Table Of Content‘index to volume 108
@ authors Donahue, Megan, Cosmology with Galaxy Lebreton, Jean-Pierre, Into Thick Air, 1:38
Clusters, 6:32 Levy, David H., Star Trails, 1:128, 2:130, 3:124, 4:121,
Aguirre, Edwin | Doody, David F., Huygens’s Darkest Day, 1:41 5: 119, 6:132
Community New Million Observations and Ringworld Rendezvous, 1:32 MacRobert, Alan M., Closest Whiz-by of Toutatis,
Count md Dressler, Alan M., Sculptor’s Splendid Spiral, 5:28 The, 3:82
Bradtield’s 18th ¢ t 123 D. S., see Shiga, David Daytime Occultation of Jupiter, A, 5:66
Comet Award Winn« 4114 D. T., see Tytell, David hobby Q&A, 3:132, 5 130
Dark-Sky Advocates on the Rise, 3:119 Duffy, Stephen, letter, 6:12 Late-Night Jupiter Occultation, A, 6:75
Decade of Project ASTRO, A, 2:124 Eales, Stephen, Smoking Supernovae and Dusty news note, 1:15, 1:18, 1:19, 1:20, 1:26, 2:21, 2:30
Famous Paintings Stolen, 6:13 Galaxie 3, 2:36 3:18, 3:19, 4:18, 5:15, 6:15, 6:16, 6:20
Finland Jo ESO, 4:114 Earle, Tony, Ring Eclipse over Panama, A, 6:127 October's Ideal Lunar Eclipse, 4:72
Fred L. Whipple (1906-2 4), O713 Edgar, James, letter, 2:12 Orion's SkyQuest XT IntelliScope 5:86
Jack Horkheimer Award Winners, 4:114 Espenak, Fred, and Jay Anderson, Hybrid Solar Eclipse Pacific Partial Solar Eclipse, 4:75
New Comet Machholz, A, 6:13 of April 2005 The, 6:46 Spot Vesta and Uranus, 5:68
S&T Astronomy Day Award Winners, 4:114 Ewart, Scott, letter, 2:12 see also Beatty, J. Kelly
S&T Contributors Honored, 3:119 Fabian. Karl. letter, 2:13 Maor, Eli, Mapping the Moon’s Shadow, 6:42
Sky Survey Update, 1:123 Fesen, Robert A., Supernova’s Echoes, A, 3:28 Maran, Stephen P., book review, 2:117
SOHO Comets Abound, 3:119 Fienberg, Richard Tresch, hobby Q&A, 1:134 McConnell, Bill, letter, 3:12
Telescopes in Education Facing Closure, 2:124 news note, 2:28, 4:26 McDowell, Jonathan, Mission Update, 1:27, 2:31, 3:24
Xingming Zhou (1965-2004), 6:13] Spectrum, 1:8, 2:8, 3:8, 4:8, 5:8, 6:8 4:27, 5:25, 6:26
Young Astronomers Honored, 2:124 Flanders, Tony, Boétes and Space Junk, 5:84 McDrury, Dayle, letter, 2:12
How to Capture Octobs Lunar Eclipse, 4:132 Calculating the Distance, 3:96 Meehan, Robert J., letter, 3:12
4. M., see MacRobert, Alan M Green Flash Observed, The, 6:97 Meeus, Jean letter, 4:13
Anderson, jay, see Espenak, Fred hobby Q&A. 3:132, 4:130 Melillo, Frank J., Mercury in the Morning, 3:78
Appelbaum, Bruce, letter, 2:12 One Planet, Two Moons, Three Shadows, 1:94 Mellberg, Bill, letter, 1:13
Ashford, Adrian R., Robotic Telescopes tor Education Perseids Peak as Predicted, 6:100 Mellberg, William F., Rocket Pioneer's Legacy, A, 3:118
Launched oe Two Wecks on Mars, 2:93 Miles, Fiske, Midwest’s Hidden Treasure-Trove, The,
Barreto, Paulo S. L. M., letter, 2:12 Unusual Observations, 5:80 5: 110
Bartels, Mel, Introducing the Tri-Dob, 2:133 Venus Transit, The: A First Look, 3:92 Miller, Harvey, letter, 2:14
Beatty, |. Kelly, hobby Q&A, 6:142 What's in a Name? 6:04 Mobberley, Martin P., Trio of Supernova Hunters, A,
news note, 2:20, 3:22, 4:15 Found, Bob, letter, 1:12 4:11]
Saturn’s Phoebe: Small Moon, Grand Debut, 3:3 Foust, Jeff, 2sky 2.8, 5:92 Mollise, Rod, Star Hustling, Reconsidered, 6:166
Beatty, ]. Kelly, and Alan M. MacRobert, news note, 5:24 book review, 3:113 Morris, L. Robert, Novel “Astronomer’s Watch,” A, 3:98
Benedetti, Harry, and Suzy Benedetti, letter, 4:12 Planet’s Orbits 1.7, 1:104 Mullaney, James, Some of My Favorite Double Stars,
Bermu Richard, letter, 2 French, Sue, hobby Q&A, 5:130, 6:142 1:89
Berry, Richard, letter, 5:12 Leagues of Stars. 2:88 Naeve, Robert, book review, 5:106
Brewer, Gene, letter, 6:13 Navigating North America, 4:8C Eta Carinae: Galactic Superstar, 4:42
Brits, David, Novel Belt Drive tor Telescopes, A, 1:13 Starred Lizard, The, 5:74 news note, 1:14, 1:16, 1:24, 2:18, 2:20, 2:21, 2:22,
Brown, Scott P., letter, 2:14 Stung by Beauty, 1:85 2:30, 4:16, 4:20, 4:22, 5:14, 5:16, 5:18, 6:18,
Bryant, Greg, Achernar and the Sculptor Group, 6:63 Summer's Bright Planetaries, 3:88 6:19, 0:22
Catching Toutatis at ¢ est Approach, 4:75 Unsung Star Clusters, 6:86 O’Hara, John, letter, 2:12
Feathe and Crowns, 3:7 Gallagher, Sarah C., see Charlton, Jane C Olson, Donald W., and Marilynn S. Olson, June Lyrids
Flocks ot Toucar 25 Gay, Pamela L., book review, 4:103 and James Joyce’s Ulysses, The, 1:76
Hooked on Scorpius, 1:63 news note, 2:24 Olson, Donald W., Marilynn S. Olson, and Russell L
Saturn Meets Flora and Herculina, 6:78 G. B., see Bryant, Greg Doescher, Moon and the Marathon, The, 3:34
Spring’s Fab Four, 4:63 Gr Stuart |., Better Blogs, 1:120 Olson, Marilynn S., see Olson, Donald W
Surprise n the Milky Way, 2:71 book review, 1:118, 2:119, 3:114, 4:106, 5:106, 6:122 O'Meara, Stephen James, Crescent in Cygnus, A, 4:3C
Calia, Charles Laird, Boat in the Desert, A, 3:158 Gointog t he Source, 4:108 Eve on the Sky, Dark Shadows? 4:78
Carter, Janet E., letter, 2:14 Having Good FITS, 6:124 Digging for Gold, 2:85
Charlton, Jane C., Sarah C. Gallagher, and Christopher hobby Q&A, 1:134 September Taurids Again? 3:86
Palma, Galaxy Train Wreck 5:3 Internet Anniversary, 5:108 Vampires ot Venus, The Part I, 5:72
Chiappini, Cristina, Tracing the Milky Way Telescopes by Wire, 2:12C Vampires of Venus, The Part II, 6:83
History, 4:32 Visual Impact, 3:116 Walk in the Night, A Part 2, 1:82
Cooper, Andrew, Color ot Space, The 158 Gordon, Barry, Let's Kill the “t/number,” 5:15c Ondra, Leos, Mizar, Alcor, and Sidus Ludoviciana,
Cordova, Henry, letter, 2:14 Gorman, Ross, letter, 5:13 1:74
Cowen, Ron, Stab in the Dark, A, 1:42 Gottlieb, Steve, book review, 2:115 New View ot Mizar, A, 1:72
Cowley, Charles R ee Worthy, Guy Scrutinizing Stephan Quintet, 5:37 Palma, Christopher, see Charlton, Jane ¢
Cugnini, Aldo G., letter, 6 Hartmann, William K., letter, 1:12 Parker, Donald C., 2003 Apparition ot Mars
Dalrymple, | Southern Binocular Highlight, 1:61 Head, James W., letter 12 The, 2:92
2:69, 3:69, 4:6] 53, 6:6) Heafner, Joe, Shadows 2 3-103 Parker, Samantha, book review, 6:12
Tales of Three Comets, 4:84 Hirshtfeld, Alan W., Starlight Detectives, 2:44 Pasachott, Jay M., Transit Research in the 21st
Deans, Paul, book review. 6 ) Hodge, Paul W., Old Friend in a New Light, An, 2:32 Century, 5:52
Dempsey, Johanna, letter, 6:12 Honnecke, Marcus, Classic Dome, A, 5:122 Pepin, Barlow, letter, 1:12
Desrouches-Walker, Micl tte 13 Horne, Johnny, StellaCam Il: Taking Video into the Pertetti, Frank, letter, 2:13
li Cieco, Dennis, book review 106 Deep Sky, 4:86 Petersen, Carolyn Collins, book review, 1:116
High-Magnitication Eyepiece 2:108 Howard, fim, letter, 2:13 Starbini Carsstiopheia : NGC 281, 6:3
hobby O&A, 2:138, 4:13 6:142 Incaminato, Claudio, letter, 6:12 Porter, Jim, letter, 4:13
King ot the Chips: SBIG’s STL M, 1:96 Johnston, Lisa R., news note, 1:22 Rao, Joe, Excellent Year for the Perseids? An, 2:78
news note, 4:2 Keene, George T., letter, 4:12 Will the June Boétids Return? 1:78
Pint-Size Powerhouse: Tele Vue’s TV-60, 6:102 Krupp, E. C., Rambling Throughth e Skies, 1:5c Ratledge, David, Pocket Stars, version 2.0, 2:105
Diaz, Eric F., letter, 3:12 2:56, 3:58, 4:50, 5:44, 6:50 TheSky 6 Professional Edition, 6:108
Dickinson, David A., letter, 2:12 LaFlamme Stephen letter, 4:12 Reade, Gordon, Astronomy and the Homeless, 4:158
Divietri, Nikolai, \ette 4:12 Lawrence, Peter, Lunar Parallax Demonstration R. N., see Naeve, Robert
Doescher, Russell I ee Olson. Donald W Project, The, 3:94 Robinson, Leif J., 50 & 25 Years Ago, 1:20, 2:24, 3:22,
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‘index to volume 108
@ authors Donahue, Megan, Cosmology with Galaxy Lebreton, Jean-Pierre, Into Thick Air, 1:38
Clusters, 6:32 Levy, David H., Star Trails, 1:128, 2:130, 3:124, 4:121,
Aguirre, Edwin | Doody, David F., Huygens’s Darkest Day, 1:41 5: 119, 6:132
Community New Million Observations and Ringworld Rendezvous, 1:32 MacRobert, Alan M., Closest Whiz-by of Toutatis,
Count md Dressler, Alan M., Sculptor’s Splendid Spiral, 5:28 The, 3:82
Bradtield’s 18th ¢ t 123 D. S., see Shiga, David Daytime Occultation of Jupiter, A, 5:66
Comet Award Winn« 4114 D. T., see Tytell, David hobby Q&A, 3:132, 5 130
Dark-Sky Advocates on the Rise, 3:119 Duffy, Stephen, letter, 6:12 Late-Night Jupiter Occultation, A, 6:75
Decade of Project ASTRO, A, 2:124 Eales, Stephen, Smoking Supernovae and Dusty news note, 1:15, 1:18, 1:19, 1:20, 1:26, 2:21, 2:30
Famous Paintings Stolen, 6:13 Galaxie 3, 2:36 3:18, 3:19, 4:18, 5:15, 6:15, 6:16, 6:20
Finland Jo ESO, 4:114 Earle, Tony, Ring Eclipse over Panama, A, 6:127 October's Ideal Lunar Eclipse, 4:72
Fred L. Whipple (1906-2 4), O713 Edgar, James, letter, 2:12 Orion's SkyQuest XT IntelliScope 5:86
Jack Horkheimer Award Winners, 4:114 Espenak, Fred, and Jay Anderson, Hybrid Solar Eclipse Pacific Partial Solar Eclipse, 4:75
New Comet Machholz, A, 6:13 of April 2005 The, 6:46 Spot Vesta and Uranus, 5:68
S&T Astronomy Day Award Winners, 4:114 Ewart, Scott, letter, 2:12 see also Beatty, J. Kelly
S&T Contributors Honored, 3:119 Fabian. Karl. letter, 2:13 Maor, Eli, Mapping the Moon’s Shadow, 6:42
Sky Survey Update, 1:123 Fesen, Robert A., Supernova’s Echoes, A, 3:28 Maran, Stephen P., book review, 2:117
SOHO Comets Abound, 3:119 Fienberg, Richard Tresch, hobby Q&A, 1:134 McConnell, Bill, letter, 3:12
Telescopes in Education Facing Closure, 2:124 news note, 2:28, 4:26 McDowell, Jonathan, Mission Update, 1:27, 2:31, 3:24
Xingming Zhou (1965-2004), 6:13] Spectrum, 1:8, 2:8, 3:8, 4:8, 5:8, 6:8 4:27, 5:25, 6:26
Young Astronomers Honored, 2:124 Flanders, Tony, Boétes and Space Junk, 5:84 McDrury, Dayle, letter, 2:12
How to Capture Octobs Lunar Eclipse, 4:132 Calculating the Distance, 3:96 Meehan, Robert J., letter, 3:12
4. M., see MacRobert, Alan M Green Flash Observed, The, 6:97 Meeus, Jean letter, 4:13
Anderson, jay, see Espenak, Fred hobby Q&A. 3:132, 4:130 Melillo, Frank J., Mercury in the Morning, 3:78
Appelbaum, Bruce, letter, 2:12 One Planet, Two Moons, Three Shadows, 1:94 Mellberg, Bill, letter, 1:13
Ashford, Adrian R., Robotic Telescopes tor Education Perseids Peak as Predicted, 6:100 Mellberg, William F., Rocket Pioneer's Legacy, A, 3:118
Launched oe Two Wecks on Mars, 2:93 Miles, Fiske, Midwest’s Hidden Treasure-Trove, The,
Barreto, Paulo S. L. M., letter, 2:12 Unusual Observations, 5:80 5: 110
Bartels, Mel, Introducing the Tri-Dob, 2:133 Venus Transit, The: A First Look, 3:92 Miller, Harvey, letter, 2:14
Beatty, |. Kelly, hobby Q&A, 6:142 What's in a Name? 6:04 Mobberley, Martin P., Trio of Supernova Hunters, A,
news note, 2:20, 3:22, 4:15 Found, Bob, letter, 1:12 4:11]
Saturn’s Phoebe: Small Moon, Grand Debut, 3:3 Foust, Jeff, 2sky 2.8, 5:92 Mollise, Rod, Star Hustling, Reconsidered, 6:166
Beatty, ]. Kelly, and Alan M. MacRobert, news note, 5:24 book review, 3:113 Morris, L. Robert, Novel “Astronomer’s Watch,” A, 3:98
Benedetti, Harry, and Suzy Benedetti, letter, 4:12 Planet’s Orbits 1.7, 1:104 Mullaney, James, Some of My Favorite Double Stars,
Bermu Richard, letter, 2 French, Sue, hobby Q&A, 5:130, 6:142 1:89
Berry, Richard, letter, 5:12 Leagues of Stars. 2:88 Naeve, Robert, book review, 5:106
Brewer, Gene, letter, 6:13 Navigating North America, 4:8C Eta Carinae: Galactic Superstar, 4:42
Brits, David, Novel Belt Drive tor Telescopes, A, 1:13 Starred Lizard, The, 5:74 news note, 1:14, 1:16, 1:24, 2:18, 2:20, 2:21, 2:22,
Brown, Scott P., letter, 2:14 Stung by Beauty, 1:85 2:30, 4:16, 4:20, 4:22, 5:14, 5:16, 5:18, 6:18,
Bryant, Greg, Achernar and the Sculptor Group, 6:63 Summer's Bright Planetaries, 3:88 6:19, 0:22
Catching Toutatis at ¢ est Approach, 4:75 Unsung Star Clusters, 6:86 O’Hara, John, letter, 2:12
Feathe and Crowns, 3:7 Gallagher, Sarah C., see Charlton, Jane C Olson, Donald W., and Marilynn S. Olson, June Lyrids
Flocks ot Toucar 25 Gay, Pamela L., book review, 4:103 and James Joyce’s Ulysses, The, 1:76
Hooked on Scorpius, 1:63 news note, 2:24 Olson, Donald W., Marilynn S. Olson, and Russell L
Saturn Meets Flora and Herculina, 6:78 G. B., see Bryant, Greg Doescher, Moon and the Marathon, The, 3:34
Spring’s Fab Four, 4:63 Gr Stuart |., Better Blogs, 1:120 Olson, Marilynn S., see Olson, Donald W
Surprise n the Milky Way, 2:71 book review, 1:118, 2:119, 3:114, 4:106, 5:106, 6:122 O'Meara, Stephen James, Crescent in Cygnus, A, 4:3C
Calia, Charles Laird, Boat in the Desert, A, 3:158 Gointog t he Source, 4:108 Eve on the Sky, Dark Shadows? 4:78
Carter, Janet E., letter, 2:14 Having Good FITS, 6:124 Digging for Gold, 2:85
Charlton, Jane C., Sarah C. Gallagher, and Christopher hobby Q&A, 1:134 September Taurids Again? 3:86
Palma, Galaxy Train Wreck 5:3 Internet Anniversary, 5:108 Vampires ot Venus, The Part I, 5:72
Chiappini, Cristina, Tracing the Milky Way Telescopes by Wire, 2:12C Vampires of Venus, The Part II, 6:83
History, 4:32 Visual Impact, 3:116 Walk in the Night, A Part 2, 1:82
Cooper, Andrew, Color ot Space, The 158 Gordon, Barry, Let's Kill the “t/number,” 5:15c Ondra, Leos, Mizar, Alcor, and Sidus Ludoviciana,
Cordova, Henry, letter, 2:14 Gorman, Ross, letter, 5:13 1:74
Cowen, Ron, Stab in the Dark, A, 1:42 Gottlieb, Steve, book review, 2:115 New View ot Mizar, A, 1:72
Cowley, Charles R ee Worthy, Guy Scrutinizing Stephan Quintet, 5:37 Palma, Christopher, see Charlton, Jane ¢
Cugnini, Aldo G., letter, 6 Hartmann, William K., letter, 1:12 Parker, Donald C., 2003 Apparition ot Mars
Dalrymple, | Southern Binocular Highlight, 1:61 Head, James W., letter 12 The, 2:92
2:69, 3:69, 4:6] 53, 6:6) Heafner, Joe, Shadows 2 3-103 Parker, Samantha, book review, 6:12
Tales of Three Comets, 4:84 Hirshtfeld, Alan W., Starlight Detectives, 2:44 Pasachott, Jay M., Transit Research in the 21st
Deans, Paul, book review. 6 ) Hodge, Paul W., Old Friend in a New Light, An, 2:32 Century, 5:52
Dempsey, Johanna, letter, 6:12 Honnecke, Marcus, Classic Dome, A, 5:122 Pepin, Barlow, letter, 1:12
Desrouches-Walker, Micl tte 13 Horne, Johnny, StellaCam Il: Taking Video into the Pertetti, Frank, letter, 2:13
li Cieco, Dennis, book review 106 Deep Sky, 4:86 Petersen, Carolyn Collins, book review, 1:116
High-Magnitication Eyepiece 2:108 Howard, fim, letter, 2:13 Starbini Carsstiopheia : NGC 281, 6:3
hobby O&A, 2:138, 4:13 6:142 Incaminato, Claudio, letter, 6:12 Porter, Jim, letter, 4:13
King ot the Chips: SBIG’s STL M, 1:96 Johnston, Lisa R., news note, 1:22 Rao, Joe, Excellent Year for the Perseids? An, 2:78
news note, 4:2 Keene, George T., letter, 4:12 Will the June Boétids Return? 1:78
Pint-Size Powerhouse: Tele Vue’s TV-60, 6:102 Krupp, E. C., Rambling Throughth e Skies, 1:5c Ratledge, David, Pocket Stars, version 2.0, 2:105
Diaz, Eric F., letter, 3:12 2:56, 3:58, 4:50, 5:44, 6:50 TheSky 6 Professional Edition, 6:108
Dickinson, David A., letter, 2:12 LaFlamme Stephen letter, 4:12 Reade, Gordon, Astronomy and the Homeless, 4:158
Divietri, Nikolai, \ette 4:12 Lawrence, Peter, Lunar Parallax Demonstration R. N., see Naeve, Robert
Doescher, Russell I ee Olson. Donald W Project, The, 3:94 Robinson, Leif J., 50 & 25 Years Ago, 1:20, 2:24, 3:22,
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@ departments Summer’s Bright Planetaries, 3:88 Infrared Flame Nebula, The, 1:20
Unsung Star Clusters, 6:86 Least-Massive Binaries Measured, 5:16
Amateur Telescope Making —
Exploring the Moon — Lensing Star Resolved and Weighed, 6:16
Elegant Rotating Secondary Cage, An, 3:127 Floor-Fractured Craters, 6:71 Little Rovers That Could, The, 2:18
| Exploring Low-Power Limits, 4:125 Getting Old on the Moon, 4:70 Locking in Mercury’s Spin, 5:22
Introducing the Tri-Dob, 2:133 Ghost Craters and Lava Lakes, 5:63 Mars Rovers Find More Evidence of Water, 4:16
| Novel Belt Drive for Telescopes, A, 1:130 Lava Rivers on the Moon, 3:76 Martian Methane Mystery, 1:24
Telescope-Making Highlights from Two Western Lunar Crater Main Sequence, The, 1:68 Most-Massive Binaries Measured, 5:16
Star Parties, 6:136 Maria and Rings, 2:76 Nearby Planet-Forming Disk, A, 2:22
Trio of Personal Observatories I: A Classic Dome, Eye on the Sky — New Evidence for Mars Oceans (and Life?), 6:22
§:122 Dark Shadows? 4:78 New Milky Way Spiral Arm? A, 2:21
Trio of Personal Observatories II: A Storage-Tank Digging for Gold, 2:85 No Weird Cosmic Topology, 2:21 Ss
Observatory, 5:124 September Taurids Again? 3:86 Pale Red Dot: The First Exoplanet Image? 6:14
Trio of Personal Observatories III: A Hexagonal Vampires of Venus, The — Part I, 5:72 Panel Endorses Hubble Servicing, 4:26
Observatory, 5:126 Vampires of Venus, The — Part II, 6:83 Peak of Cosmic Starbirth, The, 1:14
Astronomy Online — Walk in the Night, A — Part 2, 1:82 Plan B for Saving Hubble, 2:28
Better Blogs, 1:120 Feature — Planet Found by Gravitational Lensing, 1:18
Going to the Source, 4:108 Astronomy and the New Neutrino, 3:42 Protoplanetary Disks Galore, 3:20
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Astrophotography — Huygens’s Darkest Day, 1:41 Sedna’s Dark Origin, 6:20
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Astronomically Speaking, Carl C. Gaither and NASA's Ringmaster, 5:38 Star Without Planets, A, 6:19
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Astronomy of the Milky Way, Mike Inglis, 2:115 Ringworld Rendezvous, 1:32 Stringy Holes: Behind Stephen Hawking’s Bet, 5:14
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Smoking Supernovae and Dusty Galaxies, 2:36 Tiny Telescope Finds Big Planet, 6:18
Children’s Night Sky Atlas, Robin Scagell, 4:104 Stab in the Dark, A, 1:42 Tracking Orion’s Runaways, 2:24
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Compact Wide-Field Reflectors, 4:96 News Notes — 2003 Apparition of Mars, The, 2:92
Compact Wide-Field Refractors, 6:112 Aging Asteroids Get Sunburned, 4:26 Astronomical Lengths with Simple Instruments,
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December Meteors, 6:78 Celestron and Meade End Litigation, 4:20 Near Sky, The: Cheshire Cat Rainbow, A, 5:84
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June Lyrids and James Joyce’s Ulysses, The, 1:76 Confirming Dark Energy’s Nature, 3:18 Near Sky, The: Nacreous Clouds — Part 1, 6:99
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Line of Planets, A, 6:80 Explaining the Dwartf-Galaxy Shortage, 3:19 Perseids Peak as Predicted, 6:100
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Mizar, Alcor, and Sidus Ludoviciana, 1:74 Follow That Story: More Dwarf Carbon Stars, 2:30 Transit Research in the 21st Century, 5:82
New View of Mizar, A, 1:72 Follow That Story: Mystery Supernova Two Weeks on Mars, 2:93
November Meteors, 5:69 Explained, 1:26 Unusual Observations, 5:80
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October's Ideal Lunar Eclipse, 4:72 Galaxy? 4:26 Rambling Through the Skies —
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Will the June Bodtids Return? 1:78 “Free-Floating Planet” Claims Bolstered, 4:20 Doctoring the Stars, 4:50
Deep-Sky Wonders — Giant Radio Telescope Takes Shape, A, 6:24 Inner Glow, 6:50
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