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Transit of Mercury

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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Obituary: John Dovey

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Dad was born in 1936 in Colchester as his father Tom Dovey was stationed in army barracks there at the time. Shortly after, the family relocated to Shropshire and Dad

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Obituary: Simon & Leslie Barnett

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Simon Barnett Simon Barnett, son of Leslie and Helga, was born in Scotland on January 4th 1966. The family soon moved to Helga’s homeland in Germany, where Simon went to

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