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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

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

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

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

October 10 Since the large Regional dust storm, there has been smaller scale dust activity in the same area. The

September has been a busy month for me with the Orkney International Science Festival at the start, for a week.

Update 2024-10-01. The comet has been designated C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) on MPEC 2024-T22 and the section image gallery is here.

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] Developing and deploying an instrument

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] Cosmic ray muon measurement at

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] Binary Stars and Stellar Cannibalism