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Oct 20A History of Women in Astronomy, Part 1
Talk by Mary McIntyre Throughout history astronomy has been very male dominated. There have been many trailblazing women, such as Caroline Herschel, who have worked to change that, but in addition there were countless women working in astronomy before Caroline. This talk tells their story and discusses some of the challenges women have faced historically and still face today.
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Nov 17A Traveller’s Guide to the Stars – The Possibilities of Interstellar Exploration
Talk by Les Johnson With known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing distant worlds may one day become a reality. Physicist, author, and NASA technologist Les Johnson will describe the physics and techn
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Mar 02Jupiter GRS Transit
GRS Transit on Jupiter, crossing the meridian at 5.10am with Jupiter at 21 degrees altitude. GRS starts to come onto the disk at around 3am, disappearing at around 7.15am.
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Mar 04Jupiter GRS Transit
GRS Transit on Jupiter, crossing the meridian at 6.48am with Jupiter at just over 15 degrees altitude. GRS starts to come onto the disk at around 4.40am, disappearing at around 8.50am.
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Mar 05Jupiter GRS Transit
GRS Transit on Jupiter, crossing the central meridian at 2.40am with Jupiter at just over 16 degrees altitude. GRS starts to come onto the disk at around 12.30am as Jupiter rise, disappearing at around 4.30am.
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Moon and Jupiter Conjunction
Visible from around 1am, the Moon is at it's highest around 4.20am when the separation is around 3.5 degrees. They continue to get closer as they are lost in daytime, being at 3 degrees 28" at 6am. Best seen with the naked eye or binoculars
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Jupiter GRS and Io Shadow transit
GRS Transit on Jupiter, crossing the meridian at 4.18am with Jupiter at just over 21 degrees altitude. GRS starts to come onto the disk at around 2.10am, disappearing at around 6.15am. A couple more events too, an Io Shadow Transit starting at 4.22am and an occultation or Ganymede at 4.29am. Full timings in the attachment. Best time to view is probably 5.18am with both shadow and GRS well p
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Moon and Mars Conjunction
A tricky one to see being very low in the sky just before dawn. At 5am the Moon is at around 15 degrees altitude, with Mars just under 3.5 degrees away Best seen with the naked eye or binoculars
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Moon and Saturn Conjunction
Another tricky one, being low in the sky just before dawn. At 5am the Moon will be at around 10 degrees altitude, with Saturn close at just over 2 degrees away. Best seen with the naked eye or binoculars
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Mercury at greatest elongation
The best time to see Mercury in the evening sky, when it is at around 15 degrees above the horizon when the sun sets. It will be shining at around mag -0.2, but wait for the sun to set before trying for it.
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New Moon, Venus and Mercury
The two day old Moon will be 19 degrees above the horizon when the sun sets at 6.11pm. Venus will be shining brightly just over 10 degrees away, with Mercury close by Uranus will be 5 degrees from the Moon too but too faint to see
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Moon occults Aldebarran
Very tricky one unless you are further South. Occurs around 11.38pm with the Moon only 3.5 degrees above the horizon from London. Aldebaran will disappear behind the dark limb of the Moon, so fun if you can catch it. Good if you've got a sea horizon perhaps
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Mar 23-Lickey Hills Visitor Centre Spring SkyWatch
Lickey Hills Visitor Centre Spring SkyWatch Friday 23rd March 2018 Between 7:30 and 9:45pm There will be telescopes outside and talks, displays and demonstrations indoors. We hope to turn telescopes onto a quarter Moon, and the constellations, weather permitting. There will be talks and demonstrations indoors. The visitor centre is on Warren Lane, off the B4
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Warren Lane, Old Birmingham Road, Birmingham, B45 8ER, United Kingdom
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Lunar X - not easily visible from U.K.
Don't get excited by this one unless you are way south. It starts at 06.59 and finishes at 11.20, but the moon doesn't rise in London until 10.10 so you might just catch the end of it.
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Moon and Beehive Cluster Conjunction
Visible for much of the night until around 4.15am, the closest approach is at around 2.15am when the 76% illuminated Moon will be 2 degrees 36" away from M44, the Beehive Cluster. Best seen in binoculars or a wide field scope.
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Venus and Uranus in Conjunction
Venus and Uranus will be in conjunction, less than 4' apart, close enough to fit within a low power telescopic view. It will be a challenge to see Uranus at magnitude 5.9 in the evening twilight. Use Venus as your guide. A great astrophotography event!
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