Griffith Observer: 1952-1953: 15 Editions

Griffith Observer: 1952-1953: 15 Editions

Conditions range from used to good. These came from a gentlemen who volunteered at the observatory for over 20 years!

Issues:

- Vol. XVI, No. 1 January 1952

- Vol. XVI, No. 5 May 1952

- Vol. XVI, No. 6 June 1952

- Vol. XVI, No. 7 July 1952

- Vol. XVI, No. 8 August 1952
- Vol. XVI, No. 10 October 1952

- Vol. XVI, No. 11 November 1952
- Vol. XVI, No. 12 December 1952

- Vol. XVII, No. 3 March 1953

- Vol. XVII, No. 4 April 1953
- Vol. XVII, No. 6 June 1953

- Vol. XVII, No. 7 July 1953

- Vol. XVII, No. 8 August 1953
- Vol. XVII, No. 10 October 1953

- Vol. XVII, No. 11 November 1953

Established in 1937, the Griffith Observer is the Observatory’s own monthly magazine. The Griffith Observer contains popular articles on astronomy and information about activities and events at the Observatory.
Contains journals, calculations, graphs,
equations
, observatory images, conference proceedings and other published materials

Articles Included:

1952:

Alter, Dinsmore The Story of Pluto 1 1952
Pluto, discovery, Watson, Herschel,
Uranus, Bessel, Bode, Lowell, Leverrier,
Tombaugh Nicholson, Seth B. The Satellites of Jupiter 5 1952
Jupiter, Copernicus, Galileo, Italy, zodiac,
discovery, revolution, orbit, satellite
Cleminshaw, C. H. Satellites of the Earth 6 1952
satellite, Earth, equation, artificial, velocity,
period
Merrill, Paul W.
The Last Adventures of a
Starbeam 6 1952
light, telescope, mirror, reflector, refractor,
spectroscopy, Humason
Abell, George O. Two Populations of Stars 7 1952
light, star, galaxy, elliptical, Milky Way,
spiral, nebula, cluster,
Hertzsprung-Russell,
Alter, Dinsmore A Century of Change 8 1952
Herschel, observation, modern, compare,
light, future, sun
Alter, Dinsmore Huge Model of Copernicus 8 1952 GO, Copernicus, exhibit Alter, Dinsmore
Advantages of a Lunar
Observatory 10 1952
Moon, observatory, satellite, atmosphere,
light
Osborn, Irene D. Marin Amateur Astronomers 10 1952
amateur, Marin, group, observe, sky,
telescope
Cleminshaw, C. H. Magnitudes of the Stars 11 1952
magnitude, brightness, difference, ratio,
parallax, distance
Struve, Otto
What I Don’t Know About Flying
Saucers 12 1952
UFO, saucers, pseudo, fireball, planet, life,
alien
Struve, Otto
The Place of the Amateur in
Astronomy 12 1952
amateur, Herschel, Bond, discovery,
public, learn
Anonymous
The 600-Inch Radio Telescope
of the United States Navy 12 1952
telescope, radio, Navy, star, design,
reflector

1953:

Bunton, George
W. Stars Over San Francisco 3 1953 Planetarium, San Francisco, Zeiss
Alter, Dinsmore
Eclipses: Planetarium Show for
March 3 1953
eclipse, corona, Sun, Moon, occultation,
planetarium
Cleminshaw, C. H. Celestial Speeds 4 1953
equation, Kepler, orbit, comet, Saturn,
Mars, velocity Abell, George O.
Astronomers Revise
Astronomical Distances 6 1953
galaxy, star, Hubble, parallax, telescope,
Cepheid, spiral, proper, motion,
Alter, Dinsmore
Artificial Satellite or Space
Station 7 1953
rocket, station, satellite, diagram, hazard,
fuel
Radio Broadcast
The Neenach, Los Angeles
County, Aerolite 7 1953
meteor, Neenach, Antelope Valley,
recovery
Alter, Dinsmore
General Conditions at the
Moons Surface 8 1953
Moon, surface, temperature, change,
atmosphere, Nicholson, Seth B. Armin O. Leuschner 1868- 1953 10 1953 Leuschner, Lick, Hamilton, orbit
Thorson, W. R. Life on Other Worlds 10 1953
life, alien, temperature, molecules, energy,
Jupiter, Saturn
Cleminshaw, C. H. Transits of Mercury 11 1953
Mercury, transit, conjunction, sky, observe,
telescope

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