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|g0) o p. GMsO M LO) ONY Ee ee 1999 Titles Broughton, Peter, One Hundred and Fifty Messier Certificates, Apr., 71 Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 1999 CASCA Annual Meeting Chapman, David M. F., Reflections: F. W. A. Argelander - Star Held at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, June 27-30, 1999, Charts and Variable Stars, Feb., 17 Aug., 175 Reflections: Francis Baily, Father of all Eclipse Chasers, Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 1999 RASC General Assembly Apr., 76 Held at the University of TorontoJu,l y 1-3, 1999, Dec., 273 Reflections: Bessel, the Man and the Functions, Jun., 117 Astronomical Names for the Days of the Week, Michael Falk, Reflections: Messier Memories, Aug., 164 Jun., 122 Reflections: Canadian Comet Chasers, Oct., 212 Canadian Astronomers Who Earned the Ph.D. at Harvard in Aeflections: Edwin P. Hubble and the Extragalactic the Shapley Era, Dorrit Hoffleit, Dec., 262 Nebulae, Dec., 258 Exploring the Frontiers of the Universe with New Eyes, David Cleary, David, An Amateur Radio Telescope for Solar Observation, Crampton, Aug., 168 Feb., 40 Leeds, Québec Meteorite: its Strange History and a Re-evaluation Collier, Dan, My Experience with Telescope Shaft Encoders, Feb., of its Identity, The, Stephen A. Kissin, Howard Plotkin and 50 André Bordeleau, Jun., 135 Dick, Robert, Helpful Arguments for Promoting Light Pollution Monte Carlo Calculations of X-Ray Reflection Spectra from a Abatement, Feb., 44 Cloud, Denis A. Leahy, Feb., 33 Falk, Michael, Astronomical Names of the Days of the Week, Numerical Technique for Predicting the Level of Solar Activity Jun., 122 at Sunspot Maximum, A, Jacques Bouet, Oct., 221 Gagné, Laura, The Lake at Dawn — An Observer's Odyssey, Apr., New Formulae for Optimum Magnification and Telescopic 66 Limiting Magnitude, R. H. Garstang, Apr., 80 Garstang, R. H., New Formulae for Optimum Magnification and Relationship between a Brahmanic Fire Altar and a Solar Formula Telescopic Limiting Magnitude, Apr., 80 in Angkor Wat, The, EF Graham Millar and Subbash C. Kak, Hoffleit, Dorrit, Canadian Astronomers Who Earned the Ph.D. Oct., 216 at Harvard in the Shapley Era, Dec., 262 Widely Observed Visual FireballsO ver Canada, 1994 to 1997,Gordon Kelly, Patrick, From the Associate Editor, Feb., 2 E. Sarty, Richard Huziak and Judith A. Irwin, Feb., 11 From the Associate Editor, Aug., 154 Kissin, Stephen A., Howard Plotkin and André Bordeleau, The Authors Leeds, Québec Meteorite: its Strange History and a Re- evaluation of its Identity, Jun., 135 Aaquist, Orla, The Light Side of Research: Childhood Memories Klassen, Randy, The Messier Tour, First Leg of a Greater Journey, of a Not-So-Famous Scientist, Feb., 53 Apr., 94 Attas, Michael and Jude McMurry, Nailing the Equinox Sunrise, A Pilgrimage to Arizona, Jun., 140 \ug., 163 Leahy, Denis A., Monte Carlo Calculations of X-Ray Reflection Attwood, Randy, President's Corner, Feb., 3 Spectra from a Cloud, Feb., 33 President's Corner, Apr., 63 LeDrew, Glenn, Working with Magnitudes, Apr., 73 President's Corner, Aug., 155 Ling, Alister, The Third Rainbow, Apr., 70 President's Corner, Oct., 207 Manseau, Réal, Histoire et construction du premier télescope President's Corner, Dec., 247 Newton, Jun., 113 Berg, Ray, Orion Upside Down, Feb., 15 Markov, Paul, A Star Hopping Primer, Dec., 253 Bouet, Jacques, A Numerical Technique for Predicting the Level McCarter, Dave, A Build-It-Yourself Dew Preventer, Aug., 160 of Solar Activity at Sunspot Maximum, Oct., 221 McCurdy, Bruce, Twice in a Blue Moon, Apr., 68 Bratton, Mark, Scenic Vistas: The Bear Awakens, Feb., 49 A Lamplighter Moment: Sunset, Oct., 211 Scenic Vistas: Little Jewels, Apr., 93 Middleton, Doug, Seeing Double, Jun., 109 Scenic Vistas: A Mysterious Galaxy Quartet in Bootes, Jun., Millar, F Graham and Subbash C. Kak, The Relationship Between 146 a Brahmanic Fire Altar and a Solar Formula in Angkor Wat, Scenic Vistas: Observing Buffet, Aug., 198 Oct., 216 Scenic Vistas: Going Where Few Have Gone Before, Oct., Mooney, Fae Collins, Simple Pleasures: Spellbound — A Story 238 for Winter, Dec., 256 Scenic Vistas: Stardust Oases in the Winter Milky Way, Dec., Moreau, Suzanne E., Astronomy Courses for the Public, Dec., 286 @ 294 December/décembre 1999 |g0) o p. GMsO M LO) ONY Ee ee 1999 Titles Broughton, Peter, One Hundred and Fifty Messier Certificates, Apr., 71 Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 1999 CASCA Annual Meeting Chapman, David M. F., Reflections: F. W. A. Argelander - Star Held at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, June 27-30, 1999, Charts and Variable Stars, Feb., 17 Aug., 175 Reflections: Francis Baily, Father of all Eclipse Chasers, Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 1999 RASC General Assembly Apr., 76 Held at the University of TorontoJu,l y 1-3, 1999, Dec., 273 Reflections: Bessel, the Man and the Functions, Jun., 117 Astronomical Names for the Days of the Week, Michael Falk, Reflections: Messier Memories, Aug., 164 Jun., 122 Reflections: Canadian Comet Chasers, Oct., 212 Canadian Astronomers Who Earned the Ph.D. at Harvard in Aeflections: Edwin P. Hubble and the Extragalactic the Shapley Era, Dorrit Hoffleit, Dec., 262 Nebulae, Dec., 258 Exploring the Frontiers of the Universe with New Eyes, David Cleary, David, An Amateur Radio Telescope for Solar Observation, Crampton, Aug., 168 Feb., 40 Leeds, Québec Meteorite: its Strange History and a Re-evaluation Collier, Dan, My Experience with Telescope Shaft Encoders, Feb., of its Identity, The, Stephen A. Kissin, Howard Plotkin and 50 André Bordeleau, Jun., 135 Dick, Robert, Helpful Arguments for Promoting Light Pollution Monte Carlo Calculations of X-Ray Reflection Spectra from a Abatement, Feb., 44 Cloud, Denis A. Leahy, Feb., 33 Falk, Michael, Astronomical Names of the Days of the Week, Numerical Technique for Predicting the Level of Solar Activity Jun., 122 at Sunspot Maximum, A, Jacques Bouet, Oct., 221 Gagné, Laura, The Lake at Dawn — An Observer's Odyssey, Apr., New Formulae for Optimum Magnification and Telescopic 66 Limiting Magnitude, R. H. Garstang, Apr., 80 Garstang, R. H., New Formulae for Optimum Magnification and Relationship between a Brahmanic Fire Altar and a Solar Formula Telescopic Limiting Magnitude, Apr., 80 in Angkor Wat, The, EF Graham Millar and Subbash C. Kak, Hoffleit, Dorrit, Canadian Astronomers Who Earned the Ph.D. Oct., 216 at Harvard in the Shapley Era, Dec., 262 Widely Observed Visual FireballsO ver Canada, 1994 to 1997,Gordon Kelly, Patrick, From the Associate Editor, Feb., 2 E. Sarty, Richard Huziak and Judith A. Irwin, Feb., 11 From the Associate Editor, Aug., 154 Kissin, Stephen A., Howard Plotkin and André Bordeleau, The Authors Leeds, Québec Meteorite: its Strange History and a Re- evaluation of its Identity, Jun., 135 Aaquist, Orla, The Light Side of Research: Childhood Memories Klassen, Randy, The Messier Tour, First Leg of a Greater Journey, of a Not-So-Famous Scientist, Feb., 53 Apr., 94 Attas, Michael and Jude McMurry, Nailing the Equinox Sunrise, A Pilgrimage to Arizona, Jun., 140 \ug., 163 Leahy, Denis A., Monte Carlo Calculations of X-Ray Reflection Attwood, Randy, President's Corner, Feb., 3 Spectra from a Cloud, Feb., 33 President's Corner, Apr., 63 LeDrew, Glenn, Working with Magnitudes, Apr., 73 President's Corner, Aug., 155 Ling, Alister, The Third Rainbow, Apr., 70 President's Corner, Oct., 207 Manseau, Réal, Histoire et construction du premier télescope President's Corner, Dec., 247 Newton, Jun., 113 Berg, Ray, Orion Upside Down, Feb., 15 Markov, Paul, A Star Hopping Primer, Dec., 253 Bouet, Jacques, A Numerical Technique for Predicting the Level McCarter, Dave, A Build-It-Yourself Dew Preventer, Aug., 160 of Solar Activity at Sunspot Maximum, Oct., 221 McCurdy, Bruce, Twice in a Blue Moon, Apr., 68 Bratton, Mark, Scenic Vistas: The Bear Awakens, Feb., 49 A Lamplighter Moment: Sunset, Oct., 211 Scenic Vistas: Little Jewels, Apr., 93 Middleton, Doug, Seeing Double, Jun., 109 Scenic Vistas: A Mysterious Galaxy Quartet in Bootes, Jun., Millar, F Graham and Subbash C. Kak, The Relationship Between 146 a Brahmanic Fire Altar and a Solar Formula in Angkor Wat, Scenic Vistas: Observing Buffet, Aug., 198 Oct., 216 Scenic Vistas: Going Where Few Have Gone Before, Oct., Mooney, Fae Collins, Simple Pleasures: Spellbound — A Story 238 for Winter, Dec., 256 Scenic Vistas: Stardust Oases in the Winter Milky Way, Dec., Moreau, Suzanne E., Astronomy Courses for the Public, Dec., 286 @ 294 December/décembre 1999 275 Feb., 44 ONeill, Joseph P., Focal Plane: Feeding the Beast, Feb., 5 How Distant is that Star?, Apr. 91 Initial Impressions of Three New Eyepieces, Apr., 97 Initial Impressions of Three New Eyepieces, Apr., 97 Focal Plane: Pushing the Envelope, Jun., 107 Messier Tour, First Leg of a Greater Journey, The, Apr., 94 Focal Plane: Are Telescopes Becoming Too Smart?, Dec., My Experience with Telescope Shaft Encoders, Feb., 50 249 Pilgrimage to Arizona, A, Jun., 140 Percy, John R., Be a “Partner” in Astronomy at the 1999 General Scenic Vistas: The Bear Awakens, Feb., 49 Assembly, Apr., 85 Scenic Vistas: Little Jewels, Apr., 93 Russell, C. H.,.The Legacy Continues: C. A. Chant and the David Scenic Vistas: A Mysterious Galaxy Quartet in Bootes, Jun., 146 Dunlap Observatory, Feb., 11 Scenic Vistas: Observing Buffet, Aug., 198 Sage, Leslie J., Second Light: Shredded Galaxies in Clusters, Feb., Scenic Vistas: Going Where Few Have Gone Before, Oct., 238 19 Scenic Vistas: Stardust Oases in the Winter Milky Way, Dec., Second Light: Mars, Up Close and Personal, Apr., 78 286 Second Light: A Gamma-Ray Burst Caught in the Act, Jun., Society News, Apr., 84, 119 Visit to the VLA Radio Observatory, Dec., 278 Second Light: Remarkable Increase in the Sun’s Magnetic Columns: Field, Aug., 166 Ask Gazer, Apr., 89, Jun., 145, Aug., 196, Oct., 234, Dec., 280 Second Light: Measuring the Distance to Galaxies, Oct., At The Eyepiece: Light Shows, Feb., 46 214 At The Eyepiece: Nebular Filter Performance, Apr., 87 Second Light: Moons of Asteroids, Dec., 260 At The Eyepiece: The Best of Hercules, Jun., 143 Sarty, Gordon, Richard Huziak and Judith A. Irwin, Widely At The Eyepiece: The All Splendors, No Fuzzies Observing List Observed Visual Fireballs over Canada, 1994 to 1997, Feb.., (Part 1 of 4) Aug., 193 99 At The Eyepiece: The All Splendors, No Fuzzies Observing List Sears, Robert, Cheap Seats, Aug., 188 (Part 2 of 4),Oct., 236 Silverman, Barbara, The History of Astronomy: Leslie C. Peltier, At The Eyepiece: Rare Diffraction-limited Observing, Dec., 281 Aug., 190 History of Astronomy: Leslie C. Peltier, The, Aug., 190 he History of Astronomy: Medicine Wheels, Dec., 283 History of Astronomy: Medicine Wheels, The, Dec., 283 Turner, David, From the Editor, Apr., 62 Light Side of Research: Childhood Memories of a Not-So-Famous From the Editor, Jun., 102 Scientist, The, Feb., 53 From the Editor, Oct., 206 Reflections: F. W. A. Argelander - Star Charts and Variable Stars, From the Editor, Dec., 246 Feb., 17 Turner, David G., Observing Delta Cephei as an Observing Project Reflections: Francis Baily, Father of all Eclipse Chasers, Apr., 76 for the Unaided Eye, Oct., 228 Reflections: Bessel, The Man and the Functions, Jun., 117 Vonesh, Susan, A Visit to the VLA Radio Observatory, Dec., 278 Reflections: Messier Memories, Aug., 164 Whitehorne, Mary Lou, How Distant is that Star?, Apr., 91 Reflections: Canadian Comet Watchers, Oct., 212 Whitehorne, Mary Lou, Dave Lane, Randy Attwood, Clint Shannon Reflections: Edwin P. Hubble and the Extragalactic Nebulae, and lan Anderson, A Summer Eclipse, Oct., 240 Dec., 258 Whitman, Alan, At The Eyepiece: Light Shows, Feb., 46 Second Light: Shredded Galaxies in Clusters, Feb., 19 At The Eyepiece: Nebular Filter Performance, Apr., 87 Second Light: Mars, Up Close and Personal, Apr., 78 At The Eyepiece: The Best of Hercules, Jun., 143 Second Light: AGamma-Ray Burst Caught in the Act, Jun., 119 At The Eyepiece: The All Splendors, No Fuzzies Observing Second Light: Remarkable Increase in the Sun's Magnetic Field, List, (Part 1 of 4), Aug., 193 Aug., 166 The Eyepiece: The All Splendors, No Fuzzies Observing Second Light: Measuring the Distances to Galaxies, Oct., 214 List, (Part 2 of 4), Oct., 236 Second Light: Moons of Asteroids, Dec., 260 At the Eyepiece: Rare Diffraction-limited Observing, Dec.., Correspondence: Feb., 4, Jun., 103, Aug., 156, Oct., 208, Dec., 281 248 Education Notes: Departments Amateur Radio Telescope for Solar Observation, An, Feb., 40 Astronomy Courses for the Public, Dec., 248 Across The RASC: Observing Delta Cephei as an Observing Project for the Unaided Be a “Partner” in Astronomy at the 1999 General Assembly, Apr., Eye, Oct., 228 85 Feature Articles: Cheap Seats, Aug., 188 Build-It-Yourself Dew Preventer, A, Aug., 160 Helpful Arguments for Promoting Light Pollution Abatement, Histoire et construction du premier télescope Newton, Jun.., December/décemb1r9e9 9 JRASC 295 @ 1999), Dec., 292, Douglas G. L. Middleton, Aug., 203, Earl Lake at Dawn — An Observer's Odyssey, The, Apr., 66 Richard Vincent Milton (1935-1999), Dec., 293, Frederick Lamplighter Moment: Sunset, A, Oct., 211 Laurence Troyer (1912-1999), Aug., 203 Legacy Continues: C. A. Chant and the David Dunlap Observatory, President's Corner: Feb., 3, Apr., 63, Oct., 207, Dec., 247 lhe, Feb., 11 Questions and Answers: Feb., 10 Nailing the Equinox Sunrise, Aug., 163 Research Papers: see Titles One Hundred and Fifty Messier Certificates, Apr., 71 Reviews of Publications: Orion Upside Down, Feb., 15 Arctic Sky: Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend, The, by Seeing Double, Jun., 109 John MacDonald, Feb., 56 Simple Pleasures: Spellbound — A Story for Winter, Dec., 256 Astrophysical Techniques, 3" Edition, by C. R. Kitchen, Apr., 99 Star Hopping Primer, A, Dec., 253 Deep Sky: An Introduction, The, by Philip Harrington, Oct., 243 Summer Eclipse, A, Oct., 240 Eddington Enigma, by David S. Evans, Dec., 291 Third Rainbow, The, Apr., 70 Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in Twice in a Blue Moon, Apr., 68 British Art and Science, by Roberta J. M. Olson and Jay M. Working with Magnitudes, Apr., 73 Pasachoff, Feb., 57 Focal Plane: Full Moon, by Michael Light, Dec., 289 Are Telescopes Becoming Too Smart?, Dec., 249 Galactic Morphology and Classification, by Sidney van den Feeding the Beast, Feb., 5 Bergh, Aug., 201 Pushing the Envelope, Jun., 107 Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei, An, by Bradley M. Peterson, From the Associate Editor: Feb., 2, Aug., 154, Apr., 100 From the Editor: Apr., 62, Jun., 102, Aug., 155, Oct., 206, Dec., Open or Closed? The Density of Matter in the Universe, by Peter 246 Coles and George Ellis, Jun., 148 From the Past: Feb., 21, Apr., 88, Jun., 134, Aug., 167, Oct., 227, Physics of the Interstellar Medium, 2" Edition, The, by J. E. Dec., 272 Dyson and D. A, Williams, Jun., 148 News Notes: Feb., 7, Apr., 63, Jun., 104, Aug., 156, Oct., 209, Practical Guide to Viewing the Heavens, Third Edition, A, by Dec., 251] Terence Dickinson, Oct., 243 Obituaries: Murray Cunningham (1923-1998), Feb., 58, Search for Life on Other Planets, The, by Bruce Jakosky, Aug. Vilhelmina Iwanowska (1906-1999), Jun., 152, Fr. Lucian 200 Kemble (1922-1999), Jun., 151, John Edward Kennedy (1916- ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL Astrocryptic rnal now accepts commercial advertising. 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