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Uranus during the 2015 apparition

This report describes observations of Uranus made during the 2015 apparition and subsequently submitted to the Section. Throughout this apparition, specific bright zones and dark belts were recorded both visually and digitally, and some variations of detail within them were identified.

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George Alcock goes to Antarctica

Jonathan Shanklin, past Comet Section Director and Emeritus Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey, reports on the memorable George Alcock Memorial Lecture he gave to the Association this year.

FROM THE JOURNAL ARCHIVE

Atmospheric dispersion, Part I: Problem & solution

Auroral & noctilucent cloud activity 2021 June 23 – August 20

Solar Section

Lights & lies

Steve Tonkin, Dark Skies Advisor at the Cranborne Chase AONB International Dark Sky Reserve, recently wrote to the Advertising Standards

Two more novae & a bright maximum of Mira

Nova Vulpeculae 2021 This nova was discovered as a magnitude 12.0 transient in Vulpecula on 2021 July 16.475 by Koichi

Two papers on amateur observations of Uranus & Neptune

This edition of the Journal includes two papers describing Section observations of the ice giants in our solar system, Uranus

In Brief