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Rare asteroid occultation seen by many on evening of Oct 29

McNeil’s variable nebula has faded

Comet 46P was discovered in 1948 January by Carl Wirtanen using the 20-inch Carnegie Double Astrograph at Lick Observatory. This

See a star blink out !

We have now begun another low-phase angle photometry campaign similar to that involving asteroid (846) Lipperta last year. Our targets

The October Draconid meteor shower produced two outstanding meteor storms in 1933 and 1946 and lesser showers in 1926, 1952,

An excellent new on-line tool for viewing JunoCam images has just been unveiled. It is Juno Observer, developed by Matt

Almost 100 people gathered on a beautiful sunny day in the historic city of Newcastle for the 2018 BAA Spring