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17th December 2011
Added an image of Jupiter by Chris Newsome.
Updated the links page.
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10th December 2011
Updated the links page.
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6th December 2011
Updated the 2012 meetings notices.
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9th October 2011
Added an article by Mike Lancaster on the DDAS viewing of John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis at Derby Museum on the 1st October 2011. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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24th July 2011
Added an article by Chris Newsome on his visit to Sir Patrick Moore on the 15th June 2011.
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9th June 2011
Updated the meetings notices.
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2nd May 2011
Added an image of Saturn by Tony Razzell. Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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27th March 2011
Added a link to an article on astronomy in The Independent newspaper in which DDAS members Anthony Southwell and Dave Selfe are quoted.
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20th March 2011
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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27th February 2011
Updated the meetings notices on the home page. Added a 2012 meetings page.
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5th February 2011
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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30th January 2011
Updated the meetings notices.
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8th January 2011
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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1st January 2011
Added an image of sunspots taken by Malcolm Neal on the 16th November 2010 and pictures
from the total lunar eclipse of the 21st December 2010.
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29th December 2010
Added an image of the Moon and Venus taken by Tony Razzell on the 3rd December.
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19th December 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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6th December 2010
Added a couple of images of the full moon taken from North Wales by Chris Newsome and also one
of the Moon and Venus taken by Chris on the 3rd December.
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5th December 2010
Added an article by Chris Newsome on the DDAS LX90 at the 66th Derby Cub Scouts on the 8th November 2010.
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3rd December 2010
Added a short article and group photo from the DDAS visit to the Herschel House and Museum in
Bath on October 16th 2010.
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1st December 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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24th November 2010
Updated the 2011 meetings notices.
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21st November 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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6th November 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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24th October 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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18th October 2010
Added a page on the talk given by Professor John Zarnecki to the DDAS on the 1st October 2010.
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2nd October 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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26th September 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page. Inserted a Google map of the main meeting venue
on the Meeting Venue page.
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19th September 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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18th September 2010
Added more details of the DDAS meeting on the 1st October 2010.
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12th September 2010
Added the Spring/Summer 2010 edition of Aries.
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4th September 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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1st September 2010
Updated the 2011 meetings notices.
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22nd August 2010
Updated the 2011 meetings notices.
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7th August 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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18th July 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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15th July 2010
Added some pictures of the DDAS BBQ on the 3rd July 2010 taken by Chris Newsome.
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5th July 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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20th June 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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5th June 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page. Added a list of meetings for 2011.
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31st May 2010
Added an image of the conjunction of the Moon and Venus on the 16th May 2010
by Keith Plamping.
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23rd May 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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24th April 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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3rd April 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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2nd April 2010
Added images of the ISS and Mars by Barry Ashforth,
and the Sun by Chris Newsome.
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23rd March 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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20th March 2010
Placed a cancellation notice of tonight's observing session on the home page.
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7th March 2010
Added an image of a sunrise and
the Moon one day past full by Chris Newsome.
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22nd February 2010
Provided the title for the March 2010 main meeting on
the home page.
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21st February 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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6th February 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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24th January 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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23rd January 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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13th January 2010
Added an image of the Orion Nebula by Chris Newsome to the gallery.
Updated the links page.
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9th January 2010
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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2nd January 2010
Added pictures of former shuttle astronaut Jeff Hoffman with DDAS members
after the Flamsteed Lecture on the 9th December 2009.
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18th December 2009
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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13th December 2009
Added pictures of Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell's talk to the DDAS on the 4th
December 2009.
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10th December 2009
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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5th December 2009
Updated the meetings notices on the home page.
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1st December 2009
Added an image the Orion Nebula by Simon Allcock.
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29th November 2009
Added an image of a satellite passing through Cygnus by Simon Allcock.
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22nd November 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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21st November 2009
Added images of Jupiter and
the Moon taken by Chris Newsome on the 26th September 2009.
Placed a cancellation notice of tonight's observing session on the home page.
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16th November 2009
Updated information on this year's Flamsteed Lecture on the home page.
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14th November 2009
Added an article on a visit to Herstmonceux by Chris Newsome.
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3rd November 2009
Confirmed the start time of this year's Flamsteed Lecture on the home page.
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2nd November 2009
Added notice of this year's Flamsteed Lecture to the home page.
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31st October 2009
Added an image of M31 by Adrian Brown.
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30th October 2009
Added an image of the Milky Way seen through the dome of the Flamsteed Observatory
by Chris Newsome.
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27th October 2009
Updated the 2010 meetings notices.
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21st October 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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18th October 2009
Added an image of star trails by Chris Newsome.
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11th October 2009
Added images of Jupiter by
Barry Ashforth and Chris Newsome from August and September 2009. Also an image
of Venus from July 2009 by Barry Ashforth.
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28th September 2009
Added a link to the DDAS entry
on Clubbz to
our home page.
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27th September 2009
Added a report by Anthony Southwell on the DDAS presence at
the Darley Park Concert on the 6th September 2009.
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21st September 2009
Updated the meetings notices for 2009 and 2010.
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19th September 2009
Added images of Jupiter with the impact site of 19th July 2009 by
Barry Ashforth.
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16th August 2009
Added an image by Chris Newsome of the partial phase of the total
solar eclipse of 22nd July 2009. Updated the links page.
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8th August 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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25th July 2009
Added an image of a spectacular sunset by Keith Plamping.
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19th July 2009
Added images of Saturn from April 2009 by Barry Ashforth.
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12th July 2009
Added a colour image of IC 1318 (Gamma Cygni region) by Adrian Brown.
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6th July 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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30th June 2009
Added images of Saturn from March 2009 by Barry Ashforth.
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28th June 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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22nd June 2009
Updated the information on the Derby Well Dressing and QUAD exhibit on the home page.
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7th June 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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2nd June 2009
Added three images of the moon taken on the 29th April 2009
by Chris Newsome.
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1st June 2009
Added notice of the DDAS display at the QUAD this June to the home page.
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17th May 2009
Added photographs from the DDAS main meeting and Spring Moon Watch on
the 3rd April 2009 and the DDAS Observing Session
on the 18th April 2009.
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16th May 2009
Posted a cancellation notice for tonight's observing session due to the bad weather.
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14th May 2009
Added an image and movie of the moon setting by Chris Newsome.
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4th May 2009
Added an image of a 26 hour old Moon by Chris Newsome and
a report by him
on his visit to the Basingtoke Astronomical Society on the 23rd March 2009.
Updated the meetings notices.
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19th April 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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17th April 2009
Added a report on the DDAS displays at the Festival of Science at
the University of Derby on the 14th March 2009 by Anthony Southwell.
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12th April 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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28th March 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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22nd March 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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7th March 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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3rd March 2009
Added an image and movie of Comet Lulin by Chris Newsome.
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1st March 2009
Changed the cover picture for this month's home page.
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28th February 2009
Added a Contact Us link pointing to the committee members.
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27th February 2009
Added pictures of Gemini and Orion by Chris
Newsome from the DDAS observing session of the 21st February 2009. Added some phone numbers to
the committee page.
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22nd February 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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7th February 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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26th January 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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18th January 2009
Updated the meetings notices.
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31st December 2008
Added pictures by Chris Newsome from the DDAS observing session of the
22nd November 2008 and of Dr Chris Lintott at the DDAS meeting of the 5th
December 2008.
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21st December 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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20th December 2008
Posted a cancellation notice of tonight's observing session due to cloud and rain.
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13th December 2008
Added images of M31 and NGC 2174 by Adrian Brown.
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7th December 2008
Updated the links page.
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29th November 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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8th November 2008
Added a picture of Mike Dumelow's observation of the partial
solar eclipse of the 1st August 2008.
Updated the meetings notices.
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19th October 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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18th October 2008
Cancelled tonight's observing session due to the cloudy skies.
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16th October 2008
Updated the meetings notices on the home page
with details of Dr Chris Lintott's talk this December.
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9th October 2008
Added some sunrise pictures by Dave Selfe.
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4th October 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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21st September 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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9th September 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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8th September 2008
Gave notice of this year's Flamsteed Lecture.
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6th September 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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17th August 2008
Added a veritable cornucopia of Jupiter images taken by Barry Ashforth this summer.
Also added images of IC 1396 including the Elephant's Trunk Nebula and part of
the Eastern Veil Nebula by Adrian Brown.
Updated the meetings notices.
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24th July 2008
Updated links page.
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16th July 2008
Updated meetings notices.
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8th July 2008
Added more pictures from the DDAS presence at
the Cancer Research UK Relay for
Life at Moorways Stadium in Derby on the 5th July 2008.
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6th July 2008
Added pictures from the DDAS presence at
the Cancer Research UK Relay for
Life at Moorways Stadium in Derby on the 5th July 2008.
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30th June 2008
Added the July 2008 sky notes.
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21st June 2008
Added an article on DDAS member Graham Ensor meeting Professor Stephen
Hawking on a visit to The University of Leicester. Placed a cancellation notice for
tonight's observing session.
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13th June 2008
Added an image of Caldwell 2 by Adrian Brown.
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1st June 2008
Added a page on the sponsored walk from Monsal Dale on the 17th May 2008.
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26th May 2008
Added a notice regarding the successful landing of Phoenix on Mars to the home page.
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25th May 2008
Added a mosaic of the Moon by Chris Newsome and
images of Saturn by Barry Ashforth.
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18th May 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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17th May 2008
Placed a cancellation notice for tonight's observing session.
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16th May 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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9th May 2008
Updated the meetings notices.
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7th May 2008
Updated the meetings programme.
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24th April 2008
Updated the 2009 meetings programme.
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20th April 2008
Updated meetings notices and added a page for the 2009 meetings.
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19th April 2008
Placed a cancellation notice for tonight's observing session.
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5th April 2008
Updated meetings notices.
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31st March 2008
Added the April 2008 sky notes.
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30th March 2008
Added images of the 3 day old Moon by Barry Ashforth and
a sunrise by Chris Newsome to the gallery.
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29th March 2008
Added images of the 27 day old Moon by Chris Newsome to the gallery.
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28th March 2008
Added an article by Claire Spencer on the observing session of the
16th February 2008. Added images of Mars and
Saturn by Barry Ashforth to the gallery.
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23rd March 2008
Updated meetings notices.
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9th March 2008
Updated meetings notices.
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2nd March 2008
Added an image of the Rosette Nebula by Adrian Brown to the gallery.
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28th February 2008
Added a close up of the Moon by Chris Newsome to the gallery.
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24th February 2008
Added images of Jodrell Bank, a sun pillar and
a sunset as seen from the Buxton area by Chris Newsome on the 10th February 2008.
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17th February 2008
Added the Winter 2007/2008 edition of Aries.
Updated meetings notices.
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31st January 2008
Added the February 2008 sky notes.
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29th January 2008
Updated meetings notices.
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20th January 2008
Added an image of a sunrise by Chris Newome.
Updated meetings notices.
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19th January 2008
Gave notice that the observing session had been cancelled due to cloud and rain.
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13th January 2008
Updated meetings notices.
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12th January 2008
Added an image of M35 by Chris Newsome.
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5th January 2008
Updated meetings notices.
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1st January 2008
Added the January 2008 sky notes.
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29th December 2007
Added images of Mars by Chris Newsome and
of Mars and the Moon by Malcolm Neal, and Simon and David Allcock.
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2nd December 2007
Updated meetings notices. Added more space agaencies to the links page
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1st December 2007
Added the December 2007 sky notes.
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25th November 2007
Gave notice of an extra observing session on the 1st December 2007.
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17th November 2007
Cancelled this evening's observing session due to cloud.
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11th November 2007
Added more links to the Links page.
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10th November 2007
Added a report by Chris Newsome on his visit to the Basingstoke Astronomical Society on
the 25th October 2007. Added a
new Optical Effects section to the gallery. Updated
the 2008 meetings programme.
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3rd November 2007
Added images of Comet 17/P Holmes by Adrian Brown and
a report on the DDAS observing session of the 20th October 2007 by Chris Newsome.
Updated meetings notices.
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31st October 2007
Added the November 2007 sky notes.
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8th October 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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22nd September 2007
Added notice of this year's Flamsteed Lecture to the home page. Added an image of the hydrogen nebulosities
in Cygnus including close ups of the Pelican and
Western Veil nebulae by Adrian Brown.
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8th September 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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2nd September 2007
Added the September 2007 sky notes.
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19th August 2007
Added images of the Cygnus Milky Way complete with a Perseid
and of M31 by Chris Newsome. Added notice of the Moon Landing musical at Derby Playhouse.
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18th August 2007
Made notice of the cancellation of tonight's observing session.
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15th August 2007
Added an image of the Dumbell Nebula by Chris Newsome and Adrian Brown. Also added
an image and video of the Moon occulting the Pleiades on the 7th August 2007 by
Chris Newsome.
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5th August 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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31st July 2007
Added the August 2007 sky notes.
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20th July 2007
Added an image of the Dumbell Nebula by Adrian Brown and Chris Newsome.
Updated meetings notices for 2008.
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6th July 2007
Added an image of the occultation of Saturn on the 2nd March 2007 by Mike Dumelow.
Also an image of Jupiter and its moons and
a movie of clouds moving across the sky by Chris Newsome.
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1st July 2007
Added the July 2007 sky notes.
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29th June 2007
Cancelled the DDAS participation in this weekend's Relay for Life due to bad weather.
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18th June 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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16th June 2007
Cancelled this month's observing session to bad weather.
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9th June 2007
Updated mugshots on committee page.
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8th June 2007
Updated links page.
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31st May 2007
Added the June 2007 sky notes and added notice of the 2007 Relay for Life to
the meetings and home pages.
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29th May 2007
Updated membership subs to £25 for non-concessions.
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26th May 2007
Added a report and images of the occultation of Saturn by the Moon on the 22nd May
2007 by Chris Newsome and Adrian Brown.
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13th May 2007
Added images of M16, M63, M104 (including the passage of asteroid 1274 Delportia across the
same field of view), M106 and M109 by
Adrian Brown.
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9th May 2007
Added two pictures of sunsets from the Isle of Wight by Chris Newsome.
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6th May 2007
Updated meetings notices and committee page. Added an image
of globular cluster M3 and a montage of Saturn images by Chris Newsome.
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30th April 2007
Added the May 2007 sky notes.
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23rd April 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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21st April 2007
Added an image of M51 by Adrian Brown.
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14th April 2007
Added a movie of the 3rd March 2007 total lunar eclipse by Chris Newsome.
Updated meetings notices.
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10th April 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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5th April 2007
Added images of the 3rd March 2007 total lunar eclipse by Malcolm Neal.
Updated meetings notices.
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1st April 2007
Added the April 2007 sky notes.
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28th March 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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26th March 2007
Added a montage of the 3rd March 2007 total lunar eclipse by Chris Newsome.
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25th March 2007
Added images of the 3rd March 2007 total lunar eclipse by Wayne Barnett.
Updated meetings notices.
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14th March 2007
Cancelled this week's observing session (Friday 16th March) due to member availability and the high probability of overcast skies.
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12th March 2007
Added an image by Adrian Brown of the 3rd March 2007 total lunar eclipse.
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11th March 2007
Added a movie by Mike Lancaster of the 3rd March 2007 total lunar eclipse.
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4th March 2007
Added an report and image by Chris Newsome on the graze occultation of Saturn on the 2nd March 2007.
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3rd March 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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28th February 2007
Added the March 2007 sky notes. Added images of the Rosette
Nebula by Adrian Brown.
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17th February 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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16th February 2007
Cancelled tonight's observing session due to bad weather.
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12th February 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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10th February 2007
Added link and logo for TopListed.
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8th February 2007
Added news item of an Iridium flare photo by Chris Newsome appearing in
a US newspaper. Added image of a sunrise over Littleover, Derby by Simon Allcock.
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3rd February 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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31st January 2007
Added the February 2007 sky notes.
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20th January 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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19th January 2007
Cancelled tonight's observing session due to bad weather.
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17th January 2007
Added image of the Owl Nebula by Chris Newsome and Adrian Brown.
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14th January 2007
Added link to Chris Newsome's image of Comet McNaught on
the Sky & Telescope website.
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10th January 2007
Added image of M82 by Chris Newsome and Adrian Brown.
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8th January 2007
Added images of The Crab Nebula and M81 by Chris Newsome and Adrian Brown.
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6th January 2007
Updated meetings notices.
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31st December 2006
Added the January 2007 sky notes.
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30th December 2006
Added images of Saturn, M31 and M42 from
nearly a year ago by Chris Newsome.
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23rd December 2006
Added images from a year ago of the constellation Perseus, the
planet Venus, M31 and M45 by
Chris Newsome. Also added an image of the full moon by Simon Allcock and
of NGC 1977 by Adrian Brown.
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2nd December 2006
Added the December 2006 sky notes and updated meetings notices
and links page.
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30th November 2006
Added article on the DDAS visit to Boulby Mine.
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23rd November 2006
Added montages of sunspot 923 taken through different filters by Chris Newsome.
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21st November 2006
Added pictures of the moon by Chris Newsome.
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18th November 2006
Updated meetings notices.
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4th November 2006
Updated meetings notices.
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31st October 2006
Added the November 2006 sky notes and more images
of Comet Swan taken by Chris Newsome and processed
by Adrian Brown.
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28th October 2006
Added image of Comet Swan taken by Chris Newsome on the 24th October 2006.
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22nd October 2006
Updated meetings notices.
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20th October 2006
Added notice that the Friday 20th October 2006 observing session had been cancelled due to cloud and rain.
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12th October 2006
Added image of Comet Swan by Chris Newsome on the 9th October 2006.
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1st October 2006
Updated meetings notices. Added the October 2006 sky notes.
Added an article by Chris Newsome on his viist to Jodrell Bank in August 2006.
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7th September 2006
Added image of the Double Cluster by Chris Newsome.
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4th September 2006
Added images of the Sun in H-alpha taken by Dave Selfe
and Uranus by Barry Ashforth.
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2nd September 2006
Added the September 2006 sky notes.
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22nd August 2006
Added image of a flare from Iridium 31 by Chris Newsome.
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20th August 2006
Added images of open clusters M34, M41, and M67 and
the Leo Triplet of galaxies by Chris Newsome.
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19th August 2006
Added sequences of Mars images from 2005 and 2006, three images
of Jupiter and several
of Saturn - all by Barry Ashforth.
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17th August 2006
Added image of galaxies M81 and M82 by Adrian Brown and M101 by Adrian and Chris Newsome.
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16th August 2006
Added image of Saturn taken by Simon Allcock on the 21st January 2006 and a picture
of sunset over Perinporth, Cornwall taken by him on the 3rd August 2006.
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5th August 2006
Updated meetings notices.
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1st August 2006
Added an image of M42 by Chris Newsome.
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31st July 2006
Added the August 2006 Sky Notes.
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29th July 2006
Added images of NGC 7789, Caldwell 13 and a multi-exposure image
of the Sun moving across the sky by Chris Newsome.
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26th July 2006
Added image of IC 1318 by Adrian Brown.
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14th July 2006
Added image of elliptical galaxies M86 and M84 in the Virgo Cluster by Adrian Brown.
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11th July 2006
Added an image of galaxy M94 by Adrian Brown.
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6th July 2006
Added pictures of the DDAS at the Relay For Life, Moorways Stadium, Derby on 17th-18th June 2006.
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2nd July 2006
Added a false colour image of the Crescent Nebula by Adrian Brown.
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1st July 2006
Added the July 2006 Sky Notes.
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27th June 2006
Added picture of open cluster M29 by Chris Newsome.
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22nd June 2006
Added pictures of the Moon setting and the Sun rising on the 13th June
by Chris Newsome.
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4th June 2006
Updated meetings notices. Added the June 2006 Sky Notes.
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19th May 2006
Added notice of the DDAS stand and stargazing activity at the Cancer Research UK Relay for Life at Moorways Stadium in Derby
over the weekend of the 17th-18th June.
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4th May 2006
Added the January - April 2006 edition of Aries.
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1st May 2006
Added the May 2006 Sky Notes.
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27th April 2006
Updated meetings notices.
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23rd April 2006
Added picture of the splitting of fragment B of comet 73P
Schwassmann-Wachmann by Chris Newsome and Adrian Brown to the gallery.
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22nd April 2006
Updated meetings notices.
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18th April 2006
Expanded upon the description of the March 29th 2006 eclipse from Turkey and
adding a picture by Charles Wiles of a 22 degree halo around the Sun seen before totality. Added
an account of the eclipse from Turkey by journalist Fazile Zahir.
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15th April 2006
Added a description of the March 29th 2006 eclipse from Turkey by Mike Lancaster.
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14th April 2006
Added another picture of eclipse watching from Turkey.
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13th April 2006
Added pictures of the partial phases of the 29th March 2006 total eclipse by Mike Lancaster from Turkey and partial phases from the UK by Chris Newsome. Click
here for an index to these eclipse pictures.
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10th April 2006
Added pictures of the total eclipse of 29th March 2006 taken by Mike Lancaster from Turkey.
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9th April 2006
Updated meetings notices.
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5th April 2006
Added the April 2006 Sky Notes.
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4th March 2006
Updated the meetings notices.
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1st March 2006
Added the March 2006 Sky Notes.
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10th February 2006
Added the February 2006 Sky Notes.
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5th February 2006
Updated meetings information.
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7th January 2006
Updated meetings information. Added image of M108 by Chris Newsome.
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5th January 2006
Added image of Auriga by Chris Newsome.
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4th January 2006
Added image of M35 by Chris Newsome.
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2nd January 2006
Added images of M42, Mars and Saturn by Simon Allcock.
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1st January 2006
Added the January 2006 Sky Notes.
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29th December 2005
Added a review of Redshift 5.1 Deluxe by Malcolm Neal. Also a wide field view of
deep sky objects in Cassiopeia by Adrian Brown, and M31 by Chris Newsome from the 9th November 2005.
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27th December 2005
Added pictures of Mars, Orion and Taurus by Chris Newsome from the
4th November 2005. Also M51 and M108 by Adrian Brown from the 4-5th November 2005.
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7th December 2005
Added a picture of M42 by Chris Newsome from the 4th November 2005.
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3rd December 2005
Updated meetings notices. Also added pictures
of Mars and M45 from the 1st November 2005
and Mars from the 31st October 2005 taken by Chris Newsome.
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30th November 2005
Added the December 2005 Sky Notes and a picture
of Mars taken by Adrian Brown on the 31st October 2005.
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29th November 2005
Added pictures of Mars by Simon Allcock et al. from the 15th October 2005 and
Mars over Amsterdam Harbour by Chris Newsome from the 27th October 2005. Also
added M103 by Chris Newsome and M1 and Caldwell 23 by Adrian Brown.
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27th November 2005
Improvements to the navigation and look of the site.
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26th November 2005
Introduced the brand new edition of Aries. Added a picture of
an Iridium 7 flare by Chris Newsome. Removed frameset
and the left hand navigation pane as Internet Explorer was right-clipping text in main
frame and adding ugly scroll bars. Navigation should now rely on links at top and
bottom of each page (requires scripting to be enabled in the browser security settings - usually the default for
most users).
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24th November 2005
Added note on Mars observing session from Allestree Park on Friday, 9th December 2005 to the home page.
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20th November 2005
Added items on the observing session for Brownies
at Aston-upon-Trent
on the 16th November 2005 and the DDAS visit to see the IMAX film Magnificent Desolation in
Bradford on the 22nd October 2005. Also added a page containing links to past Society events.
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5th November 2005
Updated meeting notices and addeed links to Crystal Nebulae, K3CCDTools and
Registax to the links page.
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31st October 2005
Added the November 2005 Sky Notes.
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30th October 2005
Added picture of Mars taken by Mike Lancaster using the Society's
8" LX-90 on the 17th September 2005.
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28th October 2005
Added a picture of the moon one day before Harvest Moon on the 16th September 2005
and M42 on the same date by Chris Newsome. Also added pictures of
Mars and M42 by Adrian Brown from
the 17th September 2005.
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8th October 2005
Updated meetings notices and added notice of Society Trip to the home page.
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4th October 2005
Updated note on October 2005 meeting meeting.
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1st October 2005
Added the October 2005 Sky Notes.
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29th September 2005
Added a note on this year's Flamsteed Lecture at The University of Derby to the home page.
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28th September 2005
Added images of M31 and M45 by Adrian
Brown to the gallery.
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27th September 2005
Added an image of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus by Adrian Brown to the gallery.
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25th September 2005
Added a Uranus page to the gallery and a page for
M92.
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13th September 2005
Added a Meteors page to the gallery with a picture of a Perseid near Cassiopeia
by Adrian Brown.
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11th September 2005
Added a new Constellations section to the gallery.
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8th September 2005
Added sky charts showing Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Venus to the September 2005 Sky Notes.
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7th September 2005
Updated meeting information.
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5th September 2005
Updated meeting information.
Posted the September 2005 Sky Notes.
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6th August 2005
Updated meeting information.
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1st August 2005
Posted the August 2005 Sky Notes. Added a notice of the observing session on
12th August 2005 to home page.
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29th July 2005
Added pictures of this year's DDAS BBQ.
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21st July 2005
Updated meeting information.
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12th July 2005
Added some pictures of Jupiter and Saturn by Simon Allcock from 20th December 2004 and 10th May 2005 to the gallery.
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8th July 2005
Added link and note on the shuttle Return to Flight Mission STS-114 to the homepage.
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4th July 2005
Updated meeting information and added note on the impact of Deep Impact to home page.
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30th June 2005
Posted the July 2005 Sky Notes.
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22nd June 2005
Added more deep sky images by Simon Allcock, Adrian Brown and Chris Newsome.
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18th June 2005
Added pictures of DDAS sponsored walk of 14th May 2005.
Added article by Simon Allcock on his visit to the Kennedy Space Center.
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11th June 2005
Added 7 new pictures of deep sky objects by Adrian Brown and Chris Newsome.
Added a review of the Stellarium software by Chris Newsome. Also added
a picture of Jupiter taken by Barry Ashforth.
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4th June 2005
Updated meetings information.
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31st May 2005
Posted June 2005 Sky Notes.
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19th May 2005
Updated meeting information.
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8th May 2005
Added image of M57 by Adrian Brown to the gallery.
Updated meetings notices and Committee page.
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5th May 2005
Added more images of Jupiter by Adrian Brown and Chris Newsome to the gallery.
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2nd May 2005
Posted May 2005 Sky Notes.
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30th April 2005
Updated meetings notices. Added a review of the Celestron C6N by Chris Newsome.
Introduced the reviews page.
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17th April 2005
Updated meetings notices. Added item on observing session of 16th April 2005. Added new
Software section to Links page
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9th April 2005
Posted notice of public observing session in Allestree Park on the 16th April 2005 to the home page.
Added article on Chris Newsome's visit to Basingstoke AS.
Created new Visits page to hold links to articles on visits and trips by Society members.
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6th April 2005
Added more deep sky and Saturn
images by Adrian Brown taken at Madogs Wells in Powys, Wales.
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6th April 2005
Added more Jupiter images by Chris Newsome.
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5th April 2005
Posted April 2005 Sky Notes. Updated meetings notices.
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25th March 2005
Added the latest pictures
of Jupiter and The Moon by Adrian Brown and Chris
Newsome to the gallery.
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16th March 2005 Posted notice of
public observing session in Allestree Park on the 19th March 2005.
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5th March 2005
Updated meetings notices.
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28th February 2005 Posted March 2005 Sky Notes. Added image of Mare
Imbrium by Chris Newsome to home page.
Updated meetings notices.
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6th February 2005
Updated meetings notices.
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31st January 2005
Posted February 2005 Sky
Notes. Added an
image of Saturn by Adrian Brown to the home page.
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23rd January 2005 Added
pictures of M42 by Adrian Brown and Chris
Newsome and Comet Machholz by Adrian Brown.
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15th January 2005 Added Titan surface
picture from Huygens and link to an
image of Saturn
by Adrian Brown to home page.
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12th January 2005 Added item on
the Huygens landing on Titan to the home page.
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9th January 2005
Added pictures of Comet Machholz (C/2004
Q2) by Chris Newsome.
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31st December 2004 Posted January 2005
Sky Notes. Added item on Comet Machholz and Chris Newsome's photo of it
to home page.
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6th December 2004
Updated meetings notices.
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30th November 2004 Posted December 2004
Sky Notes. Added standing notice of observing sessions to home page.
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20th November 2004 Updated meetings notices.
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31st October 2004
Posted November 2004 Sky
Notes.
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16th October 2004 Updated meetings notices and added October 2004 Sky Notes, and notices of
the Orionid meteor shower and lunar eclipse this month.
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26th September 2004 Updated meetinggs notices and added
announcement of Flamsteed Lecture to home page.
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17th September 2004 Cancelled
observing session due to rain.
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5th September 2004 Updated meetings notices.
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31st August 2004
Posted September 2004 Sky
Notes.
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22nd August 2004
Updated meetings notices.
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7th August 2004
Updated meetings notices.
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31st July 2004
Posted August 2004 Sky
Notes.
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28th July 2004
Updated meetings notices.
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17th July 2004
Updated meetings notices.
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4th July 2004
Updated meetings notices.
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30th June 2004
Posted July 2004 Sky
Notes.
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21st June 2004
Added Malcolm Neal's pictures of the Venus transit.
Added link to Cassini mission on homepage.
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19th June 2004 Updated meetings notices.
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16th June 2004
Added DDAS members pictures of the transit of Venus.
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14th June 2004 Added Mike
Lancaster's pictures
of Venus transit from Egypt.
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4th June 2004
Updated meetings notices. Added mugshots of Adrian Brown and Dave Selfe
to the committee page .
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3rd June 2004 Added link to
Macclesfield Astronomical Society
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2nd June 2004
Added diagram of Venus transit and finder chart for Comet NEAT to Sky Notes.
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1st June 2004
Posted June 2004 Sky
Notes.
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30th May 2004 Added paragraph
on streetlighting in Derby to home page.
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23rd
May 2004 Placed pictue of Moon and Venus over Flamsteed
Observatory by Chris Newsome on home page.
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22nd May 2004 Updated meetings
notices.
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8th May 2004
Updated meetings notices and Committee page.
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5th May 2004 Removed notice of
total lunar eclipse on the 4th May.
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30th April 2004
Posted May 2004 Sky Notes.
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29th April 2004
Added images of Jupiter and the Moon taken
by Adrian Brown.
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24th April 2004 Updated meetings notices. Changed cover
image on home page from society scope to Jupiter and Saturn images by
Adrian Brown.
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17th April 2004 Updated meetings notices.
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3rd April 2004 Updated meetings notices.
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31st March 2004
Posted April 2004 Sky
Notes.
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30th March 2004
Updated meeting notice on home page.
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24th March 2004
Updated meetings notices. Added Adrian Brown's
latest images of Jupiter and Saturn.
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20th March 2004
Updated meetings information.
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14th March 2004
Updated meetings page.
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13th March 2004 Updated links
page.
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7th March 2004 Added Moon and
OU visit pictures from Graham Ensor.
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6th March 2004 Updated meetings
information.
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4th March 2004 Added
more Jupiter images by Graham Ensor to the
gallery.
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29th February 2004
Posted March 2004 Sky Notes.
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28th February 2004 Updated info
on observing meetings.
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21st February 2004 Updated info
on observing meetings.
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15th February 2004 Added pic and
link for March 2004 speaker to home page.
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12th February 2004 Announced March 2004 meeting and this year's Annual Trip.
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11th February 2004
Added picture of John Holmes to Commitee page.
Updated meetings page.
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7th February 2004 Updated
meetings information.
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31st January 2004
Replaced January Sky Notes with February Sky Notes. Added link to
Telescope Planet.
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25th January 2004
Added
link to Mars Express website and updated
notice on NASA Mars Rovers.
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23rd January 2004
Added Adrian Brown's images of Saturn taken
on 17th January 2004.
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22nd January 2004
Added Graham Ensor's pictures of Saturn
and Jupiter of 16th January 2004.
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17th
January 2004 Removed notice of observing meeting on 16th
January 2004.
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15th January 2004 Updated news
item on Spirit Mars Exploration Rover on home page.
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10th January 2004 Updated
meetings notices.
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2nd January 2004 Added more events to
Janaury 2004 Sky Notes.
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1st January 2004
Posted January 2004 Sky
Notes. Removed links to
Aries website. Changed home page
picture to Mars montage.
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28th December 2003 Added note on Royal Institution Christmas Lectures to home
page.
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21st December 2003 Added link to
Beagle 2 website and note on Deep Impact mission.
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6th December 2003 Updated
meetings information.
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1st December 2003 Replaced November 2003 sky notes with the December 2003 sky notes.
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22nd November 2003 Added review of Redshift 5. Updated
links page.
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17th November 2003 Added Graham Ensor's pictures of sunspots from 27th
October 2003.
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9th November 2003 Added Graham Ensor's pictures of the total lunar
eclipse on 8-9th November 2003.
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8th November 2003 Updated
meetings information.
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31st October 2003
Replaced the October 2003 Sky Notes with the November 2003 Sky
Notes
.
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23rd October 2003 Added a Moon
picture to the gallery. Placed note regarding cancellation of 2003 trip
on Annual Trip page. Added more info on November 2003
meeting.
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15th October
2003 Removed notice and page on Flamsteed Lecture
2003
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8th October
2003 Added Mars image of 25th September 2003 by Graham
Ensor and Mike Dumelow and sketch of Mars by Mike Lancaster of 26th
September 2003 to Mars page of
gallery.
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4th October
2003 Replaced notice of October 2003 meeting with
notice of November 2003 meeting. Updated meetings
page.
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30th September
2003 Replaced the September 2003 Sky Notes and map with
the October 2003
ones.
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20th September
2003 Added
September 5th image of Mars by Graham Ensor and a sketch of Mars made on the 13th September by Mike Lancaster to the Mars
page of the gallery.
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18th September
2003 Added image of Mars by Tony Razzell to the Mars page of the
gallery. Updated meetings page.
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12th September
2003 Added page on the 2003 Flamsteed Lecture and notice
about it on the home page.
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7th September
2003 Removed notice of September 2003 meeting from home
and meetings pages.
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2nd September
2003. Added sketch of Mars by Mike Lancaster, and removed
previous sketch. Added
notice of September 2003 meeting to home page. Added link to Astronomy Magazine on Links
page.
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31st August
2003. Replaced the August 2003 Sky Notes and Map with the
September 2003 ones.
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24th August
2003. Removed notice of public viewing session in
Markeaton Park. Added titles for December 2003 and January 2004
talks.
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20th August
2003. Added notice about public observing night on
Saturday 23rd August 2003 on home and meetings
pages.
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16th August
2003 Reset hit
counter. Removed Mars lecture notice from home and meetings pages. Added extra link to
meetings on home page.
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10th August
2003 Added sketch
of Mars by Mike Lancaster.
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9th August
2003 Fixed bug in IE and Safari browsers on Mac OS X
where images were broken. This was due to the illegal use of backslash
in image src that browsers running on Microsoft Windows are
happy with. Replaced with forward slashes.
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31st July
2003 Added August 2003 Sky Notes and chart. Added
notice on home page about Mars
lecture.
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23rd July
2003 Added new pictures including Graham Ensor's
observations of Mars into a new gallery
page.
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6th July
2003 Removed notice of barbecue from home
page.
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1st July
2003 Added July 2003 Sky
Notes and chart.
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26th June 2003 Added Graham Ensor's pictures of the eclipse of May 31st
2003. Updated meetings programme. Added note on the barbecue on home page.
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20th June 2003
Added Keith Plamping's eclipse pictures of May 31st 2003. Added
entry on meetings page for the special society lecture on August 15th
2003 entitled 'The Rocky Road to Mars'.
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16th June
2003 Added Ian
Benett's partial solar eclipse pictures of
May 31st 2003.
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8th June
2003 Introduced
this page. Removed entry for June 2003 meeting. Added picture of Edmund
May on committee page
. Updated link to Mansfield & Sutton Astronomical Society.