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Monthly Notes of the Astron. Soc. Southern Africa

2005, volume 65

2005 February, Nos 1 & 2
2005 April, Nos 3 & 4
2005 June, Nos 5 & 6
2005 August, Nos 7 & 8
2005 October, Nos 9 & 10
2005 December, Nos 11 & 12

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Abbreviated index to volume 65 (2005)

ASSA News
Letters (1, 113, 133, 177), New members (37, 114, 178), Proceedings of the Annual General Meeting 2005 (126, 153-169, 210), Brief Notes from Council (81), ASSA Logo Competition (81), ASSA Scholarship Awarded (81), ASSA Symposium 2006 (113), Astronomy open-days at Bloemfontein (37), Brian Warner receives ASSAf gold medal (3), Retirement of Profs Warner and Ellis (3), Fourth ScopeX The Best Yet (83), Johannesburg ScopeX (37), 2005 February Sky & Telescope (82), Back Issues of Sky & Telescope (81), Report on the African Astronomical History Symposium (I S Glass; 189), Centre Reports (211-224).

News Notes
Libyan telescope largest in N.Africa (4), A bright future for Southern African radio astronomy? (40), South African SALT User Community Workshop (88), Prof George Ellis receives NSTF Lifetime Award (115), Astronomy in Kruger National Park (116), Extremely Large Telescopes in Cape Town (116), First light for world's largest telescope (138), Science & Technology Minister visits SKA team (179), South African satellite project (179), Double Star CPT 1 (180).

Obituary
David Stanley Evans (1916 – 2004) (by I.S. Glass; p. 6), Michiel John Bester (1917 – 2005) (by T. P. Cooper; p. 118).

Contributions
Photographing the Moon's parallax (Barbara Cunow; 9), The two total lunar eclipses of 2004 (T. P. Cooper; 11), Proceedings of the Sixth ASSA Symposium: Primordial abundances (Derck P Smits; 18), Southern African Fireball Observations – VII (T. P. Cooper; 41), Recollections of William S. Finsen, former Director of the Republic Observatory (contributed by J. Hers; 45), Observations of the Geminids in 2004 (T. P. Cooper; 90), Another Naked Eye Comet in 2004: Observations of Comet C/2004 Q2 Machholz (T. P. Cooper; 95), A new radio telescope for South Africa: SASKAD – The South African SKA Demonstrator (I. S. Glass; 100), The Union/Republic Observatory and Minor Planet Discoveries (Brian Fraser; 120), The Duplicity of GSC 5546 782 (T. P. Cooper; 142/180), Report on The First "Crisis in Cosmology" Conference (Hilton Ratcliffe; 144), ASSA Observations of Comet 9P Tempel 1 (Tim Cooper; 182), Commentary on: The First "Crisis in Cosmology" Conference (Bruce Bassett; 186), Report on the African Astronomical History Symposium (I S Glass; 189), A photoglimpse of the inauguration of SALT (Auke Slotegraaf; 200), A visit to Tswaing (Robert Groess; 207).

Reports from Institutions
University of South Africa, Department of Mathematical Sciences (67), Bronberg Observatory (CBA Pretoria) (70), University of Cape Town (225).

Observer's Page
Rosetta flyby observed from Cape Town (G. Roberts; p.102), Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon, 2005 April 22 (Fiona Hobson; 104), Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon, 2005 May 20 (122), Messenger spacecraft flyby observed from Cape Town (G. Roberts; 170), Solar Report (Jacques van Delft; 77, 106, 128, 233), Deepsky Delights (Magda Streicher; 78, 107, 129, 172, 234), Partial solar eclipse 2005 October 03 (Mike Begbie; 232).

Book Reviews
Astronomical Heritages: Astronomical Archives and Historic Transits of Venus (I. S. Glass; 110).

 

Deadlines for 2006

2006 January 06 (for Vol 65, Nos 1&2, 2006 February)
2006 March 03 (for Nos 3&4, 2006 April)
2006 May 05 (for Nos 5&6, 2006 June)
2006 July 07 (for Nos 7&8, 2006 August)

 

 

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