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The brighter comets of 2006
A report of the Comet Section. Director (1990 − 2015): J. D. Shanklin. This report describes and analyses observations of the brighter or more interesting comets discovered or at perihelion during 2006, concentrating on those with reported visual observations. Magnitude parameters are given for all comets with observations.
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Quadrantids 2014 − Multi-station meteor videography
The results from multi-station observations of the 2014 Quadrantids meteor shower are presented and discussed.
Read moreOptical outbursts of the cataclysmic variable 1RXS J140429.5+172352
We present the nine-year lightcurve of the cataclysmic variable 1RXS J140429.5+172352 from 2005 April to 2014 July.
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Saturn in 1996-’97
A report of the Saturn Section. Director: M. Foulkes.
Read moreDavid Elijah Packer: cluster variables, meteors and the solar corona
David Elijah Packer (1862-1936), a librarian by profession, was an enthusiastic amateur astronomer who observed from London and Birmingham. He observed variable stars, meteors and nebulae, on one occasion reporting a brightening in the nucleus of the galaxy M77. However, his remarkable claims in 1896 that he had photographed the solar corona in daylight were soon shown to be flawed.
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Aurora Section update
It is recognised that the equinoxes can produce more auroral activity than other times of the year. This has been
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