Fred Whipple Dies

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics press release recounting the life and works of "the oldest living American astronomer and one of the last giants of 20th century astronomy."

New Books!

currently on the New Book shelf:


Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series:

ASP v.294 "Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets" [QB 820 .S32 2003]

ASP v.297 "Star Formation Through Time" [QB 806 .S724 2002]

ASP v.299 "High Energy Blazar Astronomy" [QB 858.35 .H54 2003]

ASP v.300 "Radio Astronomy at the Fringe" [QB 475 .A1 R332 2002]

ASP v.302 "Radio Pulsars" [QB 843 .P8 R34 2003]

ASP v.314 "Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XIII" [QB 51.3 .E43 A87 2003]


IAU Symposia:

n.213 "Bioastronomy 2003: Life Among the Stars" [REF IAU Symp. 213]

n.217 "Recycling Intergalactic and Interstellar Matter" [REF IAU Symp. 217]

n.220 "Dark Matter in Galaxies" [REF IAU Symp. 220]

New Books!

Catalogue of the Rare Astronomical Books in the San Diego State University Library by Louis A. Kenney.
[Z 5156 .S215 1988]

* Introduction to Statistical Optics by Edward O'Neill. [QC 383 .O5 1992]

*(This replaces the missing 1963 volume and is a revised and corrected version of the 1963 printing)

Grants and Fellowships Info

The deadline for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Fellowships is October 15. Also, check out Grants.gov where "...all Federal agencies are posting grant opportunity notifications...there are close to 1,400 opportunities available to review online."

New Books!

currently on the New Book shelf:


Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series:


301. Matter and Energy in Clusters of Galaxies [QB 858.7 .M377 2002]

303. Symbiotic Stars Probing Stellar Evolution [QB 843 S96 S96 2003]

304. CNO In the Universe [QB 463 .C17 2002]

305. International Conference on Magnetic Fields in O, B and A Stars: Origin and Connection to Pulsation, Rotation and Mass Loss [QB 817.5 I57 2003]

306. New Technologies in VLBI [QB 479.3 N49 2003]

307. Solar Polarization 3 [QB 539 .M23 I65 2002]

308. From X-Ray Binaries to Gamma-Ray Bursts [QB 830 .F76 2003]

309. Astrophysics of Dust [QB 791 .A87 2003]

310. Variable Stars in the Local Group (IAU Colloq. 193) [QB 833 .I57 2003]

Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy by Tatarewicz, J. [QB 602.9 .T37 1990]

Publishing article

An Economist article on scientific publishing.

Draft EIS

NASA's Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Outrigger Telescopes Project is now available online. Copies are also available for perusing in the libraries.

CFHT Newsletter

The latest edition of Hoku, the Online Astronomy Newsletter for Educators and Parents, is now available.

Kathleen is Back!

Kathleen R. has returned to the islands! Stop by the library and say hello!