Pulsar Newsletter
The bi-annual newsletter of the IAAA.
2021 through 2017: Issues over five years old are available to all online. If you wish to receive the latest issues, become a member!
2016 – Issue 2 (Summer) – Biosphere 2 Workshop report
2016 – Issue 1 (Winter) – Space 2016 Expo report
2015 – Issue 2 (Summer) – From Space Art to Space Art Quilting, An Evening With Alexei Leonov, The Heritage of Astronomical Art in Arizona
2015 – Issue 1 (Winter) – Southwest Regional Workshop in Tucson, Creating the 2014 Hugo Award
2014 – Issue 2 (Summer) – Reunion Island Trip, Joe Bergeron’s Cosmic Cat
2014 – Issue 1 (Winter) – The Moon of Ludek Pesek, Grand Canyon Workshop (part 2)
2013 – Issue 3 – From 2D to Glass, Grand Canyon Workshop (part 1)
2013 – Issues 1 & 2 – Kitt Peak Workshop, Planetfest 2012 Art Show
2012: (No issues this year.)
2011: Messenger becomes first probe to orbit Mercury.
2011 Issue – Kitt Peak Workshop Report
2010: The first habitable exoplanet is detected.
2010 Issue – Artist Techniques
2009: Many “Super Earth” exoplanets identified.
2009 Q2-4 – The Rings of Saturn
2009 Q1 – The Moon, Companion of Worlds
2008: Messenger’s first flyby of Mercury.
2008 Q3-Q4 – Utah workshop report part 2
2008 Q1-Q2 – Utah workshop report part 1
2007: The 50th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
2007 Q4 – Packing Art
2007 Q3 – Counting Craters
2007 Q2 – Nicaragua workshop report part 2
2007 Q1 – Nicaragua workshop report part 1
2006: Geysers are discovered on Enceladus.
2006 Q4 – Green Flash
2006 Q3 – Kuiper Belt
2006 Q2 – Ophiuichi Nova
2006 Q1 – Early Universe
2005: Huygens landed on Titan.
2005 Winter – Spacecraft / The Sun
2005 Spring – Death Valley
2004: Two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, land successfully.
2004 – Jul-Dec– The Moon, Comets, Energetic Objects
2004 – May-Jun – Gas Giants
2004 – Mar-Apr – Mars
2004 – Jan-Feb – Colors of Space
2003: The shuttle Columbia disintegrates on re-entry.
2003 – Nov-Dec – Space art Landscapes
2003 – Jan-Feb – Lucien Rudaux
2002: Hubble telescope is upgraded.
2002 – Jul-Dec – Tupan Caldera
2002 – May-Jun – Ring Galaxy
2002 – Feb-Apr – Globules
2001: MIR space station is de-orbited.
2001 – Dec – 2002 – Jan – Leonids
2001 – Oct-Nov – Stonehenge
2001 – Aug-Sep – Craters
2001 – Jun-Jul – Mars
2001 – Apr-May – Sunspots
2001 – Feb-Mar – Eros
2000: Last crew on MIR, first crew on the ISS.
2000 – Dec – 2001 – Jan – Space Odyssey
2000 – Aug-Nov – Geothermal features
2000 – Jun-Jul – T-Tauri
2000 – Apr-May – NEAR and Far
2000 – Feb-Mar – Ray Tracing
1999: Total solar eclipse crosses Europe.
1999 – Dec – 2000 – Jan – Galactic Imagery
1999 – Oct-Nov – Eclipses
1999 – Aug-Sep – Comets
1999 – Jun-Jul – Binaries
1999 – Apr-May – SETI
1999 – Feb-Mar – Seyfert Galaxies
1998: The first ISS module is launched.
1998 – Dec – 1999 – Jan – Meteor Showers
1998 – Oct-Nov – Cassini’s Away!
1998 – Aug-Sep – Supernova Remnants
1998 – Jun-Jul – Airbrushing
1998 – Apr-May – Europa
1998 – Feb-Mar – Digital Worlds
1997: Cassini / Huygens is launched.
1997 – Dec – 1998 – Jan – Event Horizons
1997 – Oct-Nov – Gravitational Lensing
1997 – Aug-Sep – Remembering Gene Shoemaker
1997 – Jun-Jul – Paris in Spring!
1997 – Apr-May – Selling Your Art
1997 – Feb-Mar – The Sagan Project
1996: The Galileo probe flies past Europa, Ganymede (twice), and Callisto.
1996 – Dec – 1997 – Jan –New Members
1996 – Oct-Nov – Tenerife Workshop Report
1996 – Aug-Sep – White Mountain Workshop Report
1996 – Jun-Jul – Machine-aided Art, pt 2
1996 – Apt-May – Exhibition in Orbit / Machine-aided Art
1996 – Feb-Mar – A “new” thing: The Internet!
1995: Pioneer 11 shuts down.
1995 – Dec – 1996 – Jan
1995 – Oct-Nov
1995 – Jul-Aug
1995 – May-Jun
1995 – Mar-Apr
1995 – Jan-Feb
1994: The Magellan probe enters orbit of Venus.
1994 – May-Dec?
1994 – Mar-Apr
1994 – Jan-Feb
1993: The Hubble telescope is fixed in orbit.
1993 – Jul-Dec?
1993 – May-Jun
1993 – Mar-Apr
1993 – Jan-Feb
1992: Pioneer Venus is deliberately de-orbited into the atmosphere of Venus.
1992 – Jul-Dec?
1992 – May-Jun
1992 – Mar-Apr
1992 – Jan-Feb
1991: Helen Sharman becomes the first British astronaut.
1991 – Nov-Dec
1991 – Jul-Aug-Sept-Oct
1991 – May-Jun
1991 – Mar-Apr
1991 – Jan-Feb
1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched.
1990 – Nov-Dec
1990 – Sep-Oct
1990 – Jul-Aug
1990 – May-Jun
1990 – Mar-Apr
1990 – Jan-Feb
1989: The worst solar storms in history occur.
1989 – Nov-Dec
1989 – Sep-Oct
1989 – Jul-Aug?
1989 – May-Jun
1989 – Mar-Apr
1989 – Jan-Feb
1988: The Soviet Union launches the Buran shuttle.
1988 – 11-12
1988 – 10
1988 – 1Q
1987: A naked-eye visible supernova appears in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
1987-11 – 1988-01
1987 – 09-10
1987 – 07-08
1987 – 06
1987 – 05
1987 – 03-04
1987 – 02
1987 – 01
The Parallax and other newsletters
The Parallax used to be an annual newsletter published to showcase artwork by members. As printing technology improved and the internet became more widespread, the Parallax was discontinued. It’s still fun to see what was made though. Here are the known issues.
Flier – 2002
Flier – 1998
Flier – 1990
Parallax – 1998
Parallax – 1989
1987 workshop report
Parallax – 1985-1
Parallax – 1985-2
Parallax – 1985-3
Parallax – 1985-4
Parallax – 1984-1
Parallax – 1984-2
Parallax – 1984-3
Bulletin 1982-1
Bulletin 1982-2