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Smartphone capture of Mercury (top) and Venus (bottom) in the Boxing Day evening sky by Pete Lawrence

‘Messenger’ No. 11 Published

The January issue (No. 11) of the Mercury and Venus section newsletter is available online for members to download. The

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Mars 20 December 2022 by M Lewis

Mars Opposition Blog 11 January 2023

With this first post for 2023 I wish you all a Happy New Year. Let us hope that globally it

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Figure 1 BAAVSS lightcurve of the Long Period Variable (LPV) Omicron Ceti (Mira)_

Variable Star Section Meeting

Saturday September 2nd, 2023 – Northamptonshire Natural History Society The Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton NN1 1LD See below

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) finder charts

Finder charts for 2023 January Finder charts for 2023 February Ephemeris   The comet was a naked eye object near

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Deep Sky Update – December 2022

Well I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Good New Year. The weather here was not particularly kind

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Albireo Unbound

Deep Sky Note #3 It has long been a matter of heated contention whether this gorgeous double star is a

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) now an impressive morning object

This comet is on track to become a naked-eye object from dark sites at the end of January but it

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History of the MISSION 29P Campaign

<= Back to MISSION 29P Homepage Introduction The mega-outburst of  Comet 17P/Holmes on 2007 October 24 could be considered to

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Mars 8 Dec 2022 by C Nuttall

Mars Opposition Blog 14 December 2022

A week after opposition, and the final blog post for the calendar year, as observations have been continued by over

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Birmingham and Midland Institute

Historical Section Meeting 2023

Our 2023 Historical Section meeting will take place on Saturday May 20th 2023 at the Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret

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