Prime Focus

November 1999 Monthly Newsletter

November TVS Highlights

  • Come and cast your vote at the annual TVS elections. Read all about it on pages 2 and 8.

  • Thank you and good bye to Chris Cody and Jess Squires. We wish them all the best on page 9.

  • Telescope improvements continue at Hidden Hill Observatory. See the details in Chuck's report on page 6.

  • Jill Tarter tells all the latest news on SETI on page 7.

  • RMTC seeks nominees for its awards. Check out the websites on page 7.
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The Kuiper Airborne Observatory carried the imaging platform for this shot of Comet Halley crossing the Milky Way on April 6/7, 1986. The shot was taken with equipment designed, mounted, and operated by the Charleston County  (South Carolina) School District CAN DO Project. (NASA/KAO, C-141)

TVS Presents

   International astronomer and author Ken Croswell returns to TVS to introduce his latest book, Magnificent Universe. Featuring more than 100 full-page, full-color, astronomical images, this volume is certainly one of the most beautiful astronomy
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