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Into the Zooniverse: An interview with Prof Chris Lintott

From exoplanet detections to images of the early Universe, an overwhelming flood of astronomical data since the mid-2000s has produced

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Rosetta’s comets – amateur & schools’ campaigns

I attended a Royal Astronomical Society specialist discussion meeting on 2019 Dec 13 entitled ‘Cometary science with Rosetta: striking, timely

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Protection for the stars of Cranborne Chase

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Presentation of Edinburgh’s Lorimer Medal to Ron Livesey

On 2019 Sep 14, the Lorimer Medal of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh was awarded to Ronald J. Livesey at

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Asteroid (4) Vesta occults a bright star

On 2020 Feb 11 at 22:02 UT, observers in Newfoundland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the north of England, the Isle of

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From the President

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Deep Sky Update – January 2020

Supernova news A couple of bright(ish) supernovae have appeared; SN 2020ue in NGC 4363 and SN 2020io in M100. I

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The quest for ET (Exoplanet Transits not Extra-Terrestrials that is)

16 January 20203 March 2022 Roger Dymock 0 Comments

Why not try your hand at observing an exoplanet transit in support of the ARIEL Space Mission?

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Observer’s Challenge – Spot a Supernova

15 January 202016 March 2022 Callum Potter 0 Comments

There is a chance to spot a supernova in a remote galaxy over the next few nights.

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Comet C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto)

CBET 4714 announces the discovery of a new comet by Masayuki Iwamoto, Awa, Tokushima-ken, Japan, on two CCD frames taken

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