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Inside

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  New Constraints on the Asteroid 298 Baptistina, the Alleged Family Member of the K/T Impactor
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  Long Secondary Periods in Pulsating Red Supergiant Stars
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  Shakespeare and Elizabethan Telescopy
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  Construction of a 16th-Century Telescope:An Experiment in the History of Astronomy
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  Calculating Meteoroid Orbits: Part II: Three Dimensions
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  An Interview with Longtime RASC Member Larry Wood

All your favourite regular columns, plus some new ones:

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  Pen & Pixel
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  On Another Wavelength: The Rosette Nebula
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  Astronomical Art and Artifact: A Tale of Two Globes
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  Second Light: A Blast From the Past
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  Through My Eyepiece: Stargazing
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  Carpe Umbram: A Mockultation and a Miss
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  A Moment With...Dr. Chris Jillings
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  Gizmos: Mystery and Magnificence

And the usual extras:

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  Editorial
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  News Notes
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  Society News
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  Reviews
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  New Banners for Winnipeg Centre
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  Astrocryptic