The Journal of the British Astronomical Association

Index to Volume 120 (2010)

The Subject Index references items under general headings; where a contribution covers two or more clearly defined subjects, each is separately referenced, but otherwise sub-headings within the same topic are not included. Publication reviews are indexed as such, but their subjects are not further cross-indexed. The Author Index details all named contributions, including talks at Ordinary Meetings, but not questions from the floor.

Abbreviations: ill.= illustration; news= in 'Notes and News' or 'BAA Update'; ltr.= letter to the Editor; rvw.= publication review; mtg.= meeting contribution

Pagination: (1) 1–64, (2) 65–124, (3) 125–192, (4) 193–260, (5) 261–328, (6) 329–388

Subject index
Announcements and BAA Notices
– BAA Council, 2008–2009 (ill.), 57
– BAA New Members’ Coordinator (news), 12
– BAA’s Ridley Grant helps variable star observer (news), 381
– Bob Mizon awarded an MBE (news), 196
– From the President (news), 5, 67, 127, 196, 263, 332
– Horace Dall Medal and Gift: Laurence Newell (mtg.), 179
– Lydia Brown Award: Peter Hudson (mtg.), 179
– Merlin Medal and Gift: Maurice Gavin (mtg.), 178
– Steavenson Award: Tony Markham (mtg.), 178
– New members, 57, 181
– New honorary members, 196
– Report of the Council for the Session 2009 August 1 to 2010 July 31, 296
Asteroids
– Asteroid (1036) Ganymed (ltr.), 375
– New opportunities for observing asteroids and comets (mtg.), 13
– Project NeilBone: a great success (news), 198
– The Jovian Trojan asteroids (mtg.), 371
– The only naked eye asteroid? (ltr.), 184
– The rotation period of asteroid (4080) Galinskij (ltr.), 116
– Two BAA asteroids go live (news), 8
Atmospheric phenomena
– A green flash and a green meteor (ltr.), 373
– A Venus green flash (ltrs.), 185, 246
– Circumzenithal arc (ill.), 272
BAA library and archives
– The Library of the Society for the History of Astronomy (ltr.), 116
– The publication archives of the BAA (news), 272
Biography
– Arthur Frank Edwards, 1918–2009 (obit.), 181
– Bob Mizon awarded an MBE (news), 196
– Captain M.A. Ainslie (1869–1951): his observations and telescopes, 15
– Centenaries for 2011, 344
– Geoffrey Amery, 1928–2010 (obit.), 251
– Hugh Percival Wilkins, 1896–1960: an appreciation, 39
– João de Moraes Pereira (1855–1908): the first Portuguese member of the British Astronomical Association, 101
– Miss Botley and the Grangers (ltr.), 322
– Neil MacIntyre Bone, 1959 June 27–2009 April 23 (obit.), 182
– R. W. Middleton, 1921–2009 (obit.), 58
Campaign for Dark Skies
– CfDS award for Isle of Wight hotel (news), 337
Comets
– Comet 103P/Hartley in October (news), 382
– Comet 17P/Holmes (ill., mtg.), 110, 111
– Comet Hartley 2 seen by NASA’s EPOXI (news), 339
– Comet prospects for 2011 (news), 338
– New opportunities for observing asteroids and comets (mtg.), 13
– The comets of 2000, 223
– The Great Comet of 1881, John Tebbutt and poor old ‘Jacko’ (ltr.), 116
Cosmology
– Cosmology and the expanding Universe (mtg.), 111
Deep sky
– Amateurs search for planetary nebulae (news), 11
– Glorious nebulae in Orion (ill.), 329
– Gyulbudaghian’s nebula: the story continues (news), 379
– IC 5067: the Pelican nebula (ill.), 125
– Imaging the deep sky (mtg.), 13
– M42: the great nebula in Orion (news), 55
– NGC 40: an intriguing planetary nebula in Cygnus (news), 245
– NGC 2903: the galaxy Messier missed (news), 106
– NGC 7008: a ‘celestial hook’ (news), 179
– NGC 7293: the Helix nebula (news), 317
– Observations of NGC 40 (news), 378
– Simeis 147: another supernova remnant in Taurus (news), 378
– The double star with the greatest colour contrast (ltr.), 374
Deep Sky Section
– Meeting, Northampton, 2010 March 6 (news), 249
Earth
– The size and shape of the Earth (mtg.), 370
Eclipses
– A partial lunar eclipse on New Year’s Eve (news), 8
– Flickering shadow bands: data buried in videos? (ltr.), 373
– The Indian total solar eclipses of 1898 and 2009 (mtg.), 368
– The partial solar eclipse of 2011 January 4 (ltr.), 246
– The total solar eclipse of 2010 July 11 (news), 203, 205, 265
– Unusual shadow bands observed at the 2010 July 11 total solar eclipse (news), 317
Exoplanets
– Exoplanets: new worlds orbiting distant stars (mtg.), 115
– Searching for low amplitude variable stars and exoplanets (mtg.), 13
Historical Section
– A new Director for the Historical Section (news), 128
History
– About the ‘Maunder Minimum’ (ltr.), 54
– Anatomy of an illusion: the ‘Alhazen’ of Johann Hieronymous Schröter, 161
– Astronomers have observed noctilucent clouds for 125 years (ltr.), 247
– British variable star associations, 1848–1908, 135
– Captain M.A. Ainslie (1869–1951): his observations and telescopes, 15
– Centenaries for 2011, 344
– Hugh Percival Wilkins, 1896–1960: an appreciation, 39
– João de Moraes Pereira (1855–1908): the first Portuguese member of the British Astronomical Association, 101
– Johannes Kepler in Prague – and a new museum (news), 133
– Meteors, showers and streams: George Alcock’s legacy (mtg.), 314
– Much Hoole church window appeal (ltr.), 54
– The first Pic du Midi photographs of Mars, 1909, 240
– The Great Comet of 1881, John Tebbutt and poor old ‘Jacko’ (ltr.), 116
– The origins and construction of the Isaac Newton Telescope, Herstmonceux, 1944–1967, 73
– The size and shape of the Earth (mtg.), 370
– The strange case of pseudo twilight on the Moon, 358
Instruments and observatories
– A 70mm diameter Crayford focuser (ltr.), 374
– A cost effective low power eyepiece anyone can make (ltrs.), 322, 375
– A home built fully automated observatory, 341
– Captain Ainslie’s jack knife refractor (ltr.), 185
– First light for Hanwell 30 inch reflector (news), 9
– Imaging the deep sky (mtg.), 13
– Imaging Venus in the ultraviolet: a new development (news), 107
– Imaging with DSLR cameras (mtg.), 13
– Leading edge imaging sensor technologies (mtg.), 14
– Pro–am collaboration with schools using robotic telecopes (mtg.), 173
– Remote and robotic observing: the new armchair astronomers (mtg.), 14
– Robotic telescope observing with the BAA (news), 134
– Solar system imaging with a webcam (mtg.), 114
– Spectroscopy: dawn of a new era (mtg.), 14
– Splitting the arcsecond: twenty first century planetary imaging (mtg.), 4
– The European Extremely Large Telescope: fabricating the mirror segments (mtg.), 175
– The origins and construction of the Isaac Newton Telescope, Herstmonceux, 1944–1967, 73
– The virtual observatory and data mining (mtg.), 14
– Variable star photometry with a DSLR camera, 157
Jupiter
– Jupiter and Europa with a small telecope (news), 381
– Jupiter in 2007 and 2008 (mtg.), 51
– Jupiter in 2009–2010: an interim report (news), 267
– Jupiter, 2009 September 10 and 11 (ills.), 261
– New fireball impacts seen on Jupiter (news), 263
– Planetary conjunction (ill.), 67
Lunar Section
– A revised observing programme (news), 8
Mars
– International Workshop on one century of Mars observations, Paris, 2009 September 17–20, 108
– Mars in 2009–10: an interim report (news), 10
– Mars in 2009–10: second interim report (news), 333
– Planetary conjunction (ill.), 67
– The first Pic du Midi photographs of Mars, 1909, 240
– The great perihelic opposition of Mars, 2003, 280, 347
Meetings and Courses
– Annual General Meeting, 2009 October 28, 254
– Exhibition and Ordinary Meeting, 2009 June 27, 177
– International Workshop on one century of Mars observations, Paris, 2009 September 17–20, 108
– Ordinary Meetings, 51, 110, 173, 255, 314, 368, 370
– Out of London Meeting, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 2009 April 25, 113
– Out of London Weekend, Leeds, 2009 September 4–6, 252
– Patrick Moore at the Royal Institution (news), 3
– Special General Meetings, 110, 370
Mercury
– Planetary conjunction (ill.), 67
– Recent observations of Mercury (news), 67
Meteors
– A bright Perseid (ill.), 193
– A busy two months for meteor observers (news), 331
– A green flash and a green meteor (ltr.), 373
– Meteors, showers and streams: George Alcock’s legacy (mtg.), 314
– Project Perseid 2010 (news), 195
– This autumn’s meteor activity (news), 264
Moon
– A note on the remarkable prominence of the ‘lumen cinereum’, 2009 March 29 (news), 243
– Anatomy of an illusion: the ‘Alhazen’ of Johann Hieronymous Schröter, 161
– Harold Hill and the South Polar Region of the Moon, 84
– The craters of the Moon (mtg.), 4
– The South Polar archive of Harold Hill (ltr.), 184
– The strange case of pseudo twilight on the Moon, 358
– What is the Moon made of? (mtg.), 113
Noctilucent clouds
– Astronomers have observed noctilucent clouds for 125 years (ltr.), 247
– Look out for noctilucent clouds this summer (news), 127
– Noctilucent cloud over Britain and Western Europe, 2006–2008, 152
Novae and supernovae
– Autumn supernova discoveries by BAA members (news), 334
– David Grennan’s supernova: a first for Ireland (news), 334
– KT Eridani (= Nova Eridani 2009) (news), 71
– More supernova discoveries for BAA members (news), 5
– More supernova discoveries for Tom Boles (news), 268
– Supernova news (news), 71, 129, 202
Obituaries
– Arthur Frank Edwards, 1918–2009, 181
– Geoffrey Amery, 1928–2010, 251
– Neil MacIntyre Bone, 1959 June 27–2009 April 23, 182
– R.W. Middleton, 1921–2009, 58
Observation
– George Alcock in Antarctica (mtg.), 314
– Solar system imaging with a webcam (mtg.), 114
– What is the faintest naked eye object? (ltr.), 54
Pluto
– New Hubble Telescope images of Pluto (news), 71
– Project Pluto (news), 269
Radio Astronomy Group
– Radio Astronomy Group (news), 132
– The solar outburst of 2010 August 1 (news), 319
Reviews
– A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy, Pierre Yves Bely et al., 186
– Atlas of the Galilean Satellites, Paul Schenk, 377
– Deep Sky Video Astronomy, Steve Massey & Steve Quirk, 51
– Mathematical Astronomy Morsels V, Jean Meeus, 118
– Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters, Wolfgang Steinecke, 376
– Pluto: Sentinel of the Outer Solar System, Barrie W. Jones, 376
– Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos, Paul Murdin, 49
– Stargazers’ Almanac, Bob Mizon, 377
– The 100 Best Astrophotgraphy Targets, Ruben Kier, 50
– The Big Questions: The Universe, Stuart Clark, 321
– The Caldwell Objects and How To Observe Them, Martin Mobberley, 48
– The Life of Stars, Giora Shaviv, 320
– The Scientific Exploration of Mars, Fredric W. Taylor, 186
– The Search for Life Continued, Barrie W. Jones, 118
– The Six Inch Lunar Atlas, Don Spain, 48
Saturn
– Observing Saturn (ltr.), 375
– Observing Saturn this apparition (ltrs.), 184, 247, 322
– Rotation, magnetism and mass loss at Saturn (mtg.), 51
– Saturn during the 2006/2007 apparition, 206
– Tethys and Titan from Cassini (ill.), 264
Sky notes, 53, 59, 112, 113, 119, 176, 187, 255, 256, 316, 323, 369, 372, 383
Solar Section
– Notes and News, 6, 69, 131, 199, 270, 335
Stellar evolution
– Chemically peculiar stars of the upper main sequence (mtg.), 368
– Variable stars and stellar evolution: Part 2, 273
Sun
– About the ‘Maunder Minimum’ (ltr.), 54
– Dark spots on the Sun in H alpha (ltr.), 374
– Invisible sunspots and ‘orphan’ prominences: an observational study, 365
– The solar outburst of 2010 August 1 (news), 319
Supernovae
– Autumn supernova discoveries by BAA members (news), 334
– David Grennan’s supernova: a first for Ireland (news), 334
– More supernova discoveries for BAA members (news), 5
– More supernova discoveries for Tom Boles (news), 268
– Supernova news (news), 71, 129, 129, 202
Variable stars
– A deep fade of HR Lyrae (news), 380
– AH Draconis: a tale of two periods, 98
– British variable star associations, 1848–1908, 135
– CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
– CSS090530:144011+494734: a new SU UMa type dwarf nova in Boötes, 219
– High precision CCD photometry and pro am collaboration in variable star research (mtg.), 14
– Measuring the superhump period of the dwarf nova RX J1715.6+6856, 361
– Searching for low amplitude variable stars and exoplanets (mtg.), 13
– The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
– The 2009 outburst of V360 Cassiopeiae, 169
– Variable star photometry with a DSLR camera, 157
– Variable stars and stellar evolution: Part 2, 273
Venus
– A Venus green flash (ltr.), 185, 246
– Imaging Venus in the ultraviolet: a new development (news), 107

Author index
Abel, P. & Heath, A.W.
– Observing Saturn (ltr.), 375
– Observing Saturn this apparition: a note to observers (ltr.), 184
Achilleos, N.
– Rotation, magnetism and mass loss at Saturn (mtg.), 51
Ahad, A.
– A cost-effective low power eyepiece (ltr.), 375
– The double star with the greatest colour contrast (ltr.), 374
Arditti, D.
– International Workshop on one century of Mars observations, Paris, 2009 September 17–20, 108
– Observing Saturn this apparition (ltr.), 247
– Ordinary Meeting, 2010 January 27, 368
– Patrick Moore at the Royal Institution (news), 3
– Sky notes (mtgs.), 53, 255
Baum, R.M.
– A Venus green flash (ltr.), 185
– Harold Hill and the South Polar Region of the Moon, 84
– The strange case of pseudo-twilight on the Moon, 358
Beales, M.
– A home-built fully automated observatory, 341
Boles, T.
– Cosmology and the expanding Universe (mtg.), 111
Bonifácio, V. et al.
– João de Moraes Pereira (1855–1908): the first Portuguese member of the British Astronomical Association, 101
Boyd, D.
– From the President (news), 5, 67, 127, 196, 263, 332
– High-precision CCD photometry and pro–am collaboration in variable-star research (mtg.), 14
– et al.
– – CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
– – CSS090530:144011+494734: a new SU UMa-type dwarf nova in Boötes, 219
– – The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Brazell, O.
– Amateurs search for planetary nebulae (news), 11
– Observations of NGC 40 (news), 378
Buczynski, D.G.
– Comet 17P/Holmes (ill.), 111
Campbell, T. et al.
– The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Cattermole, P. & Moore, P.A.
– The craters of the Moon (mtg.), 4
Chambers, R.H.
– The publication archives of the BAA (news), 272
Chapman, A.
– Much Hoole church window appeal (ltr.), 54
Clucas, L.
– Captain Ainslie’s jack-knife refractor (ltr.), 185
Cook, J.
– Radio Astronomy Group (news), 132
Covington, M.
– Jupiter and Europa with a small telecope (news), 381
Cox, M.
– The Library of the Society for the History of Astronomy (ltr.), 116
Dawes, S.
– A cost effective low power eyepiece anyone can make (ltr.), 322
dePonthiere, P. et al.
– CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
Diego, F.
– Total solar eclipse, 2010 July 11 (news), 265
Dollfus, A.
– The first Pic du Midi photographs of Mars, 1909, 240
Dunckel, N. et al.
– CSS090530:144011+494734: a new SU UMa-type dwarf nova in Boötes, 219
Dunlop, S.
– Miss Botley and the Grangers (ltr.), 322
Dvorak, S. et al.
– The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Dworetsky, M.
– Chemically peculiar stars of the upper main sequence (mtg.), 368
Dymock, R.
– Ordinary Meeting, 2010 March 31, 370
– Special General Meeting, 2010 March 31, 370
– The rotation period of asteroid (4080) Galinskij (ltr.), 116
Elliott, A.
– Deep-Sky Video Astronomy, Steve Massey & Steve Quirk (rvw.), 51
Emery, R.
– Out-of-London Weekend, Leeds, 2009 September 4–6, 252
Fernandes, J. et al.
– João de Moraes Pereira (1855–1908): the first Portuguese member of the British Astronomical Association, 101
Foote, J. et al.
– CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
– CSS090530:144011+494734: a new SU UMa-type dwarf nova in Boötes, 219
Ford, D.
– Ordinary Meetings, 51, 110, 173, 314
– Special General Meeting, 2009 March 25
Forshaw, A.J.
– Circumzenithal arc (ill.), 272
Foulkes, M.W.
– Observing Saturn this apparition (ltr.), 322
– Saturn during the 2006/2007 apparition, 206
– The Search for Life Continued, Barrie W. Jones (rvw.), 118
French, L.
– The Jovian Trojan asteroids (mtg.), 371
Frost, M.
– A new Director for the Historical Section (news), 128
Gavin, M.V.
– Stargazers’ Almanac, Bob Mizon (rvw.), 377
Griffin, D.
– AH Draconis: a tale of two periods, 98
Haswell, C.
– Exoplanets: new worlds orbiting distant stars (mtg.), 115
Heath, A.W. & Abel, P.
– Observing Saturn this apparition: a note to observers (ltr.), 184
– Observing Saturn (ltr.), 375
Henden, A. et al.
– The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Henshaw, C.
– A Venus green flash (ltr.), 246
Hetherington, B.
– Centenaries for 2011, 344
Hewitt, N.D.
– Imaging the deep sky (mtg.), 13
– Out-of-London Meeting, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 2009 April 25, 113
Holland, K.
– Leading-edge imaging sensor technologies (mtg.), 14
Holt, D.
– An appeal for Doherty art (ltr.), 248
Hooker, C.
– Solar system imaging with a webcam (mtg.), 114
Hurst, G.M.
– David Grennan’s supernova: a first for Ireland (news), 334
– KT Eridani (= Nova Eridani 2009) (news), 71
– & Moore, S.L.
– – Supernova news (news), 129
Hyde, P.
– The solar outburst of 2010 August 1 (news), 319
James, N.D., Remote and robotic observing: the new armchair astronomers (mtg.), 14
– Sky notes (mtg.), 112, 113, 369
– The Isle of Man on the ISS (news), 130
– Unusual shadow bands observed at the 2010 July 11 total solar eclipse (news), 317
– & Mason, J.W.
– – The total solar eclipse of 2010 July 11 (news), 203
Johnstone, G.
– BAA New Members’ Coordinator (news), 12
Jones, J.E.
– Flickering shadow bands: data buried in videos? (ltr.), 373
Julian, M. et al.
– CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
Kato, T. et al.
– CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
Kellett, B.
– What is the Moon made of? (mtg.), 113
Kennedy, K.
– Look out for noctilucent clouds this summer (news), 127
– Noctilucent cloud over Britain and Western Europe, 2006–2008, 152
Koff, R. et al.
– CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
– The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Krajci, T. et al.
– CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
– The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Lawrence, A.
– The virtual observatory and data-mining (mtg.), 14
Lawrence, P.
– A bright Perseid (ill.), 193
Leadbeater, R.
– Spectrosopy: dawn of a new era (mtg.), 14
Leatherbarrow, W.
– A revised observing programme for the Lunar Section (news), 8
– Geoffrey Amery, 1928–2010 (obit.), 251
– Hugh Percival Wilkins, 1896–1960: an appreciation, 39
– The Scientific Exploration of Mars, Fredric W. Taylor (rvw.), 186
– The South Polar archive of Harold Hill (ltr.), 184
Lewis, F.
– Pro–am collaboration with schools using robotic telescopes (mtg.), 173
Livesey, R.J.
– About the ‘Maunder Minimum’ (ltr.), 54
Lloyd-Evans, T.
– A green flash and a green meteor (ltr.), 373
Longshaw, N.
– A note on the remarkable prominence of the ‘lumen cinereum’, 2009 March 29 (news), 243
– Anatomy of an illusion: the ‘Alhazen’ of Johann Hieronymous Schröter, 161
– The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas, Don Spain (rvw.), 48
Loughney, D.
– Variable star photometry with a DSLR camera, 157
Macdonald, L.
– Meeting of the Deep Sky Section, Northampton, 2010 March 6 (news), 249
– Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters, Wolfgang Steinecke (rvw.), 376
– Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos, Paul Murdin (rvw.), 49
– The origins and construction of the Isaac Newton Telescope, Herstmonceux, 1944–1967, 73
Macdonald, P.
– The partial solar eclipse of 2011 January 4 (ltr.), 246
Malaquias, I. et al.
– João de Moraes Pereira (1855–1908): the first Portuguese member of the British Astronomical Association, 101
Marriott, R.A.
– Arthur Frank Edwards, 1918–2009 (obit.), 181
– Index to Journal, Vol.119, facing 32
Mason, J.W.
– A busy two months for meteor observers (news), 331
– Meteors, showers and streams: George Alcock’s legacy (mtg.), 314
– Neil MacIntyre Bone, 1959 June 27–2009 April 23 (obit.), 182
– Project Perseid 2010 (news), 195
– This autumn’s meteor activity (news), 264
– & James, N.D.
– – The total solar eclipse of 2010 July 11 (news), 203
McGee, H.W.
– Annual General Meeting, 2009 October 28, 254
– Ordinary Meeting, 2009 October 28, 255
– The total solar eclipse of 2010 July 11 (news), 205
McKim, R.J.
– Imaging Venus in the ultraviolet: a new development (news), 107
– Johannes Kepler in Prague – and a new museum (news), 133
– Mars in 2009–2010: an interim report (news), 10
– Mars in 2009–2010: second interim report (news), 333
– R.W. Middleton, 1921–2009 (obit.), 58
– Recent observations of Mercury (news), 67
– The great perihelic opposition of Mars, 2003: Part 1, 280
– The great perihelic opposition of Mars, 2003: Part II, 347
Meadows, P.
– A partial lunar eclipse on New Year’s Eve (news), 8
– Robotic telescope observing with the BAA (news), 134
Meeus, J.
– Asteroid (1036) Ganymed (ltr.), 375
Miles, R.
– Exhibition and Ordinary Meeting, 2009 June 27, 177
– Comet 17P/Holmes (mtg.), 110
– New opportunities for observing asteroids and comets (mtg.), 13
– Pluto: Sentinel of the Outer Solar System, Barrie W. Jones (rvw.), 376
– Project NeilBone: a great success (news), 198
– Project Pluto (news), 269
– Sky notes (mtg.), 176
– Two BAA asteroids go live (news), 8
Miller, I. et al.
– CSS090530:144011+494734: a new SU UMa-type dwarf nova in Boötes, 219
– Measuring the superhump period of the dwarf nova RX J1715.6+6856, 361
– The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Mizon, R.
– A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy, Pierre-Yves Bely et al. (rvw.), 186
– CfDS award for Isle of Wight hotel (news), 337
Mobberley, M.P.
– Captain M.A. Ainslie (1869–1951): his observations and telescopes, 15
– Splitting the arcsecond: twenty-first century planetary imaging (mtg.), 4
Moore, P.A. & Cattermole, P.
– The craters of the Moon (mtg.), 4
Moore, S.L.
– Autumn supernova discoveries by BAA members (news), 334
– M42: the great nebula in Orion (news), 55
– More supernova discoveries for BAA members (news), 5
– More supernova discoveries for Tom Boles (news), 268
– NGC 40: an intriguing planetary nebula in Cygnus (news), 245
– NGC 2903: the galaxy Messier missed (news), 106
– NGC 7008: a ‘celestial hook’ (news), 179
– NGC 7293: the Helix nebula (news), 317
– Simeis 147: another supernova remnant in Taurus (news), 378
– Sky notes (mtg.), 316
– Supernova news (news), 71, 202
– & Hurst, G.M.
– – Supernova news (news), 129
Morris, T.
– Imaging with DSLR cameras (mtg.), 13
Murdin, P.
– The size and shape of the Earth (mtg.), 370
Nye, F.
– Invisible sunspots and ‘orphan’ prominences: an observational study, 365
Orchiston, W.
– The Great Comet of 1881, Joh Tebbutt and poor old ‘Jacko’ (ltr.), 116
Owens, S.
– Beyond the International Year of Astronomy (news), 197
– The Big Questions: The Universe, Stuart Clark (rvw.), 321
Peach, D.
– Jupiter, 2009 September 10 and 11 (ills.), 261
Peeling, R.
– A Venus green flash (ltr.), 246
Pickard, R.D.
– President’s Review of the Year (mtg.), 254
– The Life of Stars, Giora Shaviv (rvw.), 320
– Variable stars and stellar evolution: Part 2, 273
Potter C.
– Sky notes, 59, 119, 187, 256, 323, 372, 383
Poyner, G.
– BAA’s Ridley Grant helps variable-star observer (news), 381
– & Shears, J.
– – A deep fade of HR Lyrae (news), 380
– – The 2009 outburst of V360 Cassiopeiae, 169
– et al.
– – CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
– – The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Privett, G.
– Gyulbudaghian’s nebula: the story continues (news), 379
Ridpath, I.
– Adjectival nouns (ltr.), 323
Roberts, G. et al.
– The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
Rogers, G.
– IC 5067: the Pelican nebula (ill.), 125
– The Caldwell Objects and How To Observe Them, Martin Mobberley (rvw.), 48
Rogers, J.H.
– Atlas of the Galilean Satellites, Paul Schenk (rvw.), 377
– Jupiter in 2007 and 2008 (mtg.), 51
– Jupiter in 2009–2010: an interim report (news), 267
– New fireball impacts seen on Jupiter (news), 263
Sabo, R. et al.
– Measuring the superhump period of the dwarf nova RX J1715.6+6856, 361
Salway, M.
– Planetary conjunction (ill.), 67
Schröder, W.
– Astronomers have observed noctilucent clouds for 125 years (ltr.), 247
Shanklin, J.D.
– Comet prospects for 2011 (news), 338
– George Alcock in Antarctica (mtg.), 314
– The comets of 2000, 223
Shears, J.
– & Poyner, G.
– – A deep fade of HR Lyrae (news), 380
– – The 2009 outburst of V360 Cassiopeiae, 169
– et al.
– – CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
– – The 2008 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V358 Lyrae, 43
– – Measuring the superhump period of the dwarf nova RX J1715.6+6856, 361
Smith, L.
– Solar Section Notes and News, 6, 69, 131, 199, 270, 335
Staels, B. et al.
– CCD photometry of the first observed superoutburst of KP Cassiopeiae in 2008 October, 33
Stewart, M.
– A day to remember: a meeting with Sir Patrick Moore (news), 340
Strach, E.
– Dark spots on the Sun in H-alpha (ltr.), 374
Strange, D.
– Comet 17P/Holmes (ill.), 110
Tasselli, A.
– The 100 Best Astrophotgraphy Targets, Ruben Kier (rvw.), 50
Taylor, C.
– First light for Hanwell 30-inch reflector (news), 9
Toone, J.
– British variable star associations, 1848–1908, 135
Tough, A.C.
– Comet 103P/Hartley in October (news), 382
– Glorious nebulae in Orion (ill.), 329
Vetterlein, J.C.
– The only naked-eye asteroid? (ltr.), 184
– What is the faintest naked-eye object? (ltr.), 54
Walker, D.
– The European Extremely Large Telescope: fabricatingm the mirror segments (mtg.), 175
Wall, J.
– A 70-mm diameter Crayford focuser (ltr.), 374
Waterman, S.
– Searching for low-amplitude variable stars and exoplanets (mtg.), 13
Williams, S.
– Mathematical Astronomy Morsels V, Jean Meeus (rvw.), 118
– The Indian total solar eclipses of 1898 and 2009 (mtg.), 368

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