Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.85 Iss.3

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  • -1Front page Vol.85 No.3
  • 60LONG-PERIOD TIME INTERVAL MARKERS FROM MERCURY TRANSITS
  • 3SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION
  • 4OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY WEEKEND AT ALSTON
  • 4THE ASSOCIATION'S OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY COURSE AT HORNCASTLE
  • 4300 YEARS OF ASTRONOMY
  • 6PROPOSED "JAMES PATON MEMORIAL PRIZE"
  • 7ORDINARY MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION: 1975 Jan 2
  • 11ORDINARY MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION: 1975 Jan 29
  • 16Christmas Lecture: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERES OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
  • 21THE ORIGINS OF THE GREENWICH OBSERVATORY
  • 25PERIODIC FLUCTUATIONS IN THE RECURRENT NOVA Τ CRB
  • 32JEAN SYLVAIN BAILLY — 1736-1793
  • 46THE STRONGER ABSORPTION LINES IN THE SOLAR SPECTRUM—AN IDENTIFICATION LIST
  • 50A MINIATURIZED SPECTROHELIOSCOPE
  • 90The Lunar Atmosphere
  • 53A GLASS-FIBRE DOME FOR A 265 MM F/8 REFLECTING TELESCOPE
  • 63SOLAR SECTION
  • 63SOLAR ACTIVITY DURING 1973
  • 691974 NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
  • 73LUNAR SECTION
  • 73REPORT OF SECTION MEETING Held on Saturday 1974 December 7
  • 76MERCURY AND VENUS SECTION
  • 76REPORT ON THE ELONGATION OF VENUS, 1974 APRIL
  • 79VARIABLE STAR SECTION
  • 86NOVA SEARCH PROGRAMME REPORT FOR 1973-74 SESSION
  • 79REPORT OF THE SECTION RU PEGASl, 1927-69
  • 86NOVA SEARCH PROGRAMME REPORT FOR 1973-74 SESSION The report covers the period 1973 September 1 to 1974 September 30
  • 88RADIO ASTRONOMY SECTION
  • 88SOLAR AND SOLAR SYSTEM ACTIVITY 1974 NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
  • 90LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
  • 3ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
  • 116CONTENTS
  • 102Artificial Satellite Observing (and its Applications). Edited by Howard Miles.
  • 93A Gregorian Reflector
  • 94BETALIGHTS
  • 95ADJUSTING SUNDIALS BY THE "HOUSEWIFE'S TRICK"
  • 96Origin of Lunar Rays
  • 97Colour on Saturn?
  • 98The Sixth Astronomer Royal
  • 98White Ovals in the South Temperate Zone of Jupiter
  • 98Convention of Astronomers '75
  • 99BOOK REVIEWS
  • 99Guide to the Stars. By Patrick Moore
  • 99Star and Planet Spotting. By Peter Lancaster Brown
  • 100The Solar System—a New Scientist Special Review.
  • 100Black Holes in Space. By Patrick Moore and Iain Nicolson.
  • 101Atlas of the Planets. By Vincent de Callatay and Audouin Dollfus,
  • 102The Young Astronomer and his Telescope. By Patrick Moore.
  • 102The Shadow of the Telescope: a Biography of John Herschel. By Gunther Buttmann,
  • 91EFFECTIVE FOCAL RATIO
  • 103The Birth of Scientific Navigation. By Eric Forbes.
  • 104Space Puzzles—Curious Questions and Answers about the Solar System. By Martin Gardner.
  • 105Der Sternhimmel—1975. Edited by Robert A. Naef. Sauerlander
  • 106NEW MEMBERS
  • 106NEW MEMBERS ELECTED, 1975 JANUARY 2
  • 107AFFILIATIONS
  • 107ELECTED BY NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH
  • 107TRANSFER
  • 107NEW MEMBERS ELECTED, 1975 JANUARY 29
  • 108AFFILIATIONS
  • 108ELECTED BY THE NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH
  • 115OFFICERS AND COUNCIL
  • 115EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION 1974-75
  • 93The Lunar Occultation of Saturn, 1974 March 2-3
  • 116CONTENTS
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