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The Observatory Founded in 1877 by Sir William Christie, Astronomer Royal The Observatory Founded in 1877 by Sir William Christie, Astronomer Royal EditEd by D. J. SticklanD R. W. ARgyle S. J. Fossey eDitors 1877–2013 W. H. m. Christie 1877–1882 P. J. d. Gething 1954–1956 E. W. maunder 1881–1887 d. W. dewhirst 1956–1957 A. m. W. downing 1885–1887 A. Hewish 1957–1961 t. lewis 1885–1887 W. R. Hindmarsh 1957–1961 and 1893–1912 b. E. J. Pagel 1961–1962 A. A. Common 1888–1892 J. E. baldwin 1961–1962 H. H. turner 1888–1897 d. mcNally 1961–1963 H. P. Hollis 1893–1912 C. A. murray 1961–1966 S. Chapman 1913–1914 P. A. Wayman 1962–1964 A. S. Eddington 1913–1919 R. V. Willstrop 1963–1966 F. J. m. Stratton 1913–1925 R. F. Griffin 1963–1985 H. Spencer Jones 1915–1923 J. b. Alexander 1964–1965 J. Jackson 1920–1927 S. V. m. Clube 1965–1966 W. m. H. Greaves 1924–1932 K. b. Gebbie 1966–1968 J. A. Carroll 1926–1931 W. Nicholson 1966–1973 G. merton 1928 d. lynden-bell 1967–1969 W. H. Steavenson 1929–1933 C. Jordan 1968–1973 H. W. Newton 1929–1936 R. G. bingham 1969–1972 R. o. Redman 1932–1935 m. V. Penston 1972–1975 R. v. d. R. Woolley 1933–1939 S. J. burnell 1973–1976 W. H. mcCrea 1935–1937 d. H. P. Jones 1973–1977 H. F. Finch 1936–1947 P. J. Andrews 1975–1983 A. d. thackeray 1938–1942 G. G. Pooley 1976–1984 G. C. mcVittie 1938–1948 R. C. Smith 1977–1983 H. R. Hulme 1940–1941 A. R. King 1982–1989 d. S. Evans 1941–1945 d. J. Stickland 1983– A. Hunter 1943–1949 C. R. Jenkins 1984–1992 G. l. Camm 1945–1947 R. W. Hilditch 1985–1989 A. brown 1947–1948 m. G. Watson 1990–1991 m. A. Ellison 1947–1953 i. d. Howarth 1990–1997 G. J. Whitrow 1948–1950 A. Collier Cameron 1991–1997 E. m. burbidge 1948–1951 P. C. t. Rees 1992–1993 P. J. treanor 1949–1953 b. J. boyle 1993–1996 J. G. Porter 1950–1960 R. W. Argyle 1996– m. W. ovenden 1951–1952 P. t. o’brien 1997–2000 P. A. Sweet 1953–1957 S. J. Fossey 1998– R. H. Garstang 1953–1960 VolumE 133 2013 December 2013Index.indd 1 05/11/2013 08:08 ii The Observatory AUTHoR iNdEX Page numbers in italics refer to reviews Argyle, R. W. ....……......... 108, 118, 120, 374 Kent, b. ...…..……………………... 101, 306 Armitage, P. ........................................ 250 Kipping, d. ....………….………………. 309 Kitching, t. ...……….………………….. 58 barber, G. ........................................... 233 barstow, m. A. ..................................... 63 leatherbarrow, W. ......……….…………. 199 bastow, i. ............................................ 258 liddle, A. …...…………………………... 135 becker, b. ........................................... 125 lynden-bell, d. ..…….……..…………. 266 beech, m. ........................................... 311 biggs, J. .............................................. 59 mann, R. ...……………..………………. 115 bishop, R. ....……….......……............... 41 mcArthur, J. ...……...…….……………. 358 bond, P. .......................................... 48, 305 mcKim, R. ............…………………….. 189 brogt, E. ...……..……..…...……………. 295 mclure, R. ...…..………………………. 367 melosh, J. ...……..….......………………. 132 Campanella, G. ......…...…...…………... 373 middleton, m. J. .....………...…………. 252 Campante, t. .........…...…...…………... 241 murdin, P. G. ..…………………………. 98 Cargill, P. ..............…...…...…………... 205 mustill, A. J. ...…….....…………………. 116 Chaplin, W. ....…....…………………….. 211 Chapman, A. ................................. 186, 299 Nicolson, i. K. m. ...…......……………. 122 Chapman-Rietschi, P. ............... 41, 108, 370 Collier Cameron, A. …....……...………. 142 o’brien, P. t. ...…....……...…... 197, 301, 370 Cook, A. C. .........………...........……… 99 owens, m. J. ...…………………………. 209 Cooke, C. ...................................... 47, 360 Cooke, R. ...…................…..…..……... 255 Page, C. ...…….…….…..………………. 371 Cowley, S. W. H. ......…....…………….. 51 Peiris, H. ..............……………………. 206 Percival, W. ...………..…………………. 52 doyle, G. ....…..............…………......... 112 Phillips, K. J. H. ..………….…... 49, 50, 240 dumusque, X. ...………………............. 140 dunlop, S. ...………………………... 42, 236 Rice, K. ...................….………….....… 198 Roberts, G. .....………..……………..…. 61 Elvis, m. ........……..…………………… 245 Rushton, m. .....………..…………...…. 53 Russell, C. t. ...…………………….…… 50 Faulkner, d. R. ...…….………………… 89 Felles, J. ....…………...…………………. 104 Samec, R. G. ...………………………….. 89 Fortes, d. ...…….……...………………. 46 Schaefer, b. E. ...……………...……. 81, 227 Foulger, G. ......………………………... 190 Shebs, t. ...……….……..………………. 89 Smith, K. t. ....…………………………. 262 Garfinkle, R. ...………………………….. 103 Smith, P. m. ....…………………………. 89 Gething, P. ..………………………... 351, 353 Smith, R. C. ...………………........... 184, 354 Graham-Smith, F. ...……………………. 231 Spudis, P. ...……………………………. 137 Greaves, J. ...…...........…………………. 202 Stickland, d. J. 44, 49, 111, 188, 363, 372, 372, 373 Griffin, R. E. m. .. 102, 105, 185, 239, 307, 364, 368 Griffin, R. F. ........ 1, 65, 144, 156, 212, 269, 322 tatum, J. b. ...….………....……….. 191, 298 Gutsch, W. .............…………………….. 57 tobias, S. ...….......………....………….. 194 trimble, V. …………… 52, 109, 113, 114, 187, Heavens, A. ...................... 114, 193, 304, 366 193, 195, 235, 243, 297, 300, 362, 365 Helbig, P. ......................... 45, 232, 294, 302 Hewett, P. C. .……….…………………... 54 Van Hamme, W. ..………………………. 89 Hewish, A. ...…….………………………. 51 van leeuwen, F. ..………………………. 304 Howarth, i. d. ...……………… 195, 242, 303 Hughes, d. W. …........... 46, 107, 237, 359, 361 White, J. ...…......…..…………………... 89 Williams, P. m. ...….….....……….. 241, 369 Jaso, A. ...…….……..………………….. 89 Willmarth, d. .....………………………. 357 Jheeta, S. ..…………..………………….. 309 Willstrop, R. V. ...……………………….. 54 Jones, b. W. .……….…………………... 238 Jones, d. H. P. .……….………………... 106 yates, J. .......…….………………………. 197 yu, S. ..........….…………………………. 117 December 2013Index.indd 2 05/11/2013 08:08 Index to Volume 133 iii Subject iNdEX Awards: the Klumpke-Roberts Award: i. Ridpath (W. Gutsch) …….............….....………...………..... 57 black Holes: Discovery of the first microquasar: the doorway to understanding extreme accretion onto black holes (m. J. middleton) .........................................…..………………. 252 Correspondence: the rays are not coloured (R. bishop) ..............................................................…………….. 41 the colour black and the planet Saturn (P. Chapman-Rietschi) .....................……………… 41 Colour resides in the body or else causes that sensation (P. murdin) .…...............…………... 98 the horned moon, with one bright star: transient lunar phenomena (A. C. Cook) ............… 99 Cosmic confusion (P. Helbig) ....…….................….....................................……………........ 294 Greenwich recollections (P. Gething) .....…………………........................……………………. 351 William Herschel’s mirrors (P. Gething) .............................................................................. 353 Corrigenda .....…………………..............……………………………................................... 244, 308 Cosmology: Euclid, mapping the geometry of the dark universe (t. Kitching) ......….…....…………......... 58 the universe, darkly (A. liddle) ............…..............................…....…………............... 135, 308 Hunting for early universe relics in the cosmic mircrowave background (H. Peiris) ........…... 206 Cosmic confusion (P. Helbig) ..………………........................……………..................………. 294 Exoplanets: The planet next door — an Earth-mass planet orbiting alpha Centauri b (X. dumusque) …. 140 Winds, tides and the migration of hot Jupiters (A. Collier Cameron) ........................………. 142 the transits of exoplanets with moons (d. Kipping) ..………....................................………. 248 is a moon necessary for the co-evolution of the biosphere of its host planet? (S. Jheeta) ...…. 309 dynamical aspects of exoplanetary systems (G. Campanella) ………...…..................………. 373 Geophysics: Active tectonics and volcanism in the East African Rift: a satellite perspective (J. biggs) ……. 59 Precambrian plate tectonics: seismic evidence from northern Hudson bay, Canada (i. bastow) ………...................…..................……………...…..................…….................. 258 Here and there .....…………………..............……….………………….... 56, 124, 200, 244, 308, 375 History of Astronomy: The recurrent nova t Crb did not erupt in the year 1842 (b. E. Schaefer) ….....................…. 81 Unravelling starlight: William Huggins and the rise of the New Astronomy (b. becker) .….... 125 the Star of bethlehem is not the nova do Aquilae (nor any other nova, supernova, or comet)(b. E. Schaefer) .......................................................................................……. 227 Falling through an Earth tunnel — an informal history of a classic problem (m. beech) .…. 311 Greenwich recollections (P. Gething) .....……........….…….........................…………………. 351 William Herschel's mirrors (P. Gething) ...…....…………............................…………………. 353 interstellar medium: Small-scale structure in the interstellar medium (K. Smith) …....................................…….. 262 magnetism: magnetism along spin (d. lynden-bell) ........................................................……..……….. 266 meteorites: Are we all martians? interplanetary exchange of living microbes in meteorites (J. melosh) .... 132 moon: The horned moon, with one bright star: transient lunar phenomena (A. C. Cook) ............... 99 by the light of the watery moon (P. Spudis) .....…............…………....................…...………. 137 Is a moon necessary for the co-evolution of the biosphere of its host planet? (S. Jheeta) ...…. 309 Novae: the recurrent nova t Crb did not erupt in the year 1842 (b.
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