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The AstronomerThis is the home page of The Astronomer group, TA for short. We produce a magazine for the advanced amateur and our aim is to publish all observations of astronomical interest as soon as possible after they are made. The magazine has been published monthly since 1964 and subscribers are found all over the world. Back issues of magazines dating back to 1977 are available. We also provide a very comprehensive electronic circulars service to keep our members up to date. All of this is available for a modest subscription. Latest NewsMassive auroral storm. A massive auroral storm was visible throughout the UK and northern Europe on the night of 2000 April 6/7. Activity started at around 21h UT and built up to a tremendous show just after 23h UT. This picture was taken by Kevin Smith using an Olympus camera and 28 mm lens on Fuji 800 print film.
XTE J1118+480. The RXTE All-Sky Monitor has detected X-ray emission from a new source. Shortly after detection Uemura reported that there was a new optical object within 1 arc minute of the XTE position and brighter than 15th magnitude. This image of the optical counterpart was obtained on on 2000 March 30 by Denis Buczynski and it shows the object at around magnitude 13. He obtained a lightcurve at the same time. The position of this object as measured by Yamaoka is R.A. = 11 18 10.79, Decl. = +48 02 11.2 (2000.0) and it is currently well placed in Ursa Major.
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