Peter Birtwhistle and NASA’s new NEOWISE search for asteroids
BAA member Peter Birtwhistle has made follow-up observations of an NEO discovered by NASA
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Dawn twilight fireball lights up the sky
At 07:58 UT on 2013 Dec 19, a fireball was observed across the UK from Yorkshire to the Irish Sea, and BAA observers recorded it on video
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A Messier short-marathon for UK observers
A ‘Messier Marathon’ challenge suitable for observers at 51 deg. north!
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Changing characteristics of an anticyclone in Jupiter’s South South South Temperate Current
The longitude and latitude of a white oval (A1) on Jupiter was measured on 83 different visible light images.
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A study of the extremes of eclipse behaviours between 2000 BC and 3000 AD.
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The Comets of 2001: Part 2
This is the author’s second report of the comets of 2001.
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Topography of the Alphonsus and Arzachel area of the Moon
Alphonsus (111km diameter) is one of the most intensively studied craters in the solar system.
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