Newly discovered planetary drawings by Warren de la Rue and others
In the 2015-’16 Report of the Council (Journal, 126(5), 298 (2016)) the Archivists mentioned a donation from the family of
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Archives
The 2016 George Alcock Memorial Lecture: Systematic visual photometry of variable stars
Visual photometry is the earliest form of photometry of variable stars, but is today considered to be of limited value due to its low accuracy compared with photometry undertaken by electronic means. This presentation is intended to challenge this view.
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Sky Notes: 2016 December & 2017 January
Brian Mills takes a look at the winter sky
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