VITA NOSTRA BREVIS EST … Editor-in-Chief

“ZVAIGŽŅOTĀ DEBESS” FORTY YEARS AGO
Ikar Went Past the Earth. I.Daube (abridged)
Lidars. N.Petrovs (abridged)
Time Service at Peter Stuchka Latvian State University. N.Cimahoviča (abridged)

DEVELOPMENTS in SCIENCE
Wonderful Tail of a Wonderful Star. Z.Alksne, A.Alksnis

NEWS
Particularly Cool Brown Dwarf Found. Z.Alksne, A.Alksnis
New Asteroids Discovered by ULIA Astrophysical Observatory of . I.Eglītis

INTERNATIONAL YEAR of ASTRONOMY 2009
Poster, Trailer and Other Hot Topics. M.Gills

SPACE RESEARCH and EXPLORATION
Web Resources for Spacecraft Observers and Astronomy Amateurs. M.Sudārs

ACADEMIC STAFF of the UNIVERSITY of LATVIA
Professor Boriss Bružs (1897–1987). J.Jansons

LATVIAN SCIENTISTS
How Ivars Šmelds Became an Astronomer. N.Cimahoviča
To Keep Watch on Satellite Telemetry. J.Klētnieks

ASTRONOMY and COSMOLOGY in FOLK TRADITIONS and CULTURAL HERITAGE
Stars and Catacombs: Possible Witnesses of Astronomical Events in Paleo-Christian Art. V.F.Polcaro & A.Martocchia
Ancient Australian Astronomy. R.Norris
World Archeoastronomers in Klaipeda. I.Pundure

CONFERENCES and MEETINGS
European Astronomical Society: Towards European Co-operation. I.Šmelds, M.Krastiņš

At SCHOOL
Problems of 58^th Latvian Olympiad in Mathematics. A.Andžāns

MARS in the FOREGROUND
Dust Avalanches on Mars. J.Jaunbergs
Robotic Life in Martian Dust. J.Jaunbergs

NEW BOOKS
In the Book on Paradoxes or Why We don’t Meet Extraterrestrial Civilization … I.Pundure

AMID HYPOTHESES
Perpetual Calendar – “Punched Card”. I.Heinrihsone

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

FLASHBACK
Patomsky Crater and Tungusk Meteorite. I.Jurģītis

CHRONICLE
Study of Novae in M31 from Photographic Observations Completed. A.Alksnis
Digitalization of Astronomical Photographs at Baldone Observatory. O.Smirnova
On the Meeting of Editorial Board of “Zvaigžņotā Debess” on 26 March 2008... I.Pundure

The STARRY SKY in the SUMMER of 2008. J.Kauliņš

Supplement:  Latvian Dainas Testify to Perpetual Calendar 

Summer, 2008

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