Canopus
The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa Johannesburg Centre

Monthly Newsletter for July 1999

Contents:
Editorial
Notice of Meeting
Variable of the Month ..................................................................... Danie Overbeek
JPL and NASA News ...................................................................... Bill Wheaton
Calling All Farmers ......................................................................... "Anon"
Snipperts from the Astronomical Press .......................................... Press Releases
Discovering Novae/Supernovae and Asteroids ............................. Richard Kowalski
The Cores of the Planets ................................................................. Eben van Zyl
Telescope making class ................................................................... Brian Fraser
A Vote of Thanks
National Public Lectures to be presented in association…
…with the 62^nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society ........ Trevor Gould
Rock Art and the Stars .................................................................... Melvyn Hannibal
Some good Moon shots .................................................................... Michael Karakashian
In The Sky This Month .................................................................... Brian Fraser