Supporting amateur astronomers since 1890
An outline of the life and work of amateur astronomer and microscopist Thomas Hughes Buffham, with reference to his observations of Uranus in 1870-’72 and an assessment of the validity of two observations of white spots on the surface of Uranus made by him in 1870 January.
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For amateur astronomers the distant planet Uranus is a considerable observing challenge. With its angular size of about 3.6 arcseconds it is not easy to detect details in its atmosphere, and imaging of its faint satellites requires relatively long exposure times. Nevertheless, with the development of new digital cameras with increased sensitivity the planet and its satellites have become interesting objects of study. In this report covering the period 2006-2016, progress in imaging Uranus by the author is demonstrated. In particular this shows that the detection of features in the atmosphere of Uranus has become a promising field for future investigation.
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On 2017 October 05 Neptune’s largest satellite Triton will occult the 12.7 V-mag star UCAC4 410-143659, as seen from the
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NASA’s Juno mission has been proceeding perfectly since the last report in these pages [Journal vol.126(6), p.333 (2016)]. Aficionados of
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