Mercury
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Contents
and Select Excerpts
Vol. 38 No. 2
Spring 2009
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| 16 | Is
Space Art Dead?, Lynette
R. Cook Is the field of space art doomed by the rise of spectacular imagery from Hubble and other space telescopes, and a corresponding decline in demand for "artistic" views of the cosmos? |
| 24 |
Globular
Clusters and Satellite Galaxies: Companions to the Milky Way,
Duncan A. Forbes, Pavel
Kroupa, Manuel Metz, and Lee Spitler An interactive model of the Milky Way region lets the user investigate, in three dimensions, the locations of some 30 dwarf satellite galaxies and about 150 globular clusters. |
| 28 |
Astronomy
in the News Tracking the source of a meteorite, the challenges of finding Earth's twin, and what the color of quasars tells us about the universe -- these are some of the discoveries that have recently made news in the astronomical community. |
| 40 | The
Society at 120, Bruce
Partridge (President, ASP) We may be more than a century old, but innovative programming has helped transform the Society. |
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| 4 |
Editorial, Paul Deans Where's the Science? |
| 5 | First
Word, James G. Manning Paying Attention |
| 7 | Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel Origin of Giant Elliptical Galaxies |
| 8 | Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda Cold Water On Global Wildfires? |
| 9 | Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek Galaxies Born Free of Dark Matter? |
| 10 | Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher 40 Years Ago: The Age of the Universe |
| 11 | Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham A Princely Star Catalog |
| 12 | Education
Matters, David Bruning Do We Do Too Much? |
| 13 | Societal
Impact, Michael G. Gibbs The Future of the US Economy |
| 34 | Society Scope/ASP Supporters |
| 36 | Sky
Sights, Paul Deans The Sky of May, June, and July |