New Books in Hilo

Although most of these aren't newly published, they are new additions to the collection:

Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy: Present and Future (9th Santa Cruz Summer Workshop in Astronomy and Astrophysics -- Lick Observatory, 1987) edited by L. B. Robinson

Maxwell Equations: Non-Relativistic and Relativistic Derivations from Electron Theory (Studies in Statistical Mechanics, v. IV, 1969) by S.R. de Groot

Proceedings of the International Lunar Conference 2003/International Lunar Exploration Working Group 5 held at Waikoloa, Hawaii (Science and Technology Series v. 108) edited by Steve Durst, et al.

QSO Absorption Lines: Probing the Universe: Proceedings of the QSO Absorption Line Meeting, Baltimore, 1987, May 19-21 (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series 2) edited by J. Chris Blades, et al.

New Books in Manoa

The following new books have been received in Manoa:

Book of the Cosmos: Imagining the Universe from Heraclitus to Hawking
Danielson, Dennis Richard

Cosmochemistry: the Melting Pot of the Elements
Esteban, Cesar

Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy
Barstow, Martin A. and Holberg, J. B.

Fundamentals of Astrometry
Kovalevsky, Jean. and Seidelmann, P. Kenneth

Gravitational Million-Body Problem
Heggie, D. C. and Hut, Piet

Gravitational N-body Simulations
Aarseth, Sverre J.

Guide to LATEX
Kopka, Helmut. and Daly, Patrick W.

Icy Worlds of the Solar System
Dasch, Pat

Introduction to Astrobiology
Gilmour, Iain. and Sephton, Mark A.

Jupiter: the Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere
Bagenal, Fran, Dowling, Timothy E., and McKinnon, William B.

Meteorites: a petrologic, chemical and isotopic synthesis
Hutchison, Robert

Mitigation of Hazardous Impacts Due to Asteroids and Comets
Belton, M. J. S.

Open Issues in Local Star Formation
Lepine, Jacques Raymond Daniel. and Gregorio-Hetem, J. C.

Theoretical astrophysics Vol 3: Galaxies and Cosmology
Padmanabhan, T.

Visitor's Guide to the Kitt Peak Observatories
Sage, Leslie. and Aschenbrenner, Gail

Na Kilo Hoku

The Fall 2004 issue of the IfA newsletter is now available. Read about the beginnings of the Institute, IRTF and UKIRT anniversaries, upcoming events, and more.

Report on options to save Hubble

The executive summary of the Aerospace Corporation's report on NASA's proposed robotic mission to save Hubble has been posted on National Public Radio web site.

Background on the report at the National Academies Press site.

Brush fire threatens Parkes Dish

On 1 December 2004, a brush fire threatened the
Parkes Observatory, operated by the Australia Telescope National Facility.

Images at http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/people/jsarkiss/bush_fires/