Election 2020 – the results
Details of those elected as Trustees and Council Members for session 131 of the Association
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Deep Sky Update – 2020 October
Poorer weather for me this month, so I only had a scant couple of hours observing recently. And I hear
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Observer’s Challenge – Uranus 2020
Uranus is at opposition on October 31. Lying in the constellation of Aries, it will be wellplaced for observation over
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Supernova 2020uxz in NGC 514
This Type Ia supernova in Pisces galaxy NGC 514 has brightened two magnitudes since discovery on October 5, and will likely brighten further.
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Stars 44 Oph and λ Sqr in early evening lunar occultations, Oct. 20-21
A chance for observers in the British Isles to view two lunar occultations of naked-eye stars at similar times on consecutive evenings.
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Martian moons at the Red Planet’s closest approach
Mars is closest to Earth for this apparition on October 6, so now is the time to seek out its tiny moons.
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Venus’s close encounter with Regulus, October 2/3
Don’t miss dazzling planet Venus at dawn in the eastern sky as it skims by Leo’s brightest star.
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Sky Notes : 2020 October & November
Nick suggests looking to the ‘watery constellations’ using Pegasus as a guide after the excitement of the Mars Opposition
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