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Fireball over southern England on 2016 March 17
A quarter past three in the morning – not a promising time of day for a national news event to
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Me and my arrow
The constellation Sagitta is one of the smallest by area (third smallest in fact), but has a wealth of attractions
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Saturn in 2000 − 2001
In 2000-2001 Saturn was extremely well-placed for observers at north temperate latitudes, coming to opposition on 2000 Nov 19, when its declination was +17°. This paper presents and analyses BAA observations for this apparition.
Read moreThe brighter comets of 2008
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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An oddity in the times of the Moon’s perigees
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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