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The GC Marathons: Part I — Galactic Globular Clusters

Introduction. In the late 18th century Charles Messier produced his now famous catalogues of around 100 objects, where the exact

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Globular Clusters

Globular clusters are amongst the finest objects to observe in the night sky. The brightest are dazzling balls of stars,

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Deep Sky Update – 2021 February

Just a brief update this month. On March 6 we have our section meeting webinar – I hope many of

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Maps of Jupiter’s south polar region (JunoCam and ground-based)

(1)  2016-2020 The following four ZIP files contain polar projection maps of Jupiter’s south polar region from JunoCam (2016-2020, PJ1-PJ26)

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‘Messenger’ No. 6 published

The sixth issue of the Mercury & Venus Section Newsletter contains a summary of observations of made in the latter

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Jupiter in 2020: List of observers

Here is the list of people whose observations of Jupiter in 2020 have been received.  Some of these observations were

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The Great Conjunction, 2020 Dec.21

On 2020 Dec.21, Jupiter and Saturn could be seen closer in the sky than at any time since 1623.

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Jupiter in 2020, Report no.8: The Great Conjunction

The final notable event of the 2020 apparition was the extremely close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.  Having been been

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JunoCam at PJ31

Here is our report on the JunoCam images at PJ31 (2020 Dec.30).  Highlights include a flash of lightning detected in

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Deep Sky Update – 2021 January

Firstly I am pleased to let you know about our section annual meeting which will be held on March 6

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