The winter sky
Brian Mills takes a look at the sky in December and January
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Author: Dominic Ford
A Halloween Asteroid
Dubbed the ‘Halloween Asteroid’, an object designated 2015 TB145 will skirt the Earth-Moon system reaching closest approach to the Earth on October 31st around 17:00 UT when it will be 1.27 lunar-distances away.
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The sky in October and November
Brian Mills takes a look at the autumn sky
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Blues for the Red Planet
NASA has announced the discovery of liquid water currently flowing on the Red Planet. The announcement builds on the long
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Occultation of HIP 14977 by 275 Sapientia, 2015 September 29/30
On 2015 September 29/30 the UK will see its most favouable asteroid occulation of 2015
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Total Eclipse of the Moon, 2015 September 28
Later this month, the UK will see a total lunar eclipse — the first visible in its entirity since 2008.
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The Perseids 2015
The Perseids reach maximum activity this Wednesday
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The late summer sky
Brian Mills takes a look at the sky in August and September
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Protoplanetary objects of desire
Spacecraft are closing in on two dwarf planets
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John Brashear and the BAA
The instrument maker John Brashear, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was among the first Members of the Association when it was founded in 1890.
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