Observation Session 28th November 2017
By Richard Harvey It was a case of ‘third time lucky’ for our new Trysull Observation Sessions. Two consecutive Tuesdays were postponed due to 100% cloud cover, but at last, […]
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Winter 2017-8 Night Sky Guide
This PDF guide, produced by Simon Barnett, gives details of what you can see in the night sky over Wolverhampton this winter. 2017-8 WINTER – WOLVAS NIGHT SKY Simon has
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The Great American Eclipse
By Richard Harvey The solar eclipse on the 21st August 2017 was the first eclipse on mainland America since 1979, and the first eclipse since 1918 to travel completely across the
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Obituary: David J. Harris (17 November 1933 – 1 July 2017)
by Phil Barnard David Harris, who passed away on 1 July this year, is very fondly remembered as a founder member and long-standing supporter of Wolverhampton Astronomical Society. David will
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Summer 2017 Night Sky Guide
By Simon Barnett This PDF guide, produced by Simon, gives details of what’s visible in the Wolverhampton night sky this summer, along with details of the moon, the planets, and
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A Promising Start To The Year? Some 2017 Observations
By Richard Harvey After a very cloudy 2016 winter, we’ve at last been afforded a handful of clear skies for the first few months of 2017. For some reason, Wednesdays seem to
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Summer Observations Part Two
By Richard Harvey Deep sky observing in the summer can be quite a challenge. When we talk about ‘deep sky objects’, we’re generally referring to things like Nebula, star clusters,
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Summer Observations Part One
By Richard Harvey As the summer equinox approaches, it brings with it the onset of long daylight hours, and short, hazy, night-time summer skies. Many amateur astronomers screw their lens
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The Transit of Mercury 2016 May 9th
By Ted Thurgur It is well known that only two planets, Mercury and Venus, transit the Sun, as viewed from Earth because they are the two whose orbits around the
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Solar Imaging with the PST
By Doug Bickley An example of what can be achieved with the society’s Coronado PST.