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The Astronomer Magazine Index The Astronomer Magazine Index The numbers in brackets indicate approx lengths in pages (quarto to 1982 Aug, A4 afterwards) 1964 May p1-2 (1.5) Editorial (Function of CA) p2 (0.3) Retrospective meeting after 2 issues : planned date p3 (1.0) Solar Observations . James Muirden , John Larard p4 (0.9) Domes on the Mare Tranquillitatis . Colin Pither p5 (1.1) Graze Occultation of ZC620 on 1964 Feb 20 . Ken Stocker p6-8 (2.1) Artificial Satellite magnitude estimates : Jan-Apr . Russell Eberst p8-9 (1.0) Notes on Double Stars, Nebulae & Clusters . John Larard & James Muirden p9 (0.1) Venus at half phase . P B Withers p9 (0.1) Observations of Echo I, Echo II and Mercury . John Larard p10 (1.0) Note on the first issue 1964 Jun p1-2 (2.0) Editorial (Poor initial response, Magazine name comments) p3-4 (1.2) Jupiter Observations . Alan Heath p4-5 (1.0) Venus Observations . Alan Heath , Colin Pither p5 (0.7) Remarks on some observations of Venus . Colin Pither p5-6 (0.6) Atlas Coeli corrections (5 stars) . George Alcock p6 (0.6) Telescopic Meteors . George Alcock p7 (0.6) Solar Observations . John Larard p7 (0.3) R Pegasi Observations . John Larard p8 (1.0) Notes on Clusters & Double Stars . John Larard p9 (0.1) LQ Herculis bright . George Alcock p10 (0.1) Observations of 2 fireballs . John Larard 1964 Jly p2 (0.6) List of Members, Associates & Affiliations p3-4 (1.1) Editorial (Need for more members) p4 (0.2) Summary of June 19 meeting p4 (0.5) Exploding Fireball of 1963 Sep 12/13 . Keith Hindley p5 (0.9) Earth satellite magnitudes : 1964 May . Russell Eberst p5-6 (0.2) Highly coloured sunsets of June 6 & 7 . George Alcock p6-7 (1.7) Total Eclipse of the Moon : 1964 Jun 24-25 . Alan Heath p8 (0.3) Venus in early 1964 . Colin Pither p8 (0.4) Jupiter in Jan 1964 . Alan Heath p9 (0.4) Venus Drawings : 1964 Apr 7 & 8 . Colin Pither p9 (0.5) Jupiter Drawings : 1964 Jan 7 & 15 . Alan Heath p10 (0.7) Noctilucent Cloud display of 1964 Jun 20/21 . Keith Hindley p10 (0.2) Green Flash observed 1964 Jun 13 . George Alcock p10-11 (0.2) Green Ray observations from 1942 & 1950 . George Alcock p11 (0.3) 2 Bright Meteors . George Alcock p11-13 (1.8) Comet Search Results & Telescopic meteors . Keith Hindley 1 The Astronomer Magazine Index p13 (0.5) Computing the Moon.s age . Alan Heath p14 (1.0) Double Stars & Clusters . John Larard, Jim Hysom p15-16 (1.7) Comments on The Casual Astronomer p16 (0.2) Comet Humason . Harvard Circular 1653 1964 Aug p2 (0.2) New Subscribers : 1964 July 11 . August 15 p3-4 (1.5) Editorial (Function of CA, Alcock.s Coeli corrections) p4 (0.6) Venus Observations : Alfred Curtis, James Muirden p5 (0.7) M class variables at or near maximum . Brian Carter p5 (0.1) W UMa seen bright while comet sweeping . Keith Hindley p5 (0.1) SS Cyg observation . W Savage p6-7 (1.2) Sunspot report : 1963 Aug . 1964 Jly . James Muirden p7 (0.2) Sunspot observations : 1964 Jly-Aug - James Muirden p7-8 (0.6) Noctilucent Cloud observations . Ron Livesey p8-9 (1.0) Jupiter observations . Alan Heath p9 (0.6) Saturn observations . Alan Heath p9-10 (0.8) Some False Comets . George Alcock p10-11 (0.7) Alcock.s problem star : BD +22 743 Tau . Norman Wright, James Muirden p11 (0.3) Photographs of Pallas (described) . Norman Wright p11-12 (0.9) Rugby School Solar observations . C Reisner p12-13 (0.3) Green Fireball of 1964 July 5 . Keith Hindley p13 (0.4) Interesting Echo satellite phenomena . Keith Hindley p13-14 (0.4) Description of the Ashen Light of Venus (from 1953) . Richard Baum p14 (0.2) Green Ray info . Richard Baum p14 (0.1) Reference to article describing unusual meteors . Richard Baum p14-16 (1.5) Double Star survey : And-Gem . James Muirden & John Larard p16 (0.1) Noctilucent Cloud observation . Jim Hysom p16 (0.2) Jupiter observations . Jim Hysom p16 (0.1) Venus observation . Jim Hysom p16-17 (0.8) Comments on The Casual Astronomer 1964 Sep p2 (0.4) New Subscribers : 1964 Aug 16 . Sep 16 p3-4 (1.1) Editorial (Membership increasing, Publication targets) p4 (0.9) .Hooked. aspect of the southern cusp of Venus . Richard Baum p5-6 (2.0) Perseid observations . A R & M F Pace, Paul Doherty, Keith Hindley, M H Goddard p7-8 (1.6) Venus : Filter & Dichotmy notes . Alan Heath Insert (0.2) Drawing of Saturn : 1964 Aug 10 . Alan Heath Insert (0.2) Drawing of Saturn : 1964 Sep 10 . John Murray Insert (0.2) Drawing of Venus : 1964 Aug 29 . James Muirden Insert (0.2) Drawing of Jupiter : 1964 Aug 10 . Alan Heath p9-10 (1.8) Telescopic Meteor observations . George Alcock, Keith Hindley 2 The Astronomer Magazine Index p10-11 (0.3) Nebulous Meteors . Michael Thornton & Keith Hindley p11-12 (1.8) Estimates of nine Naked-eye Variables . John Isles p12-13 (1.0) Observations of Comet Everhart . George Alcock, Keith Hindley, Norman Wright p13-14 (1.1) Taurus problem star BD +22 743 . Norman Wright p15 (1.0) More Star Chart corrections (6-8) . George Alcock p16 (0.8) Sunspot report . James Muirden p16-18 (1.7) Spot-like markings at the Solar Poles . Alan Fitton p18-19 (1.0) A new Telescopic Meteor Shower ? . Keith Hindley p19-20 (0.3) Venus & Jupiter observations . James Muirden p20 (0.1) Occultation of Kappa Cap . John Larard p20 (0.3) Jupiter observations . Alan Heath p20 (0.1) Nova & Comet sweeping & Telescopic Meteor totals since 1953 . George Alcock 1964 Oct p2 (0.4) New subscribers : 1964 Sep 17 . Oct 17 p3-4 (1.5) Editorial (Membership increasing, Planned CA meeting) p4,15 (0.2) Oct 9 Fireball . J A Chambers p5-6 (1.7) Observations of Comet Everhart . Peter Lancaster-Brown, Keith Hindley, George Alcock p6-7 (1.1) Estimates of Naked-eye Variables . John Isles p7-8 (1.2) Recent observations of Venus . Richard Baum, Alfred Curtis p9 (0.6) Sunspot report . James Muirden p9-10 (1.3) Anomalous observation of Venus . Richard Baum p11 (0.6) Telescopic Meteor observations . George Alcock p11-12 (0.3) Problem Stars in Ophiuchus . George Alcock p12 (0.8) More Star Chart corrections (9-18) . George Alcock p13 (0.6) More Problem Stars : Alpha UMa, Lambda Dra, Beta Cas, Gamma Dra . J W Kent p13-14 (0.5) What about the seeing ? . Alfred Curtis p14-15 (1.5) Double Star survey : Her-Vul) . James Muirden & John Larard p15-16 (0.2) Polar spots on the Sun . D Ettenfield p16 (0.1) Bright Meteor of Oct 1 . George Alcock p16 (0.1) U Sge seen in eclipse . George Alcock p16 (0.1) Narrow belt on Jupiter . W J Leatherbarrow p16 (0.1) Pluto observation . James Muirden p16 (0.1) Venus observation . James Muirden p16 (0.2) Comment on The Casual Astronomer . Harold Ridley 1964 Nov p2 (0.3) New subscribers : 1964 Oct 18 . Nov 19 p3-4 (1.6) Editorial (Illustrations, Visual Star Atlas ?) p5-9 (4.5) Jupiter observations . Alan Heath, John Mathers et al, W J Leatherbarrow p9 (0.4) Observations of Comet Everhart . Peter Lancaster-Brown, M J Hendrie p10 (0.3) Colour effect on Jupiter . Norman Wright p10 (0.1) Occultation of Iota Tau . John Larard 3 The Astronomer Magazine Index Insert (0.2) Drawings of the Sun.s N Pole : Jly 27, Aug 25 . D Ettenfield Insert (0.2) Drawings of Venus : Sep 5,13 . Richard Baum Insert (0.2) Drawing of Jupiter : Oct 17 . John Murray Insert (0.2) Drawing of Jupiter : Oct 3 . John Mathers Insert (0.4) Chart of Jupiter : Sep-Oct Insert (0.4) Drawings of Jupiter : Oct 4,27 . Alan Heath p11 (0.6) Estimates of Naked-eye Variables . John Isles p11 (0.2) A Suspected Variable (BD +18 4366) in Sagitta . Norman Wright p11-12 (0.1) Estimates of Nova Herculis . Norman Wright p12 (0.8) Observations of Saturn . Alan Heath p13 (0.9) Some Interesting Stellar Objects . John Larard p14 (0.4) Sunspot report . James Muirden p14-16 (2.3) Telescopic Meteor Radiants : Aug-Sep . Keith Hindley p16-17 (0.7) What about the Seeing? . Peter Lancaster-Brown p17 (0.2) Search for the Leonid Comet . M J Hendrie 1964 Dec p2 (0.3) New subscribers : 1964 Nov 20 . Dec 19 p3-4 (1.6) Editorial (Editor to move abroad, poor CA meeting attendance) p4 (0.1) Jupiter observations . R E Ellis p4,12 (0.4) Reddish spot on Jupiter . Harvard Circular 1673 p5-6 (1.1) Leonid observations . Tom Lloyd-Evans p6 (0.8) Estimates of Naked-eye Variables . John Isles p7 (0.6) Double Star notes . John Larard p7-9 (1.6) What about the Seeing ? . Richard Baum, Peter Lancaster-Brown, Brian Carter p9-10 (0.6) Suspected Variables . a caution . Peter Lancaster-Brown p10-12 (2.1) A New Visual Star Atlas (RVSA) : appeal for observers . Norman Wright 1965 Jan p2 (0.6) Solar observations . John Isles, R S Lomas, B Dziubinski, James Muirden p2,4 (0.2) Jupiter observations . R E Ellis p3-4 (1.1) Editorial (magazine content, finance issues) p4,20 (0.1) Cosmos 49 rocket observation . John Isles p5-6 (1.3) Nova Herculis 1963 . Brian Carter p6-7 (0.4) Observation of Lunar Eclipse 1964 Dec 19 . John Larard p7 (0.6) Observation of Lunar Eclipse 1964 Dec 19 . Peter Lancaster-Brown p7 (0.1) Observation of Lunar Eclipse 1964 Dec 19 . W J Leatherbarrow p7-8 (0.7) Observation of Lunar Eclipse 1964 Dec 19 .
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