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Mercury Magazine

Contents and Select Excerpts
Vol. 34 No. 1
January/February 2005

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Page	Article
12	Reading Between the Lines, C. Renee James Science advances human knowledge, yet sometimes that advance is slowed by the compulsion not to contradict "understanding."
20	OBAFGKMLT, Fred Ringwald The stellar spectral sequence is of considerable importance to astronomy, and for a century students and astronomers have tried to keep straight the types of stars.
28	Lagrangian Point or Bust!, Thomas J. Sherrill Placing satellites in space involves more than powerful rockets to get them off Earth—it also takes great care in finding points where competing gravitational forces are balanced.
	Departments
4	Editorial, James C. White II Stars From a Wand
5	Armchair Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek The Hunt for Brand New Black Holes
6	Planetary Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda Lonely Planets
7	Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher 40 Years Ago: Measuring the Astronomical Unit
8	Astronomer's Notebook, Jennifer Birriel The Milky Way's Age
9	Celestial Wonderings, Lou Mayo The Skies of 2005
10	Annals of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham Cliff’s Top 10
11	Education Matters, Laura K. Kraft Bringing Science to the Classroom
40	Works of Note
41	Sky Events, Richard Talcott January Sky Map \| February Sky Map \| March Sky Map
44	Society Scope
46	Last Word, Suzanne Chippindale Mentoring: A High-Impact Endeavor