Prime Focus January 2000

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Looking in M33, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged NGC 604, a nebula some 1,500 light-years in diameter. More than 200 hot young stars glow in the nebula's center. (HST WFPC2, NASA)

• 2 Club News and Notes  reminds you to complete your renewal now.
  

• 3 What's Up in January details the best upcoming astronomical events.
  

• 4 Dates and Deadlines are listed for your 2000 planning calendar.
  

• 5 Comet Comments includes Don Machholz's musings on the future of visual comet hunting.
  

• 6 Alex Filippenko speaks on Einstein's 'biggest blunder.'
  

• 6 Read questionnaire guidelines before proceeding to page 7.
  

• 7 Annual TVS Member's Questionnaire asks your opinions.
  

• 8 Membership/Renewal               Application
  

TVS Presents

   You are invited to an evening of astronomical delights slated for later appearances in 2000. Club president Dave Anderson will present highlights from his popular "What's Up" column. Gert Gottschalk will challenge us with deep-sky showpiece objects and other specialized celestial viewing opportunities. Chuck Grant has agreed to inform us of "long-range goofy things" such as triple shadow transits of Jupiter, the occultation of a star by the Moon during a total lunar eclipse, and other such oddities. Bring your notebook, a brand new pen, and all your questions about astronomy in the coming year.