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Table of contents:
RR Lyr stars found from commissioning data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Images from Apache Point Observatory and Manastash Ridge Observatory.
You can't see in the dark with the lights on (Dr. Suess-like story)
Sky & Telescope biographical index (now at the University of Notre Dame website).
The recognition of unusual objects in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey color system
Transformations between magnitudes and colors of the UBVRI and Sloan Digital Sky Survey systems
A new class of pulsating variable stars
V-band sky brightness at Mauna Kea and the solar cycle
Strange cases from the files of astronomical sociology
Steve Martin and me, the name Kevin and more....
Left: this is an optical image of the horsehead-shaped solar flare visible during the total solar eclipse of 11 July 1991. It was taken by me with a 6-inch f/6 reflector, a Russian-made camera, Kodachrome 64 film, and a 1/500 sec exposure. Right: Image of the third quarter moon, obtained with a 6-inch f/6 reflector, Ektachrome 400 film, and a 1/500 sec exposure, on 5 June 1991 at 1226 UT.
This is an image of the burn-up of a Space Shuttle fuel tank, just south of the Big Island. It was taken at the 9200-ft level of Mauna Kea by William Albrecht in April of 1984. The orange light comes from Kilauea volcano. The Southern Cross is visible in the sky.
Last modified on 19 April 2004.
Please address any comments to: kkrisciu@cygnus.phys.nd.edu