Volume 116, No.2: 2006 April
Detailed contents: Notes and News / Articles / Observers' Forum / Reviews / Letters / Meetings / BAA Update
Photos taken at the Cerro Paranal Observatory, Chile, by Damian Peach. (See the article on page 66).
From the President: Enjoy your astronomy (Richard Miles) / Ground-based support for the Venus Express mission (Richard McKim ) / Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3 this May (Nick James) / Meteor outbursts (Neil Bone )
The Journal of the British Astronomical Association
On the cover: The Sky at Night goes south
Lower left: The Very Large Telescopes at Cerro Paranal are among the world's premier astronomical facilities. This view shows the stars setting over Paranal Mountain, with the telescopes in action.
Top: The Milky Way in the Carina/Crux region of the sky, rising from Paranal. The dark patch of the Coalsack is readily apparent, as is the Eta Carinae nebula. 3 mins guided, Fuji S2 Pro DSLR, 28mm lens.
Lower right: The huge silver dome of UT1 (Antu) lit by the setting Sun.
Notes and News
Refereed papers
The Sky at Night goes south ... Damian Peach
A discussion on the duration of central transits as seen from Earth ... Darren Beard
The discovery of the correct birth date for selenographer Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger ... Robert A. Garfinkle FRAS
High-precision radial-velocity measurement with a small telescope: Detection of the tau Boötis exoplanet ... Thomas G. Kaye, Sigfried Vanaverbeke & John Innis
A home-made Newtonian filter holder for planetary imaging ... M.P. Mobberley
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