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Mars / Venus conjunction on Nov 3

1 November 20153 March 2022 Stewart Moore 0 Comments

See Mars and Venus in the same telescope field

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A Halloween Asteroid

30 October 201516 March 2022 Dominic Ford 0 Comments

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 triple conjunction in Leo

29 October 20153 March 2022 John Rogers 0 Comments

Mars, Venus and Jupiter together in the dawn sky.

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See the Moon hide Aldebaran

21 October 20153 March 2022 Stewart Moore 0 Comments

An evening occultation to enjoy

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Planetary line-up in the morning sky

5 October 20153 March 2022 Stewart Moore 0 Comments

Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and the Moon on display

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The sky in October and November

1 October 201516 March 2022 Dominic Ford 0 Comments

Brian Mills takes a look at the autumn sky

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NASA have inferred that these narrow dark streaks formed by contemporary flowing water on Mars's surface. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.
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Blues for the Red Planet

30 September 201516 March 2022 Dominic Ford 0 Comments

NASA has announced the discovery of liquid water currently flowing on the Red Planet. The announcement builds on the long

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Common types of telescope

29 September 20153 March 2022 Stuart Morris 0 Comments

Paul looks at the three most common types of telescope

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Mars greets Regulus in the morning sky

20 September 20153 March 2022 Stewart Moore 0 Comments

See Mars within 1 degree of Regulus

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Occultation of HIP 14977 by 275 Sapientia, 2015 September 29/30

15 September 20153 March 2022 Dominic Ford 0 Comments

On 2015 September 29/30 the UK will see its most favouable asteroid occulation of 2015

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