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It’s been a busy time for BAS astronomers over the last month and many members have shared their superb images of Comet Neowise, noctilucent clouds, planets and deep sky objects - you can see the images in August’s BASIL and the supplement.
Few topics for August:
- Return of astronomical darkness during August.
- Perseid meteor shower reached its peak on 12th August.
- Asteroid Amazone occultation on 14th August.
- Observing targets: 18 well-placed targets are listed and 4 Messier objects are selected for detailed observing info.
- Society News: new and much improved BAS website is now live; and the Observatory dome has a facelift.
While all of the shared images are fantastic, a few of the images really stood out for me while I was preparing BASIL:
- ‘The Face and the Comet’, by John Huntley (front cover of BASIL supplement).
- Comet Neowise over Southwell Minster, by Simon Smith (centre pages of BASIL supplement).
- Chris Lee’s digital sketch of Comet Neowise (p22 of BASIL supplement).
- Jane Clark’s images of Mars and surface features (p13 of BASIL).
- Lunar ISS transit, by John Huntley (p15 of BASIL).
- The blue Mare Tranquillitatis by Andrew Grasemann (p15 of BASIL).
- Dave Bennett demonstrating the harmony of observatory construction and sunflowers (p18 pf BASIL).
- Andromeda Galaxy by Darren Gamlin (p19 of BASIL).
Have a great month.
Regards
Stephen
BASIL August 2020 – Supplement