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October/octobre 2011 | Vol. 105, No. 5 | Whole Number 750 contents / table des matières Feature Articles / Articles de fond 187 Decans, Djed Pillars, and Seasonal-Hours in Ancient Egypt by William W. Dodd 195 Astronomy Outreach in Cuba: Trip Two by David M.F. Chapman 197 Discovery of the Expansion of the Universe by Sidney van den Bergh 199 Palomar Oranges by Ken Backer 199 To See the Stars Anew by Martin Beech Departments / Départements 182 President’s Corner by Mary Lou Whitehorne 183 News Notes / En Manchettes – Orbiter captures possible salt-water flows on Mars – Juno to meet up with Jupiter in mid-2016 – Silicate volcanoes confirmed on “dark side” of Moon – Fourth satellite discovered around Pluto – Pioneer anomaly solved? – Canada partners on Japanese X-ray space observatory 213 Great Images Michael Wirths 216 Obituary Guy Westcott, 1946-2011 217 Astrocryptic by Curt Nason 217 It’s not all Sirius – Cartoon By Ted Dunphy 218 Reviews / Critiques Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars: A Simple Guide to the Heavens / The Caldwell Objects and How to Observe Them / The Cambridge Double Star Atlas 223 Presentation Abstracts, 2011 General Assembly of the RASC, Winnipeg Compiled by Jay Anderson Columns / Rubriques 205 Cosmic Contemplations: Widefield Astro Imaging with the new Micro 4/3rds Digital Cameras by Jim Chung 209 On Another Wavelength: M56—A Globular Cluster in Lyra by David Garner 210 The Affair of the Sir Adam Wilson Telescope, Societal Negligence, and the Damning Miller Report by R.A. Rosenfeld 214 Second Light: A Conference to Remember by Leslie J. Sage 215 Through My Eyepiece: Logs and Blogs by Geoff Gaherty 201 Pen and Pixel: Cygnus Loop/Seagull Nebula/ Hα Sun/Springtime in Manitoba/Anti-crepuscular Rays/Leo Triplet/ International Space Station/The Elephant Trunk Nebula by Pierre Tremblay / Joel Parks / Les Marczi / Ron Berard / Denis Grey / Lynn Hilborn / Charles Banville / Dr. Howard Trottier Front cover – This stunning image of the Orion Nebula was provided by Kevin Black of the Winnipeg Centre, who won the “Khan Scope Prize for Deep-Sky Imaging” at the 2011 General Assembly of the RASC in Winnipeg. Kevin used a Canon 20Da on a 5.1-inch f/6 Apo refractor. Exposure was a combination of many sub-frames at ISOs ranging from 1600 to 400 and exposure times from 342 seconds to 10 seconds. October / octobre 2011 JRASC | Promoting Astronomy in Canada 181
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