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Joint meeting of the BAA Historical Section and the Society for the History of Astronomy
This special joint meeting of the Historical Section and the Society for the History of Astronomy (SHA) was held on
Read moreHW Boötis: an enigmatic cataclysmic variable star
We present the 13-year lightcurve of HW Boo between 2001 May and 2014 May. We identified 12 outbursts, which typically lasted 2 to 5 days, with an amplitude of 2.7 to 3.6 magnitudes. We discuss whether HW Boo might be a dwarf nova of the SU UMa family or an Intermediate Polar, but further observations are needed to support classification.
Read moreThe brighter comets of 2005
This report describes and analyses observations of the brighter or more interesting comets discovered or at perihelion during 2005.
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William Sadler Franks and the Brockhurst Observatory
William Sadler Franks (1851-1935) was astronomer-in-charge at F. J. Hanbury’s private observatory at Brockhurst, near East Grinstead, Sussex, from 1909 until his death in 1935. This paper reviews the observational projects Franks undertook at Brockhurst, including his work on double stars, red stars, diffuse nebulae and dark nebulae, as well as his involvement with the commissioning of a 24-inch reflector built by Thomas William Bush.
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