Saturn in 1997-’98
A report of the Saturn Section.
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Faint-state transitions in the SW Sextantis nova-like variable HS 0455+8315
We present the fourteen-year lightcurve of the SW Sextantis nova-like variable HS 0455+8315.
Read moreFocusing by diffraction
A simple, low cost, yet highly effective method for achieving accurate focus of a telescope is described.
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The need for professional-amateur collaboration in studies of Jupiter and Saturn
The 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.
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The BAA total solar eclipse expeditions of 1936
Two successful Mediterranean eclipse expeditions promoted and organised by Lesley Comrie and Reggie Waterfield are described.
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The brighter comets of 2006
A 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.
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Quadrantids 2014 − Multi-station meteor videography
The results from multi-station observations of the 2014 Quadrantids meteor shower are presented and discussed.
Read moreOptical outbursts of the cataclysmic variable 1RXS J140429.5+172352
We present the nine-year lightcurve of the cataclysmic variable 1RXS J140429.5+172352 from 2005 April to 2014 July.
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Saturn in 1996-’97
A report of the Saturn Section. Director: M. Foulkes.
Read moreDavid Elijah Packer: cluster variables, meteors and the solar corona
David 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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