Canopus

The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa Johannesburg Centre

Monthly Newsletter for December 2000

Contents:
Editorial
Notice of Meeting
Minor-Planet Overbeek	Brian Fraser
More on Minor-Planet Overbeek	Brian Fraser
The Jacobs Telescope and Dome	Frans van Nieuwkerk
Venus Transit 2004	Trevor Gould
Extreme Ultraviolet Light Mission comes to an end	NASA News
SA unveils Infrared Telescope	Richard Davies
Endeavour for next ISS service flight	NASA News
Mir to be de-orbited	Spaceflight Now!
Iridium satellite constellation saved	Spaceflight Now!
Our nearest star, the Sun	Frans van Nieuwkerk
Public viewing nights	Melvyn Hannibal
Spacecraft once more unto the breach	Andrew Bridges
STARDUST gets Arc-Eye	STARDUST email List
More moons for Saturn and a new stellar neighbour	ESO-EPR
Rules for Cats	Carrie Penberthy
In The Sky This Month	Brian Fraser