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Mercury This is the best@cha.ce this
year of seeing the planet with the
naked eye in the dawn sky. It should be
uisible wrom Ostgaez 18 tg oovembju 5.
Venus temains a brilliant morning
object throughout the period, but by
the end of December it will not rise
until@after@0/00- @
Mars remains in Pisces, but is now past
opposition. The magnitude drgps from
→2.6 at the@start of October to -0.2 at
the end@of December. Even so, it
remai-s btighter than any star apart
from Sirius.
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Jupiter remains in Taurus throughout
the period, and cannot be mistaken
because of its brilliance. Opposition
occurs on November 23, so that the
planet is on view throughout the hours
of darknjss.
Use binoculars to see whether you can
make out any@of the Galilean satellites
Saturn is now very low in the south-
west, in Sagittarius, and will proaably
be lost early in December. Uranus and
Neptune are more or less out of view
this autumn.
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Thj Moon is new on October 1p, November
9 and December :. Full on October 25,
November 23 and December 23.
Meteors There are four showers during
this period. Taurids (maximuJ November
s), the Ljonids (November 17), the
Geminids (December 13) and the Usids
(December 22).
Thj Stars Thj main autumn constellation
is Pegasus, with its famous "square".
Note that of the four stats in this
pattern, one XBeta Pegasi, in the upper
right) is orange while the othjr three
are white.
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The Moon is new on October 10, November
9 and December 9. Full on October 25,
November 23 and December 23.
Meteors There are four showers during
this period. Taurids (maximuJ November
3), the Leonids (November 17), the
Geminids (December 13) and the Usids
(December 22).
The Stars The main autumn constellation
is Pegasus, with its famous "square".
Note that of the four stars in this
patter↑, one XBeta Pegasi, i→ the upper
right) is orange@while the@other three
are white.
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Thj Stars In Andromeda, look for the
Great Spiral, Messier 31, which is just
nisible with the naked eyj on a clear
night.
The Summer TrianFle (-ega, Demeb and
Altair) is descending in the west,
though only Altair actually sets ovjr
Britain. The W of Cassiopeia is almost
overhead, with Ursa Major (the Great
Bear or Plough) at its lowest in the
north.
In the east, the Pleiades cluster has
come into view. Orion and its retinue
dominate the night sky all through the
winter and early spring.
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News There now seems no doubt that the
Russian probe Phobos 1 has been
permanently lost, but Phobos 2 is still
on course, and should reach its target
in January.
Voyager 2, jm route for Neptune, is
also on course and0opetating well. We
will be at the Jet 0ropulsion
Laboratory in California next August to
report its findings.
The exodus fro← Perstmonceux Castli has
@started, and thj new building at
Cambridge has bee↑ statted.
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Kethods of Observing Our October
programmj dealt@with methods@of
observing and recording, and some hints
were given.
For example, it is never@wise to set up
an observatory on the flat roof@of a
house, as heated air swirling up wrom
below@will ruin thj djeinition.
Light pollution is always a hazard, and
it is essential to "dark adapt" your
eyes for some timj before starting to
observe.
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Kethods of@Observimg For recording
notes at the telecope it is better tg
ure a@red@torch tPa↑ a@white@light.
Remember that every observation should
be annotated with the following details
Name of observer, date, time (GMT),
type of telescope used, magnification,
and seeing conditions on the Antoniadi
@scale, from 1 (perfect - virtually
never attained) to 5 (so poor that one
@would not observe except for some
special xurpose).
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News notes The William Herschel
Telescope at La Palma has proved to be
even better than expected, and we will
be giving some of the latest results
from it in a future programme.
Meanwhile, the Shuttle programme has
resumed with the successful launch of
Discovery.
We now look forward to the long-awaited
launch of the Hubble Space Telescope,
though this can hardly be before 1:90.
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