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THE OBSERVATORY Founded in by Sir William Christie, Astronomer Royal edited by D. J. Stickland R. W. Argyle S. J. Fossey Editors 1877–2008 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 128 2008 ii The Observatory AUTHOR INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to reviews Andrews, M. ........................................ Hughes, D. W. ................. , , , , Ayiomamatis, A. ................................... .............................................., , Hurn, M. ............................................. Barrow, J. D. ........................................ Barstow, M. ......................................... Irwin, J. M. .......................................... 146 Bassett, S. ............................................ 333 Batten, A. H. ....................................... 121 Janowski, J. L/ . ...................................... 298 Beech, M. ............................................ 489 Jeffery, S. ............................................. Bell, S. ............................. , , , Jones, B. W. .......................................... Berdnikov, L. N. .................................. 84 Jones, D. .................................... , , Birch, M. J. .......................................... 146 Jordan, C. ............................................ Bode, M. F. .......................................... 348 Bond, P. ..................................... , , Kent, B. ............................................... 298 Brazell, O. ......................................... , Kolev, D. ............................................. 155 Burchell, M. J. ...................................... 270 Kraan-Korteweg, R. ............................. Kramer, M. .......................................... 361 84 Chamberlain, H. .................................. 463 Kravtsov, V. V. ...................................... Chapman, A. ................................... , Labadorf, C. ........................................ 463 Chapman, S. A. ................................... 435 Land, K. .............................................. 149 Christou, A. ......................................... 338 Lane, D. J. ........................................... 2 Cikal/a, M. ............................................ 298 Latham, D. .......................................... 356 Clube, K. ............................................. Lawrence, A. ........................................ 437 Cooke, C. ............................................ Leatherbarrow, W. ................................ Cowley, S. ............................................ Lintott, C. ........................................... 342 Crawford, I. ......................................... Livio, M. .............................................. 169 Lloyd, C. ......................................... , 280 Davenhall, C. ....................................... 122 Lockwood, M. ...................................... 70 Davis, C. .............................................. 157 Lodato, G. ........................................... Dehnen, W. .......................................... Longstaff, A. ........................................ Dunning-Davies, J. ............................... Lynden-Bell, D. ................................... 355 Edmunds, M. ....................................... Maddox, N. ......................................... 257 Evans, P. .............................................. Majaess, D. J. ....................................... 2 Majcher, A. .......................................... 298 463 Faulkner, D. ......................................... Mann, R. ............................................. 409 Fellgett, P. ............................................ Maxted, P. ........................................... 355 434 Fenech, D. ........................................... Mazumdar, A. ...................................... Flower, D. ............................................ McAlister, H. A. .............................. 336, 356 Foulger, G. .......................................... McBeath, A. ........................................ McKenzie, R. ....................................... 463 298 Gaan, C. .............................................. McKim, R. ........................................ , Garfinkle, R. A. ............................... , Mestel, L. ......................................... , Gibbons, G. ......................................... Mikol/ajewski, M. ................................. 298 Gilmore, G. ......................................... Mitton, J. ............................................. Goad, M. ............................................. Moore, P. A. .................................... 259, 89 Gorynya, N. A. ..................................... Morgan, J. A. ....................................... 80 Graczyk, D. .......................................... 298 Graham-Smith, F. ................................ Nicholson, D. ....................................... 333 Greaves, J. ............................................ Norberg, P. .......................................... Grebel, E. ............................................ 276 Novakovi´c, B. ....................................... 56 Griffin, E. .......... , , , , , Griffin, M. ........................................... 164 O’Brien, P. ...................................... , Griffin, R. F. ................ 21, 95, 176, 290, 358, ...................................362, 407, , 448, 474 Page, C. ............................................... Griffiths, J. ........................................... Panko, E. A. ......................................... 2 Guessoum, N. ...................................... 231 Parnell, C. ........................................... Gupta, S. ............................................. 152 Pastukhova, E. N. ................................. 84 Peacock, J. ........................................... Harries, T. J. ........................................ Peeters, S. ............................................ Heck, A. ............ , , 495, , , Phillipps, S. .......................................... Ho Bun Lau, H. ................................... 331 Pike, C. D. ........................................... 280 Hoare, M. ............................................ Pillinger, C. ......................................... Howarth, I. D. .................. , , , Hudson, H. .......................................... 266 Rakich, A. ............................................ 332 Index to Volume iii Rawlings, J. .......................................... Tinetti, G. ............................................ 73 Rees, M. J. ........................................... 171 Tokovinin, A. A. ................................... 89 Roberts, A. .......................................... 273 Tomov, T. ............................................ 298 Rowan-Robinson, M. ........ 161, 261, 278, 347 Trimble, V. ........................ , , , , ........................................, 286, , S˛ahin, T. .............................................. 433 Trotta, R. ............................................. Samec, R. ............................................ 463 Turner, D. G. ....................................... 2, 84 Sampson, L. ......................................... 258 Sawyer Hogg, H. .................................. 280 Van Hamme, W. ................................... 463 Scarfe, C. D. ..................................... 14, Vecchio, A. ........................................... 361 Seabroke, G. ........................................ 520 Sergienko, O. ....................................... 2 Shin, E. ............................................... 519 Walker, H. ........................................... Silk, J. .................................................
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