What's inside?

Here's a rundown of what you'll get:

Contents:

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  Roy Bishop's short history of the Observer's Handbook
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  A brief, but interesting, write-up about the Dark-Sky Reserve at Mont-Mégantic, plus the 2007 September 19-21 Conference, by Robert Dick, Yvan Dutil, and Dan Taylor
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  An admirer's fond farewell to Gertrude Jean Southam by Dan Collier
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  Alister Ling describes his first double-star discovery, and
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  Rick Stankiewicz writes about spotting Ceres

In addition to the entire stable of regulars, each with their own column, we showcase some glorious images in a full-colour centrefold - a new regular feature!!

And last, but not least, a column describing the unique character of the fonts used in the Journal - a special feature by our layout professional, Brian Segal.