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The 2015 March 20 total solar eclipse — 2. From the decks of MS Boudicca
This is an extract from my log book covering the time around total eclipse as viewed on board MS Boudicca
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The 2015 March 20 total solar eclipse — 1. A day trip to the Arctic
The track of totality for the March 20 eclipse ran up the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Hebrides, crossing
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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres
Dwarf planet Ceres, the largest asteroid in the Main Belt, measuring some 950km in diameter on average, should soon reveal
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The close approach of asteroid (357439) 2004 BL86
On 2015 January 26, the 300m diameter asteroid 2004 BL86 approached to within 3.1 lunar distances of Earth: the closest
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Galaxies in Leo Minor
Leo Minor is another poorly observed constellation, which is a pity as it contains a large number of interesting galaxies.
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