The Mercury Journal Website

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Webmaster : Alex Houston

The Mercury is now an e-Journal

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 27, Number 2: April 2012) are:

• Editorial

• Henrietta Swan Leavitt - Sandi Cayless

• So Einstein was right (again!) - Mark Butterworth

• What we cannot see - Chris Davis

• The Night Sky

• Guest Article: Shallow water may shed light on supernovae - Jennifer Ouellette

• Guest Article: From my driveway to Orion, nature works wonders - Bob King

• Photographs from Jed Duthie, Sandi Cayless and Alex Houston

• Forthcoming Society Meetings and Events

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.

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