Sky Notes : 2020 October & November
Nick suggests looking to the ‘watery constellations’ using Pegasus as a guide after the excitement of the Mars Opposition
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Observing carbon stars with large binoculars
Thinking back to my teenage years in the 1970s, one memory that sticks in my mind is a recommendation by
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Gordon Ernest Taylor (1925–2020)
The Association lost a senior figure with the death of Gordon Taylor on 2020 Mar 15 at the age of
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The 2019 transit of Mercury
A report of the Mercury & Venus Section (Director: P. G. Abel). Presented here is a short report discussing the observations communicated to the Director regarding the transit of Mercury which occurred in 2019. A number of interesting features were recorded by those BAA members who were able to observe the transit, which was a difficult one for UK-based observers.
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Thomas G. E. Elger at Kempston – nine years that ‘saved’ amateur selenography
The chance discovery of a letter from T. G. E. Elger (1836–1897) to the telescope maker G. Calver (1834–1927) has shed further light on Elger’s time at Manor Cottage, Kempston, Bedfordshire, between 1881 and 1890. This has enabled additional information to be added to the author’s biographical paper previously published in the Journal.1 The period he spent in residence at Manor Cottage appears to have been an important time in Elger’s life, both in relation to his continued support of selenography and to the establishment of the BAA Lunar Section.
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