African Skies

Cieux Africains

Contents

• Editorial .... F.R. Querci
• News / Nouvelles
• Salt as an African Facility R.S. Stobie
• Lightning and Whistler Ghosts A.R.W. Hughes & W.K.M. Rice
• The IAU and its Role in the World-Wide Development of Astronomy J. Andersen
• Développement d'un Détecteur pour Spectromètres Optiques M. Benna
• Reflections on the 1998 SAAO Summer School A. Habanyama
• Artificial Satellite Tracking G. Roberts
• Friends with the Universe: Taking Astronomy to the People C. Rijsdijk
• Software Review: Mars Navigator G. Roberts
• Dissertation Abstracts / Résumé de Thèses B. Woerman
• Job/Study Opportunities

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Acknowledgements

The production of this issue of African Skies/Cieux Africains was made possible by the generous support of the South African Astronomical Observatory and the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, which provided the necessary computing and communications infrastructure. Additionally, the South African Astronomical Observatory sponsored the printing costs and part of the delivery costs of this issue. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has generously contributed the airmail distribution of this issue. We are grateful for the support of these three organizations.

A great number of individuals assisted in some way in the production of this issue of African Skies/Cieux Africains. In particular we would like to express our gratitude to W.P. Koorts and P.E. Spargo.

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