The Phases of the Moon
James outlines the basic astronomy behind the phases of the Moon
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Star trails
James describes how to capture star trails using a DSLR camera
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Observer’s Challenge: the Moon and Venus in the evening sky
Your last opportunity to see the Moon and Venus together in this evening apparition of the planet
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Atmospheric dispersion and its effect on high resolution imaging
Damian Peach discusses the impact atmospheric dispersion can have on planetary imaging and strategies to compensate for it
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See Mars and Uranus half-a-degree apart
Mars and Uranus sidle up to each other in the evening sky
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Bright outburst of Comet 73P fragment
Fragment shining 10x brighter than main comet
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Observer’s Challenge: penumbral lunar eclipse on February 10/11
Why not try your hand at observing this rare event?
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Introducing QUICKMAP – an invaluable resource for the lunar observer
“An up to date tutorial on the latest Quickmap has subsequently been published and can be found here.” There are
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Latest Near-Earth Asteroid zips past the Earth
Asteroid 2017 BH30 passes to within 45,480 km of us
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ISS visible again in the evening sky
Show your neighbours the space station
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