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Comet’s Tale 42 published

The Comet Section’s annual journal has just been published online. Comet’s Tale 42 can be found here. It contains 60

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Deep Sky Update – June 2023

Now that we are past the summer solstice, the nights are noticeably getting darker. Although we did not have a

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Juno at PJ51

Juno’s Perijove-51  occurred on 2023 May 16. The highlight was Juno’s closest pass yet past Io, giving JunoCam its best

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Comet of the month: C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)

There aren’t any bright comets around at the moment and the skies don’t really get dark at UK latitudes at

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Deep Sky Update – May 2023

It’s amazing how light the ‘night’ sky is up here at 59 degrees north currently. And also how quickly the

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White Light Flare & Dynamic Sun Challenges

Two challenges were set during the Solar Section Meeting in 2023 February: – White light flares.  With more complex sunspot

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JUICE is on its way – with its radar antenna deployed

The new European Jupiter mission, JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), was launched successfully on 2023 April 14, after a 24-hour

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Juno at PJ50

JunoCam at PJ50:  What the pictures show –John Rogers (BAA) (2023 May 11)   Juno’s Perijove-50 (PJ50) occurred on 2023

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Deep Sky Update – April 2023

Sorry for another late update, but we are just past Full Moon so there won’t have been much in the

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Cosmic Horseshoe

Deep Sky Note #4 When I read Callum’s Deep Sky Update for February, I totally missed the mention of the

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