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Historical Section Webinar – Prof Nick Lomb: “Australian Eclipses 1857 and 1871”

We welcome Professor Nick Lomb of the University of Southern Queensland; co-editor of “Eclipse Chasers”. Nick will be telling us

Dark nights have returned to Orkney, and it has been nice to be able to see some stars again. We

A notable feature of the Jupiter system is a cloud of sodium atoms emitted from the satellite Io, which has

Here is our report on the JunoCam images at PJ53, in our usual style. The coverage of Jupiter was similar

Introduction As sunspots progress towards the limb their appearance becomes foreshortened. However, for some sunspots, the width of the penumbra

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is a Halley-type comet with a period of 71 years which returns to perihelion next April. On its

With the August Full Sturgeon Moon behind us, the Moon is now rising slightly later each night providing observers with

On reaching the end of July the night skies are getting very noticeably darker here at 59N. We’ve had few

Jupiter in 2022/23, Report no.7: Summary of visual observations. Despite the great advances in planetary imaging, amateur astronomers still

If you have any suggestions for future events, please let me know. Our meetings are open to all. Once you