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z7

An indoor video meteor station

Several observers have recorded fine images of celestial objects by operating a camera from indoors.[1,2] My own Leeds NW and

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Nova in M31 discovered by Bromsgrove amateur

On 2015 November 22  George Carey of Bromsgrove Astronomical Society (right), was co-discoverer with K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech

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Delving into the Dragon

Callum Potter takes a look at the deep sky offerings of Draco.

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Sky Notes: 2016 February & March

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0_orion

Winter observing for all

Winter is one of my favourite times to be observing as it’s possible to get a few hours in before

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Sky Notes: 2015 December & 2016 January

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Sky Notes: 2015 October & November

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planetaries

Some faint planetary nebulae for the autumn

Now we are well into autumn, it is good to have some longer dark nights. And before they disappear from

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vs

Observing double stars

Observing the time it takes for two stars to orbit each other in a binary system is still the only

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nlc

Noctilucent cloud from south-west London

Maurice Gavin spotted this spectacular display of NLC from his bedroom window in southwest London, looking north over the city,

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