Obituary: Dr Keith Ross
15th March 1946 – 21st April 2020 Keith passed away peacefully at Compton Hospice on 21st April 2020. A retired Consultant Paediatrician at New Cross Hospital for nearly 30 years, […]
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Obituary: Ron Maddison
By Phil Barnard On 6 January 2020, I received the following sad news, reported on: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/merritt-island-fl/ronald-maddison-8979371 Ronald Charles Maddison passed away peacefully at the Advent Hospital in Orlando, aged 84.
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Geminids 2019 Backscatter Data
By Trevor Clifton Pictured below is the backscatter data for the 24 hour period covering the Geminid maximum. Some of the gaps in the data is due to high levels
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Transit of Mercury
By Richard Harvey The transit of Mercury which occurred on the 11th November 2019, was the third Mercury transit this century, (other transits being 2006 and 2016). The next transit
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Partial Lunar Eclipse 16th July 2019
By Cath Adams The evening began at Perton Library listening to Andrew Lound give his talk Apollo – A Moon Odyssey 50th Anniversary Special. Andrew’s talk was fascinating, full of
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Events Update
By Richard Harvey On Sunday the 23rd June WOLVAS club members gathered at the society observatory for an afternoon visit. The rain kept off for the most part, and we
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Solar Viewing at Perton 20th June 2019
By Doug Bickley Perton Astronomy Group which is affiliated to WolvAS meet on the third Thursday of every month. The June meeting saw ten people, mostly Wolvas members meeting at
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Arietids Backscatter Data
By Trevor Clifton A daytime meteor shower occurs on the morning of the 7th June. Known as the Daytime Arietids, this shower is linked to the sun grazing comet 96P/Machholz.
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Lyrids Backscatter Data
By Trevor Clifton The Lyrids may have been clouded out for visual observers, but Trevor managed to spot them using backscatter detection with his radio antenna. The bar charts are
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Recent Club Activities
By Richard Harvey The first few months of 2019 have been a very busy time for the society. As well as our regular meetings and lectures at the Environmental Centre,