Yearbook of Astronomy 2023

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Cover Book Title Copyright Contents Editor’s Foreword Preface About Time Using the Yearbook of Astronomy as an Observing Guide The Monthly Star Charts Northern Hemisphere Star Charts Southern Hemisphere Star Charts The Planets in 2023 Lynne Marie Stockman Mars January to August 2023 Jupiter January to December 2023 Saturn January to December 2023 Uranus January to December 2023 Neptune January to December 2023 Phases of the Moon in 2023 Eclipses in 2023 Some Events in 2023 Monthly Sky Notes and Articles Evening Apparition of Venus October 2022 to August 2023 Monthly Sky Notes January Graduate Students and the Nobel Prize David M. Harland Monthly Sky Notes February Giant Leaps for Small Change Carolyn Kennett Monthly Sky Notes March The Incomparable Sir Patrick Moore Neil Haggath Monthly Sky Notes April Biela’s Comet Life After Death? Neil Norman Monthly Sky Notes May Magnetars John McCue Monthly Sky Notes June Passion for the Stars The Life and Legacy of William Tyler Olcott Richard H. Sanderson Monthly Sky Notes July A Man (and a Woman) on the Moon John McCue Monthly Sky Notes August Morning Apparition of Venus - August 2023 to June 2024 Shining a Light on Jupiter’s Atmosphere Lynne Marie Stockman and David Harper Monthly Sky Notes September The Letter that Proved the Island Universe Theory David M. Harland Monthly Sky Notes October The Diary of a Long Distance Pioneer Peter Rea Monthly Sky Notes November Did We Receive A Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri? David M. Harland Monthly Sky Notes December A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Seattle David Harper Comets in 2023 Neil Norman Minor Planets in 2023 Neil Norman Meteor Showers in 2023 Neil Norman Article Section Recent Advances in Astronomy Rod Hine Recent Advances in Solar System Exploration Peter Rea Anniversaries in 2023 Neil Haggath Betelgeuse Tracie Heywood Optical SETI at Harvard David M. Harland A Brief History of the End of the Universe David Harper The Evolution of “Multi-Pixel” Radio Telescopes Rod Hine Mission to Mars Countdown to Building a Brave New World The Bare Necessities of Life Martin Braddock The Ability to Believe The Bizarre Worlds of Astronomical Antireality Neil Haggath The Astronomers’ Stars Life in the Fast Lane Lynne Marie Stockman Elijah Hinsdale Burritt Geographer of the Heavens Richard H. Sanderson The Future of Spaceflight Andrew P. B. Lound Male Family Mentors for Women in Astronomy Caroline and William Herschel Mary McIntyre The Closing of Historic Observatories Harold A. McAlister Miscellaneous Some Interesting Variable Stars Tracie Heywood Some Interesting Double Stars Brian Jones Some Interesting Nebulae, Star Clusters and Galaxies Brian Jones Astronomical Organizations Our Contributors Society for the History of Astronomy (Advertisement) Friends of the Royal Astronomical Society (Advertisement) The Planetary Society (Advertisement) British Astronomical Association (Advertisement) Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (Advertisement) Society for Popular Astronomy (Advertisement) American Association of Variable Star Observers (Advertisement) The Commission for Dark Skies (Advertisement) The Federation of Astronomical Societies (Advertisement) Back cover