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Observer's Handbook 2013 Edition

 

The following corrections have been noted:

On p. 4, instead of "Kevin Breit," the correct given name should be "Derek"

On p. 8, in the Back Cover caption, line 3, the word "Condé" should be "Conté"

On p. 48, the non-bolded text "Jun." that should have been at the right end of the upper and lower boxes suffered an unintentional carriage return

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LPA Special Issue

Inside This Issue:

  • President’s Message
  • Prologue
  • The Eye and Visual System: A Brief Introduction
  • Scotobiology
  • Light and Dark and Human Health
  • Lighting in the Roadway Environment: Aims, Advances, and Alternatives
  • LEDs in Outdoor Lighting
  • International Dark-sky Efforts
  • Mont-Mégantic First International Dark-Sky Reserve: Achievements And Challenges
  • Dark-Sky Parks
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JRASC 2012 December

Inside this issue:

  • Size of the Black-Drop Effect
  • The Grand Schism in Canadian Astronomy III
  • Half-Century of Astronomy Outreach
  • So Long, Neil Armstrong
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Sirius B Observing Challenge

Sirius_B_logo.jpgSTScI-2005-36.jpg

STScI/NASA image

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Saskatchewan DST Proposal

A Submission to the Government of Saskatchewan
Regarding Time Zoning in Saskatchewan

by
Earl R.V. Milton, M.Sc., Ph.D.

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RASC IAU Display 1979

Photos of the RASC display at the 1979 IAU meeting in Montreal.

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100 Lantern Slides

Note: The slides to accompany this handbook can be found here (choose the "1930 Chant Slides" gallery).

(See Chant's autobiography, pp. 390-394 for the history of the handbook and slide set.)

 

A HANDBOOK

TO ACCOMPANY A SET OF

ONE HUNDRED ASTRONOMICAL LANTERN SLIDES

PREPARED BY

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Handbook of Astrophotography

Handbook of

Astrophotography

for Amateur Astronomers

SECOND EDITION

G.N. Patterson
Saskatoon Centre, R.A.S.C.

Compiled for use as reference material in a course in
Astrophotography

© Copyright Gordon Nelson Patterson 1974, 1981 & 1985

ISBN 0-919677-05-3

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GA Guide 2012

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JRASC October 2012

Inside this Issue

  • The Grand Schism in Canadian Astronomy II
  • Oregon Columbus Hastings
  • Vesperus, Helios, Phosphorus, Lucky-Us!
  • Powering a Focuser
  • Astrosketchers’ Contest
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