Title: The Griffith Observer
Vol. XXV Jan-Dec. 1961 & Vol. XXVI Jan.-Dec. 1962

Classification: Magazine Science Astronomy

Publication Information: Published monthly by the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California.

Additional Information: Vol. XXV has 156 pages and Vol. XXVI has 163 pages. Illustrated.

Summary: The Griffith Observer was established in 1937 and is the Observatory’s own monthly magazines and contains articles on astronomy and information about the activities and events at the observatory. Contents include:
• Wylie, Paul E. The Tides
• Richardson, Robert S. - “Two Moons” in the Evening Sky
• Eastman, Jack - Astronomical Photography in Your Back Yard
• Wylie, Paul E. - Astronomical Navigation
• Richardson, Robert S. - Things The Astronomer Does Not Do
• Wylie, Paul E. - Why Don’t Artificial Satellites Fall Down?
• Latham, Philip - The Aphrodite Project
• Richardson, Robert S. - Orbit of the Russian Venus Probe
• Roques, Paul E. - Lunar Occultations
• Richardson, Robert S. - Did You See Halley’s Comet in 1910?
• Cleminshaw, C. H. - Edmund Halley
• News Release from Caltech - Ice on The Moon?
• Hagar, Charles F. - Through The Eyes of Zeiss
• News Release from Caltech - The New Value of Earth-Sun Distance
• Wylie, Paul E. - Lunar Motion (Part 1 of 2)
• Wylie, Paul E. - Lunar Motion (Part 2 of 2)
• Richardson, Robert S. - Flight Into Space - A Cosmic Accident?
• Green, J. - Geology and Lunar Exploration
• Russell, John A. - The Fireball of January 16, 1961
• Richardson, Robert S. - Making An Astronomer: 30 Years Ago and Today
• Cleminshaw, C. H. - The Two Brightest Asteroids
• Norton, O. Richard - Celestial Cyclotrons
• Richardson, Robert S. - Measuring Altitudes on the Moon
• Alter, Dinsmore - The Nature of the Lunar Rays
• Hefferan, Vi - Youth in the Satellite Age
• Our 25th Anniversary
• Killick, Victor W. - California’s Early Astro-Geodetic Observatories
• Richardson, Robert S. - What Would I Weigh on Pluto?
• News Release from JPL - Sending Instruments to the Moon
• Richardson, Robert S. - “Could You Run The Eclipse Over Again, Please?”
• Waggoner, James N. - The Fireside in Outer Space
• Richardson, Robert S. - The “End of the World” at the Griffith Observatory
• News Release from Caltech - Astronomical News from Caltech
• Schaal, Marilyn W. - The Mira Variables
• Wylie, Paul E. - Terrestrial Latitude: And The Size and Shape of the Earth
• Cleminshaw, C. H. - Gravity and Space Travel
• Chilton, Lewis - The Amateur Astronomer’s Telescope
• Richardson, Robert S. - Some Recollections of Edison Pettit (1889-1962)
• Oriti, Ronald A. - New Meteorite Found
• Cleminshaw, C. H. - Jupiter’s Satellites
• Wylie, Paul E. - What is Ephemeris Time?
• Richardson, Robert S. - Maybe You’ll Like it On The Moon!
• News Release from JPL - Mariner Spacecraft
• Cleminshaw, C. H. - Two Great Siberian Meteorites
• Etheridge, Dale A. - Why Go Into Space?
• Richardson, Robert S. - Lost on the Moon?... How to find yourself
• Roques, Paul E. - The Discovery of a New Variable Star
• Eastman, Jack - Report on the 14th Annual Western Amateur Astronomers Convention
• Richardson, Robert S. - The Temperature of Venus
• Cleminshaw, C. H. - The Stars of Autumn
• Roques, Paul E. - The Observatory that Griffith Built and Its Program of Research
• Richardson, Robert S. - Which Polaris Do You Mean?
• News Release from Caltech - Lunar Night Temperatures

Condition: Hard cover bound volume, Ex-Lib – usual stamps/marks, page edges are stamped, covers are on issues, bound volume covers show slight wear and faint soiling, text is sound and clean. Overall very good copy.

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