Mercury Magazine Contents
Vol. 30 No. 3
May/June 2001

Page	Article
16	White Dwarfs by the Billions, Ben R. Oppenheimer Astronomers have just discovered a new class of white dwarf, which could number in the hundreds of billions and account for a significant portion of the galaxy’s dark matter. (with 1 sidebar)
24	Astronomer for All Seasons: Heber D. Curtis, Donald E. Osterbrock Heber D. Curtis was the first to prove that there were galaxies beyond our Milky Way.
32	Razor-Sharp Radio Astronomy, T. Joseph W. Lazio By constructing virtual telescopes the size of continents (and larger), radio astronomers are obtaining spectacular high-resolution results. (with 2 sidebars)
	Departments
4	Editorial, Alex Filippenko Welcome from the New ASP President
5	Society Scope
9	Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher The Sounds of Hydrogen
10	Focus on Education, Jeff Lockwood Increasing Our Connection to the Stars
11	Armchair Astrophysics, Joanne Cohn and Eric Schulman Looking for Lambda
12	Research Notebook, Christopher Wanjek MAPping the Baby Universe
13	The Celestial Enquirer, John Shibley Milky Way Nights
14	Astronomer’s Scrapbook, William Sheehan The Evocative Colors of a Red Planet
15	Astronomy Newswire, Garik Israelian A Star that Swallowed a Planet?
C1	Sky Map and Sky Talk, Richard Talcott
41	Book Review, Thomas Haeberle The Neptune File (by Tom Standage)
42	Last Page, Christopher Conselice Astronomy’s Uncertain Future

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