Saturn in 1997-’98
A report of the Saturn Section.
Read moreA report of the Saturn Section.
Read moreWe present the fourteen-year lightcurve of the SW Sextantis nova-like variable HS 0455+8315.
Read moreA simple, low cost, yet highly effective method for achieving accurate focus of a telescope is described.
Read moreThe observation of the gaseous giant planets is of high scientific interest. Although they have been the targets of several spacecraft missions, there still remains a need for continuous ground-based observations.
Read moreTwo successful Mediterranean eclipse expeditions promoted and organised by Lesley Comrie and Reggie Waterfield are described.
Read moreA report of the Comet Section. Director (1990 − 2015): J. D. Shanklin. This report describes and analyses observations of the brighter or more interesting comets discovered or at perihelion during 2006, concentrating on those with reported visual observations. Magnitude parameters are given for all comets with observations.
Read moreThe results from multi-station observations of the 2014 Quadrantids meteor shower are presented and discussed.
Read moreWe present the nine-year lightcurve of the cataclysmic variable 1RXS J140429.5+172352 from 2005 April to 2014 July.
Read moreA report of the Saturn Section. Director: M. Foulkes.
Read moreDavid Elijah Packer (1862-1936), a librarian by profession, was an enthusiastic amateur astronomer who observed from London and Birmingham. He observed variable stars, meteors and nebulae, on one occasion reporting a brightening in the nucleus of the galaxy M77. However, his remarkable claims in 1896 that he had photographed the solar corona in daylight were soon shown to be flawed.
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