- Excellent viewing opportunities in 2009 & 2011
- A close conjunction with the Moon and the Pleiades, high in the sky, then with Jupiter at the equinox
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- A very close opposition in 2010
- Good conditions and a missing belt allow me to see shadow transits
- Information on the orbits of the Galileans
- Transits, occultations and synchronised rotations!
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- Cycles of Observation
- Changes in observing conditions as Saturn moves round its orbit
- Atmospheric colours
- Spring greets the northern hemisphere as the rings turn edge-on to the Earth
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- Pictures of Neptune during conjunctions with Venus and Jupiter
- The dimmest planet gets together with the brightest (in 2008 & 2017) and the largest (in 2009)
- Images of both Uranus and Neptune using the digital camera
- Crystal-clear skies come to my aid with the outer planets in September 2007
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- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, 10th Jan. 2020
- A good view of this subtle event
- Total Lunar Eclipse, 27th July 2018
- An interesting eclipse despite not being observed!
- Total Lunar Eclipse, 28th September 2015
- Spectacular views during a long night
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- A very close fly-by in Jan. 2015
- A Near-Earth Asteroid gives us a close encounter
- A once-in-a-century opposition of Ceres & Vesta, July 2014
- The weather almost spoils this incredibly rare and very close meeting
- Pallas at perihelic opposition, Feb. 2014
- I capture my fourth asteroid!
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- Comet A3 ATLAS, October 2024
- "The Comet of the Century" - allegedly!
- Comet Pons-Brooks, March/April 2024
- A gatecrasher at the total solar eclipse!
- Comet ZTF, January/February 2023
- A close approach gives me a chance to capture a sequence of images
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- A massive meteorite strikes the Earth in 2013
- The Chelyabinsk fireball creates international interest - and I've got a bit!
- Debris from the Solar System's past
- What are they? Where do they come from? How were they formed? Enquire within
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- Additional information on the spacecraft visiting the International Space Station
- Pictures of the ATV-4 ' Albert Einstein', in June 2013
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- Lunar Occultation of Saturn
- Clouds spoil my view in 2024 - I hope for better luck in 2025!
- Daytime Lunar Occultation of Venus
- Skies clear just in time for this unusual spectacle in 2023
- Lunar Occultation of Mars
- A good view of this exceedingly rare event in 2022
- Great Conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn
- A once in 800-yr opportunity in 2020!
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- Lots more info. about types of nova added
- Not one but two novas in 2021! - Nova Cassiopeia & RS Ophiuchi
- My first naked-eye nova! - Nova Delphini 2013
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- What are they? How are they formed? What do they look like?
- A welcome return in 2024
- A Solstice Double in 2022
- A strong display for Summer Solstice 2021
- Beautiful displays in 2020
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- Two lightshows in 5 months! A further display in October 2024
- An amazing display in May 2024 - just a pity the conditions were not a bit better
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