Continuing the tour of stellar objects crossing the meridian line this month: Capella from the constellation Auriga - the sixth brightest star in the night sky; and Epsilon Aurigae - an unusual binary system that lies just below it. [Read more about Crossing the Line: objects of the month]
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A good number of society members were at the free (but ticketed) talk held in Whitby Museum on 18th September given by Charles Cockell, Professor of Astrobiology at Edinburgh University.
The Normanby room was full to capacity for Prof Cockell’s lecture on the work being carried out deep underground in Boulby mine, already well known for its work on Dark Matter and other fundamental issues in cosmology... [Read more about From Yorkshire to Mars: the search for life in the universe. (Lecture at Whitby Museum)]
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Continuing the tour of stellar objects crossing the meridian line in August: a star and three open clusters from constellations lying in the South, currently above Mars and Saturn:
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Continuing the tour of stellar objects crossing the meridian line this month: three objects from the constellation of Hercules:
| Sun | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | 07:15 | 17:17 |
| Civil Twilight | 06:38 | 17:53 |
| Nautical Twilight | 05:57 | 18:35 |
| Astronomical Twilight | 05:15 | 19:16 |
| Moon | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| 07:40 | 18:46 |
