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Sky Notes: 2017 October & November
Looking to the Eastern night sky is Brian’s tip for these Sky Notes
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Planetary nebulae for autumn
There are not so many bright planetary nebulae available in the winter months so autumn is a good time to
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The colour and temperature evolution of the plateau phase of SN 2012aw in Messier 95
BVRI and unfiltered MicroObservatory CCD observations of SN 2012aw covering up to 124 days following the explosion of the supernova are reported together with observations submitted to the BAA VSS Online Database. The photometry shows a plateau in the R and I passbands lasting ~100 days and gradual declines in brightness in the B, V and clear passbands over the same period.
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