Canopus
The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa Johannesburg Centre

Monthly Newsletter for January 1999

Contents:
Editorial
Notice of Meeting
A Letter to the Editors ............................................................................ Jan Hers
JPL and NASA News ............................................................................ Bill Wheaton
Relativity ( part II ) ................................................................................. Eben van Zyl
A visit to the super modern Carl-Zeiss Planetarium .................................. Wolf Lange
How to build a Star ( part II ) ................................................................. Sten Odenwald
DS1 still going strong .............................................................................. Bill Wheaton
Satellite Tracking .................................................................................... Raymond Barbour
A message to our Descendants ............................................................... Alex Michael Bonnici
Puzzle Corner ......................................................................................... Lori and Raymond
The Year End Star Party ......................................................................... Louise Penberthy
Variable of the Month ............................................................................. Danie Overbeek
In the Sky this Month .............................................................................. Brian Fraser