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Outbreak of activity in Jupiter’s South Equatorial Belt

With Jupiter’s opposition coming up soon on Dec.7, at its highest declination for 11 years, observers may be pleased to

JunoCam at PJ66

JunoCam images at PJ66 Juno’s Perijove-66 was on 2024 Oct.22. Perijove was at 55.8ºN, L3 = 354, and equator crossing

The bright nucleus of the greenish comet is at lower left, with the diffuse tail stretching from there to the top-right corner. The dense star cluster appears centrally, behind the tail; a symmetrical sphere of countless stars.

Comet and meteor section meeting

This joint Comet and Meteor Section meeting will take place in Edinburgh, a few minutes’ walk from Waverley Station on

Report no.2 (SEB outbreak etc.)

Jupiter in 2024/25: Report no.2: Mid-SEB outbreak & other developments John Rogers; Shinji Mizumoto (ALPO-Japan); Gianluigi Adamoli, Rob Bullen, Michel

Mars Opposition Blog 8 November 2024

With the US Presidential election taking place recently, I felt that some sort of parallel counting operation should be done

ARPS Exoplanet Division Webinar

Variations on an Exoplanet Theme – Part 2 A webinar meeting of the Exoplanets Division of the Asteroids and Remote

Deep Sky Update – October 2024

October has been another windy month with not many opportunities for good observing. I did manage a couple of hours

Historical Section Meeting 2025

The Historical Section’s annual meeting for 2025 will take place at the Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter, Devon. This historic

Section Officers, Asteroids and Remote Planets Section

On 2008 October 29 Richard Miles became Section Director. Other officers are; Assistant Director (Astrometry) – Peter Birtwhistle Assistant Director

JunoCam at PJ65

Juno’s Perijove-65 was on 2024 Sep.20. As usual, JunoCam provided hi-res images during its final approach leg over the northern