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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, 150 December 2004 Sky& Telescope - ‘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, 150 December 2004 Sky& Telescope - Astrovid StellaCam-EX”™ Real Time Deep Sky Video “Il can see about as much in the 4.2” scope from my mag. 4 driveway, as | can in my 16” scope from a dark-sky site.” 4:22, 5:20, 0:20 Roth, Joshua, book review, 1:118, 2:119, 4:106 - Lonnie P. - Barnard Seyfert Astr ical Society Farthest, Faintest Galaxies, The, 1:30 - Real Time Deep Sky & Planetary Imaging hobby Q&A, 2:138 Rubin, Vera C., letter, 3:12 See More Detail with the StellaCam than you R. W. 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Cowley, Enigma of “Imaging solutions Przybylski’s Star, The, 2:50 you can depend on Background image of the moon courtesy of Craig Zerbe taken with the Astrovid 2000 Sky & Telescope December 2004 154 | @ index to volume 108 | @ 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? 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