Issue 26

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VIEWPOINT
No Comets, No Festival of Nature - Rod Jenkins

ARTICLES
The Leviathan of Parsonstown - Roger Steer
To be or Not to be a Planet - Mark Kidger
Pre-Telescopic Space Research - Paul Quinnell
Astronomy in the Argave - Christine Derrick
Learning with the Open University - Mike Haynes

VIEWPOINT
“Reality Check” - Alan Osborn

REVIEWS and REPORTS
Institute of Physics Open Day - Paul Quinnell
"Deception Point" by Dan Brown - Richard Mansfield

SERIES:
A GUIDE TO CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS - Ian Welland
Part Seven: Lynx

GALLERY OF OBSERVATIONS
Seeing Double or More - Eddie Carpenter
Webcam Imaging on the Society's 12" Telescope - Allan McCarthy
The Ring Nebula M57 - Adrian, Christine and Peter Derrick
The Globular Cluster M56 - John Meacham

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Issue 27

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Articles

My first Lunar Eclipse - Fiona Lambert

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Friedmann - Mike Haynes

A holiday at COAA, Portugal - Ted Naas

Fixing the Failand Motor Drive - John Willis

Reviews

Astrofest 2007 - Mike Cowles, Richard Mansfield

Fred Hoyle - A Life in Science - Mike Haynes, Rod Jenkins

Summary of BAS meetings

BAS AGM 2007 Officers Reports

How does the Sun Work? Dr Vince Smith MBE 12th Jan 2007

Club Night 19th Jan 2007

Club Night 2nd Feb 2007

When hairy stars go bald - Prof Iwan Williams. 23rd Feb 2007

Gallery

Hickson Galaxies - Simon Smith

Laplace, Jupiter. Light curve x Cyg - John Meacham

Lunar Eclipse - Richard Mansfield

Castor, Eskimo Nebula, J900, NGC 2371-2 - Eddie Carpenter

 

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Issue 28

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Articles

Diary of a “Totality Virgin” - Richard Mansfield

The 2006 Solar Eclipse from the Sahara –Katie Robson

Jodrell Bank Visit - Judith Pavey

Reviews

Cosmos A Field Guide - Rod Jenkins

Sunshine - Tricia Brown

Recommended Reading - Eddie Carpenter

Summary of BAS meetings

The Herschel Society -16th Mar 2007

Variable Star Observing - Gary Poyner 20th Apr 2007

ALMA & SKA - Prof. Mark Birkinshaw 4th May 2007

Mars Odyssey - Andrew Lound 18th May 2007

Gallery

Evening Post visit to the observatory - pictures by Alex Rumford

NGC 2158 & NGC 2129 - Eddie Carpenter

Hickson 44c and Hickson 51 - Simon Smith

Clavius and lunar X - John Meacham

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Issue 29

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Festival of Nature 2007

Reports from the Festival - Alan Osborn, Simon Smith & Mike Cowles

Pictures from the Festival - Nigel Tasker, Simon Smith & Judith Pavy 

Articles

Sunrise over the Austrian Alps - Richard Mansfield

50 years in space - Mike Cowles 

Summary of BAS Meetings

The Cassini Mission - Gerry Workman. 15th June 2007

Gallery

Nova Vul 2007 - Eddie Carpenter

M20, M44, NGC457, Plough Milkyway - Ted Naas

 

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Issue 30

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Articles

John Harrison's Clocks - Mike Cowles

Reviews

Bang! The Complete History of the Universe - Mike Cowles

Summary of BAS meetings

Astrobiology - Prof. Chandrasekhar Wickramasingh

BAS Club Night 26 October 2007 - Mike Cowles

Three Galaxies - Dr. Andrew McLean

BAS Club Night 9th November 2007 - Alan Osborn

A hard thin rain from outer space - Dr Roger Moses

Gallery

BAS Outing to Greenwich - Roger Steer, Nigel Tasker, Mike Cowles

Comet 17P/Holmes - John Meacham

Observations of the Planets - John Meacham

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