Tuesday, 31 March 2026

The Full Egg Moon on April 2nd

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 On April 2nd there will be a full moon, this is nothing strange as there is a full moon each month. They all have there own names. Today th...
Monday, 30 March 2026

The Astronomy Show on Drystone Radio

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 Join me, Martin Lunn MBE every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the award-winning Astronomy Show on Drystone Radio, probably the only...

A little ramble through 19th century astronomy - The star cluster in Sobieski's shiled in 1869 and 1870

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 Academy Saturday 28 th November 1874 —ln the years 1869 and 1870 Professor Helmert, at the Hamburg Observatory, determined the positio...
Sunday, 29 March 2026

Cooke Telescope tales - sale of a large achromatic telescope in 1871

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The great refractor by Thomas Cooke and Sons oy York, which was shown at the International Exhibition of 1871 was sold by auction by Messrs ...
Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Cooke Telescope Tales - occultation of Saturn observed from South Africa in 1920

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 Occultation of a Star by Saturn on March 14 th 1920 made at Rondebosch, South Africa using a 6 inch Thomas Cooke telescope by W Reid, C. L...
Monday, 9 March 2026

The Astronomy Show on Drystone Radio

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 Join me, Martin Lunn MBE every Monday evening from 7.00 pm-9.00 pm on the award-winning Astronomy Show on Drystone Radio, probably the only...

A little ramble through 19th century astronomy - aurora in 1874

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Academy, Saturday 28 th February 1874   Professor Domenico Cipolletti has drawn attention, in the Nazione, to the coincidence of the time...