Almost complete list (179 articles noted on Jan. 27, 2022) of published works by Alan Goldstein in astronomy, education / museum & parks, gardening, minerals and paleontology. Book contributions first, articles follow.
Book (author)
The Dragon in My Back Yard, Dingbat Publishing, Humble, Texas, 2021
Books (contributor)
Evolution – The Whole Story (contributor), Firefly Press, 2015
Deep Sky Observers Handbook, Part 4, Galaxies, (contributor of observations), Enslow-Lutterworth Publishers, 1984
The Universe from Your Backyard, AstroMedia, 1988
Deep Sky Observing with a Small Telescope, Enslow Publishers, 1989 – chapter on observing galaxies
Galaxies and the Universe, two chapters, Kalmbach Publishing, 1992
Stars and Galaxies, 10 chapters, Kalmbach Publishing, 1992
Dinofest Guide, Arizona State University, 1996
Illinois Fluorite District, in American Mineral Treasures, Lithographie, 2008
The Stratigraphy of Speed Quarry, In 9th North American Paleontology Convention, 2009 Field Trip – Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Silurian and Devonian Strata in the Central Ohio Valley, the Falls of the Ohio and Quarries in Clark Co., Indiana, June 24, 2009. University of Cincinnati.
Astronomy
Astronomy magazine
This is the largest circulating magazine on the subject in the world.
Observing Peculiar Galaxies, February 1981
Observing Edge-On Galaxies, May 1982
Observing the Autumn Galaxies, October 1983
Galaxy Hunting around the Big Dipper, March 1989
Split a Star in Two, December, 1989
Great Summer Planetaries, May 1990
Observing Nebulosities in Cygnus, June, 1990
Splashy Summer Star Clusters, September, 1990
Magnificent Orion, November, 1990
Exploring the Virgo Cluster, March, 1991
The wonders of the Coma Cluster, June 1991
Observing Bright Planetary Nebulae, September, 1991
Observing the Andromeda Galaxy, November, 1991
Book Review – Beyond the Solar System, July 1993
Distant Galactic Silhouettes: Observing Dusty Galaxies, 1993
Observing Celestial Powerhouses, 1993-4
Desperately Seeking Spirals, 1993-4
Deep Sky Objects in Odd Places, 1994
Twelve Splendid Spirals, April, 1995
Seeing the Unseen, March, 1996
Observing Tiny Planetaries at High Power, 1996-7
Summer’s Magnificent Swan Song, August 1997
Touring a Stellar Graveyard, December, 1997
Seeing into Violent Corners, March, 1998
All About M31, Explore the Universe, 2001
My Favorite Objects, February 2002 (My shortest article – see below)
Watching a Celestial Ballet, August, 2002
Exploring the Pinwheel, November 2003
A Spiral Masterpiece, May 2005
Observing Celestial Odd Couples, January 2008
Explore the Gem of the Milky Way, June 2009
Watch as Galaxies Collide, November 2009
Create the Ultimate Observing Chart for Free Mar 2012
Ten Great Hits from an Obscure Catalogue, Dec. 2012
Target Hubble’s Galaxy Classes, May, 2013
Discover the ultraviolent sky, July, 2013
Set Your Sights on the Great Rift, July, 2015
Finding Our Place in the Milky Way, August, 2015 (reprinted in Discover magazine, May, 2016)
An NGC Primer, Sept. 2018
Explore nearby Deep-Sky Gems, November, 2018
Cosmic Catalogs you can use, February, 2019
View Earth Through a Cosmic Lens, August, 2020
Discover the Strangest Galaxies in the Sky, Sept. 2021
Looking for Galaxies in All the Wrong Places, Oct. 2021
101 Must See Cosmic Objects, Jan. 2022
Planetary Nebulae in Color, Mar. 2022
Explore 10 Great Open Clusters (In the Summer Triangle), July 2022
Target 10 Galaxy Groups, May 2023
101 Weirdest Cosmic Objects, Jan. 2024
Deep Sky Monthly
29 articles between July 1977 and January 1982 – it became Deep Sky magazine in 1983.
Deep Sky magazine
Observing the Local Group, Fall 1983
DSM Reviews: Atlas of the Andromeda Galaxy, Winter 1983
Tilting Spiral Galaxies, Fall 1985
Observing Interacting Galaxies, Spring 1987
Ten Years of DSM, Summer 1987
Surveying Autumn’s Planetary Nebulae, Fall 1987
Observing the Classification of Galaxies, Fall, 1989
The Deep Sky
The quarterly publication of the National Deep Sky Observer’s Society, an organization founded by me while in high school
Galaxies: Observing the Deep Realm, Winter, 2000
Education & Nature
The Interpreter & Legacy magazines
Magazines published by National Association for Interpretation, the largest organization of its type in the world. Members include educators in parks, museums, historical sites, zoos & aquariums, universities that teach the subject.
Discovering fossils – a hands-on lab, Legacy, Mar. – Apr. 2002
Creating a Festival, July, 2003*
Temporary Exhibits in Unexpected Places, Jan.-Feb. 2006
What is This? Mar.-Apr. 2008
Career Camps for Children, May-June 2011
Interpreting the Galaxy, Sept. – Oct. 2012 (2-page cover design)
Seeing the Unseen – Interpreting Geological Time, May-June 2020
How to Become the Local Expert, May-June 2021
FourThought
The National Association for Interpretation, Region 4 Newsletter
Activity Sheets as an Educational Tool for Interpretive Centers, Spring 2000
Shadows of Sound, Echos of Silence, Spring 2007
Indiana Interpreter (Indiana Department of Natural Resources)
Internal newsletter to interpretive naturalists in Indiana State Parks
A realllly big sheew! Nov.-Dec. 1999
Interpreting a Devonian Coral reef with Modern Marine Aquariums, Jan. – Feb. 2002
Outdoor Indiana
Bi-monthly magazine published by the Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources
Finding and knowing the state’s best fossils, Sept.-Oct. 2010
Creature Feature – Sea Lily (Crinoid), January, 2016
Quarterly, (Louisville Museum of History and Science)
Publication for Museum members, it ran in the 1980s.
Utilizing Other Planets: What Does the Future Hold? Summer 1986
Here Comes the Sun, Winter-Spring 1986-7
Labels: Transmitting Information for years to Come, Winter-Spring 1986-7
Mammoth and Mastodon Teeth: What is the Difference? Winter-Spring 1986-7
The Museum’s Learning Collection, Fall 1987
Getting the Shaft in a Fluorite Mine, Fall 1987
Flying the Friendly (Cretaceous) Skies, Spring 1987, reprinted Spring 1988
Meteors: A Case of Science Friction, Winter 1988
Scanning the Winter Skies, Winter 1988
Astronomy Clubs: How Can They Help You? Winter 1988
Bringing Back the Rockies, Summer, 1988
Gardening
The Courier Journal – Green Space columns
A series of columns that started off with a diverse focus but eventually became too narrow for me to continue. I’m a gardener not a botanist!
Limestone in rocks in Kentucky and Indiana, July 14, 2012
What is in my creek stone, August 4, 2012
Glaciers have ties to Louisville rocks, August 18, 2012
Erosion in your garden, December 22, 2012
Building nesting bags, February 2, 2013
Garlic Mustard, May 4, 2013
‘Living fossils’ create a garden with ancient roots, June 8, 2013
Geology
Digest (Mid America Paleontological Society)
This is the largest amateur paleontology groups in the U.S. When I wrote these articles, the readership was over 300 world-wide.
Anatomy of Lichenocrinus, March 1983
Differentiating the Devonian Coral Genus Favosites and Emmonsia, December 1983
Distribution of Paleozoic Corals in the United States, March & April 1985
Worm burrows in Middle Devonian Corals, February 1987
Fluorite-replaced Fossils, January 1988
A brief stop at Florissant, Colorado, November 1988
Systematics of the Devonian coral genus Emmonsia of the Kentuckiana area, October 1989
Labeling: Transmitting information for years to come, December 1989
The Coral Ridge Fauna, April, 1992 (Reprinted elsewhere on this website)
Extinct echinoderms of Kentucky, April 1993
Current Proper Names of Devonian Corals at the Falls of the Ohio, April 1998
Types & Growth Habits of Devonian Corals at the Falls of the Ohio and Surrounding Areas, April 1998
Microfossils of the Middle Mississippian Salem Limestone: Midwest U.S.A., April, 1999
Interaction Among Devonian Sea Life…, April, 2013
Fossils of the Waldron Shale (with Kate Bulinski), EXPO issue 2022
Devonian Fauna of the Falls of the Ohio area, EXPO issue 2023
Fossil News
This was a privately published monthly publication. I don’t think it’s still around today.
Curating Your Collection, February 2001
Fossils Quarterly
A short-lived small-format magazine, this was one of my first articles on fossils.
Fossils of the Louisville Limestone, Spring-Summer 1983
Journal of Paleontology (co-author)
This is a journal of the Paleontological Society, the largest professional organization of paleontologists in the world.
Crinoids from the Muldraugh Member of the Borden Formation in North-Central Kentucky, vol. 74, no., 6, 2000 (co-author)
A New Species of Gilmocrinus from the Muldraugh Formation, Osagean, Middle Mississippian, from Hardin Co., Kentucky, 2007
Evolution and Taphonomic Implications of a New Species of Amphoracrinus from the Early Visean of Kentucky (co-author), 2021
The Mineralogical Record
This is considered to be the most prestigious mineral magazine in North America and of the top three in the world.
Gerard Troost and His Collection, Sept. – Oct. 1984
Illinois – Kentucky Fluorite District, May-June 1997**
Famous Mineral Localities: Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, Sept.-Oct. 1997 (with Bill McKenzie)
Mineral News
This was a monthly periodical for mineral collectors published by Lanny Ream for many years before he “passed the torch” to a mineral dealer.
I plan to either scan each Mineral News article to PDF or rewrite the most significant articles and post them on my website. Check the “Minerals” page.
Vugs in fossils in Kentucky, May 1988
Minerals in drill cores, Cave in Rock, Illinois, July 1988
Minor secondary minerals in the Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district, August 1988
Getting the shaft in a fluorite mine – a visit to the Annabel Lee mine, October 1988
What makes a mineral collection valuable to a museum? January, 1989
Minerals of Kentucky: The species list, May, 1989
Minerals in the geodes of Indiana and Kentucky, September, 1989
Labels Transmitting Information for Years to Come, February, 1990
Two Virginia Staurolite Localities, March, 1990
A New Celestite and Aragonite Locality near South Carthage, Tennessee, June, 1990
Halls Gap Millerite Locality – A Collector’s Update, August, 1990
Rambling through Colorado – 1, The Madonna Mine, April 1991
Muldraugh, Kentucky Geode Locality: An Update May, 1991
Roaming Colorado II – The Hartsel Barite Locality, July 1991
Cave in Rock – 1991, November, 1991
Mineral Locality News, January, 1992
Wandering Colorado – III, Vesicular Basalt Occurrence near Walcott, Eagle Co., Colorado, March, 1992
Collecting in Colorado – IV, Browns Canyon Fluorspar district, July, 1992
Examining Halls Gap Geodes: The SEM Approach, September, 1992
Examining Halls Gap Geodes: Part II – Some Notes on Millerite, November, 1992
Examining Halls Gap Geodes – Part III, Jamborite and other alterations of Millerite, December, 1992
Some Interesting Crystal Phantoms from Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, February, 1993
Collecting Report: Cave in Rock, 1992, March, 1993
A Mid-Summer’s Day Collecting Trip, March, 1993
Collecting Geodes Near Harrodsburg Indiana: Results from a brief excursion, June, 1993
Collecting in Colorado – V, National Belle Mine, August, 1993
1993 (Mineral) Report, September, 1993
Mineralized Fossils in Kentucky, December, 1993
Halls Gap 5 – Sphalerite, Galena, and a note about Cerussite, February, 1994
Halls Gap 4 – Pyrite, April, 1994
Corydon Crushed Stone quarry… Productive for the Moment, August, 1994
Halls Gap 6 – Quartz, October, 1994
Book Review – Rocks and Minerals of Kentucky, January 1995
Halls Gap 7- Mineral Miscellany, February, 1995
Etched Minerals, A Exciting View with an Electron Microscope, September, 1995
Fluorite and Associated Minerals from the… Irvington Quarry, Breckinridge Co., Kentucky, April, 1996
Giant Gypsum from a Kentucky Mine, June, 1996
Bloomington Mineral Fossil & Gem Show 1996, August, 1996
Ben F. Clement Mineral Museum, January, 1997
Minerals near Tateville, Pulaski Co., KY, November, 1997
Smithsonite Discovery in Cave in Rock, Illinois, September, 2001
Unusual Minerals in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, May, 2003
Bancroft: A First Timer’s Report, September, 2004
Re-examination of Some Minerals from the Cave in Rock Area, April, 2005
2005 San Diego Collecting Trip, October, 2005
Spherical sphalerite from Bardstown, Kentucky, August 2010
Rock & Gem
One of the largest circulating hobby magazines in the U.S.
Falls of the Ohio – Indiana’s Newest State Park, Nov. 1994
Rocks and Minerals
The oldest amateur publication of its type in North America.
Kentucky Mineral Locality Index, Nov.-Dec. 2006
Other
Managing a Fossil Park in an Urban Environment, in PaleoParks – The protection and conservation of fossil sites worldwide, Notebooks in Geology, Book 3, 2009
* Article won an award of the Best Article of the Year (National Association for Interpretation, a professional organization representing interpreters, naturalists and educators around the world)
** Article won an award of the Best Article of the Year (Friends of Mineralogy, a national organization comprised of amateur and professional mineralogists / collectors)
Contributing Editor
Evolution and the Fossil Record by John Pojeta and Dale Springer, 2001 – invited to review content of this booklet.
