The Mercury Journal Website

Editor and webmaster : Alex Houston

Distributors of printed copies : Chris Davis and John Moffat

The Mercury Journal is published four times a year by Stirling Astronomical Society.  It contains articles written by Members of the Society, reports of Society activities and other items of an astronomical nature of interest to Members.

The contents of the latest issue (Volume 24, Number 3: July 2009) are:

• Editorial

• The Astro-Physicists: George Ellery Hale (1868 - 1938) - Mark Butterworth

• Annie Scott Dill Russell (1868-1947) - Sandi Cayless

• Folded Light Curve Showing the Eclipse of the Binary Star RZ Cassiopeiae - John Howarth (submitted by Janet Simpson)

• Spring Moonwatch; Le Weekend (Reports by the Editor)

• The Mercury Q&A Session - Jennifer Cameron

• A New Type of Cloud (submitted by Sandi Cayless)

• The Extent of the Universe - Chris Davis

• Guest Article: Double Quasar! - Mike Simonsen

• Photographs Taken at Kielder Weekend (submitted by Douglas Cooper)

• Report on Society Lecture at the Smith - Chris Davis

• The Night Sky - Alex Houston

• Forthcoming Meetings

• Quarterly competition; Winning Image for April Competition

• Some Useful Websites for IYA2009

To view any issue of The Mercury from 2008 onwards, visit The Mercury - Recent Issues.

To view previous issues of The Mercury from 2001 until 2007, visit The Mercury Archive.