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128-5 NLC teaser

Auroral & NLC activity, 2018 June 25 to August 31

Aurora With no coronal mass ejections and sunspot numbers only just in double figures or at zero, the majority of

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Watch for the October Draconid meteors!

The October Draconid (or Giacobinid) meteor showers were among the most spectacular of the twentieth century. Two outstanding Draconid meteor

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From the President

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Notes and News

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Exoplanets

20 September 201816 March 2022 Roger Dymock 0 Comments

An Exoplanets Division has been added to the Asteroid and Remote Planets Section

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Filters for visual observing of the Moon and planets

9 September 201816 March 2022 Dawson 0 Comments

Introduction If you are new to astronomy and wish to see as much detail as possible on the planets of

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Observer’s Challenge – Dark Nebulae of Summer

27 August 201816 March 2022 Dawson 0 Comments

E.E Barnard’s “Dark Markings” against the bright Milky Way background are now known to be relatively dense clouds of hydrogen

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Meteor observers wanted – no experience necessary!

8 August 201816 March 2022 Dawson 0 Comments

METEOR OBSERVERS WANTED: NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Always the summer’s main attraction for meteor enthusiasts and casual observers alike, the Perseids

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Here Comes the Perseid Meteor Shower

5 August 20183 March 2022 Andy Wilson 0 Comments

Ideal conditions for this year’s Perseid meteor shower

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C/2017 S3 PanSTARRS

Update on 2018 July 22 – Just after I wrote this the comet began to fade. At present we don’t

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