Canopus
  The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa Johannesburg Centre

  Monthly Newsletter for November 1997

Contents:
Editorial
Notice of Meeting
The Variable of the Month : RR Pictorus …………….……… Danie Overbeek
Lunar Eclipses  ………………………………………………… Brian Fraser
What's Happening at JPL  ………………………….…………. Bill Wheaton
The Distance of Delta Cephei ………………………………… Eben van Zyl
Telescope making class ...............................................................Chris Stewart
Elimination : Proper Star Names  ……..…………….………… Raymond &
The Solution to "Find the Constellation" ..………….………..     Lori Barbour
In The Sky This Month …………………………….………….. Brian Fraser
Star Chart – 19h00 on 13 December 1997
Transquips
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