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In 2000-2001 Saturn was extremely well-placed for observers at north temperate latitudes, coming to opposition on 2000 Nov 19, when its declination was +17°. This paper presents and analyses BAA observations for this apparition.
Read moreA report of the Comet Section (Director, 1990 − 2015: J. D. Shanklin). This report describes and analyses the observations of the brighter or more interesting comets discovered or at perihelion during 2008, concentrating on those with visual observations.
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The times of the passage of the Moon through perigee repeat near the same calendar dates after four years. Yet the time intervals show an odd variation.
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A summary of observations of noctilucent cloud reported to the BAA in the 2013 and 2014 NLC seasons.
Read moreThe life and times of one of the BAA’s most extraordinary Presidents and eclipse chasers is described, including his fascination with the rings of Saturn, his remarkable physical and mental stamina, his complex home life and his tragic demise.
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Analysis is presented of a Perseid fireball spectrum recorded by videography on the night of 2013 August 12/13. Two significantly different spectra were obtained in one of the video frames, which we interpret as being due to an afterglow following an end flare of the fireball and emission from the surviving fragment.
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A monitoring programme of CSS 121005:212625+201948 covering nearly two observing seasons has shown that it is a typical SU UMa dwarf nova, but has one of the shortest supercycles of its class.
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A report of the Saturn Section (Director: M. Foulkes)
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The life and times of one of the BAA’s most extraordinary Presidents and eclipse chasers is described, including his fascination with the rings of Saturn, his remarkable physical and mental stamina, his complex home life and (in Part II) his tragic demise.
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The purpose of this paper is to bring to the attention of the amateur astronomical community the writer’s discovery of a previously unknown class of object, the significance of which does not appear to have been reported in amateur publications.
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