 2 54 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Planets of Dusk, Night, and Dawn" "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 2 56 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Planetary Almanac 2009 2 59 Exploring the Moon "Ghosts of Mare Nubium, The" "Wood, Charles A." 2009 2 62 Feature Living with Light Pollution "Flanders, Tony" 2009 2 68 Celestial Calendar Epsilon Aurigae Poised on the Brink "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 2 72 Celestial Calendar "Moon and the Pleiades, The" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 2 75 Deep-Sky Wonders Copeland's Lost Trigon "French, Sue" 2009 2 81 Hobby Q&A Has Canon or any other maker come out with a replacement for its 20Da camera? "Walker, Sean" 2009 2 81 Hobby Q&A What are the most common kind of photons in the universe? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 2 81 Hobby Q&A Why don't globular star clusters collapse in on themselves? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 2 83 Telescope Workshop A Slippery Slope "Seronik, Gary" 2009 2 84 Gallery First-Quarter Moon "Colognato, Emanuele" 2009 2 84 Gallery Moondogs and Moon Pillar over Yukon "Cartier, David" 2009 2 85 Gallery "Pleaides, M45" "Hammonds, Scott" 2009 2 86 Gallery Trifid Nebula (M20) and M21 "Villadsen, Peter" 2009 2 86 Gallery Strange Clouds over Michigan "Yaroch, Ronald" 2009 2 87 Gallery "NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula" "Reid, Michael" 2009 2 87 Gallery Big and Little Dippers over Great Wall "Chen, P. K." 2009 2 96 Focal Point Talking with Civilians "Shuster, Joe" 2009 3 8 Spectrum Humans to the Moon? "Naeye, Robert" 2009 3 10 Letters Star of Controversy - II "Jenkins, Rod" 2009 3 10 Letters Star of Controversy - I "Adair, Aaron" 2009 3 10 Letters Pluto: When Will It End? - III "Perry, Phil" 2009 3 10 Letters Pluto: When Will It End? - II "Krieger, Jeffrey B." 2009 3 10 Letters Pluto: When Will It End? - I "Honnecke, Marcus" 2009 3 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 3 16 News Notes Betelgeuse Making Waves 2009 3 16 News Notes Watching Tycho's Supernova 2009 3 17 News Notes Mineral Evolution on a Living Planet 2009 3 17 News Notes Martian Mega-Rover Delayed 2009 3 17 News Notes ...and Buried Glaciers Hidden in Plain Sight 2009 3 17 News Notes Mars's Oceanic Past... 2009 3 17 News Notes A Very Oddball Comet 2009 3 18 News Notes New Eyes on the Cosmic-Ray Sky 2009 3 18 Mission Update HST Servicing Mission "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 3 18 Mission Update Dawn on Track to Asteroids "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 3 18 Mission Update Juno: Return to Jupiter "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 3 20 Cosmic Relief This is Not a Planet? "Grinspoon, David" 2009 3 22 Feature Exoplanets Imaged At Last "Naeye, Robert" 2009 3 26 Feature Mercury Gets a Second Look "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2009 3 30 Feature Solar Impact "Grifantini, Kristina" 2009 3 36 S&T Test Report TMB-92 Refractor "Dyer, Alan" 2009 3 38 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Meade's LightSwitch Technology "di Cicco, Dennis" 2009 3 40 New Product Showcase Vixen Optics Foresta Binoculars 2009 3 40 New Product Showcase Celestron CGEM German Equatorial Mount 2009 3 40 New Product Showcase Universal Astronomics EasyView Arm 2009 3 42 Sky at a Glance "Conjunction, with Ducks" "Walker, Sean" 2009 3 43 Sky at a Glance March 2009 Sky at a Glance 2009 3 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Best of March "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 3 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2009 3 46 Northern Binocular Highlight Orion Extras "Seronik, Gary" 2009 3 47 Suburban Star Hop "Chilly Face in Space, A" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2009 3 50 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" All Eyes on Venus and Saturn "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 3 52 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Planetary Almanac 2009 3 55 Exploring the Moon Filling Up Copernicus "Wood, Charles A." 2009 3 58 Celestial Calendar Venus at Its 8-Year Best "Flanders, Tony" 2009 3 60 Celestial Calendar Binocular Comet Lulin "Bryant, Greg" 2009 3 60 Celestial Calendar Our Best-Ever Opposition of Ceres "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 3 63 Deep-Sky Wonders In Starry Skies "French, Sue" 2009 3 66 Books & Beyond "Unmasking Europa, by Richard Greenberg" "Irion, Robert" 2009 3 66 Books & Beyond "Observing the Night Sky With Binoculars, by Stephen James O'Mearaa" "Flanders, Tony" 2009 3 68 Feature Abraham Lincoln's Celestial Connections "Olson, Donald W." "Jasinski, Laurie E." 2009 3 72 Telescope Workshop A Travelscope Challenge "Seronik, Gary" 2009 3 74 Astrophotography Lucky Deep-Sky Imaging "Serpell, Ricardo" "Verschatse, Daniel" 2009 3 77 Astrophotography Box: Lucky Imaging with Intensified Video "Moore, Stan" "Schillings, Benoit" 2009 3 78 Gallery M33 "Paquette, Andre" 2009 3 79 Gallery Bipolar Nebula NGC 6164/6165 in Norma "Crouch, Steve" 2009 3 79 Gallery Sunset Colors from Volcano Kasatochi "Zubenel, Doug" 2009 3 80 Gallery Cassiopeia H-Alpha Nebulosity "Hetlage, Chris" 2009 3 88 Focal Point "Universe Factory, The" "Reade, Gordon" 2009 4 8 Spectrum Changes to S&T "Naeye, Robert" 2009 4 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 4 10 Letters Depth Perception "Heydon, Alex" 2009 4 10 Letters Lights Out! "Guzauskas, Bob" 2009 4 10 Letters Before Galileo "Sutherland, Paul" 2009 4 12 Letters Cosmic Fictionalization? "Bashian, Ronald S." 2009 4 16 News Notes Dark Energy: Real and Overwhelming 2009 4 16 News Notes New Cosmic Background Found 2009 4 17 Mission Update Stardust Revived "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 4 17 Mission Update J-MAPS: Next Step for Astrometry "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 4 17 News Notes Surprising Trove of Gamma-Ray Pulsars 2009 4 17 News Notes "Milky Way Doubles its Mass, The" 2009 4 18 News Notes Not So Many Brown Dwarfs 2009 4 18 News Notes Exoplanets in the Same Plane 2009 4 18 News Notes Fast-Forming Planets 2009 4 18 News Notes Two-Part Supernova 2009 4 20 Cosmic Relief Mars: Feel the Vibe "Grinspoon, David" 2009 4 22 Feature Shedding New Light on Dark Matter "Schilling, Govert" 2009 4 26 Feature Cosmic Cataclysms "Zimmerman, Robert" 2009 4 34 S&T Test Report FLI MicroLine ML8300 "Walker, Sean" 2009 4 38 S&T Test Report TheSkyX Student Edition "Heafner, Joe" 2009 4 40 Books & Beyond "Universe in a Mirror, by Robert Zimmerman" "Gay, Pamela L." 2009 4 40 Books & Beyond "Georgian Star, by Michael D. Lemonick" "Garfinkle, Robert A." 2009 4 41 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Planetology, by Tom Jones and Ellen Stofan" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2009 4 41 Books & Beyond "Briefly Noted: Chosing and Using a New CAT, by Rod Mollise" "Goldman, Stuart J." 2009 4 41 Books & Beyond "Backyard Astronomer's Guide, Third Edition, by Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer" "Walker, Sean" 2009 4 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Patterns in the Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 4 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance April 2009 2009 4 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 2009 4 45 Northern Binocular Highlight M48 in the Desert "Seronik, Gary" 2009 4 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 4 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Five Planets Grace the Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 4 50 Exploring the Moon Naming Names "Wood, Charles A." 2009 4 53 Celestial Calendar Challenges on Saturn "Vandebergh, Ralf" 2009 4 54 Celestial Calendar "Mimas Challenge, The" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 4 55 Celestial Calendar Titan and Its Shadow 2009 4 56 Celestial Calendar Crescent Moon Occults Venus 2009 4 58 Suburban Star Hop Two-Thirds of a Trio "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2009 4 61 Deep-Sky Wonders "Dry Bear, The" "French, Sue" 2009 4 66 Feature Imaging the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble "Walker, Sean" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2009 4 72 Feature "Worldwide Astronomy Marathon, A" "Simmons, Mike" 2009 4 74 Telescope Workshop "Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3..." "Seronik, Gary" 2009 4 76 Gallery Keyhole Nebula in NGC 3324 "Serpell, Ricardo" 2009 4 76 Gallery "Venus, Jupiter, and Moon over L.A." "Jurasevich, David" 2009 4 77 Gallery "Flaming Star Nebula, IC 410" "Tucker, Scott" "Terry, Dale" 2009 4 77 Gallery "Bernard's Galaxy, NGC 6822" "Harrison, Tom" 2009 4 78 Gallery "Autumn Conjunction, Take 2" "Willmarth, Daryl" 2009 4 78 Gallery "Double Cluster, NGC 869 and 884" "Ritter, Roth" 2009 4 86 Focal Point Space on the Plane "Williams, Darren" 2009 5 8 Spectrum One Man's Battle Against Light Pollution "Naeye, Robert" 2009 5 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 5 10 Letters Dumbed Down or Not?-I "Campbell, Joseph" 2009 5 10 Letters Quirk of Nature "Becker, Hal Byron" 2009 5 10 Letters Cosmic Distance Matters "Beyvers, Gottfried" 2009 5 10 Letters Makes You Think "Weitz, Stephen L." 2009 5 12 Letters Dumbed Down or Not?-IV "Galle, John" 2009 5 12 Letters Dumbed Down or Not?-III "Cabrera, Blas" 2009 5 12 Letters Dumbed Down or Not?-II "Hull, Tony" 2009 5 14 Letters Dumbed Down or Not?-VIII "Townsend, Gene" 2009 5 14 Letters Dumbed Down or Not?-VII "Davis, Bob" 2009 5 14 Letters Dumbed Down or Not?-VI "Taylor, Kirk" 2009 5 14 Letters Dumbed Down or Not?-V "Horwitz, Richard" 2009 5 16 News Notes Exoplanet Hothead 2009 5 16 News Notes New Binary Black Hole? 2009 5 16 News Notes "Black Holes First, Galaxies Second" 2009 5 18 News Notes Pro-Am Achievement Award 2009 5 18 News Notes Hayabusa Heads Home 2009 5 18 News Notes Chinese Astronomers Think Big 2009 5 18 News Notes News from Titan's Lakes 2009 5 20 Mission Update Koronas-Foton: From Russia to Watch the Sun "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 5 20 Mission Update Spirit and Opportunity "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 5 22 Cosmic Relief Monkeying with the World "Grinspoon, David" 2009 5 24 Feature Planck Readies to Dissect the Big Bang "Dambeck, Thorsten" 2009 5 30 Feature "1st Earth-Size Exoplanet, The" "Tingley, Brandon" 2009 5 34 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher 12-inch Truss-Tube Dob "Seronik, Gary" 2009 5 37 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Garrett Optical Signature 20x110 Binoculars "di Cicco, Dennis" 2009 5 38 New Product Showcase Apogee Instruments Alta U8300 2009 5 38 New Product Showcase Howie Glatter tuBlug collimation tool 2009 5 38 New Product Showcase Celestron CGE Pro Mount 2009 5 40 Books & Beyond "Guide to Observing Meteors, by David Levy" "Deans, Paul" 2009 5 40 Books & Beyond "400 Years of the Telescope, by Kris Koenig" "Walker, Sean" 2009 5 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Corvus Takes Center Stage "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 5 42A Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance May 2009 2009 5 42B Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 2009 5 42C Northern Binocular Highlight Difficult Dipper Finds "Seronik, Gary" 2009 5 42D Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 5 44 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "All-Planet Month, An" "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 5 46 Celestial Calendar Two Asteroid Sisters "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 5 48 Deep-Sky Wonders As the Crow Flies "French, Sue" 2009 5 52 Going Deep Probing NGC 5746 "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2009 5 54 Astronomy Online Excuse Me While I Touch the Sky "Goldman, Stuart J." 2009 5 56 Telescope Workshop Making a Good Dob Better "Seronik, Gary" 2009 5 58 Feature "Very Long Mystery of Epsilon Aurigae, The" "Stencel, Robert E." 2009 5 63 Feature Box: A Variable Star for Everyone "Price, Aaron" 2009 5 64 Feature "Day the Moon Stood Still, The" "Morris, L. Robert" 2009 5 67 Feature "Box: Making of a Painting, The" "Connolly, Don" "Morris, L. Robert" 2009 5 70 Hobby Q&A Ephemeral Constellations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 5 70 Hobby Q&A Naked-eye Temperature Extremes "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 5 72 Gallery "Perseus Galaxy Cluster, NGC 1275" "Wood, Kent" 2009 5 72 Gallery "Lower's Nebula, Sharpless 2-261" "Cook, Chris" 2009 5 73 Gallery NGC 2170 Nebula "Davis, Thomas V." 2009 5 73 Gallery Mountaintop Iridescence "Ossola, Alberto" 2009 5 74 Gallery Descending Annular Eclipse "Lok, Gradient" 2009 5 74 Gallery Messier 3 "Kerschhuber, Gunter" 2009 5 82 Focal Point "Gravity of Law, The" "Freedman, Ian" 2009 6 8 Spectrum Where Astronomy Is Alive and Well "Naeye, Robert" 2009 6 10 Letters Lincoln's Moon "Gingrich, Mark" 2009 6 10 Letters Sun and Global Warming - I "Mihelich, Edward D." 2009 6 10 Letters Sun and Global Warming - II "Gordon, Robert W." 2009 6 12 Letters Divided American Dreams - I "Duval, Andre" 2009 6 12 Letters Divided American Dreams - II "Schreiner, Rick" 2009 6 12 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 6 14 News Notes Gamma-Ray Burst Hints of Space-time Foam 2009 6 14 News Notes Lost Siblings of the Sun 2009 6 15 News Notes A Sun-Behind-Earth Diamond Ring 2009 6 15 News Notes Saturn's Newest Moon is a Ringer 2009 6 15 News Notes Did the Moon Do a Face Flip? 2009 6 15 News Notes "Moon's Thick Far Side, The" 2009 6 15 News Notes Stolen Meteorite Found After 41 Years 2009 6 16 Mission Update The Life and Death of Chang'e 1 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 6 16 Mission Update JWST Under Cosntruction "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 6 18 Cosmic Relief "Earth-Size World Next Door, The" "Grinspoon, David" 2009 6 20 Feature Lunar Fireworks "Redfern, Greg" 2009 6 20 Feature Box: Will Amateurs See It? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2009 6 26 Feature Ice Worlds of the Ringed Planet "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2009 6 36 S&T Test Report "CCDelightful QSI 540wsg, The" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2009 6 40 New Product Showcase "SBIG SG-4 Stand-Alone ""Smart"" Autoguider" 2009 6 40 New Product Showcase Farpoint Astronomical Research dovetail mounting accessories 2009 6 40 New Product Showcase iOptron CubePro 2009 6 41 New Product Showcase Quantum Scientific Imaging QSI 583 2009 6 41 New Product Showcase Skyhound SkyTools 3 2009 6 41 New Product Showcase Sky-Watcher 10-Inch Go To 2009 6 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Stars for the People! "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 6 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance June 2009 2009 6 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 2009 6 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Spring Globular M3 "Seronik, Gary" 2009 6 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 6 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Month for Early Risers, A" "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 6 50 Exploring the Moon "Ends of the Moon, The" "Wood, Charles A." 2009 6 52 Celestial Calendar Nearly-Full Moon Hides Antares "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 6 53 Celestial Calendar Toughening Pluto Challenge "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 6 54 Celestial Calendar Porrima Pulls Apart "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 6 55 Deep-Sky Wonders Whorls of Stars "French, Sue" 2009 6 59 Books & Beyond "Guidebook for the Scientific Traveler, by Duane S. Nickell" "Birriel, Jennifer" 2009 6 59 Books & Beyond "Let There Be Night, by Paul Bogard" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2009 6 60 Books & Beyond "Stargazing Basics, by Paul E. Kinzer" "Garfinkle, Robert A." 2009 6 62 Telescope Workshop "Bigger, Faster, Better?" "Seronik, Gary" 2009 6 64 Feature Great Imaging Tools for Eclipse Chasers "Walker, Sean" 2009 6 70 Feature Herald of the Summer Milky Way "Flanders, Tony" 2009 6 76 Gallery Waning Crescent Moon and Jupiter "Chin, Wei Loon" 2009 6 76 Gallery Titan's shadow on Saturn "Go, Christopher" 2009 6 77 Gallery Nebula Sharpless 2-160 in Cepheus "Martin, Mel" 2009 6 78 Gallery "NGC 4712, NGC 4725, and NGC 4747" "Good, Daniel C." 2009 6 79 Gallery "Moon's craters Clavius, Moretus, and Maginus" "Byerly, Max" 2009 6 79 Gallery Comet Lulin C/2007 N3 "Jones, Phil" 2009 6 86 Focal Point Who Will Be Next on the Moon? "Wolfe, Robert" 2009 7 8 Spectrum Visit This Exhibit! "Naeye, Robert" 2009 7 10 Letters Neighborhood Activism "Cowan, Alton" 2009 7 10 Letters Hottest Mix-Up "Zell, Mark" 2009 7 10 Letters Cosmic Fictionalication: Part II - A "Needham, Dr. Alan" 2009 7 10 Letters Cosmic Fictionalication: Part II - B "Privett, Grant" 2009 7 10 Letters Cosmic Fictionalication: Part II - C "Mulders, Barry" 2009 7 12 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 7 14 News Notes "Sum of All Starlight, The" 2009 7 14 News Notes Sculpting the Asteroid Belt 2009 7 16 News Notes Best-Yet Southern Galaxy Survey 2009 7 16 News Notes Orbiting Pulsars @ Home 2009 7 16 News Notes Very Fresh Martian Ice Craters 2009 7 16 News Notes Fomalhaut's Disk and Spin 2009 7 18 Mission Update Kepler Opens Up "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 7 18 Mission Update Chandra Going Strong "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 7 20 Cosmic Relief "My God, It's Full of Moonlets!" "Grinspoon, David" 2009 7 22 Feature Uncovering Mars's Secret Past "Bell, Jim" 2009 7 28 Feature Box: Water Droplets on Mars? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2009 7 30 Feature Searching for Exoplanet Moons "Kipping, David" 2009 7 34 S&T Test Report "Smart 12-inch Dob, A" "Seronik, Gary" 2009 7 40 New Product Showcase Celestron FirstScope Telescope 2009 7 40 New Product Showcase Orion StarShoot Solitaire AutoGuider 2009 7 40 New Product Showcase "Star Vistas, by Greg Parker and Noel Carboni" 2009 7 41 New Product Showcase "Prelude Lake, by Bryan Rich White" 2009 7 41 New Product Showcase "The Moon that Wasn't, by Helge Kragh" 2009 7 41 New Product Showcase Explore Scientific 80-mm f/6 Air-Spaced Triplet ED Apochromatic Refractor 2009 7 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Highway in the Heavens "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 7 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance July 2009 2009 7 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 2009 7 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Antares Globulars "Seronik, Gary" 2009 7 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 7 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mismatched Planetary Pairs "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 7 51 Celestial Calendar Moons in Each Others' Way "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 7 53 Celestial Calendar "China-Pacific Solar Eclipse, The" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 7 57 Deep-Sky Wonders Magical Things "French, Sue" 2009 7 61 Going Deep "Herculean Galaxy Cluster, A" "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2009 7 64 Feature Who Invented the Telescope? "Van Helden, Albert" 2009 7 70 Telescope Workshop "Bigger, Faster, Better!" "Seronik, Gary" 2009 7 72 Feature Searching for Supernovae on a Shoestring "Tan, Thiam-Guan" 2009 7 76 Gallery "Messier 1, the Crab Nebula" "Schur, Chris" 2009 7 76 Gallery Lenticular Clouds over Mount Rainier "Dyer, Alan" 2009 7 77 Gallery "NGC 1499, the California Nebula" "Metsavainio, Jukka-Pekka" 2009 7 78 Gallery Mare Humboldtianum on Full Moon "Militello, Jim" 2009 7 78 Gallery IC 2948 in Carina "Pugh, Martin" 2009 7 86 Focal Point "Winding Road, A" "Barry, Richard K." 2009 8 8 Spectrum Science Journalism in Free Fall "Naeye, Robert" 2009 8 10 Letters "United Front, A" "Finker, Earl" 2009 8 10 Letters "Mimas, Finally!" "Whitman, Alan" 2009 8 12 Letters In Praise of Hubble "Lyell, Gordon" 2009 8 12 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 8 14 News Notes "Farthest Thing Ever Seen, The" 2009 8 14 News Notes Himiko: A Primodrial Blob Lights Up 2009 8 14 News Notes Bantamweight Planet 2009 8 16 News Notes Three Free-Floaters 2009 8 16 News Notes What's Going on in Enceladus? 2009 8 16 Mission Update Ulysses Takes Its Last Looks at the Sun "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 8 18 News Notes More of Mercury Revealed 2009 8 19 Mission Update """Space Tornado"" Auroras" 2009 8 19 Mission Update Dunlap Observatory Saved 2009 8 20 Cosmic Relief To Explore the Same Old New Worlds "Grinspoon, David" 2009 8 22 Feature Catch a Fallen Star "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2009 8 26 Feature What's Wrong With Our Sun? "Zimmerman, Robert" 2009 8 30 Feature Saving the Cincinnati Observatory "Regas, Dean" 2009 8 30 Feature Box: The Future of the Maria Mitchell Observatory "Strelinitski, Vladimir" "Walker, Gary" 2009 8 36 Feature Astronomical Extravaganza "di Cicco, Dennis" "Walker, Sean" 2009 8 40 New Product Showcase Denkmeier Optical Spectrum 60 2009 8 40 New Product Showcase Astronomy Technologies 2-inch Astro-Tech field flattener 2009 8 40 New Product Showcase Explore Scientific 14-mm 100 Series Nitrogen-Purged Waterproof Eyepiece 2009 8 40 New Product Showcase Alnitak Astrosystems Flip-Flat 2009 8 41 New Product Showcase Vixen Optics Gaiax Mount 2009 8 41 New Product Showcase "Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes, by Harold Richard Suiter" 2009 8 41 New Product Showcase APM America Planisphere Watch 2009 8 41 New Product Showcase Tele Vue 10-mm Ethos 2009 8 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky River of Light "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 8 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance August 2009 2009 8 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2009 8 45 Northern Binocular Highlight "Gorgeous Duo, A" "Seronik, Gary" 2009 8 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 8 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Month for Giants, A" "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 8 51 Exploring the Moon Shallow Surprises "Wood, Charles A." 2009 8 55 Celestial Calendar Moonlit Perseid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 8 55 Celestial Calendar Jupiter To Occult a Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 8 56 Celestial Calendar U Scorpii About to Go Nova? "Schaefer, Bradley" 2009 8 59 Deep-Sky Wonders "Glorious Eagle, The" "French, Sue" 2009 8 62 Telescope Workshop Travelscope Challenge "Seronik, Gary" 2009 8 64 Astro Q&A Why is one of the three almost always hard to resolve from another in a triple star? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 8 66 Feature Moving Pictures "Comolli, Lorenzo" "Gambaro, Alessandro" 2009 8 70 Feature Guarded Observations in Tanzania "Peterson, Brian" 2009 8 74 Feature "World-wide Party, The" "Simmons, Mike" 2009 8 76 Gallery Venus and Thin Crescent Moon "O'Brien, Darien" 2009 8 76 Gallery "NGC 5128, Centaurus A" "Macica, Andrew F." 2009 8 77 Gallery RCW 32 and Dark Nebulae in Vela "Davis, Thomas V." 2009 8 78 Gallery Crescent Moon and Crescent Venus Closeup "Smallwood, James A." 2009 8 78 Gallery M82 "Jurasevich, David" 2009 8 78 Gallery Ophiuchus rising over Painted Hills "Andreasen, Larry" 2009 8 79 Gallery "NGC 4038 and 4039, the Antennae" "Harrison, Tom" 2009 8 86 Focal Point Keeping Science Safe "Wheeler, J. Craig, Neal J. Evans II, and Mary Kay Hemenway" 2009 9 6 Spectrum Web Astro: Pros & Cons "Naeye, Robert" 2009 9 8 Letters Where Should Hubble be Sent? "Tucker, Joe" 2009 9 8 Letters Spotting Pluto "Kilburn, Kevin" 2009 9 8 Letters More Readers Sound Off: USA vs. China? - I "Cox, Bob" 2009 9 8 Letters More Readers Sound Off: USA vs. China? - II "Reilly, Doug" 2009 9 10 Letters Cosmology Philosophy "Barros, Phillip" 2009 9 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 9 12 News Notes Explaining Hanny's Voorwerp 2009 9 12 News Notes Why You Missed the Supernova in M82 2009 9 12 News Notes Do Spots Blanket the Mystery Brown Dwarf? 2009 9 14 News Notes Spica: Micro-Eclipsing Binary 2009 9 14 News Notes "Exoplanet by Astrometry, An" 2009 9 14 News Notes "Astronomical Unit Grows, The" 2009 9 16 News Notes Exoplanet Mapping Tested on Earth 2009 9 16 Mission Update Hubble Update "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 9 16 Mission Update Spitzer Enters Warm Phase "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 9 18 Cosmic Relief "Back to the Future, This Time to Stay" "Grinspoon, David" 2009 9 20 Feature Ice Age Impact "Semeniuk, Ivan" 2009 9 22 Feature Box: Do Impacts Cause All Mass Extinctions? "Hirn, Johannes" 2009 9 26 Feature Smashing the Distance Record "Berger, Edo" 2009 9 30 Feature "Cosmologist Left Behind, The" "Bartusiak, Marcia" 2009 9 30 Feature Box: The Cosmos Under the Microscope "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 9 36 S&T Test Report "New Name in Apos, A: The AT106 Refractor" "Dyer, Alan" 2009 9 40 New Product Showcase "Astro-Physics 3600GTO German Equatorial Mount ""el Capitan""" 2009 9 40 New Product Showcase Hubble 5-star Artificial Star 2009 9 40 New Product Showcase Starmap and Starmap Pro apps 2009 9 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Between the Lovers "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 9 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance September 2009 2009 9 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2009 9 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Milky Way Messiers "Seronik, Gary" 2009 9 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 9 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Conspicuous Absence "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 9 51 Exploring the Moon Breaking Ground "Wood, Charles A." 2009 9 55 Celestial Calendar "Uranus, Neptune … and Juno?" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 9 56 Celestial Calendar And Asteroid 3! "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 9 59 Deep-Sky Wonders Sagittarius Star Cities "French, Sue" 2009 9 64 Going Deep Inside the Cat's Eye "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2009 9 66 Telescope Workshop Travelscope Challenge Winner "Seronik, Gary" 2009 9 68 Books & Beyond "Cambridge Double Star Atlas, by James Mullaney and Wil Tirion" "Flanders, Tony" 2009 9 70 Astro Q&A "What is the ""dust"" between stars?" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 9 70 Astro Q&A What's the best equipment for entry-level astrophotography? "Walker, Sean" 2009 9 72 Feature How Online Social Networks are Changing Backyard Astronomy "Kinoshita, Laura K." 2009 9 76 Gallery M106 in Canes Vanatici "Henry, Ed" 2009 9 76 Gallery Messier 13 in Hercules "Colognato, Emanuele" 2009 9 76 Gallery Ice halo and colorful coronae close to the Sun "Claro, Miguel" 2009 9 77 Gallery Orion region "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2009 9 78 Gallery Large Milky Way Mosaic Gendler 2009 9 86 Focal Point In Defense of the Cheap Scope "Schroeder, Paul" 2009 10 6 Spectrum President Obama: Give NASA a Vision! "Naeye, Robert" 2009 10 8 Letters Science Journalism in Free Fall -I "Warner, Brian D." 2009 10 8 Letters Science Journalism in Free Fall -II "Hazlet, Jr., John W." 2009 10 8 Letters Science Journalism in Free Fall - III "Wiener, M." 2009 10 8 Letters Reader Challenge! "Inglis, Dr. Michael" 2009 10 10 Letters Super-Early Reflectors? "Gainer, Michael" "Usher, Peter" 2009 10 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 10 12 News Notes How the Galaxies Got Their Sizes 2009 10 12 News Notes "Apollo Landers, The: Yep, Still There!" 2009 10 12 News Notes Amateur Method Nets Two Farthest Supernovae 2009 10 14 News Notes New Candidates for Midsize Black Holes 2009 10 14 News Notes Mapping Starspots by Exoplanet Transits 2009 10 14 News Notes Supernovae: Cosmic-Ray Superfactories 2009 10 14 News Notes "Enceladus: A Temporary ""Briny Deep""?" 2009 10 14 News Notes Einstein's Gravity Protects Earth 2009 10 16 Mission Update Ultraviolet and X-ray Vision "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 10 16 Mission Update Mini Updates "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 10 18 Cosmic Relief Too Many Moons "Grinspoon, David" 2009 10 20 Feature "New Habitable Zones, The" "Impey, Chris" 2009 10 26 Feature Prelude to Disaster "Starrfield, Sumner" "Bode, Mike" "O'Brien, Tim" 2009 10 32 Feature Become a Super Amateur "Zimmerman, Robert" 2009 10 32 Feature Box: A Young Amateur Co-Discovers a Strange Supernova "Daum, Valerie" 2009 10 38 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher's Newest Apo Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2009 10 40 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Celestron FirstScope "di Cicco, Dennis" 2009 10 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Walking the Galactic Line "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 10 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance October 2009 2009 10 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2009 10 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Two Sgr Globulars "Seronik, Gary" 2009 10 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 10 48 New Product Showcase Astrodon Photometrics Sloan Set 2009 10 48 New Product Showcase Starlight Xpress USB Filter Wheel 2009 10 48 New Product Showcase "Bosma Beta RE 3.15"" f/6.3 refractor" 2009 10 49 New Product Showcase iOptron Versa 108-mm ED Apo 2009 10 49 New Product Showcase Kendrick Astro Instruments Stargate Observer Tent 2009 10 49 New Product Showcase Focus-Mask Bahtinov mask 2009 10 49 New Product Showcase Atik Cameras 314L+ 2009 10 50 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" One Against Four "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 10 53 Exploring the Moon "Big Gamble, The" "Wood, Charles A." 2009 10 56 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons Continue Their Mutual Events "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 10 56 Celestial Calendar Orionid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 10 58 Celestial Calendar Algol Rising 2009 10 59 Celestial Calendar Moons of Uranus 2009 10 61 Deep-Sky Wonders Splashing Around the Dolphin "French, Sue" 2009 10 66 Telescope Workshop "Telescoping Truss Scope, A" "Seronik, Gary" 2009 10 68 Astro Q&A How can you tell if your mirror-cell design is correct? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 10 69 Astro Q&A Why does the Moon seem to rotate from north to south? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 10 70 Feature Imaging Elusive Mercury "Boudreau, John" 2009 10 72 Feature Box: Messenger & Memories "Dobbins, Thomas" 2009 10 76 Gallery Messier 104 "Mazlin, Steve" "Harvey, Jack" "Gilbert, Rick" "Verschatse, Daniel" 2009 10 76 Gallery Messier 13 in Hercules "Murphy, Stephane" 2009 10 77 Gallery Rho Ophiuchi "Janusz, Jim" 2009 10 78 Gallery van den Bergh 141 nebula "Mortfield, Paul" "Hepburn, Kerry-Ann Lecky" 2009 10 79 Gallery Noctilucent Clouds over Stonehenge "Privett, Grant J." 2009 10 79 Gallery Andromeda Galaxy "Hammonds, Scott" 2009 10 86 Focal Point How I Found a Supernova "Moore, Caroline" 2009 11 6 Spectrum Weather Gods Deliver a Miracle "Naeye, Robert" 2009 11 8 Letters Clubbers Rejoice & Reminisce "Smith, Bill R." 2009 11 10 Letters Spotting Dwarf Planets "Aggas, Steven" 2009 11 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 11 12 News Notes "Boiling, Bubbly Betelgeuse" 2009 11 12 News Notes "Exoplanets' ""Demolition Derby""" 2009 11 14 News Notes Phases of an Exoplanet 2009 11 14 News Notes Planetary Preemies 2009 11 14 News Notes Weird Brown-Dwarf Weather 2009 11 14 News Notes Tropical Storm on Titan 2009 11 16 News Notes Meteorite on Mars: A Wayback Machine 2009 11 16 Mission Update MAXI on the Space Station "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 11 16 Mission Update Japan's Venus Climate Orbiter 2009 11 18 Cosmic Relief Another Giant Leap "Grinspoon, David" 2009 11 22 Feature The Great 2012 Scare "Krupp, E. C." 2009 11 28 Feature Real Potential Disasters "Naeye, Robert" 2009 11 34 Feature Jupiter Takes a Hit "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2009 11 36 Feature Box: An Impact on Jupiter in 1917? "Dobbins, Thomas" 2009 11 38 Feature Box: Venus Gets a Spot "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2009 11 40 New Product Showcase Celestron EdgeHD Schmidt-Cassegrain series 2009 11 40 New Product Showcase iOptron 6-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain 2009 11 40 New Product Showcase Explore Scientific 20-mm 100 Series Nitrogen-Purged Waterproof Eyepiece 2009 11 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Prime of Pegasus, The" "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 11 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance November 2009 2009 11 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2009 11 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Messier Morsels "Seronik, Gary" 2009 11 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 11 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Farewell Venus, Welcome Mars" "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 11 50 S&T Test Report Celestron's CGE Pro Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 2009 11 54 Exploring the Moon "Great Alpine Valley, The" "Wood, Charles A." 2009 11 57 Celestial Calendar "Special Asteroid Occultation, A" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 11 57 Celestial Calendar "Good Leonid Year?, A" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 11 61 Deep-Sky Wonders Flying Horse Fish "French, Sue" 2009 11 66 Going Deep Exploring the NGC 80 Group "Hewitt-White, Kenneth" 2009 11 68 Telescope Workshop 100 Telescopes in 8 Days "Seronik, Gary" 2009 11 70 Feature Starscape Astrophotography "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2009 11 76 Gallery Eclipse Corona through Polarizing Filter "Minor, Robert" 2009 11 76 Gallery "Moon above Convent in Elvas, Portugal" "Claro, Miguel" 2009 11 77 Gallery Diamond Ring over Pacific "Dyer, Alan" 2009 11 78 Gallery Messier 83 in Hydra "Barrett, Frank" 2009 11 78 Gallery "NGC 2359, Thor's Helmet" "Barrett, Frank" 2009 11 86 Focal Point Physics as a Liberal Art "Roth, Joshua" 2009 12 8 Spectrum Missing Young Astronomers: What Can We Do About It? "Naeye, Robert" 2009 12 10 Letters To Boldly Go … Or Not - I "Schreiner, Rick" 2009 12 10 Letters To Boldly Go … Or Not - II "Marks, Joel" 2009 12 10 Letters To Boldly Go … Or Not - III "Pasachoff, Dr. Jay M." 2009 12 10 Letters Not-so-Alien Aliens - I "Weeks, Albert L." 2009 12 12 Letters Not-so-Alien Aliens - II "Harris-Wyrick, Wayne" 2009 12 12 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2009 12 14 News Notes First Confirmed Rocky Exoplanet 2009 12 14 News Notes Limits on the Big Bang 2009 12 16 News Notes Einstein Safe: Stellar Mystery Solved 2009 12 16 News Notes "Exoplanet That Should Not Exist, An" 2009 12 16 News Notes Can Magnetism Save a Vaporizing Planet? 2009 12 16 News Notes Asteroids Born Big 2009 12 16 News Notes McNaught Bags His 50th Comet 2009 12 18 News Notes Observatories Escape Wildfire 2009 12 18 Mission Update Rosetta's Last Visit to Earth "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 12 18 News Notes Planck Maps the Big Bang "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 12 18 News Notes Mars Orbiter in Intensive Cars "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 12 18 News Notes Chandrayaan-1's Last Gasp "McDowell, Jonathan" 2009 12 20 Cosmic Relief Revising Earth's Biography "Grinspoon, David" 2009 12 22 Feature Amateur Exoplanets "Naeye, Robert" 2009 12 25 Feature Box: Observe the Next HD 80606b Transit "Laughlin, Greg" 2009 12 26 Feature Opening Soon: A New Infrared Sky "Eisenhardt, Peter and Ned Wright" 2009 12 32 Feature "Not Much Eyesight, Plenty of Vision" "Littmann, Mark" 2009 12 38 S&T Test Report "Trio of Astro-Tech Astrographs, A" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2009 12 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Guarding the Zenith "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 12 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance December 2009 2009 12 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Northern Hemisphere's Sky Chart 2009 12 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Andromeda's Glory "Seronik, Gary" 2009 12 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2009 12 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mars Comes into Its Own "Schaaf, Fred" 2009 12 50 Exploring the Moon Discover the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2009 12 54 New Product Showcase HoTech SCA Laser Collimator-Crosshair 2009 12 54 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Ethos 21-mm eyepiece 2009 12 54 New Product Showcase "Beginner's Guide to DSLR Astrophotography CD-ROM, by Jerry Lodriguss" 2009 12 55 New Product Showcase "Faces of the Moon, by Bob Crelin" 2009 12 55 New Product Showcase "Atlas of the Messier Objects, by Ronald Stoyan" 2009 12 55 New Product Showcase Orion StarBlast 6i IntelliScope Reflector 2009 12 57 Celestial Calendar Making the Most of Mars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 12 59 Celestial Calendar Ideal Geminid Meteor Prospects "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 12 61 Celestial Calendar Which Side Are You Seeing? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2009 12 63 Deep-Sky Wonders Zeroing in on Cassiopeia "French, Sue" 2009 12 68 Telescope Workshop "To Curve, or Not to Curve" "Seronik, Gary" 2009 12 70 Feature Targeting the Red Planet "Peach, Damian" 2009 12 76 Gallery NGC 4535 "Quattrocchi, Keith B." 2009 12 76 Gallery "NGC 6726, 6727, and IC 4812" "Perez, Jose Joaquin" 2009 12 76 Gallery Notilucent Clouds over Western North America "Steeg, Richard" 2009 12 76 Gallery North America and Pelican Nebulae "Keus, Didier" 2009 12 76 Gallery Piccolomini "Phillips, Jim" 2009 12 76 Gallery Perseid Meteors August 2009 "Martin, Pierre" 2009 12 86 Focal Point Remembering the Other Explorers "Wolverton, Mark" 2010 1 8 Spectrum Is the James Webb Space Telescope a Good Thing? "Naeye, Robert" 2010 1 10 Letters "And God said, Let there be emergent phenomena!" "Tors, John" 2010 1 10 Letters Who makes their own optics anymore? "McMichael, John" 2010 1 11 Letters 2012 Paranoia? "Hummel, Jonathan" 2010 1 11 Letters "Goodbye, IYA 2009!" "Lyell, Gordon R." 2010 1 12 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 1 14 News Notes Sorting Out the Water on the Moon 2010 1 16 News Notes Herchel's First Show 2010 1 18 News Notes ALMA Progressing 2010 1 18 News Notes Saturn's New King Ring 2010 1 18 News Notes Messenger's Third Look at Mercury 2010 1 18 News Notes Apophis Turns Less Menacing 2010 1 20 News Notes Surviving the Late Heavy Bombardment 2010 1 20 Mission Update Fobos-Grunt to Mars: Delayed "McDowell, Jonathan" 2010 1 20 Mission Update Yinghuo-1 to Mars: Delayed "McDowell, Jonathan" 2010 1 20 Mission Update Piggybacking to Venus "McDowell, Jonathan" 2010 1 22 Feature NASA Sets Its Sights on the Sun "Layton, Laura" "Pesnell, Dean" 2010 1 24 Feature Finding the First Galaxies "Gardner, Jonathan P." 2010 1 32 Feature July's South Pacific Eclipse "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2010 1 36 Feature Hot New Products for 2010 "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 1 44 Northern Hemisphere's Sky New Sights for the New Year "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 1 47 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance January 2010 2010 1 48 Northern Binocular Highlight Ghostly Galaxy M74 "Seronik, Gary" 2010 1 50 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 1 53 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mars at Its Brightest "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 1 57 Exploring the Moon Craters upon Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2010 1 61 Celestial Calendar The Long Rise of R Leporis "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 1 65 Deep-Sky Wonders "Auriga, the Charioteer" "French, Sue" 2010 1 71 Going Deep Galaxy Groups in Triangulum "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2010 1 74 Telescope Workshop Reign of the Chiefspiegler "Seronik, Gary" 2010 1 76 Feature Spacecraft Imaging for Amateurs "Lakadawalla, Emily" 2010 1 84 Gallery Active Solar Region 11027 "Valentini, Gianluca" 2010 1 84 Gallery Coronal Combs During July Eclipse "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2010 1 85 Gallery Jupiter "Combs, Brian G." 2010 1 85 Gallery M16 "Cook, Chris" 2010 1 86 Gallery Messier 33 "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 2010 1 86 Gallery Oregon Startrails "Bury, Joshua" 2010 2 6 Spectrum Diversifying the Ranks "Naeye, Robert" 2010 2 8 Letters 2012 Hysteria "Berta, Bob" 2010 2 8 Letters Attracting Young Amateurs I "Lupica, Joseph A. Jr." 2010 2 8 Letters Attracting Young Amateurs II "Grober, Frank" 2010 2 10 Letters Attracting Young Amateurs III "Dorsky, Robert" 2010 2 10 Letters Credit Where Due "Eisenhardt, Peter" "Wright, Ned" 2010 2 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 2 12 News Notes Closing in on Dark Matter? 2010 2 12 News Notes A Limit on Space-time Foam 2010 2 14 News Notes The Redshift-Record Race 2010 2 14 News Notes The 4-inch Carbon Atmosphere of Cassiopeia A 2010 2 14 News Notes And Then There Were 400 2010 2 14 News Notes Pheonix in the Winter Snow 2010 2 14 News Notes Kepler s Detectors: The Facts 2010 2 16 Mission Update Space Astronomy in 2010 "McDowell, Jonathan" 2010 2 16 Mission Update Ave Atque Vale "McDowell, Jonathan" 2010 2 18 Cosmic Relief Lunar News Flash "Grinspoon, David" 2010 2 20 Feature Kaguya's High-Def Highlights "Shirao, Motomaro" 2010 2 26 Feature Box: Kaguya Discovers a Cavern on the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 2 28 Feature NASA Slams the Moon "Beatty, Kelly J." 2010 2 33 Feature Box: House-Hunting on the Moon 2010 2 34 S&T Test Report Starizona's HyperStar "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 2 38 New Product Showcase eKeypad M1 iPhone App 2010 2 38 New Product Showcase Orion SteadyStar Adaptive Optics Guider 2010 2 38 New Product Showcase GloveLite 2010 2 39 New Product Showcase TSA-120 Refractor 2010 2 39 New Product Showcase Building a Roll-off Roof Observatory: A Complete Guide for Design and Construction 2010 2 39 New Product Showcase ST-8300M and ST-8300C CCD cameras 2010 2 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Luck of the Draw "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 2 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance February 2010 2010 2 44 Northern Binocular Highlight The Hare's Messier "Seronik, Gary" 2010 2 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 2 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Welcome in the Evening Star "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 2 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Box: Dancing with Thin Moons in Bright Twilight "Flanders, Tony" 2010 2 51 Exploring the Moon The Lunar Graveyard "Wood, Charles A." 2010 2 54 Celestial Calendar Bright Asteroid by Leo's Sickle "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 2 57 Celestial Calendar Mars at Opposition "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 2 57 Celestial Calendar R Pegasi Swells to Maximum "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 2 59 Celestial Calendar Orion's S "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 2 60 Feature All About Stargazing Forecasts "Creed, Phillip J." 2010 2 63 Feature Box: What's Happening? "Flanders, Tony" 2010 2 65 Deep-Sky Wonders Auriga's Riches "French, Sue" 2010 2 70 Telescope Workshop The Dobsonian at 30 "Seronik, Gary" 2010 2 72 Feature Lunar Landscapes with AviStack "Walker, Sean" 2010 2 76 Gallery Mercury "Boudreau, John" 2010 2 76 Gallery IC 1396 "Van Vleet, Larry" 2010 2 77 Gallery Mare Cimmerium "Peach, Damian" 2010 2 77 Gallery Mercury and Saturn over Ulubat Lake "Tezel, Tunç" 2010 2 77 Gallery Milky Way Over Lake Titicaca "Fisanotti, John" 2010 2 86 Focal Point Expanding Diversity in Professional Astronomy "Norman, Dara J." 2010 3 6 Spectrum Bringing in More Women "Naeye, Robert" 2010 3 8 Letters How To Attract Young Amateurs? I "Hill, A.J." 2010 3 8 Letters How To Attract Young Amateurs? II "Lindsey, Kevin" 2010 3 8 Letters How To Attract Young Amateurs? III "Alfano, Rudy" 2010 3 8 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 3 9 Letters How To Attract Young Amateurs? IV "Day, John" 2010 3 9 Letters How To Attract Young Amateurs? V "Wadman, Spike" 2010 3 9 Letters How To Attract Young Amateurs? VI "Hartenstein, Matthew" 2010 3 12 News Notes Kepler's First Exoplanet Haul 2010 3 13 News Notes Abundant Super-Earths 2010 3 13 News Notes Imaging the Hole-y Grail 2010 3 13 News Notes First Super-Dupernova 2010 3 16 News Notes Comet Theory Faces Mammoth Confusion 2010 3 16 News Notes The Discovery of Alcor B 2010 3 16 News Notes Iapetus Solved? 2010 3 16 News Notes WISE Launched 2010 3 18 Cosmic Relief The Dream is Coming Back "Grinspoon, David" 2010 3 20 Feature What Else is Out There? "Jewitt, David" 2010 3 23 Feature Box: Interstellar Comets 2010 3 24 Feature Box: Nemesis 2010 3 25 Feature Shedding Light on Dark Stars "Than, Ker" 2010 3 30 Feature Digitizing History "Lieber, Stephen" 2010 3 36 Feature Observations on the Web "Macica, Andy" 2010 3 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Sky Above Us "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 3 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance March 2010 2010 3 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Circumpolar Messiers "Seronik, Gary" 2010 3 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 3 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Saturn Parades, Mars Fades" "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 3 51 Exploring the Moon Lunar Transient Phenomena "Wood, Charles A." 2010 3 55 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultations is 2010 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 3 57 Celestial Calendar Sirius B Continues to Widen "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 3 57 Celestial Calendar An Asteroid Occultation for Binoculars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 3 58 New Product Showcase XOP-BB Exoplanet Transit Filter 2010 3 58 New Product Showcase Moon Gazer's Wheel 2010 3 58 New Product Showcase APM 150mm 45? Binocular 2010 3 59 New Product Showcase Exoplanet Observing for Amateurs - Second Edition 2010 3 59 New Product Showcase Orion Parsec 8300C Astronomical Imaging Camera 2010 3 59 New Product Showcase SkyVoyager iPhone App 2010 3 61 Deep-Sky Wonders Keeper of Secrets "French, Sue" 2010 3 66 Going Deep A Pride of Galaxies "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2010 3 68 Telescope Workshop Pushing Glass in Delaware "Seronik, Gary" 2010 3 70 Astro Q&A How do I identify an object through my telescope? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 3 70 Astro Q&A How do you subtract a dark frame in Photoshop? "Walker, Sean" 2010 3 71 Astro Q&A "With my image erector, I can't focus my eyepiece." "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 3 71 Astro Q&A How is a star's color affected when its light is redshifted or blueshifted? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 3 73 Feature Double Stars in and Around Leo "Jaworski, Richard" 2010 3 74 Feature Box: You Can't Hurry Love - or Double Stars "Flanders, Tony" 2010 3 76 Gallery NGC 281 "Van Vleet, Larry" 2010 3 76 Gallery Waxing Crescent Moon "Demiral, Necati" 2010 3 77 Gallery IC 63 and IC 59 "Eder, Ivan" 2010 3 78 Gallery Orion's Nebula "Barnes III, Frank S." 2010 3 78 Gallery Crepuscular Sunset at Elba "De Rosa, Stefano" 2010 3 86 Focal Point Where Have All the Aliens Gone? "Haqq-Misra, Jacob" "Baum, Seth D." 2010 4 6 Spectrum Astronomy's Best-Kept Secret "Naeye, Robert" 2010 4 8 Letters Quilted Wonders "Schechner, Sara J." 2010 4 8 Letters Tackling Diversity I "Bartucci, John" 2010 4 8 Letters Tackling Diversity II "Huchra, John" 2010 4 8 Letters Tackling Diversity III "Simmons, Mike" 2010 4 9 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 4 12 News Notes Epsilon Aurigae Solved at Last? 2010 4 14 News Notes Dark Energy News 2010 4 14 News Notes Dark Matter News 2010 4 14 News Notes Exoplanet News Roundup 2010 4 16 News Notes Millisecond-Pulsar GPS 2010 4 16 News Notes Sunglint from a Titan Lake 2010 4 16 News Notes Saturn's Weird Prometheus 2010 4 18 Cosmic Relief The Right Stuff? "Grinspoon, David" 2010 4 20 Feature The Universal Jet Set "James, C. Renee" 2010 4 24 Feature Box: Amateur Astronomers and the Case of the Missing Jets 2010 4 26 Feature Hanging in the Balance "Laughlin, Greg" 2010 4 30 Feature Box: The Instability of Jupiter's Moons "Noll, Landon Curt" 2010 4 34 S&T Test Report Skyhound's SkyTools 3 "Mollise, Rod" 2010 4 36 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Explore Scientific's 14mm 100? Eyepiece "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 4 38 New Product Showcase Flat-Man Illumination Panel 2010 4 38 New Product Showcase Orion Monster Dobsonians 2010 4 38 New Product Showcase Astro-Tech Diagonal 2010 4 39 New Product Showcase The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars 2010 4 39 New Product Showcase ETX-LS SC LightSwitch 2010 4 39 New Product Showcase 383L+ CCD Camera by Atik Cameras 2010 4 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Return of the Leo Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 4 43 Sky at a Glance Saturn's Moons 2010 4 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Disparate Dipper Duo "Seronik, Gary" 2010 4 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 4 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" A Procession of Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 4 50 Exploring the Moon Lessons in Basinology "Wood, Charles A." 2010 4 53 Celestial Calendar Mercury Takes the Spotlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 4 56 Feature Imagining Other Worlds "Carroll, Michael" 2010 4 65 Deep-Sky Wonders Between the Bears "French, Sue" 2010 4 68 Telescope Workshop Apartment ATMing "Seronik, Gary" 2010 4 70 Feature "Blazar, Blazar, Burning Bright" "Gottlieb, Steve" 2010 4 73 Feature Box: Research Opportunities 2010 4 76 Gallery "Cone Nebula, Hubble's Variable Nebula, Trumpler 5" "Weike, Pan" 2010 4 77 Gallery Crescent Moon in Portugal "Claro, Miguel" 2010 4 77 Gallery NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis "Plesko, David" "Keller, Warren A." 2010 4 78 Gallery Stinger Stars in Scorpius "Astreoud, Jérôme" 2010 4 78 Gallery IC 410 and NGC 1893 "Janusz, Jim" 2010 4 86 Focal Point Reasons for Not Choosing Astronomy "Stephenson, Mark" 2010 5 6 Spectrum The Fight Against Light Pollution: A Call to Arms "Naeye, Robert" 2010 5 8 Letters The Alien Paradox "Barraud, Philipe" 2010 5 8 Letters Astro Club: Alive & Well "Strogen, Ginny" 2010 5 8 Letters Beyond Hubble "Smith, Eric P." 2010 5 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 5 12 News Notes The First Asteroid Collision? 2010 5 12 News Notes "The Smaller the Galaxy, the More Dark Matter" 2010 5 14 News Notes Double Supermassive Black Holes 2010 5 14 News Notes GRB-Supernova Link 2010 5 14 News Notes Hot Spot for Cosmic Rays 2010 5 14 News Notes Mission Updates 2010 5 16 News Notes Close Encounters Turn Asteroids Pale 2010 5 16 News Notes Faces of Pluto 2010 5 16 News Notes New Plan for NASA 2010 5 18 Feature Amateurs Catch a Crucial Nova "Simonsen, Mike" "MacRobert, Alan" 2010 5 22 Feature The Quest for the Most Massive Star "Nazé, Yaël" 2010 5 26 Feature Box: The Birth of Massive Stars "Nazé, Yaël" 2010 5 28 Feature Saving the Night Sky "Beatty, Kelly J." 2010 5 32 Feature "Box: Poor, Better, and Best Streetlamps" 2010 5 34 Feature Big Binos Versus Small Scopes "Flanders, Tony" 2010 5 37 Feature Box: What About Bigger Scopes? 2010 5 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Speeding Up for Spica "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 5 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance May 2010 2010 5 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Diving Into Virgo "Seronik, Gary" 2010 5 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 5 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Encounters with Venus "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 5 51 Exploring the Moon Lunar Missions & Amateurs "Wood, Charles A." 2010 5 55 S&T Test Report Lunar Discoverer "Deans, Paul" 2010 5 58 New Product Showcase FLI Atlas Focuser 2010 5 58 New Product Showcase E-Z CCD DVD 2010 5 58 New Product Showcase Deep Sky Planner 5 2010 5 61 Celestial Calendar Saturn's 8 Amateur Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 5 65 Deep-Sky Wonders The Gossamers of Coma Bernices "French, Sue" 2010 5 68 Going Deep A Fine Field in Boötes "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2010 5 70 Telescope Workshop A Small Dob Solution "Seronik, Gary" 2010 5 72 Feature Digging out the Details "Crawford, Ken" 2010 5 76 Gallery "Partial Solar Eclipse in Sounion, Greece" "Kotsiopoulos, Chris" 2010 5 76 Gallery Mars "Parker, Donald C." 2010 5 76 Gallery "Earth from 118,000 Feet" "Merkel, Greg, and classmates" 2010 5 77 Gallery Shadows Cast by Annular Solar Eclipse "Kayser, Ted" 2010 5 77 Gallery Retrograde Loop of Venus "Tezel, Tunç" 2010 5 78 Gallery Cederblad 214 and NGC 7822 in Cepheus "Africa, Eric" 2010 5 86 Focal Point Our Light or Starlight? "Walker, Constance E." 2010 6 8 Spectrum Proposed NASA Budget Pros and Cons "Naeye, Robert" 2010 6 10 Letters Rocky Comparison "Castellano, Nicola" 2010 6 10 Letters Expanding Club Membership I "Usdi, Uguku" 2010 6 10 Letters Expanding Club Membership II "Uitti, Stephen" 2010 6 12 Letters Lifelong Interest "Busemeyer, Thomas P." 2010 6 12 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 6 14 News Notes "Refining ""Precision Cosmology""" 2010 6 15 News Notes A Hole Ripping a Star 2010 6 15 News Notes Eta Carinae Keeps Brightening 2010 6 15 News Notes Fastest Known Binary Star 2010 6 15 News Notes New Class of White Stars 2010 6 16 News Notes Phobos Landing Sites Imaged 2010 6 16 News Notes Source of Zodiacal Light 2010 6 16 News Notes How Much Lunar Water? 2010 6 18 Cosmic Relief Sailing the Solar System "Grinspoon, David" 2010 6 20 Feature Hubble's Greatest Scientific Achievements "Livio, Mario" 2010 6 30 Feature Halfway to a Historic Encounter "Stern, Alan S." 2010 6 33 Feature Box: Shedding Light on Pluto's Atmosphere 2010 6 36 Feature Turning 50 "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 6 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Sky of Wonders "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 6 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance June 2010 2010 6 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Hunting Dog Messiers "Seronik, Gary" 2010 6 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 6 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" A Seven-Planet Month "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 6 51 Exploring the Moon Not Only Angels Have Halos "Wood, Charles A." 2010 6 54 S&T Test Report Atik's 314L CCD Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 6 58 New Product Showcase Mathematical Astronomy Morsels V 2010 6 58 New Product Showcase NexStar 127SLT 2010 6 58 New Product Showcase Fisch ImageLab 2010 6 59 New Product Showcase Louis Moinet 'Meteoris' clock 2010 6 59 New Product Showcase Orion focal reducers 2010 6 59 New Product Showcase The 100 Best Astrophotography Targets: A Monthly Guide for CCD Imaging with Amateur Telescopes 2010 6 60 Celestial Calendar A Comet in the June Dawn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 6 61 Celestial Calendar Partial Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 6 62 Celestial Calendar Ceres Crosses the Lagoon Nebula "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 6 65 Deep-Sky Wonders Southern Skies "French, Sue" 2010 6 68 Telescope Workshop Making Sonotube Beautiful "Seronik, Gary" 2010 6 70 Feature Flowers of the Night Sky "Forte, Ted" 2010 6 76 Gallery Milky Way from Puppis to Perseus "Peronto, Jeff" 2010 6 76 Gallery Endeavour Launch "Pilarski, John H." 2010 6 77 Gallery Lunar Crater Copernicus "Lazzarotti, Paolo" 2010 6 77 Gallery Carina Nebula "Beletsky, Yuri" 2010 6 78 Gallery "Annular Eclipse in Qingdao, China" "Burnside, Peter" 2010 6 78 Gallery Cone Nebula and Rosette Nebula in Monoceros "Johnson, Scott" 2010 6 86 Focal Point A Sea Change for NASA "Bell, Jim" 2010 7 6 Spectrum Amateur Discoveries "Naeye, Robert" 2010 7 8 Letters "Government, Good and Bad I" "Day, Will" 2010 7 8 Letters "Government, Good and Bad II" "Sill, Robert" 2010 7 8 Letters Club Observatory Threatened "Meyers, Stewart" 2010 7 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 7 14 News Notes "One Supernova, Many Camera Angles" 2010 7 16 News Notes The Spins of Black Holes 2010 7 16 News Notes Epsilon Aurigae's Eclipser 2010 7 16 News Notes The Sky in a Cold New Light 2010 7 18 News Notes Wrong Way Planets are Common 2010 7 18 News Notes A Star to Stir Up Comets 2010 7 18 News Notes A Very Fresh Ray Crater 2010 7 20 Cosmic Relief Venus Lives! "Grinspoon, David" 2010 7 22 Feature Lessons from Solar Twins "Hall, Jeffrey" 2010 7 28 Feature "Walt Whitman's ""Year of Meteors""" "Olson, Donald W." "Olson, Marilynn S." "Doescher, Russell L." "Pope, Ava G." 2010 7 34 Feature Deep-Sky Discovery "Simmons, Mike" "Jurasevich, Dave" 2010 7 39 Feature Box: Another Deep-Sky Discovery? "di Cicco, Dennis" "Walker, Sean" 2010 7 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Reading the Storybook Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 7 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance July 2010 2010 7 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Riding the Scorpion "Seronik, Gary" 2010 7 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 7 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Celestial Soiree "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 7 51 Exploring the Moon Touring Soviet Landing Sites "Wood, Charles A." 2010 7 54 S&T Test Report A New Astroscanner "Seronik, Gary" 2010 7 56 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Kendrick's Stargate Observer Tent "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 7 58 New Product Showcase The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence 2010 7 58 New Product Showcase Orion SkyQuest GoTo Dobsonians 2010 7 58 New Product Showcase CCDStack Version 2 2010 7 60 Celestial Calendar Pluto Crosses Bright and Dark 2010 7 63 Going Deep Off the Beaten Path in Southern Hercules "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2010 7 67 Deep-Sky Wonders Night of the Scorpion "French, Sue" 2010 7 70 Telescope Workshop Gregorian Reawakening "Seronik, Gary" 2010 7 72 Feature Shooting Low "Kier, Ruben" 2010 7 76 Gallery Simeis 147 "Johnson, Scott" 2010 7 76 Gallery Sunspot Group AR 1057 "Eskildsen, Howard" 2010 7 77 Gallery "IC 2118, Witchhead Nebula" "Lorenzi, Marco" 2010 7 77 Gallery "Lenticular Clouds in Organ, New Mexico" "Johnston, Bill" 2010 7 78 Gallery "Star Trails in Northamptonshire, England" "Cooper, Jamie" 2010 7 86 Focal Point The Day I Found… "Heuvel, Andrew Vanden" 2010 8 6 Spectrum Astronomy Goes Global "Naeye, Robert" 2010 8 8 Letters Light Pollution: Apathy and Action "Motta, Mario" 2010 8 8 Letters Robotics Debate I "Finkler, Earl" 2010 8 8 Letters Robotics Debate II "Mellberg, William F." 2010 8 8 Letters The Volunteer Teaching Solution "Helies, Tony" 2010 8 9 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 8 12 News Notes "Herschel's Cold, Cold Universe" 2010 8 14 News Notes A New Take on M81's Halo 2010 8 14 News Notes "Last ""Missing"" Normal Matter Found" 2010 8 14 News Notes Neptune's Return 2010 8 14 News Notes Sites Picked for 42-meter Scope 2010 8 15 News Notes Sparks in Saturn 2010 8 15 News Notes Amateurs Alert NASA to Another Saturn Storm 2010 8 18 Cosmic Relief Familiar Forms on Fried and Frozen Worlds "Grinspoon, David" 2010 8 20 Feature Glimpses of an Evolving Planet "Hecht, Jeff" 2010 8 28 Feature Einstein's Ultimate Laboratory "Kramer, Michael" 2010 8 31 Feature Box: Anatomy of the Double Pulsar System 2010 8 32 Feature Box: The Double Pulsar's Origins 2010 8 33 Feature Box: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves 2010 8 34 Feature Box: Why Pulsars are Great Clocks 2010 8 36 Feature Amateur Astronomy's Southwestern Frontier "Keller, Warren" 2010 8 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Peace of Summer Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 8 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance August 2010 2010 8 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Lyra's Messiers "Seronik, Gary" 2010 8 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 8 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Hail and Farewell "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 8 50 Exploring the Moon Crumbling Walls "Wood, Charles A." 2010 8 52 Feature Modeling the 200-inch Telescope "Ryan, Dan" 2010 8 54 Feature NEAF 2010: Bigger Than Ever "di Cicco, Dennis" "Walker, Sean" 2010 8 60 Celestial Calendar Dark Nights for the Perseids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 8 64 Deep-Sky Wonders Gold Dust "French, Sue" 2010 8 68 Telescope Workshop A Simple Bino Mount "Seronik, Gary" 2010 8 70 Astro Q&A "Which way is Earth moving through space, and how fast?" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 8 70 Astro Q&A How could we detect a black hole approaching our Solar System? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 8 70 Astro Q&A "To someone on Mars, could moons of Mars eclipse the Sun?" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 8 72 Feature In Perfect Focus "Goldman, Don S. " "Megdal, Barry B." 2010 8 76 Gallery "Meteor in Cody, Wyoming" "Etscorn, Dylan" 2010 8 77 Gallery Umbrella Galaxy "GaBany, R. Jay" "Martinéz-Delgado, David" 2010 8 77 Gallery Solar Prominence "Tyler, David" 2010 8 78 Gallery Crepuscular Rays in Argentina "Gangui, Alejandro" 2010 8 78 Gallery Discovery Space Shuttle "Legault, Thierry" 2010 8 79 Gallery Nebula in Carina "Mazlin, Steve" "Harvey, Jack; Gilbert, Rick; Verschatse, Daniel" 2010 8 86 Focal Point Bringing Telescopes to the People "Lubowich, Donald" 2010 9 6 Spectrum Really? People Want Old Magazines? "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 9 8 Letters Tales of Meteors I "Olson, Roberta M.J." "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2010 9 8 Letters Tales of Meteors II "Fonada-Bonardi, G." 2010 9 9 Letters Identifying Craters "Whitaker, Ewen A." 2010 9 9 Letters Astronomer Assassin? "Fahrenbach, Henner W." 2010 9 9 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 9 12 News Notes Jupiter Impact: No Splash 2010 9 12 News Notes Kepler: A Tidal Wave of Exoplanet Candidates 2010 9 14 News Notes Corot Nearly Doubles Its Planet Count 2010 9 14 News Notes …And Hot Stars Too 2010 9 16 News Notes New Types of Supernovae? 2010 9 16 News Notes The Rock-Steady Size of the Sun 2010 9 18 News Notes Hayabasa's Return 2010 9 18 News Notes Ice Age Impact? More Evidence Vanishes 2010 9 18 News Notes Copernicus Grave Anonymous No More 2010 9 20 Feature Mars Under the Microscope "Beatty, Kelly J." 2010 9 26 Feature The Mysterious Lady on the Moon " Launay, Françoise" "Sheehan, William" 2010 9 32 Feature Binocular Showpieces for Light-Polluted Skies "Bartlett, Hugh" 2010 9 38 S&T Test Report Astroguiding Simplified: The SG-4 "Dyer, Alan" 2010 9 40 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Carina Software's SkyFi "Ashford, Ade" 2010 9 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Star Patterns Large & Small "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 9 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance September 2010 2010 9 45 Northern Binocular Highlight A Lonesome Messier 2010 9 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 9 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Jupiter and Uranus Go Together "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 9 50 Exploring the Solar System Invitation to a Revival "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2010 9 54 New Product Showcase STARGPS-NX kit 2010 9 54 New Product Showcase AstroTrac TT320X-AG Tracking Mount 2010 9 54 New Product Showcase SV 130EDT refractor 2010 9 55 New Product Showcase LVI SmartGuider 2 Imaging Control System 2010 9 55 New Product Showcase Hooded Observing Vest 2010 9 55 New Product Showcase Glatter Sling Kit 2010 9 56 Celestial Calendar Colors of Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 9 57 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 9 58 Celestial Calendar Mira's Rise to Max "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 9 58 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Great Red Spot "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 9 60 Deep-Sky Wonders Cosmic Capture "French, Sue" 2010 9 64 Going Deep Digging for Detail in Scutum "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2010 9 66 Telescope Workshop Two Novel Refractors "Seronik, Gary" 2010 9 68 Feature Climbing Toward the Stars "Quinn, Shawn" 2010 9 76 Gallery Leo Triplet "Neyer, Fabian" 2010 9 76 Gallery Discovery Shuttle Launch Water Vapor "Newman, John" 2010 9 78 Gallery Venus "Combs, Brian G." 2010 9 78 Gallery "M16, M17, M24, M20, M8" "Astreoud, Jérôme" 2010 9 78 Gallery Star formation in M82 "Helm, Melvin R." "Teuwen, Karel" 2010 9 86 Focal Point French Brass Meets Yankee Glass "Donovan, Tim" 2010 10 6 Spectrum Serving His Country "Naeye, Robert" 2010 10 8 Letters Skies to Explore "Santana, Luis Díaz" 2010 10 8 Letters Big Bang Landmark in Trouble "Haspoja, Arthur" 2010 10 8 Letters Help a Fellow Subscriber "Burkholder, Dennis" 2010 10 10 Letters Sun Size "McClure, Bruce" 2010 10 10 Letters Further Reading "Nagler, Al" 2010 10 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 10 14 News Notes A 320-Solar-Mass Star… Really? 2010 10 16 News Notes Rosetta Visits the Biggest Asteroid Yet 2010 10 18 News Notes New Trove of Iron Meteorites 2010 10 18 News Notes Strange Twists and Ridges in Saturn's Rings 2010 10 20 News Notes First KBO Occultation Gives a Strange Result 2010 10 20 News Notes The Moon: Damp From Day One 2010 10 20 News Notes Soap Bubble Nebula is Real 2010 10 20 News Notes A Very Wide Eye 2010 10 22 Feature NASA's New Airborne Obervatory "Keller, Luke" "Wolf , Jürgen" 2010 10 24 Feature Box: SOFIA's Trials and Tribulations 2010 10 26 Feature Box: WISE Chugs Along 2010 10 30 Feature The Hunt for Super-Earths "Seager, Sara" 2010 10 34 Feature Box: Earth-Size Moons "Seager, Sara" 2010 10 36 Feature Box: Naked-Eye Exoplanet Host Stars "Deneen, Michael" "Waller, Bill" 2010 10 38 S&T Test Report Megapixel Imaging for Less: SBIG ST-8300M CCD Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 10 41 S&T Test Report Quick Look: William Optics FLT-98 f/6.3 Apo Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 10 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Joys of an Autumn Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 10 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance October 2010 2010 10 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Sagitta's Messier "Seronik, Gary" 2010 10 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 10 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Jupiter Rides High "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 10 51 Exploring the Moon Unmasking Mare Ridges "Wood, Charles A." 2010 10 54 New Product Showcase NexGuide Autoguider 2010 10 54 New Product Showcase RC-14C Ritchey-Chrétien reflector 2010 10 54 New Product Showcase Flea3 FL3-FW-03S1M planetary camera 2010 10 55 New Product Showcase Coronado SolarMax II 60 and SolarMax II 90 2010 10 55 New Product Showcase APM Solar Herschel Wedge 2010 10 55 New Product Showcase SkyVoyager 1.6.2 iPad App 2010 10 56 Celestial Calendar Encounters With Comet Hartley 2 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 10 58 Celestial Calendar Comet Flyby November 4th! "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 10 59 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 10 60 Feature Asteroid Maven "Stephens, Robert" 2010 10 66 Deep-Sky Wonders "Sagitta, the Arrow" "French, Sue" 2010 10 70 Telescope Workshop Ed's Tracking Travelscope "Seronik, Gary" 2010 10 72 Feature Beneath the Shroud of Venus "Gasparri, Daniele" 2010 10 76 Gallery Solar Activity on the Sun "Lawrence, Pete" 2010 10 76 Gallery Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) "Rhemann, Gerald" 2010 10 77 Gallery Moonbow at Yosemite Falls "Park, Chunki" 2010 10 78 Gallery "Zodiacal Light in Death Valley, California" "Morganti, Brian A." 2010 10 78 Gallery Partial Eclipse of the Moon "Hough, David" 2010 10 86 Focal Point In Space "Baruzzini, Michael" 2010 11 6 Spectrum E.T. and the Eiffel Tower "Naeye, Robert" 2010 11 8 Letters Eclipse Report "Rosichan, Richard" 2010 11 8 Letters Family Bonding "Simpson, Cecil" 2010 11 8 Letters Double-Star Hunt "Stanton, Richard" 2010 11 8 Letters Astroscan Nostalgia "Haapoja, Arthur" 2010 11 10 Letters Copernicus or Aristarchus? "Maor, Eli" 2010 11 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 11 14 News Notes Big Plans for Astronomy's Next Decade 2010 11 16 News Notes A Runaway Star Tells a Long Story 2010 11 18 News Notes Home Computers Dredge up Weird Pulsar 2010 11 18 News Notes Moon Wet or Dry? 2010 11 18 News Notes Incredible Shrinking Moon 2010 11 20 Cosmic Relief Legal Aliens "Grinspoon, David" 2010 11 22 Feature Closing in on E.T. "Shostak, Seth" 2010 11 24 Feature Box: SETI's Origin 50 Years Ago "Shostak, Seth" 2010 11 27 Feature Box: Processing Power to the People "Shostak, Seth" 2010 11 29 Feature Box: Amateur SETI "Shuch, Paul H." 2010 11 32 Feature The Universe of Archimedes "Hirshfeld, Alan" 2010 11 36 S&T Test Report PlaneWave's 12.5-inch CDK Astrograph "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 11 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Pale Glory "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 11 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance November 2010 2010 11 45 Northern Binocular Highlight M29 & a Cloud of Stars "Seronik, Gary" 2010 11 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 11 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Giants at Dusk and Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 11 51 Exploring the Solar System A Cloudy Mars in 2010 "Parker, Don" "Beish, Jeff" 2010 11 55 Celestial Calendar The Meteors of Autumn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 11 56 Celestial Calendar The Moons of Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 11 60 New Product Showcase Atik Instruments EFW2 Motorized Filter Wheel 2010 11 60 New Product Showcase Astrodon Inside UV/NIR Block Filter 2010 11 60 New Product Showcase Astrocrumb FilterSlide Mark II 2010 11 60 New Product Showcase AT65EDQ Refractor 2010 11 63 Deep-Sky Wonders Uneasy Lies the Head "French, Sue" 2010 11 67 Going Deep Galaxy Gauze "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2010 11 70 Telescope Workshop A Semi-Classic Dob "Seronik, Gary" 2010 11 72 Feature Fast or Slow? "Sørensen, Jesper" 2010 11 76 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse over Easter Island "Hapsis, Loukas" 2010 11 76 Gallery Sunspot NOAA 11092 "Valentini, Gianluca" 2010 11 77 Gallery Large Magellanic Cloud "Eder, Ivan" 2010 11 78 Gallery "NGC 7000, North American Nebula" "Moussette, Philippe" 2010 11 78 Gallery Jupiter "Chavez, Rolando" 2010 11 78 Gallery "Solar Eclipse Diamond Rings, time series" "Bader, Thomas" 2010 11 86 Focal Point The Lessons of Antartica "Waller, William H." 2010 12 6 Spectrum Let's Go to an NEO! "Naeye, Robert" 2010 12 8 Letters Colors of Uranus and Neptune "Heyn, Herman M." 2010 12 8 Letters Flipping through S&T I "Petersen, Phil" 2010 12 8 Letters Flipping through S&T II "Fitzsimmons, Meredith" 2010 12 8 Letters Forgetting the Moon "Schmidt, Frank" 2010 12 8 Letters It Runs in the Family "Hesser, Theodore M." 2010 12 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2010 12 14 News Notes A Ghostly Cosmic Pinwheel 2010 12 16 News Notes "The First ""Potential Habitable"" Exoplanet" 2010 12 16 News Notes "One Star, Seven Planets" 2010 12 18 News Notes Two Exoplanets in an Interactive Dance 2010 12 18 News Notes Big Bear's Big New Eye 2010 12 20 Cosmic Relief Bring on the Exo-Earths! "Grinspoon, David" 2010 12 22 Feature How to Deflect a Hazardous Asteroid "Durda, Dan" 2010 12 27 Feature Box: Human Missions to NEOs 2010 12 30 Feature Sequencing the Stars "Vanderbei, Robert J." 2010 12 36 Feature Binocular Sights for City Nights "Bartlett, Hugh" 2010 12 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Andromeda Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 12 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance December 2010 2010 12 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Auriga's Messier Trio "Seronik, Gary" 2010 12 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2010 12 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Bright Planets in Twilight "Schaaf, Fred" 2010 12 51 Exploring the Moon The Moon on Earth: Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2010 12 54 S&T Test Report Meade's 8-inch LightSwitch Scope "di Cicco, Dennis" 2010 12 59 New Product Showcase Boren-Simon PowerNewt 2.8-8 ED Newtonian 2010 12 59 New Product Showcase Orion UP16 Premium UltraPortable Truss Dobsonian 2010 12 59 New Product Showcase Starfinder: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Exploring the Night Sky 2010 12 61 Celestial Calendar A High Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 12 64 Celestial Calendar The Geminid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2010 12 66 Deep-Sky Wonders Night Unfurls its Splendor "French, Sue" 2010 12 70 Telescope Workshop Chris Flynn's Astroblast "Seronik, Gary" 2010 12 72 Feature Narrowband Imaging "Fleming, Neil" 2010 12 76 Gallery Jupiter "Hill, Brad" 2010 12 76 Gallery Vela Supernova Remnant "Eder, Ivan" 2010 12 77 Gallery Crescent Nebula "Goldman, Don" 2010 12 78 Gallery Bubble Nebula "Jurasevich, Dave" 2010 12 78 Gallery "Crescent Moon, Venus, Mars, and Saturn in Portugal" "Claro, Miguel" 2010 12 86 Focal Point "First, Do No Harm" "Marks, Joel" 2011 1 6 Spectrum Unsung Heroes and Our First App "Naeye, Robert" 2011 1 8 Letters Finding E.T. I "Hollaway, Chester" 2011 1 8 Letters Finding E.T. II "Powell, Ray" 2011 1 8 Letters Finding E.T. III "Syroid, Dan" 2011 1 8 Letters Finding E.T. IV "Ashton, Michael" 2011 1 8 Letters Finding E.T. V "Boriskin, K. A." 2011 1 10 Letters Support for Landmark Restoration "Emmons, Stephen C." 2011 1 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2011 1 14 News Notes Asteroid Collision Update 2011 1 14 News Notes New Twist on Dark Energy 2011 1 16 News Notes """Coreshine"" in a Cloud's Black Heart" 2011 1 16 News Notes A Planet's Death Spiral? 2011 1 18 News Notes Sun's Heliopause: A Moving Target 2011 1 18 News Notes Titan's Hazes: A Rich Brew 2011 1 20 Cosmic Relief Weathering New Worlds "Grinspoon, David" 2011 1 22 Feature Where Did Earth's Water Come From? "Grifantini, Kristina" 2011 1 27 Feature Box: Water and Technological Civilizations "Marcy, Geoff" 2011 1 28 Feature "Box: A New, Improved Solar System" "Beatty, Kelly J." 2011 1 30 Feature Hot New Products for 2011 2011 1 39 Celestial Calendar "R Gem, a Pulsing S Star" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 1 40 Celestial Calendar The Bitter-Cold Quadtrantids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 1 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Time for Beginnings "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 1 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance January 2011 2011 1 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Gemini's Lone Messier "Seronik, Gary" 2011 1 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 1 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Planets in the Morning "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 1 51 Exploring the Solar System Planetary Magnitudes "Mallama, Anthony" 2011 1 58 Deep-Sky Wonders Going Squirrely "French, Sue" 2011 1 63 Going Deep "A ""Double-Double"" of Galaxies" "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2011 1 66 Feature "An Astronomer's Guide to Holst's ""The Planets""" "Reid, James" 2011 1 73 Telescope Workshop Treasures from the Archives "Seronik, Gary" 2011 1 76 Gallery Comet 103P/Hartley 2 in the Double Cluster "Andreo, Rogelio Bernal" 2011 1 78 Gallery Sharpless 2-171 in Cepheus "Cook, Christopher" 2011 1 78 Gallery Perseid Meteor in France "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2011 1 86 Focal Point The Library Telescope Program New Hampshire Astronomical Society 2011 2 6 Spectrum Origin of an Article "Naeye, Robert" 2011 2 8 Letters Asteroid Deflection & NEO Threats I "Marks, Joel" 2011 2 8 Letters Asteroid Deflection & NEO Threats II "Hirshfeld, Alan" 2011 2 8 Letters Venus During the Day "Victor, Robert C." 2011 2 10 Letters Global Astronomy Month "Simmons, Mike" 2011 2 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2011 2 14 News Notes The Amazing Comet Hartley 2 2011 2 16 News Notes New Cosmic Distance Record 2011 2 16 News Notes The Milky Way's Giant Gamma-Ray Bubbles 2011 2 16 News Notes Planet from Another Galaxy 2011 2 18 News Notes Hayabusa's Asteroid Dust 2011 2 18 News Notes A Steamy Super-Earth? 2011 2 20 News Notes No Goldilocks Planet?! 2011 2 20 News Notes Eris is Dwarfed; Is Pluto Bigger? 2011 2 20 News Notes JWST Late and Over Budget 2011 2 22 Feature New Scrutiny of the Sun's Secrets "Bobra, Monica" 2011 2 25 Feature Box: Why Is the Sun So Complicated? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 2 28 Feature The Perfect Solar Superstorm "Baker, Daniel N." "Green, James L." 2011 2 31 Feature Box: The Sun Ramps Up 2011 2 33 Feature Box: How Space Weather Causes Blackouts 2011 2 36 Feature Great Winter Double Stars "Mullaney, James" 2011 2 36 Feature Box: Dog and Pup "Flanders, Tony" 2011 2 38 New Product Showcase Orion SkyQuest XX12g GoTo Truss Tube Dobsonian 2011 2 38 New Product Showcase JMI Dual Speed Micro-Focus for Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes 2011 2 38 New Product Showcase T-REX Apex Alt-Azimuth T-Mount 2011 2 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Hour of Wonder "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 2 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance February 2011 2011 2 45 Northern Binocular Highlight M50 in Monoceros "Seronik, Gary" 2011 2 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 2 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" A Three-Planet Month "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 2 50 Exploring the Moon The Moon on Earth: Volcanism "Wood, Charles A." 2011 2 52 S&T Test Report Celestron's 14-inch EdgeHD "di Cicco, Dennis" 2011 2 54 S&T Test Report "Quick Look: ""Double-Stacked"" P.S.T" "Walker, Sean" 2011 2 57 Celestial Calendar Venus Passages "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 2 58 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 2 60 Deep-Sky Wonders Taking the Bull by the Horns "French, Sue" 2011 2 64 Telescope Workshop Poetry in the Motion "Seronik, Gary" 2011 2 66 Feature Solar Radio Astronomy "Smith, Kelly J." "Smith, David L." "Joyner, William L." 2011 2 72 Feature Catch the Nearest Star "Piepol, Greg" 2011 2 76 Gallery Comet 103P/Hartly 2 on Approach "Howes, Nick" 2011 2 76 Gallery Comet 103P/Hartley 2 in Auriga "Zubenel, Doug" 2011 2 77 Gallery LBN 762 and LBN 753 "Zbinden, Eric" 2011 2 78 Gallery Cederblad 214 and NGC 7822 in Cepheus "Fleming, Neil" 2011 2 86 Focal Point Giving an Astronomy Show "Miller, Chris" 2011 3 6 Spectrum A Quadruple Whammy for Astronomy "Naeye, Robert" 2011 3 8 Letters Young Stargazer in the Family "Stine, Bob" 2011 3 8 Letters Big Bang Landmark Repaired I "Wilson, Robert" 2011 3 8 Letters Big Bang Landmark Repaired II "Rusnak, Steven J." 2011 3 10 Letters Musical Interludes I "Stratmann, Henry G." 2011 3 10 Letters Musical Interludes II "Murrell, Bill" 2011 3 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2011 3 14 News Notes Cosmic Star Count Triples 2011 3 14 News Notes Carbon Rules on a Hot Jupiter 2011 3 16 News Notes Making Sense of Saturn's Rings 2011 3 16 News Notes No Ordinary Supernova Remnant 2011 3 18 News Notes Akatsuki Fails to Orbit Venus 2011 3 18 News Notes More Crowdsourced Astro Research 2011 3 19 News Notes Amateur Research Widens 2011 3 20 Cosmic Relief Arsenic and Old Lakes "Grinspoon, David" 2011 3 22 Feature Astronomy's Crystal Ball "Zimmerman, Robert" 2011 3 29 Feature Box: A Design for the Decade "Elmegreen, Debra Meloy" 2011 3 30 Feature The Mercury Mirage "Sheehan, William" "Boudreau, John" "Manara, Alessandro" 2011 3 36 Feature It's a Duesy "Boessen, Mike" 2011 3 40 New Product Showcase SkyWire iPod App 2011 3 40 New Product Showcase SXVR-H18 CCD Camera by Starlight Xpress 2011 3 40 New Product Showcase Digital Display Gauge SCT Focuser by Williams Optics 2011 3 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Treasures of Puppis and Hydra "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 3 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance March 2011 2011 3 45 Northern Binocular Highlight M93 and Company "Seronik, Gary" 2011 3 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 3 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" The Changing of the Guard "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 3 50 Exploring the Solar System A Gap But Not a Void "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2011 3 52 S&T Test Report Three Low-Cost Telescopes "Flanders, Tony" "Roth, Joshua" 2011 3 55 S&T Test Report "Box: Small Package, Big Impact" "Roth, Joshua" 2011 3 57 Telescope Workshop Whither ATMing? "Seronik, Gary" 2011 3 58 Feature Binocular Sights for City Nights "Bartlett, Hugh" 2011 3 62 Celestial Calendar A Mira by the Dipper "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 3 63 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 3 64 Deep-Sky Wonders Oddities in Northern Orion "French, Sue" 2011 3 68 Going Deep The Galaxy Group AWN 1 "Gottlieb, Steve" 2011 3 70 Astro Q&A Why are stars and planets round? 2011 3 70 Astro Q&A How big a lens would you need to collect enough starlight to start a fire? 2011 3 71 Astro Q&A Why does the Moon cause stronger tides than the Sun? 2011 3 71 Astro Q&A How many stars are there? How many planets? 2011 3 71 Astro Q&A How much brighter would the stars look from space than from the ground? 2011 3 72 Feature Demystifying Flat Fields "Kalajian, Peter" 2011 3 76 Gallery NGC 253 in Sculptor "Khan, Tim" 2011 3 76 Gallery "M8, the Lagoon Nebula" "Ritter, Roth" 2011 3 77 Gallery "Gibbous Moon alongside Basilica of Superga in Turin, Italy" "De Rosa, Stefano" 2011 3 78 Gallery Crescent Moon with Earthshine in Georgia "Faber, Thomas" 2011 3 78 Gallery "NGC 2359, Thor's Helmet" "Promper, Wolfgang" 2011 3 86 Focal Point How Good We Have It "Boudreau, Albert" 2011 4 6 Spectrum Mars on Earth "Naeye, Robert" 2011 4 8 Letters Captivated Young Astronomer "Azulay, Nicolas" 2011 4 8 Letters Sun Complications "O'Donnell, William S." 2011 4 8 Letters Superstorm Consequences & Responsibility "Leggett, Nickolaus" 2011 4 10 Letters Music for Dwarf Planets "Pasachoff, Jay" 2011 4 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2011 4 12 News Notes A Planet as Dense as a Cannonball 2011 4 14 News Notes The Most Distant Galazy Cluster 2011 4 14 News Notes A Black Hole Too Big For Its Galaxy 2011 4 14 News Notes The Comet Tale of Asteroid Scheila 2011 4 16 News Notes Thunderstorms that Shoot Antimatter 2011 4 16 News Notes Mini-Comets Storm the Sun 2011 4 18 News Notes Lights at Night Worsen Smog 2011 4 18 News Notes Amateur Astronomy Researcher of the Year 2011 4 20 Cosmic Relief Requiem for Akatsuki "Grinspoon, David" 2011 4 22 Feature The Stars that Host Planets "Johnson, John A." 2011 4 26 Feature Box: Host Stars and Exoplanet Imaging 2011 4 28 Feature Stellar Winds Above Atlantic Clouds "Eversberg, Thomas" 2011 4 34 Feature The Backyard Sky: Spring "Mollise, Rod" 2011 4 40 New Product Showcase Hands On Optics 4-inch Astro Telescope 2011 4 40 New Product Showcase Meade AudioStar hand controller 2011 4 40 New Product Showcase The Radio Sky and How to Observe It 2011 4 40 New Product Showcase 3D Astronomy with JAVA: An Introduction Computer Graphics 2011 4 41 New Product Showcase The SkyProdigy 130 Newtonian Reflector 2011 4 41 New Product Showcase Gas Giants iPhone app 2011 4 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Two Dim Beasts of Spring "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 4 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance April 2011 2011 4 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Belly of the Beast "Seronik, Gary" 2011 4 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 4 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Saturn Rules the Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 4 50 Exploring the Moon Coming in at an Angle "Wood, Charles A." 2011 4 52 S&T Test Report Autoguiding Breakthrough: Celestron's NexGuide "Dyer, Alan" 2011 4 54 S&T Test Report Box: A Guide to Using NexGuide 2011 4 55 S&T Test Report Box: Autoguiding Options 2011 4 56 Celestial Calendar Porrima's Grand Opening "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 4 57 Celestial Calendar The Fickle Lyrid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 4 58 Deep-Sky Wonders Sextans Uraniae "French, Sue" 2011 4 62 Astro Q&A Why is there an apparent rotation of the moon in two lunar eclipse photos? 2011 4 62 Astro Q&A How often should I collimate my scope? What are the signs that I should? 2011 4 64 Feature Photometry For All in the Digital Age "Kloppenborg, Brian" "Pearson, Tom" 2011 4 68 Feature A Classic Wooden Tube "Parker, Tim" 2011 4 70 Feature Star Trails From the Top of the World "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2011 4 76 Gallery "NGC 1499, the California Nebula" "Heggie, Stuart" 2011 4 77 Gallery Storm in Saturn's Northern Hemisphere "Parker, Don" 2011 4 77 Gallery "Total Lunar Eclipse, elapsed time" "Kimball, Brian" 2011 4 77 Gallery Partial Solar Eclipse over Mont Blanc "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2011 4 78 Gallery "NGC 7000, North America Nebula" "Van Vleet, Larry" 2011 4 86 Focal Point Science as Human Nature "Lehman, Dale E." 2011 5 6 Spectrum The Exoplanet Explosion "Naeye, Robert" 2011 5 8 Letters Astro Outreach in the Canaries "Israelian, Garik" 2011 5 8 Letters Astronomer Heroes Remembered I "Hunter, Tim" 2011 5 8 Letters Astronomer Heroes Remembered II "Deák, Bill" 2011 5 10 Letters Alien Misinformation "Burkey, Peter" 2011 5 10 Letters Historical Correction "Morris, Steven" 2011 5 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Robinson, Leif J." 2011 5 12 News Notes Kepler's Latest Planet Bonanza 2011 5 14 News Notes The Inconstant Crab Nebula 2011 5 14 News Notes Jupiter Swallowed an Asteroid 2011 5 16 News Notes Comet Tempel 1 Gets a Second Look 2011 5 18 News Notes 2011's Solar System Bonanza 2011 5 18 News Notes The Next Step for Adaptive Optics 2011 5 20 Feature Spinning Hearts of Darkness "Brenneman, Laura" 2011 5 22 Feature Box: The Point of No Return 2011 5 26 Feature End of the Cosmic Dark Ages "Schilling, Govert" 2011 5 30 Feature Box: LOFAR and Its Competitors 2011 5 32 Feature Building My Dream Observatory "Motta, Mario" 2011 5 38 New Product Showcase iOptron's LiveStar Mini Planetarium 2011 5 38 New Product Showcase Omega Dew Terminator for the Astrocrumb FilterSlide 2011 5 38 New Product Showcase Astro Haven Enterprises 18-foot dome 2011 5 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Halley and His Comet "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 5 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at Glance May 2011 2011 5 45 Northern Binocular Highlight More Virgo Clutter "Seronik, Gary" 2011 5 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 5 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Drama at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 5 50 Exploring the Solar System Planetary Imaging Primer "Walker, Sean" 2011 5 52 S&T Test Report Orion's Robo Dobsonian "Seronik, Gary" 2011 5 56 Celestial Calendar Big Black Asteroid in Libra "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 5 57 Celestial Calendar Two Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 5 57 Celestial Calendar May Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 5 58 Deep-Sky Wonders When all the Stars are Sown "French, Sue" 2011 5 62 Going Deep The View from Edge-on "Gottlieb, Steve" 2011 5 64 Telescope Workshop The Art of Telescope Makign "Seronik, Gary" 2011 5 66 Feature Galaxy-Hopping the Virgo Cluster "Forte, Ted" 2011 5 72 Feature Residual Bulk Image: Cause and Cure "Crisp, Richard" 2011 5 76 Gallery NGC 3628 "Rek, Jan" 2011 5 76 Gallery Messier 44 over the Himalayas "Zakaria, Oshin" 2011 5 77 Gallery M78 "Peterson, Brian" 2011 5 78 Gallery Total Lunar Eclipse "Love, John G." 2011 5 78 Gallery Jones 1 in Pegasus "Ratledge, David" 2011 5 78 Gallery IC 348 and NGC 1333 "Hilborn, Lynn" 2011 5 86 Focal Point Finding a Star Party Location "Schlafli, Al" 2011 6 6 Spectrum Memories of Leif "Naeye, Robert" 2011 6 8 Letters Death of a Long-Time Editor in Chief "Toraille, Jacques" 2011 6 8 Letters Comet Clarifications "Marcus, Joseph N." 2011 6 8 Letters Science vs. Human Nature I "Elliott, Leon" 2011 6 8 Letters Science vs. Human Nature II "Reade, Gordon" 2011 6 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Robinson, Leif J." 2011 6 12 News Notes Balmy Brown Dwarfs: Spectral Type Y? 2011 6 14 News Notes New Light on Voorwerp 2011 6 14 News Notes A Galaxy at Redshift 10 2011 6 14 News Notes Four Exoplanets in a Tightly Locked Dance 2011 6 16 News Notes What Makes Iapetus So Weird? 2011 6 17 News Notes Why The Sun Had No Spots 2011 6 18 Cosmic Relief All These Words "Grinspoon, David" 2011 6 20 Feature Having a BLAST in Antartica "Delvin, Mark" "Halpern, Mark" 2011 6 25 Feature Box: BLAST! The Motion Picture "Devlin, Paul" 2011 6 28 Feature The Great Telescope Race "Bell, Trudy E." 2011 6 34 Feature The AAVSO's New Sky Survey "Henden, Arne" 2011 6 38 New Product Showcase Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs 2011 6 38 New Product Showcase CenterLine CL1-10 Filter Wheel 2011 6 38 New Product Showcase JMI Moto-focus for the Sky-Watcher Pro Series 80ED Refractor 2011 6 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Star by Any Other Name "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 6 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance June 2011 2011 6 45 Northern Binocular Highlight M104 and the Crow "Seronik, Gary" 2011 6 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 6 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Giant Planets at Dusk and Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 6 50 Exploring the Moon The Best Lunar Map So Far "Wood, Charles A." 2011 6 52 Feature Binocular Sights for City Nights "Bartlett, Hugh" 2011 6 56 S&T Test Report Orion Parsec 8300M "Horne, Johnny" 2011 6 58 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Tele Vue's New Delos Eyepieces "di Cicco, Dennis" 2011 6 60 Celestial Calendar Eclipsing Binaries of Summer "Flanders, Tony" 2011 6 62 Deep-Sky Wonders The Far Country "French, Sue" 2011 6 66 Telescope Workshop A 12-inch Planet Catcher "Seronik, Gary" 2011 6 68 Feature Galxies Near Bright Stars "Blackwell, S. Kent" 2011 6 72 Feature Layering Image Contrast "Gabany, R. Jay" 2011 6 76 Gallery "Milky Way Over Kilauea, Hawaii" "Gabrieli, Andrea" 2011 6 76 Gallery PuWe1 "Salman, Dean" 2011 6 77 Gallery M81 and M82 in Ursa Major "Fleming, Neil" 2011 6 77 Gallery Storm on Saturn "Jaeschke, Wayne" 2011 6 78 Gallery M42 "Henry, Edward" 2011 6 86 Focal Point Paralyzing Effects at NASA "Baker, Daniel N." 2011 7 6 Spectrum "Neptune, Droid App, and Astrotourism" "Naeye, Robert" 2011 7 8 Letters Stargazing Network? "Moeschen, Patrick" 2011 7 8 Letters Binocular Sights "Boyd, Chris" 2011 7 8 Letters Rapid Sampling "Spencer, Richard G." 2011 7 8 Letters Super Moon Suits Up "Brennan, Thomas F." 2011 7 8 Letters Exploring Exoplanets "Diaz, Eric F." 2011 7 10 Letters Dark Ages Query "McElmurry, Barry" 2011 7 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2011 7 12 News Notes "Hubble Constant, Dark Energy Refined" 2011 7 14 News Notes Big Kepler Bonus: Precision Stellar Physics 2011 7 14 News Notes Variable Stars Behind the Sun 2011 7 16 News Notes New Insights on Lunar Swirls 2011 7 16 News Notes New Sign of Water Flowing on Mars? 2011 7 17 News Notes Martian Atmosphere May Come and Go 2011 7 18 Cosmic Relief The State of Alien Affairs "Grinspoon, David" 2011 7 20 Feature Where the Hot Stuff Is "Lopes, Rosaly" 2011 7 23 Feature Box: MARS 2011 7 27 Feature Box: Sunlight-Driven Volcanism 2011 7 28 Feature Neptune Comes Full Circle "James, C. Renée" "Sheehan, William" 2011 7 29 Feature Box: The French 2011 7 30 Feature Box: The British 2011 7 31 Feature Box: The Germans 2011 7 32 Feature Relive Neptune's Discovery 2011 7 36 Feature Sketching M51 "Banich, Howard" 2011 7 40 Feature Double Stars of Summer "Mullaney, James" 2011 7 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Crack Between the Worlds "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 7 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance July 2011 2011 7 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Ophiuchus Globulars "Seronik, Gary" 2011 7 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 7 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Two at Dusk and Three at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 7 50 Exploring the Solar System Ring Spokes Return "Sheehan, William" 2011 7 56 New Product Showcase """Stars of the Northern Hemisphere"" poster" 2011 7 56 New Product Showcase Barska's Magnus 80ED refractor 2011 7 56 New Product Showcase Officina Stellare's Pro RCs (Richey-Chrétien astrographs) 2011 7 60 S&T Test Report iOptron's New 6-inch Mak & German Equatorial Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 2011 7 64 Celestial Calendar See Pluto in 2011 "Flanders, Tony" 2011 7 66 Deep-Sky Wonders Mad for the Night "French, Sue" 2011 7 70 Telescope Workshop Secondary Considerations "Seronik, Gary" 2011 7 72 Feature Building Mosaics in PixInsight "Bernal Andreo, Rogelio" 2011 7 76 Gallery IC 342 in Camelopardalis "Kelly, Al" 2011 7 76 Gallery Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex "Eder, Ivan" 2011 7 77 Gallery Moon at perigee and apogee "Ré, Pedro" 2011 7 77 Gallery "NGC 3372, Carina Nebula" "Joaquín Pérez, José" 2011 7 78 Gallery Milky Way Over Jade Mountain "Chen, P.K." 2011 7 78 Gallery Sword of Orion in the Horsehead Nebua "Neyer, Fabian" 2011 7 86 Focal Point Singing to the Bugs "Bormanis, Andre" 2011 8 6 Spectrum S&T Video Productions "Naeye, Robert" 2011 8 8 Letters The Amazing Race I "Talbott, Dave" 2011 8 8 Letters The Amazing Race II "Coe, Elmon" 2011 8 8 Letters The Amazing Race III "Berta, Bob" 2011 8 8 Letters Reacting to NASA's Conservatism "Finkler, Earl" 2011 8 8 Letters Memories of Leif "Scholberg, Kate" "Habig, Alec T." 2011 8 8 Letters Liver Tastes Yummy "Schultz, David" 2011 8 10 Letters Blast Findings "Diaz, Eric F." 2011 8 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Sinnott, Roger W." 2011 8 12 News Notes "The Hottest, Densest Super-Earth Yet" 2011 8 14 News Notes A Supernova Companion's Strip-Tease 2011 8 16 News Notes Double Whammies on Mars and the Moon 2011 8 16 News Notes Gravity Probe B: Relatively Important? 2011 8 16 News Notes "Another Year, Another Observatory Wildfire" 2011 8 17 News Notes Do Loose Planets Outnumber Stars? 2011 8 18 Cosmic Relief Is There Art on Other Planets? "Grinspoon, David" 2011 8 20 Feature Pummeling the Planets "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2011 8 25 Feature Box: What About Mars? "Naeye, Robert" 2011 8 27 Feature Box: Did the Late Heavy Bombardment Flame Out or Fizzle Out? "Naeye, Robert" 2011 8 28 Feature The Exoplanets That Weren't "Tingley, Brandon" 2011 8 34 Feature NEAF Turns 20 "di Cicco, Dennis" "Walker, Sean" 2011 8 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Strolling the Milky Way "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 8 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance August 2011 2011 8 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Summer Star Cloud "Seronik, Gary" 2011 8 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 8 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Farewell to the Ringed Planet "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 8 50 Exploring the Moon Large-Scale Lunar Structures "Wood, Charles A." 2011 8 53 Celestial Calendar The Two Brightest Asteroids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 8 54 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 8 58 Deep-Sky Wonders The Eagle and the Shield "French, Sue" 2011 8 62 Going Deep A Galaxy Sampler in Draco "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2011 8 64 Telescope Workshop A Simple Hinge Tracker "Seronik, Gary" 2011 8 68 Feature Spectroscopy for Everyone "Field, Tom" 2011 8 72 Feature Trading Techniques "Walker, Sean" 2011 8 76 Gallery "Lagoon Nebula, M8" "Ghouchkanlu, Taha" 2011 8 76 Gallery Storm on Saturn "Tyler, David" 2011 8 77 Gallery High-Resolution Sunspot "Kraaikamp, Emil" 2011 8 77 Gallery Full Moon at its Perigee "Bellido, Paco" 2011 8 77 Gallery "Milkway in Mangaia, with Venus" "Tezel, Tunç" 2011 8 78 Gallery Solar Prominence "Friedman, Alan" 2011 8 78 Gallery N11 surrounds NGC 1760 in LMC "Gendler, Robert" "Hannahoe, Ryan" 2011 8 86 Focal Point Galaxy Hunting "McLaughlin, Walt" 2011 9 6 Spectrum Star Parties "Naeye, Robert" 2011 9 8 Letters How Low Can You Go? "Pass, Ralph" "Gall, John" 2011 9 8 Letters A Plea for SAO Numbers "Fisher, Kurt A." 2011 9 8 Letters A Word from the Author "Lehman, Dale E." 2011 9 8 Letters A Different Path "Ditteon, Richard" 2011 9 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2011 9 12 News Notes Is the Sunspot Cycle About to Stop? "Pasachoff, Jay" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 9 13 News Notes Blue Stragglers in the Galactic Bulge 2011 9 14 News Notes Close-up of a Black Hole Powerhouse 2011 9 14 News Notes The Milky Way's New Arm Pieces 2011 9 16 News Notes Dissecting Saturn's Big Storm 2011 9 16 News Notes Tagish Lake Meteorite's Organic Brew 2011 9 18 Feature Peering Beneath Jupiter's Clouds "Zander, Jon" 2011 9 20 Feature Box: Juno's 9 Science Instruments 2011 9 24 Feature Planetary Sentinel "Bryant, Greg" 2011 9 28 Feature Box: Wesley's Imaging Gear 2011 9 30 Feature The Battle to Control Light Pollution "Parks, Bob" 2011 9 32 Feature Box: Sark Island: Europe's First Dark-Sky Community 2011 9 34 Feature Box: Success in West Texas 2011 9 36 S&T Test Report The David H. Levy Comet Hunter "di Cicco, Dennis" 2011 9 40 New Product Showcase MX-1 iPhone Afocal Adapter 2011 9 40 New Product Showcase ST-i planetary camera and autoguider 2011 9 40 New Product Showcase Parallizer adapter 2011 9 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Bird of the Starry Cross "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 9 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance September 2011 2011 9 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Saggitarius Globulars "Seronik, Gary" 2011 9 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 9 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Welcome Jupiter "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 9 50 Exploring the Solar System Probing the Nearest Star "Ramsden, Stephen" 2011 9 53 Celestial Calendar Visit Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 9 54 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 9 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Berkely Clusters "French, Sue" 2011 9 60 Going Deep Beyond the Familiar Veil "Whitman, Alan" 2011 9 64 Telescope Workshop Jerry's Big Astroscan "Seronik, Gary" 2011 9 67 Feature In Praise of the Great Dark North "Rodger, David A." 2011 9 69 Feature Box: How North is North? 2011 9 72 Feature Going Against the Grain "Kier, Ruben" 2011 9 76 Gallery Lunar Craters Hercules and Atlas "Peach, Damian" 2011 9 76 Gallery Eta Carinae and the Keyhole Nebula "Promper, Wolfgang" 2011 9 77 Gallery "Vulpecula, Sagitta, Dumbell Nebula, M71" "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2011 9 78 Gallery Lunar Eclipse at Mid-totality "Tezel, Tunç" 2011 9 78 Gallery Endeavour Launch "Hetlage, Chris" 2011 9 86 Focal Point Light Pollution's Medical Effects "Motta, Mario" 2011 10 6 Spectrum New Digital Archives & Sue French Book "Naeye, Robert" 2011 10 8 Letters Building Your Own Hinge Tracker "Christensen, Carl" 2011 10 8 Letters Charting Pluto "Kobus, Ken" 2011 10 8 Letters Where Were the Women? "Smith, Sharon I." 2011 10 8 Letters Scooped? "Hirshfeld, Alan" 2011 10 10 Letters 50 & 25 Years Ago "Sinnott, Roger W." 2011 10 12 News Notes Trouble for the Kepler Mission 2011 10 13 News Notes Will the James Webb Space Telescope Be Cancelled? 2011 10 13 News Notes Hubble Spots New Pluto Moon 2011 10 14 News Notes Next Mars Landing Site: Gale Crater 2011 10 16 Cosmic Relief Planetary Changes of the Fourth Kind "Grinspoon, David" 2011 10 19 Feature Super-Charged Supernovae "Stevenson, David Sinclair" 2011 10 24 Feature Rocks from Heaven "Downey, Philip" 2011 10 30 Feature A Century of AAVSO Progress "Williams, Thomas R." "Saladyga, Michael" 2011 10 38 Feature Great Autumn Double Stars "Mullaney, James" 2011 10 40 New Product Showcase Motorized Zerotator 2011 10 40 New Product Showcase iOptron PowerWeight 2011 10 40 New Product Showcase The Kaguya Lunar Atlas 2011 10 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Around the Northern Cross "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 10 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance October 2011 2011 10 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Little Globular M75 "Seronik, Gary" 2011 10 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 10 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Jupiter Reaches Opposition "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 10 50 Exploring the Moon Lunar Dominance "Wood, Charles A." 2011 10 53 Celestial Calendar Draconid Meteor Outburst? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 10 54 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons and Great Red Spot "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 10 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Fleet-Winged Bird "French, Sue" 2011 10 60 S&T Test Report The Telescope Drive Master "di Cicco, Dennis" 2011 10 64 Telescope Workshop A Collapsable-Tube Dob "Seronik, Gary" 2011 10 66 Feature Observing Geosynchronous Satellites "Rhea, Randy" 2011 10 72 Feature Chilean Imaging Odyssey "Brasch, Klaus" 2011 10 76 Gallery "NGC 5907, the Splinter Galaxy" "Fera, Bob" 2011 10 76 Gallery M106 "Keller, Warren" 2011 10 76 Gallery vdB 141 in Cepheus "Hilborn, Lynn" 2011 10 77 Gallery Partial Solar Eclipse in Norway "Danielsen, Arne" 2011 10 78 Gallery vdB 102 "Simon, Alistair" 2011 10 78 Gallery Aurora above the Artic Circle "Keen, Andrew" 2011 10 86 Focal Point The AAVSO's Future Plans "Henden, Arne" 2011 11 6 Spectrum S&T: 70 Years and Counting "Naeye, Robert" 2011 11 8 Letters Light-Pollution Etiquette I "Nasila, Mikko" 2011 11 8 Letters Light-Pollution Etiquette II "Radice, Edoardo" 2011 11 8 Letters Van De Kamp's Groundwork "Rounds, John" 2011 11 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2011 11 12 News Notes A Planet Blacker than the Blackest Coal 2011 11 12 News Notes The Too-Earliest Quasar 2011 11 14 News Notes The Biggest Early Nebula 2011 11 14 News Notes The Cause of Type Ia Supernovae 2011 11 16 News Notes The Return of Cosmos 2011 11 16 News Notes Did a Big Splat Shape the Moon? 2011 11 18 Feature Growing Up With S&T: A Family History "Meredith, Barbara" "Federer, C. Anthony" 2011 11 20 Feature Box: Lasting Legacy 2011 11 22 Feature Box: Project Moonwatch 2011 11 24 Feature Galaxy Zoo and the Wisdom of Crowds "Schawinski, Kevin" 2011 11 28 Feature Box: Discovering Hanny's Voorwerp "van Arkel, Hanny" 2011 11 32 Feature Dawn's Early Light: A Vesta Fiesta! "Bell, Jim" 2011 11 38 S&T Test Report Lunt's New 80-mm Hydrogen-alpha Solar Scope "Walker, Sean" 2011 11 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Teaching the Formalhaut Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 11 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance November 2011 2011 11 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Zenith Cluster M39 "Seronik, Gary" 2011 11 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 11 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Venus Faces Jupiter at Dusk "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 11 50 Exploring the Solar System Ruddy Mars Returns "Venable, Roger" 2011 11 52 Celestial Calendar Comet Garradd After Dark "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 11 53 Celestial Calendar Mini-Asteroid to Buzz Earth "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 11 54 Celestial Calendar The Jupiter Watch "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 11 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Come Night "French, Sue" 2011 11 60 New Product Showcase Celestron's Nightscape CCD Camera 2011 11 60 New Product Showcase Orion's SkyView Mini Altazimuth Telescope Mount 2011 11 60 New Product Showcase A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way 2011 11 63 Going Deep Pretty Pegasus Pair "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2011 11 66 Telescope Workshop Rough Grinding the Easy Way "Seronik, Gary" 2011 11 68 Feature The Moon & the Origin of Frankenstein "Olson, Donald W." "Olson, Marilynn S." "Doescher, Russell L." "Pope, Ava G." "Schnarr, Kelly D." 2011 11 76 Gallery Supernova 2011dh in M51 "Gabany, Jay R." 2011 11 76 Gallery NGC 7559 "Caligiuri, Michael" 2011 11 77 Gallery Notilucent clouds "Thacker, Don" 2011 11 77 Gallery Eastern Veil Nebula "Temple, Craig" "Temple, Tammy" 2011 11 78 Gallery Jupiter "Hill, Brad" 2011 11 78 Gallery "Dumbbell Nebula, M27" "Ivanov, Emil" 2011 11 78 Gallery "Sunspot groups 1263, 1262, 1261" "Tafreshi, Babak A." "Meiser, Gernot" 2011 11 86 Focal Point Eyewitness to History "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2011 12 6 Spectrum Astro Nerve Center "Naeye, Robert" 2011 12 8 Letters Unsung Virtue "Heath, B." 2011 12 8 Letters "How Far ""North"" is North?" "Callen, Tom" 2011 12 8 Letters Stella Spectra from Years Past "Waber, Bob" 2011 12 9 Letters A Matter of Mass "Robertson, Doug" 2011 12 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2011 12 12 News Notes Exoplanet Hunters Almost Losing Count 2011 12 13 News Notes Planets that Orbit Two Suns 2011 12 13 News Notes About That Diamond Planet… 2011 12 14 News Notes "One Image, Five Moons" 2011 12 14 News Notes The Supernova by the Dipper 2011 12 16 News Notes The Newly Uncertain Age of the Moon 2011 12 16 News Notes SETI Projects Hit by Recession 2011 12 18 Cosmic Relief Losing Venus "Grinspoon, David" 2011 12 22 Feature Face to Face with a Giant "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2011 12 28 Feature Box: Sky Crane 2011 12 32 Feature Measuring Asteroids with Homemade Monsters "Lockwood, Mike" 2011 12 38 Feature 5 Binocular Factors that Matter "Seronik, Gary" 2011 12 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Longest Nights "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 12 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance December 2011 2011 12 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Triangulum's Treasure "Seronik, Gary" 2011 12 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2011 12 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" A Great Month for Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2011 12 50 Exploring the Moon Giant Lunar Shield Volcanos? "Wood, Charles A." 2011 12 52 S&T Test Report A New 4-inch Refractor from Astro Telescopes "di Cicco, Dennis" 2011 12 54 S&T Test Report Southern Stars' SkySafari 3 "Heafner, Joe" 2011 12 56 New Product Showcase Ethos-SX eyepiece 2011 12 56 New Product Showcase LX800 German Equatorial Mount 2011 12 56 New Product Showcase Optic Tracker 2011 12 58 Celestial Calendar A Dawn Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 12 59 Celestial Calendar Geminids in the Moonlight "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 12 60 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 12 62 Deep-Sky Wonders The Sculptor's Workshop "French, Sue" 2011 12 66 Astro Q&A Why does my mount stick when I try to center something in my eyepiece? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 12 66 Astro Q&A "If the universe is expanding, why do galaxies collide?" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2011 12 68 Telescope Workshop The Dob Buster "Seronik, Gary" 2011 12 70 Feature Natural Color with Six Filters "Ceravolo, Debra" 2011 12 76 Gallery Comet Garradd "Ligustri, Rolando" 2011 12 76 Gallery Milky Way mosaic "Jung, Manuel" 2011 12 77 Gallery Lyrid meteor over Painted Hills in Oregon "Andreasen, Larry" 2011 12 78 Gallery "IC 5067, the Pelican Nebula" "Helm, Mel" 2011 12 78 Gallery "M11, the Wild Duck Cluster" "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2011 12 86 Focal Point Why We Should Build Webb "Hammel, Heidi B." 2012 1 6 Spectrum Superfast Neutrinos? "Naeye, Robert" 2012 1 8 Letters Wandering Geosynch Satellites "Furber, Robert D." 2012 1 8 Letters Rates of Climate Change "Paino, Cliff" 2012 1 8 Letters Spade a Spade "Schlom, Woody" 2012 1 8 Letters Behind These Walls "Darby, Thomas" 2012 1 8 Letters Solar Filter Accidents "Stangl, Martin" 2012 1 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 1 14 News Notes Near-Earth Asteroids: Fewer than Expected 2012 1 16 News Notes The Secret of Blue Stragglers: They Steal 2012 1 16 News Notes Random Volunteers Find Two Possible New Planets 2012 1 18 News Notes Taking Mars's Ancient Temperature 2012 1 18 News Notes Planet in the Making 2012 1 18 News Notes Comet Water for a Parched Earth 2012 1 20 News Notes More on a Y Dwarf 2012 1 20 News Notes Past Meets Future at AAVSO's Centennial 2012 1 20 News Notes Ghost of Comet Elenin 2012 1 24 Feature How Alien Astronomers Could Find Earth "Lazio, Joseph" 2012 1 30 Feature Box: Could Aliens Listen to Our Radio or Watch Our TV? 2012 1 32 Feature Hot New Products for 2012 2012 1 40 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Brilliance by the Numbers "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 1 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance January 2012 2012 1 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Messier's Number One "Seronik, Gary" 2012 1 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 1 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Two Brilliant Planets at Dusk "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 1 50 Celestial Calendar A Fine Year for the Icy Quads "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 1 51 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 1 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 1 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Orion Beams! "French, Sue" 2012 1 58 Going Deep Nebulae with Heart & Soul "Gottlieb, Steve" 2012 1 60 Astro Q&A How did the Ancient Greeks know the Sun was bigger than Earth? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 1 60 Astro Q&A What happens to the angular momentum produced during star formation? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 1 62 Telescope Workshop A 21st-Century RFT "Seronik, Gary" 2012 1 64 Feature In the Footsteps of the First Recorded Transit of Venus "Maor, Eli" 2012 1 70 Feature The June Transit of Venus "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2012 1 74 Feature Box: Measuring the Solar System 2012 1 76 Gallery Comet 45P "Rhemann, Gerald" 2012 1 76 Gallery Bright and Dark Nebulae in Ophiuchus and Scorpius "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2012 1 77 Gallery "Gulf of Mexico in North America Nebula, NGC 7000" "East, George" 2012 1 77 Gallery Io transits in front of the Great Red Spot "Hill, Brad" 2012 1 78 Gallery Star trails and the Milky Way "Claro, Miguel" 2012 1 78 Gallery "NGC 6888, Crescent Nebula" "Jurasevich, David" 2012 1 86 Focal Point Sidewalk Astro: Another Angle "Ramakers, Theo" 2012 2 6 Spectrum TV & Free Digital Subs "Naeye, Robert" 2012 2 8 Letters Worries about Webb "Richter, Tom" 2012 2 8 Letters The Quest for Jupiter's Shadow "Joli-Coeur, Laurent V." 2012 2 8 Letters Bring Back the Banner "Gotsch, Ken" 2012 2 10 Letters Viscous? "Vines, Ken" 2012 2 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 2 12 News Notes Active Lakes in Europa's Icy Crust 2012 2 13 News Notes "Cygnus X-1, Exactly" 2012 2 13 News Notes A Young Star's Spiral Arms 2012 2 14 News Notes The Oddly Magnetic Moon 2012 2 14 News Notes Pluto and Eris: Neck and Neck 2012 2 16 News Notes Expanding Universe: Credit Where Due 2012 2 18 Cosmic Relief My Apologies to Mercury "Grinspoon, David" 2012 2 20 Feature Einstein's Shadow "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 2 28 Feature Lowell's New Discovery Machine "Aguirre, Edwin L." "Joson, Imelda B." 2012 2 34 Feature Chasing Light Speed "Gale, Tom" 2012 2 38 Feature Box: Measure the Speed of Light at Home 2012 2 40 New Product Showcase Veloce RH 200 astrograph 2012 2 40 New Product Showcase Stellarvue SVF25 and SVF30 heavy-duty focusers 2012 2 40 New Product Showcase Treasures of the Southern Sky 2012 2 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Run, River, Run" "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 2 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance February 2012 2012 2 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Messier's Best "Seronik, Gary" 2012 2 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 2 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Early Evening Convocation "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 2 50 Exploring the Moon A Lunar Volcanic Crater "Wood, Charles A." 2012 2 52 Celestial Calendar A Rare Flyby of Eros "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 2 53 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 2 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Orion's Golden Shield "French, Sue" 2012 2 58 Telescope Workshop A Junk-Shed Bino Mount "Seronik, Gary" 2012 2 60 Feature A Dozen Winter Planetaries "Forte, Ted" 2012 2 66 Feature May's Great Annular Eclipse "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2012 2 70 Feature For All the Night's Stars "Risinger, Nick" 2012 2 76 Gallery Active Sunspot Region 11263 "Friedman, Alan" 2012 2 76 Gallery The Dark Doodad "Beletsky, Yuri" 2012 2 77 Gallery "IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula" "Holzer, Bob" 2012 2 78 Gallery "NGC 2359, Thor's Helmet" "Haese, Paul" 2012 2 78 Gallery Jupiter "Jolly, Glenn" 2012 2 79 Gallery Bolide through Taurus with Aurora "Bergeron, Joe" 2012 2 79 Gallery "The Sun, with sunspots" "Aguilar, Jose" 2012 2 86 Focal Point Galaxies in My Backyard "Rafferty, Ted" 2012 3 6 Spectrum Is Astronomy's Golden Age Over? "Naeye, Robert" 2012 3 8 Letters Another Astronomical Origin for Frankenstein? "Sattinger, David" 2012 3 8 Letters Visual Observers' Creds "Templeton, Matthew R." "Motta, Mario" "Henden, Arne A." 2012 3 8 Letters Planetarium Workshop "Siegel, Art" 2012 3 8 Letters Look to the Nitrogen "Simons, Donald" 2012 3 9 Letters No Bok Globule "Kim, Byungsoo" 2012 3 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 3 10 News Notes What Happened on the Moon?! 2012 3 12 News Notes "Super Black Holes: New Records, if Real" 2012 3 12 News Notes Another Origin for Cosmic Rays 2012 3 14 News Notes A Massive Young Star Declares Itself 2012 3 14 News Notes Kepler Finds a Potentially Habitable World 2012 3 16 News Notes More on the Pinwheel Supernova 2012 3 18 Feature An End in Sight "Stencel, Robert" 2012 3 20 Feature Box: Catching the Light "Hopkins, Jeff" 2012 3 22 Feature Box: Disciphering the Disk "Leadbeater, Robin" 2012 3 24 Feature Box: Getting Good Vibrations "Cole, Gary" 2012 3 26 Feature Box: Uniting the Stargazers "Price, Aaron" 2012 3 30 Feature Finding the Sun's Lost Nursery "Zimmerman, Robert" 2012 3 34 Feature Box: Planets Walk Crooked after Cloud Crashes "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 3 38 Feature A Different Pathway to the Stars "Foukal, Peter" Št?pán Ková? 2012 3 40 New Product Showcase CCDAutoPilot 5.0 2012 3 40 New Product Showcase Spike-a Flat Fielder 2012 3 40 New Product Showcase OAG-8300 Wide Field Off-Axis Guider 2012 3 42 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Multitudes of Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 3 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance March 2012 2012 3 45 Northern Binocular Highlight The Crab's Treasures "Seronik, Gary" 2012 3 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 3 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" A Great Month for Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 3 50 Exploring the Solar System Enigma of the Ashen Light "Dobbins, Thomas" 2012 3 56 S&T Test Report 2 Scopes for an Active Sun "di Cicco, Dennis" 2012 3 58 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Tiny Tracker: The Vixen Polarie "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2012 3 60 Celestial Calendar Comet Garradd Returns Anew "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 3 60 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 3 61 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 3 62 Deep-Sky Wonders The Southern Main "French, Sue" 2012 3 66 Going Deep "Bubbles, Jets & Exotic Stars" "Gottlieb, Steve" 2012 3 68 Telescope Workshop Telescope Economics "Seronik, Gary" 2012 3 70 Feature Targeting the International Space Station "Legault, Thierry" 2012 3 76 Gallery NGC 891 in Andromeda "Kelly, Al" 2012 3 76 Gallery "NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula, in Aquarius" "Hilborn, Lynn" 2012 3 77 Gallery Milky Way Cirrus Nebulosity in the Virgo Cluster "Neyer, Fabian" 2012 3 77 Gallery "Bolides over Spicheren, France" "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2012 3 78 Gallery "Total Lunar Eclipse in Oslo, Norway" "Danielsen, Arne" 2012 3 86 Focal Point My Interest in Stars Coalesces "Higgs, Jim" 2012 4 6 Spectrum S&T's New Observing Section "Naeye, Robert" 2012 4 8 Letters Insterstellar Communication I "Spalding, Phinizy" 2012 4 8 Letters Insterstellar Communication II "Homme, Gene" 2012 4 8 Letters Insterstellar Communication III "Grajewski, Juilan" 2012 4 8 Letters Insterstellar Communication IV "Ryan, Jack" 2012 4 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 4 12 News Notes New Maps of Dark Matter 2012 4 14 News Notes Smallest Black Hole 2012 4 14 News Notes Deep-Fried Exoplanets 2012 4 16 News Notes The First Exo-Mars 2012 4 16 News Notes Staggered Planets 2012 4 16 News Notes "Norman Edmund, 1916-2012" 2012 4 18 Cosmic Relief Days of Powder and Planets David Grinspoon 2012 4 20 Feature Galaxies Seen in a New Light "Rich, Michael" 2012 4 26 Feature Mercury's Marvels "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 4 31 Feature Box: Wanted: Meteorites from Mercury 2012 4 34 Feature Did the Moon Sink the Titanic? "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 4 40 New Product Showcase Eye & Telescope 3.0 Observing Planner 2012 4 40 New Product Showcase Atik 428EX Compact Astro Camera 2012 4 40 New Product Showcase The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas 2012 4 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance April 2012 2012 4 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Leo's Galaxy Trio "Seronik, Gary" 2012 4 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 4 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Cluster Light, Cluster Bright" "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 4 48 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Farewell Jupiter, Welcome Saturn" "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 4 50 Celestial Calendar Making the Most of Mars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 4 52 Celestial Calendar An April Asteroid Array "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 4 53 Celestial Calendar Lyrid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 4 54 Exploring the Moon Over the Edge "Wood, Charles A." 2012 4 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Hydra's Coils "French, Sue" 2012 4 60 Feature Great Spring Double Stars "Mullaney, James" 2012 4 62 S&T Test Report The Imaging Source DMK 21AU618.AS Planetary Camera "Walker, Sean" 2012 4 64 S&T Test Report Quick Look: Explore Scientific's Hyperwide Eyepiece "di Cicco, Dennis" 2012 4 66 Telescope Workshop A Beauty of a Binoscope "Seronik, Gary" 2012 4 68 Feature November's Total Solar Eclipse "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2012 4 72 Feature Rethinking Solar Eclipse Photography "di Cicco, Dennis" 2012 4 75 Feature Improving Your Eclipse Photos "Walker, Sean" 2012 4 77 Gallery Simeis 147 "Holzer, Bob" 2012 4 78 Gallery "Sharpless 2-239, a Herbig-Haro Object in Taurus" "Symon, Alistair" 2012 4 78 Gallery Observing Orion "Kopicki, Neil" 2012 4 79 Gallery Rising Lunar Eclipse December 2011 "Zakarian, Oshin D." 2012 4 79 Gallery Comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) after Perihelion "Barnes, Lester" 2012 4 86 Focal Point Observing the Telescope Tribe "Brown, Malcolm E." 2012 5 6 Spectrum Going Deep at Yosemite "Naeye, Robert" 2012 5 8 Letters Another Black Hole Spy? "Petrov, Valentin" 2012 5 8 Letters The Black Drop Effect "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2012 5 8 Letters In Horrocks's Footsteps "Kilburn, Kevin" 2012 5 8 Letters Ingenious Design "Diaz, Eric F." 2012 5 8 Letters Norman Edmund's Death "Oshana, Nick" 2012 5 8 Letters There's Nothing Like Paper "Richards, David L." 2012 5 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 5 12 News Notes Vast New Trove of Variable Stars 2012 5 14 News Notes A Light-Echo Replay of Eta Carinae's Blast 2012 5 14 News Notes GJ 1214b: A Steam-Bath World 2012 5 16 News Notes An Unexpected Secret of Sunspots 2012 5 16 News Notes Closure for the Keck Interferometer 2012 5 18 News Notes Ancient Astronomers: Smarter Than We Knew? 2012 5 18 News Notes End of an S&T Era 2012 5 20 Feature Saturn's Raging Superstorm "Sánchez-Lavega, Augustín" 2012 5 26 Feature Astronomy in National Parks "Nordgren, Tyler" 2012 5 32 Feature Box: A New Ally for Amateur Astronomers "Moore, Chad" 2012 5 36 Feature The Remarkable Case of Comet Lovejoy "Bortle, John E." 2012 5 41 Feature Box: Discovering Comet Lovejoy "Lovejoy, Terry" 2012 5 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance May 2012 2012 5 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Messiers in Hydra "Seronik, Gary" 2012 5 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 5 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky How Bright is Bright? "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 5 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Plunge of Venus "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 5 50 Celestial Calendar The May 20th Annular Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 5 52 Celestial Calendar Horn Tip Occulted "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 5 53 Celestial Calendar Springtime Variable Between Galaxies "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 5 54 Exploring the Solar System The King of the Rings "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 5 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Heavens Within Themselves "French, Sue" 2012 5 60 Going Deep The Coma Galaxy Cluster "Whitman, Alan" 2012 5 64 S&T Test Report Celestron's Nightscape CCD Camera "Horne, Johnny" 2012 5 68 New Product Showcase Celestron EdgeHD 0.7X Reducer 2012 5 68 New Product Showcase Turn Left at Orion: 4th Edition 2012 5 68 New Product Showcase iOptron Solar 60 White-Light Telescope and Mount 2012 5 70 Telescope Workshop Thermal Basics "Seronik, Gary" 2012 5 72 Feature Planetary Imaging with Your DSLR Camera "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2012 5 76 Gallery Comet Garradd Passes M92 "Rhemann, Gerald" 2012 5 76 Gallery "M45, the Pleiades" "Salman, Dean" 5 77 Gallery Mars with North Polar Cap and blue cloud 2012 5 77 Gallery Auroral Arc over Sweden "Hwang, Allen" 2012 5 78 Gallery "M78, Nebula in Orion" "Hilborn, Lynn" 2012 5 78 Gallery Airglow over TÜBITAK National Observatory in Turkey "Tu?ral, Ra?id" 2012 5 86 Focal Point With My Own Eyes "Watson, Thomas" 2012 6 8 Spectrum Our New Moon Globe "Naeye, Robert" 2012 6 10 Letters Light Revisited I "Haulman, Daniel L." 2012 6 10 Letters Light Revisited II "Nugent, Richard" 2012 6 10 Letters Light Revisited III "Molnar, Larry" 2012 6 10 Letters Light Revisited IV "Foy, Christian" 2012 6 10 Letters Lemaître's Expanding Universe Not So Obscure "Trimble, Virginia" 2012 6 10 Letters Music of the Spheres "Quinn, Jarlath" 2012 6 10 Letters Request for Partnership "Kardell, Scott" 2012 6 11 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 6 14 News Notes New Fuel for Supernova Debate 2012 6 15 News Notes Mars's Long-Gone Ocean… 2012 6 15 News Notes …And Recent Marsquakes 2012 6 15 News Notes Black Holes: It's How You Spin It — Maybe 2012 6 15 News Notes Moon Might Still Be Kicking 2012 6 16 News Notes Loose Planets Abound Between the Stars 2012 6 16 News Notes "Tom Johnson, 1923–2012" 2012 6 18 Feature Seeing the Moon Like Never Before "Bell, Jim" 2012 6 24 Feature Alan Hale and His 500 Comets "Levy, David H." 2012 6 28 Feature The 1761 Transit of Venus "Maor, Eli" 2012 6 33 Feature Box: How the A.U. Was Ultimately Determined 2012 6 34 S&T Test Report The Sky-Watcher Quantum 120 Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2012 6 38 New Product Showcase SkyFi Wireless Adapter 2012 6 38 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Optics 17.3-mm Delos Eyepiece 2012 6 38 New Product Showcase "Telescopes Eyepieces Astrographs: Design, Analysis, and Performance of Modern Astronomical Optics" 2012 6 41 Fold-Out Moon Chart Fold Out Moon Chart 2012 6 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance June 2012 2012 6 44 Northern Binocular Highlight M5: An Easy Globular "Seronik, Gary" 2012 6 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 6 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Beacon in the Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 6 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" "Two at Dawn, Three at Dusk" "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 6 50 Celestial Calendar The June 5th Transit of Venus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 6 52 Celestial Calendar Finding Pluto in 2012 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 6 53 Celestial Calendar Partial Lunar Eclipse June 4th "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 6 54 Exploring the Moon The Art of Seeing "Wood, Charles A." 2012 6 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Quincunx of Serpens "French, Sue" 2012 6 60 Telescope Workshop Build a Sun Funnel "Seronik, Gary" 2012 6 62 Feature A Springtime Globular Cluster Tour "Forte, Ted" 2012 6 68 Feature Deep Sky with Your DSLR "Covington, Michael A." 2012 6 72 Gallery The Sun in H-Alpha "Lafferty, Jeff" 2012 6 73 Gallery Nebulosity around Polaris and NGC 188 "Astreoud, Jérôme" 2012 6 74 Gallery "M1, the Crab Nebula in Taurus" "Van Vleet, Larry" 2012 6 74 Gallery "M67, Open Cluster in Cancer" "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2012 6 74 Gallery Orographic Clouds on Mars "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2012 6 86 Focal Point Crossword: Transit of Venus "Pasachoff, Naomi" 2012 7 8 Spectrum Moving Forward in E-Media "Naeye, Robert" 2012 7 10 Letters Looking Up "Blythe, David" 2012 7 10 Letters Change in Scope "Brooks, John" 2012 7 10 Letters Mystery Star Still Mysterious "Robinson, Roy L." 2012 7 10 Letters Eclipse Shooting "Dorst, Friedhelm" 2012 7 10 Letters New Observing Section "McGinty, Craig" 2012 7 10 Letters "Scoff at ""Screen Scanners""" "Gibbons, Peter" 2012 7 12 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 7 16 News Notes "Dark Matter: ""Train Wreck Cluster"" Causes Stir" "Young, Monica" 2012 7 16 News Notes Missions: WISE Eye on the Infrared Sky 2012 7 17 News Notes Lunar: The Moon's Mysterious Birth… "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 7 17 News Notes Lunar: …And Facial Secrets "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 7 17 News Notes Physics: Distant Galaxies Hint at Exotic Particle "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 7 18 News Notes Second Light: Bino Scope Opens Sharp Eye "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 7 18 News Notes Scopes: Projects Make Headway on Ground and in Space "Beatty, J. Kelly" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 7 20 News Notes Iron Planet: March Madness on Mercury "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 7 22 Feature Misfit Stars "Grifantini, Kristina" 2012 7 29 Feature Universe on Fast Forward "Primack, Joel R." "Bell, Trudy E." 2012 7 34 Feature Box: The Search for Dark Matter "Primack, Joel R." 2012 7 36 Feature The Quest for Totality "Regas, Dean" 2012 7 42 New Product Showcase Canon EOS 60Da 2012 7 42 New Product Showcase FAR Laboratories Lyra Double Double Mounting System 2012 7 42 New Product Showcase X04 Studios Classic Sky Map App 2012 7 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance July 2012 2012 7 45 Northern Binocular Highlight M101: A Bear of a Galaxy "Seronik, Gary" 2012 7 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 7 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky An Abundance of Riches "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 7 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Planet Pairings Morning & Eve "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 7 50 Celestial Calendar The Rise of R Draconis "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 7 50 Celestial Calendar "Jupiter Occultation for Europe, Asia" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 7 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Satellites "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 7 52 Celestial Calendar Melpomene Over Sagittarius "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 7 53 Celestial Calendar July Meteors: Out of the South "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 7 54 Exploring the Solar System Spy the Smallest Worlds "Howes, Nick" 2012 7 56 Deep-Sky Wonders By Draco's Scaly Folds "French, Sue" 2012 7 60 Going Deep Diving into the Lagoon "Whitman, Alan" 2012 7 64 S&T Test Report The Paramount MX "di Cicco, Dennis" 2012 7 68 Telescope Workshop A Go To Binocular Chair "Seronik, Gary" 2012 7 70 Feature Processing Your Own Hubble Images "Gendler, Robert" 2012 7 76 Gallery Vapor Trails from a Rocket Launch "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2012 7 76 Gallery Sunspot AR 1492 in H-Alpha "Garcia-Ribera, Eduard" 2012 7 77 Gallery Old Moon in New Moon's Arms "Cooper, Jamie" 2012 7 77 Gallery Venus-Moon Conjunction over Nauset Lighthouse "Cook, Chris" 2012 7 77 Gallery Venus-Moon Conjunction over Maranjab Desert "Kamkar, Amirreza" 2012 7 78 Gallery "NGC 7219, Nebula in Cepheus" "Crawford, Ken" 2012 7 86 Focal Point An Open Letter to 2117 "Dickinson, Dave" 2012 8 6 Spectrum Who Will Lead the Way? "Naeye, Robert" 2012 8 8 Letters Revisiting the Titanic I "Sales, Tom" 2012 8 8 Letters Revisiting the Titanic II "Samplaski, Art" 2012 8 8 Letters Horn Antenna's Makeover "Jacinto, Helder" 2012 8 8 Letters Eyepiece Heavyweights "Pensack, Don" 2012 8 10 Letters Comet Colors FYI "Suits, Frank" 2012 8 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 8 12 News Notes Black Holes: Leviathan Peels Star Before Eating "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 8 14 News Notes Cosmology: Dark Energy BOSSes Around the Universe "Young, Monica" 2012 8 16 News Notes Galaxies: Colorful Cluster Transformation "Orwig, Jessica" 2012 8 16 News Notes Particles: Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Still a Mystery "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 8 18 News Notes Scopes: New Eye in Store for Russian Heavyweight "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 8 18 News Notes Asteroids: Mining for Fun and Profit "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 8 20 Feature Pictures of a Baby Solar System "Currie, Thayne M." "Grady, Carol A." 2012 8 24 Feature Box: Imaging Young Exoplanets 2012 8 26 Feature "Houston, We Have a Problem" "English, David" 2012 8 32 Feature Solve Binary Stars Yourself "Terrell, Dirk" 2012 8 38 Feature NEAF 2012 "di Cicco, Dennis" "Walker, Sean" 2012 8 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance August 2012 2012 8 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Sagittarius Leftovers "Seronik, Gary" 2012 8 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 8 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "The Big, the Bright, and the Easy" "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 8 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Mars Threads a Gap "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 8 50 Celestial Calendar The Return of the Perseids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 8 51 Celestial Calendar A Daytime Occultation of Venus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 8 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Satellites "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 8 52 Celestial Calendar "Venus, Jupiter, Vesta, Ceres All Pass the Hyades" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 8 54 Exploring the Moon A Tool for Lunar Observers "Wood, Charles A." 2012 8 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Aquila's High Heaven "French, Sue" 2012 8 60 Feature The Herschel Project "Mollise, Rod" 2012 8 66 Feature Restoring a Gem of the Clarks "O'Reilly, Francis J." 2012 8 70 Telescope Workshop Five Performance Killers "Seronik, Gary" 2012 8 72 Feature Shooting Rocket Launches "Hetlage, Christopher" 2012 8 76 Gallery Barnard 35 in Orion "Simon, Kfir" 2012 8 76 Gallery Craterlets in Clavius "Wirths, Mike" 2012 8 77 Gallery Sunset at the Very Large Array in New Mexico "Horne, Johnny" 2012 8 77 Gallery Annular Eclipse in H-Alpha "Lafferty, Jeff" 2012 8 78 Gallery "vdB 152, vdB 149, and vdB 150 in Cepheus" "Davis, John A." 2012 8 79 Gallery "Aurora over Tombstone Park, Yukon" "Hart, Phil" 2012 8 79 Gallery Supermoon over Sounion "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2012 8 86 Focal Point Host a Backyard Moon Party "Mathosian, Mark" 2012 9 6 Spectrum A Great Transit Experience "Naeye, Robert" 2012 9 8 Letters Come and See I "Howard, Janet S." 2012 9 8 Letters Come and See II "Glandon, Clyde" 2012 9 8 Letters "The Dark Sky Frontier, Reprise I" "Probst, Bert" 2012 9 8 Letters "The Dark Sky Frontier, Reprise II" "Couchman, Jason" 2012 9 8 Letters "The Dark Sky Frontier, Reprise III" "Dunlap, Duane" 2012 9 8 Letters "The Dark Sky Frontier, Reprise IV" "Seacord, Andrew W., III" 2012 9 10 Letters Call for Telescope Donations "Arion, Douglas" 2012 9 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 9 14 News Notes Scopes: Closure Nears for Two Hawaiian Observatories "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 9 15 News Notes "Exoplanets: Metal-Poor Stars Parent Small Planets, Too" "Craft, Stephen P." 2012 9 15 News Notes NASA: Astronomers' New Spy Scopes "Craft, Stephen P." 2012 9 16 News Notes Interstellar Space: No Bow Shock at Solar System Boundary "Young, Monica" 2012 9 16 News Notes Mars: Dunes on the Move "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 9 18 News Notes Pro-Am: Millions of Stars and the Promise of More "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 9 18 News Notes Galactic: M31-Milky Way Crash no Fender-Bender "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 9 20 Feature New Meteor Showers Discovered "Jenniskens, Peter" 2012 9 25 Feature Box: Join Us! How to Set up a Single-CAMS Station 2012 9 26 Feature Nature's Wrath "Baker, David" "Ratcliff, Todd" 2012 9 30 Feature Box: Superrotating Tropical Titan 2012 9 32 Feature Protoplanet Close-up "Bell, Jim" 2012 9 38 S&T Test Report The 60Da: Canon's Astrograph DSLR "Dyer, Alan" 2012 9 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance September 2012 2012 9 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Scutum Odd Couple "Seronik, Gary" 2012 9 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 9 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Celestial Dolphin "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 9 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Planets Fly Low at Dusk and High at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 9 50 Celestial Calendar Spotting Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 9 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 9 51 Celestial Calendar Unusual Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 9 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 9 53 Celestial Calendar "So, Where Are the Wild Ducks?" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 9 54 Exploring the Solar System A Last Hurrah at Uranus "Dobbins, Thomas" 2012 9 58 Deep-Sky Wonders "Guide Me, Cygnus" "French, Sue" 2012 9 63 Going Deep The Gamma Cygni Nebula "Gottlieb, Steve" 2012 9 66 New Product Showcase Ekcentrik Eklipse Pro Mount from Kson 2012 9 66 New Product Showcase Hubble UL16/f4.5 Premium Dobsonian 2012 9 66 New Product Showcase Stainless-Steel Stars 2012 9 68 Feature Finding the Limit for Uneven Double Stars "Haas, Sissy" 2012 9 72 Feature Easy Reflector Collimation "Seronik, Gary" 2012 9 76 Gallery Venus Transit H-Alpha Close-up "Lafferty, Jim" 2012 9 76 Gallery Venus Transit through Antennas "Scott, Rick" 2012 9 76 Gallery Annular Eclipse between Clouds "Ventimiglia, Matt" 2012 9 77 Gallery Venus Transit in Calcium Line "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2012 9 77 Gallery Venus Transit through Trees "Benger, Werner" 2012 9 77 Gallery Venus Transit and Sunspots "Lawrence, Pete" 2012 9 78 Gallery Annular Eclipse through Smoke over Grand Canyon "Seiler, Michael P." 2012 9 86 Focal Point Averted Imagination "Rinnan, Dan" 2012 10 6 Spectrum S&T's Award-Winning Authors "Naeye, Robert" 2012 10 8 Letters Student Wins Big with Astronomy "Saumier, Sonia" 2012 10 8 Letters Comet Snuck on the Scene "Baldridge, Rick" 2012 10 8 Letters The Sound of Totality "Maor, Eli" 2012 10 8 Letters Will We Visit the Moon Again? "Schreiner, Rick" 2012 10 8 Letters Venus's Atmosphere: Discoverer Debatable I "Pasachoff, Jay M." "Sheehan, William" 2012 10 8 Letters Venus's Atmosphere: Discoverer Debatable II "Shiltsev, Vladimir D." 2012 10 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 10 12 News Notes "Solar System: Titan's Lakes, Subsurface Ocean" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 10 13 News Notes Missions: Nonprofit Group to Build Spacecraft "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 10 14 News Notes Kuiper Belt: Pluto Spots Fifth Moon in Step with Other Four "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 10 14 News Notes Dark Matter: Invisible Thread Revealed "Craft, Stephen P." 2012 10 16 News Notes Solar Science: Waves Might Heat Sun's Atmosphere "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 10 16 News Notes Particles: Higgs Hype Merited "Naeye, Robert" 2012 10 18 Cosmic Relief It All Started with Mariner 2 David Grinspoon 2012 10 20 Feature A Glorious Transit of Venus "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2012 10 26 Feature Box: NASA's Transit Outreach Extravaganza "Mayo, Lou" 2012 10 28 Feature The Great Galactic Travelers "Zimmerman, Robert" 2012 10 34 Feature NuSTAR Probing the Energetic Universe "Young, Monica" 2012 10 36 Feature The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope "Walker, Cameron" 2012 10 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance October 2012 2012 10 45 Northern Binocular Highlight NGCs Near and Far "Seronik, Gary" 2012 10 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 10 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Sky Through the Forest "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 10 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Bright Planets Late and Early "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 10 50 Celestial Calendar October Meteors Slow & Fast "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 10 51 Celestial Calendar Ceres & Vesta near Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 10 51 Celestial Calendar A Jupiter Reversal "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 10 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 10 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 10 52 Celestial Calendar Three Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 10 54 Exploring the Moon Uneven Targets "Wood, Charles A." 2012 10 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Left Hand of Aquarius "French, Sue" 2012 10 60 S&T Test Report Two German Equatorial Mounts from iOptron "di Cicco, Dennis" 2012 10 64 New Product Showcase T-Minus 2-inch UltraWide Adapter for Mirrorless Interchangeable-Lens Cameras 2012 10 64 New Product Showcase Celestron Neximage 5 Color Video Camera 2012 10 64 New Product Showcase "Engineering, Design, and Construction of Portable Newtonian Telescopes" 2012 10 66 Telescope Workshop Mirror Cooling with Heat Sinks "Seronik, Gary" 2012 10 68 Feature The Messier Catalog: A Binocular Odyssey "Seronik, Gary" 2012 10 72 Feature Targeting Hidden Gems "Kier, Ruben" 2012 10 76 Gallery "M101, Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major" "Neyer, Fabian" 2012 10 76 Gallery Anaxagoras and the Lunar North "Eskildsen, Howard" 2012 10 77 Gallery "M109, Barred Spiral in Ursa Major" "Trottier, Howard" 2012 10 77 Gallery "Milky Way above Red River Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts" "Cook, Chris" 2012 10 78 Gallery Sunspot AR1520 in H-Alpha "Cortner, David" 2012 10 78 Gallery Sunspot Group AR1476 in White Light "Garcia-Ribera, Eduard" 2012 10 78 Gallery Tycho and the Lunar Highlands "Wirths, Mike" 2012 10 86 Focal Point The Elusive Wow! "Gray, Robert" 2012 11 6 Spectrum 7 Minutes of Triumph "Naeye, Robert" 2012 11 9 Letters Modified Gravity? "Kulczak, Frank" 2012 11 9 Letters Televisions of the Future "Riddle, Bob" 2012 11 9 Letters What's with Those Martian Dunes? "Michael, Jörg" 2012 11 9 Letters Expand the Camera Appeal "Covington, Michael A." 2012 11 9 Letters Stubborn Screws "Sales, Tom" 2012 11 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 11 14 News Notes Black Holes: Star Shredder Sings Telltale Note "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 11 16 News Notes Exoplanets: Tackling Alien Atmospheres "Craft, Stephen P." 2012 11 16 News Notes In Brief: Coplanar Exoplanets Around Kepler-30 "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 11 16 News Notes In Brief: Apollo Flags Imaged by LRO "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 11 16 News Notes In Brief: Quasar Lights up Primeval Gas Clouds "Young, Monica" 2012 11 18 News Notes Solar System: Odd Iapetus Avalanches "Young, Monica" 2012 11 18 News Notes Galaxies: Ancient Spiral Galaxy Discovered "Young, Monica" 2012 11 20 Feature Touchdown on the Red Planet "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2012 11 28 Feature "From Handel to Hydra: Naming Planets, Moons & Craters" "Lopes, Rosaly" 2012 11 30 Feature Box: Naming Vesta 2012 11 33 Feature Box: Titan's Maria 2012 11 34 Feature The Evolving Eclipse Map "Zeiler, Michael" 2012 11 37 Feature Box: Saros Cycles 2012 11 40 S&T Test Report Orion's StarShoot G3 Cameras "Horne, Johnny" 2012 11 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance November 2012 2012 11 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Revisiting 51 Pegasi "Seronik, Gary" 2012 11 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 11 49 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Marriage of Earth and Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 11 50 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Planets of Love and Time "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 11 52 Celestial Calendar The Moons of Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 11 52 Celestial Calendar Pacific Solar Eclipse November 13–14 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 11 52 Celestial Calendar Penumbral Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 11 54 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 11 54 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 11 56 Exploring the Solar System Turmoil on Jupiter "Rogers, John H." 2012 11 58 Deep-Sky Wonders By Telescopic Glass "French, Sue" 2012 11 63 Going Deep A Peculiar Pair by the Pole "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2012 11 67 Telescope Workshop The Delmarva Pipe Mount "Seronik, Gary" 2012 11 70 Feature Tips for Shooting Great Nightscapes "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2012 11 76 Gallery "NGC 6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula" "Santiago, Derek" 2012 11 76 Gallery "Antares, M4, and Sharpless 2-9" "Éder, Iván" 2012 11 77 Gallery Jupiter and Venus near the Hyades "Steeg, Richard" 2012 11 78 Gallery Central Milky Way "Nayer, Fabian" 2012 11 78 Gallery "NGC 5907, Edge-on Spiral in Draco" "Kelly, Al" 2012 11 86 Focal Point See the Sky with a Different Eye "Matz, Karl" 2012 12 6 Spectrum S&T's Topographic Moon Globe "Naeye, Robert" 2012 12 8 Letters Misquote in Misquotes Article? I "Riechel, D. C." 2012 12 8 Letters Misquote in Misquotes Article? II "Gillette, Robert" 2012 12 8 Letters Double Stars and Observing I "Mastin, Dick" 2012 12 8 Letters Double Stars and Observing II "Lord, Chris" 2012 12 8 Letters Another Look at the Canon 60Da "Finlon, Richard" 2012 12 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 12 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Kepler Spots a Tatooine Family "Young, Monica" 2012 12 12 News Notes Missions: Space Probes Launched "Young, Monica" 2012 12 14 News Notes Galaxies: WISE Detects Blazing Black Holes "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 12 16 News Notes Cosmochemistry: Space a Little Sweeter "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 12 16 News Notes In Brief: U.S. Naval Observatory Releases UCAC4 "Sinnott, Roger W." 2012 12 16 News Notes In Brief: Event Horizon Telescope Resolves Quasar Jet "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 12 16 News Notes In Brief: NASA Announces Mars Insight Probe "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 12 18 Cosmic Relief Life on Saturn's Moons? David Grinspoon 2012 12 20 Feature Cosmic Collisions "Carlisle, Camille M." 2012 12 26 Feature Box: Rings Around the Rosies 2012 12 28 Feature Why Do Asteroids Come in Pairs? "Shephard, Michael" 2012 12 32 Feature Box: Three Methods of Binary Asteroid Formation 2012 12 34 Feature Changing Times for U.S. Astronomy "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2012 12 36 Feature Exploring Those Odd-Named Star Clusters "Rodger, David A." 2012 12 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance December 2012 2012 12 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Asteroids on Steroids "Seronik, Gary" 2012 12 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2012 12 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Peerless Perseus "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 12 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Jupiter Rules the Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2012 12 50 Celestial Calendar Ceres & Vesta Shine Brightest "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 12 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 12 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 12 52 Celestial Calendar Geminid Meteor Alert! "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 12 53 Celestial Calendar """Sky-Is-Falling"" Asteroid Flies By" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2012 12 54 Exploring the Moon Observing History "Wood, Charles A." 2012 12 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Laconian Key "French, Sue" 2012 12 60 S&T Test Report The ONAG from Innovations Foresight "di Cicco, Dennis" 2012 12 64 New Product Showcase Takahashi FC-76DC Apochromatic Refractor 2012 12 64 New Product Showcase Software Bisque Pyramid Portable Pier 2012 12 64 New Product Showcase A Guide to DSLR Planetary Imaging 2012 12 66 Telescope Workshop Pimp Your StarBlast "Seronik, Gary" 2012 12 68 Feature ABCs of CCD Imaging "Keller, Warren" 2012 12 76 Gallery Jupiter's Great Red Spot "Casquinha, Paulo" 2012 12 76 Gallery Crescent Venus in Ultraviolet "Schrantz, Rick" 2012 12 76 Gallery "IC 1274 and NGC 6559, Nebulae in Sagittarius" "Simon, Kfir" 2012 12 77 Gallery "M52 and NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia" "Ritter, Roth" 2012 12 78 Gallery "NGC 7000 and IC 5146, the North America and Pelican Nebulae" "Davis, John A." 2012 12 78 Gallery "NGC 206, Star Cloud in M31" "Fera, Bob" 2012 12 86 Focal Point "Neil Armstrong, Lunar Explorer" "Chaikin, Andrew" 2013 1 8 Spectrum Iceland Aurora Adventure "Naeye, Robert" 2013 1 10 Letters Bicycle Astronomy "Reilly, Doug" 2013 1 10 Letters Astrophotography Musings I "Nelson, Brant" 2013 1 10 Letters Astrophotography Musings II "Kramer, Jack" 2013 1 10 Letters Call for Jovian Event Observers "Degenhardt, Scott" 2013 1 11 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 1 14 News Notes Exoplanet: The Earth-Mass Planet of Alpha Centauri B "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 1 15 News Notes First Light: Cameras Open Their Eyes "Bochanski, John" 2013 1 16 News Notes Meteorite: Fresh Mars Rock Hints at Water "Cull, Selby" 2013 1 16 News Notes Black Holes: Astronomers Knock on Leviathan's Door "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 1 18 News Notes Sky Events: No Boomerang Meteroid "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 1 18 News Notes In Brief: Closest Star to Milky Way's Black Hole "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 1 18 News Notes In Brief: Redshift 9.6 Galaxy Found "Young, Monica" 2013 1 18 News Notes In Brief: Sun's Natal Star Cluster Was Rich and Massive "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 1 22 Feature Curiosity Hits the Road "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 1 24 Feature Box: A Roving Geological Laboratory 2013 1 26 Feature Dark Matter in the Discovery Age "Hooper, Dan" 2013 1 31 Feature Box: How Particle Physicists Learned to Stop Worrying and Love WIMPs "Hooper, Dan" 2013 1 34 Feature Hot Products for 2013 2013 1 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance January 2013 2013 1 45 Northern Binocular Highlight A Messier Miss "Seronik, Gary" 2013 1 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 1 49 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Depths of Space and Time "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 1 50 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Venus and Mars Edge Sunward "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 1 52 Celestial Calendar Observing Dynamic Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 1 54 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 1 57 Exploring the Solar System A Great Comet Coming? "Bortle, John E." 2013 1 60 Deep-Sky Wonders Maiden Flowers "French, Sue" 2013 1 65 Going Deep Hot Gas in Cass "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2013 1 68 Telescope Workshop Dave's Dobsonian Sun Scope "Seronik, Gary" 2013 1 70 Feature Tales from the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory "Cendes, Yvette" 2013 1 76 Gallery "Star trails in Flagstaff, AZ" "Brush, Greg" 2013 1 76 Gallery Tarantula Nebula in LMC "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2013 1 77 Gallery NGC 281 in Cassiopeia "Fera, Bob" 2013 1 78 Gallery "Nebula Sh2-157, a lobster claw, in Cassiopeia" "Temple, Craig" "Temple, Tammy" 2013 1 78 Gallery Mars emerging from Moon occultation "Zubenel, Doug" 2013 1 86 Focal Point A Major Discovery in Doubt "Pasachoff, Jay M." "Sheehan, William" 2013 2 6 Spectrum Visiting the Hunley "Naeye, Robert" 2013 2 8 Letters Asterism in Pisces "Posey, Dan" 2013 2 8 Letters Three Cheers for Curiosity I "Gewecke, Tom" 2013 2 8 Letters Three Cheers for Curiosity II "Boyd, Bill" 2013 2 8 Letters Three Cheers for Curiosity III "Collin, Martin Lee" 2013 2 8 Letters Back to Basics "Probst, Bert" 2013 2 8 Letters Double Stars Revisited "Haas, Sissy" 2013 2 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 2 10 News Notes "Orion: Nebula Cluster ""Shrinks""…" "Young, Monica" 2013 2 10 News Notes …And Grows a Black Hole? "Young, Monica" 2013 2 12 News Notes Solar System: Best-Ever Pix of Uranus "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 2 12 News Notes Exoplanets: New Goldilocks Planet "Bochanski, John" 2013 2 12 News Notes "In Brief: DPS: Exoplanet Systems are Flat, Like Pancakes" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 2 12 News Notes In Brief: DPS: Keck Images of Volcanic Eruptions on Io "Young, Monica" 2013 2 12 News Notes In Brief: DPS: Earth's Moon-creating Impactor "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Ti-44 Emission From SN1987A "Young, Monica" 2013 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Extragalactic Background Light Observed by Fermi "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 2 14 News Notes Galaxies: Cosmic Web Weeds Dwarfs "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 2 16 News Notes Stars: Auroras Grace Dwarf Skies "Bochanski, John" 2013 2 16 News Notes Nebulae: Explaining Cosmic Butterflies "Young, Monica" 2013 2 18 Feature Secrets of the Northern Lights "Brekke, Pål" 2013 2 23 Feature Box: Where and When to See the Northern Lights 2013 2 24 Feature Box: Long-Term Ups and Downs 2013 2 26 Feature The Moon and the Mystery of the Hunley "Stevenson, William H., III" 2013 2 32 Feature The Great Meteor Procession of 1913 "Olson, Donald W." "Hutcheon, Steve" 2013 2 36 Feature Savvy Scoping "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2013 2 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance February 2013 2013 2 45 Northern Binocular Highlight The Giraffe's Doubles "Seronik, Gary" 2013 2 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 2 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Odd Couples "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 2 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Mercury Meets Mars "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 2 50 Celestial Calendar Comet PanSTARRS: Early Alert "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 2 51 Celestial Calendar A Record-Close Asteroid Zips By "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 2 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 2 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 2 54 Exploring the Moon A Brighter Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2013 2 56 Deep-Sky Wonders "Puppis, the Stern" "French, Sue" 2013 2 60 New Product Showcase "Everyone's Universe, Second Edition" 2013 2 60 New Product Showcase Denkmeier Optical Binotron-27 Super System Binoviewer 2013 2 60 New Product Showcase Knightware Deep-Sky Planner 6 2013 2 61 New Product Showcase Arcturus Labs Magnifi iPhone Telescope Adapter 2013 2 61 New Product Showcase CCDWare CCDNavigator 3 Astrophotography Planner 2013 2 61 New Product Showcase Starlight Xpress SXVR-H694 Anti-Blooming CCD Camera 2013 2 63 Telescope Workshop Making Scopes the Highe Way "Seronik, Gary" 2013 2 66 Feature Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream "Noffsinger, Edward B." 2013 2 70 Feature Observing with Astrovideo Cameras "Mollise, Rod" 2013 2 73 Feature Box: Pixel Count and Pixel Size "Flanders, Tony" 2013 2 76 Gallery Cocoon Nebula IC 5146 "Neyer, Fabian" 2013 2 77 Gallery Lunar Craters Aristoteles and Eudoxus at Sunset "Bianconi, Alessandro" 2013 2 77 Gallery "Aurora in Cygnus at Great Slave Lake, Canada" "Kwok, Philip" 2013 2 77 Gallery Waning Moon "Eskildsen, Howard" 2013 2 78 Gallery "Total Solar Eclipse Composite from Pormpuraaw, Australia" "Sims, Geoff" 2013 2 78 Gallery Sunspot AR1575 "Bianconi, Alessandro" 2013 2 79 Gallery Pipe Nebula in Ophiuchus "Comolli, Lorenzo" 2013 2 79 Gallery Delta IV Launch at Cape Canaveral "Griffin, Hap" 2013 2 86 Focal Point iPhone Astrophotography "Cole, Art" 2013 3 6 Spectrum Eclipses Past & Future "Naeye, Robert" 2013 3 8 Letters Astronomical Feast "Carlin, Nils Olof" 2013 3 8 Letters SkyWeek Celebrity "Wells, Dwight" 2013 3 8 Letters Multiple Universes I "Davis, Darryl" 2013 3 8 Letters Multiple Universes II "Smith, Andrew" 2013 3 8 Letters Multiple Universes III "Sales, Tom" 2013 3 8 Letters Multiple Universes IV "Marks, Joel" 2013 3 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 3 10 News Notes "Lunar: Gravity Probes ""See"" Moon's Interior" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 3 10 News Notes Iron Planet: Mercury's Polar Ice Confirmed "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 3 12 News Notes Galaxies: Hubble Finds Faraway Galaxies "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 3 12 News Notes In Brief: Dramatic Changes in Van Allen Belts Despite Quiet Sun "Young, Monica" 2013 3 12 News Notes In Brief: NASA's Extended Mars Exploration Program "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 3 12 News Notes In Brief: Brown Dwarfs Might Make Planets "Bochanski, John" 2013 3 14 News Notes In Brief: Pulsar Timing Could Reveal Gravitational Waves "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 3 14 News Notes In Brief: Curiosity Detects Water Vapor and Organic Molecules "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 3 14 News Notes In Brief: Wide Binaries May Be Disrupted Triplets "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 3 14 News Notes Missions: Voyager's On-ramp to Interstellar Space "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 3 16 In Memoriam "Patrick Moore: Alas, No Moore" "Lyster, Timothy A." 2013 3 18 Feature Cosmic Extremes "Gaensler, Bryan" 2013 3 26 Feature Where Goes the Rain? "Robertson, Donald F." 2013 3 29 Feature Box: A Foreign Atmosphere 2013 3 31 Feature Box: Backyard Titan Observer 2013 3 32 Feature Revitalize Your Club Meetings "Field, Tom" 2013 3 35 Feature Box: Preparing for Your 45 Minutes of Fame 2013 3 36 Feature My Hunt for Cosmic Jets "Tosteson, Dave" 2013 3 40 New Product Showcase iOptron SkyTracker Portable Camera Drive 2013 3 40 New Product Showcase Sky & Telescope Astrophotography Studio with Sean Walker 2013 3 40 New Product Showcase QHY Cameras 14-megapixel QHY12 CCD 2013 3 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance March 2013 2013 3 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Messier Marathon Season "Seronik, Gary" 2013 3 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 3 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Fantasian Skies "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 3 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Giants in the Dark "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 3 50 Celestial Calendar Comet PanSTARRS at Dusk "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 3 51 Celestial Calendar The Zodiacal Light "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 3 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 3 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 3 53 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 3 54 Exploring the Solar System A Lunar Curiosity "Dobbins, Thomas" 2013 3 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Sailing South "French, Sue" 2013 3 60 Going Deep Celestial Fireworks "Gottlieb, Steve" 2013 3 62 S&T Test Report Celestron SkyProdigy 6 Self-Aligning Go To Scope "di Cicco, Dennis" 2013 3 67 Telescope Workshop My Outback Travelscope "Seronik, Gary" 2013 3 71 Feature Northern Exposure "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2013 3 76 Gallery The Andromeda Galaxy "Hancock, Terry" 2013 3 76 Gallery Pac-Man Nebula NGC 281 in Cassiopeia "Neyer, Fabian" 2013 3 77 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse Coronal Streamers "Slobins, Robert B." "Slobins, Elisabeth L." 2013 3 78 Gallery Blue Reflection Nebula IC 4592 in Scorpius "Rhemann, Gerald" 2013 3 79 Gallery Total Solar Eclipse Diamond Ring "van Gorp, Koen" 2013 3 79 Gallery Triangulum Galaxy M33 "Cook, Chris" 2013 3 86 Focal Point Hooked on the Heavens "Lewis, Steve" 2013 4 6 Spectrum Comet of the Century? "Naeye, Robert" 2013 4 8 Letters Humble Hero "Dalitsch, Walter, III" 2013 4 8 Letters Observing the Moon's Rilles I "McBride, Kreig" 2013 4 8 Letters Observing the Moon's Rilles II "Gordon, Rodger W." 2013 4 8 Letters Modern Astronomy "Hood, Keith B." 2013 4 8 Letters Asterism Not so New? "Poole, Randall M." 2013 4 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 4 10 News Notes Asteroids: Easy Miss by Apophis in 2036 "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 4 10 News Notes Scopes: Fire Damages Australian Observatory "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 4 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Kepler Closes in on Alien Earths "Young, Monica" 2013 4 12 News Notes In Brief: Asteroid-like Debris Belt around Vega "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 4 12 News Notes In Brief: WMAP 9-year Results "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 4 12 News Notes In Brief: GALAEX Reveals NGC 6872 is Really Big "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 4 14 News Notes In Brief: Sun's Formation May Not Have Been Supernova-Triggered "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 4 14 News Notes In Brief: Ethane-Methane Ice Could Float on Titan's Seas "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 4 14 News Notes In Brief: Andromeda's Satellite Galaxies Are in a Plane "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 4 14 News Notes Meteorites: Another Sutter's Mill Gold Mine "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 4 16 Cosmic Relief One Galactic Year from Now "Grinspoon, David" 2013 4 18 Feature Exploring Caves on Other Worlds "Zimmerman, Robert" 2013 4 26 Feature Liquid Astronomy "Gamma, Eagle" 2013 4 27 Feature Box: How Liquid-Mirror Telescopes Work 2013 4 29 Feature Box: Brief History of Liquid-Mirror Telescopes 2013 4 32 Feature Remembering Comet Kohoutek "Regas, Dean" 2013 4 38 Feature The Future of Amateur Science "Gay, Pamela" 2013 4 42 New Product Showcase Uranometria 2000.0 Deep Sky Atlas All Sky Edition 2013 4 42 New Product Showcase Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount 2013 4 42 New Product Showcase Catchers of the Light: A History of Astrophotography 2013 4 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance April 2013 2013 4 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Hydra Hits "Seronik, Gary" 2013 4 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 4 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Hercules and His Enemies "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 4 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Saturn Rules the Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 4 50 Celestial Calendar April's Lyrid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 4 51 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 4 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 4 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 4 54 Exploring the Moon Hints of Vents "Wood, Charles A." 2013 4 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Ghost of Jupiter "French, Sue" 2013 4 60 S&T Test Report Officina Stellare's Veloce RH200 8-inch f/3 Astrograph "di Cicco, Dennis" 2013 4 64 Telescope Workshop A Box of Bino Fun "Seronik, Gary" 2013 4 66 Feature Top 10 Neglected Deep-Sky Wonders "Mullaney, James" 2013 4 72 Feature Imaging the Messier Marathon "McConahay, Alex" 2013 4 77 Gallery Red Star-Forming Regions IC 410 and IC 405 "Rhemann, Gerald" 2013 4 77 Gallery "Jupiter with Europa, Io, & Callisto and the Moon" "Cooper, Jamie" 2013 4 78 Gallery "Stephan's Quintet, Deer Lick Group, and NGC 7331 in Pegasus" "Ghouchkanlu, Taha" 2013 4 78 Gallery "Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Oval BA, and Small Dark Storm" "Llewellyn, Dan" 2013 4 78 Gallery Hollow in M16 Including Pillars of Creation "Van Vleet, Larry" 2013 4 79 Gallery A Meteor in Taurus and Jupiter near Hyades "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2013 4 86 Focal Point We're Actually Quite Big "Kantorowitz, David A." 2013 5 6 Spectrum The Russian Meteor: A Needed Wake-Up Call "Naeye, Robert" 2013 5 8 Letters Spring Cleaning Brings Memories "Hanner, Gerald P." 2013 5 8 Letters In the Dark about Dark Matter I "Schultz, K. Rod" 2013 5 8 Letters In the Dark about Dark Matter II "Wilson, Peter" 2013 5 8 Letters In the Dark about Dark Matter III "Irwin, Robert H." 2013 5 9 Letters Flash from the Past "Richards, James" 2013 5 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 5 10 News Notes Fireball: Russian Meteor Wreaks Havoc "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 5 12 News Notes Meteorites: First-Ever Sample from Mercury "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 5 12 News Notes Supernovae: Tipoff for Impending Death "Young, Monica" 2013 5 14 News Notes Pro-Am: Amateurs Help Detect Distant Multi-Planet System "Young, Monica" 2013 5 14 News Notes Sun: Astronomers Zoom in on Solar Hairs "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 5 16 News Notes In Brief: Pulsar Flips between X-ray and Radio Emission "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 5 16 News Notes In Brief: 6% of all Red Dwarfs Have Earth-size Planets in Habitable Zone "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 5 16 News Notes "In Brief: Deep Space Industries, New Asteroid Mining Firm" "Young, Monica" 2013 5 16 News Notes In Brief: Evidence for Supernova Remnants as Cosmic Ray Source "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 5 16 News Notes In Brief: Io's Volcanism Controls Jupiter's Magnetosphere "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 5 18 Feature Saturn's Amazing Rings "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 5 23 Feature Box: The Cassini Division 2013 5 24 Feature Box: Where Did the Rings Come From? 2013 5 26 Feature How Worlds Get Out of Whack "Laughlin, Greg" 2013 5 32 Feature Stonewall Jackson in the Moonlight "Olson, Donald W." "Jasinski, Laurie E." 2013 5 33 Feature "Box: Thomas J. ""Stonewall"" Jackson (1824-1863)" "Naeye, Robert" 2013 5 38 Feature Exploring the M83 Galaxy Group "Dalrymple, Les" 2013 5 42 New Product Showcase Software Bisque Camera Add On to TheSkyX Professional Edition 2013 5 42 New Product Showcase The 21st Century Atlas of the Moon 2013 5 42 New Product Showcase iOptron ZEQ25GT Uniquely Counterbalanced Equatorial Mount 2013 5 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance May 2013 2013 5 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Magnificent Omega Cen "Seronik, Gary" 2013 5 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 5 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Pursuing Mythic Sky Bears "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 5 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" May's Amazing Planet Trio "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 5 50 Celestial Calendar Scrutinizing Saturn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 5 51 Celestial Calendar Porrima Widens "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 5 52 Celestial Calendar A Full Moon Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 5 52 Celestial Calendar A Penumbral Micro-Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 5 52 Celestial Calendar May 10th Annular Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 5 52 Celestial Calendar May Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 5 54 Exploring the Solar System Discovery at Titan "Dobbins, Thomas" 2013 5 57 Deep-Sky Wonders The Realm of the Nebulae "French, Sue" 2013 5 60 Going Deep Virgo's Richest NGC Field "Whitman, Alan" 2013 5 64 S&T Test Report iOptron SkyTracker Portable Camera Drive "di Cicco, Dennis" 2013 5 68 Telescope Workshop The Spring's the Thing "Seronik, Gary" 2013 5 70 Feature A Planetary Breakthrough "Walker, Sean" 2013 5 76 Gallery "Emission Nebula IC 2177 and Open Clusters NGC 2335, 2343" "Rhemann, Gerald" 2013 5 76 Gallery "Saturn, Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, and Tethys" "Milika, Darryl Pfitzner" 2013 5 77 Gallery Lunar Crater Archimedes "Bianconi, Alessandro" 2013 5 77 Gallery "Alpha Cen, Southern Cross, and Carina Nebula from Uluru, Australia" "Tezel, Tunç" 2013 5 78 Gallery "Running Man Nebula NGC 1973, 1975, 1977" "Fera, Bob" "Fera, Janice" 2013 5 78 Gallery Herbig-Haro Objects in NGC 7129 in Cepheus "Peterson, Brian" 2013 5 86 Focal Point Which Way to Mars? "Stratford, Frank" 2013 6 6 Spectrum Developing Astronomy in a Developing Nation "Naeye, Robert" 2013 6 8 Letters Eclipse Humor "Lampe, Alan" 2013 6 8 Letters Splendors of Astrovideo "McDonald, Bill" 2013 6 8 Letters Suffocating Underwater? "Krasik, Steve" 2013 6 8 Letters Aurora Reflections "Cassidy, Brian" 2013 6 9 Letters In Memoriam "Blackwell, Kent" 2013 6 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 6 10 News Notes Planck: New Cosmology Results Announced "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 6 11 News Notes Mars: An Ancient Habitable Oasis?… "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 6 11 News Notes …And Front-row Seat for Comit Siding Spring "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 6 12 News Notes Crab Nebula: Mystery Flare in M1 "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 6 12 News Notes In Brief: BRITE Satellites Observe Bright Stars "Craft, Stephen P." 2013 6 12 News Notes In Brief: Third Van Allen Belt Lasts One Month "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 6 12 News Notes In Brief: Mysterious X-ray Flare from Black Hole–Red Dwarf Binary "Young, Monica" 2013 6 12 News Notes In Brief: Study Says Black Hole X-rays Come From Accretion Disk "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 6 12 News Notes In Brief: ALMA Observations Hint Star Formation Spiked Earlier Than Thought "Young, Monica" 2013 6 14 Cosmic Relief Cosmic Optimism "Grinspoon, David" 2013 6 16 Feature Star-Shredding Black Holes "Gezari, Suvi" 2013 6 23 Feature Box: A Galactic Snack "Zimmerman, Robert" 2013 6 24 Feature The Chelyabinsk Super-Meteor "Durda, Daniel D." 2013 6 25 Feature Box: Eyewitness to the Explosion "Ahmetvaleev, Marat" 2013 6 32 Feature Einstein's Telescope "Orion, Eden" 2013 6 38 Feature The Determined Observer's Guide to M101 "Banich, Howard" 2013 6 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance June 2013 2013 6 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Around Antares "Seronik, Gary" 2013 6 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 6 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Northern Crown "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 6 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Mercury Dances with Venus "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 6 50 Celestial Calendar Sighting the Solstice "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 51 Celestial Calendar Venus and Mercury in Daylight "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 52 Celestial Calendar Digging Up Pluto in 2013 "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 53 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 53 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 53 Celestial Calendar Delta Sco Still Bright "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 54 Exploring the Moon Hunting Lunar Red Spots "Wood, Charles A." 2013 6 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The First Plowman "French, Sue" 2013 6 60 S&T Test Report Meade ETX-90 Portable Observatory Go-To Telescope "Seronik, Gary" 2013 6 64 New Product Showcase Olivon Manufacturing Group 80º ED Wide Angle Eyepieces 2013 6 64 New Product Showcase Baader Planetarium Classic Q-Turret and Eyepiece Set 2013 6 64 New Product Showcase Image Processing for Astrophotography: PixInsight Part-1 Video Tutorials 2013 6 66 Telescope Workshop "A Nifty ""Split-Pupil"" Finder" "Seronik, Gary" 2013 6 68 Astro Q&A Flashes in the Sky "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 68 Astro Q&A Moons of Moons of Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 68 Astro Q&A Alpha Stars of Constellations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 69 Astro Q&A Why RA and Dec? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 69 Astro Q&A Watch Your Units "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 6 70 Feature Image Processing with CCDStack 2 "Fera, Bob" 2013 6 76 Gallery Gum 15 and Gum 17 Nebulae in Vela "Rhemann, Gerald" 2013 6 76 Gallery "Airglow over Las Campanas Observatory, Chile" "Beletsky, Yuri" 2013 6 76 Gallery Comet PanSTARRS Over the VLA "Dyer, Alan" 2013 6 77 Gallery Comet PanSTARRS near Crescent Moon "Griffin, Hap" 2013 6 78 Gallery "Zodiacal Light from Uluru, Australia" "Tezel, Tunç" 2013 6 78 Gallery ISS Transiting the Moon "Ribas, Mariano" 2013 6 79 Gallery Gum 16 Supernova Remnant in Vela "Pérez, José Joaquín" 2013 6 86 Focal Point Meteor Nights "Kalfus, Ken" 2013 7 6 Spectrum New Web MarketPlace "Naeye, Robert" 2013 7 8 Letters Loony for Larrieu's Dam "Runyan, Dave" 2013 7 8 Letters Exoplanets? There's an App for That "Rein, Hanno" 2013 7 8 Letters Enigmatic Ethane "Waller, Francis J." 2013 7 8 Letters Not so Big After All I "Mosca, Thomas C, III" 2013 7 8 Letters Not so Big After All II "Ridolfo, Frank" 2013 7 9 Letters Liquid Mirror's Long History "Albrecht, Peter L." 2013 7 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 7 10 News Notes Exoplanets: Almost Earth-like Worlds "Young, Monica" 2013 7 12 News Notes Stars: Closest Brown Dwarf System Discovered "Balouchi, Sharazade" 2013 7 12 News Notes Missions: NASA Plans Asteroid Snag "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 7 14 News Notes Supernovae: New Type of Exploding Dwarf … "Young, Monica" 2013 7 14 News Notes "… and the Oldest, Loneliest Supernova" "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 7 14 News Notes In Brief: Soviet Mars 3 Lander Remains Found in MRO Imagery "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 7 14 News Notes In Brief: Possible Distance Record for Stellar Spectra "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 7 14 News Notes In Brief: Asteroid Apophis Threat Downgraded "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 7 14 News Notes "In Brief: In Simulations, Spiral Arms Breed More Arms" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 7 16 News Notes In Brief: Star Formation Just 2 Light-years from Milky Way's Black Hole "Young, Monica" 2013 7 16 News Notes In Brief: New Class of Ultra-long Gamma-ray Bursts "Young, Monica" 2013 7 16 News Notes Dark Matter: Homing in on Mystery Particles? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 7 18 Feature Is Plate Tectonics Necessary for Sentient Life? "Dorminey, Bruce" 2013 7 24 Feature "Observing the Milky Way, Part I: Sagittarius & Scorpius" "Crossen, Craig" 2013 7 30 Feature Dew Busting "Mollise, Rod" 2013 7 36 New Product Showcase The Milky Way: An Insider's Guide 2013 7 36 New Product Showcase JMI Telescopes NGT-18 18-inch f/4.5 Newtonian Reflector 2013 7 36 New Product Showcase ADM Accessories Mini-MAX Guidescope Aiming Device 2013 7 38 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Tales of the Northern Crown "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 7 39 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance July 2013 2013 7 40 Northern Binocular Highlight "False Comet, Real Beauty" "Seronik, Gary" 2013 7 41 Foldout Map Foldout Milky Way Map 2013 7 45 "Sun, Moon & Planets" July Planet Pairings "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 7 47 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 7 48 Celestial Calendar The Nearest Star for Northerners "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 7 49 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 7 49 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 7 50 Celestial Calendar A Mira to Admire "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 7 50 Celestial Calendar July Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 7 52 Exploring the Solar System Reflecting on PanSTARRS "Bortle, John E." 2013 7 56 Deep-Sky Wonders "Draco, the Dragon" "French, Sue" 2013 7 60 Going Deep Unraveling NGC 6946 "Gottlieb, Steve" 2013 7 62 S&T Test Report SBIG's New STT-8300 Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 2013 7 66 Telescope Workshop Getting Started "Seronik, Gary" 2013 7 68 Feature Shooting with Modified DSLR Cameras "Griffin, Hap" 2013 7 72 Gallery "Bright Bolide over Lake Winnipeg, Canada During Aurora" "Bileski, Shannon" 2013 7 73 Gallery Medusa Nebula Abell 21 In Gemini "Hancock, Terry" "Hermann, Fred" 2013 7 73 Gallery Galactic Nebulosity around Polaris "Davis, John" 2013 7 73 Gallery Snowman Nebula Sharpless 2-302 "Martin, Mel" 2013 7 74 Gallery Dust Around LBN 552 in Cepheus "Hepburn, Kerry-Ann Lecky" "Mortfield, Paul" 2013 7 82 Focal Point My Comet & Life Come Full Circle "Brewington, Howard J." 2013 8 6 Spectrum A Special Science Issue "Naeye, Robert" 2013 8 8 Letters Hidden Gems "Malin, David" 2013 8 8 Letters Next Stop Mars? Not So Fast "Holm, Mark" 2013 8 8 Letters The Great Comet that Wasn't I "Lorenz, Paul" 2013 8 9 Letters The Great Comet that Wasn't II "Rao, Joe" 2013 8 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 8 10 News Notes Missions: Kepler Down and Probably Out "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 8 11 News Notes """Suicide Pact"" for T Pyx?" "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 8 11 News Notes In Brief: Remains of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 8 11 News Notes In Brief: A Bridge Between M31 and M33 "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 8 11 News Notes In Brief: Digitizing Harvard's Century of Sky "Young, Monica" 2013 8 12 News Notes In Brief: Testing Relativity Even Better "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 8 12 News Notes In Brief: Earth and Moon Shared Water "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 8 12 News Notes Saturn: Ringworld Makes Waves "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 8 14 Cosmic Relief It's Not About Pluto: Exoplanets Are Planets Too! "Grinspoon, David" 2013 8 18 Feature Exoplanets Everywhere "Seager, Sara" 2013 8 24 Feature Box: NASA's and ESA's Plans to Follow up on Kepler 2013 8 25 Feature Box: What Supportive Roles Can Amateur Astronomers Play? 2013 8 26 Feature Box: What Types of Stars Are Most Likely to Host Planets? "Naeye, Robert" 2013 8 28 Feature The Women Who Created Modern Astronomy "Dvorak, John" 2013 8 34 Feature Box: Classifying Failed Stars "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 8 36 Feature The New Social Face of Astronomy "Dickinson, David" 2013 8 39 Feature Box: You Might Also Like… 2013 8 41 Feature Box: Who's Who in the Astronomy Twitter-verse 2013 8 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance August 2013 2013 8 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Finds in Ophiuchus "Seronik, Gary" 2013 8 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 8 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Shield of King Sobieski "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 8 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Low Planets at Dusk and Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 8 50 Celestial Calendar Dark Nights for the Perseids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 8 51 Celestial Calendar Juno on Late Summer Evenings "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 8 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 8 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 8 52 Celestial Calendar Mars Occults a Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 8 54 Exploring the Moon Hunting Secondary Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2013 8 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Bird of the Mighty Wing "French, Sue" 2013 8 60 Feature NEAF 2013 "Walker, Sean" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2013 8 66 Telescope Workshop Jim's Traveling Telescope "Seronik, Gary" 2013 8 68 Feature The Sky Within Your Eyes "Bará, Salvador" 2013 8 70 Feature Box: Looking at Your Eye's Aberrations 2013 8 71 Feature Box: Will LASIK help? 2013 8 72 Feature Imaging the Disk of Beta Pictoris "Olsen, Rolf Wahl" 2013 8 76 Gallery Comet C/2012 F6 Lemmon "Cherney, Alex" 2013 8 76 Gallery M101 in Ursa Major "Hancock, Terry" 2013 8 76 Gallery Complex Prominence in Sun's Chromosphere "Tyler, Dave" 2013 8 77 Gallery "Aurora and Bioluminsecent Algae on Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia" "Hart, Phil" 2013 8 78 Gallery "Aurora and Comet PanSTARRS over Lake on Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada" "Sewards, Richard" 2013 8 78 Gallery Edge-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 891 "Block, Adam" 2013 8 79 Gallery Comet PanSTARRS and Andromeda Galaxy M31 "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2013 8 79 Gallery "Comet PanSTARRS and Young Crescent Moon over Alburquerque, New Mexico" "Rigel, Steve" 2013 8 86 Focal Point Creating Craters at Home "Mellors, Bill" 2013 9 6 Spectrum A Star Party Dear to My Heart "Naeye, Robert" 2013 9 8 Letters Homemade Rotating Observatory "Moreschi, Carl" 2013 9 8 Letters Moons of Moons Revisited "Connolly, Leo" 2013 9 8 Letters Stonewall's Demise I "Callen, Tom" 2013 9 8 Letters Stonewall's Demise II "Chmyr, Andrew" 2013 9 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 9 10 News Notes "Space & Society: Sequestration Impacts Astronomy, Space Science" "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 9 10 News Notes Solar System: Uranus & Neptune Have Thin Weather Layers "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 9 11 News Notes In Brief: Curiosity Readies for a Long Drive "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 9 11 News Notes In Brief: Radiation Risk Survivable for Future Marsonauts "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 9 11 News Notes "In Brief: Visiting Earth, 1998 QE2 Brought a Friend" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 9 11 News Notes In Brief: Hot Jupiters Act Like Toasters "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 9 11 News Notes In Brief: Milky Way Galaxy Grows a Branch "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 9 12 News Notes In Brief: Dispute Continues over SS Cygni "Young, Monica" 2013 9 12 News Notes In Brief: Herschel IR Satellite Runs out of Coolant "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 9 12 News Notes Stars: A Surprise Class of Variables "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 9 14 News Notes Exoplanets: Alien Dust Trap Finally Detected "Bochanski, John" 2013 9 14 News Notes No Planet for Alpha Centauri B? "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 9 16 Feature The History of Water on Mars "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2013 9 21 Feature Box: Will Curiosity Find Evidence for Life? 2013 9 22 Feature Box: Eroding Mars Atmosphere 2013 9 24 Feature Solving the Quasar Puzzle "Peterson, Bradley" 2013 9 26 Feature Box: The Discovery "Schmidt, Maarten" 2013 9 30 Feature Deciphering Starlight "Hattenbach, Jan" 2013 9 30 Feature Box: Resolution in Spectroscopy 2013 9 36 Feature An Astronomical Revival "Yeager, Ashley" 2013 9 40 Feature Box: Recent PARI Undergraduate Projects 2013 9 42 New Product Showcase Dark Skies Apparel Observing Hood 2013 9 42 New Product Showcase Fifth Star Labs SkyGuide App for iOS devices 2013 9 42 New Product Showcase Celestron and The Imaging Source Skyris Planetary Camera Series 2013 9 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance September 2013 2013 9 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Light and Dark in Scutum "Seronik, Gary" 2013 9 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 9 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky From the Milky Way to the Moon "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 9 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Close Encounters "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 9 50 Celestial Calendar Comet ISON Approaches "Bortle, John E." 2013 9 51 Celestial Calendar Bamberga at its 22-Year Peak … "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 9 52 Celestial Calendar … and Iris at a Lucky Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 9 52 Celestial Calendar Mars Buzzes the Beehive "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 9 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 9 53 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 9 54 Exploring the Solar System "Stalking the ""False Dawn""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 9 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Swan upon the Gale "French, Sue" 2013 9 60 Going Deep A Galaxy Group in Pegasus "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2013 9 62 S&T Test Report Stellarvue's New SVR102T Raptor APO Triplet Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2013 9 66 Telescope Workshop A Good Rockin' Dob "Seronik, Gary" 2013 9 68 Feature Eyepieces: Windows on the Universe "French, Alan" 2013 9 72 Feature Piecing Together the Sun & Moon "Jensen, Tim" 2013 9 76 Gallery """Horseshoe"" Annular Eclipse from Illgararie, Australia" "Grant, Darrel" 2013 9 76 Gallery Shells of Stars Around Active Galaxy NGC 5128 in Centaurus "Olsen, Rolf Wahl" 2013 9 77 Gallery Pencil Nebula NGC 2736 "Simon, Kfir" 2013 9 77 Gallery Saturn's Rings with Cassini Division and Encke Gap "Go, Christopher" 2013 9 78 Gallery Comet PanSTARRS and Nebula NGC 7822 in Cepheus "Rhemann, Gerald" 2013 9 78 Gallery Butterfly Galaxies NGC 4567 and 4568 in Virgo "Waddington, Bruce" 2013 9 79 Gallery Comet PanSTARRS with Antitail near Polaris "Astreoud, Jerôme" 2013 9 86 Focal Point Why Chelyabinsk Endures "Cokinos, Christopher" 2013 10 6 Spectrum Money Spent Down Here "Naeye, Robert" 2013 10 8 Letters Milky Way's Makeup "Lilienfeld, Pedro" 2013 10 8 Letters Is Cosmic Optimism Realistic? I "Mortenson, Mike" 2013 10 8 Letters Is Cosmic Optimism Realistic? II "Marrou, Chris" 2013 10 8 Letters Is Cosmic Optimism Realistic? III "Shaheen, William" 2013 10 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 10 10 News Notes Radio: Mystery Signals from Space "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 10 11 News Notes Stars: Taming a Stellar Zoo "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 10 11 News Notes Earth: Faint Young Sun? No Problem "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 10 11 News Notes In Brief: Pluto's New Moons Christened "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 10 11 News Notes "In Brief: GALEX Shut Off, COROT Dead" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 10 11 News Notes In Brief: NASA Launches IRIS Solar Mission "Balouchi, Sharazade" 2013 10 12 News Notes In Brief: Disk Gaps Without Exoplanets "Balouchi, Sharazade" 2013 10 12 News Notes In Brief: Exoplanets in Open Clusters "Balouchi, Sharazade" 2013 10 12 News Notes Exoplanets: A Glassy Blue Jupiter "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 10 14 News Notes Solar System: New Neptune Moon Discovered . . . "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 10 14 News Notes . . . And Sun Sports Windsock in Interstellar Space "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 10 16 Feature The Great Supernova Race "Zimmerman, Robert" 2013 10 22 Feature Back to the Big Bang "Lieberman, Bruce" 2013 10 24 Feature Box: How Gravity Waves Create Polarization 2013 10 27 Feature Box: B-Mode Search Projects Underway 2013 10 30 Feature October's Dawn Window for Sirius B "Whitman, Alan" 2013 10 31 Feature Box: Tips for Hunting Sirius B "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 10 32 Feature "Observing the Milky Way, Part II: Scutum to Cassiopeia" "Crossen, Craig" 2013 10 37 Feature Box: Spiral Arms and Galaxy Rotation 2013 10 40 Book Review A New Lunar Atlas for a New Century "Seronik, Gary" 2013 10 42 New Product Showcase Satellite Safari App 2013 10 42 New Product Showcase Image Processing Compendium 2013 10 42 New Product Showcase Orion Telescopes & Binoculars Dob Pod Riser 2013 10 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance October 2013 2013 10 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Doubling up in Capricornus "Seronik, Gary" 2013 10 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 10 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Pivotal Month "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 10 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" More Meetings at Dusk & Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 10 50 Celestial Calendar Spotting Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 10 51 Celestial Calendar A Weak Penumbral Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 10 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 10 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 10 54 Exploring the Moon Drawing the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2013 10 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Age of Aquarius "French, Sue" 2013 10 60 S&T Test Report The Baader Q-Turret Eyepiece Set "Walker, Sean" 2013 10 64 Telescope Workshop No-Tools Collimation "Seronik, Gary" 2013 10 66 Feature Chasing Totality from the Stratosphere "Beldea, C?t?lin" "Cali, Joe" 2013 10 72 Feature The Man Who Illustrated the Heavens "Ashmore, Ann Mulloy" 2013 10 74 Feature "Box: One Curiosity, Two Visions of the Heavens" "Ashmore, Ann Mulloy" 2013 10 76 Feature Box: S&T's Constellations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 10 77 Gallery Sunspot Groups AR 1785 and 1788 "Viladrich, Christian" 2013 10 78 Gallery "Draco Trio, NGC 5985, 5982, and 5981" "Hancock, Terry" "Herrmann, Fred" 2013 10 78 Gallery "Milky Way over Bamei, Sichaun, China" "Dai, Jeff" 2013 10 79 Gallery Reflection Nebula NGC 6914 in Cygnus "Boren, Harel" 2013 10 79 Gallery Aurora in Alaska "Hillig, Kurt" 2013 10 86 Focal Point Cat-astrophic Observing Sessions "Stratmann, Henry G." 2013 11 6 Spectrum Comet ISON & Chile Tour "Naeye, Robert" 2013 11 8 Letters Call for Small-scope Observers "Haas, Sissy" 2013 11 8 Letters Astronomy Exports for the Future "Dahl, Bret" 2013 11 8 Letters Einstein and the Telescope I "Peterson, Brian" 2013 11 8 Letters Einstein and the Telescope II "Manasek, Francis J." 2013 11 8 Letters Fighting the Dew I "Stanley, Keith" 2013 11 9 Letters Fighting the Dew II "Davidson, David" 2013 11 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 11 10 News Notes Sun: Weakest Solar Cycle in a Century "Young, Monica" 2013 11 10 News Notes Space Weather: Radiation Belts Powered Locally "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 11 11 News Notes Black Holes: Snack Swinging Through Galactic Center "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 11 12 News Notes Stellar: Dead Stars Caught Colliding "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Asteroids Are Fragile "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Low-mass Exoplanet Imaged "Balouchi, Sharazade" 2013 11 14 Cosmic Relief Search for Intelligent Worlds "Grinspoon, David" 2013 11 16 Feature The Black Widows "Romani, Roger W." 2013 11 19 Feature Box: An Autumn Challenge 2013 11 22 Feature The Most Powerful Telescope Ever Built "Young, Monica" 2013 11 25 Feature Box: ALMA: More Than the Sum of Its Parts 2013 11 26 Feature Box: Early Results 2013 11 30 Feature How Often Do Bright Comets Appear? "Rao, Joe" 2013 11 32 Feature Box: The Best Comets Since 1901 2013 11 34 Feature Box: What Makes a Comet Bright? 2013 11 38 S&T Test Report Oculus All-Sky Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 2013 11 42 New Product Showcase Explore Scientific Comet Package: Bresser AR102S Refractor and 7x50 Binoculars 2013 11 42 New Product Showcase ZW Optical ASI120MM Video Camera 2013 11 42 New Product Showcase Astrodon/Hap Griffin DSLR Modification Service 2013 11 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance November 2013 2013 11 45 Northern Binocular Highlight A Ghost in Aquarius "Seronik, Gary" 2013 11 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 11 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Spring Stars in Fall "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 11 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Five Bright Planets & One Comet "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 11 50 Celestial Calendar As Comet ISON Nears . . . "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 11 51 Celestial Calendar Partial Solar Eclipse at Sunrise "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 11 52 Celestial Calendar November Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 11 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 11 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Friends "French, Sue" 2013 11 58 Going Deep Exploring Messier 31 "Whitman, Alan" 2013 11 61 Going Deep Box: M31's Large-Scale Structure "Flanders, Tony" 2013 11 62 Telescope Workshop A Porter-Inspired Dob "Seronik, Gary" 2013 11 64 Feature Amateur Space Exploration "DeBenedictis, Tim" 2013 11 67 Feature Box: CubeSat Launch Providers 2013 11 69 Feature Box: CubeSat Hardware Vendors 2013 11 72 Feature Insight into PixInsight "Keller, Warren" 2013 11 76 Gallery The Heart of Messier 8 "Simon, Kfir" 2013 11 77 Gallery NGC 5033 in Canes Venatici "Peterson, Brian" 2013 11 77 Gallery Messier 61 in Virgo "Kelly, Al" 2013 11 78 Gallery Sunspot AR 1793 "Veldhus, Emiel" 2013 11 78 Gallery NGC 4945 in Centaurus "Simon, Kfir" 2013 11 79 Gallery "Pelican Nebula, IC 5070 in Cygnus" "Sackenheim, Frank" 2013 11 79 Gallery "Milky Way over Mount Gongga, Sichaun, China" "Dai, Jeff" 2013 11 86 Focal Point Let's Re-Name Astronomy Day "Ridolfo, Frank" 2013 12 6 Spectrum Comet ISON Photo Contest "Naeye, Robert" 2013 12 8 Letters Tragedy in Colorado "Majewski, Robert" 2013 12 8 Letters Making Dermatologists Happy "Hamilton, Jim" 2013 12 8 Letters Eponymic Astronomy "Heyn, Herman M." 2013 12 8 Letters Seeing the Sky Better I "Feickert, James E." 2013 12 8 Letters Seeing the Sky Better II "Cugnini, Aldo" 2013 12 9 Letters From Our Other Publications I "Green, Jane A." 2013 12 9 Letters From Our Other Publications II "Anderson, Nick" 2013 12 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2013 12 10 News Notes Missions: Voyager I Reaches Interstellar Space "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 12 12 News Notes Galactic: Source Found for Magellanic Stream "Young, Monica" 2013 12 12 News Notes Black Holes: Milky Way's Central Beast Starves Itself "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 12 14 News Notes Sun: Plasma Flows Befuddle Theorists "Young, Monica" 2013 12 14 News Notes In Brief: LADEE Lunar Orbiter Launched "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 12 14 News Notes In Brief: WISE Resurrected to Hunt for NEOs "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 12 14 News Notes In Brief: Kepler Mission Finished "Zastrow, Mark" 2013 12 14 News Notes In Brief: Einstein@Home Helps Discover Pulsars "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 12 16 News Notes Solar System: Titan's Stiff Resistance . . . "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 12 16 News Notes . . . And Methane Goes Missing on Mars "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2013 12 16 News Notes In Brief: ALMA Delayed by Strike "Young, Monica" 2013 12 16 News Notes In Brief: NSF-Funded Scopes Seek Alternate Donors "Young, Monica" 2013 12 16 News Notes In Brief: Deep Impact Spacecraft Meets Its End "Carlisle, Camille M." 2013 12 18 Feature Mysterious Travelers "Jewitt, David" 2013 12 24 Feature Box: What Can We Learn from Comet ISON? 2013 12 26 Feature The Comet ISON Story "Bortle, John E." 2013 12 30 Feature Dazzle or Dud? "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 12 34 Feature Exploring the Triangulum Galaxy "Forte, Ted" 2013 12 40 New Product Showcase Track the Stars TTS-160 Panther Portable Go To Telescope Pier 2013 12 40 New Product Showcase Apogee Imaging Systems Aspen Series CCD Cameras 2013 12 40 New Product Showcase "The Space Book, by Jim Bell" 2013 12 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance December 2013 2013 12 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Remarkable NGC 253 "Seronik, Gary" 2013 12 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2013 12 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Unextinguished Hearth "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 12 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Month for Bright Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2013 12 50 Celestial Calendar The Moon and the Geminids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 12 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 12 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2013 12 54 Exploring the Moon Looking Back on a TLP "Wood, Charles A." 2013 12 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Local Group Dwarf Galaxies "French, Sue" 2013 12 60 S&T Test Report Meade's LX850 Astro-Imaging System "di Cicco, Dennis" 2013 12 64 Telescope Workshop "Chuck Lott's ""Pseudo-Ball"" Newtonian Reflector" "Seronik, Gary" 2013 12 66 Feature Dress for Stargazing Success Tony Flanders 2013 12 70 Feature Capturing Comets "Cook, Chris" 2013 12 76 Feature Naked-Eye Nova Shines in Delphinus "Naeye, Robert" 2013 12 77 Gallery "Eta Carinae Nebula, NGC 3372" "Boren, Harel" 2013 12 77 Gallery "Nebulae IC 1284, NGC 6590, and NGC 6589 in Sagittarius" "Simon, Kfir" 2013 12 78 Gallery "Milky Way over Keles Lake, Bursa Province, Turkey" "Tezel, Tunç" 2013 12 78 Gallery Sunspot Groups AR 1785 and 1787 "Peach, Damian" 2013 12 78 Gallery "California Nebula, NGC 1499 in Perseus" "Fields, Robert" 2013 12 86 Focal Point Planetary Self-Awareness "Moore, Chad" 2014 1 8 Spectrum Imaging Conference "Naeye, Robert" 2014 1 8 Letters Go Social: It's a Good Thing "O'Neal, John W., II" 2014 1 8 Letters Of Times and Tenses "Towle, Leo" "Papa, Haroon" 2014 1 8 Letters "Defining ""Planet"": Reprise I" "Schaefer, Edward" 2014 1 8 Letters "Defining ""Planet"": Reprise II" "DalSanto, Joe" 2014 1 10 Letters "Defining ""Planet"": Reprise III" "Nordley, Gerald D." 2014 1 10 Letters Stars Above and Below I "Corneau, Max" 2014 1 10 Letters Stars Above and Below II "Wadle, Larry" 2014 1 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 1 12 News Notes Meteorite: Russian Fireball Fragment Found "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 1 12 News Notes Exoplanets: False Signal for Alien Life? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 1 14 News Notes Mars: Ancient Supervolcanoes Found? "Cull, Selby" 2014 1 14 News Notes In Brief: Exoplanet Clouds Detected "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 1 14 News Notes In Brief: Fomalhaut Family Grows "Young, Monica" 2014 1 14 News Notes In Brief: Orphan Planet Found "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 1 16 News Notes Stellar: First Flip-Flop Pulsar Found "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 1 16 News Notes In Brief: Trojan Asteroid for Uranus "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 1 16 News Notes In Brief: Diamonds in Jupiter and Saturn "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 1 16 News Notes In Brief: Planck Mission Ends "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 1 18 Feature The Frozen Neutrino Catcher "Schilling, Govery" 2014 1 20 Feature Box: Ice Cube Competitors 2014 1 22 Feature Box: Waiting for Another Supernova 1987A 2014 1 24 Feature Tuning in to Radio Jupiters "Cendes, Yvette" 2014 1 28 Feature Box: Discovering Jupiter's Radio Storms 2014 1 30 Feature Jupiter Since Galileo "Regas, Dean" 2014 1 36 Feature Comet ISON's Final Act "Naeye, Robert" 2014 1 38 Feature The Messier Open Clusters of Winter "Mollise, Rod" 2014 1 40 Feature Box: Cluster Science Through Backyard Telescopes "Flanders, Tony" 2014 1 42 Book Review Seeking Dark Skies "Motta, Mario" 2014 1 43 In This Section NGC 1275 2014 1 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance January 2014 2014 1 45 Northern Binocular Highlight In Galileo's Footsteps "Seronik, Gary" 2014 1 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 1 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Seven Sisters "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 1 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Month for Venus and Jupiter "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 1 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter in Your Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 1 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 1 51 Celestial Calendar Quadrantid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 1 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 1 52 Celestial Calendar Record-Thin Moon! "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 1 54 Exploring the Solar System Spy Surface Markings on Jupiter's Moons "Dobbins, Thomas" 2014 1 58 Deep-Sky Wonders Star Bound "French, Sue" 2014 1 62 Feature Hot Products for 2014 2014 1 70 Telescope Workshop A Retracting Refractor "Seronik, Gary" 2014 1 72 Feature Sketching the King of Planets "Rosolina, Michael" 2014 1 76 Gallery "North America and Pelican Nebulae, NGC 7000 and IC 5067/70" "Wright, Richard S., Jr." 2014 1 76 Gallery High-detail Lunar Mosaic "Ng, Richard" 2014 1 78 Gallery Full Moon Rising by Lick Observatory "Pettinati, Fabio" 2014 1 78 Gallery Rocket Launch: Minotaur Carrying LADEE "Shilling, Steve" 2014 1 86 Focal Point The Grand Conclave "Fischer, Eric M." 2014 2 6 Spectrum Reflections on Comet ISON "Naeye, Robert" 2014 2 8 Letters Stymied by the False Dawn "Mood, John" 2014 2 8 Letters Chelyabinsk's Legacy I "Grajewski, Julian" 2014 2 8 Letters Chelyabinsk's Legacy II "Sales, Tom" 2014 2 8 Letters Another Stellar Forty-Niner "Howarth, Ian" 2014 2 9 Letters Get in the Politics Game II "Downs, Ed" 2014 2 9 Letters Get in the Politics Game II "Lock, Frank" 2014 2 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 2 10 News Notes Dark Matter: Popular Model Takes Big Hit "Young, Monica" 2014 2 10 News Notes Galaxies: Star Factory Found Near Cosmic Dawn "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 2 12 News Notes Missions: Mars Orbiter Launch "Carlisle, Camille M." "Krishnan, Shweta" 2014 2 12 News Notes Chelyabinsk: Sobering Results "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 2 12 News Notes Asteroids: Rock Sprouts Tails "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 2 14 News Notes "Exoplanets: Kepler Hits 3,500 Candidates" "Poore, Emily" 2014 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Small Exoplanet Very Near Star "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Tilted Exoplanet System "Young, Monica" 2014 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Planet Hunters Find Exotic New Systems "Poore, Emily" 2014 2 16 Cosmic Relief "So Many Worlds, But Is Anybody Home?" "Grinspoon, David" 2014 2 18 Feature Pluto and the Kuiper Belt "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2014 2 26 Feature "Observing the Milky Way, Part III: Perseus to Puppis & Beyond" "Crossen, Craig" 2014 2 34 Feature Dating an Impressionist's Sunset "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Bright, Laura E." "Reynolds, Hannah H." "Pope, Ava G." 2014 2 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance February 2014 2014 2 45 Northern Binocular Highlight Minor Taurus Treasures "Seronik, Gary" 2014 2 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 2 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Out of Orion "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 2 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Planets of War and Love "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 2 50 Celestial Calendar Ceres & Vesta Travel in Tandem "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 2 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 2 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 2 54 Exploring the Moon Tilting Inward "Wood, Charles A." 2014 2 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Gems of the Night "French, Sue" 2014 2 60 S&T Test Report Astronomers Without Borders OneSky 5-inch Reflector "Seronik, Gary" 2014 2 64 Telescope Workshop A Tripod for Tabletop Dobs "Seronik, Gary" 2014 2 66 Feature Young Astronomer Reaches for the Stars "Field, Tom" 2014 2 70 Feature The Astrophotography Hit Parade "Mollise, Rod" 2014 2 76 Gallery Total Eclipse from Airplane "Beldea, C?t?lin" 2014 2 77 Gallery Deep Narrowband Widefield: M8 and M20 "Fields, Robert" 2014 2 77 Gallery "Sunspots, Filaments, and Solar Prominences" "Lafferty, Jim" 2014 2 77 Gallery Solar Eclipse and Empire State Building "Cook, Chris" 2014 2 78 Gallery Milky Way over Cerro Tololo "Stephens, Robert" 2014 2 78 Gallery Sharpless 2-63 in Eastern Sagittarius "Simon, Kfir" 2014 2 86 Focal Point Hubble and Copernicus "Wehrey, Catherine" 2014 3 6 Spectrum Old-School Values "Naeye, Robert" 2014 3 8 Letters Unclassifiable Comets I "Rabb, Jeff" 2014 3 8 Letters Unclassifiable Comets II "Wilmot, Greg" 2014 3 8 Letters Illustrating the Heavens I "Nopper, William" 2014 3 9 Letters Illustrating the Heavens II "Whitener, Ronnie" 2014 3 9 Letters Illustrating the Heavens III "Blanko, Barbara" 2014 3 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 3 10 News Notes Comets: ISON's Untimely Demise "MacRobert, Alan M." "Poore, Emily" 2014 3 12 News Notes Mars: A Habitable Past for a Desert Planet? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 3 12 News Notes Missions: China Lands Lunar Rover "Poore, Emily" 2014 3 14 News Notes Solar System: Plumes on Europa "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 3 14 News Notes In Brief: Hubble Homes in on Hazy Exoplanets "Young, Monica" 2014 3 14 News Notes In Brief: First Noble Gas Molecules in Space "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 3 14 News Notes In Brief: VLITE Radio Receivers Piggyback on VLA "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 3 16 News Notes Stellar: Monster Burst Challenges Theories "Young, Monica" 2014 3 16 News Notes In Brief: Black Hole Spews Atoms "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 3 16 News Notes In Brief: Oddball Pulsar Origin "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 3 18 Feature How You Can Find an Exoplanet "Schwamb, Meg" 2014 3 24 Feature How to Build a Giant Telescope "Zimmerman, Robert" 2014 3 27 Feature Box: The Megatelescopes Are Coming 2014 3 30 Feature Asteroid to Occult Regulus over New York "Preston, Steve" 2014 3 34 Feature New Jersey Quasar Quest "Cava, Bob" 2014 3 36 Feature Box: Bright Quasars in the Northern Sky 2014 3 37 Feature Box: What's a Quasar? "Flanders, Tony" 2014 3 39 Foldout Map Mercury Foldout Map 2014 3 43 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance March 2014 2014 3 44 Northern Binocular Highlight Collinders in Canis Major "Seronik, Gary" 2014 3 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 3 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Month Between the Seasons "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 3 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Red Planet Approaches "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 3 50 Celestial Calendar Mars in Your Telescope "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 3 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 3 52 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 3 53 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 3 54 Exploring the Solar System Changes on Mars "Walker, Sean" 2014 3 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Twins of Jove "French, Sue" 2014 3 60 S&T Test Report iOptron's New ZEQ25GT Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 3 64 New Product Showcase Sky & Telescope's Mars Globe 3 64 New Product Showcase JMI's MOTOFOCUS for William Optics DDG Focusers 3 64 New Product Showcase "The Proper Care of Optics, by SPIE Publishing" 2014 3 66 Telescope Workshop The Jones Medial Refractor "Seronik, Gary" 2014 3 68 Feature The Origin of Stacking "Brasch, Klaus" 2014 3 72 Gallery The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros "Herrmann, Fred" 2014 3 72 Gallery Comet Lovejoy C/2013 R1 "Heden, P-M" 2014 3 73 Gallery "Cygnus Nebulae (vdB 130, LBN 234, Barnard 344)" "Hoeven, Andre van der" 2014 3 74 Gallery "Orion (M42, NGC 1977, M43)" "Rhemann, Gerald" 2014 3 74 Gallery IC 410 in Auriga "Coates, Steve" 2014 3 75 Gallery Comet ISON C/2012 S1 over Nova Scotia "Burgess, Barry" 2014 3 75 Gallery "Eta Carinae Nebula, NGC 3372" "Tezel, Tunç" 2014 3 75 Gallery NGC 6280 and 6283 in Vulpecula "Collins, Jim" 2014 3 86 Focal Point How the Web Saved the Webb "Howes, Nick" 2014 4 6 Spectrum Astronomy on TV "Naeye, Robert" 2014 4 8 Letters The Success of Comet ISON "Forsyth-Caffrey, Mick" 2014 4 8 Letters CubeSats Up and Away I "Marosy, Gábor" 2014 4 8 Letters CubeSats Up and Away II "Boriskin, K. A." 2014 4 8 Letters More on Seeing the Sky Better "Kern, Roger" 2014 4 8 Letters Equipment in the Field I "Campbell, Tim" 2014 4 9 Letters Equipment in the Field II "Radford, Jim" 2014 4 9 Letters Delightful Galaxy Article "Nelson, Eric" 2014 4 9 Letters When is a Dwarf not a Dwarf? "Augusto, Pedro" 2014 4 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 4 10 News Notes Missions: Gaia Launches to Pinpoint a Billion Stars "Poore, Emily" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 4 10 News Notes Stellar: New Cutoff for Star Sizes "Bochanski, John" 2014 4 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Weather on Alien Worlds "Young, Monica" 2014 4 12 News Notes "Exoplanets: . . . and is ""Super-Earth"" a misnomer?" "Young, Monica" 2014 4 14 News Notes Black Holes: Galactic Runts Host Beasts "Young, Monica" 2014 4 14 News Notes In Brief: Supernova in M82 2014 4 14 News Notes In Brief: New Way to Weigh Transiting Exoplanets "Young, Monica" 2014 4 14 News Notes In Brief: Mini Starbug Robots Go Observing "Young, Monica" 2014 4 14 News Notes In Brief: Rosetta Spacecraft Wakes Up "Poore, Emily" 2014 4 16 News Notes Galaxies: New Views of Cosmic Infancy "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 4 16 News Notes Milky Way Hugs Self with Four Arms "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 4 18 Feature ISON's Day in the Sun "Battams, Karl" 4 24 Photo Contest First Place: Comet ISON's Motion Frozen "Lodriguss, Jerry" 4 25 Photo Contest Second Place: Comet ISON near NGC 3429 "Ferguson, Scott" 4 25 Photo Contest "Third Place: Comet ISON Tracked, Stars Trailed" "Sandbank, Bob" 2014 4 26 Feature Mystery in the Milky Way "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 4 29 Feature Box: Extension to other galaxies 2014 4 32 Feature The Return of Cosmos "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 4 38 Feature Stargazing Simplified "Mullaney, James" 2014 4 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance April 2014 2014 4 45 Northern Binocular Highlight The Binocular Full Moon "Seronik, Gary" 2014 4 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 4 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Month of Rapid Change "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 4 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" April's Close Approaches "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 4 50 Celestial Calendar Moon Occults Hyades Stars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 4 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 4 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 4 52 Celestial Calendar Lyrid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 4 54 Exploring the Moon History of the Moon "Wood, Charles A." 2014 4 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Last Messier "French, Sue" 2014 4 60 Feature April's Total Eclipse of the Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 4 62 S&T Test Report Skyris Planetary Cameras from Celestron "di Cicco, Dennis" 2014 4 66 New Product Showcase Celestron's COSMOS 90GT WiFi Telescope 2014 4 66 New Product Showcase Epsilon-130D Hyperbolic Astrograph 2014 4 68 Telescope Workshop A 70-inch Amateur Telescope "Hards, Chuck" 2014 4 71 In Memoriam "John Lowry Dobson, 1915-2014" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2014 4 72 Feature Red Luminance Layering "Henry, Edward" 2014 4 76 Gallery Jupiter's Great Red Spot "Phillips, Mike" 2014 4 76 Gallery Double Cluster in Perseus "Herrmann, Fred" 2014 4 77 Gallery "NGC 2070, the Tarantula Nebula" "Mazlin, Steve" "Harvey, Jack" 2014 4 78 Gallery Eudoxus within Montes Caucasus "Bianconi, Alessandro" 2014 4 78 Gallery IC 443 and Sh 2-249 in Gemini "Africa, Eric" 2014 4 86 Focal Point Epilogue for Comet ISON "Bortle, John E." 2014 5 6 Spectrum "New Ownership, New Globe, New Tours" "Naeye, Robert" 2014 5 8 Letters Catching the Moon I "Lee, Scott" 2014 5 8 Letters Catching the Moon II "Prokop, Bob" 2014 5 8 Letters Catching the Moon III "Ray, Jimmy" 2014 5 8 Letters Elusive Celestial Critter "Ridolfo, Frank" 2014 5 8 Letters The Darkest Night "Currier, Bruce" 2014 5 9 Letters Zippy Neutrinos "Olsson, Ted" 2014 5 9 Letters Educational Start-up Advice "Clements, Richard" 2014 5 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 5 10 News Notes Cosmology: Missing Galaxy Clusters "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 5 12 News Notes In Brief: Circumbinary Plantets Migrated "Hall, Shannon" 2014 5 12 News Notes In Brief: Small Galaxies Delay Star Birth "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 5 12 News Notes Asteroids: Mixed Message fo Rock Makeup "Poore, Emily" 2014 5 12 News Notes Missions: Glitch for China's Lunar Rover "Poore, Emily" 2014 5 14 News Notes Galaxies: Lighting Up the Elusive Cosmic Web "Young, Monica" 2014 5 14 News Notes "Obituary: Jean Texereau, Master Optician (1919-2014)" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 5 16 Cosmic Relief Looking Back in Wonder "Grinspoon, David" 2014 5 18 Feature Weird Weather on Alien Worlds "Fortney, Jonathan" 2014 5 23 Feature Box: Exotic Atmospheres 2014 5 26 Feature Out-Of-This-World Outreach "Williams, Mark Steven" 2014 5 30 Feature Strong New Meteor Shower to Strike? "Rao, Joe" 2014 5 35 Feature Box: Plan Your Watch "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 5 36 Feature HyperStar on the ISS "Levy, David H." 2014 5 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance May 2014 2014 5 45 Binocular Highlight Near and Far in Coma "Seronik, Gary" 2014 5 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 5 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Splendid Spica "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 5 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Saturn All Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 5 50 Celestial Calendar A New Comet PanSTARRS "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 5 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 5 51 Celestial Calendar Saturn Reaches Opposition "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 5 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 5 52 Celestial Calendar Eta Aquariid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 5 54 Exploring the Solar System When Seeing Isn't Believing "Dobbins, Thomas" 2014 5 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Galaxy Time "French, Sue" 2014 5 60 Going Deep Digging Deep in Messier 83 "Gottlieb, Steve" 2014 5 62 S&T Test Report Takahashi's Epsilon-130D Astrograph "di Cicco, Dennis" 2014 5 66 New Product Showcase S&T Mercury Globe 2014 5 66 New Product Showcase iOptron's SkyGuider Equatorial Mount 2014 5 66 New Product Showcase Alien Platforms' Dob Platform 2014 5 68 Book Review "Celestial Sleuth, by Donald W. Olson" "Schaefer, Bradley E." 2014 5 70 Telescope Workshop A Featherweight Front End "Seronik, Gary" 2014 5 72 Feature Redeeming Color Planetary Cameras "Llewellyn, Dan" 2014 5 76 Gallery "NGC 2070, the Tarantula Nebula" "Pérez, José Joaquín" 2014 5 76 Gallery The Seven Sisters "van der Hoeven, André" 2014 5 77 Gallery SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch "Kodama, David" 2014 5 77 Gallery Orion's Sword "Walker, Jimmy" 2014 5 78 Gallery "Eagle Nebula, M16" "Heller, Geoffrey" 2014 5 78 Gallery Lunar Crater Aristoteles "Bianconi, Alessandro" 2014 5 86 Focal Point Soothing Stars "Greenewich, Paul" 2014 6 6 Spectrum "Visit Our New Website, and an Eclipse Cruise" "Naeye, Robert" 2014 6 8 Letters Kuiper Belt Shines - In Print I "Sherwood, Bruce" 2014 6 8 Letters Kuiper Belt Shines - In Print II "Brodersen, Gary" 2014 6 8 Letters Kuiper Belt Shines - In Print III "Ochadlick Jr., Andrew" 2014 6 8 Letters Kuiper Belt Shines - In Print IV "Ottewell, Guy" 2014 6 9 Letters Glories of the Milky Way I "Honnecke, Marcus" 2014 6 9 Letters Glories of the Milky Way II "Barreiro, Anthony" 2014 6 9 Letters Glories of the Milky Way III "Deelinges, Bill" 2014 6 9 Letters The Iron Planet Revealed "Corneille, Philip" 2014 6 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 6 10 News Notes Cosmology: 1st Direct Evidence of Big Bang Inflation "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 6 12 News Notes Black Holes: Farthest Spinner Found . . . "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 6 12 News Notes . . . and the Black Hole that Ate Too Much "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 6 14 News Notes Asteroids: Hubble Catches Rock Crumbling "Hall, Shannon" 2014 6 14 News Notes Exoplanets: Kepler Planets by the Hundreds "Hall, Shannon" 2014 6 16 News Notes In Brief: Second-Generation Star Observed "Hall, Shannon" 2014 6 16 News Notes In Brief: New Record for Oldest Earth Rock "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 6 16 News Notes In Brief: Pesky Problems for Lunar Reflectors "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 6 16 News Notes Supernovae: No-go for Jets? "Young, Monica" 2014 6 16 News Notes Pulsar: Stellar Lighthouse Devours Asteroid? "Poore, Emily" 2014 6 18 Feature Staring Back to Cosmic Dawn "Faber, Sandra M." "Ferguson, Henry C." "Koo, David C." "Primack, Joel R." "Bell, Trudy E." 2014 6 26 Feature From Space to School "Zielinski, Lynne F." "Miller, J. Patrick" 2014 6 32 Feature The H-R Diagram's 100th Anniversary "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2014 6 38 Feature A Unique Amateur Planetarium "Legro, Ron" "Lank, Avi" 2014 6 42 New Product Showcase Vixen's SLV Lanthanum Eyepiece Series 2014 6 42 New Product Showcase Image Processing for Astrophotography: PixInsight Part-2 Video Tutorials 2014 6 42 New Product Showcase "Sports Optics, by Alan R. Hale" 2014 6 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance June 2014 2014 6 45 Binocular Highlight Libra's Methuselah Star "Seronik, Gary" 2014 6 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 6 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Between Spring & Summer "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 6 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Saturn & Mars Rule the Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 6 50 Celestial Calendar Pluto Is for the Persistent "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 6 51 Celestial Calendar Delta Scorpii Still Bright "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 6 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 6 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 6 54 Exploring the Moon Lunar Time Travel "Wood, Charles A." 2014 6 56 Deep Sky Wonders Serpentarius & the Serpent "French, Sue" 2014 6 60 Feature M5 Surprise "Banich, Howard" 2014 6 62 Feature Box: What's a Cepheid Variable "Flanders, Tony" 2014 6 64 Feature Box: Taking the Cepheids' Pulses "Banich, Howard" 2014 6 66 Feature Wired Astronomy "Mollise, Rod" 2014 6 72 Feature Split-Star Processing with ImagesPlus "MacDonald, Blair" 2014 6 76 Gallery Twinkling Sisters: Pleiades (M45) "Fields, Robert" "Hancock, Terry" 2014 6 77 Gallery Barred Spiral: NGC 1365 in Fornax "Rhermann, Gerald" 2014 6 77 Gallery Dusty Perspective: Dark Nebula LDN 1622 in Orion "Pérez, José Joaquín" 2014 6 78 Gallery Shores of a Lunar Sea: Dark Lavas of Mare Humorum "Hill, Richard" 2014 6 78 Gallery Cone and Cluster: Cone Nebula and NGC 2264 "Fields, Robert" 2014 6 86 Focal Point Setting Expectations "Andreassen, Gary B." 2014 7 6 Spectrum South America Adventures "Naeye, Robert" 2014 7 11 Letters Cheering Underground Successes "Fontes, Jerry" 2014 7 11 Letters Amateur Spectra of SN 2014J "Bunnell, Mark D." "Agnihotri, Vibrant K." 2014 7 11 Letters Cat Chuckles "Haitsma, Liede-Marie" 2014 7 11 Letters Inspiring the Next Generation I "Shull Jr., J. Kenneth" 2014 7 12 Letters Inspiring the Next Generation II "Bartosh, Blake" 2014 7 12 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 7 14 News Notes Asteroids: Chariklo: An Asteroid with Rings "Hall, Shannon" 2014 7 14 News Notes Solar System: Sedna-like Object Found "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 7 15 News Notes "Missions: LADEE Skims, Crashes into Moon" "Poore, Emily" 2014 7 15 New Notes Dark Matter: Spotted in the Milky Way? "Hall, Shannon" 2014 7 16 News Notes In Brief: Historic Occultation Goes Unseen 2014 7 16 News Notes In Brief: Mercury Really Did Shrink "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 7 16 News Notes In Brief: Subsurface Ocean Confirmed "Hall, Shannon" 2014 7 16 News Notes Jupiter: Not-So-Great Red Spot "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 7 16 News Notes Planets: Volcanoes on Venus "Hall, Shannon" 2014 7 18 Feature What's Next for Inflation Cosmology "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 7 21 Feature Box: More Physics Firsts "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 7 26 Feature Cities from Space "Kardel, Scott" 2014 7 34 Feature The Case for Structured Observing "Schwartz, Tristan J." 2014 7 38 Feature Are Observing Programs for You? "Forte, Ted" 2014 7 42 New Product Showcase Coma Fix: Explore Scientific's HR Coma Corrector 2014 7 42 New Product Showcase Imaging Planner: Astrophotographer's Guide to the Deep Sky 2014 7 42 New Product Showcase Deep Imager: Atik Camera's One 6.0 CCD camera 2014 7 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance July 2014 2014 7 45 Binocular Highlight Ceres and Vesta Together "Seronik, Gary" 2014 7 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 7 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Fabulous Five "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 7 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Two Close Conjunctions "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 7 50 Celestial Calendar "Ceres, Meet Vesta!" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 7 52 Celestial Calendar The Closing of 44 Bootis "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 7 54 Exploring the Solar System Illuminating Earthshine "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 7 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Betwixt the Bears "French, Sue" 2014 7 60 Going Deep The Snake and Its Eggs "Whitman, Alan" 2014 7 62 Telescope Workshop A Dob by Any Other Name "Seronik, Gary" 2014 7 64 S&T Test Report The ASII20MM Camera from ZW Optical "Walker, Sean" 2014 7 68 Feature Star-Testing Your Telescope "French, Alan" 2014 7 71 Feature Box: It's in the Book 2014 7 72 Feature Probing the Planets "Pellier, Christophe" 2014 7 76 Gallery "Ghostly Nebulae: van den Bergh 152, LBN 538" "Sackenheim, Frank" 2014 7 77 Gallery Eclipse Amongst the Stars: April's Total Lunar Eclipse "Africa, Eric" "Africa, Josephine" 2014 7 77 Gallery "Belts, Rings and Gaps: Saturn" "Carvalho, Fabio" "Carvalho, Gabriela" 2014 7 78 Gallery Philadelphia Moonset "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2014 7 78 Gallery Cloudy on Mars "Jolly, Glenn" 2014 7 86 Focal Point You and the Universe "Deneen, Michael" 2014 8 6 Spectrum Our Special Mars Issue "Naeye, Robert" 2014 8 11 Letters Photographic Memories "Young, James W." 2014 8 11 Letters Surprise Discovery "Whitman, Alan" 2014 8 11 Letters Going Super-Deep from Your Backyard "Lyons, Mike" 2014 8 12 Letters Distance to Your Horizon "Sales, Tom" 2014 8 12 Letters Enjoyable April Issue "Aranda, Ted" 2014 8 12 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 8 14 News Notes Stellar: Helium-shell Flash in Action and . . . "Hall, Shannon" 2014 8 14 News Notes . . . Sun's Newfound Chilly Neighbor "Boschanski, John" 2014 8 15 News Notes Cosmology: Universe in a Box 2.0 "Hall, Shannon" 2014 8 16 News Notes Exoplanets: Hot Jupiters Keep Stars Young "Hall, Shannon" 2014 8 16 News Notes Cosmology: New Cosmic Yardstick "Hall, Shannon" 2014 8 16 News Notes In Brief: Squeaky-clean Rover "Poore, Emily" 2014 8 16 News Notes In Brief: Smallest Habitable-zone Planet "Hall, Shannon" 2014 8 16 News Notes In Brief: Oddly Bright Supernova Explained "Hall, Shannon" 2014 8 18 Cosmic Relief Stuff Just Got Real "Grinspoon, David" 2014 8 20 Feature The Comet Chaser "Parker, Joel" 2014 8 23 Feature Box: Instruments on Rosetta Orbiter "Parker, Joel" 2014 8 24 Feature Box: Instruments on Philae Lander "Parker, Joel" 2014 8 28 Feature The Forgotten Scientist Who Solved Lunar Craters "Sheehan, William" 2014 8 34 Feature Toddlers at the Telescope "Enevoldsen, Alice Altair" 2014 8 38 Feature How to Clean Your Optics "Seronik, Gary" 2014 8 43 In This Section Messier 20 Trifid Nebula 2014 8 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance August 2014 2014 8 45 Binocular Highlight A Teaspoon of Sky Sugar "Seronik, Gary" 2014 8 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 8 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky August: Milky Way County "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 8 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Venus Meets Jupiter at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 8 50 Celestial Calendar The Flight of 61 Cygni "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 8 52 Celestial Calendar The Moon & The Perseids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 8 54 Exploring the Moon Lunar Highs and Lows "Wood, Charles A." 2014 8 56 Deep Sky Wonders Where Glows the Milky Way "French, Sue" 2014 8 60 Going Deep Dots and Donuts in Aquila "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2014 8 64 Feature Earthgrazing Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 8 68 Feature Spring into NEAF "Walker, Sean" 2014 8 76 Gallery Plasma Arc: Solar Prominence and Spiculae "Porcellana, Paolo" 2014 8 76 Gallery Whirlpool Flyby: Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS and M51 "Ligustri, Rolando" 2014 8 77 Gallery Dusty Apparition:Dark Nebula LBN 558 in Cepheus "Neyer, Fabian" 2014 8 77 Gallery Tropical Eclipse: Milky Way to the Left of the Eclipsed Moon "Tezel, Tunç" 2014 8 78 Gallery "Propeller in The Wings: Propeller Nebula, DWB 111" "Davis, John" 2014 8 86 Focal Point Canada's Dark Sky Preserves "McMahon, Peter" 2014 9 6 Spectrum Inflation & Our Deep-Sky E-Book "Naeye, Robert" 2014 9 8 Letters Call for Orion Observers "Hopkins, Jeff" 2014 9 8 Letters Simply Wonderful I "Bratton, Mark" 2014 9 8 Letters Simply Wonderful II "Thorup, Greg" 2014 9 9 Letters Simply Wonderful III "Weitzman, Donald" 2014 9 10 Letters Moving Mars "Konesky, Greg" 2014 9 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 9 12 News Notes Cosmology: Inflation Evidence Inconclusive "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 9 14 News Notes Spacecraft: ISEE 3 Phones Home "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 9 14 News Notes Exoplanets: Ancient Kapteyn's Worlds "Hall, Shannon" 2014 9 16 News Notes Missions: Kepler Spacecraft Starts New Mission "Temming, Maria" 2014 9 18 News Notes "Lunar: New Moon Results Explore Lunar Origin, History" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 9 18 News Notes In Brief: New Meteor Shower Disappoints "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 9 18 News Notes In Brief: Active Galaxies Actually Different "Young, Monica" 2014 9 18 News Notes In Brief: Start Cluster Runs Away "Young, Monica" 2014 9 18 News Notes In Brief: First Direct Exoplanet Spin Measurement "Hall, Shannon" 2014 9 20 Feature Deciphering Mars "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 9 24 Feature Box: India's Mission to Mars "Krishnan, Shweta" 2014 9 28 Feature Reliving History "Pommier, Rod" "Smith, Richard" 2014 9 34 Feature Clearing the Clouds: Cataract Surgery for Astronomers "Oltion, Kathy" "Oltion, Jerry" 2014 9 38 S&T Test Report "Officina Stellare RiDK 300, Software Bisque Paramount ME II" "di Cicco, Dennis" 2014 9 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance September 2014 2014 9 45 Binocular Highlight Aquila's Dark Secret "Seronik, Gary" 2014 9 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 9 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Bird of the Starry Way "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 9 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Mars Meets Its Rival "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 9 50 Celestial Calendar Ice-Giant Spotting "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 9 50 Celestial Calendar Saturn's Rhea to Occult a Star "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 9 52 Celestial Calendar The Return of Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 9 53 Celestial Calendar Big Full Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 9 53 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 9 54 Exploring the Solar System The Violet Sun "Eskildsen, Howard" 2014 9 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Theban Swan "French, Sue" 2014 9 60 Going Deep Seeking Interacting Galaxies "Gottlieb, Steve" 2014 9 64 Feature 20 Fun Naked-Eye Double Stars "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2014 9 68 Feature Conquering Gradients "Andreo, Rogelio Bernal" 2014 9 72 Telescope Workshop A Short & Sweet 6-Inch RFT "Seronik, Gary" 2014 9 74 New Product Showcase H-Alpha Eyepiece: Day Star Filters' Quark 2014 9 74 New Product Showcase Photonic Cleaning Technologies First Contact Polymer Solutions 2014 9 74 New Product Showcase Software Bisque's App The Sky Mobile 2014 9 76 Gallery Navi Nebulosity: Reflection Nebulae IC 59 and 63 "Nieto, Jesus" 2014 9 76 Gallery Lucky Catch: Bright Meteor over Joshua Tree "Mason, Jay" 2014 9 77 Gallery Comet Panstarrs C/2012 K1 Meets NCG 3614 "Keith, Mike" 2014 9 77 Gallery A Sea of Stars: Globular Cluster NGC 3201 "Herrmann, Fred" 2014 9 78 Gallery Dramatic Eclipse: Moon of April 15th "Milone, David" 2014 9 78 Gallery Lighthouse Eclipse "Cook, Chris" 2014 9 79 Gallery "Mexico Bow-Shock: MGC 7000, the North America Nebula" "van der Hoeven, André" 2014 9 86 Focal Point CubeSats to the Planets "Contursi, Paul" 2014 10 6 Spectrum Passing the Torch "Naeye, Robert" 2014 10 8 Letters A Sky Full of Friends I "MacDougal, Craig" 2014 10 8 Letters A Sky Full of Friends II "Pesch, Peter" 2014 10 8 Letters "Out, Darn Spot" "Ridolfo, Frank" 2014 10 10 Letters Quasars with a Backyard Radio Scope "Abshier, Jim" 2014 10 10 Letters Invitation to Seagrave Centennial "Huestis, David A." 2014 10 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 10 12 News Notes Cosmology: Shadow of a Supervoid "Temming, Maria" 2014 10 14 News Notes Exoplanets: Debated World Doesn't Exist "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 10 14 News Notes Black Holes: Gas Streamer Eclipses AGN "Temming, Maria" 2014 10 16 News Notes Galaxies: Mysterious X-rays Hint at Dark Matter "Young, Monica" 2014 10 16 News Notes In Brief: Black Hole Triplet Found "Temming, Maria" 2014 10 16 News Notes In Brief: NASA Amasses Asteriod Targets "Young, Monica" 2014 10 18 News Notes "Obit: Bill Bradfield, Comet Hunter Extraordinaire (1927-2014)" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 10 18 News Notes In Brief: Titan Sheds Light on Exoplanets "Hall, Shannon" 2014 10 18 News Notes In Brief: Sea Changes on Saturnian Moon "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 10 20 Feature Battle of the Titans: The Milky Way vs. Andromeda "Rich, Michael" 2014 10 22 Feature Box: Tides 2014 10 27 Feature Box: Andromeda's Three Big Black Holes 2014 10 30 Feature Discovering the Radio Sun "Smith, J. Kelly" "Smith, David L." 2014 10 36 Feature Stars & Planets in Broad Daylight "Piazza, Chris Dalla" 2014 10 42 New Product Showcase CNC Parts Supply's VariMax Variable Eyepiece Projection Adapter 2014 10 42 New Product Showcase iOptron's iEQ45 Pro Go To mount 2014 10 42 New Product Showcase Chattanooga Millwork's ZLOMOTION Dobsonian Accessory 2014 10 43 In This Section Le Gentil 3 2014 10 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance October 2014 2014 10 45 Binocular Highlight The North America Nebula "Seronik, Gary" 2014 10 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 10 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Doubling Up in Cygnus "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 10 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Busy October for the Moon "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 10 50 Celestial Calendar Eclipse of a Large Moon "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 10 52 Celestial Calendar October's Partial Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 10 53 Celestial Calendar Faint Comet Buzzes Mars "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 10 54 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 10 54 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 10 56 Exploring the Moon Rocking and Rolling "Wood, Charles A." 2014 10 58 Deep-Sky Wonders Darkness and Light "French, Sue" 2014 10 62 S&T Test Report "Esprit 100 ED: A Fast, Affordable Astrograph" "Dyer, Alan" 2014 10 66 Feature Check Out This Telescope! "Goss, John Jardine" 2014 10 70 Telescope Workshop A Turret Eyepiece Holder "Seronik, Gary" 2014 10 72 Feature Eliminating Band & Line Noise "Unsold, Michael" 2014 10 76 Gallery Colorful Nebulosity in Monoceros "Rhemann, Gerald" 2014 10 76 Gallery Planetary Nebula IC 5148 "Peach, Damian" 2014 10 76 Gallery Barnard's Loop Between M78 and LBN 1622 "Africa, Eric" 2014 10 78 Gallery Crescent Embrace: Nebulae IC 1318 and NGC 6888 "Hancock, Terry" 2014 10 78 Gallery Ashen Moonrise "Thornton, Steve" 2014 10 86 Focal Point Winning Converts to the Cause "Probst, Bert" 2014 11 6 Spectrum Two New Editors "Naeye, Robert" 2014 11 8 Letters A Forgotten Giant? "Todoroff, Jason" 2014 11 8 Letters Fruits of Public Outreach I "Sitton, Jim" 2014 11 10 Letters Poetic Cosmology II "Adams, Ron" 2014 11 10 Letters Poetic Cosmology II "Barrows, Robert" 2014 11 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 11 12 News Notes Missions: Rosetta Carches Its Comet "Poore, Emily" "Temming, Maria" 2014 11 14 News Notes X-Ray Astronomy: Evidence That We Live in a (Local) Bubble "Temming, Maria" 2014 11 14 News Notes In Brief: New Radio Burst Deepens Mystery "Hall, Shannon" 2014 11 16 News Notes Interstellar Space: The Mystery of the Missing Light "Temming, Maria" 2014 11 16 News Notes Cosmology: Dwarf Galaxies Packed Mighty Punch "Hall, Shannon" 2014 11 18 Cosmic Relief "In the Days of the Comet (Comet Siding Spring, Mars)" "Grinspoon, David" 2014 11 20 Feature Mysteries of Planetary Nebulae: Spider Webs in Space "Zimmerman, Robert" 2014 11 25 Feature Box: Three Ideas for Creating Planetary Nebulae "Zimmerman, Robert" 2014 11 28 Feature A Trio of Total Solar Eclipses "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2014 11 34 Feature A Star Walk for Everyone "Mrazek, Karoline" "Matys, Erwin" 2014 11 38 S&T Test Report The Quark from DayStar Filters "Walker, Sean" 2014 11 42 New Product Showcase JTW Astronomy Spectra L-200 Spectrograph 2014 11 42 New Product Showcase Jim's Mobile Incorporated Push-to Twilight II 2014 11 42 New Product Showcase Book Review Thierry Legault Astrophotography 2014 11 43 In This Section Helix Nebula 2014 11 44 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance November 2014 2014 11 45 Binocular Highlight Two Cepheus Gems "Seronik, Gary" 2014 11 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 11 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Harvest of the Autumn Skey "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 11 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Three-Planet Month "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 11 50 Celestial Calendar November Meteors Slow & Fast "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 11 54 Exploring the Solar System Realm of the Ice Giants "Jakiel, Richard" 2014 11 56 Deep-Sky Wonders A Meeting of the Waters "French, Sue" 2014 11 60 Going Deep Fuzzy Duos Inside the Circlet "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2014 11 62 Feature Observing Autumn Galaxy Trios "Forte, Ted" 2014 11 68 Feature Cartoon Creator Sidney Harris 2014 11 74 Telescope Workshop A Gimbaled Mirror Cell "Seronik, Gary" 2014 11 76 Gallery Perigee Moon over London "Cooper, Jamie" 2014 11 76 Gallery "Noctilucent Clouds Radomsko, Poland" "Dróždž, Hubert" 2014 11 77 Gallery Cometary Globule IC 1396A in Cepheus "van Zegveld, Andre" 2014 11 77 Gallery Spiral Galaxy M31 "van der Hoeven, André" 2014 11 78 Gallery Super Moon August 10 "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2014 11 78 Gallery Colliding Galaxies NGC 4038/4039 "Olsen, Ralph Wahl" 2014 11 86 Focal Point Off the Rails "Green, Jane A." 2014 12 6 Spectrum Bullish on S&T's Future "Naeye, Robert" 2014 12 8 Letters "An S&T ""Where's Waldo?"" I" "Novak, Edward" 2014 12 10 Letters "An S&T ""Where's Waldo?"" II" "Davis, Darryl" 2014 12 10 Letters For the Record 2014 12 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2014 12 12 News Notes Missions: Orbiters Reach Mars "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 12 12 News Notes Mars: Curiosity Reaches Its Mountain "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 12 14 News Notes Stellar: Resolving the Pleiades' Distance… "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2014 12 14 News Notes …And Hybrid Star Spotted? "Temming, Maria" 2014 12 14 News Notes In Brief: Powerful Eruption Wracks Io "Temming, Maria" 2014 12 14 News Notes In Brief: Black Hole Trio Questioned. "Hall, Shannon" 2014 12 16 News Notes Cosmic Structure: Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 12 16 News Notes In Brief: A Quasar Main Sequence? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 12 16 News Notes In Brief: GRBs: A New Standard Candle? "Hall, Shannon" 2014 12 18 News Notes Technology: Next-Gen Adaptive Optics "Bochanski, John" 2014 12 18 News Notes Galaxies: Galaxy Growth Still Mysterious "Hall, Shannon" 2014 12 18 News Notes Galaxies: Building Big Ellipticals' Cores "Carlisle, Camille M." 2014 12 20 Feature A Universe of Dark Oceans "Scharf, Caleb" 2014 12 25 Feature Box: A Subsurface Antarctic Lake Teeming With Life "Naeye, Robert" 2014 12 26 Feature Reviving Astronomy in a Small Nation "Vannini, Julio" 2014 12 30 Feature Box: Managua's Mysterious Crater "Naeye, Robert" 2014 12 32 Feature Into Thin Air "Gale, Tom" 2014 12 37 Feature Box: Elevation: The Silent Killer "Gale, Tom" 2014 12 40 New Product Showcase Cell Phone Imaging: iOptron Universal Smartphone Eyepiece Adapter 2014 12 40 New Product Showcase Highspeed Narrowband: Baader Planetarium filters 2014 12 40 New Product Showcase Eclipse Compendiums: Fred Espenak 2014 12 43 In This Section Double Cluster and Cassiopeia 2014 12 44 Sky at a Glance December 2014 Sky at a Glance 2014 12 45 Binocular Highlight Andromeda's NGC 752 "Seronik, Gary" 2014 12 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2014 12 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Far as ""Eye"" Can See" "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 12 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Jupiter Comes into Its Own "Schaaf, Fred" 2014 12 50 Celestial Calendar Hebe and a White Dwarf "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 12 51 Celestial Calendar Dodge the Moon for the Geminids "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 12 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 12 53 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 12 53 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2014 12 54 Exploring the Moon Hunting for Lost Basins "Wood, Charles A." 2014 12 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Starry Heavens "French, Sue" 2014 12 60 Feature A Visual Guide to the Cassiopeia Supernova Remnant "Banich, Howard" 2014 12 65 Telescope Workshop A Convenient Newtownian "Seronik, Gary" 2014 12 66 S&T Test Report Celestron Package: A Lot for a Little "Mollise, Rod" 2014 12 70 Feature Digging into PixInsight "Wodaski, Ron" 2014 12 76 Gallery IC 410 and IC 405 in Auriga "Haynes, Gordon" 2014 12 76 Gallery Double-loop solar prominence "Porcellana, Paolo" 2014 12 77 Gallery Spiral Galaxy NGC 4535 in Virgo "Kelly, Al" 2014 12 77 Gallery Star Trails in dish at La Silla "Beletsky, Yuri" 2014 12 78 Gallery Fish eye of Milky Way "Jung, Manuel" 2014 12 78 Gallery "Moonrise (""Supermoon"") in Greece" "Ayiomamitis, Anthony" 2014 12 79 Gallery Kemble's Cascade NGC 1502 "Parker, Greg" 2014 12 79 Gallery LDN 1235 "Fields, Robert" 2014 12 86 Focal Point Stu's Last Lesson "Allis, Damian G." 2015 1 6 Spectrum High Standards "Tyson, Peter" 2015 1 8 Letters Earthshine in an Early Telescope "Molaro, Paolo" 2015 1 8 Letters Experiencing Craters on Earth "Stewart, Rick" 2015 1 8 Letters Be Ever Vigilant "Roemer, David" 2015 1 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 1 12 News Notes Solar System: Comet Siding Spring Skims Mars "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 1 12 News Notes In Brief: Citizen Scientists Probe Early Galaxies "Hall, Shannon" 2015 1 14 News Notes Lunar: Geologically Recent Volcanism on the Moon "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 1 14 News Notes In Brief: Work Begins on Thirty Meter Telescope "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 1 14 News Notes In Brief: Gamma-ray Novae Explained? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 1 14 News Notes In Brief: Small Galaxy Boasts Big Black Hole "Conover, Emily" 2015 1 16 News Notes Black Holes: No Big Beast for Two ULXs "Conover, Emily" 2015 1 16 News Notes Galaxies: Mergers Create Disk Galaxies "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 1 16 News Notes Galactic Center: G2 Survives Pass "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 1 18 Cosmic Relief The Big Payback "Grinspoon, David" 2015 1 20 Feature Hubble Goes the Distance "Schilling, Govert" 2015 1 28 Feature Hot Products 2015 1 36 Feature The Backyard Sky Winter "Mollise, Rod" 2015 1 43 In This Section NGC 2174 2015 1 44 Sky at a Glance January 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 1 45 Binocular Highlight The Alpha Persei Association "Seronik, Gary" 2015 1 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 1 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Winter Hunter "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 1 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Venus and Mercury Draw Close "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 1 50 Celestial Calendar Vigil for a Unique Stellar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 1 51 Celestial Calendar Weird R Gem Climbs to Maximum "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 1 54 Exploring the Solar System An Observational Mystery "Dobbins, Thomas" 2015 1 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Fire Down Below "French, Sue" 2015 1 60 Feature Flawed Giants "Zimmerman, Robert" 2015 1 68 Telescope Workshop Oltion's Awesome Binoscope "Seronik, Gary" 2015 1 70 Feature Composing the Universe "Gendler, Robert" 2015 1 75 Gallery Young Crescent Moon "Jacinto, Helder" 2015 1 75 Gallery Sunspot "Aerts, Leo" 2015 1 76 Gallery Comet Panstarrs C/2012 K1 "Rhemann, Gerald" 2015 1 76 Gallery Star Trails Black Canyon "Farnsworth, Vince" 2015 1 78 Gallery NGC 6823 "Brecher, Ron" 2015 1 78 Gallery Sharpless 2-132 "Keith, Michael" 2015 1 86 Focal Point "Lights Out, America!" "Guzaukas, Bob " "Henshaw, Colin" 2015 2 6 Spectrum Birth of Astro Imaging "Tyson, Peter" 2015 2 8 Letters "Cleaning Optics, Reprise I" "Timm, David" 2015 2 8 Letters "Cleaning Optics, Reprise II" "DeBuvitz, William" 2015 2 8 Letters "Cleaning Optics, Reprise III" "Schalck, Robert" 2015 2 8 Letters Todding Toward Telescoping "Brescia, Keith" 2015 2 8 Letters Flying Stars "Wilson, Thomas" 2015 2 8 Letters CubeSats to the Planets "Haapoja, Arthur" 2015 2 10 Letters Sketching Certificate from the Astronomical League "Krach, Cindy L." 2015 2 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 2 12 News Notes Solar System: Philae Lands on Comet "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 2 14 News Notes "Sun: IRIS Finds Solar Tornadoes, Bombs" "Young, Monica" 2015 2 14 News Notes Galaxies: The Ghost Glow of Galaxies Past "Young, Monica" 2015 2 16 News Notes Exoplanets: ALMA Reveals Multi-Planet Birth… "Young, Monica" 2015 2 16 News Notes …and Zodiacal Light Around Other Stars? "Hall, Shannon" 2015 2 18 News Notes Scopes: Closure Averted for Some Major Observatories "Young, Monica" 2015 2 18 News Notes In Brief: Two Comet Families Around Beta Pic "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 2 18 News Notes In Brief: A New Handle on Galaxy Evolution "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 2 18 News Notes In Brief: Great Red Spot Likely a Sunburn "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 2 20 Feature Into the Void "Woo, Marcus" 2015 2 25 Feature Box: Night Skies in the Void "Young, Monica" 2015 2 28 Feature Observing Minor Moons "Trees, Terry N." 2015 2 34 Feature Cosmic Dread: The Astronomy of H. P. Lovecraft "Franch, John" "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 2 40 New Product Showcase Tiny Autoguider: Lodestar X2 Autoguider 2015 2 40 New Product Showcase Extreme Eyepieces: Meade Series 5000 Mega Wide Angle eyepieces 2015 2 40 New Product Showcase Multi-Mount: Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ5 GT Mount 2015 2 43 In This Section Saturn's F-Ring with Prometheus and Pandora 2015 2 44 Sky at a Glance February 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 2 45 Binocular Highlight The Splendid Pleiades "Seronik, Gary" 2015 2 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 2 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Dog Nights of Winter "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 2 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Another Close One "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 2 50 Celestial Calendar Earth to Dodge a Bullet "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 2 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Great Red Spot "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 2 52 Celestial Calendar Jupiter at Opposition "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 2 53 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 2 54 Exploring the Moon Strange Little IMPs "Wood, Charles A." 2015 2 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Going to the Dogs "French, Sue" 2015 2 59 Going Deep Best in Show (Four Top Planetary Nebulae) "Gottlieb, Steve" 2015 2 62 Feature Aligning Go To Mounts "Mollise, Rod" 2015 2 68 Telescope Workshop A Simple Homebuilt Focuser "Seronik, Gary" 2015 2 71 Book Review Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2015 2 72 Feature Astrophotography Today "Walker, Sean" 2015 2 76 Gallery Calcium Eclipse "Schur, Chris" 2015 2 76 Gallery Crab Nebula "Brecher, Ron" 2015 2 76 Gallery Colorful Lunar Elipse "Simpson, Brian" 2015 2 78 Gallery Orion "Dai, Jeff" 2015 2 78 Gallery NGC 5128 "Herrmann, Fred" 2015 2 78 Gallery Milky Way Atacama "Martel, Julien" 2015 2 79 Gallery Sharpless 2-101 "Haynes, Gordon" 2015 2 86 Focal Point In Praise of Serious Dark "Ritter, Howard L., Jr." 2015 3 6 Spectrum Ageless Wonders "Tyson, Peter" 2015 3 8 Letters Cataract Surgery: Wows and Woes I "Huffman, Linda" 2015 3 8 Letters Cataract Surgery: Wows and Woes II "Zuhdi, Omar" 2015 3 8 Letters Cataract Surgery: Wows and Woes III "Martin, Aaron" 2015 3 8 Letters Cataract Surgery: Wows and Woes IV "Herlihy, Terry" 2015 3 8 Letters Cataract Surgery: Wows and Woes V "Lum, Kenneth" 2015 3 10 Letters Cataract Surgery: Wows and Woes VI "Howerton, Stan" 2015 3 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 3 12 News Notes Missions: Hayabusa 2 is Asteroid Bound "Conover, Emily" 2015 3 12 News Notes Galaxies: Dark Galaxies Discovered in Coma Cluster "Young, Monica" 2015 3 14 News Notes Missions: Test Flight Success for Orion Spacecraft… "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 3 14 News Notes …and Chinese Chang'e Craft Loops the Moon "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 3 16 News Notes Missions: Contact Lost with Stereo B Spacecraft "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 3 16 News Notes Solar System: Vesta's Geologic History "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 3 18 News Notes Solar System: Bright Spot on Uranus… "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 3 18 News Notes …and Target Crisis Averted for New Horizons "Hall, Shannon" 2015 3 18 News Notes In Brief: Eight Billion Oort Asteroids? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 3 18 News Notes In Brief: Evicted Black Hole or Odd Supernova? "Young, Monica" 2015 3 20 Feature Edge-On Galaxies "Forte, Ted" 2015 3 26 Feature Beyond the Kuiper Belt "Sheppard, Scott S." 2015 3 33 Feature Phoenix Planets "Redd, Nola Taylor" 2015 3 36 Feature The Very Ancient Origins of the Water Constellations "Crossen, Craig" 2015 3 43 In This Section Milky Way Galaxy above the ALMA array 2015 3 44 Sky at a Glance March 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 3 45 Binocular Highlight A Trio of Puppis Clusters "Seronik, Gary" 2015 3 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 3 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Swarm of Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 3 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" "Venus Rises, Mars Lowers" "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 3 50 Celestial Calendar Trying for Sirius B "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 3 52 Celestial Calendar Further Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 3 53 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 3 54 Exploring the Solar System Powering Up "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2015 3 58 Deep-Sky Wonders Happy Anniversary! "French, Sue" 2015 3 62 S&T Test Report iOptron's SkyGuider "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2015 3 67 New Product Showcase Digital Catalog: Astro Devices Nexus DSC 2015 3 67 New Product Showcase Sphinx Two: Vixen Sphinx SX2 Equatorial Mount 2015 3 67 New Product Showcase Island Imaging: Hawai'I Nights 2015 3 68 Feature App-Powered Astronomy "Young, Monica" "Mollise, Rod" "Forte, Ted" "Jakiel, Richard" "West, Andrew" "Walker, Sean" "French, Alan" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 3 74 Telescope Workshop An Unobstructed Reflector "Seronik, Gary" 2015 3 76 Gallery M13 "Mittelman, David" 2015 3 76 Gallery "Partial solar eclipse October 23, 2014" "Simpson, Brian" 2015 3 77 Gallery Sunspots "Schur, Chris" 2015 3 77 Gallery Blood Moon Series "Hogan, Greg" 2015 3 77 Gallery Solar prominences "Lawrence, Pete" 2015 3 78 Gallery NGC 7000 "Hancock, Terry" 2015 3 79 Gallery Sunspot AR 2192 "Hanon, David" 2015 3 79 Gallery Squid Nebula "Boren, Harel" 2015 3 79 Gallery Rupes Altai "Lazzarotti, Paolo" 2015 3 86 Focal Point The Carob Tree "Hill, Steven" 2015 4 6 Spectrum Decades on the Shelf "Tyson, Peter" 2015 4 8 Letters Spin: How Sure Are We? "Baughman, Jim" 2015 4 8 Letters Bring Back the Fun I "DeBuvitz, William" 2015 4 8 Letters Bring Back the Fun II "Hoyack, Herb" 2015 4 8 Letters Daytime Observing I "Partyka, Dave" 2015 4 10 Letters Daytime Observing II "McCormick, Jim" 2015 4 10 Letters Don't Skimp on Print "Lewis, Steven" 2015 4 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 4 12 News Notes Earth: Give-and-Take Origin for Oceans? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 4 14 News Notes Mars: Curiosity Finds Organics… "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 4 14 News Notes …and Studies Mars's Dry-out "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 4 14 News Notes Cosmology: BOSS Ruler for the Universe "Young, Monica" 2015 4 16 News Notes Mission: Philae Landed in a Hole "Poore, Emily" 2015 4 16 News Notes "MAVEN Finds New Particles, Ion Plume" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 4 16 News Notes In Brief: Quasar Shuts Down "Hall, Shannon" 2015 4 16 News Notes In Brief: Stars' Spins Show Their Ages "Bochanski, John" 2015 4 18 Cosmic Relief Farewell to a Friend "Grinspoon, David" 2015 4 20 Feature Dawn Arrives at Ceres "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2015 4 28 Feature World Wide Telescope "Goodman, Alyssa" "Wong, Curtis" 2015 4 34 Feature William Herschel's Extraordinary Night of Discovery "Bratton, Mark" 2015 4 43 In This Section NGC 4911 2015 4 44 Sky at a Glance April 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 4 45 Binocular Highlight Treats in Cancer "Seronik, Gary" 2015 4 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 4 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Pilgrim's Way "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 4 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Encounter at Aldebaran "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 4 50 Celestial Calendar A Barely Total Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 4 52 Celestial Calendar Mutual Events of Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 4 52 Celestial Calendar Other Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 4 53 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 4 53 Celestial Calendar Lyrid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan M." 2015 4 54 Exploring the Moon Faulting the Lunar Crust "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 4 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Spring's Hit Parade "French, Sue" 2015 4 59 Book Review Galactic Encounters "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2015 4 60 Feature Night Flight Astronomy Aboard SOFIA "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 4 66 Feature Backyard DSLR Imaging "Jakiel, Richard" 2015 4 70 Telescope Workshop Build the Art Swivel "Seronik, Gary" 2015 4 72 S&T Test Report Tele Vue's Big Paracorr Type-2 "di Cicco, Dennis" 2015 4 77 Gallery IC 1871 "Coates, Steven" 2015 4 77 Gallery Fireball in Orion "Abernethy, Brett" 2015 4 78 Gallery Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 "Schur, Chris" 2015 4 79 Gallery NC 7331 "Van Vleet, Larry" 2015 4 79 Gallery Winter Sky Iran "Kamkar, Amirreza" 2015 4 79 Gallery M33 "Coates, Steven" 2015 4 86 Focal Point Seeing Uranus in Antiquity? Bourtembourg René 2015 5 6 Spectrum Rising Above "Tyson, Peter" 2015 5 8 Letters Staying the Course at S&T "Schober, Al" 2015 5 8 Letters Grave Findings "Heisey, Robin" 2015 5 8 Letters Jupiter in Stereo "Fusfield, Bill" 2015 5 8 Letters The Not-So-Great Red Spot "Ridolfo, Frank" 2015 5 8 Letters A Really Giant Jupiter? "Prusa, Joe" 2015 5 10 Letters In Search of North America "Grossenbacher, Roger" 2015 5 10 Letters Flying High and Gazing Higher "Russo, Kevin" 2015 5 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 5 12 News Notes Cosmology: Inflation Signal Reduced to Dust "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 5 14 News Notes Galactic: Charting the Andromeda Galaxy "Carlisle, Camille M." "Young, Monica" 2015 5 14 News Notes Black Holes: Binary En Route to Merger? "Carlisle, Camille M." "Young, Monica" 2015 5 16 News Notes In Brief: Ancient Five Planet System Found "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 5 16 News Notes In Brief: Citizen Scientists Find Disks "Young, Monica" 2015 5 16 News Notes Exoplanets: Spin-up to Habitability? … "Hall, Shannon" 2015 5 16 News Notes … and New Exoplanet Hunters Rising "Young, Monica" 2015 5 18 News Notes In Brief: Long-lost Beagle 2 Found "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 5 18 News Notes In Brief: Mountain-size Asteroid Passes Earth "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 5 18 News Notes Comets: Rosetta Reveals Comet 67P "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 5 20 Feature "Old Glass, New Insights" "Agner, Mary Alexandra" 2015 5 26 Feature The Man Who Put the Names on the Moon "Livingston, Andrew" 2015 5 34 Feature Surveying Skyglow "Hattenbach, Jan" 2015 5 40 Feature Box: LED Streetlights: Promises and Pitfalls "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 5 42 New Product Showcase Nikon D810A 2015 5 42 New Product Showcase Skyris 132M 132C 2015 5 42 New Product Showcase High Resolution Astrophotograph tutorial Damian Peach 2015 5 43 In This Section IRAS 16562-3959 in Scorpius 2015 5 44 Sky at a Glance May 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 5 45 Binocular Highlight Z Marks the Spot "Seronik, Gary" 2015 5 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 5 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Spica Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 5 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Good Things Come in Threes "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 5 50 Celestial Calendar Naked-Eye Lunar Details "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 5 51 Celestial Calendar No Alpha Comae Eclipse! "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 5 51 Celestial Calendar May Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 5 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 5 54 Exploring the Solar System Saturn's Elusive D Ring "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2015 5 56 Deep-Sky Wonders The Hunting Dogs "French, Sue" 2015 5 58 Going Deep Seeing Triple "Gottlieb, Steve" 2015 5 62 Feature A Comet to Capture the Heart (Comet Lovejoy) "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 5 64 Feature Robotic Astronomy "Capon, Robert" 2015 5 70 S&T Test Report The Atik One CCD Camera "Horne, Johnny" 2015 5 74 Telescope Workshop From Truss to Solid Tube "Seronik, Gary" 2015 5 76 Gallery M31 Andromeda Galaxy "Mittelman, David" 2015 5 76 Gallery Sun Active Region 12161 "Porcellana, Paolo" 2015 5 77 Gallery M 45 Pleiades "Quick, Kim" "Hancock, Terry" 2015 5 77 Gallery "Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka, NGC 1990" "Fields, Robert" 2015 5 78 Gallery IC 1805 IC 1848 "Hancock, Terry" 2015 5 78 Gallery Jupiter "Rodriguez, Fernando" 2015 5 78 Gallery Lunar Eclipse "Ritter, Howard L., Jr." 2015 5 79 Gallery M81 M82 "Bloch, Richard" 2015 5 79 Gallery Harvest Moon "Deman, Gerardo" 2015 5 86 Focal Point Climbing Mt. Sharp "Young, Monica" 2015 6 6 Spectrum Take a Number "Tyson, Peter" 2015 6 8 Letters In Praise of Astrophotography "Irvine, Steve" 2015 6 8 Letters Remarkable Thin-Moon Sightings I "Stamm, Jim" 2015 6 8 Letters Remarkable Thin-Moon Sightings II "Mirsaeed, Moshen" 2015 6 8 Letters Planet Earth's Predicament I "Solberg, Gordon" 2015 6 8 Letters Planet Earth's Predicament II "Wood, John" 2015 6 9 Letters Planet Earth's Predicament III "Novak, Edward" 2015 6 9 Letters Solar-Filter Clarifications "Nagler, Al" 2015 6 9 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 6 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Gap Reveals Potential Exomoon "Bochanski, John" 2015 6 12 News Notes Meteorites: Long-Lived Magnetic Fields Left Their Mark "Poore, Emily" 2015 6 13 News Notes Stellar: Before They Were (Binary) Stars "Young, Monica" 2015 6 13 News Notes "In Brief: Citizen Scientists Find ""Yellowballs""" "Young, Monica" 2015 6 13 News Notes In Brief: Eta Carinae's X-ray Pulse "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 6 14 News Notes In Brief: Dwarfs Nicked Oort Cloud "Hall, Shannon" 2015 6 14 News Notes In Brief: Chang'e 3 Landed on Lunar Layers "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 6 14 News Notes Galaxies: Dusty Galaxy in Early Universe "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 6 14 News Notes Black Holes: Midsize Candidate Found "Poore, Emily" 2015 6 16 News Notes Black Holes: New Stars in the Shadow of Sagittarius A* "Young, Monica" 2015 6 16 News Notes "Obituary: Donald C. Parker, 1939-2015" "Walker, Sean" 2015 6 18 Cosmic Relief Sidewalk Wisdom "Grinspoon, David" 2015 6 20 Feature How Hubble Changed the Face of Astronomy "Schilling, Govert" 2015 6 28 Feature Measuring Earth's Shadow: 170 Years of Crater Timings "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 6 32 Feature The Science of Jules Verne's Fiction "Regas, Dean" 2015 6 38 Feature Catch the Sun in a Can "Zapiór, Maciej" 2015 6 43 In This Section Heart of Voh 2015 6 44 Sky at a Glance June 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 6 45 Binocular Highlight Beta Scorpii Doubles "Seronik, Gary" 2015 6 46 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 6 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Magical Midnight Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 6 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" They Meet At Last "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 6 50 Celestial Calendar Saturn at Its Best "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 6 52 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 6 53 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 6 54 Exploring the Moon More Lunar Landing Sites "Wood, Charles A." 2015 6 56 Deep-Sky Wonders A Heaven Full of Stars "French, Sue" 2015 6 60 Feature Abell Galaxy Cluster 2065 "Banich, Howard" 2015 6 66 S&T Test Report Celestron's Superfast Astrograph "Dyer, Alan" 2015 6 72 New Product Showcase iOptron Tri-Pier 2015 6 72 New Product Showcase Emerald Bay Software StarLog 2015 6 72 New Product Showcase TNT Drives 2015 6 73 Book Review Expanding Universe: Photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2015 6 74 Telescope Workshop Secondary Scheming "Seronik, Gary" 2015 6 76 Gallery Mu Geminorum Sh2-248 "Ruppel, Gregg" 2015 6 76 Gallery Jupiter Triple Shadow Event "Morales, Efrain" 2015 6 77 Gallery NGC 7000 IC 5067/5070 "González, César Blanco" 2015 6 77 Gallery Venus and Mercury "Calderari, Patricio" 2015 6 78 Gallery ISS and Moon "West, James" 2015 6 79 Gallery "Venus, Mars, Moon conjunction" "Guertin, Jacques" 2015 6 79 Gallery Lynds Bright Nebula 406 Laughing Skull Nebula "Henne, Thomas" 2015 6 79 Gallery NGC 7635 "Pérez, Álvaro Ibáñez" 2015 6 86 Focal Point Kindling the Flame "McConnell, John I." 2015 7 6 Spectrum Remote Sensing "Tyson, Peter" 2015 7 8 Letters To the Ends of the Earth "Schwarz, Robert" 2015 7 8 Letters Seeing Red "Friedrich, Riley" 2015 7 8 Letters Musings on Gravitational Lensing "Petersen, Philip" 2015 7 10 Letters Giant Telescopes I "Herlihy, Terry" 2015 7 10 Letters Giant Telescopes II "Akeson, Rachel" "Wizinowch, Peter" 2015 7 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 7 12 News Notes Eclipses: Not-Quite-Total Lunar Eclipse? "Beatty, J. Kelly" "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 7 12 News Notes Galaxies: New Dwarfs near Milky Way "Young, Monica" 2015 7 14 News Notes "Mars: MAVEN Spots Dust Cloud, Aurora" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 7 14 News Notes In Brief: Magnetosphere Mission Launches "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 7 14 News Notes In Brief: NASA Selects Asteroid Mission Concept "Young, Monica" 2015 7 16 News Notes Milky Way: Cepheids Map Galaxy & Beyond "Young, Monica" 2015 7 16 News Notes In Brief: Milky Way Has Ripples "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 7 16 News Notes In Brief: Stars Have Out-of-plane Experience "Young, Monica" 2015 7 18 News Notes Obituary: Walter H. Haas (1917-2015) "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 7 18 News Notes Novae: Naked-eye Nova in the Teapot "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 7 18 News Notes In Brief: Monster Black Hole in Early Universe "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 7 18 News Notes In Brief: Hubble Spots a Lensed Supernova "Young, Monica" 2015 7 20 Feature Pluto at Last "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2015 7 28 Feature Planck Upholds Standard Cosmology "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 7 34 Feature Celestial Frontispieces of the Golden Age "Kanas, Nick" 2015 7 43 In This Section Open Cluster M25 2015 7 44 Sky at a Glance July 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 7 45 Binocular Highlight A Triple and a Globular "Seronik, Gary" 2015 7 46 Planetary Almanac July 2015 Planetary Almanac 2015 7 47 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Storm Clouds and Star Clouds "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 7 48 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Summer Sensations "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 7 50 Celestial Calendar It's Dwarf-Planet Summer "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 7 53 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 7 54 Exploring the Solar System A Polar Expedition to Saturn "Dobbins, Thomas" 2015 7 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Small Sagittarius Star Cloud "French, Sue" 2015 7 59 Going Deep A Deep Field in Draco "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2015 7 62 Feature The Backyard Sky: Summer "Mollise, Rod" 2015 7 66 S&T Test Report Making Plans: Deep-Sky Planner 6 "Mollise, Rod" 2015 7 70 Feature Done in One "Keller, Warren" 2015 7 74 Telescope Workshop A Minimalist Ultralight "Seronik, Gary" 2015 7 76 New Product Showcase Big Binos Lunt Engineering 2015 7 76 New Product Showcase Travel Dobs Teeter's Telescopes 2015 7 76 New Product Showcase Processing Lessons Warren Keller 2015 7 77 Gallery Rosette Nebula NGS 2244 "Mazlin, Steve" 2015 7 77 Gallery Milky Way Tibet "Dai, Jeff" 2015 7 77 Gallery Corona Total Eclipse Svalbard "Morefield, Kevin" 2015 7 78 Gallery Total Eclipse "Schneider, Glenn" 2015 7 78 Gallery Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 "Brecher, Ron" 2015 7 78 Gallery Prominences Total Eclipse "Tezel, Tunç" 2015 7 79 Gallery Star Trails Madrid "Peña, Antonio" 2015 7 79 Gallery Lunar Eclipse Australia "Hooper, Dean" 2015 7 86 Focal Point Reading History in the Heavens "Hirshfeld, Alan" 2015 8 4 Spectrum Moonrise "Tyson, Peter" 2015 8 6 Letters A Century of Stargazing "Ginsberg, Edward" 2015 8 6 Letters Lovecraft's Astronomy "Webb, Chan" 2015 8 6 Letters Go To Alignment Puzzler "Birchall, Graeme" 2015 8 6 Letters "The ""How"" and ""So What"" of Astronomy" "Holm, Mark" 2015 8 8 Letters My Moment of Syzygy "Vidal, Paul" 2015 8 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 8 10 News Notes Missions: Messenger Ends "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 8 10 News Notes Iron Planets: Why is Mercury So Dark? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 8 11 News Notes Galactic Center: Mysterious X-rays Spotted in Milky Way "Young, Monica" 2015 8 11 News Notes Galaxies: Ghosts of Quasars Past "Young, Monica" 2015 8 11 News Notes In Brief: Early Galaxies Caught Merging? "Young, Monica" 2015 8 12 News Notes Observatories: Amateurs Get Keys to David Dunlap "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 8 12 News Notes Dark Matter: How Slippery is Dark Matter? "Young, Monica" 2015 8 14 News Notes In Brief: Ancient Galaxies Seen Dying Inside-Out "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 8 14 News Notes In Brief: Black Holes More Certain "Hall, Shannon" 2015 8 14 News Notes Sun: Do Explosive Bursts Heat Corona? "Young, Monica" 2015 8 14 News Notes Galaxies: Runaway Compact Galaxies? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 8 17 Feature Crises for Major Observatories "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 8 18 Feature Budget Scramble at Kitt Peak "Zimmerman, Robert" 2015 8 24 Feature Lick Observatory's Close Call "Bell, Trudy E." 2015 8 30 Feature Astronomy & the VJ Day Kiss "Olson, Donald W." "Doescher, Russell L." "Kawaler, Steven D." 2015 8 36 Telescope Workshop An f/13 Holcomb Reflector "Seronik, Gary" 2015 8 38 New Product Showcase Tele Vue DeLite series 2015 8 38 New Product Showcase Annals of the Deep Sky 2015 8 38 New Product Showcase Starlight Instruments SCT Parallizer 2015 8 41 In This Section Antares Sigma Scorpii "Malin, David" 2015 8 42 Sky at a Glance August 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 8 43 Binocular Highlight A Trip to Barnard's Star "Seronik, Gary" 2015 8 44 Planetary Almanac August 2015 Planetary Almanac 2015 8 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Getting to Know ""The Kneeler""" "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 8 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Saturn Flies Solo "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 8 48 Celestial Calendar Dark Nights for Fine Perseids "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 8 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 8 50 Celestial Calendar Saturn at Quadrature "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 8 50 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 8 51 Celestial Calendar Chi Cygni's Summer Rise "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 8 52 Exploring the Moon Three Holes in a Row "Wood, Charles A." 2015 8 54 Deep-Sky Wonders "Good Things, Small Package" "French, Sue" 2015 8 57 Book Review A Paper Atlas for a Digital Age "Flanders, Tony" 2015 8 60 S&T Test Report Rokinon 16mm f/2.0 Lens "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2015 8 64 Feature Summer Stars "Flanders, Tony" 2015 8 70 Feature Armchair Imaging "Peach, Damian" 2015 8 74 Gallery Southern Auriga IC 410 IC 405 "Vermette, John" 2015 8 74 Gallery Messier 63 "Green, Mitch" 2015 8 75 Gallery Double Iridium Flare "Petricca, Giuseppe" 2015 8 75 Gallery Aurora "Honda, Stan" 2015 8 75 Gallery NGC 6205 Hercules Great Globular Cluster "Simon, Kfir" 2015 8 75 Gallery Milk Way London "Calver, Will" 2015 8 75 Gallery Sh2-157 NGC 7538 NGC 7635 Lobster Claw Nebula "Jimenez, Juan Ignacio" 2015 8 75 Gallery Bubble Nebula "Mittelman, David" 2015 8 84 Focal Point Why Astrology Works "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 9 4 Spectrum Taking the Bait "Tyson, Peter" 2015 9 6 Letters "More Sketches, Please" "Hanko, Esther" 2015 9 6 Letters Decades and Decades I "Speare, William" 2015 9 6 Letters Decades and Decades II "Hodges, Wayne" 2015 9 6 Letters Decades and Decades III "Morris, Steven" 2015 9 6 Letters Decades and Decades IV "Ritter, Howard " 2015 9 6 Letters Decades and Decades V "Lewis, Greg" 2015 9 6 Letters Decades and Decades VI "Black, Larry" 2015 9 7 Letters Decades and Decades VII "Hirshfeld, Alan" 2015 9 7 Letters Decades and Decades VIII "Kilburn, Kevin" 2015 9 7 Letters Decades and Decades IX Migliorini 2015 9 7 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 9 10 News Notes Solar System: Pluto's Perplexing Moons "McGovern, Anne" 2015 9 10 News Notes Stellar: Helping Hand for Wolf-Rayet Stars? "McGovern, Anne" 2015 9 11 News Notes Dark Matter: Mapping the (Not-So-) Invisible "Young, Monica" 2015 9 12 News Notes In Brief: New Ultra-Deep Star Catalog "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 9 12 News Notes In Brief: Microwave Ovens Spark Radio Signals "Hall, Shannon" 2015 9 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Super-Earth Volcanoes?... "Poore, Emily" 2015 9 12 News Notes Exoplanets: …and Hot Jupiters: Cloudy or Clear? "Young, Monica" 2015 9 14 News Notes In Brief: Most Luminous Galaxy Discovered "McGovern, Anne" 2015 9 14 News Notes In Brief: M31's Giant Gas Hole "Young, Monica" 2015 9 14 News Notes "Supernovae: Type Ia, Two Ways" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 9 14 News Notes Stellar: Migrating Stars in 47 Tucane "McGovern, Anne" 2015 9 17 Feature How Galaxies Grow "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 9 26 Feature September's Total Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 9 30 Feature Earth's Come & Go Moons "Dorminey, Bruce" 2015 9 34 Feature The Case of the Missing M102 "Covington, Michael A." 2015 9 41 In This Section Spiral Galaxy M101 2015 9 42 Sky at a Glance September 2015 Sky at a Glance 2015 9 43 Binocular Highlight A Cygnus Double Delight "Seronik, Gary" 2015 9 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 9 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Stars for a Moonlit Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 9 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Flames at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 9 48 Celestial Calendar It's Uranus-Neptune Season "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 9 50 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 9 51 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Aldebaran "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 9 52 Exploring the Solar System The Ashen Light Redivivus "Sheehan, William" "Brasch, Klaus" 2015 9 55 Deep-Sky Wonders A Serpent's Tale "French, Sue" 2015 9 58 Feature Cygnus in the City "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2015 9 62 S&T Test Report Lunt Engineering 100 mm ED APO Binoculars "Walker, Sean" 2015 9 64 Quick Look Tele Vue's New DeLite Eypieces "di Cicco, Dennis" 2015 9 66 New Product Showcase iOptron iPano 2015 9 66 New Product Showcase "Farpoint ""D"" Series Dovetail Camera Mount Quick Release Adapter" 2015 9 66 New Product Showcase Starlight Instruments FSQ Focuser 2015 9 68 Feature Comet Freeze "Jensen, Tim" 2015 9 72 Telescope Workshop Stilburn's Hyperbolic Newt "Seronik, Gary" 2015 9 74 Gallery M82 Cigar Galaxy "Van Vleet, Larry" 2015 9 74 Gallery Saturn "Coffelt, Alan" 2015 9 74 Gallery M16 Eagle Nebula "Binns, Chad" 2015 9 76 Gallery Mare Tranquilitatis/Sea of Tranquility Moon "Sackett, Ross" 2015 9 76 Gallery "NGC 6723, NGC 6726, NGC 6727, NGC 6729" "Neyer, Fabian" 2015 9 77 Gallery "Namak Lake, Iran, Milky Way" "Ghohoroodi, Majid" 2015 9 78 Gallery North America Nebula NGC 7000 "Darmody, Pat" 2015 9 78 Gallery Veil Nebula "Haynes, Gordon" 2015 9 84 Focal Point Celestial Connections "Reese, Ronald Lane" 2015 10 4 Spectrum A Super Hubble "Tyson, Peter" 2015 10 6 Letters The Herschel Sprint "Dawson, Paul" 2015 10 6 Letters Moon Over Stonehenge "Reade, Gordon" 2015 10 6 Letters Taking the Measure of Light Pollution I "Guzauskas, Bob" 2015 10 6 Letters Taking the Measure of Light Pollution II "Stewart, Ed" 2015 10 6 Letters Naming Names on the Moon "Redington, Norman Hugh" 2015 10 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 10 10 News Notes Missions: New Horizons Reaches Pluto "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 10 10 News Notes Lunar: Moon's Mysterious Twilight Clouds from Comets "McGovern, Anne" 2015 10 11 News Notes Missions: Lander Philae Phones Home… "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 10 11 News Notes Missions: …and Rosetta Spots Sinkholes in its Comet "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 10 11 News Notes Black Holes: Too Big for Its Britches "Hall, Shannon" 2015 10 12 News Notes Galaxies: Dark Galaxies Suffuse Coma … "Young, Monica" 2015 10 12 News Notes Galaxies: … and Mystery of Dust-Poor Early Galaxies "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 10 14 News Notes Mars: The Glint of Martian Glass "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 10 14 News Notes In Brief: Exoplanet or Illusion? "Poore, Emily" 2015 10 14 News Notes In Brief: Hot Jupiter Stratospheres Explained? "McGovern, Anne" 2015 10 16 Feature The Next Blue Dot "Belikov, Ruslan" "Bendek, Eduardo" 2015 10 24 Feature Making Massive Stars "Young, Monica" 2015 10 32 Feature A Few of My Favorite Things "Forte, Ted" 2015 10 41 In This Section NGC 7006 globular cluster 2015 10 42 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance October 2015 2015 10 43 Binocular Highlight Two Delphinus Variables "Seronik, Gary" 2015 10 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 10 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Legends in Three Directions "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 10 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Climax of Conjunctions "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 10 48 Celestial Calendar The Fickle Draconids "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 10 49 Celestial Calendar A Blue-Sky Occultation "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 10 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 10 51 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 10 52 Exploring the Moon A Corner of Imbrium "Wood, Charles A." 2015 10 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Millions Together "French, Sue" 2015 10 57 Going Deep "Small Globular, Tiny Galaxies" "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2015 10 60 S&T Test Report A Grab&Go Starter Scope Vixen R130Sf Reflector & Porta II Mount "Seronik, Gary" 2015 10 65 Book Review Science vs. Science Christopher M Graney "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2015 10 66 Feature Secrets of Nightscape Photograph "Dyer, Alan" 2015 10 72 Telescope Workshop Meet Leah "Seronik, Gary" 2015 10 74 Gallery Shaula and Lesath Scorpio "Brasch, Klaus" 2015 10 74 Gallery Dumbbell Nebula "Chadha, Jaspal" 2015 10 74 Gallery Dumbbell Nebula "Herrmann, Fred" 2015 10 75 Gallery Omega Centauri NGC 5139 "Astreoud, Jérôme" 2015 10 76 Gallery Lynds Bright Nebula 270 "Crowson, Dan" 2015 10 76 Gallery Green flash "Rufián, Eusebio" 2015 10 77 Gallery NGC 7023 Iris Nebula "Manges, Chuck" 2015 10 78 Gallery NGC 6910 "Fields, Robert" 2015 10 78 Gallery Zodiacal Light "Cupp, Dale" 2015 10 84 Focal Point The Great Watering Hole "Seronik, Gary" 2015 11 4 Spectrum Celestial Balm "Tyson, Peter" 2015 11 6 Letters Coincidental Conjunction "Bruns, Don" 2015 11 6 Letters From Fiction to Fact "Rumstay, Ken" 2015 11 6 Letters Leonov's Near-Fatal Spacecraft "Otavsky, Pavel (Paul)" 2015 11 6 Letters Size of Earth's Umbra "Sales, Tom" 2015 11 8 Letters Astronomical Numbers "Oberberger, Reinhard" 2015 11 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 11 10 News Notes "Missions: Dawn Reveals Ceres' Bright Spots, Haze" "Poore, Emily" 2015 11 10 News Notes "SETI: ""Breakthrough"" Projects Push E.T. Search Forward" "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 11 12 News Notes Galaxies: Gigantic Protgalaxy in the Cosmic Web "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 11 12 News Notes Supernovae: Lonely Explosions Between Galaxies "McGovern, Anne" 2015 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Most Luminous Supernova Yet "Young, Monica" 2015 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Astronomers Spot Five-Star System "McGovern, Anne" 2015 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Aurora on a Dwarf Star "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 11 14 News Notes Exoplanets: Microlensing World Confirmed "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 11 14 News Notes Exoplanets: Earth Cousin Really Earth-like? "Young, Monica" 2015 11 14 News Notes Cosmochemistry: Buckyballs Help Solve Interstellar Mystery "Young, Monica" 2015 11 14 News Notes In Brief: Closest Rocky Exoplanet Discovered "Young, Monica" 2015 11 16 News Notes "Pluto: Dwarf Planet Occults Star in Sagittarius, Teams Head South" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 11 18 Feature Pluto & Charon: The Odd Couple "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 11 22 Feature Superflares "Bobra, Monica" 2015 11 28 Feature The Uneven Double Stars Project "Haas, Sissy" 2015 11 32 New Product Showcase Vixen Optics SSW Ultra Wide Eyepiece series 2015 11 32 New Product Showcase Teeter's Telescopes Dosbonian 16-inch 2015 11 32 New Product Showcase Fornax Mounts LighTrack II 2015 11 34 Telescope Workshop A Highly Evolved 10-inch "Seronik, Gary" 2015 11 37 In This Section NGC 678 NGC 680 2015 11 38 Sky at a Glance Sky at a Glance November 2015 2015 11 39 Binocular Highlight Column #200 "Seronik, Gary" 2015 11 40 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 11 41 Northern Hemisphere's Sky In Praise of Pisces "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 11 42 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Morning Show "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 11 44 Celestial Calendar Taurid Fireball Alert "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 11 45 Celestial Calendar T Cas & Its Partner "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 11 45 Celestial Calendar Full Moon Occults Aldebaran "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 11 45 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 11 45 Celestial Calendar The Coming Mars Apparition "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 11 46 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 11 48 Exploring the Solar System William Dawes' Jupiter "Jakiel, Richard" 2015 11 50 Deep-Sky Wonders Love of Night "French, Sue" 2015 11 53 Going Deep Fresh Eyes "Whitman, Alan" 2015 11 56 S&T Test Report A Highly Portable Astrophotography Combination "di Cicco, Dennis" 2015 11 63 Feature Tips for Terrific Time-Lapses "Dyer, Alan" 2015 11 69 Gallery NGC 1499 the California Nebula "Simon, Kfir" 2015 11 70 Gallery Wolf Moon Ascending "Pappa, Giuseppe" 2015 11 70 Gallery IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula "Grimmer, Chris" 2015 11 76 Focal Point The Last Visual Comet Hunters "Brewington, Howard" 2015 12 4 Spectrum Einstein's Coup "Tyson, Peter" 2015 12 8 Letters Faces on the Moon I "Shackelford, Bill" 2015 12 8 Letters Faces on the Moon II "Mallama, Anthony" 2015 12 8 Letters Sidewalk Déjà Vu "Steier, Sandy" 2015 12 8 Letters Remembering Walter Haas "McLaughlin, Richard" 2015 12 8 Letters Is That Camera Loaded? "Hewish, Marilyn" 2015 12 8 Letters More About Riccioli's Lunar Names "Budd, Lisa" 2015 12 9 Letters Concerns About Green Lasers "Fisher, Dennis" 2015 12 9 Letters Seeing Pluto by Eye "Harrington, Scott" 2015 12 9 Letters "75, 50, & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2015 12 12 News Notes Stellar: Twins Simplify Distance Calcs "Hall, Shannon" 2015 12 12 News Notes Missions: Next Target for New Horizons "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 12 12 News Notes Early Universe: Light Detected from the First Stars? "Young, Monica" 2015 12 14 News Notes Cosmology: Dark Energy Probably Not a Chameleon "Young, Monica" 2015 12 14 News Notes Briefs from the International Astronomical Union's General Assembly "Tafreshi, Babak" 2015 12 16 News Notes In Brief: Brown Dwarfs Form like Stars "Bochanski, John" 2015 12 16 News Notes In Brief: Fade-out for Supernova 1987A "Guerrero, Natalia" 2015 12 16 News Notes In Brief: NuSTAR Reveals Hidden Black Holes "Young, Monica" 2015 12 16 News Notes Black Holes: Teeny Supermassive Beast "Carlisle, Camille M." 2015 12 16 News Notes Mars: Ancient Lake's Salty Marsh "Green, Alex" 2015 12 18 Feature Astronomy & the Future of General Relativity "Ferreira, Pedro G." 2015 12 20 Feature Box: How Gravity Is Just Geometry "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 12 26 Feature Gravitational Waves Hit Prime Time "Schilling, Govert" 2015 12 32 Feature Binocular Holiday "Wedel, Mathew" 2015 12 37 In This Section "Messier 47, Messier 46" 2015 12 38 Sky at a Glance December 2015 Sky At A Glance 2015 12 39 Binocular Highlight Betwixt & Between "Seronik, Gary" 2015 12 40 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2015 12 41 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Zero Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 12 42 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Before Breakfast Club "Schaaf, Fred" 2015 12 44 Celestial Calendar A Moonless Geminid Showers "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 12 45 Celestial Calendar Comet Catalina Glows at Dawn "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 12 46 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons 2015 12 46 Celestial Calendar Moon Occults Venus in a Sunny Blue Sky "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 12 46 Celestial Calendar Morning Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 12 46 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, December 2015" 2015 12 48 Exploring the Moon Humorum in the Eyepiece "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2015 12 50 Deep-Sky Wonders Night's Serenity "French, Sue" 2015 12 54 S&T Test Report Three Bargains for Beginners "Flanders, Tony" 2015 12 60 New Product Showcase iKon XL CCD Camera 2015 12 60 New Product Showcase Explore Scientific carrying cases for telescopes 2015 12 60 New Product Showcase "Breakthrough! Robert Gendler, R. Jay GaBany" 2015 12 62 Telescope Workshop Spring Counterweight "Seronik, Gary" 2015 12 65 Book Review The Next Great Deep-Sky Handbook "MacRobert, Alan" 2015 12 68 Gallery "Carina Nebula, NGC 3522, NGC 3114" "Cirielli, Pablo" 2015 12 70 Gallery Perseid Meteor "Gruber, Dwight" 2015 12 70 Gallery Triangulum Galaxy "Sullivan, Michael" 2015 12 76 Focal Point Aquarius in a Loincloth "Gurshtein, Alex" 2016 1 4 Spectrum 75 Years Young "Tyson, Peter" 2016 1 8 Letters Hubble's Anniversaries I "Zimmerman, Nathan" 2016 1 8 Letters Hubble's Anniversaries II "Lacomb, François" 2016 1 8 Letters Bad Seeing? Add Cooling Fans! "Sullivan, Michael" 2016 1 8 Letters Observatories in Crisis "Sales, Tom" 2016 1 10 Letters Confusing Star Designations "Patterson, Dale" 2016 1 10 Letters Poodle in the Moon "Harrington, Sheila" 2016 1 10 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 1 12 News Notes Pluto: Close-up of a Binary Dwarf Planet "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 1 14 News Notes Red Planet: Waterlogged Salts on Mars "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 1 14 News Notes In Brief: New Mid-size Black Hole "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 1 14 News Notes "In Brief: Brightest Galaxies Powered by Stars, Not Mergers" "Young, Monica" 2016 1 16 News Notes Comets: Churyumov-Gerasimenko Began as Two Comets "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 1 16 News Notes Black Holes: New Evidence for Binary Quasar "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 1 18 News Notes Sun: Resonant Waves Might Heat Corona "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 1 18 News Notes Stellar: White Dwarfs with Hiccups "Guerrero, Natalia" 2016 1 18 News Notes Missions: India Launches First Astronomy Satellite "Dickinson, David" 2016 1 20 Cosmic Relief No Need to Feel Lonely "Grinspoon, David" 2016 1 22 Feature Get Ready for America's Coast-to-Coast Eclipse "Espenak, Fred" "Anderson, Jay" 2016 1 29 Feature Wanted: 90 Minutes of Totality "Penn, Matt" 2016 1 32 Feature Hot Products for 2016 2016 1 41 In This Section IC 1805 Cassiopeia 2016 1 42 Sky at a Glance January 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 1 43 Binocular Highlight A Stellar Cascade "Seronik, Gary" 2016 1 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac 2016 1 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Many Bright Beginnings "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 1 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" New Year's Celebration "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 1 48 Celestial Calendar Quads to Come Out of Hiding "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 1 49 Celestial Calendar An Easy Aldebaran Occultation "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 1 50 Celestial Calendar Daily Jupiter Sights "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 1 51 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 1 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, January 2016" "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 1 52 Exploring the Solar System The Dawn of Global Planet Watches "Brasch, Klaus" 2016 1 55 Deep-Sky Wonders The River "French, Sue" 2016 1 58 Going Deep The Definitive Barred Spiral -- NGC 1365 "Banich, Howard" 2016 1 63 Feature Monsters in the Dark "Jakiel, Richard" 2016 1 68 Feature The Tale of the Brashear Time Capsule "Paslow, Al" 2016 1 72 Telescope Workshop Telescope Making Then and Now "Seronik, Gary" 2016 1 74 Gallery Deer Lick Group "McGaffney, Brian" 2016 1 74 Gallery Lunar Eclipse over Joshua Tree "Acalin, Pauline" 2016 1 75 Gallery "NGC 1977, 1975, 1973 Orion Nebula Running Man Nebula" "Manges, Chuck" 2016 1 76 Gallery Lunar Eclipse triptych "Rollwagen, Christoph" 2016 1 76 Gallery "NGC 2264, Cone Christmas Tree Nebulae" "González, César Blanco" 2016 1 84 Focal Point Night Fright "Flanders, Tony" 2016 2 4 Spectrum Hitch Your Wagon to the Galaxy "Tyson, Peter" 2016 2 6 Letters The Analemma from Antarctica "Golemis, Adrianos" 2016 2 6 Letters "Information, Please!" "Hostettler, Ed" 2016 2 6 Letters Saving America's Observatories I "Innes, Robert" 2016 2 6 Letters Saving America's Observatories II "Gallagher, Michael Aaron" 2016 2 6 Letters Saving America's Observatories III "Fullerton, James J." 2016 2 8 Letters The Eyes Have It "Dickinson, David" 2016 2 8 Letters Messier's Missing Object(s) "Lashbrook, Lloyd" 2016 2 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 2 10 News Notes Black Holes: How Flares Happen "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 2 10 News Notes Stellar: Magnetic Fields Weaken Stars' Inner Sloshing "Young, Monica" 2016 2 11 News Notes Pluto: Cryogenic Volcanoes Found on Dwarf Planet? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 2 11 News Notes Briefs from the Division for Planetary Sciences "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 2 12 News Notes Stellar: Dusty Mystery Around AU Microscopii "Hall, Shannon" 2016 2 12 News Notes In Brief: Closest Star-shredding Black Hole "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 2 12 News Notes In Brief: Expoplanet Leader Resigns in Sexual Harassment Scandal "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 2 14 News Notes "Stellar: White Dwarf Eats Rock, Another Star Might Have Destroyed Comet" "Carlisle, Camille M." "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Small Galaxies Helped Light Universe "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Planets Hiding Around HL Tauri "Young, Monica" 2016 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Giant Scope Reopens Eye "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 2 16 Feature Into the Heart of the Milky Way "Haggard, Daryl" "Bower, Geoffrey C." 2016 2 24 Feature The Astrolabe: Astronomy's First Hot App "Watson, Bruce" 2016 2 28 Feature A Trip to the Northern Frontier "Gottlieb, Steve" 2016 2 34 Telescope Workshop A Finely Finished 14-inch "Seronik, Gary" 2016 2 37 In This Section Star Trails at Acadia National Park "Gray, Jeremy P." 2016 2 38 Sky at a Glance February 2016 Sky at a Glance 2016 2 39 Binocular Highlight Clusters Aplenty in Auriga "Seronik, Gary" 2016 2 40 Planetary Almanac February 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 2 41 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Thousand Stars "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 2 42 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Jupiter Blazes in the Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 2 44 Celestial Calendar Redder Stars in Orion "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 2 46 Celestial Calendar Hyades and Aldebaran Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 2 47 Celestial Calendar Daily Jupiter Sights for February "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 2 47 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, February 2016" "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 2 48 Exploring the Moon A New Angle on Crisium "Wood, Charles A." 2016 2 50 Deep-Sky Wonders "Lepus, A Hare-Raising Tale" "French, Sue" 2016 2 53 Going Deep Hunting Beneath the Dog "Jakiel, Richard" 2016 2 56 S&T Test Report Nikon's Astro Camera "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2016 2 62 New Product Showcase Astro-Physics Quad Telecompressor Corrector 2016 2 62 New Product Showcase "Third Planet Optics 16"" Ritchey-Chrétien Truss Tube OTA" 2016 2 62 New Product Showcase Denkmeier L-O-A 21 eyepiece set 2016 2 64 Book Review A Fresh Approach "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2016 2 66 Gallery Comet Catalina C/2013 US10 "Chambó, José J." 2016 2 66 Gallery Flame and Horse Nebula "Simon, Kfir" 2016 2 67 Gallery "International Space Station, AR 12403 sunspot" "Gauer, Scott" 2016 2 67 Gallery Orion Nebula "Gardner, Jerry" 2016 2 68 Gallery NGC 4725 "Peterson, Brian" 2016 2 68 Gallery "Orion's Belt, Orion Nebula" "Dai, Jeff" 2016 2 68 Gallery Venus "Schrantz, Rick" 2016 2 69 Gallery Abell 43 "Van Vleet, Larry" 2016 2 76 Focal Point Saturn Changes You "Regas, Dean" 2016 3 4 Spectrum Escape to the Stars "Tyson, Peter" 2016 3 6 Letters First-Time Eyepiece Views I "O'Shea, Michael" "Dadwal, Viva" 2016 3 6 Letters First-Time Eyepiece Views II "Duchek, John" 2016 3 6 Letters No So Solitary After All "Baughman, Jim" 2016 3 8 Letters Catalog Quirks "Prescher, Tom" 2016 3 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 3 10 News Notes Mars: Red Planet Losing Gas to Solar Wind's Onslaught "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 3 11 News Notes Solar System: Most Distant Object Found "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 3 11 News Notes Mars: Phobos: Future Ring Around the Red Planet? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 3 11 News Notes In Brief: Dwarf Galaxies Discovered "Young, Monica" 2016 3 11 News Notes In Brief: Extragalactic Gamma Rays "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 3 12 News Notes Galaxies: Astronomers Take M87's Pulse "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 3 12 News Notes Milky Way: Young Stars in an Old Bulge "Young, Monica" 2016 3 14 News Notes Missions: LISA Pathfinder Heads to Space "Dickinson, David" 2016 3 14 News Notes Exoplanets: Watching Young Worlds Grow "Young, Monica" 2016 3 14 News Notes Stellar: Massive Star Forms from Disk "Young, Monica" 2016 3 16 Cosmic Relief Could It Be? "Grinspoon, David" 2016 3 18 Feature The Not-So-Great Red Spot "Simon, Amy A." 2016 3 22 Feature Telescope Operators "Kornei, Katherine" 2016 3 28 Feature The Spiral Arms of Spring "Whitman, Alan" 2016 3 34 Feature Lowell's Great Refractor Made New "Brasch, Klaus" "Nye, Ralph" 2016 3 38 New Product Showcase Stellarvue Optimus Eyepieces 2016 3 38 New Product Showcase ZW Optical Cooled Cameras 2016 3 38 New Product Showcase "Building a Roll-Off Roof or Dome Observatory, by John Stephen Hicks" 2016 3 41 In This Section M81 2016 3 42 Sky at a Glance March 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 3 43 Binocular Highlight A Marathon Bino Session "Seronik, Gary" 2016 3 44 Planetary Almanac March 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 3 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Power of Two "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 3 46 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" "Jove at Best, with Followers" "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 3 48 Celestial Calendar What's to See on Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 3 50 Celestial Calendar Daily Jupiter Events "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 3 50 Celestial Calendar Indonesian Solar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 3 50 Celestial Calendar Penumbral Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 3 51 Celestial Calendar Sirius B Nears Its Maximum Separation "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 3 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, March 2016" "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 3 52 Exploring the Solar System Spotting Super-Thin Moons "Fleming, Tom" 2016 3 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Isles of Light "French, Sue" 2016 3 57 Going Deep Galaxies in the Beehive "Forte, Ted" 2016 3 60 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher's Fast Astrograph "Dyer, Alan" 2016 3 64 Telescope Workshop A 20-inch Dream Scope "Seronik, Gary" 2016 3 66 Feature Electronic Eyes "Macchioni, Curtis Vincent" 2016 3 73 Gallery Sirius "Parker, Greg" 2016 3 73 Gallery "Aurora, Taurid Meteor" "Skinner, Matt" 2016 3 74 Gallery Milky Way "Reynolds, Shaun" 2016 3 76 Gallery Rosette Nebula "Simon, Kfir" 2016 3 76 Gallery Rosette Nebula "Dahl, Matt" 2016 3 76 Gallery NGC 869 & NGC 884 in Perseus "Chadha, Jaspal" 2016 3 84 Focal Point The Importance of Awe "Sheehan, William" 2016 4 4 Spectrum An Ethos of Largesse "Tyson, Peter" 2016 4 6 Letters Astronomy from the Moon "Ridolfo, Frank" 2016 4 6 Letters It's All Relative I "Stanton, Richard" 2016 4 6 Letters It's All Relative II "Kitzman, Irene" 2016 4 6 Letters "A ""Quiet"" Superflaring Star" "Weaver, Wm. Bruce" 2016 4 8 Letters Promoting Amateur Spectroscopy "de Bruin, Arnold" 2016 4 8 Letters Brashear Telescope Today "Colarco, Rich" 2016 4 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 4 10 News Notes Stellar: Runaways' Telltale Shocks "Hall, Shannon" 2016 4 10 News Notes Missions: China's Dark Matter Probe in Orbit "Dickinson, David" 2016 4 10 News Notes Black Holes: Magnetic Fields Near the Event Horizon "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 4 11 News Notes Missions: Japan's Akatsuki Finally Reaches Venus "Dickinson, David" 2016 4 12 News Notes Galaxies: Aussie Amateur Finds Dwarf "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 4 12 News Notes Stellar: Two Types of Binary "Hall, Shannon" 2016 4 12 News Notes In Brief: InSight Launch Postponed Until 2018 "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 4 12 News Notes In Brief: Astronomers Predict a Superova "Young, Monica" 2016 4 13 News Notes Exoplanets: Kepler's Giant Candidates: Real or Not? "Young, Monica" 2016 4 13 News Notes In Brief: Exiled Exoplanet "Young, Monica" 2016 4 13 News Notes In Brief: Hubble Peers into Exoplanet Clouds "Young, Monica" 2016 4 14 News Notes Space & Society: IAU Names Stars and Planets "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 4 14 News Notes "Milky Way: Charting 70,000 Stars' Age" "Young, Monica" 2016 4 14 News Notes Space & Society: NASA's Budget Boost "Dickinson, David" 2016 4 16 Feature Our Two-Faced Moon "Spudis, Paul D." 2016 4 22 Feature Mapping the Universe's Ancient Sound Waves "Eisenstein, Daniel" 2016 4 28 Feature "Big Fish, Small Tackle" "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 4 34 Feature Star Parties in the 21st Century "Mollise, Rod" 2016 4 41 In This Section NGC 602 2016 4 42 Sky at a Glance April 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 4 44 Binocular Highlight M46 & M47 in Puppis` "Seronik, Gary" 2016 4 45 Planetary Almanac April 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 4 46 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Secret Flame "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 4 46 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Four Fine Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 4 48 Celestial Calendar "At Last, a Fine Mars Apparition" "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 4 50 Celestial Calendar Crescent Moon Occults Aldebaran "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 4 50 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 206 4 51 Celestial Calendar Daily Events at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 4 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, April 2016" "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 4 52 Exploring the Moon A Topographic Excursion "Wood, Charles A." 2016 4 54 Deep-Sky Wonders A Starry Sickle "French, Sue" 2016 4 57 Book Review More Than Pretty Pictures "Young, Monica" 2016 4 58 S&T Test Report An Imaging Ensemble from Starlight Express "Horne, Johnny" 2016 4 62 New Product Showcase iOptron PoleMaster 2016 4 62 New Product Showcase Universe2go personal planetarium 2016 4 62 New Product Showcase Orion StarSeeker IV 150mm GoTo Mak-Cas 2016 4 64 Telescope Workshop Oltion's Equatorial Platform "Seronik, Gary" 2016 4 66 Feature Choosing a Camera for Astrophotography "Wright, Richard S., Jr." 2016 4 72 Gallery M78 "Manges, Chuck" 2016 4 72 Gallery "M103, Delta Cas" "Crowson, Dan" 2016 4 73 Gallery NGC 1333 "Waddington, Bruce" 2016 4 73 Gallery Venus occultation by Moon "Hodge, John Adams" 2016 4 74 Gallery Comet Catalina C/2013 US10 "Rhemann, Gerald" 2016 4 74 Gallery Cave Nebula "Brecher, Ron" 2016 4 75 Gallery Flaming Star Nebula IC 405 "Macatee, Van" 2016 4 75 Gallery NGC 1530 "Gorenstein, Ian" 2016 4 76 Gallery Orion over Lake Michigan "Ensink, John" 2016 4 84 Focal Point Pluto is Not the End "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2016 5 4 Spectrum "Goodbye, Hello" "Tyson, Peter" 2016 5 6 Letters General Relativity 101 "Sales, Tom" 2016 5 6 Letters Double-Duty Stars "Jacobson, Dick" 2016 5 6 Letters Modern-Day Astrolabes "Paquette, Pierre" 2016 5 6 Letters "The ""Power"" of Saturn" "Minarich, Gary" 2016 5 6 Letters Fear of the Night "Gottschalk, Keith" 2016 5 8 Letters The Spirit is Willing "Boucek, John" 2016 5 8 Letters More Priase for John Brashear "Rusho, John F." 2016 5 8 Letters Star Trails: A Long Story "Adams, Ron" 2016 5 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 5 10 News Notes "Physics: Gravitational Waves Detected, Discovery Heralds New Era of Astronomy" "Naeye, Robert" 2016 5 11 News Notes Solar System: Is There a Ninth Planet? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 5 11 News Notes In Brief: Hunting for Planets Around Proxima Centauri "Dickinson, David" 2016 5 12 News Notes Mars: Gullies Triggered by Dry Ice? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 5 12 News Notes Milky Way: Galactic Hit-and-Run "Hall, Shannon" 2016 5 12 News Notes In Brief: Limit on Black Hole Gluttony "Zeyher, Allen" 2016 5 14 News Notes "Stellar: Spotting ""Twins"" of Eta Carinae" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 5 14 News Notes Black Holes: The Disappearing Quasar "Young, Monica" 2016 5 16 Cosmic Relief Our Year in Space "Grinspoon, David" 2016 5 18 Feature Two Cool Galaxies "Banich, Howard" 2016 5 24 Feature "Our Surprisingly Ancient ""Greek"" Constellations" "Crossen, Craig" 2016 5 30 Feature Untwinkling the Stars "Hall, Shannon" 2016 5 38 Feature Anomalous Appearances "Dobbins, Thomas" 2016 5 41 In This Section Curiosity Rover 2016 5 42 Sky at a Glance May 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 5 43 Binocular Highlight Two in the Dipper's Handle "Seronik, Gary" 2016 5 44 Planetary Almanac May 2016 Planetary Alamanac 2016 5 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Tale of All Tails "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 5 46 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Mars Comes Close "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 5 48 Celestial Calendar The May 9th Tranist of Mercury "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 5 50 Celestial Calendar Daily Jupiter Events "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 5 51 Celestial Calendar May Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 5 51 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 5 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, May 2016" "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 5 52 Exploring the Solar System Let's Shoot the Moon! "Jakiel, Richard" 2016 5 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Get a Leg Up on Ursa Major "French, Sue" 2016 5 58 S&T Test Report Meade's 10-inch LX600-ACF Telescope "di Cicco, Dennis" 2016 5 62 New Product Showcase Orion 60mm Multi-Use Guide Scope 2016 5 62 New Product Showcase SkySafari 5 2016 5 62 New Product Showcase Atik Infinity 2016 5 64 Telescope Workshop Look-Back Time "Seronik, Gary" 2016 5 66 Feature Targeting Luna "Reeves, Robert" 2016 5 73 Gallery Planet Parade "Lok, Gradient" 2016 5 74 Gallery "Sun & Moon September 27, 2016" "Pace, Guilia" "Meniero, Marco" 2016 5 74 Gallery vdB 142 Elephant's Trunk "Mittelman, David" 2016 5 76 Gallery IC 410 "Vermette, John" 2016 5 76 Gallery AR 12132 "Aerts, Leo" 2016 5 86 Focal Point Highway to Heaven "Bryant, Greg" 2016 6 4 Spectrum Astro Tourism "Tyson, Peter" 2016 6 6 Letters Fond Telescope Memories "Rybak, Paul" 2016 6 6 Letters Did Cassini See the Great Red Spot? "Chapman, Clark R." 2016 6 8 Letters The Inconstant (Carbon) stars "Whiting, Alan" 2016 6 8 Letters "The ""Draw"" of Saturn" "Pitsker, Bill" 2016 6 8 Letters The Case for M103 "Covington, Michael A." 2016 6 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 6 10 News Notes Pluto: Floating Hills of Nitrogen "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 6 10 News Notes Supernovae: Brightest Supernova Baffles Astronomers "Young, Monica" 2016 6 11 News Notes Milky Way: Giant Cloud's Gas Native to Our Galaxy "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 6 11 News Notes In Brief: Booster Impact Site Found on Moon "Dickinson, David" 2016 6 11 News Notes "In Brief: Hubble Sheds Light on ""Diamond Planet""" "Young, Monica" 2016 6 11 News Notes In Brief: AAS Adopts WorldWide Telescope "Young, Monica" 2016 6 11 News Notes In Brief: Mirror Done for Hubble's Successor "Dickinson, David" 2016 6 12 News Notes Missions: New X-ray Observatory Launches "Dickinson, David" 2016 6 12 News Notes Missions: WFIRST: Next Decade's Space Telescope "Dickinson, David" 2016 6 12 News Notes In Brief: Solar System Stamps "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 6 12 News Notes In Brief: Repeating Radio Signal from Space "Hall, Shannon" 2016 6 14 News Notes Stellar: Stars Form in Turbulent Times "Hall, Shannon" 2016 6 14 News Notes Stellar: Old Stars' Fossil Fields "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 6 14 News Notes Cosmology: Galaxies Hide Behind the Milky Way "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 6 16 Feature Dancing with Planets "Sheppard, Scott S." 2016 6 22 Feature Is Red Light Really Best? "Dick, Robert" 2016 6 26 Feature The Elusive B Cassiopeiae "Tosteson, David" 2016 6 32 Feature "Leo by Night, Lions by Day" "Howes, Nick" 2016 6 36 Feature The Nebula War "Hirshfeld, Alan" 2016 6 41 In This Section Pleiades Zoran Novak 2016 6 42 Sky at a Glance June 2016 Sky at a Glance 2016 6 43 Binocular Highlight A Starry Shoe "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 6 44 Planetary Almanac June 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 6 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky The Seal of the Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 6 46 "Sun, Moon, and Planets" Three Planet Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 6 48 Celestial Calendar Hunt the Moons of Mars "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 6 49 Celestial Calendar Saturn at Opposition "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 6 51 Celestial Calendar June's Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 6 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, June 2016" "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 6 52 Exploring the Moon The ABCs of Lunar Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2016 6 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Thistledown "French, Sue" 2016 6 57 Going Deep An Unexpected Bloom "Banich, Howard" 2016 6 60 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher's Dual-Purpose Mount "Dyer, Alan" 2016 6 66 New Product Showcase Stellarvue SV70T apochromatic refractor 2016 6 66 New Product Showcase Revolution Imager 2016 6 66 New Product Showcase Celestial Teapot Designs Messier Observer's Planisphere 2016 6 68 Astronomer's Workbench Why Do It Yourself? "Oltion, Jerry" 2016 6 70 Book Review Representing the Universe "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2016 6 73 Gallery M8 Lagoon Nebula Sketch "Pugnaire, Miguel Ángel" 2016 6 73 Gallery "Jupiter, Mars, Venus Sketch" "Deconinck, Michel" 2016 6 73 Gallery "Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus & Arzachel Sketch" "Prokop, Bob" 2016 6 74 Gallery Solar Prominences "Krach, Cindy" 2016 6 74 Gallery Gassendi & Rimae Mersenius "Krach, Cindy" 2016 6 74 Gallery Moon & Five Planets "Krach, Cindy" 2016 6 74 Gallery Shickard to Fourier "Krach, Cindy" 2016 6 75 Gallery M42 "Massey, Alexander" 2016 6 75 Gallery Veil Nebula "Massey, Alexander" 2016 6 75 Gallery Veil Nebula "Massey, Alexander" 2016 6 75 Gallery Rima Hyginus "Massey, Alexander" 2016 6 75 Gallery Maginus "Massey, Alexander" 2016 6 76 Gallery M35 Open Cluster "Rennie, Doug" 2016 6 76 Gallery Albategnius "McCague, Thomas" 2016 6 76 Gallery Pleiades M45 "Herman, Kimberly" 2016 6 76 Gallery Comet Ikeya-Seki (C/1965 S1) "Watts, Donald W." 2016 6 76 Gallery Mersenius "Baron, Randolph" 2016 6 84 Focal Point Getting Humans to Mars "Bell, Jim" 2016 7 4 Spectrum To the Unknowable "Tyson, Peter" 2016 7 6 Letters An Equinox Sighting "Winchester, William" 2016 7 6 Letters Grasping Galactic Distances "Pettai, Raul" 2016 7 6 Letters The Wrath of Juno "Echaguë, Eduardo Vila" 2016 7 6 Letters Remembering Marc Aaronson "Willner, Steve" 2016 7 6 Letters Rekindling the Awe "Wilds, Richard P." 2016 7 8 Letters Construction Zone Ahead "Cobb, Brian" 2016 7 8 Letters Undersampled Exposures "Rafferty, Ted" 2016 7 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 7 10 News Notes Solar System: Impact on Jupiter? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 7 10 News Notes Missions: European-Russian ExoMars Heads to Red Planet "Dickinson, David" 2016 7 11 News Notes Missions: Kepler Spacecraft Recovered -- Again "Young, Monica" 2016 7 11 News Notes "Explanets: Hot Days, Hotter Nights on 55 Cancri e" "Young, Monica" 2016 7 11 News Notes "Missions: Hitomi Crippled, Debris Seen" "Dickinson, David" 2016 7 12 News Notes Galaxies: Rare Super Spirals Discovered "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 7 12 News Notes In Brief: Navy Resumes Celestial Navigation "Dickinson, David" 2016 7 12 News Notes In Brief: Hubble Finds Most Distant Galaxy Yet "Young, Monica" 2016 7 12 News Notes In Brief: Planet in the Hyades "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 7 12 News Notes Tech: Flood Threatens Photographic Plates "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 7 12 News Notes Milky Way: Stellar Shell in Galaxy's Halo "Young, Monica" 2016 7 12 News Notes "Black Holes: Spin Gauged, Duo Confirmed" "Zeyher, Allen" 2016 7 16 Cosmic Relief The Golden Spike of Tranquility Base "Grinspoon, David" 2016 7 18 Feature Revealing Jupiter's Inner Secrets "Bagenal, Fran" 2016 7 24 Feature The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts "Hall, Shannon" 2016 7 30 Feature "Cold, Dark, Deep" "Wilds, Richard P." 2016 7 36 Feature A Forgotten Observing Classic "Mullaney, James" 2016 7 38 New Product Showcase iOptron AZ Mount Pro 2016 7 38 New Product Showcase QHYCCD PoleMaster 2016 7 38 New Product Showcase SBIG STXL-16200 Camera 2016 7 41 In This Section Barnard 72 "Rista, Jon" 2016 7 42 Sky at a Glance July 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 7 43 Binocular Highlight The False Albireo "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 7 44 Planetary Almanac July 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 7 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Sailing a Starry River "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 7 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Full House "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 7 48 Celestial Calendar Pluto Has the Last Laugh "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 7 50 Celestial Calendar July Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 7 51 Celestial Calendar The Nova Ophiuchi Watch "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 7 51 Celestial Calendar Aldebaran Occultation "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 7 52 Exploring the Solar System Filters for Enhancing the Planets "Dobbins, Thomas" 2016 7 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Starry Swarms "French, Sue" 2016 7 59 Going Deep A Herculean Challenge "Gottlieb, Steve" 2016 7 62 S&T Test Report Astro-Tech's 14-inch f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien Telescope "di Cicco, Dennis" 2016 7 66 Feature Combining Photos with DeepSkyStacker "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2016 7 72 Astronomer's Workbench Variations in Red "Oltion, Jerry" 2016 7 74 Gallery Carina Nebula NGC 3372 "Duczmal, Luc" "Chadha, Jaspal" 2016 7 75 Gallery Jupiter "Pace, Alexei" 2016 7 75 Gallery Meteor over Joshua Tree "Donajkowski, Trisha" 2016 7 76 Gallery Leo 1 UGC 5470 "Ruppel, Gregg" 2016 7 76 Gallery IC 4603 "Simon, Kfir" 2016 7 84 Focal Point Making It Special "Orion, Eden" 2016 8 4 Spectrum Taking Up the Gauntlet "Tyson, Peter" 2016 8 6 Letters George Carruthers' Lunar Scope "DeVorkin, David" 2016 8 6 Letters Funding Human Space Travel "Finkler, Earl" 2016 8 6 Letters Finding Peace in the Stars "Maitain, Alessandro" 2016 8 8 Letters In Praise of Star Parties I "Bookout, Bruce" "Bidlack, Hal" 2016 8 8 Letters In Praise of Star Parties II "Veretto, Fred" 2016 8 8 Letters In Praise of Star Parties III "Probst, Bert" 2016 8 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 8 10 News Notes Supernovae: Long-Ago Blasts Littered Earth "Hall, Shannon" 2016 8 10 News Notes Missions: Hitomi Rescue Called Off "Dickinson, David" 2016 8 11 News Notes Solar System: A Moon for Kuiper Belt's Makemake "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 8 11 News Notes Galactic: Milky Way's New Neighbor "Bochanski, John" 2016 8 12 News Notes Galactic: Distant Dwarf Discovered with ALMA "Young, Monica" 2016 8 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Nearby Earth-size Planets "Young, Monica" 2016 8 12 News Notes Science & Society: $100M for Probes to Alpha Centauri "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 8 14 News Notes In Brief: Did Fermi Detect LIGO's Merging Black Holes? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 8 14 News Notes In Brief: Big Bird Neutrino Came from Blazar? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 8 14 News Notes Solar System: Saturn Moons Could Be Young "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 8 14 News Notes Missions: Russian Space Observatory Launches "Dickinson, David" 2016 8 16 Feature A Million Stars "Skuse, Benjamin" 2016 8 22 Feature Meet the Minkowskis "Forte, Ted" 2016 8 28 Feature Visual Filters for Deep-Sky Observing "Mollise, Rod" 2016 8 32 Feature A Do-It-Yourself Relativity Test "Bruns, Donald" 2016 8 36 Feature The Great American Eclipse of the 19th Century "Sheehan, William" 2016 8 41 In This Section Rimae Archimedes and Palus Putredinis "Quandt, Chad" 2016 8 42 Sky at a Glance August 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 8 43 Binocular Highlight Lasso the Lizard "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 8 44 Planetary Almanac August 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 8 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Summertide Sailing "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 8 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" August's Double Convergences "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 8 48 Celestial Calendar Perseids to Get a Jupiter Boost? "Rao, Joe" 2016 8 50 Celestial Calendar Resolve a Star's Disk Naked Eye! "Dunham, David" 2016 8 52 Exploring the Moon Twin Basins with a Twist "Wood, Charles A." 2016 8 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Scutum's Gems "French, Sue" 2016 8 58 S&T Test Report Space-Walking with the Meade WMAs "Mollise, Rod" 2016 8 62 New Product Showcase Canadian Telescopes NexDome Observatory 2016 8 62 New Product Showcase Takahashi FSQ-130ED astrograph 2016 8 62 New Product Showcase SBIG STX Guider 2016 8 63 New Product Showcase Stars: A Family Guide to the Night Sky 2016 8 63 New Product Showcase Orion Sirius Pro AZ/EQ-G Computerized Go To Telescope Mount 2016 8 63 New Product Showcase DayStar Filters Combo Quark 2016 8 64 Astronomer's Workbench The Future is Fast "Oltion, Jerry" 2016 8 66 Feature Processing with PixInsight "Brecher, Ron" 2016 8 72 Book Review "Big Science, Small Science" "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2016 8 73 Gallery March 9 2016 Corona "Strickling, Wolfgang" 2016 8 74 Gallery Baily's Beads March 9 2016 "Chen, Li-Chun" 2016 8 74 Gallery Mount Rainier "Dieterich, Matthew" 2016 8 75 Gallery Sharpless 2-170 "Peterson, Brian" 2016 8 75 Gallery Prominence during eclipse "Weng, Han-Chang" 2016 8 76 Gallery AR 2925 "Talafha, Mohammad" 2016 8 76 Gallery NGC 6541 "Soames, Brett" "Brecher, Ron" 2016 8 77 Gallery Eclipse over Ternate "Tafreshi, Babak" 2016 8 77 Gallery Solor Corona March 9 2016 "Semenov, Mikhail" "Oleshko, Andrey" "Yuferev, Aleksandr" 2016 8 84 Focal Point The Go To War "Mollise, Rod" 2016 9 4 Spectrum Beating Down Uncertainties "Tyson, Peter" 2016 9 6 Letters Free Telescope Draws a Crowd "Gjerde, Helen" 2016 9 6 Letters "Grubb's ""Twin Equatorials""" "Kilburn, Kevin" 2016 9 6 Letters Shout-out for Sketching "Krach, Cindy L." 2016 9 6 Letters Our Same-Faced Moon "Brescia, Keith" 2016 9 7 Letters Fifty Shades of Green "Ridolfo, Frank" 2016 9 7 Letters Hydrogen in the Trifid "Venable, Roger" 2016 9 7 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 9 8 News Notes "Exoplanets: 1,284 Added to Kepler's Confirmed Tally" "Young, Monica" 2016 9 8 News Notes Supernovae: Brightest Explosion Resurges "Young, Monica" 2016 9 9 News Notes Pro-Am: Astro-imagers Get Ready for Juno "Pellier, Christophe" 2016 9 9 News Notes Exoplanets: 5th Planet "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 9 9 News Notes In Brief: ExoMars Rover Delayed Until 2020 "Dickinson, David" 2016 9 9 News Notes Light Echoes Map Planet-forming Disk "Young, Monica" 2016 9 10 News Notes Cosmic Structure: Protocluster Spotted "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 9 10 News Notes Milky Way: Halo Weight "Young, Monica" 2016 9 10 News Notes Kuiper Belt: Dwarf Planet 2007 Or10: Big & Dark "Zeyher, Allen" 2016 9 12 Cosmic Relief Ten Years Over Mars "Grinspoon, David" 2016 9 14 Feature "Astronomy & Big, Big Data" "Tyson, Peter" 2016 9 22 Feature Observing Through a Truly Large Telescope "Naeye, Robert" 2016 9 30 Feature Find Your Dawes Limit "Kane, Phillip" 2016 9 35 Feature Strong Prospects for Weak Lensing "Schilling, Govert" 2016 9 41 In This Section Mount Wilson Observatory 2016 9 42 Sky at a Glance September 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 9 43 Binocular Highlight City of a Million Stars "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 9 44 Planetary Almanac September 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 9 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky "Shoreless Seas, Stars Uncounted" "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 9 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Parting Ways 2016 9 48 Celestial Calendar Map Asteroid Shapes by Video "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 9 52 Exploring the Solar System Uranus Ascending "Bailey, Kevin" 2016 9 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Lonely Hearts of Summer "French, Sue" 2016 9 58 S&T Test Report Nightscapes with iOptron's iPANO "Dyer, Alan" 2016 9 64 New Product Showcase Cosmo Laser 2016 9 64 New Product Showcase "Orion FunScope Astro Dazzle 4.5"" Reflector Telescope" 2016 9 64 New Product Showcase Astronomy Glassware 2016 9 66 Astronomer's Workbench Contemplating Collimators "Oltion, Jerry" 2016 9 68 Feature Planetary Processing with Autostakkert!2 "Kraaikamp, Emil" 2016 9 73 Gallery NGC 6820 "Johnson, Jeffrey O." 2016 9 73 Gallery Transit of Mercury "Dill, Dan" 2016 9 74 Gallery NGC 7000 North America Nebula "de Nigris, Michael" 2016 9 74 Gallery NGC 210 "Harrison, Tom" 2016 9 75 Gallery NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula "Boren, Harel" "Demetz, Lukas" 2016 9 75 Gallery Mercury Black Drop Effect "Vandebergh, Ralf" 2016 9 76 Gallery Mercury Transit Ca-K "Eskildsen, Howard" 2016 9 76 Gallery M101 Pinwheel Galaxy "Vermette, John" 2016 9 76 Gallery M81 Bode's Galaxy Fera Bob Fera Janice 2016 9 86 Focal Point A Tale of Two Books "Mariska, John" 2016 10 4 Spectrum A World Away "Tyson, Peter" 2016 10 6 Letters In Praise of Isaac Roberts "Corneille, Philip" 2016 10 6 Letters Debating Red vs. Amber Light I "Gadbois, George" 2016 10 6 Letters Debating Red vs. Amber Light II "Sales, Tom" 2016 10 8 Letters Debating Red vs. Amber Light III "Venable, Roger" 2016 10 8 Letters Debating Red vs. Amber Light IV "Wood, Ken" 2016 10 8 Letters Debating Red vs. Amber Light V "Kramer, Jack" 2016 10 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 10 10 News Notes Physics: LIGO Detects 2nds Black Hole Collision "Hall, Shannon" 2016 10 10 News Notes Solar System: Earth's Newfound Quasi-Moon "Dickinson, David" 2016 10 11 News Notes Black Holes: How Dead Galaxies Stay Dead "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 10 11 News Notes Science & Society: New Light Pollution Atlas "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 10 12 News Notes Jupiter: Deep Radio Atmosphere Probe "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 10 12 News Notes Galaxies: Missing Dwarfs Never Were "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 10 12 News Notes Comets: 67P Will Break Up and Make Up "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 10 13 News Notes In Brief: Baby Planets Leave Gas Footprints "Young, Monica" 2016 10 13 News Notes In Brief: LISA Pathfinder Surpasses Expectations "Dickinson, David" 2016 10 12 News Notes In Brief: Rolf G. Meier (1953-2016) "Levy, David H." 2016 10 12 News Notes In Brief: First Chiral Molecule Discovered in Space "Young, Monica" 2016 10 14 Feature Pluto's Amazing Story "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 10 22 Feature Looking for Life on Mars "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 10 25 Feature Curiosity Sees Seasonal Trend on Mars "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 10 26 Feature What Caused the Great Eruption? "Cooper, Keith" 2016 10 32 Feature The Backyard Sky: Fall "Mollise, Rod" 2016 10 38 Book Review Success Story "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2016 10 41 In This Section Helix Nebula NGC 7293 ESO 2016 10 42 Sky at a Glance October 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 10 43 Binocular Highlight A King's Gift "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 10 44 Planetary Almanac October 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 10 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky A Study in Cepheus "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 10 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Tower of Light "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 10 48 Celestial Calendar "Moon, Aldebaran Meet Again" "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 10 49 Celestial Calendar The Top Two Miras "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 10 50 Celestial Calendar Uranus & Neptune Enter the Evening Sky "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 10 52 Exploring the Moon Personal Observing Lists "Wood, Charles A." 2016 10 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Celestial Swan "French, Sue" 2016 10 58 S&T Test Report Video Astronomy: The Atik Infinity "Mollise, Rod" 2016 10 64 New Product Showcase Farpoint Astro Ultimate High Contrast Narrowband filter 2016 10 64 New Product Showcase Levenhuk SkyMatic 127 GT MAK 2016 10 64 New Product Showcase PrimaLuce Lab Cooled Canon 700Da Astrophotography Camera 2016 10 66 Feature George Willis Ritchey's Great Adventure "Rafferty, Ted" 2016 10 72 Astronomer's Workbench Weijenberg's Propdob Nano "Oltion, Jerry" 2016 10 74 Gallery NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula "Keller, Warren" "Mazlin, Steve" "Menaker, Steven" 2016 10 75 Gallery Messier 6 "Crowson, Dan" 2016 10 75 Gallery Full Moon Belt of Venus "Shahcheraghian, Amir" 2016 10 76 Gallery Comet PanSTARRS (c/2013 X1) "Rhemann, Gerald" 2016 10 76 Gallery NGC 6188 "Nielsen, Shawn" 2016 10 77 Gallery Rho Ophiuchi complex "Vermette, John" 2016 10 77 Gallery Rho Ophiuchi complex "Dahl, Matt" 2016 10 84 Focal Point The Moon Does That To You "Mathosian, Mark" 2016 11 4 Spectrum Larger Than Life "Tyson, Peter" 2016 11 6 Letters Celebrating 75 Years of S&T "Federer III, Charles Anthony (Tony)" 2016 11 6 Letters The Nearest Northern Star "Bradbury, Mark A." 2016 11 6 Letters "Tracing the ""Teapot""" "Petersen, Phil" 2016 11 6 Letters Colors in the Trifid Nebula "Dittrich, Aaron" 2016 11 8 Letters Why Does Ammonia Float? "Baughman, Jim" 2016 11 8 Letters Probing the Unknowns "Tracy, James" 2016 11 8 Letters Visiting Mars: No Rush Needed "Maor, Eli" 2016 11 8 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 11 10 News Notes Dark Matter: No WIMPs from LUX "Young, Monica" 2016 11 10 News Notes "Kuiper Belt: Big, New, Far-out Object" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 11 11 News Notes Meteorites: FRIPON: A New All-Sky Network "Dickinson, David" 2016 11 11 News Notes Black Holes: Clouds Rain Down "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 11 11 News Notes Scopes: Spy Dish Restored for Education "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 11 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Newborns Point to Early Chaos "Young, Monica" 2016 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Mars 2020 Rover Moves Ahead "Dickinson, David" 2016 11 12 News Notes In Brief: K2 Confirms 100+ Exoplanets "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 11 12 News Notes In Brief: NASA Explores Next Mars Orbiter "Dickinson, David" 2016 11 14 News Notes Exoplanets: Giant Found in Triple-Star System "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 11 14 News Notes Explanets: Giant Planets Out of Sync "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 11 14 News Notes "Antonín Rükl, 1932-2016" "Poshedly, Ken" 2016 11 16 Cosmic Relief Thank Our Lucky Planets "Grinspoon, David" 2016 11 18 Feature Pluto's Perplexing Atmosphere "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 11 22 Feature A Brief History of Sky & Telescope "di Cicco, Dennis" 2016 11 28 Feature A Lifetime of Science and Skywatching "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 11 36 Feature Small Scope Asterisms "Stratton, Troy" 2016 11 41 In This Section IC 1396 Bob Franke 2016 11 42 Sky at a Glance November 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 11 43 Binocular Highlight The Charioteer's Cross "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 11 44 Planetary Almanac November 2016 Planetary Almanac 2016 11 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Diamond Anniversary "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 11 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Evening on the Ecliptic "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 11 48 Celestial Calendar Pulsing Stars in Cepheus "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 11 50 Celestial Calendar Scoping the Tints of Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 11 51 Celestial Calendar November Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 11 52 Exploring the Solar System """Last Contact""" "Sheehan, William" 2016 11 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Circling Northern Lacerta "French, Sue" 2016 11 57 Going Deep The Dark Creatures of Cepheus "Whitman, Alan" 2016 11 60 S&T Test Report The Stellarview SVA-130T "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2016 11 64 New Product Showcase SkyShed POD MAX dome 2016 11 64 New Product Showcase Sky-Watcher USA Virtuoso Mount 2016 11 64 New Product Showcase Code Obsession Observatory 2016 11 66 Astronomer's Workbench Braking Bad Habits "Oltion, Jerry" 2016 11 68 Feature Pushing the Limit "Walker, Sean" 2016 11 73 Gallery Van de Berg 105 and 106 "Bok, Ivan" 2016 11 73 Gallery Jupiter "Walker, Jordan" 2016 11 74 Gallery Lupus 3 "Goldman, Don" 2016 11 74 Gallery M33 Triangulum Galaxy "Manges, Chuck" 2016 11 74 Gallery Milky Way Colorado "Winckel, Gary" 2016 11 75 Gallery NGC 6541 Bernes 157 "Brecher, Ron" 2016 11 75 Gallery Pleiades M45 "Hammar, Rich" 2016 11 76 Gallery Zodiacal Light "Kamkar, Amirreza" 2016 11 84 Focal Point Glaring Issues with Streetlights "Motta, Mario" 2016 12 4 Spectrum Look-Back Time "Tyson, Peter" 2016 12 6 Letters The Show Must Go On "Heim, Dan" 2016 12 6 Letters The Power of Totality "Hirshfeld, Alan" 2016 12 6 Letters A Note About Airy Disks "Muto, Nozomu" 2016 12 6 Letters Two Amazing Observations II "Hays, Mark" 2016 12 6 Letters Two Amazing Observations II "Evans, Don" 2016 12 6 Letters Measuring Bent Starlight "Pasachoff, Jay" 2016 12 7 Letters Hydrogen-Alpha by Eye? "Heaton, Hal" 2016 12 7 Letters Moonstruck "Sahakian, Vahe" 2016 12 7 Letters "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2016 12 10 News Notes Exoplanets: World Found Around Proxima Centauri "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 12 11 News Notes Tech: Could Spacecraft Make It to Proxima Centauri? "Young, Monica" 2016 12 14 News Notes "Galaxies: Giant ""Frankenstein"" Spiral" "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 12 14 News Notes Mars: Too Much Water? "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 12 14 News Notes In Brief: Possible Replacement for Hitomi "Dickinson, David" 2016 12 15 News Notes First Light: MeerKAT Online "Aceves, Ana V." 2016 12 15 News Notes Missions: The Return of Stereo B "Dickinson, David" 2016 12 15 News Notes In Brief: Titan Canyons are Flooded "Carlisle, Camille M." 2016 12 16 Feature Dawn of Discovery at Ceres "Rayman, Marc D." 2016 12 24 Feature Twelve Steps to Infinity "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 12 30 Feature The Comets of Edgar Allen Poe "Olson, Donald W." "Ford, Shaun B." 2016 12 36 Feature Charon & Company "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2016 12 41 In This Section Charon 2016 12 42 Sky at a Glance December 2016 Sky At A Glance 2016 12 43 Binocular Highlight A Galaxy in the Giraffe "Wedel, Mathew" 2016 12 45 Northern Hemisphere's Sky Through a High Window "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 12 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Year-End Extravaganza "Schaaf, Fred" 2016 12 48 Celestial Calendar The Geminids & the Ursids "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 12 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter at Dawn "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 12 50 Celestial Calendar Moon Again Occults Aldebaran "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 12 51 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 2016 12 52 Exploring the Moon Mystery Ray in Serenitatis "Wood, Charles A." 2016 12 54 Deep-Sky Wonders M33 in a 10--inch Scope "French, Sue" 2016 12 57 Book Review Evolution of Astroimaging "Motta, Mario" 2016 12 59 S&T Test Report Meade's LightBridge Mini Series "Flanders, Tony" 2016 12 64 New Product Showcase QHY183C CMOS camera 2016 12 64 New Product Showcase Tele Vue Optics FoneMate 2016 12 64 New Product Showcase iOptron SkyTracker Pro 2016 12 66 Feature "Targeting the ""Tutulemma""" "Tezel, Tunç" 2016 12 70 Astronomer's Workbench Make a Seat "Oltion, Jerry" 2016 12 73 Gallery Sharpless 2-119 "Keith, Mike" 2016 12 74 Gallery Analemma "Petricca, Giuseppe" 2016 12 74 Gallery Mars "Wesley, Anthony" 2016 12 75 Gallery Messier 3 "Crowson, Dan" 2016 12 75 Gallery Jellyfish Nebula IC 443 "Schellenber, Barry" 2016 12 76 Gallery Aldebaran Occultation "Tezel, Tunç" 2016 12 76 Gallery Aurora Borealis "Irvine, Steve" 2016 12 84 Focal Point "Three Centuries, One Scope" "Church, John" "Murray, William" 2017 1 4 Spectrum Our New Look "Tyson, Peter" 2017 1 6 From Our Readers A Night on Mount Wilson I "Lewicki, Martin" 2017 1 6 From Our Readers A Night on Mount Wilson II "Sales, Tom" 2017 1 6 From Our Readers A Night on Mount Wilson III "Ridolfo, Frank" 2017 1 6 From Our Readers Ritchey and His Telescopes "Lum, Kenneth" 2017 1 6 From Our Readers "The ""Observer's Challenge""" "Ivester, Roger" 2017 1 7 From Our Readers Moonstruck "Sahakian, Vahe" 2017 1 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 1 10 News Notes "Missions: Gaia Maps a 1,000,000,000+ Stars" "Hattenbach, Jan" 2017 1 11 News Notes Scopes: Chinese FAST Opens for Business "Dickinson, David" 2017 1 11 News Notes In Brief: Pro-Am Team Finds First Pulsing White Dwarf "Young, Monica" 2017 1 11 News Notes In Brief: Osiris-REX Bound for Asteroid Bennu "Dickinson, David" 2017 1 11 News Notes In Brief: Daily Alert for Asteroid Flybys "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 1 12 News Notes Missions: Rosetta's Grand Finale "Dickinson, David" 2017 1 12 News Notes Galaxies: Coming in from the Void? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 1 16 News Notes Missions: NASA's Juno Makes First Science Pass "Dickinson, David" 2017 1 16 News Notes Milky Way: Cloud Punches Hole in Our Galaxy "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 1 16 News Notes In Brief: Solar Flare Momentarily Heated Cold War "Stubenrauch, Chris" 2017 1 18 News Notes "Meteorites: Huge ""Gancedo"" Found in Argentia" "Dickinson, David" 2017 1 18 News Notes Stellar: Tabby's Star Gets Weirder "Young, Monica" 2017 1 20 Cosmic Relief Mars and Our Expectations "Grinspoon, David" 2017 1 22 Infographic Space Missions in 2017 "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 1 25 Feature The First Black Holes "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 1 32 Feature Hot Products 2017 2017 1 41 Sky at a Glance January 2017 Merope 2017 1 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac January 2017 2017 1 43 Binocular Highlight A Cluster of Clusters "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 1 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac January 2017 2017 1 45 Under the Stars Wonders of the Year-Start Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 1 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Evening Star Reigns Supreme "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 1 48 Celestial Calendar "RW Tauri, an Action-Packed Eclipser" "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 1 50 Celestial Calendar Moon Occults Gamma Tauri "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 1 50 Celestial Calendar The Quadrantid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 1 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter High at Dawn "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 1 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, January 2017" "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 1 52 Exploring the Solar System The Schröter Effect: A Retrospective "Sheehan, William" 2017 1 54 Deep-Sky Wonders A River Full of Galaxies "French, Sue" 2017 1 57 Going Deep The Perseus Galaxy Cluster "Forte, Ted" 2017 1 60 Feature """Pleiads, Rising Thro' the Mellow Shade""" "Banich, Howard" 2017 1 66 Feature 1925 An Eclipse Like No Other "Maor, Eli" 2017 1 72 Astronomer's Workbench Build Your Own On-Axis Guider "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 1 74 Gallery NGC 1333 "Pech, Pavel" 2017 1 75 Gallery "Craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina, Mare Nectaris" "Jenkins, Jamey" 2017 1 75 Gallery M37 (NGC 2099) "Crowson, Dan" 2017 1 76 Gallery Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396 "Pérez, Álvaro Ibáñez" 2017 1 76 Gallery Snake Nebula Barnard 72 "Ruppel, Gregg" 2017 1 84 Focal Point The First Pulsating Black Dwarf "Hambsch, Franz-Josef ""Josch""" 2017 2 4 Spectrum Witnessing a Supernova "Tyson, Peter" 2017 2 6 From Our Readers Celebrating S&T's 75th Anniversary I "Sales, Tom" 2017 2 6 From Our Readers Celebrating S&T's 75th Anniversary II Patrick Wiggins 2017 2 6 From Our Readers Why Julian Days? "Goodwin, A. H." 2017 2 8 From Our Readers Of Mars and Memory Lane "Davis, Darryl" 2017 2 8 From Our Readers Rafferty on Ritchey "Welch, Tyler" 2017 2 8 From Our Readers Rükl's First Lunar Atlas "Gibbons, Peter" 2017 2 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 2 10 News Notes "Missions: ExoMars Lander Fails, Orbiter Succeeds" "Dickinson, David" 2017 2 10 News Notes Missions: Juno Enters Safe Mode "Dickinson, David" 2017 2 11 News Notes Solar System: More Evidence for Volcanoes on Venus "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 2 11 News Notes "Solar System: Retrograde Rock ""Stands Up"" in Orbit" "Dickinson, David" 2017 2 12 News Notes Observatories: Green Bank Goes Independent "Temming, Maria" 2017 2 12 News Notes In Brief: Two Novae in Sagittarius "King, Bog" 2017 2 12 News Notes In Brief: Jupiter Returns with Stormy Surprise "Walker, Sean" 2017 2 12 News Notes "In Brief: Ewen A. Whitaker, 1922-2016" "Wood, Charles A." 2017 2 14 News Notes Solar System: Subsurface Ocean on Dione? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 2 14 News Notes Solar System: Europa Geysers Point to Subsurface Ocean "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 2 16 Infographic Anatomy of a Black Hole "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 2 18 Feature Of Black Holes and Galaxies "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 2 26 Feature Mega-Eye on the Sky "Xie, Renjiang" 2017 2 32 Feature Imaging Adventure: Dry Tortugas "Wright, Richard S." 2017 2 36 Feature The Supernova of a Lifetime "Kirshner, Robert P." 2017 2 41 Sky at a Glance February 2017 NGC 2392 2017 2 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac February 2017 2017 2 43 Binocular Highlight Often Overlooked "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 2 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac February 2017 2017 2 45 Under the Stars Between the Dogs "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 2 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Brilliant Venus Owns the Evening Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 2 48 Celestial Calendar A Deep Penumbral Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 2 49 Celestial Calendar A Far-Southern Annual Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 2 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter High at Dawn "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 2 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, February 2017" "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 2 52 Exploring the Moon How Are Crater Rims Made? "Wood, Charles A." 2017 2 54 Deep-Sky Wonders It's All About the Ears "French, Sue" 2017 2 57 Book Review Totality Changes Everything "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 2 58 Feature Gemini City Sights "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2017 2 64 S&T Test Report "Pentax's ""Astro"" DSLR" "Dyer, Alan" 2017 2 70 Astronomer's Workbench The Craig Daniels Dogson Telescope "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 2 72 Gallery Supernova Remnant Vela "Boren, Hal" 2017 2 72 Gallery van den Bergh 93 Parrot Nebula "Vermette, John" 2017 2 73 Gallery Spaghetti Nebula Simeis 147 Sharpless 2-240 "Astreoud, Jérôme" 2017 2 74 Gallery NGC 891 "Crowson, Dan" 2017 2 74 Gallery NGC 2477 NGC 2451 Gum Nebula "Rhemann, Gerald" 2017 2 75 Gallery Moon "Fernandez, Jesús Navas" 2017 2 75 Gallery Teardrop Nebula IC 423 IC 424 "Africa, Erid" 2017 2 84 Focal Point A Rainbow in the Velvet of Night "Jasinski, Laurie E." 2017 3 4 Spectrum A Shrewd Dumbness "Tyson, Peter" 2017 3 6 From Our Readers Light Pollution Success Story "Stewart, Ed" 2017 3 6 From Our Readers Astronomical Numbers I "Wright, T." 2017 3 6 From Our Readers Astronomical Numbers II "Honnecke, M." 2017 3 6 From Our Readers A Record Now Out of Reach? "Hall, H.W." 2017 3 6 From Our Readers Stargazing with Merit "Yeager, J. " 2017 3 8 From Our Readers Uranus Can Be Subtle I "Bailey, E. " 2017 3 8 From Our Readers Uranus Can Be Subtle II "Bailey, K. " 2017 3 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 3 10 News Notes "Pluto: Sputnik Planitia Made Pluto's ""Heart"" Wander" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 3 10 News Notes "Near-Earth Asteroid Tally Surpasses 15,000" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 3 11 News Notes Pro-Am Project: Worldwide Comet Campaign "King, Bob" 2017 3 11 News Notes In Brief: Clarendon (c): Meteorite Find of a Lifetime "Garcia, R." 2017 3 11 News Notes "In Brief: Big, Far-Out Kuiper Belt Object" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 3 11 New Notes In Brief: New Clues on Beagle 2 "Dickinson, David" 2017 3 12 News Notes Black Holes: Runaway Black Hole Flees Behemoth Galaxy "Young, Monica" 2017 3 12 News Notes Science & Society: IAU Standardizes 212 Traditional Star Names "Flanders, T. " 2017 3 12 News Notes "Mars: Curiosity Finds ""Egg Rock"" Iron Meteorite" "Dickinson, David" 2017 3 14 News Notes Stellar: Proxima Centauri Has Sun-Like Cycle "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 3 14 News Notes "Stellar: Two Stars, Three Planet-Forming Disks" "Young, Monica" 2017 3 14 News Notes Infrared Image of a Planet-Forming Disk "Young, Monica" 2017 3 16 Feature The Milky Way's Dark Companions "Bechtol, Keith" 2017 3 22 Feature The Secrets of Super-Earths "Hall, Shannon" 2017 3 30 Feature Wandering the Milky Way "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 3 38 New Product Showcase Starlight Instruments Feather Touch FTF1575BCR 2017 3 38 New Product Showcase DayStar Filters Camera Quark 2017 3 38 New Product Showcase Deep Space Products Deep Space Dock 2017 3 41 Sky at a Glance March 2017 Seagull Nebula 2017 3 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac March 2017 2017 3 43 Binocular Highlight Easy and Hard "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 3 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac March 2017 2017 3 45 Under the Stars Mythical Beast "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 3 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" An Evening-Morning Star "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 3 48 Celestial Calendar The Best Occultation of 2017 "Dunham, David" 2017 3 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 3 51 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occults a Bright Star "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 3 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, March 2017" "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 3 52 Exploring the Solar System The Twilight Zone of Venus "Dobbins, Thomas A. " 2017 3 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Little Lion "French, Sue" 2017 3 57 Going Deep A Flotilla of Edge-On Galaxies "Whitman, Alan" 2017 3 60 S&T Test Report Takahashi's FSQ-130ED Super APO Astrograph "di Cicco, Dennis" 2017 3 66 Outrageous Outreach Launching Astronomy into the Wilds of Colombia "Seidel, Marja" "Buelhoff, Kira" 2017 3 72 Astronomer's Workbench Let There Be Less Light "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 3 74 Gallery Fluffy Spiral "Waddington, Bruce" 2017 3 74 Gallery Super-Size Moon "Chambó, José" 2017 3 75 Gallery Orion Ensnared "O'Donoghue, Tom" "Penrice, Olly" 2017 3 76 Gallery Lunar Halo "Irvine, Steve" 2017 3 77 Gallery Zodiacal Light "Hillig, Kurt. W II" 2017 3 77 Gallery Clustered Scene "Crowson, Dan" 2017 3 84 Focal Point Against All Odds "Hazlet, John" 2017 4 4 Spectrum On the Alert for Apparitions "Tyson, Peter" 2017 4 6 From Our Readers A New Look for S&T I "Housel, Fred" 2017 4 6 From Our Readers A New Look for S&T II Dieter Kreuer 2017 4 6 From Our Readers A New Look for S&T III Dave Howard 2017 4 6 From Our Readers A New Look for S&T IV Tom Mehl 2017 4 6 From Our Readers A New Look for S&T V Karl Kleese 2017 4 6 From Our Readers A New Look for S&T VI John Rockis 2017 4 6 From Our Readers A New Look for S&T VII Chris Monck 2017 4 6 From Our Readers A New Look for S&T VIII Rick Woods 2017 4 6 From Our Readers Proxima Centauri's Planet "Eramia, Bob" 2017 4 8 From Our Readers Universe According to Poe "Heckenlively, Steven" 2017 4 8 From Our Readers "A ""Virtual"" Skyscraper" "Dahl, Mike" 2017 4 10 News Notes Radio Astronomy: Fast Radio Burst Has Surprising Source "Hall, Shannon" 2017 4 10 News Notes Galaxies: Mystery Object in Cygnus A "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 4 11 News Notes Stellar: Paired Stars in Cygnus En Route to Merger? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 4 11 News Notes "In Brief: ""Brightest Supernova Ever"" a Shredded Star?" "Young, Monica" 2017 4 11 News Notes In Brief: Astronomers Discover Roundest Star "Young, Monica" 2017 4 11 News Notes In Brief: Deaths of Note 2017 4 12 News Notes Community: Preteen Astronomer Shines at AAS Meeting "Redd, Nora Taylor" 2017 4 12 News Notes Missions: Voyagers Flying Through Galactic Clouds "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 4 13 News Notes "X-rays: 1,000 Black Holes in Deepest Chandra Image" "Young, Monica" 2017 4 13 News Notes "Community: ""Library Telescope"" Program Takes Off" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 4 13 News Notes In Brief: NASA Announces New Missions "Dickinson, David" 2017 4 13 News Notes In Brief: Water is Everywhere on Ceres "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 4 14 Feature Curiosity's Discoveries on Mars "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2017 4 22 Feature Spirits of Our Galaxy's Past "Young, Monica" 2017 4 30 Feature Herschel's Ghosts "Bartels, Mel" 2017 4 36 Feature Narrowband Color in PixInsight "Keller, Warren A. " 2017 4 41 Sky at a Glance April 2017 Polaris 2017 4 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac April 2017 2017 4 43 Binocular Highlight Better Than Expected "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 4 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac April 2017 2017 4 45 Under the Stars Winter Departs "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 4 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Mercury Maxes Out "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 4 48 Celestial Calendar Jupiter Enters the Evening Sky "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 4 50 Celestial Calendar Two Good Asteroid Occultations "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 4 50 Celestial Calendar Will Comet 41P/T-G-K Reach 6th Magnitude? "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 4 50 Celestial Calendar April Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 4 51 Celestial Calendar A Super-Young Crescent Moon "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 4 52 Exploring the Moon The Curious Case of Concentric Craters "Wood, Charles A." 2017 4 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Lion-Guarded Gate "French, Sue" 2017 4 57 Book Review Pure & Simple "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 4 58 S&T Test Report The ASI 1600MC Cooled Camera "Horne, Johnny" 2017 4 64 New Product Showcase Dielectric Twist-Tight Mirror Star Diagonals 2017 4 64 New Product Showcase f/4 Newtonian Astrograph Reflector Telescope 2017 4 64 New Product Showcase S&T Pluto Globe 2017 4 66 Feature Amateurs Track a Disintegrating Exoplanet "Motta, Mario" 2017 4 72 Astronomer's Workbench The Dethloff Eyepiece Shade "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 4 74 Gallery Gobbling Galaxy "Mazlin, Steve" "Keller, Warren" 2017 4 74 Gallery The Cone Aglow "Renard, Jim" 2017 4 74 Gallery Double Star Trails "Gianobile, Dario" 2017 4 76 Gallery A Treasure in Ara "Rhemann, Gerald" 2017 4 77 Gallery Green Flash Sequence "Aerts, Leo" 2017 4 77 Gallery The Tadpoles (Take 1) "VanDerZenden, Dan" 2017 4 77 Gallery The Tadpoles (Take 2) "VanDerZenden, Dan" 2017 4 77 Gallery Crystal Ball Nebula "Simon, Kfir" 2017 4 84 Focal Point Let the Stones Stand Again "Erganbright, Russell" 2017 5 4 Spectrum "This Is, and No Mistake" "Tyson, Peter" 2017 5 6 From Our Readers H. P. Lovecraft's Take on Totality "McNeely, Aaron" 2017 5 6 From Our Readers The Rocky Road to Mars "Finkler, Earl" 2017 5 6 From Our Readers Kudos for Deep-Sky Wonders "Wright Jr., Richard S. " 2017 5 6 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 5 8 News Notes "Cosmology: Void ""Repels"" Milky Way's Galaxy Group" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 5 8 News Notes Solar System: Akatsuki Spies Massive Wave on Venus "Dickinson, David" 2017 5 9 New Notes Stellar: Origin of Our Galaxy's Most Distant Stars "Bochanski, John" 2017 5 9 News Notes Missions: Juno Swoops Past Jupiter's South Pole "Dickinson, David" 2017 5 9 News Notes Milky Way Mass Still Contentious "Young, Monica" 2017 5 10 News Notes Exoplanets: Proxima Centauri b Likely a Desert World "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 5 10 News Notes Meteorites: Micrometeorites Found on City Rooftops "Dickinson, David" 2017 5 12 Cosmic Relief Not Venus Again "Grinspoon, David" 2017 5 14 Feature Anatomy of a Comet "Parker, Joel" 2017 5 22 Feature The Real Origins of Amateur Telescope Making "Venables, Keith" 2017 5 28 Feature Galaxies in Collision "Gottlieb, Steve" 2017 5 34 Feature Baking a Universe "Skuse, Benjamin" 2017 5 41 Sky at a Glance May 2017 UGC 8335 2017 5 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac May 2017 2017 5 43 Binocular Highlight Hail to the King "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 5 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac May 2017 2017 5 45 Under the Stars Virgo's Flames "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 5 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Jove Owns the Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 5 48 Celestial Calendar Saturn Has a Southern Apparition "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 5 49 Celestial Calendar May Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 5 49 Celestial Calendar Midday Aldebaran Occultation "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 5 50 Celestial Calendar Comet 41P Is Ideally Placed "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 5 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 5 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, May 2017" "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 5 52 Exploring the Solar System Napoleon's Comets "Jakiel, Richard" 2017 5 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Spring Goddess "French, Sue" 2017 5 57 Going Deep NGC 5529 "Banich, Howard" 2017 5 60 S&T Test Report Smart Astronomy: The NexStar Evolution 9.25 "Mollise, Rod" 2017 5 66 Feature Portable Star Trackers "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2017 5 72 Astronomer's Workbench Brent's Beauties "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 5 74 Gallery Green-Headed Comet "Rhemann, Gerald" 2017 5 74 Gallery Tiny Flame and Celestial Smoke "Wright, Gordon" 2017 5 75 Gallery Norwegian Night Lights "Cooper, Jamie" 2017 5 76 Gallery The Wolf's Cave "Temple, Craig & Tammy" 2017 5 76 Gallery A Spiral's Arms Akimbo "Gorenstein, Ian" 2017 5 84 Focal Point Arecibo Under the Gun "Schmelz, Joan T. " "Verschuur, Gerrit L." 2017 6 4 Spectrum A Mystery for the Age "Tyson, Peter" 2017 6 6 From Our Readers "Revised ""Tutulemmas""" "Simpson, Clyde" 2017 6 6 From Our Readers Astronomy Takes Flight I "Wright, Tom" 2017 6 6 From Our Readers Astronomy Takes Flight II "Grajewski, Julian" 2017 6 6 From Our Readers Sure Footing on Crater Rims "Masthay, Carl" 2017 6 6 From Our Readers The Moon's Mystery Ray "Nakamoto, David" 2017 6 7 From Our Readers Small Details Matter "Gentry, Dick" 2017 6 7 From Our Readers How Do Astronomers Gauge Intergalactic Divides? "Dawson, Paul" 2017 6 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 6 8 News Notes Missions: Juno Will Stay in Current Orbit Around Jupiter "Dickinson, David" 2017 6 8 News Notes Cosmology: Hubble Spies Faint Galaxies in Early Universe "Schilling, Govert" 2017 6 9 News Notes Sun: Another Maunder Minimum? "Young, Monica" 2017 6 9 News Notes Stellar: Two Pulsars Blowing in the Wind "Diamond, Tiara" 2017 6 10 News Notes Space & Society: SpaceX's 2018 Moonshot "Dickinson, David" 2017 6 10 News Notes Black Holes: Black Holes Spur Starbirth "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 6 10 News Notes In Brief: Intermediate Black Hole? "Hall, Shannon" 2017 6 10 News Notes In Brief: Organics on Ceres "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 6 12 Feature Seven Earth-Size Planets Orbit Dim Star "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 6 16 Feature The Most Mysterious Star in the Galaxy "Montet, Benjamin" "Boyajian, Tabitha" 2017 6 24 Feature The Square Kilometre Array "Schilling, Govert" 2017 6 32 Feature Who Discovered the Ring Nebula? "Olson, Don" "Caglieris, Giovanni Maria" 2017 6 38 Astronomer's Workbench Make a Solar Filter "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 6 41 Sky at a Glance June 2017 Cassini's Saturn 2017 6 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac June 2017 2017 6 43 Binocular Highlight The Serpent's Fang "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 6 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac June 2017 2017 6 45 Under the Stars Night Train "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 6 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Aim High "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 6 48 Celestial Calendar The Fast Pulse of RR Lyrae "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 6 50 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 6 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Red Spot "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 6 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, June 2017" "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 6 52 Exploring the Moon "Peaks of ""Eternal"" Light" "Wood, Charles" 2017 6 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Doodles in the Sky "French, Sue" 2017 6 57 Book Review When Computers Wore Skirts "Young, Monica" 2017 6 58 S&T Test Report The 102-mm FCD100 Triplet APO Refractor "Dyer, Alan" 2017 6 61 Quick Look Explore Scientific's 92° Long Eye Relief Eyepieces "Walker, Sean" 2017 6 62 New Product Showcase Eclipse Photo Guide 2017 6 62 New Product Showcase Planetary Camera 2017 6 62 New Product Showcase Pixinsight Guide 2017 6 64 Feature The Dark Wolf of Summer "Wilds, Richard P. " 2017 6 70 Feature Phantoms of the Deep Sky "Jakiel, Richard" 2017 6 74 Gallery Clusters in Contrast: M12 and M67 "Brecher, Ron" 2017 6 74 Gallery Take a Swim in the Lagoon "Manges, Chuck" 2017 6 75 Gallery Milky Way Megamosaic "O'Donoghue, Tom" 2017 6 76 Gallery Barely There Eclipse "Masi, Gianluca" 2017 6 76 Gallery Mystery Spot "Johnson, Jeffrey O. " 2017 6 84 Focal Point Two Routes to the Truth "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 7 4 Spectrum A Taste of Relativity "Tyson, Peter" 2017 7 6 From Our Readers The Schröter Effect: A Closer Look "Gladfelter, George" 2017 7 6 From Our Readers Threads Laid Bare "Cugnini, Aldo" 2017 7 6 From Our Readers """Adorable"" Black Holes" "Lazich, Gary" 2017 7 8 From Our Readers Earth is Not Alone "Kuchta, Dan" 2017 7 8 From Our Readers Some Credit Due "Browne, Pat" 2017 7 8 From Our Readers Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole "Nanninga, Gordon" 2017 7 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 7 10 News Notes Solar System: Recent Briny Eruptions on Ceres? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 7 11 News Notes Mars: Atmosphere Lost to Space "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 7 11 News Notes Solar System: Sun Triggers Ceres' Air "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 7 11 News Notes Supernovae: Supernova Erupts in Lupus "King, Bob" 2017 7 12 News Notes Meteors: A New Take on Sounds "Dickinson, David" 2017 7 12 News Notes Stellar: Runaway Stars in Orion "Young, Monica" 2017 7 12 News Notes Comets: Rosetta Sees Changing Face of Comet 67P "Dickinson, David" 2017 7 13 News Notes Cosmology: Less Dark Matter in Young Galaxies? "Young, Monica" 2017 7 13 News Notes Photo Op: Pan: Saturn's Ravioli-Shaped Moon "Dickinson, David" 2017 7 13 News Notes In Brief: NASA Narrows Mars 2020 Landing Sites "Dickinson, David" 2017 7 13 News Notes In Brief: Meteorites Date Solar Nebula's Demise "Dickinson, David" 2017 7 13 News Notes In Brief: Black Hole Gnaws Star "Young, Monica" 2017 7 14 Cosmic Relief Life Outside the Habitable Zone "Grinspoon, David" 2017 7 18 Feature The Inside Story of Neutron Stars "Özel, Feryal" 2017 7 22 Feature Hunting the Galaxy Killer "Cooper, Keith" 2017 7 28 Feature The Lesson of the Great Paris Telescope "Hecht, Jeff" 2017 7 34 Feature George Abell's Ethereal Bubbles "Gottlieb, Steve" 2017 7 41 Sky at a Glance July 2017 Juno's Jupiter 2017 7 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac July 2017 2017 7 43 Binocular Highlight Against the Wall of Night "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 7 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac July 2017 2017 7 45 Under the Stars Enter the Summer Citadel "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 7 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Four Out of Five "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 7 48 Celestial Calendar Pluto in 2017 "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 7 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 7 50 Celestial Calendar Moon Occults a Bright Double Star "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 7 51 Celestial Calendar July Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 7 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena Of Jupiter's Moons, July 2017" "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 7 52 Exploring the Solar System Eyepieces for Planetary Observing "Dobbins, Thomas A. " 2017 7 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Summer Highlights "French, Sue" 2017 7 57 Going Deep Seeing Through the Dust "Mihelich, Ed" 2017 7 60 S&T Test Report The Astro-Physics 1100GTO "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2017 7 66 New Product Showcase Mirrorless Camera Filters 2017 7 66 New Product Showcase Modular Camera 2017 7 66 New Product Showcase Equatorial Tracker 2017 7 68 Astrophotography Restoring Detail with Deconvolution "Brecher, Ron" 2017 7 72 Astronomer's Workbench Solar Finders "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 7 74 Gallery Tulip in the Swan "Simon, Kfir" 2017 7 75 Gallery Colorful Coathanger "Chambó, José J." 2017 7 75 Gallery Polar Day "Wu, Chang-Jen" "Lin, Shih-Yi" 2017 7 75 Gallery February's Annular Eclipse "Briceño, César" "Vivas, Kathy" 2017 7 76 Gallery Just Passing By "Ruppel, Gregg" 2017 7 76 Gallery Skull & Crossbones "Wright Jr., Richard S." 2017 7 84 Focal Point The Bright One That Got Away "Cook, Stephen P. " 2017 8 4 Spectrum Eclipse Day's Big Unknown "Tyson, Peter" 2017 8 6 From Our Readers Dark Matter Matters "Britz, David" 2017 8 6 From Our Readers In Defense of Science I "Swanson, Michael" 2017 8 6 From Our Readers In Defense of Science II "Rasparini, Marcello" 2017 8 6 From Our Readers In Defense of Science III "Mason, Darrell" 2017 8 6 From Our Readers In Defense of Science IV "Levy, David H. " 2017 8 6 From Our Readers In Defense of Science V "Hobbs, Jesse" 2017 8 8 From Our Readers Eclipse-Day Finderscope Fix "Boudreau, Curt" 2017 8 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 8 10 News Notes "Solar System: Enceladus's Hydrothermal Heating, Europa's Leaks" "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 8 11 News Notes Supernovae: Cosmic Lens Provides Unique View "Young, Monica" 2017 8 11 News Notes Black Holes: Gravitational Waves Dethrone Supermassive Black Hole "Young, Monica" 2017 8 11 News Notes "In Brief: Supernova Discovered in ""Fireworks Galaxy""" "King, Bob" 2017 8 12 News Notes Missions: Cassini Finds Empty Space on First Finale Pass "Dickinson, David" 2017 8 12 News Notes Exoplanets: LHS 1140b: A Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone "Dickinson, David" 2017 8 13 News Notes Solar System: Two-Lobed Asteroid Flies Close by Earth "Dickinson, David" 2017 8 13 News Notes Galaxies: Magnetic Bridge Found Between Magellanic Clouds "Ash, Summer" 2017 8 13 News Notes In Brief: In Situ Formation for Warm Neptune? "Young, Monica" 2017 8 14 Feature How to Shoot a Solar Eclipse "di Cicco, Dennis" 2017 8 20 Feature The Eclipse Megamovie Project "Hudson, Hugh" "Bender, Mark" 2017 8 22 Feature Eyes of the Dragon "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 8 28 Feature In the Dark About Dark Matter "Moustakas, Leonidas" 2017 8 36 Feature Vera Rubin's Universe "Yeager, Ashley" 2017 8 41 Sky at a Glance August 2017 Milky Way above Death Valley 2017 8 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac August 2017 2017 8 43 Binocular Highlight Lucy in the Sky "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 8 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac August 2017 2017 8 45 Under the Stars Shadow From Beyond Our World "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 8 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" "Eclipse, At Last" "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 8 48 Celestial Calendar The Solar Eclipse for the Rest of Us "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 8 50 Celestial Calendar Partial Lunar Eclipse "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 8 50 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation in Libra "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 8 51 Celestial Calendar Perseid Forecast: Partly Moony "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 8 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 8 52 Exploring the Moon Changes Real and (Mostly) Imagined "Wood, Charles A." 2017 8 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Overlooked Wonders of Summer "French, Sue" 2017 8 57 Book Review X-Ray Revelations "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 8 58 S&T Test Report The Zhumell Z130 "Flanders, Tony" 2017 8 62 Quick Look Sky Guide "Walker, Sean" 2017 8 64 New Product Showcase Astronomy Binoculars 2017 8 64 New Product Showcase Telescope Control 2017 8 64 New Product Showcase Observatory Control 2017 8 65 New Product Showcase Pickup Tent 2017 8 65 New Product Showcase Eclipse Timer 2017 8 65 New Product Showcase Big Dobs 2017 8 66 Astronomer's Workbench Low-Tech Eclipse Viewing "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 8 68 Feature """The Moon is up … A Single Star is at her side""" "Olson, Donald W." 2017 8 73 Filler Volcanic Skies "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 8 74 Gallery Cosmic Continent "Hancock, Terry" 2017 8 74 Gallery Trails of Fire and Starlight "Giannobile, Dario" 2017 8 75 Gallery Ghostly Glow in Gemini "Quattrocchi, Keith B. " 2017 8 76 Gallery Birds in Flight "Short, Joel" 2017 8 76 Gallery Wild Duck Cluster "Brecher, Ron" 2017 8 77 Gallery Heart of the Eagle "Mazlin, Steve" 2017 8 78 Gallery Bode's Galaxy "Petrick, Joe" 2017 8 78 Gallery Perseids in 2016 "Krypel, Michael" 2017 8 84 Focal Point Student Aid "Fraknoi, Andrew" 2017 9 4 Spectrum Mission Extraordinaire "Tyson, Peter" 2017 9 6 From Our Readers Faith and Science at a Crossroad I "Imm, Gary" 2017 9 6 From Our Readers Faith and Science at a Crossroad II "Waters, Don" 2017 9 6 From Our Readers Faith and Science at a Crossroad III "Erickson, Edwin" 2017 9 6 From Our Readers Faith and Science at a Crossroad IV "Molitor, Daniel" 2017 9 6 From Our Readers Faith and Science at a Crossroad V "Pittendreigh, Rev. Dr. W. Maynard" 2017 9 6 From Our Readers Faith and Science at a Crossroad VI "Harris, Jack" 2017 9 8 From Our Readers Faith and Science at a Crossroad VII "Barker, Terry" 2017 9 8 From Our Readers Never Too Young "Bratton, Mark" 2017 9 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 9 10 News Notes Physics: LIGO Detects Third Black Hole Merger "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 9 10 News Notes "Stellar: Potential ""Failed Supernova"" Discovered" "Young, Monica" 2017 9 11 News Notes Exoplanets: Mini-Flares Might Threaten Life Around Red Dwarf Stars "Hall, Shannon" 2017 9 11 News Notes In Brief: TRAPPIST-1h Is Real "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 9 12 News Notes Radio: Homing in on a Fast Radio Burst "Schilling, Govert" 2017 9 12 News Notes "Solar System: Earth's ""Xenon Paradox""" "Dickinson, David" 2017 9 12 News Notes Missions: NASA's Lunar Orbiter Takes a Hit "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 9 13 News Notes Stellar: Tabby's Star Dims on Cue "Young, Monica" 2017 9 13 News Notes Missions: Early Psyche Launch "Myszka, Janine" 2017 9 13 News Notes In Brief: Jupiter Impact Spotted "King, Bob" 2017 9 13 News Notes In Brief: Two New Jupiter Moons "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 9 13 News Notes In Brief: Hottest Hot Jupiter Yet "Dickinson, David" 2017 9 14 Cosmic Relief My Rock Of Ages "Grinspoon, David" 2017 9 16 Feature Worlds of Wonder "Dones, Luke" 2017 9 24 Feature Three Cosmic Chirps & Counting … "Kalogera, Vicky" (Box by Govert Schilling) 2017 9 32 Feature Keeping Track of the Night "King, Bob" 2017 9 38 Feature Searching a Trillion Stars for ET "Gray, Robert H." 2017 9 41 Sky at a Glance September 2017 NGC 6946 2017 9 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac September 2017 2017 9 43 Binocular Highlight Odd One Out "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 9 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac September 2017 2017 9 45 Under the Stars Diamond of Three Rings "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 9 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Morning Marvels "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 9 48 Celestial Calendar Help Verify a Giant Ringed Exoplanet "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 9 50 Celestial Calendar Moon Occults Aldebaran "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 9 50 Celestial Calendar Minding Mercury "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 9 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 9 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 9 52 Exploring the Solar System The Enduring Mystery of Luna 2 "Dobbins, Thomas A. " 2017 9 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Showpiece Doubles "French, Sue" 2017 9 57 Going Deep M17: The Nebula With Too Many Names "Banich, Howard" 2017 9 60 S&T Test Report Get Up and Go with AZ Mount Pro "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2017 9 64 New Product Showcase Beginner Astronomy 2017 9 64 New Product Showcase Robotic Mount 2017 9 64 New Product Showcase Big Astrograph 2017 9 66 Feature Ethics in Astrophotography "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2017 9 70 Astronomer's Workbench "A Simple Observing Stool, Plus" "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 9 72 Gallery Gauzy Glitter "Richard, Guillaume" 2017 9 73 Gallery Ancient Suns "Brecher, Ron" 2017 9 73 Gallery "Glowing ""Phantom""" "Africa, Eric" 2017 9 74 Gallery Satellite Galaxy "Schur, Chris" 2017 9 74 Gallery Celestial Rosebud "Jenkins, Peter" 2017 9 75 Gallery Parallel Universe "Manges, Chuck" 2017 9 76 Gallery Delicate Aurora "Cooper, Jamie" 2017 9 84 Focal Point The Crisis in Astronomy "Elvis, Martin" 2017 10 4 Spectrum The Stone Tree "Tyson, Peter" 2017 10 6 From Our Readers """The Hoary Meteor Fee""" "Lockwood, John" 2017 10 6 From Our Readers Enduring Views of Capella "Whitman, Alan" 2017 10 6 From Our Readers "The ""Habitability Factor"" I" "Kellogg, Tom" 2017 10 6 From Our Readers "The ""Habitability Factor"" II" "Gibbons, Peter" 2017 10 6 From Our Readers What Stars Leave Behind "Mackintosh, Carole F." 2017 10 8 From Our Readers "Whither ""Tabby's Star""?" "Rosenstein, Bob" 2017 10 8 From Our Readers A New Maunder Minimum? "Zuna, Bill" 2017 10 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 10 10 News Notes Exoplanets: Kepler Team Releases Final Catalog "Hall, Shannon" 2017 10 10 News Notes Stars: Brown Dwarfs Mimic Stellar Siblings "Bochanski, John" 2017 10 11 News Notes Solar System: Observers Track New Horizons' Next Target "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 10 11 News Notes In Brief: Asteroid Mission to Shut Down "Dickinson, David" 2017 10 12 News Notes Missions: China Launches X-ray Observatory "Dickinson, David" 2017 10 12 News Notes Cosmic Structure: Is the Milky Way in a Void? "Young, Monica" 2017 10 13 News Notes Black Holes: Supermassiv Black Holes in Close Dance "Young, Monica" 2017 10 13 News Notes Galaxies: Ring Around a Black Hole "Young, Monica" 2017 10 13 News Notes In Brief: Titan's Geologic History "Myszka, Janine" 2017 10 13 News Notes In Brief: Mass Makes the Star "Ash, Summer" 2017 10 14 Feature The Origin of the Milky Way's Mysterious Gamma Rays "Young, Monica" 2017 10 16 Feature The Hunt for Planet X "Sheppard, Scott S. " 2017 10 22 Feature Written in the Star "Tyson, Peter" 2017 10 30 Feature A Gentleman's Observatory "Wetherell, Tim" 2017 10 34 Feature The Father of Southern Astronomy "Ventrudo, Brian" 2017 10 41 Sky at a Glance October 2017 NGC 7714 2017 10 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac October 2017 2017 10 43 Binocular Highlight Four for the Road "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 10 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac October 2017 2017 10 45 Under the Stars Stellar Splendor "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 10 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Pretty Pair "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 10 48 Celestial Calendar The Drama-Ridden Couple of R Aquarii "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 10 50 Celestial Calendar The Return of Uranus and Neptune "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 10 50 Celestial Calendar Dark Nights for the Orionid Meteors "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 10 50 Celestial Calendar Waning Crescent Moon Occults Regulus "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 10 51 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 10 52 Exploring the Moon "The Vagaries of Crater ""Tweens""" "Wood, Charles" 2017 10 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Inconstant Star "French, Sue" 2017 10 57 New Product Showcase Pocket Guide 2017 10 57 New Product Showcase Deep-Sky Cameras 2017 10 57 New Product Showcase Handcrafted Astrolabes 2017 10 58 S&T Test Report MallinCam's SkyRaider DS2.3 Plus "Mollise, Rod" 2017 10 62 Feature "16 Pisces, Arp 284 & the Unexpected Quasar" "Banich, Howard" 2017 10 67 Book Review Epic Effort to Save the Night "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 10 70 Astronomer's Workbench State of the Art — 63 Years Ago "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 10 72 Gallery Leaping Emu in the Far-Southern Sky "Ritter Jr., Howard L." 2017 10 74 Gallery Northern Giant "Brecher, Ron" 2017 10 74 Gallery """Hello"" and ""Goodbye""" "Bianconi, Alessandro" 2017 10 75 Gallery "IC 1396 in ""Hubble Color""" "Gonzáles, César Blanco" 2017 10 75 Gallery Elephant's Trunk "Gardner, Jerry" 2017 10 76 Gallery Sunflower Galaxy "Collings, David" 2017 10 76 Gallery Comet Johnson Makes a Pass "Schur, Chris" 2017 10 76 Gallery Stars & Moonlight "Kamkar, Amirreza" 2017 10 84 Focal Point The Name Game "Mazlin, Steven" 2017 11 4 Spectrum A New Cosmopolitanism "Tyson, Peter" 2017 11 6 From Our Readers Wishing for the Moon "Rokita, Andy" 2017 11 6 From Our Readers Life Among the Stars? I "Zanders, Ed" 2017 11 6 From Our Readers Life Among the Stars? II "Heim, Dan" 2017 11 6 From Our Readers Sounds from Meteors "Hohm M.D., Craig" 2017 11 6 From Our Readers Pass the Pasta "Masthay, Carl" 2017 11 6 From Our Readers Whither Helium? "Trimble, Virginia" 2017 11 6 From Our Readers Dark (and Mysterious) Matter "Kellogg, Tom" 2017 11 7 From Our Readers Seeing the Infrared "Maas, Steve" 2017 11 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 11 8 News Notes Pro-Am: Amateurs Find Asteroid's Moon "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 11 8 News Notes Solar System: Huge Storm Rages on Neptune "Walker, Sean" 2017 11 9 News Notes Mars: Trojan Asteroids Might Come from Red Planet "Dickinson, David" 2017 11 9 News Notes Kuiper Belt: Is New Horizons' Next Target a Binary Body? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2017 11 10 News Notes Galaxies: Milky Way May Be Made with Swapped Gas "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 11 10 News Notes Sun: Solar Waves Reveal Core's Spin "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 11 10 News Notes Stars: ALMA Sees New Star Launch Wind "Young, Monica" 2017 11 11 News Notes Exoplanets: Hot Jupiter Might Have Ozone-like Layer "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 11 11 News Notes "In Brief: Goodbye, LISA Pathfinder" "Dickinson, David" 2017 11 11 News Notes In Brief: Saturn's Mysterious Magnetic Field "Dickinson, David" 2017 11 11 News Notes In Brief: Sprites in Space "Dickinson, David" 2017 11 12 Cosmic Relief Chasing the Elusive 2014 MU69 "Grinspoon, David" 2017 11 14 Feature The Race to Mars "Skuse, Benjamin" 2017 11 24 Feature Treasures of the Tarantula "Bryant, Greg" 2017 11 30 Feature The 1794 Volcano on the Moon "Livingston, Andrew" 2017 11 34 Feature The Road Less Traveled "Forte, Ted" 2017 11 41 Sky at a Glance November 2017 NGC 7674 2017 11 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac November 2017 2017 11 43 Binocular Highlight The Silver Coin "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 11 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac November 2017 2017 11 45 Under the Stars A Thrilling Trio "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 11 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" At the Edge of the Day "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 11 48 Celestial Calendar The Poleward Trek of Comet ASASSN1 "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 11 50 Celestial Calendar The Taurids Are Back "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 11 51 Celestial Calendar Occultations of Aldebaran and Regulus "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 11 51 Celestial Calendar Using a Chart with Your Telescope "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 11 51 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "MacRobert, Alan" 2017 11 52 Exploring the Solar System Jupiter — From Earth to Juno "Rogers, John H. " 2017 11 55 Deep-Sky Wonders Square Galaxies "French, Sue" 2017 11 58 Going Deep A Whale of a Galaxy Cluster "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2017 11 62 S&T Test Report Celestron's CGX Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 2017 11 68 Feature Bright-Sky Imaging "Brecher, Ron" 2017 11 72 Astronomer's Workbench State of the Art — Today "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 11 74 Gallery In Carina's Shadow "Lavery, Darryn" 2017 11 74 Gallery Blue Bubble "Santiago, Derek" 2017 11 76 Gallery Enter the Cave "Winkler, Patrick" 2017 11 76 Gallery Many Splendors "Robison, Terry" 2017 11 84 Focal Point Reach Out & Touch "Schilling, Govert" 2017 12 4 Spectrum Welcoming New Staff "Tyson, Peter" 2017 12 6 From Our Readers Catching the Waves I "Sibert, Olin" 2017 12 6 From Our Readers Catching the Waves II "Bock, Stephan" 2017 12 6 From Our Readers Catching the Waves III "Heaton, Hal" 2017 12 6 From Our Readers More on Meteor Sounds "Launi, Stephen" 2017 12 8 From Our Readers Fool Me Once … "Warren, Bill" 2017 12 8 From Our Readers A Matter of Perspective "Mullaney, James" 2017 12 8 From Our Readers Notebook Envy "Thompson, Grant" 2017 12 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2017 12 10 News Notes "Asteroids: 3122 Florence Flies By, Reveals Two Moons" "Beatty, J. Kelly" "King, Bob" 2017 12 10 News Notes In Brief: Solar Power vs. Total Eclipse "Barbuzano, Javier" 2017 12 10 News Notes In Brief: TRAPPIST-1 Star is Old "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 12 11 News Notes Stars: The White Dwarf That Survived the Blast "Barbuzano, Javier" 2017 12 11 News Notes Exoplanets: Four Planets for Tau Ceti "Young, Monica" 2017 12 12 News Notes Cosmology: Does Dark Energy Change Over Time? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2017 12 12 News Notes Nova: Historical Observations Reveal an Ancient Explosion "Barbuzano, Javier" 2017 12 12 News Notes Stars: Heavy Local Stellar Traffic "Hall, Shannon" 2017 12 13 News Notes In Brief: New Exomoon Candidate "Bochanski, John" 2017 12 13 News Notes In Brief: Rogue Planets Not Plentiful "Young, Monica" 2017 12 14 Feature Jupiter Rediscovered "Bagenal, Fran" 2017 12 20 Feature Machines Learning Astronomy "Young, Monica" 2017 12 28 Feature Understanding Surface Brightness "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 12 32 Feature The Jewel in the Sword "Banich, Howard" 2017 12 39 Book Review Other Worlds "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 12 41 Sky at a Glance December 2017 Orion Nebula 2017 12 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac December 2017 2017 12 43 Binocular Highlight Big Sky Country "Wedel, Mathew" 2017 12 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac December 2017 2017 12 45 Under the Stars A Cornucopia of Celestial Curiosities "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 12 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" December Delights "Schaaf, Fred" 2017 12 48 Celestial Calendar Evening Entertainment "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 12 49 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 12 49 Celestial Calendar The Moon Occults Aldebaran "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 12 50 Celestial Calendar An Outburst At Last? "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 12 51 Celestial Calendar Winter Is Coming "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 12 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, December 2017" "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2017 12 52 Exploring the Moon Lunar Hall of Fame "Wood, Charles" 2017 12 55 Deep-Sky Wonders The Queen's Finest "French, Sue" 2017 12 58 S&T Test Report The Star Adventurer Mini Tracker "Dyer, Alan" 2017 12 64 Feature Autoguiding with PHD2 "Lodriguss, Jerry" 2017 12 68 Astronomer's Workbench A Foolproof Analemma Box "Oltion, Jerry" 2017 12 70 Gallery Portugal Sunset "Zaranek, Tom" 2017 12 71 Gallery Diamond Ring "Kussow, Rion" 2017 12 71 Gallery Picture Perfect "Wachs, Tom" 2017 12 72 Gallery Challenging Weather "Schaff, Jim" 2017 12 72 Gallery Crescent-Dappled Ground "Wynn, Pardner" 2017 12 73 Gallery 5 Minutes of Magic "Peach, Damian" 2017 12 73 Gallery Beads & Prominences "Salzgeber, Philipp" 2017 12 73 Gallery View From On High "Verhage, Paul L. " 2017 12 74 Gallery Soup-to-Nuts Sequence "Phillips, Ron" 2017 12 74 Gallery Feast for the Eyes "Cook, Chris" 2017 12 74 Gallery Getting It All "Wong, Alson" 2017 12 75 Gallery "360? of Midday ""Twilight""" "Guzy, Ryan" 2017 12 84 Focal Point The Family Telescope "Manney, John" 2018 1 4 Spectrum Rippled Fabric of Astronomy "Tyson, Peter" 2018 1 6 From Our Readers NGC 891: An Accidental Fake "Falesiedi, Alessandro" 2018 1 6 From Our Readers Neutron Stars in Perspective "Gleason, Richard" 2018 1 6 From Our Readers Dark Matter's Long Reach "Rosenstein, Bob" 2018 1 6 From Our Readers Wanted: Early Issues of S&T "Jones, Brian" 2018 1 7 From Our Readers "A Special ""Thank You""" "Bradbury, Mark A." 2018 1 7 From Our Readers Seeing Double "Petersen, Phil" 2018 1 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 1 10 News Notes Gravity: Two Massive Collisions and a Nobel Prize "Schilling, Govert" 2018 1 11 News Notes Stellar: Pulsations in the Pleiades "Young, Monica" 2018 1 11 News Notes Exoplanets: Heavy Metals in Hot Jupiter Atmosphere "Barbuzano, Javier" 2018 1 11 News Notes In Brief: 7-Year Radio Survey Begins Observations "Barbuzano, Javier" 2018 1 12 News Notes Lunar: Ancient Moon Had Volcano-Generated Atmosphere "Barbuzano, Javier" 2018 1 12 News Notes Black Holes: Supermassive Tango "Young, Monica" 2018 1 12 News Notes In Brief: Webb Telescope Launch Delayed "Young, Monica" 2018 1 12 News Notes In Brief: Hawai'i Approves Megatelescope "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 1 12 News Notes In Brief: First Official Pluto Feature Names "Barbuzano, Javier" 2018 1 14 Cosmic Relief Cosmic Communion "Grinspoon, David" 2018 1 16 Infographic Space Missions in 2018 "Carlisle, Camille M. " "Dinderman, Gregg" 2018 1 18 Feature Is the Sun Changing? "Bobra, Monica" 2018 1 22 Feature Kepler's Unknown Legacy "Hall, Shannon" 2018 1 30 Feature Hot Products 2018 Editors of S&T 2018 1 36 Feature "Making Your Nightscapes ""Pop""" "Bernal Andreo, Rogelio" 2018 1 41 Sky at a Glance January 2018 Messenger Mercury 2018 1 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac January 2018 2018 1 43 Binocular Highlight A Stingray in the Sky "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 1 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac January 2018 2018 1 45 Under the Stars Across the Zenith "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 1 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Planetary Pairings "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 1 48 Celestial Calendar January's Total Lunar Eclipse "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 1 50 Celestial Calendar Regulus Puts on a Show "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 1 50 Celestial Calendar Alaska for Aldebaran "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 1 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 1 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 1 51 Celestial Calendar Bad Year for the Quadrantids "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 1 52 Exploring the Solar System The Poles of Mercury "Sheehan, William" 2018 1 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Hidden Queen "French, Sue" 2018 1 57 Going Deep Dark Clouds in Taurus "Whitman, Alan" 2018 1 60 Feature Open Clusters Galore "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 1 66 Feature The Ancient Circle of Animals "Crossen, Craig" 2018 1 72 Astronomer's Workbench A New Criterion "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 1 74 Gallery Sightseeing in North America "Rhoades, Joshua" 2018 1 74 Gallery The Cygnus Wall "Hancock, Terry" 2018 1 76 Gallery Solar Sizzle "Bellido, Paco" 2018 1 76 Gallery Colossal Lunar Eclipse "Masi, Gianluca" 2018 1 84 Focal Point Wheel of Misfortune "Hahn, Jim" 2018 2 4 Spectrum Lonely Wanderer "Tyson, Peter" 2018 2 6 From Our Readers "Finding ""Planet X"" — Then and Now" "Urban, Curtis" 2018 2 6 From Our Readers Spacetime Speed Limit "Gallez, Paul" 2018 2 6 From Our Readers A Month on Mars? "Fay, John F. " 2018 2 6 From Our Readers The Other Southern Sky "Barreiro, Anthony" 2018 2 6 From Our Readers Worth the Wait "Mitchell, Warren" 2018 2 8 From Our Readers Wanted: Eclipse Reports "Mathisen, Ralph" 2018 2 8 From Our Readers A Crater for Rükl? "Hays Jr., Milt" 2018 2 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 2 10 News Notes Solar System: A Visitor from Interstellar Space "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 2 11 News Notes Exoplanets: Cool Dust Discovered Around Proxima Centauri "Bochanski, John" 2018 2 11 News Notes Physics: LIGO Sees Its Smallest Black Hole Binary Yet "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 2 12 News Notes Stellar: The Star That Wouldn't Die "Young, Monica" 2018 2 12 News Notes Solar System: Dwarf Planet Haumea Has a Ring "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 2 12 News Notes In Brief: Comet Heinze to Fly by in January "King, Bob" 2018 2 14 News Notes Black Holes: Decoding a Black Hole Jet "Young, Monica" 2018 2 14 News Notes Solar System: Preliminary Results from Triton Cover-Up "Dunham, David" 2018 2 14 News Notes In Brief: Cassini's Saturn Surprises "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 2 16 Feature Science in the Stratosphere "Fissel, Laura" 2018 2 22 Feature The Inconstancy of Nebulae "Forte, Ted" 2018 2 28 Feature Collimating a Schmidt-Cassegrain "Mollise, Rod" 2018 2 32 Feature When Neutron Stars Collide "Schilling, Govert" 2018 2 41 Sky at a Glance February 2018 Zodiacal Light 2018 2 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac February 2018 2018 2 43 Binocular Highlight "Past, Present & Future" "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 2 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac February 2018 2018 2 45 Under the Stars The Great Overdog "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 2 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Before Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 2 48 Celestial Calendar Fast Times in the Charioteer "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 2 49 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultations "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 2 50 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 2 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 2 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 2 52 Exploring the Moon Dry No More "Wood, Charles" 2018 2 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Winter's Mighty Hunter "French, Sue" 2018 2 57 New Product Showcase Full-Frame CMOS 2018 2 57 New Product Showcase Spectra Table 2018 2 57 New Product Showcase Narrowband Luminance 2018 2 58 S&T Test Report The QHY16200A CCD Camera "Horne, Johnny" 2018 2 64 Feature RTMC: The First Fifty Years "McConahay, Alex" 2018 2 70 Book Review A Grand Endeavor "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 2 72 Astronomer's Workbench Binocular Mounts "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 2 74 Gallery Milky Way Over Owens Valley "Oria, Mike" 2018 2 75 Gallery Triangulum's Pinwheel "Collings, David" 2018 2 75 Gallery Stalking the Heron "Waddington, Bruce" 2018 2 76 Gallery Crowded Crown "Bok, Ivan" 2018 2 77 Gallery Wizard Nebula "Bouevitch, Oleg" 2018 2 77 Gallery Solstice to Solstice "Pace, Marcella Giulia" 2018 2 84 Focal Point February's Missing Moon "Chapman, David" 2018 3 4 Spectrum The Stellar Soul of Wit "Tyson, Peter" 2018 3 6 From Our Readers Perfecting Your Nightscapes I "Mason, Tom" 2018 3 6 From Our Readers Perfecting Your Nightscapes II "Spencer, Ken" 2018 3 6 From Our Readers When Will the Sun Die? "Wik, Tom" 2018 3 6 From Our Readers A Fond Memory of NGC 253 "Hewish, Marilyn" 2018 3 8 From Our Readers "Enduring Love, Thanks to S&T" "Branchett, David" 2018 3 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 3 10 News Notes Light Pollution: The Lost LED Revolution "Hattenbach, Jan" 2018 3 11 News Notes Exoplanets: Ross 128b Orbits Quiet Nearby Star "Bochanski, John" 2018 3 11 News Notes Galaxies: Deeper View of Hubble's Deep Field "Young, Monica" 2018 3 12 News Notes Stellar: Infant Stars Huddle Near Black Hole "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 3 12 News Notes Exoplanets: 55 Cancri e Has an Atmosphere "Young, Monica" 2018 3 13 New Notes Solar System: Why Isn't Venus Magnetized? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 3 13 News Notes Space: Reentry of China's Tiangong 1 Proto-Station "Dickinson, David" 2018 3 13 News Notes In Brief: Most Distant Black Hole "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 3 13 News Notes In Brief: First Light for Sky-Sweeping Telescope "Young, Monica" 2018 3 14 Cosmic Relief Alien Visitor "Grinspoon, David" 2018 3 16 Feature Earth's Changing Magnetic Field "Naeye, Robert" 2018 3 22 Feature TESS The Transiting Exoplanet Hunter "Seager, Sara" 2018 3 28 Feature Star Factories "Jakiel, Richard" 2018 3 34 Feature What Makes a Great Astrophoto? "Walker, Sean" 2018 3 41 Sky at a Glance March 2018 M22 2018 3 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac March 2018 2018 3 43 Binocular Highlight Turning Point "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 3 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac March 2018 2018 3 45 Under the Stars Colors and Clusters "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 3 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Return of the Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 3 48 Celestial Calendar Mercury in the Month of Mars "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 3 49 Celestial Calendar A Dark Story "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 3 50 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 3 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 3 50 Celestial Calendar Aldebaran Afternoon "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 3 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 3 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 3 52 Exploring the Solar System Velikovsky's Venus "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 3 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Crab and the Water Monster "French, Sue" 2018 3 57 Going Deep Ancient Photons from AGNs "Lamperti, Al" 2018 3 60 S&T Test Report Managing Images with Observatory "Wright, Jr., Richard S." 2018 3 64 Feature #Look Up With Us "Larson, Michelle B." 2018 3 70 Astronomer's Workbench A Stair-Climbing Scope Buggy "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 3 72 Gallery Caroline's Rose "Chadha, Jaspal" 2018 3 72 Gallery Tortured Clouds "Sackenheim, Frank" 2018 3 72 Gallery Icy Reception "Schur, Chris" 2018 3 75 Gallery Rosette Nebula (Close-up) "Gillette, Robert" 2018 3 75 Gallery Rosette Nebula (Wide Field) "Brecher, Ron" 2018 3 75 Gallery Rosette Nebula (Hubble Palette) "Gibson, Dustin" 2018 3 75 Gallery Distant Face-On Spiral "Keller, Warren" "Mazlin, Steve" "Harvey, Jack" 2018 3 76 Gallery Colorful Competition "Petricca, Giuseppe" 2018 3 76 Gallery Kinfe-Edge Spiral "Gorenstein, Ian" 2018 3 76 Gallery Starbirth in Cepheus "Blanco González, César " 2018 3 84 Focal Point A Brief Eternity "Green, Jane" 2018 4 4 Spectrum Clear Skies "Tyson, Peter" 2018 4 6 From Our Readers Aurora Observations Wanted "Wagner, Daniel" "Neuhäuser, Ralph" 2018 4 6 From Our Readers Close Encounters "Baughman, Jim" 2018 4 6 From Our Readers Diversifying Gallery "Ince-Lum, Katrina" 2018 4 6 From Our Readers Science with Backyard Scopes "Sales, Tom" 2018 4 6 From Our Readers Honoring Ewen Whitaker "Pohnan, Jr., Bill" 2018 4 7 From Our Readers Seeing Things in Orion I "Dawson, Paul" 2018 4 7 From Our Readers Seeing Things in Orion II "Atchison, Charles ""Wes""" 2018 4 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 4 8 News Notes Stars: Mystery Bursts Might Originate Near Black Hole "Hall, Shannon" 2018 4 9 News Notes Solar System: New Horizons Target Has a Moon "Young, Monica" 2018 4 9 News Notes Solar System: 'Oumuamua: Tumbling & Silent "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 4 10 News Notes Stars: New Observations of Boyajian's Star "Bochanski, John" 2018 4 10 News Notes Exoplanets: Metal-Enriched Stars Host Closer Planets "Young, Monica" 2018 4 10 News Notes Exoplanets: Neural Network Finds Two Earth-Size Planets "Young, Monica" 2018 4 11 News Notes Gamma-Ray Bursts: Did Colliding Neutron Stars Choke Their Own Jet? "Hall, Shannon" 2018 4 11 News Notes In Brief: Meteoroids Explode from the Inside "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 4 11 News Notes In Brief: Exoplanet Loops Over Star's Pole "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 4 12 News Notes Galaxies: Ordered Galaxies in Chaotic Early Universe "Young, Monica" 2018 4 12 News Notes Obituary: Comet Discoverer Thomas Bopp (1949-2018) "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2018 4 14 Feature The First Galaxies "Geach, James" 2018 4 22 Feature The Little Galaxies That Can "Croswell, Ken" 2018 4 30 Feature The Snake in Spring "Gottlieb, Steve" 2018 4 36 Feature Halley's Comet & Maya Kings "Romero, James" 2018 4 41 Sky at a Glance April 2018 The Moon 2018 4 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac April 2018 2018 4 43 Binocular Highlight Fields of Gold "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 4 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac April 2018 2018 4 45 Under the Stars Springtime Skies "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 4 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" "Mars, Saturn, and the Teapot" "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 4 48 Celestial Calendar April Showers "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 4 49 Celestial Calendar Moon Occults Nu Geminorum "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 4 49 Celestial Calendar What's in a Name? "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 4 50 Celestial Calendar Speaking of Gemini … "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 4 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 4 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 4 52 Exploring the Moon Enigmatic Lava Tubes "Wood, Charles A." 2018 4 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Into the Lion's Den "French, Sue" 2018 4 58 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher's Stargate 18-inch Dobsonian "di Cicco, Dennis" 2018 4 64 Book Review "Of Heists, Lies & Truth" "Myszka, Janine" 2018 4 66 Feature Aperture Masks for Camera Lenses "Wright, Jr., Richard S." 2018 4 70 Astronomer's Workbench A Lens to Grind "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 4 72 Gallery Beauty Near the Belt "Hancock, Terry" "Holloway, Walter" 2018 4 74 Gallery Fantasy in Orion "Moroni, Paolo" 2018 4 75 Gallery Mercury Meets the Moon "Chang, YuWen" 2018 4 75 Gallery Flashy Aurora "Skinner, Matt" 2018 4 84 Focal Point My Plastic Spaceship "Wright, Jr., Richard S." 2018 5 4 Spectrum A Whale of a Mystery "Tyson, Peter" 2018 5 6 From Our Readers Seeing Double I "Boatright, Russ" 2018 5 6 From Our Readers Seeing Double II "Harris, Ray" 2018 5 6 From Our Readers August's Cosmic Communion "Ribble, Jim" 2018 5 6 From Our Readers Seeing in the Ultraviolet? "Hudson, Kathryn" 2018 5 6 From Our Readers The Measure of Mount Wilson "Terrill, Dick" 2018 5 6 From Our Readers More on Surface Brightness I "Brescia, Keith" 2018 5 6 From Our Readers More on Surface Brightness II "Stoltzmann, David" 2018 5 7 From Our Readers Seeing Mercury in Daylight "Marti, Dick" 2018 5 7 From Our Readers For the Record 2018 5 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 5 8 News Notes Space: Successful Falcon Heavy Launch "Acalin, Pauline" 2018 5 8 News Notes Cosmology: Dark Energy Survey Releases Three-Year Data "Schilling, Govert" 2018 5 9 New Notes Stars: Hefty Stars Prompt Birth Debate "Young, Monica" 2018 5 9 News Notes Exoplanets: Some Planets Are Bigger Than They Appear "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 5 9 News Notes Akatsuki's Views of Venus "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2018 5 10 News Notes Mars: Water Ice Exposed in Martian Cliffs "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 5 10 News Notes In Brief: Eclipse Created Atmospheric Bow Waves "Rao, Joe" 2018 5 10 News Notes In Brief: New Power Source for NASA "Dickinson, David" 2018 5 11 News Notes Mars: Gardening on the Red Planet "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 5 11 News Notes Cosmology: Orderly Dwarf Galaxies Challenge Cosmological Wisdom "Schilling, Govert" 2018 5 11 News Notes In Brief: New Definition for Biggest Planets Proposed "Hall, Shannon" 2018 5 12 Cosmic Relief Chipping Away at Exoplanets "Grinspoon, David" 2018 5 14 Feature The Dark Energy Enigma "Woo, Marcus" 2018 5 22 Feature "Big, Bold, Bright, and Beautiful" "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 5 28 Feature Dig into NASA's Planetary Data System "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2018 5 36 S&T Test Report Meade's 115-Millimeter ED Triplet "Mollise, Rod" 2018 5 41 Sky at a Glance May 2018 M44 2018 5 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac May 2018 2018 5 43 Binocular Highlight Small But Fierce "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 5 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac May 2018 2018 5 45 Under the Stars In the Path of the Closest Comet "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 5 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Planets Run the Show "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 5 48 Celestial Calendar "Jupiter, By Jove!" "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 5 49 Celestial Calendar The Great Red Spot "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 5 49 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 5 50 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 5 51 Celestial Calendar Count the Eta Aquariids? "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 5 51 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultations "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 5 52 Exploring the Solar System Spotting Jupiter's Spot "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 5 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Star-Clad Maiden "French, Sue" 2018 5 57 Going Deep The Coma Cluster "Forte, Ted" 2018 5 60 Feature A Journey to the Dark Site of the Earth "Stare, Jurij" "Zembaty, Zbigniew" 2018 5 68 Astronomer's Workbench Hunter's Zoom Finder "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 5 74 Gallery Milky Way: Summer & Winter "Tezel, Tunç" 2018 5 75 Gallery Smoke and a Mirror "Vermette, John" 2018 5 76 Gallery The Toucan's Treasure "Simon, Kfir" 2018 5 84 Focal Point Armchair Astronaut "Brake, Mike" 2018 6 4 Spectrum Heaven Sent "Tyson, Peter" 2018 6 6 From Our Readers "Up, Up, and Away I" "Petersen, Kurt" 2018 6 6 From Our Readers "Up, Up, and Away II" "Kardel, Scott" 2018 6 6 From Our Readers A New Era? "Cline, Matt" 2018 6 6 From Our Readers Seeing in the Dark "Harrington, Scott N." 2018 6 6 From Our Readers Full Moon Fever "McClure, Bruce" 2018 6 7 From Our Readers Braille Method "Heydon, Alex" 2018 6 7 From Our Readers A Family Affair "Gingrich, Mark" 2018 6 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 6 8 News Notes "Solar System: Amazing Storms, Jet Streams on Jupiter" "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 6 8 News Notes Cosmology: Signal from First Stars Suggests Primordial Chill "Schilling, Govert" 2018 6 9 News Notes Moon: Giant Impact May Have Vaporized Earth to Make Moon "Barbuzano, Javier" 2018 6 9 News Notes Galaxies: Dwarf Galaxy Evicted Milky Way Stars "Young, Monica" 2018 6 10 News Notes Stars: Amateur Captures Supernova's First Light "Barbuzano, Javier" 2018 6 10 News Notes In Brief: Most Distant Supernova "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 6 10 News Notes In Brief: NASA 2019 Budget Proposal Cancels WFIRST "Dickinson, David" 2018 6 10 News Notes In Brief: Arecino's Fate Decided "Young, Monica" 2018 6 11 News Notes "Obituary: Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018" "Young, Monica" 2018 6 12 Feature Space Invaders "Tyson, Peter" 2018 6 18 Feature Cataclysms from Above "Lorenz, Ralph D." 2018 6 22 Feature Space Rock Rendezvous "Durda, Dan" 2018 6 30 Feature Is that Star Blue or Green? "Franke, Bob" 2018 6 34 Feature A Crowded Life "Murray, Steve" 2018 6 41 Sky at a Glance June 2018 Vesta 2018 6 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac June 2018 2018 6 43 Binocular Highlight The Northern Crown "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 6 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac June 2018 2018 6 45 Under the Stars Leap with a Gazelle "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 6 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Planets Aplenty "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 6 48 Celestial Calendar Vesta at Its Best "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 6 49 Celestial Calendar Ancient Asteroid Bits "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 6 50 Celestial Calendar Saturn Stands (Relatively) High "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 6 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 6 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 6 52 Exploring the Moon Submarine Moons "Wood, Charles A." 2018 6 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Shining Jewels "French, Sue" 2018 6 58 S&T Test Report Image-Intensified Observing "di Cicco, Dennis" 2018 6 64 Feature Fifteen Steps to Forever "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 6 72 Astronomer's Workbench Art Gamble's G-Tracker "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 6 74 Gallery NGC 2023 "Hanson, Mark" "Mazlin, S. " "Keller, W." "Parker, R." "Tse, T." "Proulx, P." 2018 6 75 Gallery Whirlpool of Stars (M51) "Smith, Lloyd L." 2018 6 75 Gallery Winter Hunt "Ventrudo, Brian" 2018 6 76 Gallery The Heart of Hercules "Fera, Bob and Janice" 2018 6 84 Focal Point A Feast for the Eyes "Weeks, Todd" 2018 7 4 Spectrum A Meteorologist on Mars "Tyson, Peter" 2018 7 6 From Our Readers Down by the Riverside I "Schalck, Robert" 2018 7 6 From Our Readers Down by the Riverside II "O'Neal, Michael" 2018 7 6 From Our Readers Longer Odds "Sales, Tom" 2018 7 6 From Our Readers So Far and Yet So Near "Marks, Joel" 2018 7 7 From Our Readers Mission Omissions "Weimer, Daniel" 2018 7 7 From Our Readers Adler Memories "Matthies, Fred" 2018 7 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 7 8 News Notes Galaxies: A Galaxy Without Dark Matter? "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 7 8 News Notes Solar System: Is 'Oumuamua Pancake-Shaped? "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 7 9 News Notes Spacecraft: James Webb Telescope Delayed Until 2020 "Young, Monica" 2018 7 9 News Notes In Brief: Update on the Aurora Named Steve "Young, Monica" 2018 7 9 News Notes In Brief: Tiangong 1's Remote Reentry "Dickinson, David" 2018 7 10 News Notes Milky Way: Galaxy's Center is Home to Many Black Holes "Young, Monica" 2018 7 10 News Notes "Stars: Astronomers Catch Cache of ""Fast Supernoave""" "Schilling, Govert" 2018 7 11 News Notes Stars: Supergiant Runaway Star "Howell, Elizabeth" 2018 7 11 News Notes Stars: Star-Forming Braids in the Orion Nebula "Young, Monica" 2018 7 11 News Notes In Brief: Hubble Images Most Distant Star "Young, Monica" 2018 7 11 News Notes In Brief: Nearby Relic of Ancient Universe "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 7 12 Cosmic Relief Advancing the SETI Quest "Grinspoon, David" 2018 7 14 Feature Mars's Lost Atmosphere "Jakosky, Bruce" 2018 7 22 Feature Mars the Mighty Returns "King, Bob" 2018 7 28 Feature Canal Mania "Brasch, Klaus" 2018 7 34 Feature Litter in Orbit: How to Clean Up Space Junk "McDowell, Jonathan" 2018 7 41 Sky at a Glance July 2018 Mars gullies 2018 7 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac July 2018 2018 7 43 Binocular Highlight The Secret Heart of Night "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 7 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac July 2018 2018 7 45 Under the Stars All My Mars at Once "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 7 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Mars and Its Supporting Cast "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 7 48 Celestial Calendar Pluto in 2018 "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 7 50 Celestial Calendar A Star Behind Saturn "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 7 50 Celestial Calendar The Red Planet Returns "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 7 50 Celestial Calendar Total Lunar Eclipse "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 7 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 7 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 7 52 Exploring the Solar System Hunting Phobos and Deimos "Dobbins, Thomas A. " 2018 7 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Season's Top 10 Globulars "French, Sue" 2018 7 57 New Product Showcase Observing Guide 2018 7 57 New Product Showcase Ultimate Astrograph 2018 7 57 New Product Showcase Satellite Spotter 2018 7 58 Going Deep Slightly Off the Beaten Track "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2018 7 62 S&T Test Report High-Tech Polar Alignment: The PoleMaster "Dyer, Alan" 2018 7 66 Feature Messier 27: The First Planetary Nebula "Banich, Howard" 2018 7 72 Astronomer's Workbench Bowling Ball Brilliance "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 7 74 Gallery The Eyes Have It "Hancock, Terry" 2018 7 74 Gallery Crowning Castle "Kamkar, Amirreza" 2018 7 75 Gallery Crystal Ball Nebula "Peterson, Brian" 2018 7 76 Gallery Gems of Orion "Manges, Chuck" 2018 7 84 Focal Point Celestial Solace in Parkland "Jeter, Kyle" 2018 8 4 Spectrum The People's Eclipse "Tyson, Peter" 2018 8 6 From Our Readers Diamond Ring Effect "Heyn, Herman M." 2018 8 6 From Our Readers Going Through a Phase "Bertin, Mike" 2018 8 6 From Our Readers Cosmic Recipe "Humbert, Francis" 2018 8 6 From Our Readers Maya and Meteors "Coe, Michael D." 2018 8 6 From Our Readers Hawking Remembered "Wieting, Bob" 2018 8 7 From Our Readers Hot or Not? "Metcalf, Larry" 2018 8 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 8 8 News Notes Space: Insight Lander Heads to Mars "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 8 8 News Notes Space: TESS Mission Launches Successfully "Howell, Elizabeth" 2018 8 8 News Notes In Brief: CubeSats Launch with Insight "Dickinson, David" 2018 8 9 News Notes "Stars: Gaia Maps 1.7 Billion Stars, Widens Cosmic Census" "Hattenbach, Jan" 2018 8 10 News Notes Stars: 14 Galaxies Might Have Become Largest Cluster in the Universe "Young, Monica" 2018 8 10 News Notes Galaxies: Do Supermassive Black Holes Wander the Milky Way? "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 8 10 News Notes In Brief: Helicopter to Fly with Mars 2020 Rover "Dickinson, David" 2018 8 12 News Notes Cosmology: Hawking Takes on the Multiverse "Young, Monica" 2018 8 12 News Notes Solar System: Mud Cracks on Mars Reveal Lake's History "Freydlin, Julie" 2018 8 14 Feature Shadow Science "Young, Alex C." 2018 8 22 Feature A Picture-Perfect Eclipse Experiment "Bruns, Donald" 2018 8 26 Feature The Moon Mess "Barbuzano, Javier" 2018 8 34 Feature Aquila's Gems "Forte, Ted" 2018 8 41 Sky at a Glance August 2018 Perseid from space 2018 8 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac August 2018 2018 8 43 Binocular Highlight Surprises Come in Twos "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 8 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac August 2018 2018 8 45 Under the Stars All My Mars at Once - Part 2 "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 8 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" And Then There Were Five "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 8 48 Celestial Calendar Peak Perseids "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 8 49 Celestial Calendar Occultation by Asteroid "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 8 50 Celestial Calendar 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Returns "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 8 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 8 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 8 52 Exploring the Moon The Crater that Cried Wolf "Wood, Charles" 2018 8 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Cygnus Puzzlers "French, Sue" 2018 8 57 Book Review Idiosyncratic but Authoritative "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 8 58 Feature The Riddle of the Nebulae "Banich, Howard" 2018 8 64 Feature A Night on Haleakala "Wright, Jr., Richard S." 2018 8 70 Astronomer's Workbench An Optimized Dob "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 8 72 Gallery Just Passing Through "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2018 8 73 Gallery Galactic Arch "Burgess, Barry" 2018 8 73 Gallery Ultra-Thin Moon "Schur, Chris" 2018 8 74 Gallery Spring Spiral "Gomez, Christopher" 2018 8 74 Gallery Fighting Dragons "Winkler, Patrick" 2018 8 75 Gallery Glowing Atmosphere "Horne, Johnny" 2018 8 76 Gallery Star Clusters Young and Old "Chadha, Jaspal" 2018 8 84 Focal Point Catching the Eclipse Chills "Myers, Fred" 2018 9 4 Spectrum Returning to Venus "Tyson, Peter" 2018 9 6 From Our Readers Solace in the Sky "Kellogg, Tom" 2018 9 6 From Our Readers Constant Pressure "Marks, Joel" 2018 9 6 From Our Readers Home-Grown Globulars "Trent, Paul" 2018 9 6 From Our Readers A Fourth Neutrino? "Stivers, Robert" 2018 9 6 From Our Readers Space Junkie "Erdman, Arthur J." 2018 9 6 From Our Readers Retrograde Notion "Lampton, Mike" 2018 9 7 From Our Readers Speaking of Misnomers . . . "Tatum, Jeremy B." 2018 9 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 9 8 News Notes Solar System: Dunes on Pluto "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 9 8 News Notes Solar System: Methane and Other Organics on Mars "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 9 8 News Notes Cosmology: Early Star Formation Presents New Cosmic Mystery "Hall, Shannon" 2018 9 9 News Notes Solar System: Apollo Astronauts Warmed the Moon "Dickinson, David" 2018 9 10 News Notes Milky Way: More Mystery Objects in the Galactic Center "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 9 10 News Notes Star Formation: Too Many Massive Stars in the Early Universe "Young, Monica" 2018 9 11 News Notes Solar System: No Planet X in the Kuiper Belt? "Barbuzano, Javier" 2018 9 11 News Notes Dust Storm on Mars; Opportunity Hunkers Down "King, Bob" 2018 9 11 News Notes In Brief: Globular Clusters Get a Face-Lift "Young, Monica" 2018 9 11 News Notes In Brief: Curiosity Rover is Drilling Again "Dickinson, David" 2018 9 12 Cosmic Relief Variations on a Theme "Grinspoon, David" 2018 9 14 Feature Destination Venus? "Hall, Shannon" 2018 9 22 Feature Near the Pit "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 9 30 Feature The Enigma that is BL Lacertae "Nakamoto, David" 2018 9 36 Feature Polar Alignment with Camera and Spreadsheet "Kahlhöfer, Jürgen" 2018 9 41 Sky at a Glance September 2018 Messier 8 2018 9 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac September 2018 2018 9 43 Binocular Highlight A Peek Behind the Curtain "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 9 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac September 2018 2018 9 45 Under the Stars Harvesting the Autumn Skies "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 9 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Autumn Arrives "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 9 48 Celestial Calendar Gas Giant Season "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 9 50 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 9 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 9 52 Exploring the Solar System A Nod to Lunar Libration "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 9 55 Deep-Sky Wonders Lacerta sive Stellio "French, Sue" 2018 9 58 Going Deep A Celestial Set Piece "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2018 9 62 Feature Autumn in the Suburbs "Mollise, Rod" 2018 9 68 S&T Test Report Backyard Spectroscopy with Rspec "Mollise, Rod" 2018 9 72 Astronomer's Workbench A New Generation Picks Up the Torch "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 9 74 Gallery Green Flash "Grant, Jim" 2018 9 75 Gallery Emerging Vulture "Africa, Eric" 2018 9 75 Gallery Grand Spiral "Keller, Warren" "Hanson, M." "Mazlin, S." "Parker, R." "Tse, T." "Proulx, P." 2018 9 76 Gallery Hole in Space "Waddington, Bruce" 2018 9 76 Gallery Pinnacle Twilight "Burgess, Bruce" 2018 9 84 Focal Point Star Struck "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 10 4 Spectrum The Big Empty "Tyson, Peter" 2018 10 6 From Our Readers Solo Artist "Martin, Jeff" 2018 10 6 From Our Readers Another Approach to LPCs "Marks, Joel" 2018 10 6 From Our Readers Astronomer Seeks Companion "Neubauer, Jeffrey" 2018 10 6 From Our Readers Martian Greenwich "Maas, Jan A." 2018 10 7 From Our Readers Funding SETI "Magnuson, Erik" 2018 10 7 From Our Readers A Wish for Wedel "Summers, Frederick J." 2018 10 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 10 8 News Notes Solar System: 10 New Moons for Jupiter "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 10 8 News Notes Solar System: Organics Inside Enceladus: Complex Enough for Life? "Howell, Elizabeth" 2018 10 9 News Notes Cosmology: Best Long-range Test of General Relativity "Young, Monica" 2018 10 9 News Notes "Cosmology: Pulsar Test Limits Existence of ""Fifth Force""" "Howell, Elizabeth" 2018 10 10 News Notes Black Holes: Destroyed Star Feeds Black Hole Jet "Carlisle, Camille M. " 2018 10 10 News Notes Pulsars: A Magnifying Glass for a Pulsar "Young, Monica" 2018 10 11 News Notes Solar System: Long-ago Supervolcano Created Mars Rock Formation "Freydlin, Julie" 2018 10 11 News Notes Hayabasu 2 Arrives at Asteroid Ryugu "Dickinson, David" 2018 10 11 News Notes In Brief: Webb Telescope to Launch in 2021 "Young, Monica" 2018 10 11 News Notes In Brief: Dawn Reaches Final Orbit Around Ceres "Dickinson, David" 2018 10 12 Feature Our Local Void "Croswell, Ken" 2018 10 20 Feature Oumuamua's Dramatic Visit "Laughlin, Greg" 2018 10 28 Feature A Tourist's Guide to the Autumn Highlights "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 10 34 Feature New Life for the Great Melbourne Telescope "Bell, Trudy E." 2018 10 41 Sky at a Glance October 2018 Milky Way and zodiacal light 2018 10 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac October 2018 2018 10 43 Binocular Highlight Harvest the Stars "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 10 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac October 2018 2018 10 45 Under the Stars The Sea Goat in the Skies "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 10 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Enter the Ice Giants "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 10 48 Celestial Calendar Another Bright Comet? "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 10 49 Celestial Calendar October Orionids "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 10 49 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 10 50 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 10 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 10 51 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 10 52 Exploring the Moon A Hole in the Moon's Magnetic Field "Wood, Charles" 2018 10 54 Deep-Sky Wonders I <3 Planetaries "French, Sue" 2018 10 57 Book Review A Conversational Guide to Gravitational Waves "Young, Monica" 2018 10 58 Feature Lost in the Glare "Brecher, Ron" 2018 10 58 S&T Test Report Meade's Mini Astrograph "Dyer, Alan" 2018 10 70 New Product Showcase Smartphone Adapter 2018 10 70 New Product Showcase Southern Primer 2018 10 70 New Product Showcase Big Truss Dob 2018 10 72 Astronomer's Workbench Easy and Effective Light Barriers "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 10 74 Gallery Crater Sunrise "Ford, Brian" 2018 10 74 Gallery Planet Parade "Imperio, Ryan" 2018 10 75 Gallery Shine Down on Shanghai "Xu, David" 2018 10 76 Gallery King of Rings "Ford, Brian" 2018 10 76 Gallery Diamonds in the Sky "Crowson, Dan" 2018 10 77 Gallery Feathers of the Swan "Struble, Douglas J." 2018 10 84 Focal Point Outwitted "Sargent, Roger" 2018 11 4 Spectrum Supersize Me "Tyson, Peter" 2018 11 6 From Our Readers More Balloon Astronomy "Davis, Darryl" 2018 11 6 From Our Readers Costs of Mission Hardware "Ritter, Howard L." 2018 11 6 From Our Readers Staying Cool "Schultz, Bill" 2018 11 7 From Our Readers Star Reporter "Stephan, Glen" 2018 11 7 From Our Readers Expanding Vocabulary "Holm, Mark" 2018 11 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 11 8 News Notes Solar System: Water Lake Discovered on Mars "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2018 11 9 News Notes Exoplanets: First Direct Image of Newborn Planet "Freydlin, Julie" 2018 11 9 News Notes "Sun: Parker Solar Probe Launches to ""Touch the Sun""" "Dickinson, David" 2018 11 10 News Notes Particles: IceCube Neutrino Linked to Cosmic Source "Skuse, Benjamin" 2018 11 10 News Notes Mars: Source of Present-Day Dust on Mars Found "Freydlin, Julie" 2018 11 11 News Notes Galaxies: Andromeda's Encounter with a Galactic Sibling "Howell, Elizabeth" 2018 11 11 News Notes Stars: Gap in Gaia Data Reveals Stellar Interiors "Young, Monica" 2018 11 11 News Notes In Brief: Small Satellite to Answer Big Question "Dickinson, David" 2018 11 11 News Notes In Brief: Sea Meteorite Recovered "Dickinson, David" 2018 11 12 Cosmic Relief A Nebulous Existence "Grinspoon, David" 2018 11 14 Feature Monster Scopes "Schilling, Govert" 2018 11 22 Feature Return to the Iron Planet "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2018 11 30 Feature When Color Came from Down Under "Peña, Antonio" 2018 11 34 Feature In Search of Extragalactic Globulars "Gottlieb, Steve" 2018 11 41 Sky at a Glance November 2018 Stephan's Quintet 2018 11 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac November 2018 2018 11 43 Binocular Highlight Look Beyond "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 11 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac November 2018 2018 11 45 Under the Stars Doubles and More in Capricornus "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 11 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Brilliance at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 11 48 Celestial Calendar An Asteroid Pays a Visit "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 11 50 Celestial Calendar A Hyperactive Comet on a Chaotic Orbit "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 11 51 Celestial Calendar Moon Hides Star "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 11 52 Exploring the Solar System How Much Does Size Matter "Dobbins, Thomas A. " 2018 11 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Pegasus Arise! "French, Sue" 2018 11 57 Going Deep Depth Afield "Tosteson, David" 2018 11 60 Feature Spotlight on a Seyfert "Banich, Howard" 2018 11 66 S&T Test Report iOptron's CEM120 Equatorial Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 2018 11 70 Astronomer's Workbench A Scale Model Solar System "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 11 72 Gallery Over-Under Eclipse "Langersek, Renato" 2018 11 72 Gallery Red Pair Rising "Han, Doug" 2018 11 74 Gallery Compact Galaxy Group "Wright, Jr., Richard S." 2018 11 74 Gallery Ring Flower "Morrone, Luigi" 2018 11 74 Gallery One-Armed Spiral "Quattrocchi, Keith" 2018 11 76 Gallery The Butterfly "Fox, Stacey" 2018 11 84 Focal Point Cosmic Entanglement "Nelson, Douglas Ray" 2018 12 4 Spectrum Mad for the Night "Tyson, Peter" 2018 12 6 From Our Readers Aerial View "Poll, Michael" 2018 12 6 From Our Readers Eclipse Experiment "Collins, Richard" 2018 12 6 From Our Readers Starting Spectroscopy "Dilles, Shawn" 2018 12 6 From Our Readers Galactic Wanderer "Ullman, Jack" 2018 12 8 From Our Readers Open Invitation "Lamperti, Al" 2018 12 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2018 12 10 News Notes Solar System: Solid Evidence of Water Ice on Moon "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2018 12 10 News Notes "Exoplanets: Astronomers ""Weigh"" Beta Pictoris b" "Bochanski, John" 2018 12 11 News Notes Solar Eclipse: Scientists Successfully Predict Shape of Solar Corona "Sandford, Emily" 2018 12 12 News Notes Stars: Sibling Rivalry Incited Eta Carinae's Explosion "Howell, Elizabeth" 2018 12 12 News Notes Black Holes: Middleweight Black Holes Shed Light on Early Universe "Young, Monica" 2018 12 13 News Notes Stars: Aurorae Discovered Around Rogue Brown Dwarf "Bochanski, John" 2018 12 13 News Notes In Brief: Upgrade for Arecibo Observatory "Howell, Elizabeth" 2018 12 13 News Notes In Brief: AAS Opens Membership to Amateurs "Young, Monica" 2018 12 13 News Notes In Brief: Impact Shaped Ice Giant "Young, Monica" 2018 12 14 Feature Monster Science "Schilling, Govert" 2018 12 22 Feature New Year's Eve Celestial Celebration "Levine, Scott" 2018 12 30 Feature The Fastest Stars Escaping the Galaxy "Croswell, Ken" 2018 12 34 Feature Mars: The Inside Story "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2018 12 40 Book Review "The ""Last First"" Reveal" "Petersen, Carolyn Collins" 2018 12 41 Sky at a Glance December 2018 Winter Night Sky 2018 12 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac December 2018 2018 12 43 Binocular Highlight The True and the False Atik "Wedel, Mathew" 2018 12 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac December 2018 2018 12 45 Under the Stars Rains of Fire "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 12 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Conjunction Couplet "Schaaf, Fred" 2018 12 48 Celestial Calendar An Unusual Parent "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 12 49 Celestial Calendar Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 12 50 Celestial Calendar Say Hello to Hebe "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 12 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 12 51 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2018 12 52 Exploring the Moon Imbrium's Eyebrow "Wood, Charles" 2018 12 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Frosty Sky "French, Sue" 2018 12 58 S&T Test Report Remote Imaging with Chilescope "Walker, Sean" 2018 12 62 New Product Showcase Processing Lessons 2018 12 62 New Product Showcase 8-inch Astrograph 2018 12 62 New Product Showcase Live View Camera 2018 12 64 Feature Getting the Best from Your Backyard "Talbot, Jonathan" 2018 12 68 Astronomer's Workbench A Sundial Wall "Oltion, Jerry" 2018 12 70 Feature Soft Drinks and Stargazing "Ruiz-Castell, Pedro" 2018 12 74 Gallery Mono Trails "Melandri, Fabrizio" 2018 12 76 Gallery Omega Nebula "Ruppel, Gregg" 2018 12 76 Gallery Dusty Planet "Voltmer, Sebastian" 2018 12 76 Gallery Blazing Fireball "Tian, Qiushi" 2018 12 84 Focal Point Meeting My Space Hero "Maor, Eli" 2019 1 4 Spectrum The How and the Why "Tyson, Peter" 2019 1 6 From Our Readers Martian Makeover? "Hess, Bob" 2019 1 6 From Our Readers Inside Enceladus "McCann, Conan" 2019 1 6 From Our Readers Name That Gadget "Woods, William" 2019 1 6 From Our Readers Patience Rewarded "Christensen, Dean" 2019 1 6 From Our Readers What's Cooking? "McCann, Curt" 2019 1 7 From Our Readers Gravity Doesn't Discriminate "Evans, Ed" 2019 1 7 From Our Readers Here Goes Nothing "Wachter, Ken" 2019 1 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 1 10 News Notes Exoplanets: Hubble Boosts Case for Exomoon "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 1 11 News Notes Solar System: Dawn Probes Roles of Cryovolcanism on Ceres "Dickinson, David" 2019 1 11 News Notes Milky Way: Star Pattern Suggests Recent Galactic Whack "Bochanski, John" 2019 1 12 News Notes Solar System: Jupiter's Magnetic Field Has Weird Structure "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 1 12 News Notes In Brief: Voyager 2 Approaches Interstellar Space "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 1 12 News Notes In Brief: TESS Satellite Spots First Exoplanet "Young, Monica" 2019 1 12 News Notes In Brief: Dust Storms on Titan "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 1 13 News Notes Supernovae: What Makes Supernovae Superluminous? "Young, Monica" 2019 1 13 News Notes Solar System: New Object Found in Far Outer Solar System "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 1 14 Cosmic Relief NASA Sends a Signal "Grinspoon, David" 2019 1 16 Infographic Space Missions in 2019 "Carlisle, Camille M." "Dindermann, Gregg" 2019 1 18 Feature The Great American Lunar Eclipse "Rao, Joe" 2019 1 22 Feature Pulsar Timing Arrays "Naeye, Robert" 2019 1 28 Feature Hot Products 2019 Editors of S&T 2019 1 34 Feature Meet the Neighbors "Cooper,Keith" 2019 1 41 Sky at a Glance January 2019 Full Moon Montage Diana Hannikainen 2019 1 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac January 2019 2019 1 43 Binocular Highlight The Galactic Rim "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 1 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac January 2019 2019 1 45 Under the Stars The Many Directions of Winter "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 1 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Evening Eclipse and Morning Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 1 48 Celestial Calendar The Odd Quads "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 1 50 Celestial Calendar Shadow Play "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 1 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 1 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 1 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 1 52 Exploring the Solar System A Dusty Apparition "Walker, Sean" 2019 1 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Meridian Observing "French, Sue" 2019 1 58 Going Deep Fleming's Semicircular Indentation "Banich, Howard" 2019 1 62 Feature Suburban Stargazing: The Wintry North "Flanders, Tony" 2019 1 68 Feature 400 Thalers or 50 Pounds "Bernardi, Gabriella" 2019 1 72 Astronomer's Workbench A Folded Serrurier Refractor "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 1 74 Gallery Cometary Visitor "Rhemann, Gerald" 2019 1 76 Gallery Eclipse Rise "Lazarotti, Paolo" 2019 1 76 Gallery Nebulous Neighbor "Struble, Douglas" 2019 1 84 Focal Point Sight Unseen "Plunkett, Pat" 2019 2 4 Spectrum The Big Picture "Tyson, Peter" 2019 2 6 From Our Readers Right-Sizing Aperture I "Brasch, Klaus" 2019 2 6 From Our Readers Right-Sizing Aperture II "Nakamoto, David" 2019 2 6 From Our Readers Back to Venus? "Marks, Joel" 2019 2 6 From Our Readers Cosmic Mystery "Dilles, Shawn" 2019 2 6 From Our Readers Old-School Astronomy "Chapman, Pastor Mark" 2019 2 6 From Our Readers Guided Tour "Tomé, Jaime" 2019 2 6 From Our Readers Diverse Interests "Knudsen, Ole J." 2019 2 8 From Our Readers Spectral Evidence "Carroll, Bradley W." 2019 2 8 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 2 10 News Notes Missions: Mission to Mercury Launches "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2019 2 11 News Notes Black Holes: Gas Seen Moving near the Event Horizon "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 2 11 News Notes In Brief: Weird Stripes on Dione "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 2 11 News Notes In Brief: Hubble Takes a Nap "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 2 11 News Notes In Brief: Colossal Supercluster Lurks in Early Universe "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 2 12 News Notes Missions: The Kepler Space Telescope Comes to an End "Dickinson, David" 2019 2 12 News Notes Missions: Sunset for Dawn "Dickinson, David" 2019 2 13 News Notes Milky Way: Ancient Merger Wreckage in the Milky Way "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 2 13 News Notes Milky Way: Some Stars May Be Visiting From Elsewhere "Ash, Summer" 2019 2 14 News Notes Supernovae: Low-key Blast Marks Possible Birth of Neutron Star Duo "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 2 14 News Notes Magellanic Clouds: Evidence Mounts for Magellanic Collision "Sandford, Emily" 2019 2 16 Feature What Came Before the Big Bang? " Flam, Faye" 2019 2 22 Feature Titan's Veil "Hörst, Sarah" 2019 2 30 Feature Above the Southern Horn of Taurus "Banich, Howard" 2019 2 36 Feature Explaining Algol "French, Linda" 2019 2 41 Sky at a Glance February 2019 Perseus "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 2 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac February 2019 2019 2 43 Binocular Highlight Between the Clusters "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 2 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac February 2019 2019 2 45 Under the Stars The Second Star "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 2 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Dawn Triplet "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 2 48 Celestial Calendar Echoes from a Variable Star "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 2 50 Celestial Calendar Asteroid Occultation "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 2 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 2 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 2 52 Exploring the Moon It All Depends on Dikes "Wood, Charles" 2019 2 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Dog Star's Realms "French, Sue" 2019 2 57 Book Review Into the Future "Dickinson, David" 2019 2 58 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher AZ-Gti and Evostar 72 Refractor "Wright, Jr., Richard S. " 2019 2 64 New Product Showcase Modular Mount 2019 2 64 New Product Showcase Mid-Sized Dome 2019 2 64 New Product Showcase Refractor Package 2019 2 66 Feature Giving Nebulae a Boost "Jensen, Timothy" 2019 2 70 Astronomer's Workbench A 25-inch Breakthrough "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 2 74 Gallery Smartphone Nightscaping "Momenzadeh, Mehdi" 2019 2 76 Gallery Spying the Swan "Shahcheraghian, Amir" 2019 2 76 Gallery Saturnian Storm "Checco, Antonio" 2019 2 84 Focal Point The Art of Gravitational Lensing "Barnacka, Anna" 2019 3 4 Spectrum Super Stars "Tyson, Peter" 2019 3 6 From Our Readers Animated Almanac "Enders, Bernd" 2019 3 6 From Our Readers A Deep-Sky Goodbye I "Maxwell, William" 2019 3 6 From Our Readers A Deep-Sky Goodbye II "Patterson, Dale" 2019 3 6 From Our Readers Home Sweet Hole "Lacombe, Hugues" 2019 3 6 From Our Readers An Amazing Revelation "Mullaney, James" 2019 3 7 From Our Readers Scaling the Void "Nakamoto, David" 2019 3 7 From Our Readers Moonset Moment "Costanzo, Daniel" 2019 3 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 3 8 News Notes Missions: Insight Lander Touches Down on Mars "Dickinson, David" 2019 3 9 News Notes Galaxies: Dwarf Galaxy Found by Amateur "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 3 9 News Notes Exoplanets: Chilly Super-Earth May Orbit Barnard's Star "Ash, Summer" 2019 3 10 News Notes Stars: Puny Star Might Be Survivor From Early Universe "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 3 10 News Notes Cosmology: Starlight Tally Reveals History of Star Formation "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 3 11 News Notes Star Clusters: Stars in M11 Hide Their True Colors "King, Bob" 2019 3 11 News Notes In Brief: Landing Site Selected for Mars Rover "Dickinson, David" 2019 3 11 News Notes In Brief: Quasar Cannibalizes its Neighbors "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 3 11 News Notes In Brief: Ghostly Galaxy Orbits Milky Way "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 3 12 Cosmic Relief Sudden Impact "Grinspoon, David" 2019 3 14 Feature Secrets of Polaris "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 3 20 Feature Spinning Through Space "Skuse, Benjamin" 2019 3 26 Feature Placing the Pleiades "Abramson, Guillermo" 2019 3 30 Feature The Herschel Hustle "Reiland, Tom" 2019 3 36 Feature Nurture Your Newt: Bathing Mirrors "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 3 41 Sky at a Glance March 2019 Zodiacal Light "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 3 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac March 2019 2019 3 43 Binocular Highlight Fly By Night "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 3 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac March 2019 2019 3 45 Under the Stars In the Ship's Keel "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 3 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Three Worlds at Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 3 48 Celestial Calendar Starfish and Stragglers "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 3 50 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 3 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 3 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 3 52 Exploring the Solar System Expectation and Observation "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2019 3 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Great Twin Brethern "French, Sue" 2019 3 58 S&T Test Report Daystar's Solar Scout 60C "Horne, Johnny" 2019 3 62 Feature A Dream Fulfilled "Naeye, Robert" 2019 3 68 Astronomer's Workbench Brent's Light Bucket "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 3 70 New Product Showcase Deep-Sky Compendium 2019 3 70 New Product Showcase Super-Wide Binos 2019 3 70 New Product Showcase Observing Filter 2019 3 72 Gallery Hidden in the Wings "Carver, Nicholas" 2019 3 74 Gallery Young Moon "Cooper, Jamie" 2019 3 74 Gallery Starry Repose "Vermette, John" 2019 3 76 Gallery Galactic Merger "Simon, Kfir" 2019 3 76 Gallery Optical Double "Cooper, Jamie" 2019 3 76 Gallery Avian Ghost "Guenzel, Jason" 2019 3 84 Focal Point The Night I Forgot My Telescope "Roth, Joshua" 2019 4 4 Spectrum Southern Charms "Tyson, Peter" 2019 4 6 From Our Readers Hunger for Knowledge "Bauman, ""Betsy""" 2019 4 6 From Our Readers Celestial Celebration "Doherty, Patrick" 2019 4 6 From Our Readers Catch a Speeding Star I "Marks, Joel" 2019 4 6 From Our Readers Catch a Speeding Star II "Fusco, Ralph" 2019 4 6 From Our Readers Meet the Thuloids "Nielsen, Holger" 2019 4 6 From Our Readers A Fount of Information "Puzycki, Frank" 2019 4 7 From Our Readers Adieu to Sue "Torkildson, Caroline ""Siffy""" 2019 4 7 From Our Readers Lost Kingdom "Martindale, Brian" 2019 4 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 4 8 News Notes "Solar System: First Views of Distant Object ""Ultima Thule""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2019 4 8 News Notes Dying Stars Make Glowing Serpent "Bochanski, John" 2019 4 9 News Notes Solar System: Voyager 2 Enters Interstellar Space "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 4 9 News Notes Moon: Chang'e 4 Lands on Lunar Farside "Dickinson, David" 2019 4 10 News Notes Gravitational Waves: LIGO & Virgo Discover Four More Black Hole Collisions "Schilling, Govert" 2019 4 10 News Notes "Asteroids: Osiris-REX Arrives, Finds Hints of Ancient Water" "Dickinson, David" "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 4 12 News Notes Exoplanets: NASA's TESS Mission Announces New Planets "Young, Monica" 2019 4 12 News Notes In Brief: Most Distant Solar System Object Discovered "Young, Monica" 2019 4 12 News Notes In Brief: M77 Supernova Discovered "King, Bob" 2019 4 12 News Notes In Brief: White Dwarfs' Crystal Cores "Young, Monica" 2019 4 14 Feature Spendthrift Spirals "Croswell, Ken" 2019 4 22 Feature Constellation Close-up: Centaurus and Crux "Flanders, Tony" 2019 4 28 Feature A Northern Run "Whitman, Alan" 2019 4 34 Feature Alpha Centauri Fever "Barbuzano, Javier" 2019 4 41 Sky at a Glance April 2019 Messier 64 "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 4 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac April 2019 2019 4 43 Binocular Highlight Best and Brightest "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 4 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac April 2019 2019 4 45 Under the Stars The Eye of the Bull "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 4 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" "Planets, Bright and Minor" "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 4 48 Celestial Calendar An April Asteroid "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 4 49 Celestial Calendar No Lyrids for Now "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 4 49 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 4 50 Celestial Calendar Another Asteroid "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 4 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 4 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 4 52 Exploring the Moon Lamont: The Shadow Knows "Wood, Charles" 2019 4 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Small-Scope Galaxies "French, Sue" 2019 4 57 Going Deep Shimmering Clouds "Bartels, Mel" 2019 4 60 S&T Test Report Sony's Mirrorless Marvel "Dyer, Alan" 2019 4 66 New Product Showcase Imaging Planner 2019 4 66 New Product Showcase Cooled CMOS 2019 4 66 New Product Showcase Budget ED Refractor 2019 4 68 Feature Nurture Your Newt II: Collimation "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 4 72 Astronomer's Workbench Frank's Four-Mirror Binoscopes "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 4 74 Gallery Treasures of Orion "Symon, Alistair" 2019 4 75 Gallery Sombrero Galaxy "Simon, Kfir" 2019 4 75 Gallery Glowing Curtains "Cooper, Jamie" 2019 4 76 Book Report A New Nighttime Companion "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 4 84 Focal Point Planting the Seeds of Wonder "Lindemann, Carl" 2019 5 4 Spectrum A Dolphin on Jupiter "Tyson, Peter" 2019 5 6 From Our Readers It's a Bird! It's a Plane! "Dellinges, Bill" 2019 5 6 From Our Readers Before the Big Bang I "Ouellette, Will" 2019 5 6 From Our Readers Before the Big Bang II "Molitor, Richard" 2019 5 6 From Our Readers According to Hoyle "Croswell, Ken" 2019 5 6 From Our Readers A Signal Accomplishment "Fairweather, John" 2019 5 6 From Our Readers Problems at Home "Guadagnino, Diana" 2019 5 7 From Our Readers Making a Contribution "Swift, Ted" 2019 5 7 From Our Readers Fleeing the Scene "Cheney, Jerry" 2019 5 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 5 8 News Notes The Moon: Lunar Craters Reveal Recent Impact History "Barbuzano, Javier" 2019 5 8 News Notes "Cosmology: Quasar ""Standard Candles"" Shed Light on Dark Energy" "Young, Monica" 2019 5 9 New Notes "Solar System: Amateur Scopes Spot ""Missing Link"" Kuiper Belt Object" "Young, Monica" 2019 5 9 News Notes Moon: Impact Spotted During Lunar Eclipse "King, Bob" 2019 5 10 News Notes Solar System: Astronomers Identify Jupiter Weather Cycle "Walker, Sean" 2019 5 10 News Notes "Transients: Celestial Event Dubbed ""The Cow"" Puzzles Astronomers" "Howell, Elizabeth" 2019 5 11 News Notes Solar System: Saturn Hasn't Always Had Rings "Carlisle, Camille M." "Young, Monica" 2019 5 11 News Notes In Brief: A Bevy of Fast Radio Bursts Announced "Hall, Shannon" 2019 5 11 News Notes In Brief: Annihilated Star Clocks Black Hole's Spin "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 5 12 Cosmic Relief One Small Step for Plantkind "Grinspoon, David" 2019 5 14 Feature JunoCam at Jupiter: Where Science Meets Art "Hansen-Koharcheck, Candice" 2019 5 22 Feature Binary Orbits Explored "Kane, Phillip" 2019 5 28 Feature A Relatively Important Eclipse "Skuse, Benjamin" 2019 5 34 Feature The Allure of Betelgeuse "Tyson, Peter" 2019 5 41 Sky at a Glance May 2019 Ceres "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 5 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac May 2019 2019 5 43 Binocular Highlight Mini-Dipper Points the Way "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 5 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac May 2019 2019 5 45 Under the Stars Meadow in the Sky "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 5 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Planets Perform "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 5 48 Celestial Calendar Ceres at Opposition "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 5 49 Celestial Calendar The Case of the Exosphere "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 5 50 Celestial Calendar Eta Aquariids Peak "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 5 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 5 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 5 52 Exploring the Solar System Eyeing Jupiter "Jakiel, Richard" 2019 5 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Rubies and Sapphires "French, Sue" 2019 5 57 Going Deep Join the Billion-Light-Year Club "Gottlieb, Steve" 2019 5 60 S&T Test Report A Low-Tech Sky Tracker "Dyer, Alan" 2019 5 64 Feature Insect Eyes on the Deep Sky "Wright, Jr., Richard S. " 2019 5 70 Astronomer's Workbench A Low-Cost Camera Controller "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 5 72 Gallery The Moon and Stars "Nakic, Donald" 2019 5 74 Gallery A Fiery Moon "Sackett, Ross" 2019 5 74 Gallery A Planet's Shadow "Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin" 2019 5 84 Focal Point Why Stargaze? "Jackson, Francine" 2019 6 4 Spectrum Coming to Terms "Tyson, Peter" 2019 6 8 From Our Readers Solar Seeing "Pasachoff, Jay M." 2019 6 8 From Our Readers Expectation Bias "Mitchell, Mark L." 2019 6 8 From Our Readers According to Scale "Douglass, Mike" 2019 6 8 From Our Readers Catching the Waves "Falcone, Vad" 2019 6 8 From Our Readers More Bang "DiDonato, Angleo" 2019 6 8 From Our Readers Dated Material "Croswell, Ken" 2019 6 9 From Our Readers Kept in the Dark "Dellinges, Bill" 2019 6 9 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 6 10 News Notes "Solar System: Hayabusa 2 Touches Asteroid, Collects Sample" "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2019 6 10 News Notes Mars: Opportunity Reaches the End of the Road "Dickinson, David" 2019 6 11 News Notes Space Missions: Israeli Lander Launches for the Moon "Dickinson, David" 2019 6 11 News Notes In Brief: A First Wave of Transient Discoveries "Hall, Shannon" 2019 6 11 News Notes In Brief: Gravitational-Wave Alerts from LIGO "Young, Monica" 2019 6 12 News Notes Galaxies: Gaia Peeks at Local Group's Past and Future "Skuse, Ben" 2019 6 12 News Notes Milky Way: What Has Our Galaxy in a Twist? "Young, Monica" 2019 6 13 News Notes Galaxies: Radio Survey Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Galaxies "Schilling, Govert" 2019 6 13 News Notes Solar System: Pluto & Charon Missing Small Craters "Young, Monica" 2019 6 14 Feature Lighting a Cosmic Fuse "Hall, Shannon" 2019 6 22 Feature Constant Controversy "Schilling, Govert" 2019 6 30 Feature Hunting Elusive Prey "Forte, Ted" 2019 6 36 Feature The Dawes Limit and Beyond "Ferguson, Don" 2019 6 41 Sky at a Glance June 2019 Noctilucent Clouds "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 6 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac June 2019 2019 6 43 Binocular Highlight Elusive Giant "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 6 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac June 2019 2019 6 45 Under the Stars Islands of Night "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 6 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Plentiful Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 6 48 Celestial Calendar The Last Rites of Spring "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 6 50 Celestial Calendar Jupiter Goes Big "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 6 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 6 52 Exploring the Solar System Old Wine in New Bottles "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2019 6 54 Deep-Sky Wonders No NGC Clusters "French, Sue" 2019 6 57 Book Review Step by Step to Success "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 6 58 Feature Seeing Stars in Glacier "Grisak, Amy" 2019 6 64 Feature The Quest for Round Stars "Brecher, Ron" 2019 6 70 S&T Test Report Meade's DSI-IV Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 2019 6 74 Astronomer's Workbench A 3D-Printed Binoscope "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 6 76 Gallery Deep-Sky Rising "Dai, Jeff" 2019 6 76 Gallery Arc of Spring "Conceição, Sérgio" 2019 6 77 Gallery Blue Rose "Conde, Wanda" 2019 6 84 Focal Point Blink and You'll See It "Vanderbei, Robert" 2019 7 4 Spectrum A Night to Remember "Tyson, Peter" 2019 7 6 From Our Readers All Our Fault "Kenny, Kim" 2019 7 6 From Our Readers First Look "Johnston, Nathaniel" 2019 7 6 From Our Readers The Herschel Hustle "Ivester, Roger" 2019 7 6 From Our Readers Memories of Canopus I "Breutzmann, Steve" 2019 7 6 From Our Readers Memories of Canopus II "Conover, Mark" 2019 7 7 From Our Readers Request for Information "Jones, Brian" 2019 7 7 From Our Readers "Through a Glass, Darkly" "Gibbons, Peter" 2019 7 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 7 8 News Notes Solar System: Ryugu vs. Bennu: Updates from the Asteroids "Barbuzano, Javier" 2019 7 9 News Notes Mars: Is There Methane on Mars? "Barbuzano, Javier" 2019 7 9 News Notes Cosmology: Could Dark Matter Be Black Holes? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 7 10 News Notes "Solar System: New Results Probe Origin of ""Ultima Thule""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2019 7 10 News Notes Galaxies: The Milky Way Contains the Mass of 1½ Trillion Suns "Young, Monica" 2019 7 10 News Notes First Image of a Black Hole "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 7 11 News Notes Galaxies: Two Galaxies Missing Dark Matter "Young, Monica" 2019 7 11 News Notes Solar System: An Explanation for `Oumuamua's Odd Exit? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 7 11 News Notes "In Brief: 2020 NASA Budget Boosts Exploration, Not Science" "Dickinson, David" 2019 7 12 Cosmic Relief Can a Planet Think? "Grinspoon, David" 2019 7 13 Special Issue: The Moon Over the Moon "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 7 14 Feature The Science of Apollo "Wood, John A." 2019 7 22 Feature The Moon Three Ways "King, Bob" 2019 7 28 Feature Targeting Luna "Walker, Sean" 2019 7 32 Infographic (Back) to the Moon "Young, Monica" "Dubé, Terri" 2019 7 34 Feature Red Light Field Test "Wishaw, Ken" 2019 7 41 Sky at a Glance July 2019 Moon over Monte Antelao "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 7 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac July 2019 2019 7 43 Binocular Highlight Galactic Outpost "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 7 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac July 2019 2019 7 45 Under the Stars The Colors of Summer "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 7 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Gas Giant Gaze "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 7 48 Celestial Calendar Finding Pluto "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 7 50 Celestial Calendar A Pair of Eclipses "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 7 50 Celestial Calendar July Meteors "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 7 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 7 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 7 52 Exploring the Moon How Old Is That Crater? "Wood, Charles" 2019 7 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Heavenly Hero "French, Sue" 2019 7 57 Going Deep The Nebulae of Ophiuchus "Wilds, Richard P." 2019 7 60 Feature "Happy Birthday, Margaret Burbidge" "Skuse, Benjamin" 2019 7 66 S&T Test Report Lumicon's New Oxygen III Filter "Mollise, Rod" 2019 7 68 S&T Test Report Optolong CLS Light-Pollution Filter "Horne, Johnny" 2019 7 70 New Product Showcase Telrad Anti-Dew Heater 2019 7 70 New Product Showcase 5-Inch Apo 2019 7 70 New Product Showcase Portable Precision 2019 7 72 Astronomer's Workbench Slumping and Grinding "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 7 74 Gallery Not So Colorless "Cooper, Jamie" 2019 7 75 Gallery Sea of Moisture "Reeves, Robert" 2019 7 75 Gallery Lunar Alps "Eskildsen, Howard" 2019 7 75 Gallery Tycho to Clavius "Wirths, Michael" 2019 7 84 Focal Point Still as Bright "Cokinos, Christopher" 2019 8 4 Spectrum A Feast for the Eyes "Tyson, Peter" 2019 8 6 From Our Readers Last Look from Yerkes? "Marshall, Steve" 2019 8 6 From Our Readers Sinusoidal Tendencies "Woods, William" 2019 8 6 From Our Readers All's Well with Caldwells "Saber, Stephen" 2019 8 6 From Our Readers Research and You Will Find "Flamm, Bruce" 2019 8 6 From Our Readers More Optical Mishaps I "Heaton, Harold" 2019 8 6 From Our Readers More Optical Mishaps II "Emert, Steve" 2019 8 7 From Our Readers Found in Space "Bailey, Ed" 2019 8 7 From Our Readers Another Amateur Discovery "Sheehy, Bill" 2019 8 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 8 8 News Notes Gravitational Waves: LIGO and Virgo Find Possible Black Hole–Neutron Star Crash "Young, Monica" 2019 8 8 News Notes The Moon: Apollo-Era Data Reveal the Moon's Tectocnic Activity "Barbuzano, Javier" 2019 8 8 News Notes Milky Way: Omega Centauri Is Losing Its Stars "Young, Monica" 2019 8 9 News Notes In Brief: Beresheet Crash-lands on the Moon "Dickinson, David" 2019 8 10 News Notes Cosmology: Astronomers Find Universe's First Type of Molecule "Young, Monica" 2019 8 10 News Notes "Exoplanets: Solar System ""Twin"" is Missing Infant Jupiters" "Murray, Steven" 2019 8 12 News Notes Stars: Astronomers Use Asteroids to Measure the Stars "Dickinson, David" 2019 8 12 News Notes In Brief: First Marsquake Detected "Barbuzano, Javier" 2019 8 12 News Notes In Brief: Chang'e 4 Explores the Farside of the Moon "Young, Monica" 2019 8 12 News Notes In Brief: The Origin of Saturn's Inner Moons "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 8 14 Feature Pioneers of the Invisible Universe "Young, Monica" 2019 8 22 Feature Small-Scope Summer "Ventrudo, Brian" 2019 8 28 Feature Catch a Wind-Blown Bubble "Gottlieb, Steve" 2019 8 34 Feature Red Dwarf Habitability Recipe "Palubski, Igor" "Shields, Aomawa" 2019 8 41 Sky at a Glance August 2019 Messier 11 "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 8 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac August 2019 2019 8 43 Binocular Highlight Something for Everyone "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 8 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac August 2019 2019 8 45 Under the Stars Celestial Palette "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 8 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" "Two Large, One Small" "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 8 48 Celestial Calendar Three For One "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 8 50 Celestial Calendar Moon Blocks Star "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 8 50 Celestial Calendar A So-So Shower "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 8 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 8 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 8 52 Exploring the Moon Unruly Crater Rays "Wood, Charles" 2019 8 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Glorious Eagle "French, Sue" 2019 8 58 Feature Governing the Planets "Witkoski, F. Michael" 2019 8 64 Feature Smartphone Nightscaping "Dai, Jeff" 2019 8 68 S&T Test Report Nikon's Mirrorless Z6 "Dyer, Alan" 2019 8 74 Astronomer's Workbench Better Balance Weights "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 8 76 Gallery Galactic Mashup "Wood, Kent" 2019 8 76 Gallery Canyon Colors "Vermette, John" 2019 8 77 Gallery Rctangular Gathering "Waddington, Bruce" 2019 8 77 Gallery Big Spot "Burgess, Barry" 2019 8 77 Gallery In the Keyhole "Péres, José Joaquín" 2019 8 84 Focal Point Encounters With Police "Kelly, Dennis" 2019 9 4 Spectrum Thank Our Lucky Stars "Tyson, Peter" 2019 9 6 From Our Readers Post-Impressions of Jupiter "Farmer, Michael" 2019 9 6 From Our Readers Way Up North "Mastellotto, Steve" 2019 9 6 From Our Readers Solar System Shortcut? "Marks, Joel" 2019 9 6 From Our Readers Circular Reasoning "Fusco, Ralph" 2019 9 7 From Our Readers Light a Standard Candle I "Billesbach, Dave" 2019 9 7 From Our Readers Light a Standard Candle II "Anderson, Nick" 2019 9 7 From Our Readers Star Power "Britt, Nick" 2019 9 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 9 8 News Notes "Solar System: Astronomers Stalk the ""Taurid Swarm""" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2019 9 8 News Notes Solar System: Jupiter's Red Spot Unfurls "Walker, Sean" 2019 9 9 News Notes Space: SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites "King, Bob" 2019 9 10 News Notes Exoplanets: Images Reveal Growing Newborn Planets "Young, Monica" 2019 9 10 News Notes Solar System: Was 'Oumuamua a Fragment from a Disintegrated Comet? "Young, Monica" 2019 9 12 News Notes Galaxy: The Milky Way Used to Burst with Stars "Young, Monica" 2019 9 12 News Notes In Brief: NASA's Artemis Gets Budget Boost "Dickinson, David" 2019 9 12 News Notes In Brief: Exocomets Detected Transiting Beta Pictoris "Young, Monica" 2019 9 12 News Notes In Brief: Amateur Filmed Solar Eclipse in 1900 "Bobra, Monica" 2019 9 14 Cosmic Relief Sea Change on Venus "Grinspoon, David" 2019 9 16 Infographic Kepler's Discoveries "Hall, Shannon" "Dubé, Terri" 2019 9 18 Feature The Face of a Black Hole "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 9 24 Feature Opportunity's End "Hall, Shannon" 2019 9 30 Feature Favorite September Sights "Forte, Ted" 2019 9 36 Feature Imaging on the High Seas "Redfern, Greg" 2019 9 41 Sky at a Glance September 2019 Chichén Itzá "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 9 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac September 2019 2019 9 43 Binocular Highlight New Kid on the Block "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 9 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac September 2019 2019 9 45 Under the Stars Musings on Eternity "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 9 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Month of the Harvest Moon "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 9 48 Celestial Calendar Cool Hunting "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 9 49 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 9 50 Celestial Calendar Lunar Occultation "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 9 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 9 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 9 52 Exploring the Solar System "The Mysterious ""Star-Spots"" of Venus" "Dobbins, Thomas A." 2019 9 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Foxfire Nights "French, Sue" 2019 9 57 Going Deep Microquasars "Tosteson, Dave" 2019 9 60 Feature Postcards from the Future "Vaughan, Donald" 2019 9 66 S&T Test Report The ZWOptical ASIair "Horne, Johnny" 2019 9 72 Astronomer's Workbench "Bartol's Beefy ""Blueshift""" "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 9 74 Gallery Lunar Splendor "Weathers, Jason" 2019 9 74 Gallery Mighty Orion "Hancock, Terry" 2019 9 76 Gallery Wispy Colors "Higgins, Leonard" 2019 9 76 Gallery Starburst Galaxy "Wills, David" 2019 9 84 Focal Point No More Worlds to Conquer? "Covington, Michael A." 2019 10 4 Spectrum Unfinished Symphony "Tyson, Peter" 2019 10 6 From Our Readers Still Gazing After All These Years "Hannon, James" 2019 10 6 From Our Readers Moon Memories "Blau, Dean" 2019 10 6 From Our Readers "Say It Ain't So, Joe" "Rao, Joe" 2019 10 6 From Our Readers Hand-Me-Downs "Benner, D. Chris" 2019 10 6 From Our Readers Going Through a Break-Up? "Baughman, Jim" 2019 10 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 10 8 News Notes Solar System: NASA Announces Mission to Titan "Young, Monica" 2019 10 9 News Notes In Brief: Sun-Studying Missions Selected "Young, Monica" 2019 10 9 News Notes In Brief: ESA's Comet Interceptor "Young, Monica" 2019 10 9 News Notes Fast Radio Bursts: Two More Flashes' Host Galaxies Found "Young, Monica" 2019 10 10 News Notes Milky Way: Did a Newly Discovered Dwarf Do a Hit-and-Run? "Young, Monica" 2019 10 10 News Notes Milky Way: Possible Evidence for Massive Dark Matter Clump "Young, Monica" 2019 10 12 News Notes Moon: Huge Mass Found Under Moon's Largest Basin "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2019 10 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Youngest Confirmed Planet Discovered "Murray, Steve" 2019 10 14 Feature Cosmic Mariners "Libeskind, Noam I." "Hoffman, Yehuda" 2019 10 20 Feature The MDW Sky Survey "di Cicco, Dennis" 2019 10 28 Feature A Royal Tour "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 10 34 Feature Lab-Made Stars "Kruesi, Liz" 2019 10 41 Sky at a Glance October 2019 Milky Way overhead "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 10 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac October 2019 2019 10 43 Binocular Highlight "Big and Small, Near and Far" "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 10 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac October 2019 2019 10 45 Under the Stars Eternity Tonight "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 10 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Six Planets in the Evening "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 10 48 Celestial Calendar October is for Orionids "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 10 49 Celestial Calendar Talk to the Fourth Rock "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 10 50 Celestial Calendar The Southern Taurids "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 10 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 10 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 10 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 10 52 Exploring the Moon Lunar Pareidolia "Wood, Charles" 2019 10 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Navigating North America "French, Sue" 2019 10 58 Feature Bright & Dark Clouds in Perseus "Wilds, Richard P." 2019 10 58 S&T Test Report JMI Heavy-Duty Wheeley Bar "Walker, Sean" 2019 10 66 New Product Showcase Nightscape Book 2019 10 66 New Product Showcase Fluorite Doublet 2019 10 66 New Product Showcase Light Mount 2019 10 68 Book Review An Kythe the Mystery "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 10 70 Astronomer's Workbench "The ""Binocrane"" Parallelogram Mount" "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 10 72 Gallery Bullseye "Schechter, Daniel S." 2019 10 73 Gallery Polar Brush "Lazerwith, Scott E." 2019 10 73 Gallery Cacti Photobomb "Street, Randy" 2019 10 74 Gallery Smartphone Totality "Smith, Robert" 2019 10 74 Gallery Flash Spectra "Manterola, Luis" 2019 10 74 Gallery Crescent Reflections "Squires, Wayne" 2019 10 75 Gallery Diamond Dazzle "Wolfe, Andi" 2019 10 76 Gallery Totality Valley "Carpenter, Callan" 2019 10 84 Focal Point The North Star is Magic "Banich, Howard" 2019 11 4 Spectrum Mapping the Milky Way "Tyson, Peter" 2019 11 6 From Our Readers To Observe and Protect I "Gregory, Raymond G." 2019 11 6 From Our Readers To Observe and Protect II "Pilon, Ken" 2019 11 6 From Our Readers To Observe and Protect III "Cottrell, Ken" 2019 11 6 From Our Readers To Observe and Protect IV "McCullough, Allison" 2019 11 6 From Our Readers Well-Rewarded "Reiland, Tom" 2019 11 6 From Our Readers "1, 2, 3, Red Light" "Sargent, Tom" 2019 11 7 From Our Readers Legacy Observatories "Briggs, John W." 2019 11 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 11 8 News Notes Space: Chandrayaan 2 Heads to the Moon "Dickinson, David" 2019 11 8 News Notes Astronomy & Society: Protestors Block Thirty Meter Telescope Construction "Young, Monica" 2019 11 9 News Notes X-rays: German-Russian Satellite to Map X-ray Sky "Young, Monica" 2019 11 10 News Notes Exoplanets: TESS Finds Hundreds of Planet Candidates in Southern Sky "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 11 10 News Notes Cosmology: Hubble Constant Tension Continues "Young, Monica" 2019 11 12 News Notes Milky Way: Astronomers Map Our Galaxy's Warp "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Alpha Centauri Planet Hunt "Young, Monica" 2019 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Galactic Center Gravity Test Confirmed "Carlisle, Camille M." 2019 11 12 News Notes In Brief: Incoming Asteroid Spotted "Young, Monica" 2019 11 14 Cosmic Relief A Fitting Apollo Monument "Grinspoon, David" 2019 11 16 Feature Mapping the Milky Way "Croswell, Ken" 2019 11 24 Feature Seeing Stars "Crockett, Christopher" 2019 11 30 Feature Orator of the Stars "Bell, Trudy E." 2019 11 36 Feature Demystifying Image Calibration "Brecher, Ron" 2019 11 41 Sky at a Glance November 2019 Mercury Transit "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 11 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac November 2019 2019 11 43 Binocular Highlight See for Yourself "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 11 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac November 2019 2019 11 45 Under the Stars An Assortment of Asterisms "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 11 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Transit and a Close Conjunction "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 11 48 Celestial Calendar Transit of Mercury "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 11 49 Celestial Calendar Citizen TOM & the A.U. "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 11 50 Celestial Calendar Poor Year for the Leonids "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 11 50 Celestial Calendar Asteroid at Opposition "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 11 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 11 50 Celestial Calendar Ready for the Big Time? "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 11 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 11 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 11 52 Exploring the Solar System Monitoring the Sun with Neptune "Sheehan, William" 2019 11 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Come the Night "French, Sue" 2019 11 57 Going Deep The Farthest Star "Tosteson, Dave" 2019 11 60 Feature A Full Deck of Kings "Lamperti, Al" "Colosimo, Frank" 2019 11 68 S&T Test Report Celestron's RASA 8 Schmidt Astrograph "Wright, Jr., Richard S. " 2019 11 72 Astronomer's Workbench Kit Schweitzer's 35-Year Dream "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 11 74 Gallery Dusty Orion "Ward, Peter" 2019 11 74 Gallery Guardians of the Night "Dai, Jeff" 2019 11 76 Gallery Shimmering Stars "Kamkar, Amirreza" 2019 11 84 Focal Point Who Ya Gonna Call? "Simmons, William" 2019 12 4 Spectrum Time Travel "Tyson, Peter" 2019 12 6 From Our Readers Membership Has Its Privileges "Dunlap, Duane" 2019 12 6 From Our Readers Tidal Triggers "Bonnement, Michel" 2019 12 6 From Our Readers Over the Limit I "Sales, Tom" 2019 12 6 From Our Readers Over the Limit II "Gordon, Rodger W." 2019 12 7 From Our Readers A Big Event (Horizon) "Folsom, James" 2019 12 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2019 12 10 News Notes Stars: A Century of Amateur Observations Sheds Light on Stellar Evolution "Young, Monica" 2019 12 10 News Notes Solar System: Impact Flash on Jupiter "King, Bob" 2019 12 11 News Notes Exoplanets: Hot Jupiter on the Verge of Falling into Its Star "Schilling, Govert" 2019 12 11 News Notes In Brief: India's Lander Crashes on the Moon "Dickinson, David" 2019 12 11 News Notes In Brief: Final Four Asteroid Sites Selected "Dickinson, David" 2019 12 12 News Notes Stars: The Supernova That Destroyed Its Star "Young, Monica" 2019 12 12 News Notes Exoplanets: Have Astronomers Detected Exomoons At Last? "Schilling, Govert" 2019 12 14 News Notes Milky Way: Untangling Stellar Strings "Young, Monica" 2019 12 14 News Notes On the Farside: Chang'e 4 Update "Jones, Andrew" 2019 12 16 Feature The Neglected Planets "Croswell, Ken" 2019 12 22 Feature Martian Weather Report "Bell, Jim" 2019 12 30 Feature Sketching Superbubbles "Bartels, Mel" 2019 12 36 Feature Hobby Killers "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 12 41 Sky at a Glance December 2019 Greek Sunset "Hannikainen, Diana" 2019 12 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac December 2019 2019 12 43 Binocular Highlight Fireflies of Winter "Wedel, Mathew" 2019 12 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac December 2019 2019 12 45 Under the Stars Perpetual Motion "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 12 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Planetary Finale of the Year "Schaaf, Fred" 2019 12 48 Celestial Calendar Plan Ahead "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 12 49 Celestial Calendar Ring of Fire "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 12 50 Celestial Calendar A Star Dims "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 12 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 12 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 12 52 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "Johnson-Roehr, S. N." 2019 12 52 Exploring the Moon Limb Huggers "Wood, Charles" 2019 12 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Darkling Fish "French, Sue" 2019 12 57 Book Review A Fresh Look "Wright, Jr., Richard S. " 2019 12 58 Feature Just Over a Century Ago "Brasch, Klaus" 2019 12 66 S&T Test Report GSO's New 10-Inch Classical Cassegrain "di Cicco, Dennis" 2019 12 70 New Product Showcase Full-Frame CMOS 2019 12 70 New Product Showcase Dual Solar Filter 2019 12 70 New Product Showcase Big ED Refractor 2019 12 72 Astronomer's Workbench Revive a Hobby Killer "Oltion, Jerry" 2019 12 74 Gallery Elephant's Trunk "Banerjee, Rathijit" 2019 12 75 Gallery Cygnus Nebulosity "Symon, Alistair" 2019 12 75 Gallery Atacama Splendors "Dai, Jeff" 2019 12 76 Gallery Big Domes "Eskildsen, Howard" 2019 12 76 Gallery Brief Moment in Time "Giannobile, Dario" 2019 12 77 Gallery Stellar Sphere "Crowson, Dan" 2019 12 77 Gallery In the Company of Polaris "Conceição, Sérgio" 2019 12 84 Focal Point An Astral Epiphany "Wang, Bryan" 2020 1 4 Spectrum Look Down "Tyson, Peter " 2020 1 6 From Our Readers Fun with Names I "Paris, Gregg " 2020 1 6 From Our Readers Fun with Names II "Cozens, Glen" 2020 1 6 From Our Readers Fun with Names III "Rasool, Sakib" 2020 1 6 From Our Readers Getting the Light Right I "Warshow, Douglas" 2020 1 6 From Our Readers Getting the Light Right II "Craig, Edward" 2020 1 6 From Our Readers The H-Alpha Universe "Rasool, Sakib" 2020 1 6 From Our Readers Nabbing Neptune "Abken, Karl-Ludwig " 2020 1 7 From Our Readers Peace Officers in England "Mead, Harold " 2020 1 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 1 10 News Notes Second Interstellar Visitor Discovered "King, Bob" "Redd, Nola Taylor " 2020 1 10 News Notes "Nobel Prize Honors Exoplanet, Cosmology Discoveries " "Young, Monica" 2020 1 11 News Notes 20 New Moons Found Around Saturn "Young, Monica" 2020 1 12 News Notes More Black Hole Mergers in LIGO Data "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 1 12 News Notes The Puzzling Clouds of Venus "Barbuzano, Javier " 2020 1 13 News Notes Exotic Messenger Probes Galactic Halo "Young, Monica" 2020 1 13 News Notes In Brief: Physicists Detect Black Hole Ringdown "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 1 13 News Notes In Brief: NASA Launches ICON to Explore Ionosphere "Dickinson, David" 2020 1 14 Cosmic Relief Mission to an Interstellar Object "Grinspoon, David" 2020 1 16 Infographic Space Missions in 2020 "Dickinson, David" "Dubé, Terri" 2020 1 18 Feature Spitzer's Legacy "Werner, Michael" "Soifer, Thomas" 2020 1 26 Feature Forensic Astronomy: Shadow of a Doubt "Dobereiner, Jeffrey " 2020 1 30 Feature Focus Tools: Mesh Focusing Masks "Suiter, H. R. " "Zmek, W. P." 2020 1 34 Feature The Martian Underground "Barbuzano, Javier " 2020 1 41 Sky at a Glance January 2020 Quadrantids meteor shower over Iran "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 1 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac January 2020 2020 1 43 Binocular Highlight A Stellar Smorgasbord "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 1 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac January 2020 2020 1 45 Under the Stars Silent Starlight "Shaaf, Fred" 2020 1 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Planetary Prelude "Shaaf, Fred" 2020 1 48 Celestial Calendar Catch the Quads "King, Bob" 2020 1 49 Celestial Calendar Hot Rocks for Cold Nights "King, Bob" 2020 1 50 Celestial Calendar Penumbral Lunar Eclipse "King, Bob" 2020 1 50 Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol "King, Bob" 2020 1 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 1 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 1 52 Exploring the Solar System The Kordylewski Clouds "Dobbins, Thomas " 2020 1 54 Deep-Sky Wonders "Auriga, the Charioteer " "French, Sue " 2020 1 57 Book Review Though She Be But Little She Is Fierce "Fienberg, Rick" 2020 1 58 Going Deep Fishing In Pisces "Forte, Ted " 2020 1 62 Feature A Tourist's Guide to the Winter Highlights "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 1 70 S&T Test Report Meade's LX85 ACF "Mollise, Rod" 2020 1 74 Astronomer's Workbench Silvering Mirrors "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 1 76 Gallery Cometary Encounter "Rhemann, Gerald" 2020 1 76 Gallery Northern Glow "Burgess, Barry" 2020 1 77 Gallery Different Perspectives "Hancock, Terry" 2020 1 84 Focal Point Greeting the Queen of Night "Oakley, Larry" 2020 2 4 Spectrum Do It Yourself "Tyson, Peter " 2020 2 6 From Our Readers Are You Seeing Things? I "Michnoqicz, Jim" 2020 2 6 From Our Readers Are You Seeing Things? II "Wagner, Ed" 2020 2 6 From Our Readers More About O.M. Mitchel I "Hicks, Robert" 2020 2 6 From Our Readers More About O.M. Mitchel II "Krumm, Nate " 2020 2 6 From Our Readers Grateful for Imaging Tutorial "Ansley, Colleen " 2020 2 8 From Our Readers Eager Reader "Zovi, Alexandra" 2020 2 8 From Our Readers The Eyes Have It "Dick, Robert " 2020 2 8 From Our Readers "75, 50, & 25 Years Ago " "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 2 10 News Notes Voyager 2's View of the Solar System's Frontier "Young, Monica" 2020 2 11 News Notes Our Galactic Center's Raucous Youth "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 2 11 News Notes German X-ray Telescope Sees First Light "Young, Monica" 2020 2 12 News Notes Observations Confirm Amateur-Discovered Exo-Neptune "Young, Monica" 2020 2 12 News Notes Refreshing Galactic Wind "Young, Monica" 2020 2 13 News Notes Monitoring a Planet-Scale Collision "Freydlin, Julie" 2020 2 13 News Notes Well-loved Astronomy Expo Comes to an End "McConahay, Alex" 2020 2 13 News Notes In Brief: NASA Announces Lunar Rover for 2022 "Dickinson, David" 2020 2 14 Feature Micrometeorite Hunter "Kinsman, Ted" 2020 2 20 Feature Tracking Hubble's Variable Nebula "Banich, Howard" 2020 2 26 Feature Shooting Deppscapes "Tafreshi, Babak A." 2020 2 32 Astronomer's Workbench Two Simple Spectrographs "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 2 34 Feature Binary Worlds "Hecht, Jeff" 2020 2 41 Sky at a Glance February 2020 Mars Occultation time-lapse 2003 "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 2 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac February 2020 2020 2 43 Binocular Highlight Cornucopia in Monoceros "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 2 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac February 2020 2020 2 45 Under the Stars A Month for Open Clusters "Shaaf, Fred" 2020 2 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Five Ecliptic Crossings "Shaaf, Fred" 2020 2 48 Celestial Calendar A Comet on the Move "King, Bob" 2020 2 48 Celestial Calendar Earn Loyalty Points "King, Bob" 2020 2 50 Celestial Calendar Mars and Moon Meet "King, Bob" 2020 2 50 Celestial Calendar Neptune Flies By Phi "King, Bob" 2020 2 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 2 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 2 52 Exploring the Moon Prospecting and Landing "Wood, Charles" 2020 2 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Orion's Golden Shield "French, Sue " 2020 2 58 Feature Dwarf Carbon Stars "Croswell, Ken" 2020 2 62 Feature Kepler's Dream Today's Reality "Rosenthal, Jake " 2020 2 68 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher's Esprit 150mm APO Refractor "Horne, Johnny " 2020 2 73 New Product Showcase Gear Controller 2020 2 73 New Product Showcase Binocular Conpendium 2020 2 73 New Product Showcase Big Off-Axis Guider 2020 2 74 Gallery Wolf-Rayet Bubble "Struble, Douglas" 2020 2 75 Gallery Cygnus Loop "Manges, Chuck" 2020 2 75 Gallery Airglow in Andromeda "Dai, Jeff" 2020 2 76 Gallery Nebula and Garnet "Moussette, Philipe" 2020 2 76 Gallery Descending Eclipse "Letian, Wang" 2020 2 77 Gallery Setting Transit "Tezel, Tunc" 2020 2 77 Gallery The Hunter's Belt "Santos, Gabriel" 2020 2 84 Focal Point Imaging Nine Floors Up Ken Pilon 2020 3 4 Spectrum A Mega Dilemma "Tyson, Peter " 2020 3 6 From Our Readers "The Best ""First"" Telescope? I" "Puscas, Mark" 2020 3 6 From Our Readers "The Best ""First"" Telescope? II" "Feustel, Elihu" 2020 3 6 From Our Readers "The Best ""First"" Telescope? III" "Sahakain, Vahe" 2020 3 6 From Our Readers "The Best ""First"" Telescope? IV" "Jones, Tim S." 2020 3 6 From Our Readers "The Best ""First"" Telescope? V" "Hirshfeld, Alan" 2020 3 6 From Our Readers "The Best ""First"" Telescope? VI" "Lester, Howard" 2020 3 7 From Our Readers The Farthest Visible Star "Harrington, Scott N." 2020 3 7 From Our Readers S&T's New Ownership "Mullaney, James" 2020 3 7 From Our Readers "75, 50, 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 3 8 News Notes Black Hole Heavyweight Puzzles Astronomers "Schilling, Govert" 2020 3 9 News Notes New Map Shows Titan's Geological History "Young, Monica" 2020 3 9 News Notes Three Black Holes May Merge in Nearby Galaxy "Young, Monica" 2020 3 10 News Notes Extreme Photons from Collapsing Massive Stars "Young, Monica" 2020 3 10 News Notes Hayabusa 2 Leaves Asteroid Ryugu for Home "Young, Monica" 2020 3 10 New Notes In Brief: Store Spectroscopic Data "Ward, Lindsay" 2020 3 10 News Notes In Brief: Good News for Yerkes Observatory "Regas, Dean " 2020 3 12 Cosmic Relief Mars Coughs Up Another Mystery "Grinspoon, David" 2020 3 14 Feature The New Space Race "Young, Monica" 2020 3 22 Feature Constellation Close-up Argo Navis "Flanders, Tony " 2020 3 30 Feature Revealing Totality in HDR "Walker, Sean" 2020 3 34 Feature Torrents of the Milky Way "Hall, Shannon" 2020 3 41 Sky at a Glance Sirius above the forests of Minnesota "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 3 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac March 2020 2020 3 43 Binocular Highlight One Cluster or Two? "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 3 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac March 2020 2020 3 45 Under the Stars Memories and Inspiration "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 3 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" "Brilliant Venus, Plus a Fine Triad" "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 3 48 Celestial Calendar Starts with Z "King, Bob" 2020 3 49 Celestial Calendar Sirius-ly "King, Bob" 2020 3 50 Celestial Calendar Like an Extra Big Pizza Pie "King, Bob" 2020 3 50 Celestial Calendar Groovin' with Euterpe "King, Bob" 2020 3 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 3 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 3 52 Exploring the Solar System Lampland's Hot Glimpse of Venus "Sheehan, William" 2020 3 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Twins of Jove "French, Sue " 2020 3 58 S&T Test Report Captain Cook's Astronomy "Rafferty, Ted" 2020 3 64 Feature Getting Gear From Here to There "Dickinson, David" 2020 3 68 S&T Test Report "The Stellina ""Observation Station""" "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2020 3 72 Astronomer's Workbench "Art Gamble's ""Final"" Masterpiece" "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 3 74 Gallery Nebulosity in Cygnus "Brecher, Ron" 2020 3 75 Gallery Bullish Stellar Nursery "Simon, Kfir" 2020 3 76 Gallery Little Silhouette Chirag Upreti 2020 3 76 Gallery Double-Barreled Spiral "Gorenstein, Ian" 2020 3 77 Gallery Baseline Stare "Allert, Les" 2020 3 84 Focal Point Plane Amazing "Heyn, Herman" 2020 4 4 Spectrum A Discerning Eye "Tyson, Peter " 2020 4 6 From Our Readers Fond Memories of First Telescopes I "Spradlin, Brian" 2020 4 6 From Our Readers Fond Memories of First Telescopes II "Miller, Robert" 2020 4 6 From Our Readers Fond Memories of First Telescopes III "Delmas, Jeff" 2020 4 6 From Our Readers Fond Memories of First Telescopes IV "Eastman, Jeff" 2020 4 8 From Our Readers "My Thrilling ""Discovery"" " "Garbett, Peter" 2020 4 8 From Our Readers New Horizons and Parallaxes "Lauer, Tod" 2020 4 8 From Our Readers "25, 50, 75" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 4 10 News Notes First Science from Parker Solar Probe "Dickinson, David" 2020 4 10 News Notes "Betelgeuse ""Faints""" "King, Bob" 2020 4 11 News Notes NASA's TESS Announces First-Year Roundup "Young, Monica" 2020 4 11 News Notes In Brief: Meade Files for Bankruptcy "Walker, Sean" 2020 4 12 News Notes How Enceladus Got Its Tiger Stripes "Young, Monica" 2020 4 12 News Notes New Cyclone for Jupiter's South Pole "Young, Monica" 2020 4 13 News Notes Second Neutron Star Merger Detected "Young, Monica" 2020 4 13 News Notes In Brief: Europe Launches Exoplanet Mission "Schilling, Govert" 2020 4 13 News Notes "In Brief: NASA Selects ""Nightingale"" Site on Bennu" "Dickinson, David" 2020 4 14 Feature The Universe Through Hubble's Eye "Thomas, Vanessa" 2020 4 24 Feature Quicksilver Astronomy "Schilling, Govert" 2020 4 30 Feature A Curious Straight Ray "Banich, Howard" 2020 4 36 Feature The Classic Dobsonian Telescope "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 4 41 Sky at a Glance The Pleiades will embrace Venus "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 4 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac April 2020 2020 4 43 Binocular Highlight Blind Spot "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 4 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac April 2020 2020 4 45 Under the Stars The Great Comet of 1970 "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 4 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" The Evening Star Steals the Show "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 4 48 Celestial Calendar Venus Skirts the Pleiades "King, Bob" 2020 4 49 Celestial Calendar April Shower Power "King, Bob" 2020 4 50 Celestial Calendar Meet and Greet with Jupiter's Wife "King, Bob" 2020 4 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 4 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 4 52 Exploring the Moon Filling Holes "Wood, Charles" 2020 4 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Sextans Uraniae "French, Sue " 2020 4 58 Feature Paragoni! "Bernardi, Gabriella" 2020 4 63 New Product Showcase Heavy-Duty Mount 2020 4 63 New Product Showcase Clip-in Filters 2020 4 63 New Product Showcase Plate-Solving Scope 2020 4 64 S&T Test Report Canon's Mirrorless EOS Ra "Dyer, Alan" 2020 4 70 Book Report Magna Carta of Modern Physics "Tyson, Peter " 2020 4 72 Astronomer's Workbench A Telescope Made with a Paintbrush "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 4 74 Gallery Mirror Lake "Roth, Brian" 2020 4 75 Gallery Ghostly Attendants "Hightower, Daniel " 2020 4 75 Gallery Horned Sunrise "Banaee, Aref" 2020 4 76 Gallery Influential Black Hole "Wood, Kent" 2020 4 76 Gallery Through the Witch Head "Simon, Kfir" 2020 4 76 Gallery Stellar Annulus "Wong, Ethan" 2020 4 77 Gallery Twilight Conjunction "Kamkar, Amirreza " 2020 4 84 Focal Point My Immense Journey "Rinnan, Dan" 2020 5 4 Spectrum A Vote for Motes "Tyson, Peter " 2020 5 6 From Our Readers My Planet Adventure "Hotakainen, Markus" 2020 5 6 From Our Readers Forensic Astronomy "Magner, James" 2020 5 6 From Our Readers Historical Dramatic Irony I "Heyn, Herman" 2020 5 6 From Our Readers Historical Dramatic Irony II "Rosser, Daniel" 2020 5 7 From Our Readers Another Kind of Focuing Mask "Sales, Tom" 2020 5 7 From Our Readers "Thank You, S&T, from a New Astronomer" "McMullin, Talbert" 2020 5 7 From Our Readers "75, 50,25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 5 8 News Notes Baby Stars Found in Ancient Part of Our Galaxy "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 5 8 News Notes "Lensed Quasars Shed Light on Dark Matter, Dark Energy" "Schilling, Govert" 2020 5 9 New Notes Nearby Stellar Nurseries Ride a Giant Wave "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 5 10 News Notes White Dwarf's Whirlwind Spin Drags Spacetime "Schilling, Govert" 2020 5 10 News Notes "See Ancient ""North Stars"" Eclipse Each Other" "Young, Monica" 2020 5 11 News Notes "New Radio Flash ""Repeater"" Pinned Down " "Young, Monica" 2020 5 11 News Notes In Brief: Most Planets Lost in Globular Cluster "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 5 11 News Notes In Brief: New Horizons Still Exploring the Kuiper Belt "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 5 12 Cosmic Relief Venus is Dead Long Live Venus "Grinspoon, David" 2020 5 14 Feature Rugged Worlds "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 5 22 Feature May's Galaxy Cascade "Forte, Ted " 2020 5 30 Feature Changing of the Guard "Wright Jr., Richard S." 2020 5 34 Feature Revising the Story of Planet Formation "Ansdell, Megan" 2020 5 41 Sky at a Glance ESA's Giotto mission flew by Comet Halley "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 5 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac May 2020 2020 5 43 Binocular Highlight A Spindle in the Sextant "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 5 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac May 2020 2020 5 45 Under the Stars Fabled Females and a First Transit "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 5 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Five Planets Excite "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 5 48 Celestial Calendar Comet T2 Hits the Big Time "King, Bob" 2020 5 49 Celestial Calendar Venusian Challenge "King, Bob" 2020 5 50 Celestial Calendar "Hello, Halley" "King, Bob" 2020 5 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 5 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 5 52 Exploring the Solar System The Mountains of Mitchel "Dobbins, Thomas " 2020 5 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Heavens Within Temselves "French, Sue " 2020 5 57 Going Deep Hoag's Legacy "Tosteson, Dave" 2020 5 60 Feature Seventy-nine and Counting: Finding Jupiter's Moons "Witkoski, F. Michael" 2020 5 65 New Product Showcase Continuing Compendium Willmann-Bell 2020 5 65 New Product Showcase Off-Axis Autoguider Diffraction Limited 2020 5 65 New Product Showcase Enhanced Observing Unistellar 2020 5 66 S&T Test Report Orion's Premium Linear BinoViewer "di Cicco, Dennis" 2020 5 70 S&T Test Report The Optolong L-eNhance Filter "Horne, Johnny " 2020 5 72 Astronomer's Workbench Pipe-Fitting Mounts "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 5 74 Gallery Sea and Stars "Ghouchkanlu, Taha" 2020 5 75 Gallery Golorful Impression "Seibold, Mark" 2020 5 76 Gallery Wide Spiral "Menezes, Fernando" 2020 5 76 Gallery Heart and Soul "Brecher, Ron" 2020 5 84 Focal Point A Night of Déjà Vu "Ridolfo, Frank" 2020 6 4 Spectrum China's Dream "Tyson, Peter " 2020 6 6 From Our Readers Young Astronomy "Livio, Paul" 2020 6 6 From Our Readers Micro Martians "Brasch, Klaus" 2020 6 6 From Our Readers Lunar Inversion I "Alford, Scott" 2020 6 6 From Our Readers Lunar Inversion II "Edgar, James" 2020 6 6 From Our Readers Lunar Inversion III "Ridolfo, Frank" 2020 6 6 From Our Readers Lunar Inversion IV "Jones, Thomas" 2020 6 6 From Our Readers Lunar Inversion V "Gordon, Rodger" 2020 6 7 From Our Readers A Twist of Terminology "Trueblood, Mark" 2020 6 7 From Our Readers For The Record/ Editorial Note of Concern Editors 2020 6 7 From Our Readers "75, 50, & 25 Years Ago " "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 6 8 News Notes NASA's Insight Detects Marsquakes "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 6 9 News Notes European Solar Orbiter Launches "Dickinson, David" 2020 6 9 News Notes "Pluto's Icy Heart ""Beats,"" Driving Planet-Scale Winds" "Freydlin, Julie" 2020 6 10 News Notes "How Did This ""Monster"" Galaxy Snuff Out Star Formation?" "Young, Monica" 2020 6 10 News Notes What Lies Beneath the Lunar Farside "Jones, Andrew" 2020 6 11 News Notes Arrokoth Details Reveal How Planets Form "Barbuzano, Javier " 2020 6 11 News Notes In Brief Bennu Features Named "Young, Monica" 2020 6 12 News Notes Earth's New (and Temporary) Mini-Moon "King, Bob" 2020 6 12 News Notes In Brief: Amateur Dennis Conti Wins Chambliss Award "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 6 12 News Notes Betelgeuse Rises Again "King, Bob" 2020 6 12 News Notes NASA 2021 Budget Proposal "Dickinson, David" 2020 6 14 Feature A Galaxy-Hop Around M101 "Whitman, Alan" 2020 6 22 Feature Treasures of the Sharpless Catalog "Brecher, Ron" 2020 6 30 S&T Test Report "The Explore Scientific FirstLight 8"" Dobsonian" "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2020 6 35 Feature China Launches to Center Stage "Jones, Andrew" 2020 6 41 Sky at a Glance The summer solstice from Pyharanta "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 6 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac June 2020 2020 6 43 Binocular Highlight The Horse and Rider "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 6 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac June 2020 2020 6 45 Under the Stars Ophiuchus and Friends "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 6 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Venus Returns "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 6 48 Celestial Calendar A Martian Sneak Peek "King, Bob" 2020 6 49 Celestial Calendar One Crescent Meets Another "King, Bob" 2020 6 50 Celestial Calendar An African and Asian Annular "King, Bob" 2020 6 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 6 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 6 52 Exploring the Solar System Peering over the Limb "Wood, Charles" 2020 6 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The First Plowman "French, Sue " 2020 6 57 Books By S&T Authors A Wealth of Wonders Editors 2020 6 58 Feature The First Stars "Ventrudo, Brian" 2020 6 66 Feature Exploring the Deep Sky with Video "Mollise, Rod" 2020 6 71 New Product Showcase Camera Tracker Orion Telescopes & Binoculars 2020 6 71 New Product Showcase Imaging Package Software Bisque 2020 6 71 New Product Showcase Enhanced Observing Explore Scientific 2020 6 72 Astronomer's Workbench Finder Finders "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 6 74 Gallery Sharpless 2-25 "Roberts, Alex" 2020 6 76 Gallery Sharpless 2-220 "Brecher, Ron" 2020 6 76 Gallery Sharpless 2-236 "Jenkins, Peter" 2020 6 77 Gallery Sharpless 2-273 "Gurdak, Greg" 2020 6 84 Focal Point I Did Not Discover Planet 9 "Ulowetz, Joe" 2020 7 4 Spectrum The Caprice of Comets "Tyson, Peter " 2020 7 6 From Our Readers Stars in the City I "Lighthill, Richard " 2020 7 6 From Our Readers Stars in the City II "Nakamoto, Dave" 2020 7 6 From Our Readers Jack and the Moon Giants "Ridolfo, Frank" 2020 7 6 From Our Readers Resolving Power "Wright, Tom" 2020 7 6 From Our Readers Driveway Spectrum "Kilburn, Kevin J." 2020 7 7 From Our Readers The Little Scope That Could "Huff, Ed" 2020 7 7 From Our Readers S&T Appreciates You "Marvin, R. S. " 2020 7 7 From Our Readers "25, 50, 75" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 7 8 News Notes Is Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Breaking Up? "Hecht, Jeff" 2020 7 8 News Notes Why Have Parts of Mercury's Landscape Collapsed? "Barbuzano, Javier " 2020 7 9 News Notes Knife Edge Galaxy Throws Astronomers for a Loop "Schilling, Govert" 2020 7 10 News Notes How Fast Does the Milky Way's Warp Whirl? "Young, Monica" 2020 7 10 News Notes In Brief: Margaret Burbidge 1919-2020 "Young, Monica" 2020 7 10 News Notes In Brief: 2020 Star Party Status "Garvin, Sabrina " 2020 7 10 News Notes In Brief: Starlink: An Update "Young, Monica" 2020 7 12 News Notes Mysterious X-ray Signal Goes Missing "Young, Monica" 2020 7 12 News Notes Rings of Light Could Reveal Black Hole Properties "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 7 14 Feature Io the Volcanic Rosetta Stone "Davies, Ashley Gerard" 2020 7 22 Feature Three Missions Head for Mars "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2020 7 30 Feature Celebrating Hale-Bopp "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2020 7 36 Feature Catch a Moving Comet "Rhemann, Gerald" 2020 7 41 Sky at a Glance Saturn's Rings "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 7 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac July 2020 2020 7 43 Binocular Highlight A Classic Rediscovered "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 7 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac July 2020 2020 7 45 Under the Stars Ophiuchus Treasures "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 7 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Month of Oppositions "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 7 48 Celestial Calendar Pluto by Way of Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 7 50 Celestial Calendar Opposition Mates "King, Bob" 2020 7 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 7 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 7 52 Exploring the Solar System A Mystery in Saturn's C Ring "Dobbins, Thomas " 2020 7 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Magical Things "French, Sue " 2020 7 57 Going Deep Super Sprial Galaxies "Tosteson, Dave" 2020 7 60 Feature A Tourist's Guide to the Summer Highlights "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 7 68 S&T Test Report QHYCCD's New 60-Megapixel Camera "di Cicco, Dennis" 2020 7 72 New Product Showcase ACIS 7.1 Atik Cameras 2020 7 72 New Product Showcase QSI 6162 Atik Cameras 2020 7 72 New Product Showcase QHY268C QHYCCD 2020 7 72 New Product Showcase StarSense Explorer Celestron 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase Evolux 82ED Sky-Watcher USA 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase AZ-EQ6 mount Sky-Watcher USA 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase SolarQuest tracking mount Sky-Watcher USA 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase LXPS 18 Portable Power Supply Meade Instruments 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase 10X56 Masterclass Pro ED Binoculars Meade Instruments 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase 67mm TNV Conversion lens Tele Vue 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase TheSky Fusion Software Bisque 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase Paramount Apollo 500 Robotic Alt-AZ Mount Software Bisque 2020 7 73 New Product Showcase TheSky Imaging software bundle Software Bisque 2020 7 74 Astronomer's Workbench The STEM Spyglass Project "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 7 76 Gallery Centaurus A "Doctor, David" 2020 7 77 Gallery Ultraviolet View "Schrantz, Richard " 2020 7 77 Gallery Galaxies Galore "Simon, Kfir" 2020 7 84 Focal Point An Inconvenient Theft "Signorelli, Paul " 2020 8 4 Spectrum Volcanic Worlds "Tyson, Peter " 2020 8 6 From Our Readers Eclipse Fun I "Ritter, Howard L" 2020 8 6 From Our Readers Eclipse Fun II "Thomas, Andrew" 2020 8 6 From Our Readers Recycling with John Dobson "Lusby, Dave " 2020 8 6 From Our Readers The Dangers of Mercury "Wood, Bill " 2020 8 6 From Our Readers Locating Oneself Without GPS I "White, Ted" 2020 8 6 From Our Readers Locating Oneself Without GPS II "Unsworth, Colin" 2020 8 7 From Our Readers Locating Oneself Without GPS III "Cugnini, Aldo" 2020 8 7 From Our Readers Starlink and the Stars "Herlihy, Terry" 2020 8 7 From Our Readers Compliments on Design I "Kubovcik, Joe" 2020 8 7 From Our Readers Compliments on Design II "Kayfes, Randall" 2020 8 7 From Our Readers "25, 50, 75" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 8 8 News Notes Closest Black Hole to Earth? Maybe "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 8 8 News Notes "Vast Magnetic ""Strings"" Puzzle Astronomers" "Young, Monica" 2020 8 9 News Notes The Sun Is Less Active Than Stars Like It "Schilling, Govert" 2020 8 9 News Notes In Brief Mismatched Black Holes Merge "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 8 9 News Notes In Brief Supernova Suggests Extreme Scenarios "Schilling, Govert" 2020 8 10 News Notes The Origins of Interstellar Objects "Hecht, Jeff" 2020 8 10 News Notes Is Our Galaxy Throwing Out Star-Making Material? "Young, Monica" 2020 8 11 News Notes Fomalhaut b: Enshrouded Exoplanet or Puff of Dust? "Young, Monica" 2020 8 11 News Notes New Geologic Map of the Moon "Young, Monica" 2020 8 12 Feature The Radio Sky "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 8 20 Feature Swimmin' in the Lagoon "Banich, Howard" 2020 8 26 Feature Saegmuller's Forgotten Refractors "Rafferty, Ted" 2020 8 32 Feature Ice Volcanoes "Lopes, Rosaly" 2020 8 39 Book Review Heavenly Impressions "Tyson, Peter " 2020 8 41 Sky at a Glance Lagoon Nebula "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 8 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac August 2020 2020 8 43 Binocular Highlight Gathering Dust "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 8 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac August 2020 2020 8 45 Under the Stars Night of the Perseids "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 8 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Parade of Bright Planets "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 8 48 Celestial Calendar Peerless Perseids "King, Bob" 2020 8 49 Celestial Calendar Double Duty at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 8 50 Celestial Calendar A Dwarf Planet at Opposition "King, Bob" 2020 8 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 8 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 8 52 Exploring the Moon August Librations "Wood,Charles" 2020 8 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Bird of the Mighty Wing "French, Sue " 2020 8 58 Feature Revealing The Planets "Peach, Damian" 2020 8 63 New Product Showcase Large-Format CMOS Finger Lakes Instrumentation 2020 8 63 New Product Showcase Synscan Enhancements Sky-Watcher USA 2020 8 63 New Product Showcase Planetarium App Redshift Sky 2020 8 64 S&T Test Report Celestron's StarSense Explorer 102 "Walker, Sean" 2020 8 68 Astronomer's Workbench Backyard Observatory Innovations "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 8 72 Gallery Cloudy Collision "Struble, Douglas" 2020 8 74 Gallery SWAN Surprise "Rhemann, Gerald" 2020 8 74 Gallery The Nebulous Swan "Symon, Alistair" 2020 8 75 Gallery Manhattan Moon "Upreti, Chirag" 2020 8 76 Gallery "Lyra's ""Other"" Messier" "Brecher, Ron" 2020 8 76 Gallery Pirate's Treasure "Simon, Kfir" 2020 8 77 Gallery Unraveling Galaxies "Rolland, Nicholas" 2020 8 77 Gallery Beacon Below The Stars "Burgess, Barry" 2020 8 84 Focal Point Lunar Influence "Nazzaro, M. Nicole " 2020 9 4 Spectrum The Wages of Obsession "Tyson, Peter " 2020 9 8 From Our Readers The Galilean Moons I "Pasachoff, Jay" 2020 9 8 From Our Readers The Galilean Moons II "Graney, Christopher" 2020 9 8 From Our Readers Pipe Mounts "Rusho, John F." 2020 9 8 From Our Readers Traveling on Spaceship Earth I "Crane, Daniel" 2020 9 8 From Our Readers Traveling on Spaceship Earth II "Morrison, Nancy" 2020 9 9 From Our Readers Photographing the Jet "Billesbach, Dave" 2020 9 9 From Our Readers An Oldie But a Goodie "Jensen, Allen" 2020 9 9 From Our Readers "25, 50, 75" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 9 10 News Notes Milky Way Magnetar Explodes as Fast Radio Burst "Young, Monica" 2020 9 10 News Notes Did Asteroid Ryugu Skirt Close to the Sun? "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 9 11 News Notes Two New Beasts for an Explosive Menagerie "Schilling, Govert" 2020 9 12 News Notes Astronomers Find Rotating Disk in Early Universe "Young, Monica" 2020 9 12 News Notes Jupiter Has Trapped a Comet in a Bizarre Orbit "Hecht, Jeff" 2020 9 13 News Notes Astronomers Snap Baby Planet's Picture "Young, Monica" 2020 9 13 News Notes "Space Briefs: SpaceX Lofts ""VisorSat""" "Young, Monica" 2020 9 13 News Notes Space Briefs: U.S. Launches Space Crew "Dickinson, David" 2020 9 13 News Notes Space Briefs: The Roman Space Telescope "Dickinson, David" 2020 9 14 Cosmic Relief Not From Around Here "Grinspoon, David" 2020 9 16 Infographic Crossing the Edge of Our Solar System "Bobra, Monica" "Fuller, Nicolle R." 2020 9 18 Feature The Fate of Volcanic Worlds "Byrne, Paul" 2020 9 24 Feature Dating Vermeer's View of Delft "Olson, Donald" "Doescher, Russell L." "Condos, Charles A. " "Sánchez, Michael A." "Jenison, Tim" 2020 9 30 Feature The Pros and Cons of Image Stacking "Walker, Sean" 2020 9 34 Feature The Hunt for the First Exomoons "Hall, Shannon" 2020 9 41 Sky at a Glance Neptune's Cloud Cover "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 9 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac September 2020 2020 9 43 Binocular Highlight A Tunnel in Space "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 9 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac September 2020 2020 9 45 Under the Stars Tour the Vega Hour "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 9 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Fine Planetary Foursome "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 9 48 Celestial Calendar Voyaging to Neptune "King, Bob" 2020 9 49 Celestial Calendar Something to Howell About "King, Bob" 2020 9 50 Celestial Calendar Mars and Beta Scorpii Eclipsed "King, Bob" 2020 9 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 9 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 9 52 Exploring the Moon The Moon's Biggest Cold Spot "Wood, Charles" 2020 9 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Berkeley Clusters "French, Sue " 2020 9 58 Going Deep The Ring and I "Banich, Howard" 2020 9 62 Feature The Andromeda Outback "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2020 9 68 S&T Test Report The Sharpstar Hyperbolic Astrograph "Dyer, Alan" 2020 9 73 New Product Showcase Eclipse Atlas Great American Eclipse 2020 9 73 New Product Showcase App Focus Rigel Systems 2020 9 73 New Product Showcase Center-Balanced Precision iOptron 2020 9 74 Astronomer's Workbench Homemade Eyepieces "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 9 76 Gallery Globular or Galaxy? "Hancock, Terry" "Quick, Kim" 2020 9 77 Gallery Silver Dollar Galaxy "Jobard, Franck" "Mishra, Utkarsh" 2020 9 77 Gallery Cometary Lineup "Chambó, José J." 2020 9 78 Gallery Joined at the Rim "Thornton, Steve" 2020 9 78 Gallery Southern Flyover "McKnight, Ron" 2020 9 79 Gallery Strawberry Moonrise "Conceição, Sérgio" 2020 9 79 Gallery Dusty Reflections "Ruppel, Greg" 2020 9 79 Gallery Nebulous Bridge "Wong, Ethan" 2020 9 84 Focal Point Eclipsing an Eclipse "Ewart, Scott" 2020 10 4 Spectrum Amateur Astronomy for All The Staff of Sky & Telescope 2020 10 6 From Our Readers Matching Astronomers "Watts, Donald W." 2020 10 6 From Our Readers A Cable Solution "Cisko, Greg" 2020 10 6 From Our Readers The Cloudtop Debate "Gingrich, Mark" 2020 10 6 From Our Readers Martian Waves "Herron, Don" 2020 10 7 From Our Readers Little Astronomers "Brescia, Keith" 2020 10 7 From Our Readers Confounding Particles "Bonnement, Michel" 2020 10 7 From Our Readers Ludwig's Star "Covington, Michael" 2020 10 7 From Our Readers "75, 50, & 25 Years Ago " "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 10 8 News Notes Gravitational Waves from a Mystery Object "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 10 8 News Notes First All-Sky X-ray Map from EROSITA "Young, Monica" 2020 10 9 News Notes Black Hole Collision May Have Caused burst of Light "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 10 10 News Notes New Evidence for Nanoflares? "Young, Monica" 2020 10 10 News Notes The 10 Million-Degree Gas Around the Milky Way "Young, Monica" 2020 10 10 News Notes In Brief: Fast Radio Burst with a Beat "Young, Monica" 2020 10 11 News Notes Huge Circular Arc Spotted near the Big Dipper "Young, Monica" 2020 10 11 News Notes Venus Transitis the Solar Corona "De Wijn, Alfred" "Können, Gunther" 2020 10 12 Feature The Red Planet Revealed "Tyson, Peter " 2020 10 22 Feature The Gamma-Ray Universe "Cominsky, Lynn" 2020 10 28 Feature My Favorite Globulars "Whitman, Alan" 2020 10 36 Feature Observing Geosat Flares "Daubert, Steve" 2020 10 41 Sky at a Glance Orionids and Venus "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 10 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac October 2020 2020 10 43 Binocular Highlight One Billion Years "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 10 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac October 2020 2020 10 45 Under the Stars The Age of Pisces "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 10 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Mars at its Most Magnificent "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 10 48 Celestial Calendar A Great Year for Mars "King, Bob" 2020 10 51 Celestial Calendar Bag Uranus on Halloween Night "King, Bob" 2020 10 52 Celestial Calendar Orionids Peak "King, Bob" 2020 10 53 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 10 53 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 10 54 Exploring the Solar System The Changing Face of Mars "Sheehan, William" 2020 10 56 Deep-Sky Wonders Splashing Around the Dolphin "French, Sue " 2020 10 60 Feature Double Vision "Brecher, Ron" 2020 10 66 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher's EQ8-R Pro Mount "di Cicco, Dennis" 2020 10 71 Book Review Discovering the Secrets of Stars "Ritter, Howard L" 2020 10 72 Astronomer's Workbench An 8-inch f/3.3 Masterpiece "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 10 74 New Product Showcase Updated Sky Atlases Sky & Telescope 2020 10 74 New Product Showcase Deluxe Finder Tele Vue Optics 2020 10 74 New Product Showcase Super-Wide Binos Orion Telescopes & Binoculars 2020 10 76 Gallery Dark Night in the Pyrenees "Graffand, Jean-Francois " 2020 10 77 Gallery Comet . . . Mercury? "Alessandrini, Andrea" 2020 10 77 Gallery A Ring or A Rose "Struble, Douglas" 2020 10 78 Gallery Brilliant Visitor "Hepburn, Kerry-Ann Lecky" 2020 10 78 Gallery Disappearing Atlas "Schur, Chris" 2020 10 78 Gallery Inner Coma "Ceravolo, Debra" 2020 10 79 Gallery Standing Tall "Emmanouilidi, Constantine" 2020 10 79 Gallery Noctilucent Neowise "Cooper, Jamie" 2020 10 84 Focal Point It Takes a Village "Smythies, Christopher " 2020 11 4 Spectrum Cozying Up to Our Star "Tyson, Peter " 2020 11 6 From Our Readers Fond Remembrances of Fantastic Comets I "Strader, Gordon" 2020 11 6 From Our Readers Fond Remembrances of Fantastic Comets II "Hannon, James" 2020 11 6 From Our Readers A Simple Solution "Morris, Peter" 2020 11 6 From Our Readers Trifid Nebula's True Colors "Jaffe, Andrew" 2020 11 6 From Our Readers A History of Stardust I "Bruesch, Jay" 2020 11 6 From Our Readers A History of Stardust II "White, Paul" 2020 11 7 From Our Readers Io Epiphany "Junke, John P." 2020 11 7 From Our Readers Across an Eclipse "Wilson, Bill" 2020 11 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 11 8 News Notes Unexpectedly Smooth Universe Points to New Physics "Schilling, Govert" 2020 11 8 News Notes New 3D Map of the Universe Heightens Debate "Young, Monica" 2020 11 9 News Notes Solar Orbiter Takes Closest Images of the Sun "Young, Monica" 2020 11 9 News Notes Three Mars Missions Launch Successfully "Dickinson, David" 2020 11 10 News Notes Astronomers Find SN 1987A's Neutron Star "Young, Monica" 2020 11 10 News Notes Close Encounters in the Milky Way's Bulge "Redd, Nola Taylor" 2020 11 11 News Notes The Moon Might Be Younger Than We Thought "Barbuzano, Javier " 2020 11 11 News Notes A Young Sun and Two Giants "Young, Monica" 2020 11 11 News Notes In Brief: Webb Telescope Delayed Again "Young, Monica" 2020 11 12 Cosmic Relief My Virtual Comet Sighting "Grinspoon, David" 2020 11 14 Feature NEOWISE Performs! "Walker, Sean" 2020 11 20 Feature To Touch the Sun "Young, Monica" 2020 11 28 Feature Star Clocks "van Saders, Jennifer" 2020 11 35 Feature The Lost Discoveries of E. E. Barnard "Gottlieb, Steve" 2020 11 41 Sky at a Glance Venus in Virgo "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 11 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac November 2020 2020 11 43 Binocular Highlight Wandering Star "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 11 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac November 2020 2020 11 45 Under the Stars Shine On With Firsts and Bests "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 11 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Planets Delight at Dusk and Dawn "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 11 48 Celestial Calendar A Fourth Penumbral Lunar Eclipse "King, Bob" 2020 11 49 Celestial Calendar Midnight Meeting with the Gegenschein "King, Bob" 2020 11 50 Celestial Calendar Meteors Spark from Leo and Taurus "King, Bob" 2020 11 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 11 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 11 52 Exploring the Solar System Tips for Planetary Observers "Dobbins, Thomas " 2020 11 54 Deep-Sky Wonders Uneasy Lies the Head "French, Sue " 2020 11 58 Feature The Strange Case of Comet Biela "Nakamoto, Dave" 2020 11 66 S&T Test Report iOptron's GEM45 Equatorial Mount "Horne, Johnny " 2020 11 72 New Product Showcase Polar Finder Explore Scientific 2020 11 72 New Product Showcase Deep-Space Imager Orion Telescopes & Binoculars 2020 11 72 New Product Showcase Lens Motors Rigel Systems 2020 11 74 Astronomer's Workbench A Place for Everything "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 11 76 Gallery "The Big ""W""" "O'Donoghue, Tom" 2020 11 78 Gallery Pairing Crescents "Horton, Robert" 2020 11 79 Gallery Nearing Neighbor "Bouevitch, Oleg" 2020 11 79 Gallery The Dark Shark "Zeppetello, Kurt" 2020 11 79 Gallery Sonoita Splendor "Vermitte, John" 2020 11 84 Focal Point My Time of Transits "Wallentinsen, Derek" 2020 12 4 Spectrum Rising Like the Phoenix "Tyson, Peter " 2020 12 6 From Our Readers DIY Refractors "Rushton, Thomas C." 2020 12 6 From Our Readers A Horn for Every Home "Makous, John" 2020 12 6 From Our Readers Spacetime Disturbances "Halverson, Ward" 2020 12 6 From Our Readers Inspirational Eclipses I "Warzecha, Michal " 2020 12 6 From Our Readers Inspirational Eclipses II "Bailey, Ed" 2020 12 7 From Our Readers Remembering Saegmuller's Refractors I "Costanzo, Daniel" 2020 12 7 From Our Readers Remembering Saegmuller's Refractors II "Gubbins, John" 2020 12 7 From Our Readers "25, 50, & 75" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2020 12 8 News Notes Asteroid Ceres Is a Water World "Young, Monica" 2020 12 9 News Notes Early Mars Was Wet - But Not Warm "Hecht, Jeff" 2020 12 9 News Notes Radioactive Aluminum Sheds Light on Young Solar System "Barbuzano, Javier " 2020 12 10 News Notes """Dead Ringer"" for the Milky Way Found in the Early Unverse" "Young, Monica" 2020 12 10 News Notes Waves on Titan's Seas "Carlisle, Camille M." 2020 12 12 News Notes Potential New Targets for Hayabusa 2 "Dickinson, David" 2020 12 12 News Notes Magnetic Fields in Serpens South "Young, Monica" 2020 12 12 News Notes In Brief: Arecibo Observatory Damaged "Dickinson, David" 2020 12 12 News Notes In Brief: Lick Observatory Survives Wildfires "Dickinson, David" 2020 12 14 Feature Get Ready for the Geminids "Rao, Joe" 2020 12 20 Feature The Caldwell Catalog Turns 25 "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 12 28 Feature Specks Between the Stars "Crockett, Christopher " 2020 12 34 Feature Follow the Carbon "Bergin, Edwin" 2020 12 41 Sky at a Glance The Hyades cluster "Hannikainen, Diana" 2020 12 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac December 2020 2020 12 43 Binocular Highlight Tides of Light "Wedel, Mathew" 2020 12 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac December 2020 2020 12 45 Under the Stars A Long Night's Journey Into Day "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 12 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" A Very Rare Jupiter and Saturn Pairing "Schaaf, Fred" 2020 12 48 Celestial Calendar A South American Total Eclipse "King, Bob" 2020 12 49 Celestial Calendar "December's ""Other"" Meteor Shower" "King, Bob" 2020 12 50 Celestial Calendar The Moon Eclipses Venus "King, Bob" 2020 12 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2020 12 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2020 12 52 Exploring the Moon ANTS on the Moon "Wood, Charles" 2020 12 54 Deep-Sky Wonders The Starry Heavens "French, Sue " 2020 12 57 Book Review All the Right Stuff "Kanas, Nick" 2020 12 58 Feature What Does Your Lawn Think of a Solar Eclipse? "Billesbach, David" "Arkebauer, Timothy" 2020 12 60 Feature Measuring the Stars "Berry, Richard" 2020 12 66 S&T Test Report The Unistellar eVscope "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2020 12 72 New Product Showcase Orion EON 130-mm ED Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Orion Telescopes & Binoculars 2020 12 72 New Product Showcase Orion StarShoot Mini 6.3mp Imaging Camera Orion Telescopes & Binoculars 2020 12 72 New Product Showcase 21st Century Canon of Solar Eclipses AstroPixels Publishing 2020 12 74 Astronomer's Workbench Ceramic Mirrors "Oltion, Jerry" 2020 12 76 Gallery Signs of Activity "Goff, Bryan" 2020 12 76 Gallery Perseid Hills "Dai, Jeff" 2020 12 78 Gallery Crackling Solar Calcium "Viladrich, Christian" 2020 12 78 Gallery Disappearing Act "Tolentino, Ricardo José Vaz" 2020 12 84 Focal Point Time to Get Serious Dara Norman 2021 1 4 Spectrum New Year's Resolutions "Tyson, Peter " 2021 1 6 From Our Readers Impressive Handmade Eyepieces "Strauss, Randy" 2021 1 6 From Our Readers Matchstick Quick Fix "Wood, Bill" 2021 1 6 From Our Readers A Moving Geosat "Marks, Joel" 2021 1 6 From Our Readers Memories of M57 "Dellinges, Bill" 2021 1 6 From Our Readers A Region by Any Other Name "Rodger, David A." 2021 1 7 From Our Readers A Timely Observing Project "Tramdack, P.J." 2021 1 7 From Our Readers Residential Sky Village "Oesper, David" 2021 1 7 From Our Readers We Love the Lagoon! "Shaw, Gary" 2021 1 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2021 1 10 News Notes Potential Biosignature Found at Venus "Rimmer, Arwen" 2021 1 11 News Notes In Brief: More Underground Lakes on Mars "Lakdawalla, Emily" 2021 1 11 News Notes Amateur Discovers Kilometer-Wide Asteroid "Dickinson, David" 2021 1 12 News Notes Wildfires Threaten Observatories "Dickinson, David" "Garvin, Sabrina" 2021 1 12 News Notes The Solar Activity Cycle Has Stabilized "Young, Monica" 2021 1 13 News Notes Most Massive Black Hole Merger Yet "Schilling, Govert" 2021 1 14 News Notes Hubble Images Reveal Dark Matter Problem "Young, Monica" 2021 1 14 News Notes The Origin of Earth's Water "Hecht, Jeff" 2021 1 15 Cosmic Relief Venus Surprise "Grinspoon, David" 2021 1 16 Feature Axion Hunters "Skuse, Benjamin" 2021 1 22 Feature Winter's Galaxy Groups "Forte, Ted" 2021 1 30 S&T Test Report SkySafari 6 Pro "Mollise, Rod" 2021 1 34 Feature Looking for Ice in the Dark "Cokinos, Christopher" 2021 1 41 Sky at a Glance The Pleiades twinkle with Aldebaran and Capella "Hannikainen, Diana" 2021 1 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac January 2021 2021 1 43 Binocular Highlight The Fires of Youth "Wedel, Mathew" 2021 1 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac January 2021 2021 1 45 Evenings with the Stars Orion's Magnificent Seven "Shaaf, Fred" 2021 1 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Goodbye Jupiter and Saturn (and Mars) "Seronik, Gary" 2021 1 48 Celestial Calendar Sky Highlights for 2021 "King, Bob" 2021 1 49 Celestial Calendar 2021 Returning Comets "King, Bob" 2021 1 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2021 1 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, January 2021" "King, Bob" 2021 1 52 Exploring the Solar System "The ""Blue Clearing"" on Mars" "Dobbins, Thomas " 2021 1 54 Suburban Stargazer Taking on Taurus "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2021 1 57 Pro-Am Conjunction A Century and Counting of Variable Stars "Hannikainen, Diana" 2021 1 58 Feature Picturing Galaxies "Block, Adam" 2021 1 64 Feature The Schiller Enterprise "Mendillo, Michael" 2021 1 72 New Product Showcase Aphelion Domes Aphelion Domes 2021 1 72 New Product Showcase Ash Manufacturing Ash Manufacturing Company 2021 1 72 New Product Showcase Astro Haven Astro Haven Enterprises 2021 1 72 New Product Showcase ExploraDome ExploraDome 2021 1 72 New Product Showcase NexDome NexDome 2021 1 73 New Product Showcase Observa-Dome Observa-Dome 2021 1 73 New Product Showcase Pier-Tech Pier-Tech 2021 1 73 New Product Showcase Skyshed Observatories SkyShed 2021 1 73 New Product Showcase Technical Innovations Technical Innovations 2021 1 74 Astronomer's Workbench The Trekking Pole Travel Scope "Oltion, Jerry" 2021 1 76 Gallery The Eye of Mars "Bouevitch, Oleg" 2021 1 76 Gallery The Serpens-Aquila Rift "Wolfe, Ted" 2021 1 78 Gallery Unusual Storms "Foster, Clyde" 2021 1 78 Gallery The Flying Dragon "Zeppetello, Kurt" 2021 1 84 Focal Point Corona Virus "Fienberg, Richard Tresch" 2021 2 4 Spectrum Celestial Inkblot Tests "Tyson, Peter " 2021 2 6 From Our Readers Astronomy for All I "Baron, Irene" 2021 2 6 From Our Readers Astronomy for All II "Corneau, Max" 2021 2 6 From Our Readers Astronomy for All III "King, K. Lynn" 2021 2 6 From Our Readers Astronomy for All IV "Cardona, Federico" 2021 2 6 From Our Readers Astronomy for All V "Kenny, Kim" 2021 2 6 From Our Readers Astronomy for All VI "Malaro, Dave" 2021 2 7 From Our Readers Astronomy for All VII "Shaw, Gary" 2021 2 7 From Our Readers Astronomy for All VIII "Torkildson, Caroline" 2021 2 7 From Our Readers Astronomy for All IX "Fraknoi, Andrew" 2021 2 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2021 2 8 News Notes Spacecraft Takes a Bite of Asteroid Bennu "Dickinson, David" 2021 2 8 News Notes In Brief: Bennu's Surface Surprises "Hecht, Jeff" 2021 2 8 News Notes Astronomers Chart History of Star Formation "Young, Monica" 2021 2 9 News Notes Black Hole Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Physics "Carlisle, Camille M." 2021 2 10 News Notes Pandemic Inspires Surge in Telescope Sales "Walker, Sean" 2021 2 10 News Notes Missions Head for the Moon in 2021 "Dickinson, David" 2021 2 11 News Notes Water on the Moon Not Just in Polar Craters "Hecht, Jeff" 2021 2 11 News Notes From The DPS: (Very) Small Chance of Apophis Impact in 2068 "Schilling, Govert" 2021 2 11 News Notes From The DPS: The Nature of Psyche "Schilling, Govert" 2021 2 12 Feature The Story of T Tauri "Croswell, Ken" 2021 2 18 Feature Catching Celestial Butterflies "Brecher, Ronald" 2021 2 26 Feature Orion's Club District "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2021 2 32 S&T Test Report Sky-Watcher's Evostar 150 APO Refractor "di Cicco, Dennis" 2021 2 36 Feature Magic Nights on Mount Locke "Sealander, John" 2021 2 41 Sky at a Glance Messier 35 "Hannikainen, Diana" 2021 2 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac February 2021 2021 2 43 Binocular Highlight In the Twins' Toes "Wedel, Mathew" 2021 2 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac February 2021 2021 2 45 Evenings with the Stars In Praise of Procyon "Schaaf, Fred" 2021 2 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Three Planets Emerge at Dawn "Seronik, Gary" 2021 2 48 Celestial Calendar Catch an ISS Transit "King, Bob" 2021 2 49 Celestial Calendar R Virginis and Chi Cygni Top Out "King, Bob" 2021 2 49 Celestial Calendar A Pair of Evening Asteroids "King, Bob" 2021 2 50 Celestial Calendar A Trio of Lunar Occultations "King, Bob" 2021 2 51 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2021 2 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2021 2 52 Exploring the Solar System A Lunar Main Sequence "Wood, Charles" 2021 2 54 First Exposure So You Want To Take an Astrophoto . . . "Walker, Sean" 2021 2 57 Going Deep The Newborn Nursery of Orion "Tosteson, Dave" 2021 2 60 Feature Double Bubble Toil "Carlisle, Camille M." 2021 2 68 Book Review Getting a Feel for the Firmament "Crohan, Kate" 2021 2 70 New Product Showcase Easy Astrophotography Springer 2021 2 70 New Product Showcase Mirror Centering Tool Bob Schalck 2021 2 70 New Product Showcase Deep-Space Imager Diffraction Limited 2021 2 72 Astronomer's Workbench Finding North by Day "Oltion, Jerry" 2021 2 74 Gallery Dusty Treasures "Tolea, Alin" 2021 2 76 Gallery Deep-Sky Squid "Cannane, Damien" 2021 2 76 Gallery The Little Sombrero "Gorenstein, Ian" 2021 2 78 Gallery Sagittarian Triplet "Symon, Alistair" 2021 2 78 Gallery Desert Solitude "Kamkar, Amirreza" 2021 2 84 Focal Point A Star for Donna "Barry, Joe" 2021 3 4 Spectrum A Classic S&T Story "Tyson, Peter " 2021 3 6 From Our Readers The Beauty of Mars I "Michaud, Michael" 2021 3 6 From Our Readers The Beauty of Mars II "Rofer, Cheryl " 2021 3 6 From Our Readers Tracking by Hand "Snook, Maurice " 2021 3 6 From Our Readers An Astronomy Tool Chest "Ponzio, Peter" 2021 3 6 From Our Readers The Unistellar eVscope "Sweitzer, Jim" 2021 3 7 From Our Readers Observing Accessories "Guerra, John" 2021 3 7 From Our Readers The Goldilocks Zone "Robertson, Michael" 2021 3 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2021 3 8 From Our Readers Damaged Arecibo Telescope Collapses "Young, Monica" 2021 3 9 News Notes Phosphine on Venus: A Calibration Error? 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Jr." 2021 3 41 Sky at a Glance NGC 2818 "Hannikainen, Diana" 2021 3 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac March 2021 2021 3 43 Binocular Highlight Birthplace of Worlds "Wedel, Mathew" 2021 3 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac March 2021 2021 3 45 Evenings with the Stars Gemini's Like and Unlike Twins "Schaaf, Fred" 2021 3 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Red Planet Rendezvous "Seronik, Gary" 2021 3 48 Celestial Calendar Vesta Reaches Opposition "King, Bob" 2021 3 49 Celestial Calendar Mutual Event Season is Underway "King, Bob" 2021 3 50 Celestial Calendar Lunar X Marks the Equinox "King, Bob" 2021 3 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2021 3 51 Celestial Calendar Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons "King, Bob" 2021 3 52 Exploring the Solar System Seeing for Planetary Observers "Dobbins, Thomas " 2021 3 54 Suburban Stargazer All Around the Beehive "Hewitt-White, Ken" 2021 3 57 Pro-Am Conjunction On Our Toes "Hannikainen, Diana" 2021 3 58 Feature Springtime Blossoms "Forte, Ted" 2021 3 66 S&T Test Report William Optics RedCat 51 Astrograph "Dyer, Alan" 2021 3 72 Astronomer's Workbench Arrowhead Hill Observatory "Oltion, Jerry" 2021 3 74 Gallery Sol Awakens "Militello, Jim" 2021 3 74 Gallery Midsummer Memories "Conceição, Sérgio" 2021 3 75 Gallery The Cygnus Loop "Sweeney, Brian" 2021 3 76 Gallery Big Blue Planetary "Schur, Chris" 2021 3 76 Gallery Martian Crater "Aerts, Leo" 2021 3 76 Gallery Flowering Nebula "Frustaglia, Fabian Rodriguez" 2021 3 76 Gallery Gossamer Reflections "Manges, Chuck" 2021 3 77 Gallery Summer Splendors "Symon, Alistair" 2021 3 78 Gallery Sunset on the Sea of Crises "Thornton, Steve " 2021 3 78 Gallery The Witch's Broom "Polanski, Greg" 2021 3 84 Focal Point The Next Big One "Marks, Joel" 2021 4 4 Spectrum Our Moment in the Sun "Tyson, Peter " 2021 4 6 From Our Readers Patrick Moore's Caldwell Catalog I "Dellinges, Bill" 2021 4 6 From Our Readers Patrick Moore's Caldwell Catalog II "Tatum, Jeremy" 2021 4 6 From Our Readers Sketching OB Associations "McHenry, Larry" 2021 4 6 From Our Readers Cruising Under Totality "Kuczek, John" 2021 4 6 From Our Readers The Formation of Planets "Scott, James" 2021 4 6 From Our Readers Einstein Rings "Petersen, Phil" 2021 4 7 From Our Readers Bolstering Diversity in Astronomy "Goldstein, Jason" 2021 4 7 From Our Readers S&T Dazzles "Petersen, W. Scott" 2021 4 7 From Our Readers Subaru "de Armas, Ernesto" 2021 4 7 From Our Readers "75, 50, & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2021 4 8 News Notes Most Distant Gamma-ray Burst Found "Rimmer, Arwen" 2021 4 8 News Notes New Multidimensional Map of the Milky Way "Schilling, Govert" 2021 4 9 News Notes Gamma Rays Herald Birth of a Magnetar "Young, Monica" 2021 4 10 News Notes The Decline of the Youngest Planetary Nebula "Balick, Bruce" 2021 4 10 News Notes Newborn Black Hole Jets Found in Distant Galaxies "Carlisle, Camille M." 2021 4 11 News Notes "The Galactic ""Fossil"" Inside the Milky Way" "Young, Monica" 2021 4 11 News Notes In Brief: Hayabusa 2 Returns Asteroid Sample to Earth "Dickinson, David" 2021 4 11 News Notes In Brief: Surprisingly Mature Infant Galaxies "Young, Monica" 2021 4 12 Feature How Well Do We Know the Sun? "Stuart, Colin" 2021 4 18 Feature The Lion's Galaxy Triplet "Banich, Howard" 2021 4 24 Feature Resurrecting a Classic Refractor "Nazzaro, M. Nicole" 2021 4 30 S&T Test Report Orion's StarShoot G16 Deep Space Camera "Horne, Johnny" 2021 4 34 Feature The Mystery of the Martian Moons "Barbuzano, Javier" 2021 4 41 Sky at a Glance M66 "Hannikainen, Diana" 2021 4 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almnac April 2021 2021 4 43 Binocular Highlight Flash in the Pan "Wedel, Mathew" 2021 4 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almnac April 2021 2021 4 45 Evenings with the Stars Pollux and Castor's April Prominence "Schaaf, Fred" 2021 4 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Venus Returns "Seronik, Gary" 2021 4 48 Celestial Calendar Solar Cycle 25: Full Speed Ahead "King, Bob" 2021 4 49 Celestial Calendar Jupiter Occults 44 Cap "King, Bob" 2021 4 49 Celestial Calendar Mars Marches Past M35 "King, Bob" 2021 4 50 Celestial Calendar Metis: A Minor Planet for Small Telescopes "King, Bob" 2021 4 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2021 4 52 Exploring the Solar System Lunar Skating Rinks "Wood, Charles" 2021 4 54 First Exposure I Wish I'd Known Then What I Know Now "Brecher, Ronald" 2021 4 57 Book Review Outstanding in the Field "Nazzaro, M. Nicole" 2021 4 58 Going Deep Variable Galaxies "Lamperti, Al" "Colosimo, Frank" 2021 4 62 Feature Choosing An Astrograph "Bouevitch, Oleg" 2021 4 68 New Product Showcase "Planetary Astronomy: Observing, Imaging, and Studying the Planets" Planetary-astronomy.com 2021 4 68 New Product Showcase Orion 7.2-21.6mm Zoom Telescope Eyepiece Orion Telescopes & Binoculars 2021 4 68 New Product Showcase 16-inch LightBridge Newtonian reflector Meade Instruments 2021 4 70 Astronomer's Workbench A 6-inch Carbon-Fiber Refractor "Oltion, Jerry" 2021 4 72 Gallery Solar Manes (AR 12674) "Aerts, Leo" 2021 4 72 Gallery The Eastern Veil (NGC 6992) "Polanski, Greg" 2021 4 73 Gallery Winter Nebulosity (Orion) "McVeigh, Brian" 2021 4 74 Gallery A Petal Set Adrift (Sh 2-112) "Struble, Douglas J." 2021 4 74 Gallery Messier 22 "Brecher, Ronald" 2021 4 74 Gallery The Flaming Star (IC 405) "Conde, Wanda" 2021 4 75 Gallery Hooked on Volans (NGC 2442 and NGC 2443) "Crowson, Dan" 2021 4 76 Gallery Jolly Roger (NGC 2467) "Paling, Michael" 2021 4 76 Gallery Pas De Deux (Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter) "Killion, Mark" 2021 4 78 Gallery Totality over Patagonia "Abramson, Guillermo" 2021 4 78 Gallery Quadrantid Fireball "Patil, Abhijit" 2021 4 84 Focal Point """Here, Dad, Take a Look""" "Hajovsky, Martin" 2021 5 4 Spectrum Overtones of Awe "Tyson, Peter " 2021 5 6 From Our Readers Historical Astronomers I "Horvath, Dennis" 2021 5 6 From Our Readers Historical Astronomers II "Rachut, Eric" 2021 5 6 From Our Readers Star Hopping with Sky Safari "Fratto, Mike" 2021 5 6 From Our Readers SS Mars "Locke, Ray" 2021 5 7 From Our Readers Geminids in the City "Nelson, Brant" 2021 5 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2021 5 8 News Notes Pulsars Show Hint of Gravitationalwave Background "Young, Monica" 2021 5 8 News Notes Magnetars Make Some Short Gamma-ray Bursts "Schilling, Govert" 2021 5 9 News Notes "New Horizons Measures ""Extra"" Visible Light" "Young, Monica" 2021 5 10 News Notes The Most Distant Quasar and Black Hole Birth "Young, Monica" 2021 5 10 News Notes Astronomers Spot Galaxies Clustering in Early Universe "Schilling, Govert" 2021 5 10 News Notes "In Brief: NASA Extends Mars, Jupiter Missions" "Dickinson, David" 2021 5 11 News Notes Rocky Planet Found Around 10 Billion-Year-Old Star "Young, Monica" 2021 5 11 News Notes Magnetic Whirlpool "Young, Monica" 2021 5 12 News Notes Black Hole Feasts on Star "Schilling, Govert" 2021 5 12 News Notes "Amateur Finds Jupiter's ""Lost"" Moons" "Hecht, Jeff" 2021 5 12 News Notes In Brief: Galactic One-Two Punch "Carlisle, Camille M." 2021 5 13 Cosmic Relief The Cosmic Conjunction "Grinspoon, David" 2021 5 14 Feature Cosmic Power Rangers "Schilling, Govert" 2021 5 22 Feature Star-Forming Regions in Faraway Galaxies "Harrington, Scott" 2021 5 30 S&T Test Report QHYCCD's Newest Planetary Camera "Walker, Sean" 2021 5 34 Feature Building a Better Biosignature "Rimmer, Arwen" 2021 5 41 Sky at a Glance Saturn and its 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2021 5 70 New Product Showcase Vixen 2.1x42 Constellation Binocular Vixen Optics 2021 5 70 New Product Showcase Polarie U Star Tracker Vixen Optics 2021 5 70 New Product Showcase Orion StarShoot G24 Full Format Color Imaging Camera Orion Telescopes & Binoculars 2021 5 72 Astronomer's Workbench The Trolly Dob "Oltion, Jerry" 2021 5 74 Gallery Clouds of Orion "Wills, David" 2021 5 75 Gallery Cometary Visitation "Ruppel, Gregg" 2021 5 76 Gallery Mars on Approach "Enzmann, Enrico" "Peach, Damian" 2021 5 76 Gallery Perseus Double Cluster "Doctor, Dave" 2021 5 78 Gallery Lady Liberty and the Conjunction "Honda, Stan" 2021 5 84 Focal Point "The ""Wow"" Now" "Gray, Robert" 2021 6 4 Spectrum An Exquisite Precision "Tyson, Peter " 2021 6 6 From Our Readers Teaching Astronomy to the Visually Impaired "Craig, John" 2021 6 6 From Our Readers The Women Behind RCB Stars "Trimble, Virginia " 2021 6 6 From Our Readers Helium White Dwarfs "Waddington, Paul" 2021 6 6 From Our Readers The Origin of Theia "Hartley, Jim" 2021 6 7 From Our Readers Missing Arecibo "Krumm, Nathan" 2021 6 7 From Our Readers "75, 50 & 25 Years Ago" "Sinnott, Roger W." 2021 6 8 News Notes Three Missions Arrive at Mars; Perseverance Touches Down "Dickinson, David" "Beatty, J. Kelly" 2021 6 9 News Notes Second Earth Trojan Observed "Hecht, Jeff" 2021 6 9 News Notes Star-shredding Black Hole Makes High-energy Neutrino "Schilling, Govert" 2021 6 10 News Notes New Map of Water Ice on Mars "Rimmer, Arwen" 2021 6 10 News Notes Explaining the Alignment of Our Galaxy's Entourage "Young, Monica" 2021 6 11 News Notes Amateur Astronomers Reveal Galactic Echoes "Young, Monica" 2021 6 11 News Notes In Brief: Star Cluster Has Black-hole-filled Center "Young, Monica" 2021 6 11 News Notes In Brief: First Black Hole Upsized "Freydlin, Julie" 2021 6 11 News Notes In Brief: Farfarout Orbit Confirmed "Young, Monica" 2021 6 12 Feature Alien Comets "Petrakou, Eleni" 2021 6 16 Feature The Satellite Saga Continues "Mallama, Anthony" "Young, Monica" 2021 6 20 Feature The Magellanic Giant "Redd, Nola Taylor" 2021 6 28 Feature Southerly Planetary Nebulae "Ferguson, Don" 2021 6 34 Feature June's Sunrise Annular Eclipse "Rao, Joe" 2021 6 40 Book Review Radio Astronomy Grows Up "Verschuur, Gerrit" 2021 6 41 Sky at a Glance The Moon from the International Space Station "Hannikainen, Diana" 2021 6 42 Lunar Almanac Lunar Almanac June 2021 2021 6 43 Binocular Highlight Treasures of the Southern Seas "Wedel, Mathew" 2021 6 44 Planetary Almanac Planetary Almanac June 2021 2021 6 45 Evenings with the Stars The Many Distinctions of Arcturus "Schaaf, Fred" 2021 6 46 "Sun, Moon & Planets" Venus and Mars Steal the Dusk Show "Seronik, Gary" 2021 6 48 Celestial Calendar Enter the Twilight Zone "King, Bob" 2021 6 49 Celestial Calendar A Nunki Cover-up "King, Bob" 2021 6 50 Celestial Calendar Mars Bumbles Through the Beehive "King, Bob" 2021 6 50 Celestial Calendar Action at Jupiter "King, Bob" 2021 6 51 Celestial Calendar "Phenomena of Jupiter's Moons, June 2021" "King, Bob" 2021 6 52 Exploring the Solar System What's In a Name? "Wood, Charles" 2021 6 54 First Exposure Working With What You Have "Puerzer, Tony" 2021 6 57 Going Deep "The Footprint, the Egg, and the Butterfly" "Gottlieb, Steve" 2021 6 60 Feature Urban Deepscaping "Kiczenski, Marybeth" 2021 6 66 S&T Test Report Omegon's 2.1x42 Wide-Field Binoculars "di Cicco, Dennis" 2021 6 70 New Product Showcase The Ultima Edge Series Flat-Field Eyepieces Celestron 2021 6 70 New Product Showcase Hybrid Finder Scope Base Explore Scientific 2021 6 70 New Product Showcase Two-Room Pop-Up Go Observatory Tent Explore Scientific 2021 6 72 Astronomer's Workbench Replicating the Great Quadrant "Oltion, Jerry" 2021 6 74 Gallery Crater Close-Up "Gauer, Scott" 2021 6 74 Gallery The Heart Nebula "Frustaglia, Fabian Rodriguez" 2021 6 75 Gallery Lunar Mirage "Upreti, Chirag" 2021 6 76 Gallery Edge-On Spiral "Gorenstein, Ian" 2021 6 76 Gallery Gobbling Interstellar Ghosts "Nunn, Lydell D. " 2021 6 78 Gallery Billion-Year Tango "Keller, Warren" "Selby, Michael" 2021 6 84 Focal Point Salvaging the Night "Besse, John"