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Backyard lunar mineral prospection, Part I

Knowledge of the lunar surface and its composition has increased enormously in the last six decades thanks to the lunar

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Revisiting the nova-like variable HS 0229+8016 with data from a BAA VSS campaign & TESS

A report of the Variable Star Section. Director: J. Shears We present the light curve of HS 0229+8016 between 2019

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Observations of another Venusian atmospheric discontinuity, 2022 May to September

A report of the Mercury & Venus Section. Director: P. G. Abel We discuss observations of Venus made during 2022

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Saturn during the 2009/2010 apparition

A report of the Saturn Section. Director: Mike Foulkes This report describes observations of Saturn made during the 2009/2010 apparition.

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Noctilucent cloud over Britain & Western Europe, 2021

A report of the Aurora & Noctilucent Cloud Section. Director: S. Brantingham. This paper describes conditions leading to noctilucent cloud

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Lunar volcanic complex north-west of Lichtenberg

In this article, we examine two dome-like features which we identify as Lichtenberg 1 and 2, located in Oceanus Procellarum

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The brighter comets of 2019

A report of the Comet Section. Director: N. D. James. This report describes and analyses the observations of the brighter

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The Revd George Fisher (1794–1873) – Arctic Astronomer

The Revd George Fisher (1794–1873) started his career at an insurance company, but came to the attention of Royal Society

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Observations of the first confirmed superoutburst of the dwarf nova DDE 39

We present the light curve of the dwarf nova DDE 39 (= 1RXS J040253.8+435553) between 2011 October and 2021 January,

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The 2018 opposition of Mars & the global dust storm: Part II

A report of the Mars Section. Director: R. J. McKim. In Part I, we described the evolution and behaviour of

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