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The Spectrogram is the monthly newsletter for S*T*A*R Astronomy. It is published around the beginning of the month, September through June.

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January, 2012 In This Issue: December Meeting 2012 Calendar Moon Phases Star Parties STA*R Membership Fear No Supernova Dawn Low Altitude Images of Vesta Mars-Bound Rover Begins Research in Space NASA Developing Comet Harpoon Earth-size Planets Beyond Solar System Cassini Delivers Holiday Treats From Saturn Fermi Shows That Tycho's Star Shines in Gamma Rays Mapping the "Apollo Zone" Year of the Solar System Evolving Worlds In The Eyepiece	January, 2012 In This Issue: February Meeting 2012 Calendar Moon Phases Star Parties STA*R Membership New class of planetary systems Origin of thermonuclear supernova discovered Destroyed star was white dwarf A wealth of habitable planets in the Milky Way Hubble zooms in on double nucleus in Andromeda galaxy Calculating what's in the universe from the biggest color 3-D map Chandra Finds Largest Galaxy Cluster in Early Universe Hubble Pinpoints Farthest Protocluster of Galaxies Year of the Solar System: Far-Ranging Robots Celestial Events In The Eyepiece
December, 2011 In This Issue: December Meeting 2011 Calendar Moon Phases Star Parties STA*R Membership NASA's Hubble Finds Stellar Life and Death in a Globular Cluster Black Hole Birth Announcement Mars Science Laboratory in Good Health Year of the Solar System : Evolving Worlds Celestial Events In the Eyepiece	November, 2011 In This Issue: October Meeting 2011 Calendar Moon Phases Star Parties STA*R Membership Comet Elenin Gone and Should Be Forgotten Final Preparations for Nov. 8 Asteroid Flyby Beautiful Red Aurora Herschel Finds Oceans of Water in Disk of Nearby Star Year of the Solar System : Magnetospheres: Planetary Shields November 2011 Celestial Events In the Eyepiece
October, 2011 In This Issue: October Meeting 2011 Calendar Moon Phases Star Parties STA*R Membership NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth Saturn's Geyser Moon Enceladus Shows off for NASA's Cassini NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Begins New Vesta Mapping Orbit Space Observatory Provides Clues To Creation Of Earth's Oceans Year of the Solar System - Moons and Rings: Our Favorite Things Group Purchase of Royal Astronomical Society Items October 2011 Celestial Events In the Eyepiece	September, 2011 Inside this issue: September Meeting 2011 Calendar Moon Phases President’s Corner STA*R Membership Hubble’s 'Necklace' Moon Mission in Final Preparations For September Launch Wise Mission Discovers Coolest Class of Stars Earth-Observing Satellite Arrives in California for Launch Space Station Crew Enjoys Eye-Level View of Perseid Meteor Shower Celestial Events
June, 2011 In This issue: June Meeting 2011 Calendar May Meeting Minutes STA*R Membership Outreach Notes Memorial Weekend Light Show Spitzer Sees Crystal Rain Teasing Apart Galaxy Collisions Nearby Supernova Factory is Ramping Up NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Asteroid in 2016 Hubble Finds Rare 'Blue Straggler' Stars in Milky Way's Hub Spirit Rover Completes Mission on Mars WISE Mission Offers a Taste of Galaxies to Come Celestial Events In the Eyepiece	May, 2011 Inside This Issue: May Meeting 2011 Calendar April Meeting minutes STA*R Membership Bubble Celebrates 21st Anniversary Dawn Spacecraft Reaches Milestone Rocket Engine Testing NASA Telescopes Help Discover Suprisingly Young Galaxy Voyager Set to Enter interstellar Space The "Golden Record" Explained Celestial Events In the Eyepiece
April, 2011 In This Issue: April Meeting 2011 Calendar STAR Membership Upcoming Star Parties President's Corner Far Side of the Moon Exploding Stars and Stripes NASA's New Space Weather App Hubble Rules Out One Alternative to Dark Energy Clearest Picture Yet of Perseus Galaxy Cluster Venerable Comet Hunter Wraps Up Mission Forensic Sleuthing Ties Ring Ripples to Impacts Celestial Events In The Eyepiece	March, 2011 In this issue: March Meeting 2011 Calendar STAR Membership Upcoming Star Parties February Meeting Minutes Leonardo Soon to be Home Herschel Measures Dark Matter for Star-Forming Galaxies NASA Releases Images of Man-Made Crater on Comet NASA Finds Earth-Size Planel Candidates in the Habitable Zone NASA's Chandra Finds Superfluid in Neutron Star's Core Waiter, There's Metal in My Moon Water! New View of Family Life in the North American Nebula Celestial Events In The Eyepiece