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29 relations: Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Antares, Asteroid, Astronomer, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Astronomy, Ben Mayer, British Astronomical Association, Charge-coupled device, Comet, Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock, Elizabeth II, England, Farcet, Frank Bateson, HR Delphini, Jackson-Gwilt Medal, Light curve, Meteor shower, Meteoroid, Meteorology, Northamptonshire, Nova, Order of the British Empire, Peterborough, Peterborough Cathedral, Royal Astronomical Society, V838 Herculis, 3174 Alcock.
Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Amateur Achievement Award is one of nine annual astronomical awards managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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Antares
Antares, also designated Alpha Scorpii (α Scorpii, abbreviated Alpha Sco, α Sco), is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius.
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Asteroid
Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.
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Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is an American scientific and educational organization, founded in San Francisco on February 7, 1889.
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Astronomy
Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.
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Ben Mayer
Ben Mayer (born 1925 in Germany – 28 Dec 1999) was an amateur astronomer perhaps best known for the invention of the projection blink comparator (PROBLICOM), a low-cost version of the blink comparator.
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British Astronomical Association
The British Astronomical Association (BAA) was formed in 1890 as a national body to support the UK's amateur astronomers.
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Charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value.
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Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.
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Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock
Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock (formal designation C/1983 H1, formerly 1983 VII) is a long-period comet that, in 1983, made the closest approach to Earth, about, of any comet in 200 years; only Lexell's Comet, in 1770, and 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, in 1366, are thought to have come closer.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Farcet
Farcet is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.
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Frank Bateson
Frank Maine Bateson (31 October 1909 – 16 April 2007) was a New Zealand astronomer who specialized in the study of variable stars.
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HR Delphini
HR Delphini (HR Del) was a nova, which appeared in the constellation Delphinus in 1967.
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Jackson-Gwilt Medal
The Jackson-Gwilt Medal is an award that has been issued by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) since 1897.
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Light curve
In astronomy, a light curve is a graph of light intensity of a celestial object or region, as a function of time.
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Meteor shower
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky.
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Meteoroid
A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.
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Meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences which includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics, with a major focus on weather forecasting.
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Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England.
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Nova
A nova (plural novae or novas) or classical nova (CN, plural CNe) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star, that slowly fades over several weeks or many months.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.
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Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 183,631 in 2011.
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Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front.
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Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals).
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V838 Herculis
V838 Herculis was a nova which occurred in the constellation Hercules in 1991 and which reached magnitude 5.0.
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3174 Alcock
3174 Alcock, provisional designation, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alcock
