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Australian Sky & Telescope Index - 2008

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Issues

27: January/February 2008

28: March/April 2008

29: May/June 2008

30: July/August 2008

 

Authors

Adams, Doug: Letter, 29:12

Aguirre, Edwin L.: Inconstant Stars, 27:48

Beatty, J. Kelly: Ask AS&T, 29:85

              Reunion With Mercury, 29:30

Berry, Rod: Size Does Matter, 29:46

Birriel, Jennifer: Show Me Space, 29:48

Bordeleau, Andre G.: Polestars of the Future: A Journey in a Celestial Time Machine, 29:72

Bortle, John E.: The Astounding Comet Holmes, 28:26

Brumfitt, Anna: Scouting Hubble's Skies, 27:84

Bryant, Greg: 2009 Approaches, 28:8

              A 5th Planet for 55 Cancri!, 27:10

              A Glittering Summer Show, 27:52

              A Trio in Virgo, 28:55

              An Eye-Catching Venus-Jupiter Gathering, 27:53

              An Ongoing Voyage of Discovery, 27:6

              Autumn's Milky Way, 28:52

              Bigger and Better, 29:10

              Cassini: Another 2 Years at Saturn, 30:15

              Catch Halley's Crumbs, 29:59

              Caught! Avalanches on Mars, 29:14

              Centaurus Delights, 29:52

              Could WR 104 Threaten Earth?, 28:13

              Digging for Supernovae, 30:10

              Evening Planetary Gatherings, 30:54

              February's Annular Solar Eclipse, 27:56

              Finger on the Milky Way, 29:15

              Four Years On Mars, 28:13

              Eunomia graces Gemini, 27:55

              Hubble Vision, 27:30

              Hubble's Last Service, 30:22

              Majestic M74, 28:18

              Mercury and Venus shine at dawn, 28:53

              More Keck time for Australian astronomers, 30:15

              Regulus meets Saturn and the Moon, 29:54

              Satellites Of Jupiter, 28:56, 29:56, 30:56

              Satellites Of Saturn, 27:58, 28:57, 29:57

              South of Scorpius, 30:52

              When Galaxies Collide, 28:12

Carruthers, Tim: A Scribble in the Sky, 29:20

Cole, Todd: The day the Universe changed, 28:96

Dalrymple, Les: A Pearl, 28:50

              A Powerful 12-inch Telescope for observers, 30:46

              At Demeter's Feet, 29:66

              Coma Cluster, 29:50

              Heart Cluster, 27:50

              Sirius Stuff, 27:64

              Sydney Observatory Celebrates 150 Years, 29:76

              The Lagoon, 30:50

              The Raven's Call, 28:74

              Tough Sagittarius Globulars, 30:64

Dambeck, Thorsten: Gaia's Mission to the Milky Way, 29:34

Davis, Glenn: Letter, 27:8

Dawes, Glenn: Top 10 Space Science Moments in 2007, 27:20

di Cicco, Dennis: A Triple-Digit Field of View, 27:42

              To the Point with mySKY, 29:44

Dick, Gerry: Letter, 29:12

Dyer, Alan: Celestron's Grab-'n'-Go 6-inch, 27:40

              Focysing Your DSLR on the Sky, 27:80

Ellyard, David: Leon Foucalt and The Turning Earth, 27:49

              Parkes and the first Quasar, 30:49

              Spots on the Sun's Face, 29:49

              The Telescope gets its name, 28:49

Espenak, Fred and Anderson, Jay: The Arctic-Asian Solar Eclipse of August 2008, 28:62

Fienberg, Richard T.: Ask AS&T, 27:89

               Sunday Is Fun Day, 30:45

Flanders, Tony: Mastering Your Finderscope, 28:78

               Orion, Lord of the Sky, 27:62

Fluke, Chris: New Galaxy Cluster simulations leave Astronomers hot and bothered, 29:14

Fog, Harry: Letter, 28:10

French, Sue: Ask AS&T, 30:93

               Leo's 11th Hour, 29:69

               Scuttling Around the Scorpion, 30:67

               The Giant's Shield, 27:68

               Wonders of the Crab and the Lion, 28:70

Garfinkle, Robert A: The Man Behind the Belts, 30:45

Goldman, Stuart J.: Briefly Noted, 28:48

               Lunar Roundup, 28:88

               Realising Virtual-Sky Dreams, 27:90

Gould, Ross: Letter, 30:12

Hazlet, John: Letter, 30:12

Heafner, Joe: Travelling Through the Solar System, 27:44

Hough, David: The Newcastle Astronomical Society, 29:82

Ireland, R. Scott: Layer Magic For Your Astrophotos, 30:70

Kerr, Steve: An Abundance of Occultations, 28:68

               Cold Weather Occultations, 30:61

               Lions and Scorpions, 27:75

               Nunki Time, 29:62

Kidd, Simon: Letter, 28:10

Kingston, Eric: Letter, 28:10

Levy, David H.: The Accidental Comet, 28:82

Lewis, Geraint: A Universe full of Monsters, 27:11

               Is Dark Energy a Mirage?, 28:13

Lewis, Geraint and Ibata, Rodrigo A.: Galactic Cannibals, 29:38

Lowe, Andrew: Mirror, Mirror, 27:26

               Next Light: Tomorrow's Monster Telescopes, 29:24

MacRobert, Alan: Pluto's Slow Departure, 30:58

               Scope Test, 30:59

Makaroff, George: Letter, 30:12

Meers, Robert: Letter, 27:8

McDowell, Jonathan: Mission Update, 27:16, 28:17, 29:18, 30:18

Naeye, Robert: NASA's New Gamma-Ray Trailblazer, 30:35

             The Exoplanet and the Amateurs, 28:34

Norris, Ray: In Search of Aboriginal Astronomy, 28:20

Petersen, Carolyn Collins: A Little Light Reading, 27:48

             How It All Began, 28:48

Pugh, Martin: A Crowing Glory, 27:18

Reade, Gordon: Bastions of Science, 29:98

Reed, Casey: The Joy of Space Painting, 29:48

Robertson, Donald F.: Parched Planet, 30:30

Salway, Mike: Community News, 27:86, 28:84

             South Pacific Star Party 2008, 30:80

Schilling, Govert: A Bump in the Night, 30:26

             Cosmic Superparticle Mystery: Solved?, 29:22

             Mira's Marvellous Tail, 27:72

Seager, Sara: Alien Earths from A to Z, 28:30

Seargent, David: A Full Platter of Comets, 28:66

             An Evening Binocular Comet, 29:64

             Catch Comet Tuttle's Close Passage, 27:74

             Comet Boattini - A Naked-Eye Show?, 30:60

Seronik, Gary: Cooldown Confusion, 28:77

             Highe's Telescope Odyssey, 29:81

              iOptron's Capable Cube, 28:44

             Taming a Monster Scope, 30:74

             The Easy-Go-Round Bino Mount, 27:77

Sheehan, William and Misch, Anthony: The Great Mars Chase of 1907, 27:35

Shell, Richard D.: Letter, 29:12

Sinnott, Roger W.: Ask AS&T, 27:89, 28:87, 29:85, 30:93

              Hipparcos' Star Distances Get Better, 28:36

Vlahos, Perry: Astronomical Society of Victoria, 30:79

              Messier Star Party 2008, 30:76

Ward, Peter: The Carina Nebula, 30:20

Watson, Matt: Stromlo Reborn, 28:38

Wehler, Randall: Two Journeys Back in Time, 27:97

Weinberg, Steven: Science or Spacemen?, 30:98

Welch, Douglas L.: How to Hunt for Supernova Fossils in the Milky Way, 30:40

Wood, Charles A.: Decoding Mare Imbrium, 27:60

              Imbrium's Impact, 29:60

              The Crater Main Sequence, 30:62

              The Rings of Imbrium, 28:60

 

 

Departments

Activities:

              Adelaide Planetarium, 29:83

              Border Stargaze, 30:87

              CWAS AstroFest, 30:87

              David Higgins, 28:84

              Gingin Observatory, 27:86

              National Science Week, 30:87

              Port Macquarie, 27:86

              Robert Evans, 27:86

              Scienceworks, 27:86

              Snake Valley Astronomy Camp, 28:84

              South Pacific Star Party, 28:84

              Sydney Observatory, 27:86, 29:83

 

Ask AS&T:

              Apollo Landing Sites, 29:85

              Apophis, 28:87

              Blue Moons, 30:93

              Diffraction Spikes, 27:89

              Full Moon Brightness, 28:87

              Green Stars, 27:89

              New Year, 29:85

              The Sun's Galactic Orbit, 30:93

Astronomy Online:

              Lunar Roundup, 28:88

              Realising Virtual-Sky Dreams, 27:90

Astrophotography:

              Focusing Your DSLR on the Sky, 27:80

              Layer Magic For Your Astrophotos, 30:70

Binocular Highlight:

              A Pearl, 28:50

              Coma Cluster, 29:50

              Heart Cluster, 27:50

              The Lagoon, 30:50

Books & Beyond:

              AutoStar CCD Photometry (Jeffrey L. Hopkins and Gene A. Lucas), 28:48

              James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles (Abigail Foerstner), 30:45

              Kaleidoscope Sky (Tim Herd), 28:48

              Observing the Sun (Philip Pugh), 30:45

              Planets, Stars and Galaxies: A Visual Encyclopedia of Our Universe (David A. Aguilar), 29:48

              Science Educators Under the Stars (Gibbs, Berendsen, Storksdieck eds), 28:48

              Space Art (Michael Carroll), 29:48

              Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars (Keith Robinson), 27:48

              The Birth of Stars and Planets (John Bally and Bo Reipurth), 28:48

              Understanding Variable Stars (John R. Percy), 27:48

 

Celestial Calendar:

              A Full Platter of Comets, 28:66

              A Trio in Virgo, 28:55

              An Abundance of Occultations, 28:68

              An Evening Binocular Comet, 29:64

              Catch Comet Tuttle's Close Passage, 27:74

              Catch Halley's Crumbs, 29:59

              Cold Weather Occultations, 30:61

              Comet Boattini - A Naked-Eye Show?, 30:60

              Eunomia graces Gemini, 27:55

              February's Annular Solar Eclipse, 27:56

              Lions and Scorpions, 27:75

              Nunki Time, 29:62

              Pluto's Slow Departure, 30:58

              Scope Test, 30:59

              The Arctic-Asian Solar Eclipse of August 2008, 28:62

Club Profile:

              Astronomical Society of Victoria, 30:79

              The Newcastle Astronomical Society, 29:82

Constellation Profile:

              Orion, Lord of the Sky, 27:62

Deep Sky Delights:

              At Demeter's Feet, 29:66

              Sirius Stuff, 27:64

              The Raven's Call, 28:74

              Tough Sagittarius Globulars, 30:64

Discoveries:

              Leon Foucault and The Turning Earth, 27:49

              Parkes and the first Quasar, 30:49

              Spots on the Sun's Face, 29:49

              The Telescope gets its name, 28:49

Exploring The Moon:

              Decoding Mare Imbrium, 27:60

              Imbrium's Impact, 29:60

              The Crater Main Sequence, 30:62

              The Rings of Imbrium, 28:60

Features:

              A Bump in the Night, 30:26

              Alien Earths from A to Z, 28:30

              Cosmic Superparticle Mystery: Solved?, 29:22

              Gaia's Mission to the Milky Way, 29:34

              Galactic Cannibals, 29:38

              Hipparcos' Star Distances Get Better, 28:36

              How to Hunt for Supernova Fossils in the Milky Way, 30:40

              Hubble Vision, 27:30

              Hubble's Last Service, 30:22

              In Search of Aboriginal Astronomy, 28:20

              Mira's Marvellous Tail, 27:72

              Mirror, Mirror, 27:26

              NASA's New Gamma-Ray Trailblazer, 30:35

              Next Light: Tomorrow's Monster Telescopes, 29:24

              Parched Planet, 30:30

              Polestars of the Future: A Journey in a Celestial Time Machine, 29:72

              Reunion with Mercury, 29:30

              Stromlo Reborn, 28:38

              The Astounding Comet Holmes, 28:26

              The Exoplanet and the Amateurs, 28:34

              The Great Mars Chase of 1907, 27:35

              Top 10 Space Science Moments in 2007, 27:20

 

Focal Point:

              Bastions of Science, 29:98

              Science or Spacemen?, 30:98

              The day the Universe changed, 28:96

              Two Journeys Back in Time, 27:97

For Beginners:

              Mastering Your Finderscope, 28:78

Mission Update:

              Akari, 30:18

              Chandrayaan 1, 28:17

              Chang'e 1, 28:17

              Dawn, 27:16

              GLAST, 28:17

              GRAIL, 29:18

              International Space Station, 29:18, 30:18

              Kaguya, 27:16

              NuSTAR, 27:16

              Tan Ce 1, 28:17

              Ulysses, 30:18

              Voyager 2, 29:18

             

New Product Spotlight:

              AO-8 (Santa Barbara Instrument Group), 27:47

              Boltwood Portable Cloud Sensor (Diffraction Limited), 27:47

              Clear-View Portable Observatory Tent (Smart Astronomy), 29:43

              Deep Sky Imager III (Meade Instruments), 29:43

              Narrowband Imaging Filters (Baader Planetarium), 28:47

              Premium 102mm F/7 ED Refractor (Orion Telescopes & Binoculars), 28:47

              Starshoot AutoGuider (Orion Telescopes & Binoculars), 29:43

              StarShoot Deep Space Colour Imager II (Orion Telescopes & Binoculars), 28:47

              TeleTrack (Orion Telescopes & Binoculars), 27:47

             

News Notes:

              A 5th Planet for 55 Cancri, 27:10

              A Double Einstein Ring, 29:16

              A Naked-Eye Gamma-Ray Burst, 30:14

              A Raft of New Planets in Silhouette, 30:14

              A Really Fast Star from Far, Far Away, 29:16

              A Rich Protoplanetary Soup, 30:14

              A Stardust-Free Comet, 29:16

              A Starry Chemical Imbalance, 27:12

              A Tiny Whiff of Moon Water, 30:16

              A Universe full of Monsters, 27:11

              An Ingenious, Super-Good Cepheid Distance, 29:15

              Big Plans for Hubble, 29:15

              Cassini: Another 2 Years at Saturn, 30:15

              Caught! Avalanches on Mars, 29:14

              Comet Hale-Bopp Lives On, 30:16

              Could WR 104 Threaten Earth?, 28:13

              Dust in a Hot Jupiter, 28:16

              Europa's Bitter Sea, 28:16

              Finger on the Milky Way, 29:15

              Four Years On Mars, 28:13

              Genesis: Earth is Weird, 30:16

              Is Dark Energy a Mirage?, 28:13

              Lightning on Venus, 28:16

              Measuring Neutron Stars Precisely, 27:14

              Monster Black Holes Soon to Merge, 29:16

              More Keck time for Australian astronomers, 30:15

              Mystery Pulse, 27:14

              Neptune's "Warm" Pole, 27:12

              New Galaxy Cluster simulations leave Astronomers hot and bothered, 29:14

              Our Sun's Closest Twin, 28:14

              Rings Around a Saturn Moon?, 30:16

              Saturn's Flying Saucer Moons, 28:14

              Site Picked for Giant Magellan Telescope, 27:14

              Skylights into Martian Caves, 27:14

              The Orion Nebula, Exactly, 28:14

              The Record Stellar-Mass Black Hole, 28:16

              The Sun Shakes the Earth, 27:12

              Titan's Free-Floating Crust, 30:16

              Titan's Frigid Shores, 27:12

              What Is Inside Enceladus?, 30:16

              When Galaxies Collide, 28:12

Spotlight On

              A Crowning Glory, 27:18

              A Scribble in the Sky, 29:20

              Majestic M74, 28:18

              The Carina Nebula, 30:20

Star Trails:

              The Accidental Comet, 28:82

Sun, Moon, and Planets:

              An Eye-Catching Venus-Jupiter Gathering, 27:53

              Evening Planetary Gatherings, 30:54

              Mercury and Venus shine at dawn, 28:53

              Regulus meets Saturn and the Moon, 29:54

              Satellites Of Jupiter, 28:56, 29:56, 30:56

              Satellites Of Saturn, 27:58, 28:57, 29:57

Targets:

              Leo's 11th Hour, 29:69

              Scuttling Around the Scorpion, 30:67

              The Giant's Shield, 27:68

              Wonders of the Crab and the Lion, 28:70

Telescope Workshop:

              Colldown Confusion, 28:77

              Highe's Telescope Odyssey, 29:81

              Taming a Monster Scope, 30:74

              The Easy-Go-Round Bino Mount, 27:77

Test Reports:

              12-inch Dobsonian (Sky-Watcher), 30:46

              13-mm Ethos eyepiece (Tele Vue), 27:42

              20-inch (51-cm) Truss-Dobsonian (SDM Telescopes), 29:46

              iOptron Cube Go To Alt-azimuth Mount, 28:44

              mySKY (Meade Instruments), 29:44

              NexStar 6 SE Schmidt-Cassegrain (Celestron), 27:40

              Seeker (Software Bisque), 27:44

The Astronomy Scene:

              Messier Star Party 2008, 30:76

              Scouting Hubble's Skies, 27:84

              South Pacific Star Party 2008, 30:80

              Sydney Observatory Celebrates 150 years, 29:76

              The Astros 2008, 30:83

Tonight's Sky:

              A Glittering Summer Show, 27:52

              Autumn's Milky Way, 28:52

              Centaurus Delights, 29:52

              South of Scorpius, 30:52

    

 

 

Observing Topics

Comets:

               6P/d'Arrest, 30:60

               8P/Tuttle, 27:74, 28:66

               17P/Holmes, 28:26

               29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, 27:64

               46P/Wirtanen, 27:74, 28:66

               C/2006 Q1 (McNaught), 27:74, 28:66, 29:64

               C/2006 S5 (Hill), 27:64

               C/2007 F1 (Loneos), 27:64

               C/2007 G1 (LINEAR), 30:60

               C/2007 N3 (Lulin), 30:60

               C/2007 T1 (McNaught), 28:66

               C/2007 W1 (Boattini), 28:66, 29:64, 30:60

               C/2008 A1 (McNaught), 29:64, 30:60

Dark Nebulae:

               Barnard 40, 30:67

               Barnard 41, 30:67

Emission Nebulae:

               M8 (the Lagoon Nebula), 30:50

Galaxies:

               M65, 28:70

               M66, 28:70

               M104, 28:70

               NGC 1682, 27:68

               NGC 1684, 27:68

               NGC 3501, 29:69

               NGC 3507, 29:69

               NGC 3599, 29:69

               NGC 3605, 29:69

               NGC 3607, 29:69

               NGC 3608, 29:69

               NGC 3626, 29:69

               NGC 3628, 28:70

               NGC 3655, 29:69

               NGC 3681, 29:69

               NGC 3684, 29:69

               NGC 3686, 29:69

               NGC 3691, 29:69

               NGC 3981, 28:74

               NGC 4027, 28:74

               NGC 4027A, 28:74

               NGC 4038-39, 28:74

               NGC 6740, 29:66

               NGC 5746, 29:66

               NGC 5806, 29:66

               NGC 5811, 29:66

               NGC 5813, 29:66

               NGC 5814, 29:66

               NGC 5838, 29:66

               NGC 5839, 29:66

               NGC 5845, 29:66

               NGC 5846, 29:66

               NGC 5846A, 29:66

               NGC 5848, 29:66

               NGC 5850, 29:66

               NGC 5854, 29:66

Globular Clusters:

               AL-3, 30:64

               Arp GC2, 30:64

               Djorgovski 2, 30:64

               M4, 30:67

               M5, 29:66

               M68, 28:74

               M80, 30:67

               NGC 6144, 30:67

               NGC 6540, 30:65

               Palomar 5, 29:66

               Palomar 8, 30:64

               Terzan 7, 30:64

               Terzan 8, 30:64

Minor Planets:

               Astraea, 28:55

               Daphne, 28:55

               Eunomia, 27:55

               Iris, 28:55

Moon:

               Aristillus, 27:60

               Fra Mauro Formation, 29:60

               Gylden Valley, 29:60

               Helicon, 27:60

               Imbrium, 27:60, 28:60

               Lalande A, 30:62

               Lambert, 27:60

               Lambert R, 27:60

               Langrenus, 30:62

               Le Verrier, 27:60

               Orientale, 28:60

               Triesnecker, 30:62

               W. Bond, 29:60

Open Clusters:

               M44 (Beehive Cluster), 28:70

               M46, 27:64

               M47 (NGC 2422), 27:64

               M50 (NGC 2323), 27:50

               M67, 28:70

               Melotte 111, 29:50

               NGC 1662, 27:68

               NGC 1663, 27:68

               NGC 2414, 27:64

               NGC 2423, 27:54

               NGC 3766, 28:50

Planetary Nebulae:

               Abell 35, 28:74

               Jonckheere 320, 27:68

               NGC 2438, 27:64

               NGC 2440, 27:64

               NGC 4361, 28:74

               Sa 2-15, 27:64

Quasar:

               B1224-1116, 28:74

Reflection Nebulae:

               IC 4592, 30:67

               IC 4601, 30:67

               NGC 1788, 27:68

Stars:

               Algieba, 28:70

               Delta Scorpii, 30:67

               Iota Cancri, 28:70

               Mira (Omicron Ceti), 27:72

               Nu Scorpii, 30:67

               Omega Scorpii, 30:67

               Sh 225, 30:67

               Sh 226, 30:67

               Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), 27:64

               Tegmine, 28:70