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Mercury,
November/December 1999 Table of Contents
ASP
Activities
1997-1998 Annual Report, Jan/Feb "Society Scope"
1999
ASP Award Winners - May/Jun, p. 5
Asteroids,
Comets, and Unknown Objects
Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: Comet Kohoutek - Mar/Apr, p.
6
Colonna, T., and Thomas, D.: Be Careful Saving the World from
Near-Earth-Orbit Objects: You May Be Breaking the Law - Sep/Oct,
p. 36.
Astroenvironmentalism
Miller, R.: Commentary: To Explore and Protect - Mar/Apr, p. 33
Miller, R.: Reflections on the "Year of the Oceans" - Jul/Aug,
p. 16
Astronomical
Community
Klimushkin, D.: World Beat: Astronomy
of the Banks of the Baikal (astronomy in Siberia) - Jan/Feb,
p. 28
Marvel, K.: Commentary: A Secret Weapon Revealed (amateur-professional
collaboration) - Jul/Aug, p. 8
Nicholson, D., and Teare, S.: Life on the Mountain: An Astronomical
Family Scrapbook of Mount Wilson Observatory - Jan/Feb, p. 22
White, J.: Editorial: The Essence
of Things Unseen - May/Jun, p. 2
White, J.: Editorial: "No, That's
not Venus" - Jul/Aug, p. 2
Woerner, H. and E.: World Beat: A Close
Conjunction Comes to the UAE - Sep/Oct, p. 41
Yoon, T., et al.: World Beat: Astronomy
in Bloom (astronomy in Korea) - May/Jun, p. 33
Astrophysics
Birriel, J.: Astronomer's Notebook Sidebar: FUSE (Far Ultraviolet
Spectroscopic Explorer): Probing the Origin and Nature of the
Universe - Jan/Feb, p. 9
Conselice, C.: Astronomer's Notebook: The Observatory Drive Irregulars
- Nov/Dec, p. 7
Schlegel, E.: Accidental Astrophysics: The Constancy of Change
- Jan/Feb, p. 7
Schlegel, E.: Accidental Astrophysics: (More on) The Constancy
of Change - Mar/Apr, p. 8
Schlegel, E.: Accidental Astrophysics: (Even More on )The Constancy
of Change - May/Jun, p. 8
Schlegel, E.: Accidental Astrophysics: On the Detection and Study
of Variability - Jul/Aug, p. 6
Trimble, V.: 99 Things about the Last 100 Years of Astronomy -
Nov/Dec, p. 16
Cosmology
Schulman, E.: Armchair Astrophysics: Front Yard Cosmology - Sep/Oct,
p. 8
Schulman, E.: Armchair Astrophysics: Inflation - Nov/Dec, p. 6
Smith, D.: Last Page: You Are Here - May/Jun, p.35
Education
Bennett, J.: Strategies for Teaching Astronomy - Nov/Dec, p. 24
Chabin, M.: Last Page: Education, Outreach, and the Web - Jul/Aug,
p. 31
Connolly, L.: Newswire - Jan/Feb,
p. 6
Connolly, L.: Newswire - Mar/Apr,
p. 7
Connolly, L.: Newswire - Jul/Aug, p. 5
Connolly, L.: Newswire - Sep/Oct, p. 7
Connolly, L.: Newswire - Nov/Dec, p.
5
Duncan, D.: What to Do in a Big Lecture Class, Besides Lecture
- Jan/Feb, p. 14
Forbes, D.: Last Page: Speaking of Astronomy (tips for good astronomy
lectures) - Jan/Feb, p. 31
Hunter, D., et al.: An Astronomy Outreach
Program for Navajo and Hopi Schools - May/Jun, p. 18
LoPresto, M.: Commentary: Dealing with Potential Conflicts Between
Religion and Science - Nov/Dec, p. 36
Montemayor, V.: The Play's the
Thing: Some Thoughts on Introductory Physics Teaching - Sep/Oct,
p. 24
Odenwald, S.: Newswire - May/Jun, p. 7
Extrasolar
Planets
Sandquist, E.: More Than Just
a Planet, It's a Meal - Jan/Feb, p. 10
Extraterrestrial
Life
Aguiar, J.: A Biologist's View on Life Out There - Mar/Apr, p.
20
Cordes, J.: Traversing the Galactic Darkness: The Interstellar
Matters of Extraterrestrrial Transmissions - Mar/Apr, p. 14
Livio, M.: How Rare Are Extraterrestrial Civilizations and When
Did They Emerge? - Mar/Apr, p. 10
Vakoch, D.: The View from a Distant
Star: Challenges of Interstellar Message-Making - Mar/Apr,
p. 26
White, J.: Editorial: Out of the Dark
Blue - Mar/Apr, p. 2
Galaxies
Burton, B., et al.: Cepheus 1: A Large Galaxy Discovered in Our
Cosmic Backyard - May/Jun, p. 16
Conselice, C.: A Fresh Look at Glaxy Clusters - May/Jun, p. 10
Nath, B.: Lurking Between the Galaxies - May/Jun, p. 24
Globular
Clusters
Murphy, B.: A Thousand Blazing Suns:
The Inner Life of Globular Clusters - Jul/Aug, p. 26
History
Misch, A.: Casting for a Horoscope (Johannes Kepler) - Jul/Aug,
p. 21
Observing
Blakeslee, K.: Heavens Wept Wonders (poem) - Nov/Dec, p. 35
Conselice, C.: Astronomer's Notebook: Cosmic Fireworks - Jul/Aug,
p. 7
Culbertson, B.: Refurbishing a Dream - Jul/Aug, p. 11
Lacy, C.: Why and How to Observe Binary Stars Tonight - Jan/Feb,
p. 18
White, J.: Editorial: Shadow Touch - Sep/Oct, p. 2
Science
Policy
Conselice, C.: Astronomer's Notebook: Large vs. Small Optical
Telescopes - Mar/Apr, p. 9
Conselice, C.: Astronomer's Notebook: U.S. Astronomy in the Next
Ten Years - Sep/Oct, p. 9
Solar
System
Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: Volcanism on the Moon? - Jan/Feb,
p. 5
Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: The History of the Earth - Sep/Oct,
p. 6
Conselice, C.: Astronomer's Notebook: Getting Goofy over Pluto
- May/Jun, p. 9
Durisen, R.: Planetary Rings: Moonlets in a Sandblaster - Sep/Oct,
p.10 SFMOMA: Lunar Vistas and Apollo's Legacy - Sep/Oct, p. 32
Space
Exploration
Conselice, C.: Astronomer's Notebook: NASA's Origins Program -
Jan/Feb, p. 8
Doria, W.: Last Page: The Psychological Imperative to Explore
- Mar/Apr, p. 35
White, J.: Editorial: 2001 Is Just Around the Corner - Jan/Feb,
p. 2
White, J.: Editorial: Metric Matters - Nov/Dec, p. 2
Stars
and Stellar Evolution
Balberg, S., et al.: Unveiling Black
Holes in a Supernova Cauldron - Nov/Dec, p. 8
Figer, D.: The Pistol Star: A Supergiant Among Its Ponderous Peers
- Nov/Dec, p. 32
Upgren, A.: The End of Orion - May/Jun, p. 30
Sun
Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics
- Jul/Aug, p. 4
Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: The Interior of the Sun - Nov/Dec,
p. 4
Time
Bracher, K.: Echoes of the Past: Calendar Reform - May/Jun, p.
6
Smith, D.: Last Page: A Temporal Disturbance in Vegas - Sep/Oct,
p.43
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