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Visibility times of Martian afternoon clouds

This paper reports local times when afternoon clouds become telescopically visible for several locations on Mars. With the exception of

A report of the Aurora & Noctilucent Cloud Section. Director: S. Brantingham. Noctilucent cloud (NLC) forms in the mesosphere at

The 37th report of the Jupiter Section. Director: J. H. Rogers. At the previous opposition of 1949 there had been

A plaque for the Maunders It gave me great pleasure to represent the Association at the unveiling of an English

A report of the Mercury & Venus Section. Director: P. G. Abel This paper covers observations of Venus made during

This is the second of two papers in which, together, 28 previously unrecognised cases of probable aurorae seen in the

Mercury’s very thin atmosphere was first detected by the Mariner 10 spacecraft back in 1974. It consists of atoms captured

A report of the Variable Star Section. Director: J. Shears. We present the light curve of the old nova

In the Journal’s Christmas Quiz, Marie-Louise Archer featured a question about the contributions to astronomy made by Mary Somerville. With

The Montes d’Alembert are a chain of mountain peaks found along the western lunar limb. The individual mountains were grouped