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PARI: Where Science
Excites the Imagination, John
Avant
Located in the wooded seclusion of western North
Carolina, the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute is a marvelous
research and teaching facility. |
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Cooking
Up Heavy Elements in the Cosmos, Ignacio Birriel and Jennifer
Birriel
The questions of how and where elements heavier than iron are
formed are important and bear directly on our own existence. |
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Learning to Own
the Sky, Jeff Lockwood, Katy Garmany, and Travis Rector
For seven years a program in Arizona has permitted teachers
to conduct astronomical research and to involve their students
in real scientific discovery. |
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VOLVELLES!
Early Paper Astronomical Computers , Nick Kanas
Long before our age of sky-simulation software and desktop
planetaria, observers of the heavens used analog computers
made of paper. |
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Editorial, James C. White II
Setting the Stage |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
Losing and Finding Half the Matter in the Universe |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
Space Art Below Sea Level |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
100 Years Ago: The Mount Wilson Solar Observatory |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
At the Heart of the Milky Way |
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Societal
Impact , Kristin Nelson
Bay Area Project ASTRO |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
Astronomical Predictions |
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Education
Matters, Andrew Fraknoi
Cosmos in the Classroom 2004 |
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Works
of Note |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
March Sky Map | April
Sky Map | May Sky Map |
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Society
Scope |
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Last
Word, Katy Garmany
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