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      • 75 Years of Skyscrapers: 1932 – 2007
      • A Quarter Century of Skyscraping: 1932-1957
      • Charles Hugh Smiley (1903-1977)
      • Frank Evans Seagrave (1860-1934)
      • Past Presidents
    • Officers & Committees
    • Seagrave Memorial Observatory
      • 12-inch Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain
      • 12-inch Patton Reflector
      • 16-inch Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain
      • 8-inch Alvan Clark Refractor
      • 8-inch Alvan Clark Refractor
      • Double Roll-Off Roof Observatory
      • Meeting Hall
      • Seagrave Memorial Observatory Open Nights
    • Skyscrapers, Inc.
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  • Articles
  • News & Events
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    • From the President
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Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island

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June 24, 2026June 24, 2026Book ReviewsBy Francine Jackson

Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

by Lisa Kaltenegger, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2024, ISBN 978-1-250-28363-4, Hardbound, $30.00, US At first, this book begins with a series […]

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June 1, 2026June 24, 2026Book ReviewsBy Francine Jackson

111 Places in Space That You Should Not Miss

By Mark McCaughrean, Koln: Emons Verlag, 2025, ISBN 978-3-7408-0601-9, Softbound, $23.95, US Recently, I read Why Space Will Freak You Out: The […]

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March 1, 2026June 24, 2026Book ReviewsBy Francine Jackson

Why Space Will Freak You Out – The Scariest, Strangest Parts of the Universe

By Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke, with illustrations by Robert Ball, Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Kids, 2026, ISBN 978-1-4642-2709-7, Softbound, $12.99, US If you’ve […]

January 1, 2006June 29, 2026Book ReviewsBy Gerry Dyck

Just Another Planet Book?

When our local town librarian called my attention to a new addition to our library, I wondered if it were just another […]

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