Table Of ContentINDEX TO VOLUME 97, 2003
TITLES of Charon, Plutos Satellite, Jun., 126
Reflections: Maarten Schmidt and the Discovery of Quasar
Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 2003 CASCA Annual Meeting Redshifts, Feb., 13
Held at The University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Reflections: Martian Discoveries, Aug., 169
June 1-3, 2003, Oct., 207 Reflections: Meteor Showers and Comets, Oct., 204
\ Leonid Meteor, Roy Bishop, Jun., 128 \eflections: Newtonian Opticks, Dec., 266
Canadian Thesis Abstracts, Melvin Blake, Feb., 32, Jun., 132, A\eflections: The Astronomer’s Spouse: The Ultimate
Dec., 277 Accessory, Apr., 66
Fifty Years of Canadian Ph.D.s in Astronomy, Peter Broughton, Connors, Martin, Kevin A. Douglas, and David A Lyder, A Decade's
Feb., 21 Progress in Distance Education Astronomy, Oct., 218
Heliocentric Conjunctions of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Connors, Martin, Peter Brown, Douglas P. Hube, Brian Martin,
Neptune, Jim Decandole, Aug., 173 Alister Ling, Donald Hladiuk, Mike Mazur, and Richard
january 26, 2001 Fireball and Implications for Meteor Video Spalding, The January 26, 2001 Fireball and Implications
Camera Networks, The, Martin Connors, Peter Brown, for Meteor Video Camera Networks, Dec., 271
Douglas P. Hube, Brian Martin, Alister Ling, Donald Hladiuk, Decandole, Jim, Heliocentric Conjunctions of Jupiter, Saturn,
Mike Mazur, and Richard Spalding, Dec., 271 Uranus, and Neptune, Aug., 173
Millman Fireball Archive, The, Martin Beech, Apr., 71 Dodd, William, Web Site Reviews, Apr., 87, Jun., 145
Recollections of a Canadian Astronomer, Donald C. Morton, Dodd, William, What is Sidereal Time and What Is It Good For?,
Feb., 24 Dec., 278
Variations in 11612-MHz OH Line Emission from [RAS 19566+3423, Edgar, James, An Evening with Rajiv Gupta, Aug., 177
John Galt, Feb., 15 Enright, Leo, A Tribute to David Levy, Oct., 224
Wideband Photometry of Saturn: 1995-2002, Richard W. Schmude, Fairbairn, Maxwell B., Computation of Model Asteroid Lightcurves:
Jr., Apr, 78 Practice vs. Theory, Oct., 232
Fairbairn, Maxwell B., Photometry of Rotating Planetary Triaxial
AUTHORS Ellipsoids, Apr., 92
Galt, John, Variations in 1612-MHz OH Line Emission from IRAS
Adrian, Terry, Photos Through the Eyepiece, Apr., 107 19566+3423, Feb., 15
\ttas, Michael, Editorial, Dec., 256 Gingras, Bruno, Johannes Kepler's Harmonices mundi: A “Scientific”
Attwood, Randy, MOST: Canadas First Space Telescope Part 2, version of the Harmony of the Spheres, Oct., 228
Feb., 7 Gingras, Bruno, Johannes Kepler's Harmonices mundi: A “Scientific”
Auclair, Raymond, La trigonométrie sphérique en astronomie, version of the Harmony of the Spheres, Part II, Dec., 259
Aug., 163 Gupta, Rajiv, President's Corner, Feb., 2, Apr., 46, Jun., 114, Aug.,
Auclair, Raymond, Les mesures du temps, Apr., 54 150, Oct., 190, Dec., 254
Barkhouse, Wayne, Editorial, Feb., 4, Jun., 116, Oct., 192 Hay, Kim, Society News/Nouvelles de la société, Feb., 40, Apr.,
Beech, Martin, Millman Fireball Archive, The, Apr., 71 89, Jun., 136, Oct., 223, Dec., 281
Bishop, Roy, A Leonid Meteor, Jun., 128 Hudon, Daniel, Editorial, Apr., 48
Blake, R. Melvin, Canadian Thesis Abstracts, Feb., 32, Jun., 132, Jahrig, Sherrilyn, Edmonton's Amazing Marzathon 2003, Dec.,
Dec., 277 294
Bratton, Mark, Scenic Vistas: Cyg-nice!, Jun., 141 Jahrig, Sherrilyn, SYS-107, Apr., 108
Scenic Vistas: The Beta/Zeta Arc, Aug., 184 Kaasalainen, Miko, Unveiling Asteroids: International Observing
Scenic Vistas: The Deeper Sky of Corona Borealis, Apr. 101 Project and Amateur-Professional Connection, Dec., 283
Broughton, Peter, Fifty Years of Canadian Ph.D.s in Astronomy, Mackie, Guy, Draconian Discoveries, Disparities and Doppelgangers,
Feb., 21
Broughton, Peter, What's in a Name?, Oct., 199 Mackie, Guy, Okanagan Centre Astronomy Contest, Aug., 179
Campagnolo, The Hon. lona, PC, CM, OBC, Lieutenant Governor McCurdy, Bruce, International Astronomy Day 2004 is Saturday
of British Columbia, Remarks to the 2003 General Assembly April 24, Dec., 282
Delegates, Oct., 196 McCurdy, Bruce, Orbital Oddities: Eclipse Flips, Oct., 234
Chapman, David M.F, Reflections: J. W. Christy and the Discovery Orbital Oddities: Martian Motion I: Zoom In, Apr., 98
December/ décembre 2003 “RASC”
Orbital Oddities: Martian Motion II: Zig Zag, Jun., 137 in Space, The, Apr., 90
Orbital Oddities: Martian Motion III: Zoom Out., Aug., An Evening with Rajiv Gupta, Aug., 177
180 AstroCryptic, Feb., 44, Apr., 112, Jun., 148, Aug., 185, Oct., 238,
Orbital Oddities: Martian Motion IV: The Zeus Effect, Dec., Dec., 293
285 \stronomy - A Personal Journey, Aug., 186
Vioreau, Suzanne E., Editorial, Aug., 152 \ Tribute to David Levy, Oct., 224
Viorton, Donald C., Recollections of a Canadian Astronomer, Awards for Excellence in Astronomy at the 2003 Canada Wide
Feb., 24 Science Fair, Oct., 239
Viozel, Philip, Nocturnal Musings Concerning a Winged Horse, Boosting Performance by Apodization, Apr., 103
\pr., 61 Draconian Discoveries, Disparities, and Doppelgangers, Oct.,
Vlozel, Philip, lhe Sky Disk of Nebra, Oct., 245 B
Orenstein, David, Mars in Motion: Keplerian Earth Centred Edmontons Amazing Marzathon 2003, Dec., 294
Orbits?, Jun., 13 International Astronomy Day 2004 is Saturday April 24, Dec.,
Viars in Motion: Using Vectors to Investigate the Retrograde 282
| oop \pr., 82 Okanagan Centre \stronomy Contest, Aug., 179
Orenstein, David, Measuring Mars, Feb., 33 Photos Through the Eyepiece, Apr., 107
Percy, John R., Two Good Things About Light Pollution, Feb., 24 Sky Disk of Nebra, The, Oct., 245
Pfannenschmidt, Ernest, Boosting Performance by Apodization, Society News/Nouvelles de la société, Feb., 40, Apr., 89, Jun.,
\pr., 103 136, Oct., 223, Dec., 281
Sage, Leslie J., Second Light: Asteroid Spiarne sSol ar Powered, STS-107, Apr., 108
Dec., 268 Visibility of Jupiter During the Day, The, Jun., 144
Second Light: Magnetically Powered Gamma-ray Bursts,
Jun., 124 Columns
Second Light: Measuring the Properties of the Universe,
Feb., 11 Orbital Oddities: Eclipse Flips, Oct., 234
Second Light: Plutos Expanding Atmosphere, Aug., 171 Orbital Oddities: Martian Motion I: Zoom In, Apz., 98
Second Light: Probing the \tmospheres of Extra-Solar Orbital Oddities: Martian Motion Il: Zig Zag, Jun., 137
Planets, Apr.6,8 Orbital Oddities: Martian Motion III: Zoom Out., Aug., 180
Second Light: Starburst in a Distant Quasar, Oct., 203 Orbital Oddities: Martian Motion IV: The Zeus Effect, Dec., 288
Sampson, Russell D., The Visibility of Jupiter During the Day, Reflections: J.W. Christy and the Discovery of Charon, Plutos
Jun., 144 Satellite, Jun., 126
Schmude, Richard W. Jr, Wideband Photometry of Saturn: 1995 Reflections: Maarten Schmidt and the Discovery of Quasar
2002, Apr.,7 8 Redshifts, Feb., 13
Smith, Frederick R., Awards for Excellence in Astronomy at the Reflections: Martian Discoveries, Aug., 169
2003 Canada Wide Science Fair, Oct., 239 Reflections: Meteor Showers and Comets, Oct., 204
Smith, Frederick R., Observation of the 1761 Transit of Venus Reflections: Newtonian Opticks, Dec., 266
from St. Johns Newfoundland, Dec., 291 Reflections: The Astronomer’s Spouse: The Ultimate Accessory,
Waldron, Ron, Astronomy - A Personal Journey, Aug., 186 \pr., 66
Whitehorne, Mary Lou, Altitude and Limiting Visual Magnitude, Scenic Vistas: Cyg-nice!, Jun., 141
Feb., 35 Scenic Vistas: The Beta/Zeta Arc, Aug., 184
Whitehorne, Vary Lou, The Story of Skyways: The RASC’s Scenic Vistas: The Deeper Sky of Corona Borealis, Apr., 101
\stronomy Handbook for Teachers, Dec., 280 Second Light: Asteroid Spins are Solar Powered, Dec., 268
Young, Scott, The 40th Anniversary of Alouette | Canada Second Light: Magnetically Powered Gamma-ray Bursts,
Celebrates Four Decades in Space, Apr., 90 Jun., 124
Zimmerman, Brett, Nineteenth-Century American Astronomy Second Light: Measuring the Properties of the Universe,
and the Sublime, Jun., 120 Feb., 1]
Zimmerman, Brett, The Plurality of Worlds: Nineteenth-Century Second Light: Plutos Expanding Atmosphere, Aug., 171
lheories of Extraterrestrials, Aug., 158 Second Light: Probing the Atmosphereso f Extra-Solar Planets,
\pr., 68
DEPARTMENTS Second Light: Starburst in a Distant Quasar, Oct., 203
Across The RASC Correspondence:
10th Anniversary of Alouette / - Canada Celebrates Four Decades Apr., 50, Jun., 117, Aug.
cember décembre 2003
Education Notes News Notes
A Decade's Progress in Distance Education Astronomy, Oct., Feb., 5, Apr, 51, Jun., 118, Aug., 155, Oct., 193, Dec., 257
216
Mars in Motion: Keplerian Earth Centred Orbits?, Jun., 133 Obituaries
Mars in Motion: Using Vectors to Investigate the Retrograde
Loop, Apr., 82 Robert Hanbury Brown (1916-2002), Feb., 42, Hugh Noel Alexander
Measuring Mars, Feb, 33, Maclean (1915-2003), Oct., 246, Anne Barbara Underhill
Story of Skyways: the RASC’s Astronomy Handbook for Teachers, (1920-2003), Oct., 247
Phe, Dec., 280
Web Site Reviews, Apr., 87, Jun., 145 President’s Corner
What is Sidereal Time and What Is it Good For?, Dec., 278
Feb., 2, Apr., 46, Jun., 114, Aug., 150, Oct., 190, Dec., 254
Editorial
Research Papers (see TITLES)
Feb., 4, Apr. 48, Jun., 116, Aug., 152, Oct., 192, Dec., 256
Review of Publications
Feature Articles
Bible and Astronomy: The Magi and the Star in the Gospel, The,
\ltitude and Limiting Visual Magnitude, Feb., 35 by Gustav Teres, S.J., Dec., 297
Computation of Model Asteroid Lightcurves: Practice vs Theory, Big Splat, or How the Moon Came to Be, The, by Dana McKenzie,
Oct., 232 Dec., 299
Johannes Kepler's Harmonices mundi: A “Scientific” Version of Celestial Harvest, by James Mullaney, Oct., 249
the Harmony of the Spheres, Oct., 424208 How the Universe Got its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite
Johannes Kepler's Harmonices mundi: A “Scientific” Version of Space, by Janna Levin, Apr., 110
the Harmony of the Spheres, Part II, Dec., 259 Mars Observer's Guide, by Neil Bone, Oct., 250
La trigonométrie sphérique en astronomie, Aug., 163 Misfortunes as Blessings in Disguise: The Story of My Life, by
Les mesures du temps, Apr. 54 Dorrit Hoffleit, Jun., 146
MOST: Canadas First Space Telescope Part 2, Feb., 7 Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos, by Alan W. Hirshfeld,
Nineteenth-Century American Astronomy and the Sublime, Dec., 299
Jun., 120 Solar System Voyages, by Serge Brunier, Dec., 296
Nocturnal Musings Concerning a Winged Horse, Apr. 61 Star-Crossed Orbits: Inside the U.S.-Russian Space Alliance, by
Photometry of Rotating Planetary Triaxial Ellipsoids, Apr., 92 James Oberg, Apr., 111
Plurality of Worlds: Nineteenth-Century Theories of Extraterrestrials, Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes: A Manuel for Optical
rhe, Aug., 158 Evaluation and Adjustment, by Harold Richard Suiter, Jun.,
Remarks to 2003 General Assembly Delegates, Oct., 196 147
Unveiling Asteroids: International Observing Project and Walter Baade: A Life in Astrophysics, by Donald E. Osterbrock,
\mateur-Professional Connection, Dec., 283 Apr., 109
What's in a Name?, Oct., 199 What Your Astronomy Textbook Won't Tell You: Clear, Savvy
Insights for Mastery, by Normand Sperling, Oct., 249
From the Past
Feb., 31, Apr., 70, Jun., 127, Aug., 172, Oct., 206, Dec., 270
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