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JunoCam at PJ37

Here is a report on the PJ37 images.  Highlights include: –An impact flash had been recorded by amateurs 28 hours

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Comet of the month – C/2021 A1 (Leonard)

The first comet to be discovered in 2021 was found by Gregory Leonard on January 3. He was using the

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Deep Sky Update – 2021 October

We switched back from summer time to GMT at the weekend which marks for me the start of the winter

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JunoCam at PJ36

Juno’s perijove 36 was on 2021 Sep.2.  Although the track did not pass over any well-known local features, apart from

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Arid meteors, 2021 October

Comet 15P/Finlay is a short period comet which last came to perihelion on 2021 July 13. It is currently moving

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Deep Sky Update – 2021 September

This is a belated update for September – I recently got back from my holiday in Orkney, so a lot

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BepiColombo Reaches Mercury

BepiColombo was launched on 2018 October 20 and the mission is specifically designed to study the planet Mercury and its

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Quadruple outbursts of Comet 29P/S-W1

Brightest for several decades !

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Comet of the month – C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)

This month’s comet of the month is C/2019 L3 (ATLAS). This is another comet that was discovered by a survey

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