[BAA-ebulletin 00833] The Comet's Tale

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The January 2015 edition of the Comet Section Journal "The Comet's Tale" is now available for download on the Section web page at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/tail34.pdf  This has 42 pages of news and views about comets, with many illustrations.  Only a few of the many images that the Section holds were used, so if you want to see more visit the Section image archive at http://www.britastro.org/cometobs/  The main web page is regularly updated with all the latest information on comet discoveries and much more.  See http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/

With 2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) now being bright and well-placed many of you are submitting observations.  Very few however are reading the instructions first!  Outline details are at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/#contrib - Visual observations should be sent to me, ideally in ICQ format so that they can be used for computer analysis.  Images and drawings should be sent to Denis Buczynski at cometobs at britastro.org using the BAA standard convention for naming the images.  Members can also download the draft Section Guide to Observing Comets from the members section of the main BAA web page.

I hope you enjoy the read.  This is my last issue as I am standing down as Director of the Section in October, having served for 25 years.

Regards,

Jonathan Shanklin
Director, Comet Section

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