Sky Notes: June & July 2020
Even though there are very few hours of darkness Nick shows that there is much still to see in the Sky
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Dr Heather Couper (1949–2020)
Heather Anita Couper, astronomer who inspired countless television viewers to take up stargazing, died on 2020 Feb 19. Heather Couper
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Asterisms for the summer months
In the bright skies of the summer months, deep sky observing becomes rather limited with many of the favourite fainter
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Hunting flares on red dwarfs
Having decided to relocate my telescope to the PixelSkies site at Castilléjar in Spain,1 I was looking for a project
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The brighter comets of 2016
A report of the Comet Section (Director: N. D. James). In this report, observations of the brighter or more interesting comets at perihelion during 2016 are described and analysed, concentrating on those visually observed. Magnitude parameters are given for all comets with observations. Any evolution in the magnitude parameters of those periodic comets with multiple returns is discussed. Additional information on the comets discussed here, and on other comets seen or at perihelion during the year, may be found on the Section’s visual observations web pages.
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