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Telescopes of the 21st Century, Caty
Pilachowski and Mark Trueblood
The decade of the 1990s has been one of unprecedented advacement
in astronomy, stimulated not only by the launch of the Hubble
Space Telescope, but also by the construction of many new
ground-based telescopes. |
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A Collaborative
View of Eruptive Stars, Ronald H. Kaitchuck
Over the last few decades the work of amateur and professional
astronomers has led to a general understanding of the dwarf
novae and their outbursts - a perfect example of the importance
of collaboration. |
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Artists
in Space, David A. Hardy
Imagining alien worlds, futuristic spaceships, or even spots
on Earth unreachable by humans is something we all occasionally
do. Space and astronomy artists are responsible for putting
their visions to canvas or computer screen, and as such, these
visionaries help us with our own imaginings. |
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Seeing the Details of the Stars with
Next Generation Telescopes, Bill Junor, Sergio Restaino, and
Neb Duric
The single most important technological change that has allowed
the dramatic increase in astronomical knowledge has been our
ability to build larger and larger telescopes. New techniques
promise to make these telescopes even better. |
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Departments
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Editorial,
James C. White II
Orange-ringed
O's |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The 200-inch Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar |
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Education Newswire,
Leo P. Connolly
Astronomy information for educators. |
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Black Holes
to Blackboards, Jeffrey F. Lockwood
Building Universes in the Classroom |
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Accidental Astrophysics, James C. White
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The nature of the magnitude scale (again) |
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SkyChart and SkyTalk, Robert A. Garfinkle |
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Last
Page, Fred Ringwald
So, You're an Astronomer? |
