The MIRA newsletter is a quarterly publication sent to members of the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy. We are pleased to offer full-text versions of the most recent issues as well as archives of past issues.

Spring 2009 [pdf, 182k]
Weaver Student Observatory back in Buisiness - 2008 Donor LIst - Distant light pollution from L.A.

Winter 2008 [pdf, 179k]
Orion Nebula From OOS - Rebuilding after the basin Complex Fire - How big is the Universe? - The remediation of light.

Fall 2008 [pdf, 244k]
Basin Fire Complex Attacks the Bernard M. Oliver Observing Station - Full pictures layout - Notes from the Summer intern.

Summer 2008 [pdf, 125k]
Fire surrounds the MIRA Observing Station - Calculating inocular field of view -'Roots of Life on Mars' Lecture - Refurbishing the Weaver Student Observatory - Docents for the Weaver Student Observatory

Spring 2008 [pdf, 104k]
The danger of Comet Holmes - 2007 Donor list - The return of Smith's Cloud - Exploding stars: two amazing decades of research after SN 1987A

Winter 2007 [pdf, 168k]
MIRA observations of the amazing Comet Holmes - Student research at the Oliver Observing Station - Pleione - Dark Matter: The Other Universe - Sunset at the north pole: is it real?

Fall 2007 [pdf, 185k]
Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party at the Oliver Observing Station - Just one bright star and astronomical marriage arrangements Questions - AT&T Pebble Beach Charities grant for the Hamming Astronomy Center

Summer 2007 [pdf, 113k]
Optical design of MIRA High-Resolution Spectrograph - Blue moons and shooting star Questions - TABASGO Challenge Grant for the Hamming Astronomy Center

Spring 2007 [pdf, 114k]
Whither Pluto: A Third Opinion - Winter Solstice Questions - Supernova 1987A - 2005 Donor List

Winter 2006 [pdf, 120k]
MIRA confirmed to go to space! - Why can we see Mars? - Education docents needed at MIRA

Fall 2006 [pdf, 300k]
MIRA telescope silhouetted against the summer Milky Way - Questions on cosmology - The Pluto Controversy

Summer 2006 [pdf, 300k]
MIRA Receives Two New Grants - Deep Impact Publication Information - MIRA Docent Tom Lougheed Moves On - Q&A: Which way do the planets move around the Sun?

Spring 2006 [pdf, 320k]
The MIRA Eclipse Cruise - 2005 Donor List