Mercury Magazine Contents
Vol. 28 No. 4
July/August 1999

Page	Article
11	Refurbishing a Dream, Brenda Culbertson Telescopes are more than assemblies of metal and glass, they are portals to other places and other things. And as such, they are objects to be cherished and preserved.
16	Reflections on the "Year of the Oceans," Ryder W. Miller Choosing to study the ocean or outer space is not correct, for research on either has direct impact on the other.
21	Casting for a Horoscope, Anthony Misch Amid twirling planets and scribbled ciphers, Johannes Kepler contemplated the Universe - and considered its effect on us. Four hundred years later, a remarkable discovery shows the extent of his effect on us.
26	A Thousand Blazing Suns: The Inner Life of Globular Clusters, Brian W. Murphy In the cramped volume of a globular cluster, astrophysical experiments are underway - cluster dynamics, interactions among stars, pulsar recycling - and astronomers are discovering what we thought might be true is indeed satisfyingly correct.
	Departments
2	Editorial, James C. White II "No, that is not Venus"
4	Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher Unsolved problems in astrophysics
5	Education Newswire, Leo P. Connolly Resources and news for astronomy educators
6	Accidental Astrophysics, Eric M. Schlegel On the Detection and Study of Variability
7	Astronomer's Notebook, Christopher J. Conselice Cosmic Fireworks
8	Commentary, Kevin Marvel Making our voices heard
C1	SkyChart and SkyTalk, Richard Talcott
31	Last Page, Michael Chabin Education, Outreach, and the Web

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