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'Friends of the Cape Town Observatory' formed. Brief article Aug 1, 2009 191
Asians await the century's longest solar eclipse. Brief article Jul 21, 2009 222
New ASSA Centre in Hermanus. Jun 1, 2009 374
SALT undergoing eye surgery. Jun 1, 2009 682
Union/Republic Observatory archives. Brief article Apr 1, 2009 151
Using the Innes telescope again. Argyle, R.W. Feb 1, 2009 2689
Report on CCD activities at the Bronberg Observatory in 2007: Berto Monard. Dec 1, 2008 1277
Earmarks critical to scientific progress. Eighmy, Taylor Sep 12, 2008 314
Bill To Help Clear Skies For Stargazers. Oct 24, 2007 906
Thirteen towers of Peru. Hardman, Chris Sep 1, 2007 624
UCSD to use foundation's $400K gift for telescope, observatory. Bengtson, Stacey Brief article Apr 9, 2007 90
Cosmic bigness. Cowen, Ron Brief article Aug 26, 2006 185
Sun grazers: a thousand comets and counting. Brief Article Oct 1, 2005 192
Operation Deep Freeze: airmen aid research in thawing secrets of the universe. Roberts, Chuck Cover Story Apr 1, 2005 2356
Scientists worldwide observe SNO. Wareing, Andrew Jan 1, 2004 550
Renovations raising specter of too much traffic invading park. Darmiento, Laurence Sep 15, 2003 704
SCIENTISTS TO MAP UNIVERSE. Brief Article Aug 1, 2003 328
Star gazing: set in the lunar landscape of Chile's Atacama Desert, this new residential building for astronomers has to contend with harsh extremes of climate. Slessor, Catherine Jun 1, 2003 1064
'Wrapped' attention. (The Roving Eye). Satzman, Darrell Brief Article Mar 10, 2003 296
Star struck: a Chilean town turns its sky into a money-maker. (Executive Travel). Franklin, Jonathan Nov 1, 2002 866
Observatory to monitor global warming. (Northern Tourism). Lynch, Michael Brief Article Mar 1, 2002 774
Space Watchers. Greeley, Master Sgt. Jim Aug 1, 2001 1205
Captain moody's towering achievement. scott, aurelia c. Apr 1, 2001 250
Mining the sky; taking some big bytes of the universe. Cowen, Ron Feb 24, 2001 1748
X-Ray Visionary. COWEN, RON Oct 28, 2000 1337
Gang of four: Debut of a big telescope. Brief Article Oct 7, 2000 109
Seafloor to Surface to Satellite to Shore. Detrick, Robert S.; Collins, John A.; Frye, Daniel E. Mar 22, 2000 1097
Plugging the Seafloor with CORKs. Becker, Keir; Davis, Earl E. Mar 22, 2000 1345
A Well-Sampled Ocean. Glenn, Scott M.; Grassle, J. Frederick; Alt, Christopher J. von Mar 22, 2000 1543
A New Coastal Observatory Is Born. Edson, James B.; McGillis, Wade R.; Austin, Thomas C. Mar 22, 2000 1533
Seeding the Oceans with Observatories. Becker, Keir Mar 22, 2000 1814
Putting H20 in the Ocean. Chave, Alan D.; Duennebier, Fred K.; Butler, Rhett Mar 22, 2000 1742
NEPTUNE: A Fiber-Optic 'Telescope' to Inner Space. Delaney, John R.; Chave, Alan D. Brief Article Mar 22, 2000 680
Night watch. McGuire, Penny Jan 1, 1996 615
Are gamma-ray bursts standard candles? Cowen, Ron Brief Article Jun 18, 1994 439
The last three minutes: computing the shape of gravitational waves. Peterson, Ivars Cover Story Jun 26, 1993 1317
The last mountain. Martin, Evelyn Mar 1, 1993 2764
A new X-ray in the sky. Feb 20, 1993 540
Exploring the Extreme Ultraviolet. Cowen, Ron May 23, 1992 1800
Rodents and telescopes: a squirrelly issue. Cowen, Ron Jul 7, 1990 782
First telescope with active optics. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Mar 19, 1988 725
Saving Mt. Wilson. Nov 7, 1987 178
Seeking supernovas systematically: automated patrols will alert astronomers to new supernovas so that can gather the statistics they need. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Sep 5, 1987 1340
Spinning a large telescope from glass. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Nov 15, 1986 426
Staring at the poles of the sky; a telescope that looked at the North or South Pole for thousands of hours could see things too faint to be practical for ordinary telescopes or even for the Space Telescope. Thomsen, Dietrick E. Oct 11, 1986 1270
From supermarket to dome control. Apr 5, 1986 450

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