https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/e-acd040617.php

https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-573

http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1711/

https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/09/japan-chikyu-drilling-ship-earth-mantle/

 

SOHO – Sunspots https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

 Jupiter satellite events and GRS times for 2017  https://www.projectpluto.com/jevent.htm

See a trio of comets in the April sky  https://astronomynow.com/2017/04/02/see-a-trio-of-comets-in-the-april-sky/

The Southern Cross, From The North Hemisphere,  (thanks  Blackprojects)  https://www.facebook.com/skylivetv/videos/1273868296035259/

The Sky Live – Comets https://theskylive.com/comets

Peggy Whitson breaks an ISS record  http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/04/peggy-whitson-breaks-record

Astronomy: The Gateway Drug of Science http://bigthink.com/hertz-foundation/no-application-for-your-science-no-problem-according-to-this-astronomer

Citizen scientists are closing in on Planet Nine  http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/locating-planet-nine

AAVSO  Alert Notice 572: AG Dra monitoring requested https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-572

Cassini’s Grand Finale Orbits Set to Begin http://www.npr.org/2017/04/05/522756844/nasas-cassini-begins-its-final-mission-before-self-destruction

New Horizons hit a milestone   http://www.astronomy.

StarStorm was very tired this week so had an early night…….

Some good places to get Comet Info …and i do a major plug  for CometWatch  in a Jeremy Clarkson manner

http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html

BAA Comet Section Visual observations page    https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/

https://britastro.org/node/9365

http://www.britastro.org/projectalcock/

http://cometbase.net/

http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/

http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/41P.pdf

http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/CometMags.html

http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm

http://cometobservations.freeservers.com/

http://www.universetoday.com/134625/new-study-wants-rip-t-rex-place-dino-tree/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/earth_timeline/late_heavy_bombardment

 

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/rings-on-mars

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/martian-volcano-extinct-with-dinosaurs

Home

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/is-it-time-to-restore-plutos-status

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-astronomy-rewind-citizen-scientists-zombie.html

https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-571

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Scorpii

http://www.wbur.org/artery/2017/03/13/silent-sky-harvard-astronomy-women-computers

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/in-margao-church-an-astronomical-secret/articleshow/57776868.cms

 

Well our friend Terry Lovejoy has done it again….. Comet No.6 to which David Levy has said   he has now  passed John E. Mellish ( 1886 – 1970). The latest Comet was discovered  using software Terry wrote himself. And yes i have done the correction to the wikipedia entry! Mary will be back with us in April .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy

http://www.space.com/13957-doomed-sungrazing-comet-terry-lovejoy-interview.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20040805131809/http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/iraamod

Terry Lovejoy discovers comet C/2017 E4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mellish

C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) discovery frame

By Terry Lovejoy – http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/image/75931279, CC BY-SA 2.5 , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1952633

 

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

https://www.projectpluto.com/jevent.htm

https://www.emich.edu/physicsastronomy/facilities/sherzer.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymchan_(meteorite)

https://www.facebook.com/SpacePirateRadio/photos/a.1247697135242235.1073741829.1080215961990354/1599948606683751/?type=3&theater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymchan_(meteorite)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivine

Flight Lab: Take a Ride in a 747 That NASA Turned Into a Huge Telescope

New Study Shows That Travel to Mars Increases the Risk of Leukemia in Humans

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-and-russia-may-explore-venus-together/

http://www.blastr.com/2017-3-10/no-aliens-havent-invaded-saturn-its-pan-flying-saucer-moon

 

 

 

This Month On Cometwatch we have a Special Guest, Star Map & Sky At Night Host Jon Culshaw!

‘Star Map’. A topical astronomy show for amateur astronomers. Watch out for this online soon. From @Avertedvision @Paul_Abel and me  @jonculshaw

The Doctor Calls Sir Patrick Moore  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMOl_Jh8O_E

Doctor Who Calls Peter Davison  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-inrExbDeI

Sir Patrick Moore: Still Going Strong – The Sky At Night: 700 Not Out – BBC Four https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tG8SPtIZGk

Jon Culshaw and Patrick Moore 500th anniversary    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-V9SvWC8qQ&list=PLfjKqsFOQXez3jup7EkXgoFnoAo_AxHFF

BAA Comet Section page

BAA Comet Section Visual Observations Page

BAA YouTube Channel

Project Alcock

The Astronomer

The Astronomer  Youtube Channel

Thank you StarStorm for the links from the Afm Chat room

http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/house-passes-nasa-transition-authorization-act

 https://www.nasa.gov/topics/journeytomars/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/science/nasa-cassini-saturn-moon-pan.html?_r=0

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/seven-planet-star-ageless-maybe-deadly-0603201723/

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2_n1867602424_1.jpg

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-blogs/astronomy-space-david-dickinson/new-take-on-audible-meteor-mystery/

http://asteroidoccultation.com/2017_03/0311_1343_52460.htm

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-march-10-18/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/evetts_family/33240257491/in/dateposted-public/

My Thanks to StarStorm  for the links ………………………………...

https://software.nasa.gov/

 https://go.itelescope.net/Images/AllSky-NMS.jpg

http://www.cnyo.org/2017/03/02/free-astronomy-magazine-march-april-2017-issue-available-for-reading-and-download/

http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2017+EA&commit=Show

https://watchers.news/2017/03/02/asteroid-2017-ea/

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-march-3-11/

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/aldebaran-occultation-march-4-2017/

http://occultations.org/aldebaran/

https://occultations.org/occultations/what-is-an-occultation/

http://www.iota.timerson.net/

Observing Announcement: Spectacular Grazing Occultation Of Aldebaran On 4 March 2017

 

http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/spotsylvania/local-eye-doctor-spies-sky-from-state-of-the-art/article_7cb69535-b6de-5c9b-81b3-0329dd761294.html

http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/MSROVAkey.html

https://www.gofundme.com/qt88jcgc

https://explorescientificusa.com/

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gerald+hubbell

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/03/01/everything-is-awesome-for-the-women-of-nasa-lego-set/?utm_term=.cb2698c35d9f

http://gizmodo.com/money-wont-save-spacexs-moon-tourists-if-something-goes-1792864750