“ZVAIGŽŅOTĀ DEBESS” FORTY YEARS AGO
Are Marsian Canals Mountain Ranges? N.Cimahoviča (abridged)
Observatory in Riga Castle Tower 150 Years Ago. I.Rabinovičs (abridged)
Fr.Cander’s Father. J.Gornovs (abridged)

DEVELOPMENTS in SCIENCE
Galaxies and Environment. Z.Alksne, A.Alksnis 

NEWS
Intergalactic Meteor Particle in the Field of View of 6-m Telescope. A.Alksnis
Comet Holmes in Riga Sky. M.Gills
A Mysterious Comet – 17P/Holmes. A.Barzdis

INTERNATIONAL YEAR of ASTRONOMY 2009
UN Declares 2009 the International Year of Astronomy. M.Gills
International Year of Astronomy, 2009. Declaration of United Nations 62^nd General Assembly
Our Contribution to International Year of Astronomy. N.Cimahoviča

SPACE RESEARCH and EXPLORATION
Cycloidal Cracks of Europa – Jupiter’s Moon. J.Jaunbergs
Stardust@home − Internet-Based Search for Interstellar Dust. V.Kalniņš
Don Quijote vs. Asteroid Coming Soon. M.Sudārs

ACADEMIC STAFF of the UNIVERSITY of LATVIA
Physicist and Teacher Andrejs Bumbērs (1887–1959). J.Jansons

ASTRONOMY and COSMOLOGY in FOLK TRADITIONS and CULTURAL HERITAGE
Images on Stones at Village Scebiaraky in Northwest Belarus. A.Prokhorov

At SCHOOL
Solutions of Problems of 34^th Latvian Open Olympiad in Mathematics in Short. A.Andžāns
Latvia’s 35^th Open Astronomical Olympiad for Secondary School Students. M.Krastiņš

MARS in the FOREGROUND
NASA Mars Design Reference Mission 5.0. J.Jaunbergs

For AMATEURS
Star Party ρ Aquilae in Viļķene. M.Krastiņš
Youth Astronomical Club – 20. K.Adgere
From Readers’ Letters: Perseids 2007. A.Sokolovs

AMID HYPOTHESES
Meteoritic Material on Rock Surfaces (concluded). I.Jurģītis

COSMOS as an ART THEME
Universe as Philately Subject (I part). J.Štrauss

FLASHBACK
An Inscription on the Wall. I.Vilks

CHRONICLE
Latvian Astronomical Society – 60.  M.Krastiņš

READERS’ SUGGESTIONS
Lost in Space! What Can be Done? M.Sudārs

READERS' QUESTIONS
Question about Stone. J.Cepītis
About Dimensions of the Black Hole. K.Bērziņš, D.Docenko
Mass and Evolution of Stars. D.Docenko
The STARRY SKY in the SPRING of 2008. J.Kauliņš