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A report of the Comet Section (Director, 1990 − 2015: J. D. Shanklin). This report describes and analyses the observations of the brighter or more interesting comets discovered or at perihelion during 2008, concentrating on those with visual observations.
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The times of the passage of the Moon through perigee repeat near the same calendar dates after four years. Yet the time intervals show an odd variation.
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A summary of observations of noctilucent cloud reported to the BAA in the 2013 and 2014 NLC seasons.
Read moreThe life and times of one of the BAA’s most extraordinary Presidents and eclipse chasers is described, including his fascination with the rings of Saturn, his remarkable physical and mental stamina, his complex home life and his tragic demise.
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Analysis is presented of a Perseid fireball spectrum recorded by videography on the night of 2013 August 12/13. Two significantly different spectra were obtained in one of the video frames, which we interpret as being due to an afterglow following an end flare of the fireball and emission from the surviving fragment.
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Young people from across Plymouth have been awarded prizes in the city’s annual Sir Patrick Moore astronomy competition. Deputy Lord
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This report covers the period up to 2016 June 30, over one month past opposition. On that date the areocentric
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