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This is a follow-up to my article published in the 2013 August issue of the Journal (Vol.123(4), 229-230) on the

This 184 km diameter asteroid was predicted to occult an 11.8 magnitude star in Gemini, 2UCAC 38779497, on Friday 2014

The summer months are not the best for challenging deep sky observing, so it’s a good time to return to

The ‘Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics’ or Gaia spacecraft was launched on 2013 December 19 and is now at its

Although maybe not well known as the season for observing globular clusters, this is a good time of year to

A ‘Messier Marathon’ challenge suitable for observers at 51 deg. north!

For some years the Deep Sky Section has run an observing programme on supernova remnants. During the summer months with

Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is renowned for its frequent outbursts of activity and for the fact that, as yet, no convincing explanation