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Historical Note: 150 years of astronomical spectroscopy
150 years ago, Huggins first turned a spectroscope to the sky
Read moreLost comet 72P Denning – Fujikawa recovered
This periodic comet was discovered by William F. Denning of Bristol, the BAA’s first Comet Section Director, on 1881 Oct 4.13 but was then lost until its accidental recovery by Shigehisa Fujikawa (Onohara, Kagawa, Japan) on 1978 Oct 9.81, but was missed at the next three returns despite careful searches. It has now been recovered again by Hidetaka Sato (Japan).
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It’s darker down south
The night sky is getting darker in the south of England, where astronomers, environmentalists and others who care about the night-time environment are working on dark-sky initiatives.
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The NLC season begins
Since the extensive auroral display of February 27/28 there has only been a handful of reports of auroral activity. The
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