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Mercury Magazine

Contents and Select Excerpts
Vol. 33 No. 5
September/October 2004

Mercury is a bi-monthly membership magazine. Find out how you can join the ASP today!

Page	Article
12	The Development of Astronomy: What Might Have Been, Sun Kwok Astronomy is the oldest science, but was its development inevitable? With change of a few circumstances, our view of the Universe could have been very different.
22	Fingerprints from Rainbows, Ben Bova Besides light’s ability to illuminate the world around us, it also has an equally profound ability to inform us of the nature of objects in that world.
30	Refining Refracted Moonlight, Graeme H. Smith The past century saw substantial refinement in the way in which we interpret the Moon’s history—and substantial enhancement in our means of capturing lunar essence in photographs.
	Departments
4	Editorial, James C. White II The Smell of Color
5	Armchair Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek Stephen Hawking Recants
6	Planetary Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda Winged MESSENGER
7	Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher 30 Years Ago: The Aurorae
8	Astronomer's Notebook, Jennifer Birriel Parent Stars of Exoplanets
9	Celestial Wonderings, Lou Mayo Ancient Skies
10	Annals of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham The Planet Hercules
11	Education Matters, Marni Berendsen An Outreach Community
40	Sky Events, Richard Talcott September Sky Map \| October Sky Map \| November Sky Map
43	Society Scope
45	Last Word, Kevin Marvel Crazy Town