Mercury
Magazine
Contents
and Select Excerpts
Vol. 38 No. 1
Winter 2009
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| Page | Article |
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| 12 | Dark
Night, Rowena Davis Around the world, the dark of night is vanishing. The International Dark-Sky Association is leading the movement to save our starry skies. |
| 18 |
Imaging
the Universe Online,
Paul Deans The Internet contains so much stuff it should be called the UWW (Universe Wide Web), but you need to know where to look to uncover the best images of the cosmos. |
| 24 | Time-Domain
Astronomy, John Avant The first 120 years of night-sky record keeping, a heritage that largely resides on photographic plates, is in danger of being lost. |
| 29 |
Astronomy
in the News Dating small craters on Mars, images of extra-solar planets, and an update on a 'cosmic ghost' -- these are some of the discoveries that have recently made news in the astronomical community. |
| Departments | |
| 4 |
Editorial, Paul Deans The View From Above |
| 5 | First
Word, James G. Manning Conjunctions |
| 6 | Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel Night Sky Brightness |
| 7 | Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda Planetary Science in the Red |
| 8 | Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek Tales From the Edge of the Universe |
| 9 | Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher 50 Years Ago: Rotation in the Solar System |
| 10 | Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham How Long Is a Year? |
| 11 | Education
Matters, David Bruning Thinking About Thinking |
| 35 | Society Scope/ASP Supporters |
| 40 | Sky
Sights, Paul Deans The Sky of February, March, and April |
| 43 | Reflections,
Paul Deans Take the IYA Beyond 2009 |