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Profile: Imelda B. Joson
In 1985 she coauthored a 335-page reference book on Halley’s Comet, which was published by the National Research Council of the Philippines. It was the first book on astronomy ever written by Filipino authors. For this she was awarded the Philippine Astronomical Society’s Padre Faura Astronomy Medal as well as a Resolution of Commendation from the California State Assembly.
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Profile: Sky Publishing
Sky & Telescope magazine, now in its seventh decade, came about because of some happy accidents. Its earliest known ancestor was a four-page bulletin called The Amateur Astronomer, which was begun in 1929 by the Amateur Astronomers Association in New York City... |
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