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Asteroid (4) Vesta occults a bright star

On 2020 Feb 11 at 22:02 UT, observers in Newfoundland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the north of England, the Isle of

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From the President

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Deep Sky Update – January 2020

Supernova news A couple of bright(ish) supernovae have appeared; SN 2020ue in NGC 4363 and SN 2020io in M100. I

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The quest for ET (Exoplanet Transits not Extra-Terrestrials that is)

16 January 20203 March 2022 Roger Dymock 0 Comments

Why not try your hand at observing an exoplanet transit in support of the ARIEL Space Mission?

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Observer’s Challenge – Spot a Supernova

15 January 202016 March 2022 Callum Potter 0 Comments

There is a chance to spot a supernova in a remote galaxy over the next few nights.

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Comet C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto)

CBET 4714 announces the discovery of a new comet by Masayuki Iwamoto, Awa, Tokushima-ken, Japan, on two CCD frames taken

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Could V Sagittae become a bright nova this century?

11 January 20203 March 2022 Jeremy Shears 0 Comments

It’s not often that variable stars make the mainstream news, let alone the popular press! The current fading of Betelgeuse

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Is Betelgeuse about to go supernova?

24 December 201916 March 2022 Jeremy Shears 0 Comments

Is alpha Orionis about to blow?

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Deep Sky Update – December 2019

J900, Variable Nebulae, Meade, …

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Follow a comet through the northern sky

A relatively bright, circumpolar comet Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS) was discovered by the PanSTARRS telescope on Haleakala, Hawai when it

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