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Observation of Earth’s shadow over antisolar sky during sunset & sunrise

The colours of the sky have been studied for over 50 years, providing important information about the physical state of

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Other total eclipses in the Solar System?

An extensive survey of the 290 known satellites of the planets and (134340) Pluto, current to 2023, was made to

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The stability of the 430-day period of Betelgeuse

There has been great interest in the claims of a 430-day period in the light curve of Betelgeuse, which is

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Mare Imbrium and Mare Frigoris, with a location marked with a yellow arrow east (IAU definition) of Plato

Backyard lunar mineral prospection, Part III: Towards explaining some TLPs based on local minerology & geomorphology

One of the legacies of the Apollo missions and the fleet of unmanned probes that have followed them is the

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Diagram showing neutron star as black spot in centre, with rotation axis oriented from bottom left to upper right. The magnetic axis is offset to this, and radiation is emitted (denoted by black arrows) from both magnetic poles.

Pulsar detection & verification with small-aperture antennas

Following a brief introduction to pulsars and how to intercept radio-frequency transmissions from them, this article describes the design and

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Sunspots noticed accidentally – a preliminary survey

A survey of British newspapers has uncovered 41 sightings of sunspots made by untrained people with no optical aid and

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Early members of the New South Wales Branch of the British Astronomical Association

In 1894, three Sydney members of the British Astronomical Association – John Tebbutt, Walter Gale and Robert Innes, all well-known

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Selenehelion: imaging the Sun & full Moon at the same time with one camera

Direct, simultaneous imaging of the full Moon rising as the Sun was setting proves that both objects can be seen

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A screenshot, with area given on the left (this is repeated in Table 1, given in the PDF of the paper), and including a diagram of the group's area on the solar disc, with the extent of the group highlighted in red on a white background with equator and north-south axis shown in black lines.

The size of the Carrington Event sunspot group

The size of the sunspot group that produced the white-light solar flare observed by Carrington and Hodgson in 1859 is

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The opposition of Jupiter, 1954 – 1955

A report of the Jupiter Section (Director: J. H. Rogers) After having been invisible during the previous opposition, late in

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