Sky-High 2012

What's in Sky-High for 2012:
Celestial Diary for 2012; The Planets in 2012; Comets in 2012; Meteors Showers in 2012; Asteroids in 2012; Variable Stars in 2012; Eclipses in 2012; Transit of Venus 2012; Astronomy Satellites and Space Probes in 2012; "Glory of the Globulars"; "Astronomy for the late 19th century layperson - a 21st century view" and "The Thrill of the First View" and more.

It features a colour gallery and has 28 A4 pages.

The printed Sky-High 2012 is supplied free to IAS members by post.

The public may purchase (or order) Sky-High as follows:

• Orders for postal delivery "SkyHigh 2012", c/o 146 Santry Close, Santry, Dublin 9, Ireland.
  Price €6.00 inc. p.& p. NOW TAKING ORDERS
  All payments (made payable to "Irish Astronomical Society"), prepaid, in Euro.
• Available at Eason's store O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1. (Astronomy Section in the Basement). Price €5.00.
  [Delivered on 15 Dec 2011]
• At IAS Meetings.

All proceeds go to the Irish Astronomical Society (for the benefit of Amateur Astronomy).
Editors: John O'Neill and Liam Smyth.

Sky-High 2012 Update

23 Dec 2011: Comet P/2006 T1 Levy was recovered as a 17th magnitude object in mid December 2011. Unless the comet has an outburst, it should only be a very faint object (of 15th magnitude) at best, in January.

Erratum:
29 Feb 2012, Page 16 for asteroid 5 Astraea: Delete the second sentence "It is then in Cetus, on the border of Aries, 1.5° N of 4.3 magnitude star Xi² Ceti."
and substitute "It is then in Leo, on the border of Virgo, 3/4° W of 5.3 magnitude star Omega Virginis.".

Previous Sky-Highs

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This page is an expanded mirror of that on the Irish Astronomical Society site.