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Arthur Neville Brown: schoolmaster and variable star observer

Arthur Neville Brown, MA, FRAS (1864−1934) was a prolific variable star observer and served for many years as Secretary of the BAA Variable Star Section.

Latitude dependency of the maximum duration of a total solar eclipse

What is the maximum duration of a total solar eclipse as a function of the latitude?

Saturn in 1994−’95

BAA observations from 1994 April to 1995 January are reviewed.

This short paper reports measurements of double stars made by BAA members, and aims to encourage double star observing by briefly describing the main observational ways of carrying out these measurements.

Henry Beighton and astronomy in the Ladies’ Diary

Henry Beighton, FRS (1687−1743) was a polymath who played an important role in the early days of the Industrial Revolution.

Noctilucent cloud over Britain and Western Europe, 2011−2012

A report of the Aurora Section.

The Isle of Lewis fireball of 2013 October 14

An analysis of the bright fireball seen from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, on 2013 October 14

Superoutbursts and grazing eclipses in the dwarf nova V1227 Herculis

Profiles of the superoutbursts of the dwarf nova V1227 Herculis observed by the authors in 2012 May and September.

Timed satellite observation for CCD imagers

By the use of a mechanical shutter in combination with the clear/expose/readout cycle of a CCD camera, multiple images of an artificial satellite or a closely passing Near Earth Object can be obtained, enabling improved astrometric positions and orbital parameters of such objects to be determined.

Thomas Hinsley Astbury: from an English market town schoolroom to the internal constitution of the stars

Who was Thomas Hinsley Astbury, and why was a plaque in his honour erected in a junior school in Wallingford, England? Jeremy Shears examines the life of this English schoolteacher – and important variable star observer.

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