MIRA Issues 101 - 150 - Coventry and Warwickshire Astronomical Society - Astronomy in the West Midlands

Magazine back issues 101 to 150

101 - You Cannot be Sirius (The Colour of Stars). Rendezvous with Comets and Asteroids (Probes to the small rocky bodies). Some Thought on my Articles and Talks (Mike Frost has written many stories for MIRA). Measuring the Earth (How to calculate Earth's size).

102 - The 2017 Solar Eclipse in America / The Great American Eclipse (Reports of the total eclipse). Parallax and its use in Modern Astronomy / Cepheid Variables Stars and their use in Determining Distance (Measuring Distance today). Ouro Preto Observatory (Visit to observatory in Brazil).

103 - The £20 Puzzle (Looking at JMW Turners paintings). In the Footsteps of Henry Miller (Visit to Big Sur State Park). Gravity (The gravity of other rocky bodies). Rosario Planetarium (Argentina Planeterium visit). Not so Universal Gravity (Different types of orbits). Kirriemuir Camera Obscura (Visit to Kirriemuir, near Forfar, Scotland).

104 - Land of the Mid-Day Dusk (Trip to Norway). A Wooly Solar System (Knitting Planets). Memories of Herstmonceux (Working at the Observatory). Mars (Geological History). Oumuamua: a Distant Visitor (Interstellar Visitor).

105 - More Mooning Around (Moons of the Planets). Revd Dr William Pearson and the Foundation of the RAS (Grave). The Ionosphere Ten Years On (Recording Changes). The Great Argentinian Eclipse (Eclipse Trip).

106 - Visit to Armagh (Northern Island Observatory & Planetarium). When the Dust Settles (Einstein and Relativity). C&WAS Page. A Plaque for Revd Pearson (Unveiling Plaque in South Kilworth). The Solar System, a Brief Description.

107 - Old Views, New Views (Old Astronomical Paintings). Seeing the Unseen (Seeing in IR and UV Light + Radio). Two Events from 1990 (Hubble & Blue Dot Picture). A Satellite of Venus (Old Observations). What is a Month? + Other Stories.

108 - The Night the Stars Didn't Show (Trip to Tenerife in Covid19 time). Five Challenges to Colonising Mars (Thoughts on Mars Trips). The Life of Fred Hoyle _ Astronomer Extraordinaire, Part 1

109 - Fred Hoyle and the Steady State Theory (Why Hoyle did not believe the Big Bang). Nobel-worthy Astronomical Discoveries of the 20th Century (Life of Jocelyn Bell-Burnell). Decisions (SciFi Story). Go Boldly (Hospital Visit). Big Bang Questions (???). Astronomical Highlight