The front cover shows photos from the BAS Summer BBQ in August, including watching a sci-fi movie in the barn. Key topics for the month include: The September ε-Perseid meteor shower will be active from 5 September to 21 September, producing its peak rate of meteors around 9 September. Total lunar eclipse at moonrise on […]
The front cover of BASIL shows an image of 61 Cygni taken by BAS member Jane Clark. Jane and BAS member David Bennett are working on a technically challenging project to accurately measure stellar parallax and calculate stellar distances for relatively nearby stars. Pages 30-1 of BASIL shows some of the key images and data […]
Observing sessions and star parties will be restarting from October – see the monthly calendar for more details. October is a good month to observe Jupiter, the planetary surface features and moons. There are two asteroid occultations in October – Asteroid (165) Loreley and Asteroid (2) Pallas (information provided by Nigel Wakefield). Visible passes of […]
