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Category Archives: Astronomical Objects and Phenomena

Articles and information on astronomical phenomena

What’s visible in June 2013?

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This entry was posted in Comets, Lunar (Our Moon), Mercury, Meteoroids, Near-Earth Asteroids, Neptune, Saturn, Solar, Venus, What's visible in the sky? and tagged Aquarius (Constellation), Asteroid 1998 QE2, Comet C/2011 L4 (Pan-STARRS), Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon), Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), Kocab (Star), M31 / NGC224 (The Andromeda Galaxy), Ophiuchis (Constellation), sky notes, Ursa Minor (Constellation) on Saturday, 25th May 2013 by Mark Galvin.

Astronomy and Space News Roundup: 19th May 2013 to 24th May 2013

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This entry was posted in Asteroids, Astronomy and Space News Roundups, Binary Stars, Citizen Science, Comets, Galaxies, Gravity, International Space Station, Lunar (Our Moon), Nebulae, Neutron Stars, Prominences, Filaments and Flares, Quantum Physics, Skylab, Solar, Space Shuttle, Stars, Sunspots, Titan and tagged Apollo 11 (Mission), Cape Canveral, Hasselblad 500 EL/M (camera), Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, IRIS (Mission), Lazarus comets, M57 / NGC6720 (The Ring Nebula), Major Tim Peake, Planck Space Telescope, Sally Ride (first American woman in space), The Very Large Telescope (ESO) on Friday, 24th May 2013 by Mark Galvin, Ken Clarke and Gerard Gilligan.

New feature: Weather resources

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This entry was posted in Atmospheric Phenomena, Earth, Help and Advice, LAS Website News, Weather Satellites and tagged 7Timer! forecast, Astro forecast, Eumetsat, infra-red, Meteo forecast, Meteosat, radiometer, remote imaging, water vapour, weather forecast, wxsat on Monday, 20th May 2013 by Liverpool Astronomical Society and Mark Galvin.

Astronomy and Space News Roundup: 14th May 2013 to 19th May 2013

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This entry was posted in Asteroids, Astronomy and Space News Roundups, Atmospheric Phenomena, Comets, Gravitational Waves, International Space Station, Light Pollution, Lunar (Our Moon), Mars, Near-Earth Asteroids, Neutrinos, Neutron Stars, Radio Astronomy, Skylab, Titan, Unmanned Space Probes and tagged Asteroid 1998 QE2, Cassini (Spacecraft), Circinus X-1 (Neutron Star), Commander Chris Hadfield, KAT-7 Radio Telescope (South Africa), Kepler Space Telescope, Major Tim Peake, Opportunity (Mars Rover) on Sunday, 19th May 2013 by Mark Galvin.

Science weekend at Martin Mere, 22nd/23rd June 2013

Martin Mere are holding a science weekend June 22/23 2013 The Liverpool Astronomical Society will be there with solar telescopes for visitors to observe the Sun safely Continue Reading »

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This entry was posted in All Events, Free Events, Public Events, Special Events ( ← events), Solar and tagged Martin Mere on Sunday, 19th May 2013 by Brendan Martin.

Podcast: In Our Time – Cosmic Rays

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This entry was posted in Astronomy News, Cosmic Rays, Particle Physics, Podcasts and tagged BBC, cosmic rays, Melvyn Bragg, Professor Alan Watson, Professor Carolin Crawford Gresham, Professor Tim Greenshaw, subatomic particles, Victor Hess on Friday, 17th May 2013 by Mark Galvin.

Strong Solar Activity Continues (updated with h-alpha images from Mark Payne)

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This entry was posted in Coronal Mass Ejections, Prominences, Filaments and Flares, Sunspots on Tuesday, 14th May 2013 by Gerard Gilligan, Mark Payne and Mark Galvin.

Astronomy and Space News Roundup: 5th May 2013 to 13th May 2013

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This entry was posted in Artificial Earth Satellites, Astronomy and Space News Roundups, Coronal Mass Ejections, Interesting Things, International Space Station, Lunar (Our Moon), Mars, Mercury, Meteoroids, Multispectral Astronomy, Prominences, Filaments and Flares, Sunspots, Supernovae and tagged Professor Brian Cox on Tuesday, 14th May 2013 by Mark Galvin and Ken Clarke.

What’s visible in May 2013?

Sky notes for May 2013 Continue Reading »

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This entry was posted in Comets, Jupiter, Lunar (Our Moon), Mercury, Meteoroids, Saturn, Solar, Venus, What's visible in the sky? and tagged Comet C/2011 L4 (Pan-STARRS), Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon), sky notes on Friday, 26th April 2013 by Mark Galvin.

Transient Lunar Phenomena and its relation to Solar activity

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This entry was posted in Astronomy News, News from other astronomy organisations, The British Astronomical Association, Transient Lunar Phenomena (TLP) and tagged BAA Lunar Section, BAA Lunar Section Circular, Jill Scambler on Wednesday, 17th April 2013 by Mark Galvin.

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