The June 2023 edition was available for download.
Headed to web site. The web page was wonky, sheesh. Fortunately, the bottom links worked.
After downloaded, I did a quick skim.
Spotted my letter to the editor wherein I criticised the president of RASC for not indicating that double stars too can be studied easily by citizen scientists.
Lots of wonderful photography, as usual. I once again spotted fantastic work by Katelyn Beecroft of the London Centre. I relayed the news.
There's a historical peice on the David Dunlap Observatory that looks really interesting.
Oh ho. Something new. There's a What's Up in the Sky? column, by Scott Young, with observing highlights. But, notably, from James Edgar and Glenn LeDrew, a celestial calendar for the next two months with an accompanying all-sky planetarium full-colour chart. Awfully familiar! This was my favourite thing in the SkyNews magazine! How about that.
My Binary Universe column was a bit of departure. This time I offered a retrospective rather than a review of a specific software tool. For me, it was insightful. It revealed how many of the software packages I've reviewed since February 2015 that I still use. I was most impressed to see that many of the assessments still stand up while software is constantly evolving. I also took the opportunity to provide links, references back to previous editions (not unlike what I keep on my evergreen page). I hope this will aid the new RASC member, and possibly an existing one, who is curious about a software solution.
A great issue, me thinks.
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Gah. A number of typographical and layout errors found their way into my column! Damn it.
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The print edition cannot be corrected. But the online edition was revised. Discard your old copy and download the new version...
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