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Gary,
I am a bit late on this one, but was looking into something else and I came upon Dick Chambers’ write-up of the 1982 Winchester week-end which confirms that was indeed the year when Miss Caroline Herschel was present and “who most charmingly agreed to say a few words to an appreciative audience”. JBAA, vol 93(1), page 31 (1982).
I can understand how it must have made quite an impression on you. Sadly I wasn’t there.
All the best,
Jeremy
It’s great to see your work on spectroscopy of HR Lyr, Robin. Well done!
The system is indeed on the rise again as Gary has mentioned. It’s been C= 16.2-16.4 the last 3 nights.
It’s remarkable that such little spectroscopy has been done on this old nova – and others.
Best regards,
Jeremy
Hello Owen and Andy,
Thanks for your interest in the introduction of digital membership to the BAA and your enthusiastic support for the idea. I am glad you like it – and it’s good to hear the positive result that the Webb Society had, Owen. I have set up a team to look at the effective implementation of digital membership. It is very much the intention that we will be able to roll it out it to the wider membership.
I do want to reassure members who value receiving the printed Journal and Handbook, there is no intention of stopping them.
All the best,
Jeremy
Impressive spectrum, Bill. Well done! You should be able to dig out quite of lot of information from that.
Too much to hope that somone else also captured the meteor to allow a triangulation, I suppose?
Good to hear darkeness has returned – looking forward to seeing more meteor spectra in the weeks ahead.
Jeremy
It’s been mentioned several times by others, but for me it has to be Starlight Nights by Leslie Peltier. I read it once every year when on holiday (I read it agian last week!). It reminds me why I love astronomy.
Jeremy
Good to meet you at the BAA meeting, Wayne. Thanks for coming. Hope to see you at another BAA event before long.
Best regards,
Jeremy
Inspired by Gary’s image, I tried with my iPhone at 13.35 UT (sunspot just above centre, Mercury below). I held it to the 18 mm eyepiece of my Takahashi FS 102 (102 mm refractor, f/8) with Thousand Oaks solar filter.
Jeremy
Dear Richard,
I am sure you have many fascinating stories about your time at Plesetsk and Baikonur.
I contacted Dr Richard McKim about your query and he says we don’t have any of the former Artificial Satellite Section newsletters in the Archive. If you, or anyone else, manages to come across any, he would certainly appreciate copies for the Archive.
Kind regards,
Jeremy
Hello Eric,
I have not looked at those all sky images, but they sound intriguing.
I am sure they would show meteors and perhaps the occasional fireball. The really interesting part of imaging meteors/fireballs is to obtain an orbit for the object and, ultimately, to identify the parent body. However, to do this one needs data from (at least) 2 sites a few 10s of km apart, to allow triangulation. Also needed is good time resolution during the passage of the object to obtain the velocity of the object.
Kind regards,
Jeremy
Thanks James, Peter and Paul
The survey email is being delivered in batches. For those of you who haven’t received it yet, it should arrive in the next few days.
In the meantime people are welcome to use the link given in my email at the top.
Best regards
Jeremy
In 2015 I imaged on 116 nights (32%), which is close to the average of the last 11 years (33%). However, it was a year of two halves, with the first four months being generally very good indeed. The best month overall was September with 18 nights and the worst May and Dec with only 4.
Jeremy
That’s a very nice find, James. I am glad it will find a place on your wall. Donati’s was certainly one of the most impressive comets of the 19th century. It probably stimulated an astronomical interest in many people. Dr. Thomas David Anderson (1853-1932) and Col. E.E. Markwick (1853 – 1925) both mention it as their first astronomical recollection, being shown it when they were 5 years old. The former went on to discover several novae and the latter became the second Director of the VSS and BAA President.
Jeremy
I watched ingress, Nick. Always impressive to see a bright star like Aldebaran suddenly disappear behind the dark limb – you get a real impression of the moon moving against the background stars. I was clouded out for egress, though.
Jeremy
Dear Tony,
The Christmas meeting is one of the most popular events in the BAA Calendar and our meeting on Dec 12 maintains the tradition of welcoming world-class speakers including Professors Gerry Gilmore and Lucie Green. As in recent years, we have moved the venue from Burlington House to University College London so we can accommodate more people. However, even this large lecture theatre still has a limit on capacity. As in previous years, to ensure a comfortable, enjoyable and safe experience for those attending we have to keep track on the number attending, hence the request to book at place in advance. The meeting is free for members to attend provided they reserved a place by November 20, as announced in the October JBAA and via BAA ebulletin. We had anticipated this would give ample time for those intending to come to register for the event to register for free (non-members who wish to attend would pay the fee anyway) and the £5 fee would encourage people to register early.
I do hope that you will still be able to come to the Christmas meeting, which I am sure will maintain the high standards of previous years and be a very enjoyable event.
Kind regards,
Jeremy Shears
