NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES

The Observer

Volume/Issue Listing

The Observer was NRAO's in-house newsletter, published from December 1961 (vol. 1, no. 1) through October 1981 (vol. 22, no. 4). It included articles from all sites on NRAO social and sporting events, instrument construction and modification, technical achievements, and local history, as well as informal science articles, such as the three-article series on the first US-USSR VLBI experiment. The Observer was illustrated with photographs and drawings, and regularly included photographs of new employees. Links below are to searchable scans of individual issues.

Note that photo quality in the original Observers, and therefore in the scans, is not optimal. If you are searching for photographs, please contact the Archives; in many cases we may be able to provide digitizations made from the original negatives.

Volume 1, 1961-1962

• Volume 1, number 1, 29 December 1961
• Volume 1, number 2, 31 January 1962
• Volume 1, number 3, 28 February 1962
• Volume 1, number 4, 3 April 1962
• Volume 1, number 5, 30 April 1962
• Volume 1, number 6, 31 May 1962
• Volume 1, number 7, 29 June 1962
• Volume 1, number 8, 31 July 1962
• Volume 1, number 9, 31 August 1962
• Volume 1, number 10, 30 September 1962
• Volume 1, number 11, 31 October 1962
• Volume 1, number 12, 30 November 1962

Volume 2, 1962-1963

• Volume 2, number 1, 31 December 1962
• Volume 2, number 2, 31 January 1963
• Volume 2, number 3, 28 February 1963
• Volume 2, number 4, 29 March 1963
• Volume 2, number 5, 30 April 1963
• Volume 2, number 6, 31 May 1963
• Volume 2, number 7, 28 June 1963
• Volume 2, number 8, 31 July 1963
• Volume 2, number 9, 30 September 1963

Volume 3, 1963-1965

• Volume 3, number 1, 31 October 1963. (Issue misnumbered as Vol. 4, no. 1.)
• Volume 3, number 2, 27 November 1963.
• Volume 3, number 3, 31 January 1964
• Volume 3, number 4, 28 February 1964
• Volume 3, number 5, 31 March 1964
• Volume 3, number 6, 30 April 1964
• Volume 3, number 7, 28 May 1964
• Volume 3, number 8, 30 June 1964
• Volume 3, number 9, 31 July 1964
• Volume 3, number 10, 31 August 1964
• Volume 3, number 11, 30 September 1964
• Volume 3, number 12, 30 October 1964
• Volume 3, number 13, 25 November 1964
• Volume 3, number 14, 31 December 1964
• Volume 3, number 15, 26 February 1965
• Volume 3, number 16, 31 March 1965

Volume 4, 1965

• Volume 4, number 1, 30 April 1965
• Volume 4, number 2, 28 May 1965
• Volume 4, number 3, 30 June 1965
• Volume 4, number 4, 30 July 1965
• Volume 4, number 5, 31 August 1965
• Volume 4, number 6, 30 September 1965

Volume 5, 1965

• Volume 5, number 1, 1 December 1965. (Only one issue published in Vol. 5.)

Volume 6, 1966

• Volume 6, number 1, 31 August 1966
• Volume 6, number 2, 11 October 1966
• Volume 6, number 3, December 1966

Volume 7, 1967

• Volume 7, number 1, January-February 1967
• Volume 7, number 2, April 1967
• Volume 7, number 3, May-June 1967
• Volume 7, number 4, December 1967

Volume 8, 1968

• Volume 8, number 1, April 1968 (Only one issue published in Vol. 8.)

Volume 9, 1969

• Volume 9, number 1, September 1969
• Volume 9, number 2, November 1969

Volume 10, 1970

• Volume 10, number 1, January 1970
• Volume 10, number 2, March 1970
• Volume 10, number 3, May 1970
• Volume 10, number 4, July 1970
• Volume 10, number 5, September 1970
• Volume 10, number 6, November 1970

Volume 11, 1971

• Volume 11, number 1, January 1971

Volume 12, 1971

• Volume 12, number 2, March 1971 (No issue 1 for this volume.)
• Volume 12, number 3, May 1971
• Volume 12, number 4, July 1971
• Volume 12, number 5, September 1971
• Volume 12, number 6, November 1971

Volume 13, 1972

• Volume 13, number 1, January 1972
• Volume 13, number 2, April 1972
• Volume 13, number 3, June 1972
• Volume 13, number 4, August 1972
• Volume 13, number 5, October 1972
• Volume 13, number 6, December 1972

Volume 14, 1973

• Volume 14, number 1, February 1973
• Volume 14, number 2, April 1973
• Volume 14, number 3, June 1973
• Volume 14, number 4, August 1973
• Volume 14, number 5, October 1973
• Volume 14, number 6, December 1973

Volume 15, 1974

• Volume 15, number 1, February 1974
• Volume 15, number 2, April 1974
• Volume 15, number 3, June 1974
• Volume 15, number 4, August 1974
• Volume 15, number 5, October 1974
• Volume 15, number 6, December 1974

Volume 16, 1975

• Volume 16, number 1, February 1975
• Volume 16, number 2, April 1975
• Volume 16, number 3, June 1975
• Volume 16, number 4, August 1975
• Volume 16, number 5, October 1975
• Volume 16, number 6, December 1975

Volume 17, 1976

• Volume 17, number 1, March 1976
• Volume 17, number 2, June 1976
• Volume 17, number 3, September 1976
• Volume 17, number 4, December 1976

Volume 18, 1977

• Volume 18, number 1, March 1977
• Volume 18, number 2, June 1977
• Volume 18, number 3, September 1977
• Volume 18, number 4, December 1977

Volume 19, 1978

• Volume 19, number 1, March 1978
• Volume 19, number 2, June 1978
• Volume 19, number 3, September 1978
• Volume 19, number 4, December 1978

Volume 20, 1979

• Volume 20, number 1, March 1979
• Volume 20, number 2, June 1979
• Volume 20, number 3, September 1979
• Volume 20, number 4, December 1979

Volume 21, 1980

• Volume 21, number 1, March 1980
• Volume 21, number 2, July 1980
• Volume 21, number 3, October 1980

Volume 22, 1981

• Volume 22, number 1, January 1981
• Volume 22, number 2, April 1981
• Volume 22, number 3, July 1981
• Volume 22, number 4, October 1981