CONTENTS - table des matières

DEPARTMENTS

• President's Corner by Scott Young
• Editorial by Jay Anderson
• News Notes/En manchettes
• The Clock of the Long Now ­ A Reflection by Martin Beech
• Reviews/Critiques
  • The Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology;
  • Solar System Observer's Guide

FEATURE ARTICLES/ARTICLES DE FOND

• Assessing a MOP to Cleanly Sweep Astronomical Images
  

Inside This Issue

• Using the Medical Image-Processing Package, ImageJ, for Astronomy DSLR Astrophotography, Part 1
• Near Earth Asteroid (2004 XP14) night-flight
• Investigating the Basic Properties of Black Holes Using Newtonian Mechanics

FEATURE ARTICLES/ARTICLES DE FOND

• Determining the Orbital Height of a Low-Earth-Orbiting Artificial Satellite Observed near the Local Zenith by Michael A. Earl
• Astronomy and Astrology by Roy Swanson
• Creating a High-Dynamic-Range Solar Eclipse Composite Image by Alson Wong
• Is Artificial Light at Night Too Much of a Good Thing? by Barry A.J. Clark

RESEARCH PAPERS/ARTICLES DE RECHERCHE

FEATURE ARTICLES/ARTICLES DE FOND

• The Cult Statue of Aphrodite at Palaepaphos: A Meteorite? - by Philip Mozel and Meg Morden
• Johann Bayer and the Relative Magnitudes of α and β Geminorum - by Anthony Barrett
• Pioneering Observatories of the British Isles - by James Edgar
• Seven Easy Steps to Sketching the Lunar Surface in Real Time - by Brian McCullough
• The Haloed Moon/And Leo’s Capture - by Brian Kelly-McArthur

RESEARCH PAPERS/ARTICLES DE RECHERCHE

FEATURE ARTICLES/ARTICLES DE FOND

• The Dresden (Ontario) H6 Chondrite, Part II: Classification, Estimated Fireball Trajectory, and Possible Origin
  by Phil J.A. McCausland, Peter G. Brown, and Graham C. Wilson
• Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
  by Michele T. Mazzucato
• On Seeing D2
  by Martin Beech
• My First Variable-Star Observation - A Series of Misadventures
  by Tim R. Crawford
• The Big Zit
  by Michael Attas
• The Woodstock College Observatory - II
  

Inside This Issue

• The Dresden (Ontario) H6 Chondrite
• New Horizons: Mission to Pluto, Charon, and Beyond
• Wilderness Stargazing

Inside This Issue

• The Mars Exploration Rover
• Measuring the Heavens
• Pumpkin Creek Observatory
• The 14th Annual MIAC Meeting
• The Lunar Volcanic Region in the South of Petavius

Inside This Issue

• Solar Reflections: How to Put Yourself in a Sunshine State
• Ancient Spirits and Dark Skies
• Jenn’s Supernova
• Mars: Early Observations in 2005
• Confessions of an Astronomer – The Morning Julia Winked at Me!
• Ring of Fire at 25,000 Feet
• When it Comes to Astronomy, Bigger is Better

Inside This Issue

• Calculation of Navigational and Astronomical Ephemerides
• The Black-Drop Effect During the Transit of Venus
• Tracking a Fireball

Inside This Issue

• A Lamplighter Moment: Foaming at the Rivermouth
• On Ptolemy’s Equant, Kepler’s Second Law, and the Non-Existent “Empty-Focus” Cometarium
• Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 2005 CASCA Annual Meeting