Multitailed Asteroid ... Comet ... whatever

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged an object with 6 comet-like tails. Different reports classify the object as a comet or asteroid, revealing the fact that often there is little difference between them.

Further information here and here.

NEXT MEETING

Wednesday 27th November at 7.30 pm
"Amateur Spectroscopy"
Rob Johnson (Liverpool AS)

Comet Ison

The following website is worth a look (particularly their LIVE Distance page which is rather fun):

http://www.cometison2013.co.uk/

NEXT MEETING

Wednesday 30th October at 7.30 pm.
"Weather on the Planets"
Dr. Grant Allen (University of Manchester)

NEXT MEETING

THERE IS NO MEETING IN AUGUST

Wednesday 25th September at 7.30 pm
"The Evolution of the Solar System"
Prof. Jamie Gilmour (University of Manchester)