The Journal of the British Astronomical Association

Index to Volume 108 (1998)

Prepared by R. A. Marriott

The Subject Index references items under general headings; where a contribution covers two or more clearly defined subjects, each is separately referenced, but otherwise sub-headings within the same topic are not included. Publication reviews are indexed as such, but their subjects are not further cross-indexed. The Author Index details all named contributions, including talks at Ordinary Meetings, but not questions from the floor.

Abbreviations: ill.= illustration; news= in 'Notes and News' or 'BAA Update'; ltr.= letter to the Editor; rvw.= publication review; mtg.= meeting contribution

Pagination: (1) 1-56, (2) 57-124, (3) 125-184, (4) 185-236, (5) 237-296, (6) 297-348

Subject Index

Announcements & BAA Notices
--From the President (news), 3, 61, 129, 189, 240, 299
--Merlin Medal: S. Laurie (mtg.), 340
--New members, 43, 122, 219, 286
--Officers and Members of Council, 1997--1998 (ill.), 246
--Report of the Council and Accounts for the Session 1997 August 1 to 1998 July 31, 261
--Steavenson Award: A.F.A.L. Jones (mtg.), 341
--Walter Goodacre Medal: G. M. Hurst (mtg.), 340
Artificial satellites
--Iridium satellites light up the sky (news), 187, 240
Asteroids
--Asteroid occultation success in Germany (news), 64
--Brian Manning breaks Hind's asteroid record (news), 241
--Edinburgh astronomer to be honoured by COAA asteroid (news), 63
--NEAR takes a practice shot (news), 63
--New asteroid discovery (news), 8
Asteroids and Remote Planets Section
--Notes and News, 7
Astrometry
--Experiments in digital meteor astrometry, 204
Aurora Section
--Notes and News, 6, 61, 129, 188, 241, 302
Aurorae
--Aurora 1996, 149
--Classification of auroral types, 247
--Four solar cycles of aurorae from the United Kingdom, 101
--Sun-aurora link explained? (mtg.), 113
Biography
--Another Victorian lady astronomer (ltr.), 338
--Award of the ALPO Walter Haas Award to A.W. Heath (mtg.), 341
--Civic reception held to honour George Alcock (news), 232
--Donald F. Trombino, 1940-1998 (obit.), 336
--E.W.P. Turner, 1928-1998 (obit.), 288
--Edward Robert Wood, 1914-1998 (obit.), 336
--Elizabeth Brown (1830-1899), solar astronomer, 193
--Ernest Agar Beet (1904-1997) (obit.), 121
--Herbert J. T. Carpenter (1931-1998) (obit.), 232
----an apology, 180
--Paul Doherty (1947-1997) (obit.), 118
--Sir John Herschel and the Leeds Astronomical Society, 33
--Sir John Herschel at Leeds (ltr.), 112
--Stanley William Milbourn (1925-1997) (obit.), 181
Campaign for Dark Skies
--CfDS acts for the ACT (news), 5
--Oxfordshire's sky-friendly lighting policy (ltr.), 111
CCD
--UBVRI photometry using CCD cameras, 65
Comets
--Big comets and little comets (mtg.), 50
--Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake): the Great Comet of 1996, 157
--Comet prospects for 1999 (news), 299
--Comets of 1992, 90
--Comets of 1993, 305
--Hyakutake (ill.), 125
--LINEAR (1998 M5) (ill.), 300
--Recent comet observations (mtg.), 180
--Tempel-Tuttle (ill.), 176
Constellations
--Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions, 9
----II. The Mediterranean traditions, 79
Cosmic dust
--Dirty cosmic window (news), 7
Cosmology
--Mass of the Universe: what can the matter be? (mtg.), 223
Deep Sky Section
--Meeting of the Section, Northampton, 1997 November 15, 119
Discovery procedures
--Discovery and detection procedures (mtg.), 177
Eclipses
--Annular solar eclipse, 1998 August 22 (news), 304
--Earthshine during a total solar eclipse (ltr.), 111
--Frequency of eclipses in the British Isles (ltr.), 136
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26 (ills.), 174, (mtg.), 224
----Report from Antigua, 175
----Shadow bands recorded (news), 127
----Total eclipse from Venezuela (news), 127
----View from Knip Bay, 175
--Solar eclipse, 1999, Plymouth (ltr.), 136
--Solar eclipses at a given place (ltr.), 294
--Some eclipse experiences (mtg.), 223
EUV astronomy
--Extreme ultraviolet astronomy (mtg.), 176
Extraterrestrial impacts
--Chicxulub impact crater unveiled (mtg.), 115
Galaxies
--HST reveals the dust disc around Centaurus A (ill.), 237
--M51 (ill.), 297
--M83 (ill.), 297
Globular clusters
--M13 (ill.), 297
History
--Another Victorian lady astronomer (ltr.), 338
--Astronomical revolution (mtg.), 177
--BAA instrument collection (mtg.), 117
--Centenaries for 1999, 342
--Elizabeth Brown (1830-1899), solar astronomer, 193
--Enigmatic bright objects near the Sun, 277
--Observing Astronomical Society: birth of a legend, 42
--Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions, 9
----II. The Mediterranean traditions, 79
--Radio astronomy and the BAA, 29
--Restoring the great Birr Castle reflector (mtg.), 52
--Sir John Herschel and the Leeds Astronomical Society, 33
--Sir John Herschel at Leeds (ltr.), 112
--Venus: the enigma of phase-locked cloud structure and the UV syndrome, 216
Information sources
--Information sources for deep sky astronomy, 75
Instruments & Observatories
--Accurate polar alignment of a telescope (ltr.), 111
--BAA instrument collection (mtg.), 117
--Bosscha Observatory, West Java (news), 304
--Gillingham magnetometer, 147
--Inexpensive focusing mount, 283
--Modern methods for large optics (mtg.), 179
--Norwich Astronomical Society's observatory: re-build of telescope and upgrade to drive control, 331
--Practical application of transfer and Fabry lenses, 326
--Restoring the great Birr Castle reflector (mtg.), 52
--Solar Fraunhofer lines with a diffraction grating (ltr.), 292
--Some alternative spectrohelioscope designs (news), 330
--Swing-back hut for a telescope, 210
--The Sun, interplanetary weather and mankind's technologies, 207
Instruments and Imaging Section
--Meeting of the Section, Northampton, 1998 May 30, 287
Jupiter
--Galileo and the Galilean satellites (mtg.), 284
--Jupiter (ill.), 297
--Jupiter in 1998: an interim report (news), 303
--Ocean on Europa: the evidence from Galileo (news), 59
--Surface of Europa (ill.), 57
--White clouds on Io, 279
Light pollution
--Light pollution and the law: what can you do?, 258
Mars
--Mars (ill.), 297
--Mars 1996-97: a final interim report (news), 243
Meetings & Courses
--Annual General Meeting, 1997 October 29, 51
--Exhibition Meeting, 1998 June 27 (ills.), 339
--Ordinary Meeting
----1997 October 29, 52
----1997 November 26, 112
----1997 December 20, 115
----1998 January 21, 176
----1998 February 21, 178
----1998 March 25, 220
----1998 April 25, Birmingham, 222
----1998 May 27, 284
----1998 June 27, 222
----1997 September 13, Norwich, 48
--Out-of-London Weekend, Norwich, 1997 September 12-14, 48
--Special General Meeting, 1998 March 25, 220
--Winchester Weekend, 1998 April 3-5, 233
Mercury
--Observing Mercury and Venus in daylight with binoculars (ltr.), 337
Meteor Section
--1997 Perseids: an interim report (news), 3
--Meeting of the Section, Liverpool, 1997 October 18, 53
Meteors
--1799 Leonids (ltr.), 230
--1997 Leonids (mtg.), 114
--Bright fireball in southwest England, 1998 March 15 (news), 130
--Experiments in digital meteor astrometry, 204
--Geminid meteor, 1996 Dec 13/14 (ill.), 54
--Good early-autumn prospects for meteor observers, 239
--Leonids from Cambridge in 1799 (ltr.), 136
--Visual observations of the Perseid meteor shower in 1996, 213
Moon
--Earthshine during a total solar eclipse (ltr.), 111
--February with no full Moon, 324
--Further studies of the Herogonius sinuous rille terrain based on the NSSDC Orbiter IV microfilm frame, 198
--Moon at first quarter (ill.), 185
Nebulae
--M17 (ill.), 297
--Variable nebulae (mtg.), 114
Noctilucent clouds
--Can I see noctilucent clouds?, 35
--NLC at St Agnes, Cornwall, 1996 July 19 (ill.), 241
Obituaries
--Beet, Ernest Agar, (1904-1997) (obit.), 121
--Carpenter, Herbert J.T., (1931-1998) (obit.), 232
--Doherty, Paul, (1947-1997) (obit.), 118
--Milbourn, Stanley William, 1925-1997, 181
--Trombino, Donald F., 1940-1998 (obit.), 336
--Turner, E.W.P., 1928-1998 (obit.), 288
--Wood, Edward Robert, 1914-1998 (obit.), 336
Observing Notes (mtgs.), 48, 53, 112, 115, 176, 178, 220, 285, 341
Occultations
--Asteroid occultation success in Germany (news), 64
--East meets West in RGO occultation symposium (mtg.), 116
--Occultation of Saturn, 1997 November 12 (ill.), 64
Open clusters
--Brown dwarfs in Praesepe and the Pleiades (ltr.), 230
Photography
--What's new in astrophotography (mtg.), 220
Photometry
--Photoelectric photometry of variable stars (mtg.), 179
--UBVRI photometry using CCD cameras, 65
Planetaria
--Hot news from AAS (mtg.), 341
Planetary nebulae
--M57 (ill.), 297
--Observing planetary nebulae (mtg.), 286
Pluto
--Pluto (mtg.), 222
--Pluto - the ninth planet (ltr.), 294
Quasars
--MERLIN's Ring (news), 132
Radio astronomy
--Measurement and analysis of radio emission from the quiet Sun, 317
--Radio astronomy and the BAA, 29
Reviews
--Astronomy on the Personal Computer (3rd edn.), Oliver Montenbruck and Thomas Pfleger (trans. Storm Dunlop), 228
--Aurora: an Introduction for Observers and Photographers, Jim Henderson and John MacNicol, 47
--Babylonian Theory of the Planets, N.M. Swerdlow, 226
--Carl Sagan's Universe, Yervant Terzian and Elizabeth Bilson (eds.), 109
--Comets, Popular Culture and the Birth of Modern Cosmology, Sara Scechner Genuth, 227
--Cosmic Winds and the Heliosphere, J.R. Jokipii, C.P. Sonett and M.S. Giampapa (eds.), 173
--Eclipse!, Philip S. Harrington, 46
--Encyclopaedia of Planetary Sciences, James H. Shirley and Rhodes W. Fairbridge (eds.), 45
--Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science, Roberta J.M. Olson and Jay M. Pasachoff, 172
--Global Warming: the complete briefing (2nd edition), John Houghton, 46
--Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, J. Perdrix and W. Orchiston (eds.), 344
--Large-Scale Structures in the Universe, Anthony Fairall, 172
--Little Book of the Big Bang: a Cosmic Primer, Craig J. Hogan, 343
--Make Your Own Telescope from Everyday Materials, Reg Spry, 173
--Millennium Star Atlas, Roger W. Sinnott and Michael A.C. Perryman, 107
--Nemesis, Bill Napier, 345
--Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook (19th edition), Ian Ridpath (ed.), 289
--Observer's Year: 366 Nights of the Universe, Patrick Moore, 173
--Planetary Nebulae, H.J. Habing and H.J.G. Lamers, 291
--Planets beyond the Solar System, and the Next Generation of Space Missions, David R. Soderblom (ed.), 290
--Pluto and Charon, Alan Stern and Jacqueline Mitton, 107
--Pluto and Charon, S.A. Stern and D.J. Tholen (eds.), 229
--Practical Guide to CCD Astronomy, Patrick Martinez and Alain Klotz, 289
--Quest for Alien Planets: Exploring Worlds Outside the Solar System, Paul Halpern, 108
--RGO Guide to the 1999 Total Eclipse of the Sun, Steve Bell, 290
--Sharing the Sky: a Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Astronomy, David H. Levy and Larry and Nancy Lebofsky, 45
--Spacewatching, Robert Burnham et al., 345
--Stars and Planets, Ian Ridpath, 345
--Sun in Eclipse, Michael Maunder and Patrick Moore, 290
--Telescope Control, Mark Trueblood and Russell Merle Genet, 229
--Uranus: the Planet, Rings and Satellites (2nd edn.), Ellis D. Miner, 228
--Venus II: Geophysics, Atmosphere, and Solar Wind Environment, S.W. Bougher, D.M. Hunten and R.J. Phillips (eds.), 110
--Victorian Telescope Makers: The Lives and Letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb, I.S. Glass, 108
--Worlds Unnumbered: The Search for Extrasolar Planets, Donald Goldsmith, 108
--Year-Round Messier Marathon Field Guide, Harvard Pennington, 226
--Zoo in the Sky, Jacqueline Mitton and Christina Balit, 344
Saturn
--Cassini is 'go', but Saturn has the blues (news), 133
--Occultation of Saturn, 1997 November 12 (ill.), 64
--Saturn (ill.), 297
--Saturn: rings within rings (news), 189
Sky phenomena
--Aircraft condensation trails (ltrs.), 136, 293
--Enigmatic bright objects near the Sun, 277
--What colour is the night sky?, 39
Solar Section
--Notes and News, 8, 62, 131, 191, 242, 301
Space exploration
--Cassini is 'go', but Saturn has the blues (news), 133
Spectroscopy
--Amateur spectroscopy, 137, (ltr.), 293
--Solar Fraunhofer lines with a diffraction grating (ltr.), 292
--Some alternative spectrohelioscope designs (news), 330
--Spectrum of a Wolf-Rayet star (news), 330
--Supernova 1998bu - an amateur spectrum (news), 225
Star formation
--Formation of stars in clusters (mtg.), 49
Sun
--Measurement and analysis of radio emission from the quiet Sun, 317
--Professional measurements of sunpot areas (ltr.), 231
--Solar activity and the Apollo missions (ltr.), 337
--Solar Fraunhofer lines with a diffraction grating (ltr.), 292
--The Sun, interplanetary weather and mankind's technologies, 207
--The Sun-aurora link explained? (mtg.), 113
Supernovae
--Another Armstrong supernova (mtg.), 222
--Discovery of SN1998an (news), 131
--My first supernova - at last (mtg.), 285
--Supernova 1998bu - an amateur spectrum (news), 225
--Supernova 1998aq (news), 225
Time
--Effect of Delta T on astronomical calculations, 154
Variable Stars
--LY Delphini: a new eclipsing binary (mtg.), 49
--Photoelectric photometry of variable stars (mtg.), 179
--Report on the Mira variable R Aquilae, 320
--SAO44590 (BR CnV): an erratic comparison star with a new name (news), 64
Venus
--An unusual dark spot on Venus (news), 4
--Observing Mercury and Venus in daylight with binoculars (ltr.), 337
--Venus: the enigma of phase-locked cloud structure and the UV syndrome, 216

Author index

Abineri, K.W.
--Further studies of the Herogonius sinuous rille terrain based on the NSSDC Orbiter IV microfilm frame, 198
Anslow, L.
--Zoo in the Sky (rvw.), 344
Arbour, R.W.
--Discovery of SN1998an (news), 131
--My first supernova - at last (mtg.), 285
--Telescope Control (rvw.), 229
Armstrong, M.W.
--Another Armstrong supernova (mtg.), 222
--Supernova 1998aq (news), 225
--& Armstrong, C.
----New asteroid discovery (news), 8
Arnold, H.J.P.
--Donald F. Trombino, 1940-1998 (obit.), 336
Atwell, R.
--E.W.P. Turner, 1928-1998 (obit.), 288
--Edward Robert Wood, 1914-1998 (obit.), 336
--Make Your Own Telescope from Everyday Materials (rvw.), 173
Barham, J.
--Leonids from Cambridge in 1799 (ltr.), 136
Barstow, M.
--Extreme ultraviolet astronomy (mtg.), 176
Baum, J.
--Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science (rvw.), 172
Baum, R.M.
--Enigmatic bright objects near the Sun, 277
--Observing Astronomical Society: birth of a legend, 42
--Unusual dark spot on Venus (news), 4
--Venus II: Geophysics, Atmosphere, and Solar Wind Environment (rvw.), 110
--Venus: the enigma of phase-locked cloud structure and the UV syndrome, 216
Bone, N.M.
--1799 Leonids (ltr.), 230
--1997 Perseids: an interim report (news), 3
--Good early-autumn prospects for meteor observers, 239
--Visual observations of the Perseid meteor shower in 1996, 213
Brazell, O.
--Information sources for deep sky astronomy, 75
--Observing planetary nebulae (mtg.), 286
--Year-Round Messier Marathon Field Guide (rvw.), 226
Briggs, D.
--Occultation of Saturn, 1997 November 12 (ill.), 64
Brown, G.
--Radio astronomy and the BAA, 29
Catterall, A.
--M13 (ill.), 297
--& Dalby, R.
----M17 (ill.), 297
Chapman, A.
--Sir John Herschel at Leeds (ltr.), 112
--Victorian Telescope Makers: The Lives and Letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb (rvw.), 108
Clark, S.
--Large-Scale Structures in the Universe (rvw.), 172
Clarke, C.
--Formation of stars in clusters (mtg.), 49
Covington, M.
--What's new in astrophotography (mtg.), 220
Creese, M.
--Elizabeth Brown (1830-1899), solar astronomer, 193
Crowe, M.J.
--Sir John Herschel and the Leeds Astronomical Society, 33
Cruise, M.
--Mass of the Universe: what can the matter be? (mtg.), 223
Dalby, R.
--M57 (ill.), 297
--& Catterall, A.
----M17 (ill.), 297
Diego, C.
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26 (ill.), 174
Dowdell, A.P.
--Observer's Year: 366 Nights of the Universe (rvw.), 173
Dragesco, J.
--Moon at first quarter (ill.), 185
Dryden, R.C.
--Oxfordshire's sky-friendly lighting policy (ltr.), 111
Durman, C. & Ewen-Smith, B.
--Edinburgh astronomer to be honoured by COAA asteroid (news), 63
Edmonds, J.
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26: report from Antigua, 175
Elliott, A.
--East meets West in RGO occultation symposium (mtg.), 116
Elliott, A. & Pickard, R.D.
--Herbert J.T. Carpenter (1931-1998) (obit.), 232
Evans, N.
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26: multi-exposure photograph (ill.), 175
Evans, S.J.
--Experiments in digital meteor astrometry, 204
Ewen-Smith, B. & Durman, C.
--Edinburgh astronomer to be honoured by COAA asteroid (news), 63
Gadsden, M.
--Can I see noctilucent clouds? 35
--Cosmic Winds and the Heliosphere (rvw.), 173
Gavin, M.V.
--Amateur spectroscopy, 137
--Practical Guide to CCD Astronomy (rvw.), 289
--President's Review of the Year (mtg.), 51
--Spectrum of a Wolf-Rayet star (news), 330
--Supernova 1998bu - an amateur spectrum (news), 225
Graham, D.L.
--Saturn: rings within rings (news), 189
--Cassini is 'go', but Saturn has the blues (news), 133
Gray, D.
--Saturn 1997 August 17 (ill.), 190
Greaves, J.
--Report on the Mira variable R Aquilae, 320
Haig, G.Y.
--Some alternative spectrohelioscope designs (news), 330
Hanna, E.
--Carl Sagan's Universe (rvw.), 109
--Meeting Reports, 51, 52, 112, 115, 176, 178, 220, 222, 284
Hardie, B.H.
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26 (ill.), 174
--Solar Section Notes and News, 8, 62, 131, 191, 242, 301
Harlow, M.
--Annular solar eclipse, 1998 August 22 (news), 304
--Bosscha Observatory, West Java (news), 304
Hendrie, M.J.
--Aircraft condensation trails (ltr.), 293
--Stanley William Milbourn, 1925-1997, 181
Hetherington, B.
--Centenaries for 1999, 342
Hewitt, N.D.
--Planetary Nebulae (rvw.), 291
--Variable nebulae (mtg.), 114
Holland, K.
--Brown dwarfs in Praesepe and the Pleiades (ltr.), 230
Hollis, A.J.
--Asteroids and Remote Planets Section Notes and News, 7
--Pluto and Charon (Stern and Mitton) (rvw.), 107
--Pluto and Charon (Stern and Tholen) (rvw.), 229
Howard-Duff, I.
--Ernest Agar Beet (1904-1997) (obit.), 121
Hudson, P.
--Spacewatching (rvw.), 345
Hurst, G.M.
--Discovery and detection procedures (mtg.), 177
--Millennium Star Atlas (rvw.), 107
James, N.D.
--Astronomy on the Personal Computer (3rd edn.) (rvw.), 228
--Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake): the Great Comet of 1996, 157
--Comet Tempel-Tuttle (ill.), 176
--Iridium satellites light up the sky (news), 187, 240
--LY Delphini: a new eclipsing binary (mtg.), 49
--Total eclipse from Venezuela (news), 127
--& Marsh, G. & Mobberley, M.P.
----Comet Hyakutake (ill.), 125
Jewkes, P.
--Light pollution and the law: what can you do?, 258
Johnson, R.W.
--Geminid meteor, 1996 Dec 13/14 (ill.), 54
Kemp, J.
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26 (ill.), 174
Kinder, A.J.
--Another Victorian lady astronomer (ltr.), 338
--Astronomical revolution (mtg.), 177
--Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (rvw.), 344
King, I. & Szymanek, N.
--M51 (ill.), 297
--M83 (ill.), 297
Lawlor, F. & Mitchell, B.
--Norwich Astronomical Society's observatory: re-build of telescope and upgrade to drive control, 331
Livesey, R.J.
--Aurora 1996, 149
--Aurora Section Notes and News, 6, 61, 129, 188, 241, 302
--Four solar cycles of aurorae from the United Kingdom, 101
--Solar activity and the Apollo missions (ltr.), 337
--The Sun, interplanetary weather and mankind's technologies, 207
Macdonald, L.
--Meeting of the Deep Sky Section, Northampton, 1997 November 15, 119
Macdonald, P.
--February with no full Moon, 324
--Frequency of eclipses in the British Isles (ltr.), 136
Manning, B.G.W.
--Solar Fraunhofer lines with a diffraction grating (ltr.), 292
Marriott, R.A.
--BAA instrument collection (mtg.), 117
--Index to Journal, Vol.107, facing 28
Marsh, G., James, N.D. & Mobberley, M.P.
--Comet Hyakutake (ill.), 125
Marsh, J.C.D.
--Measurement and analysis of radio emission from the quiet Sun, 317
Mason, J.W.
--1997 Leonids (mtg.), 114
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26 (mtg.), 224
Maunder, M.J. de F.
--Eclipse! (rvw.), 46
--Some eclipse experiences (mtg.), 223
McGee, H.W.
--Brian Manning breaks Hind's asteroid record (news), 241
--Contributing to the Journal of the BAA, 99
--Exhibition Meeting, 1998 June 27 (ills.), 339
--Out-of-London Weekend, Norwich, 1997 September 12-14, 48
--RGO Guide to the 1999 Total Eclipse of the Sun (rvw.), 290
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26: the observing site at Knip Bay (ill.), 174
----the view from Knip Bay, 175
--Stars and Planets (rvw.), 345
--Sun in Eclipse (rvw.), 290
McKim, R.J.
--Mars 1997-97: a final interim report (news), 243
--& Rogers, J.H.
----Encyclopaedia of Planetary Sciences (rvw.), 45
Meeus, J.
--Effect of Delta T on astronomical calculations, 154
--Solar eclipses at a given place (ltr.), 294
Miles, H.G.
--Bright fireball in southwest England, 1998 March 15 (news), 130
Miles, R.
--Asteroid occultation success in Germany (news), 64
--UBVRI photometry using CCD cameras, 65
--Uranus: the Planet, Rings and Satellites (2nd edn.) (rvw.), 228
Missira, A.
--An inexpensive focusing mount, 283
Mitchell, B. & Lawlor, F.
--Norwich Astronomical Society's observatory: re-build of telescope and upgrade to drive control, 331
Mitton, J.
--Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook (rvw.), 289
--Pluto (mtg.), 222
--Quest for Alien Planets: Exploring Worlds Outside the Solar System (rvw.), 108
--Worlds Unnumbered: The Search for Extrasolar Planets (rvw.), 108
Mizon, R.
--CfDS acts for the ACT (news), 5
--Sharing the Sky: a Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Astronomy (rvw.), 45
Mobberley, M.P.
--Comet LINEAR (1998 M5) (ill.), 300
--From the President (news), 3, 61, 129, 189, 240, 299
--Observing notes (mtgs.), 48, 53, 112, 115, 176, 178, 220, 285, 341
--Ordinary Meeting, 1998 June 27, 222
----Norwich, 1997 September 13, 48
--& James, N.D. & Marsh, G.
----Comet Hyakutake (ill.), 125
Moore, P.A.
--Paul Doherty (1947-1997) (obit.), 118
--Restoring the great Birr Castle reflector (mtg.), 52
Morpurgo, P.
--The Sky at Night (ltr.), 293
Napier, W.M.
--Comets, Popular Culture and the Birth of Modern Cosmology (rvw.), 227
Neville, R.J.
--Meeting of the Instruments and Imaging Section, Northampton, 1998 May 30, 287
--What colour is the night sky? 39
Norman, P.C.
--Professional measurements of sunpot areas (ltr.), 231
North, G.
--Amateur spectroscopy (ltr.), 293
O'Brien, R.
--Dirty cosmic window (news), 7
--MERLIN's Ring (news), 132
--Planets beyond the Solar System, and the Next Generation of Space Missions (rvw.), 290
Olivarez, J.
--Award of the ALPO Walter Haas Award to A.W. Heath (mtg.), 341
Parish, P.
--Observing Mercury and Venus in daylight with binoculars (ltr.), 337
Pickard, R.D.
--Photoelectric photometry of variable stars (mtg.), 179
-- & Elliott, A.
---- Herbert J.T. Carpenter (1931-1998) (obit.), 232
Platt, T.C.
--Jupiter (ill.), 297
--Mars (ill.), 297
--Saturn (ill.), 297
Poitevin, P.
--Solar eclipse, 1998 February 26 (ill.), 174
Poyner, G.
--Winchester Weekend, 1998 April 3-5, 233
Ratcliffe, M.
--Hot news from AAS (mtg.), 341
--Pluto - the ninth planet (ltr.), 294
Reynolds, J.
--Little Book of the Big Bang: a Cosmic Primer (rvw.), 343
Rickwood, T.
--Gillingham magnetometer, 147
Rodger, A.
--The Sun-aurora link explained? (mtg.), 113
Rogers, J.H.
--An ocean on Europa: the evidence from Galileo (news), 59
--Babylonian Theory of the Planets (rvw.), 226
--Jupiter in 1998: an interim report (news), 303
--Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions, 9
----II. The Mediterranean traditions, 79
--White clouds on Io, 279
--& McKim, R.J.
----Encyclopaedia of Planetary Sciences (rvw.), 45
Shanklin, J.D.
--Big comets and little comets (mtg.), 50
--Comet prospects for 1999 (news), 299
--Comets of 1992, 90
--Comets of 1993, 305
--Global Warming: the complete briefing (2nd edition) (rvw.), 46
--NLC at St Agnes, Cornwall, 1996 July 19 (ill.), 241
--Nemesis (rvw.), 345
--Recent comet observations (mtg.), 180
Sieden, P.
--Exhibition Meeting, 1998 June 27 (ills.), 339
--Winchester Weekend, 1998 April 3-5 (ills.), 233
Simmons, D.A.R.
--Aurora: an Introduction for Observers and Photographers (rvw.), 47
--Classification of auroral types, 247
Spencer, J.
--Galileo and the Galilean satellites (mtg.), 284
Staps, D.
--Earthshine during a total solar eclipse (ltr.), 111
Steele, C.
--Meeting of the Meteor Section, Liverpool, 1997 October 18, 53
Steele, R.M.
--Swing-back hut for a telescope, 210
Strach, E.
--Shadow bands recorded at February 26 eclipse (news), 127
Szymanek, N. & King, I.
--M51 (ill.), 297
--M83 (ill.), 297
Thompson, F.W.
--Accurate polar alignment of a telescope (ltr.), 111
Vetterlein, J.
--Aircraft condensation trails (ltr.), 136
Walker, D.
--Modern methods for large optics (mtg.), 179
Wall, J.
--Practical application of transfer and Fabry lenses, 326
Warner, M.
--Chicxulub impact crater unveiled (mtg.), 115
West, K.
--SAO44590 (BR CnV): an erratic comparison star with a new name (news), 64
Wildy, T.
--Solar eclipse 1999, Plymouth (ltr.), 136
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