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Mercury Magazine Contents
Vol. 31 No. 4
July/August 2002

Page	Article
17	Lighting the Nebulae, James B. Kaler The interplay of light and atoms paints the beautiful colors of planetary nebulae.
24	Planetary Nebulae: Shrouds of Mystery, by Sun Kwok To some, planetary nebulae are the prettiest objects in the cosmos. But to the astronomers that study these stellar shrouds, planetary nebulae offer a treasure trove of fascination and mystery.
32	Walter Baade: Mastery Observer, by Donald E. Osterbrock The great German-American astronomer Walter Baade not only pioneered supernova research, he doubled the distance scale of the universe and fathered the idea of stellar populations based on age.
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4	Editorial, Robert Naeye In Defense of the Space Station
5	Society Scope News and information for Society members
10	Astronomy Newsflash, Scott S. Sheppard Jupiter Satellites: 39 and Counting
11	Research Notebook, Christopher Conselice How to Study the First Stars
12	Armchair Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek Fun Things to Do with Cosmic Rays
13	Annals of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham How Do We Know Earth Rotates?
14	Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher The Nature of Comets
15	Focus on Education, Carole Rest, Denise Smith, Terry Teays NASA’s New Resource Directory
16	Observer’s Page, John Shibley Summer’s Planetaries
C1	Sky Map and Sky Talk, Richard Talcott July Sky Map \| August Sky Map \| September Sky Map
42	Works of Note