Volume 114, No.3: 2004 June
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This image of the central portion of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope, shows myriads of stars in the galaxy separately resolved. NGC 300 is a member of the nearby Sculptor group of galaxies, at a distance of 6.5 million light-years, making it one of the Milky Way's closer neighbours. Only the brightest stars in the galaxy can be resolved from the ground. NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI); F. Bresolin (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii).
Observing the Transit of Venus (John Mason) / A new Director and a new nebula (Stewart Moore) / From the President (Tom Boles) / Aurora Section (R. J. Livesey) / Campaign for Dark Skies: the ODPM sees the light! (Bob Mizon) / Janet Akyuz Mattei (1943-2004) (Roger Pickard) / Solar Section (Geoff Elston) / Cassini is almost home (NASA/JPL/SScI)
The aurora in 2002... R. J. Livesey
Simultaneous transits ... J. Meeus & A. Vitagliano
Emergence of low relief terrain from shadow: an explanation for some TLP ... Raffaello Lena & Anthony Cook
Elmer Reese's pre-discovery of the internal circulation of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter ... Walter H. Haas
Visual observation of comets ... Jonathan Shanklin
Nova patrolling ... Guy M. Hurst
Main articles
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Astronomy of the Milky Way, by Mike Inglis. Springer-Verlag, 2004. reviewed by Stewart Moore
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