BepiColombo Reaches Mercury
BepiColombo was launched on 2018 October 20 and the mission is specifically designed to study the planet Mercury and its
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‘Messenger’ No. 7 published
The seventh issue of the Mercury & Venus Section Newsletter contains observations of Mercury from the 2021 May elongation and
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Mercury and Venus
Section Officers Director: Dr Paul G Abel Mercury Coordinator: Chris Hooker Committee: Gianluigi Adamoli, David Arditti, Chris Dole, Prof. Bill Leatherbarrow, Dr Richard McKim
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‘Messenger’ No. 6 published
The sixth issue of the Mercury & Venus Section Newsletter contains a summary of observations of made in the latter
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‘Messenger’ No. 4 published
The fourth issue of the Mercury & Venus Section Newsletter contains many observations of both planets in 2020 March-May plus
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Mercury Observing Guide published
The BAA’s Mercury Observing Guide by Chris Hooker has now been published, and may be downloaded (by members only) in
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‘Messenger’ No. 3 published
The third issue of the Mercury & Venus Section Newsletter features the conjunction of Venus and the Pleiades, and a
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‘Messenger’ No. 2 published
The second issue of the Mercury & Venus Section Newsletter concentrates mainly on the recent transit of Mercury, but recent
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Transit of Mercury video
Seven members of Newbury Astronomical Society visited Francis Baily Primary School in Thatcham to view the transit and to give
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