Journal of the British Astronomical Association Index to Volume 118 (2008)

Prepared by R. A. Marriott

The Subject Index references items under general headings; where a contribution covers two or more clearly defined subjects, each is separately referenced, but otherwise sub-headings within the same topic are not included. Book reviews are indexed as such, but their subjects are not further cross-indexed. The Author Index details all named contributions, including talks at Ordinary Meetings, but not questions from the floor. Abbreviations: ill. = illustration news = in ‘Notes and News’, ‘BAA Update’ or ‘Observers’ Forum’ ltr = letter to the Editor obit = obituary mtg = meeting contribution rvw = publication review Pagination: (1) 1–64, (2) 65–116, (3) 117–176, (4) 177–236, (5) 237–304, (6) 305–364

Subject index – Comet 17/P Holmes (ill.), 44 – Slides of historical subjects and portraits – Comet 17/P Holmes surprises us all (news), 3 (ltr.), 45 Announcements and BAA Notices – Comet Holmes in 1892 (ltr.), 45 – Thomas Harriot: the first telescopic as- – From the President, 3, 68, 182, 240, 307 – Comet prospects for 2009 (news), 310 tronomer, 315, 351 – Merlin Medal and Gift: H.–J. Mettig, 169 – Update on comet 17/P Holmes (mtg.), 350 Instruments and observatories – New honorary members, 229 Deep sky – A convenient and garden-friendly telescope – New members, 94, 110 – A pair of dumb-bells (ill.), 357 cover (news), 296 – Report of the Council for the session 2007 – A spectacular pairing in Ursa Major (news), 43 – Robotic telescopes and the BAA; a remote Aug 1 to 2008 July 31, 271 – Dark nebulae in Cygnus (news), 223 observing proposal (news), 224 – Steavenson Award: P. Birtwhistle, 168 – Eta Carinae nebula (NGC 337) (ill.), 163 – Schools use Faulkes Telescope to investi- – The BAA at Astrofest, 109 – Lagoon nebula (ill.), 305 gate near-Earth asteroid (news), 119 – The Sky at Night at 50, 165 – M22: the great Sagittarius globular cluster – The Old Greenwich Observatory (ill.), 177 Asteroids (news), 160 – Thomas Harriot: the first telescopic as- – 100-up for Peter’s asteroid discoveries – M81 and M82 (ills.), 1, 43 tronomer, 315, 351 (news), 186 – Observing the Horsehead nebula (news), 293 Jupiter – Asteroids: past, present and future, 187 – Observing the ‘Pacman’ nebula (news), 108 – Influence of Jupiter’s South Equatorial Dis- – Rob McNaught names asteroid for Harry – Seeing double in Perseus (news), 356 turbance on jetstream speed, 326 Ford (news), 74 Deep Sky Section – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part I, 75 – Schools use Faulkes Telescope to investi- – Meeting, Northampton, 2007 March 3, 53 – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part II – Local fea- gate near-Earth asteroid (news), 119 – The 2008 Deep Sky Section meeting (news), tures and drifts, 203 – Target Earth: the brief story of asteroid 11 – Jupiter in 2008: Aftermath of the global Double stars upheaval (news), 242 2008 TC3 (news), 307 – The past, present and future of near-Earth – A proposed BAA double star group (ltr.), – Jupiter’s global upheaval (news), 9 asteroid surveys (mtg.), 166 230 – The accelerating circulation of Jupiter’s Asteroids and Remote Planets Section – Interferometry (ltr.), 111 Great Red Spot, 14 – A new Director (news), 312 Eclipses Mars Aurorae and NLC – Seeing objects during total eclipses (ltr.), 45 – Global warming on Earth and Mars (ltrs.), – Auroral oval (ill.), 117 – Sky during totality (ltr.), 111 45, 46 – Frequency of aurorae in Germany (ltr.), 355 – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ills., news, – Opposition of Mars, 2007: interim report – Jay Brausch and the North Dakotan aurora, ltr.), 46, 60, 237, 239, 304 (news), 73 1981–2006, 270 – Total penumbral lunar eclipses, 157 – Opposition of Mars, 2007: second interim – Noctilucent clouds (ill.), 117 – Where to go for the 2008 total solar eclipse report (news), 179 – Some aspects of auroral observing, 1976– (mtg.), 219 Meetings and Courses 2005, 125 Education – Annual General Meeting, 2007 October 31, Biography and obituaries – A web-based ‘Portal to the Universe’ (news), 218 – Centenaries for 2009, 353 241 – Eighth European Dark-Sky Symposium, – Donald Fletcher Hedley Robinson, 1935– – Dark Sky Discovery 2009 (news), 244 Vienna, 2008 August 22–23, 357 2007 (obit.), 53 – Schools use Faulkes Telescope to investi- – Exhibition Meeting, 2007 June 30, 168 – Edward Walter Maunder FRAS (1851– gate near-Earth asteroid (news), 119 – Joint Meeting of the BAA and the Society 1928): his life and times, 21 – Talking astronomy at Rathillet Primary for the History of Astronomy, Birmingham, – E.W. Maunder and the ‘Maunder Minimum’ School (news), 72 2007 April 21, 101 (ltr.), 111 Extrasolar planets – Ordinary Meetings, 47, 164, 219, 347, 351 – Keith W. Abineri (1920–2007) (obit.), 171 – Imaging a transit of an extrasolar planet – Out-of-London Meeting, Glasgow, 2007 – Michael Houchen, 1945–2008 (obit.), 358 (news), 162 August 31–September 2, 11 – Peter W. Foley (1930–2008) (obit.), 228 History – Special General Meeting, 2007 March 28, – Thomas Harriot: the first telescopic as- – Asteroids: past, present and future, 187 47 tronomer, 315, 351 – Astronomy at Guy’s Hospital (mtg.), 351 – Winchester Weekend, 2008 April 4–6, 226 Campaign for Dark Skies – Centenaries for 2009, 353 Mercury – Skybeams and ‘light art’ defined as ‘advertis- – Discovery by E.E. Barnard of light diffu- – Mercury at eastern elongation, 2008 May ing’ for planning purposes (news), 10 sion through the Cassini Division in Sat- (news), 245 – ‘Sky-friendly’ street lighting in Newport urn’s rings (ltr.), 354 – Messenger at Mercury, 2008 January, 67 (news), 186 – Edward Walter Maunder FRAS (1851– – Recent BAA studies of Mercury (news), 6 Comets 1928): his life and times, 21 Meteors – Appearance of comet 17/P Holmes (mtg.), 220 – History of the Sunspot Index (mtg.), 348 – A bright Taurid year? (news), 241 – Another good year for the Perseids (news), – Update (mtg.), 350 Blaxall K. et al. 181 Space exploration – The eastern and western elongations of Ve- – Is this an Antarctic meteor fall? (news), 161 – A safer propellant for spacecraft thrusters? nus, 1991–1998, 254 – Leonid meteor shower in 2001, 249 (news), 312 Bone N.M. – Meteor showers: a new perspective for 2007 – Carry on Cassini (news), 119 – The Rough Guide to the Universe (rvw.), (mtg.), 164 – End of a modern Odyssey (news), 183 298 Moon – The Venus Express mission (mtg.), 47 – A bright Taurid year? (news), 241 – ‘Larrieu’s Dam’: the rediscovery of a seldom Sun – Another good year for the Perseids (news), explored topographical lunar feature, 87 – E.W. Maunder and the ‘Maunder Minimum’ 181 – Miyamori’s Valley, in myth and reality: a (ltr.), 111 – Leonid meteor shower in 2001, 249 re-examination, 335 – History of the Sunspot Index (mtg.), 348 – Sky notes, 59, 112, 172, 231, 299, 359 Novae and supernovae – Observing the Sun in VLF (news), 124 Boyd D. – Another four supernova discoveries for Tom – The STEREO solar mission (mtg.), 347 – Observing DW UMa – a very active vari- Boles (news), 245 Variable Star Section able star (news), 222 – More supernova discoveries for Ron Arbour – The VSS long term polar monitoring pro- – et al. and Tom Boles (news), 71 gramme (LTPMP) (news), 107 – – Photometry & astrometry of SS Leo Mi- – Three in one night again for Tom Boles Variable stars noris during the 2006 October superout- (news), 123 – Observing DW UMa – a very active vari- burst, 95 – Two spring novae in Ophiuchus (news), 224 able star (news), 222 – – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Obituaries, see Biography – OJ287; the final word (for now...) (news), Cygni, 149 Observation 183 – – Superhump periods in the UGSU-type dwarf – Sketched vs CCD camera images (ltr.), 111 – Photometry and astrometry of SS Leo Mi- nova SDSSp J082409.73+493124.4, 199 Radio Astronomy Group noris during the 2006 October superout- – – The orbital period of the eclipsing dwarf – Observing the Sun in VLF (news), 124 burst, 95 nova CG Draconis, 343 Reviews – Photometry of the dwarf nova AW Sagittae Brady S. et al. – Alien Volcanoes, Rosaly Lopes & Michael during the 2006 November superoutburst, – The orbital and superhump periods of the Carroll, 313 145 deeply eclipsing dwarf nova SDSS – British University Observatories 1772–1939, – Superhump periods in the UGSU-type dwarf J122740.83+513925.9, 288 Roger Hutchins, 297 nova SDSSp J082409.73+493124.4, 199 – The orbital period of the eclipsing dwarf – Cometography; A Catalogue of Comets, – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, nova CG Draconis, 343 Volume 3, 1900–1932, Gary W. Kronk, 105 149 Calia C. – Cosmos; An Illustrated History of Astronomy – The orbital and superhump periods of the – Comet 17/P Holmes (ill.), 44 and Cosmology, John North, 314 deeply eclipsing dwarf nova SDSS Chapman A. – Deep Space: the Universe from the Begin- J122740.83+513925.9, 288 – Thomas Harriot: the first telescopic as- ning, Stuart Clark, 313 – The orbital period of the eclipsing dwarf tronomer, 315, 351 – Hubble: Imaging Space and Time, David nova CG Draconis, 343 Cidadão A. et al. DeVorkin & Robert W. Smith, 314 Venus – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part I, 75 – Patrick Moore on the Moon, Sir Patrick – BAA studies of the Venusian atmosphere – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part II – Local fea- Moore, 51 (mtg.), 50 tures and drifts, 203 – Setting Up a Small Observatory, David – Note on an early attempt to correlate visual Clackson T. Arditti, 217 and UV studies of Venus, 91 – Out-of-London Meeting, Glasgow, 2007 – The Haunted Observatory, Richard Baum, – The eastern and western elongations of Ve- August 31–September 2, 11 104 nus, 1991–1998, 254 Cook J. – The Herschel 400 Observing Guide, – The eastern and western elongations of Ve- – Observing the Sun in VLF (news), 124 Stephen J. O’Meara, 52 nus, 1999–2006, 131 Cook L. et al. – The History of Astronomy, Heather Couper – The Venus Express mission (mtg.), 47 – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, & Nigel Henbest, 217 – Venus near inferior conjunction, 2007 149 – The Rough Guide to the Universe, John (news), 246 Cooper A. & Williams S. Scalzi, 298 – Interferometry (ltr.), 111 – Towards Mars! Extra, R. Pellinen & P. Crow M. Raudsepp, 52 Author index – Imaging a transit of an extrasolar planet – Universe: Stunning Satellite Imagery from (news), 162 Outer Space, Heather Couper, 297 Abel P.G. Davies A. Saturn – Sporadic sightings of Saturn’s E-ring? (ltr.), – The BAA at Astrofest (news), 109 – Carry on Cassini (news), 119 230 – Universe: Stunning Satellite Imagery from – Discovery by E.E. Barnard of light diffu- Arditti D. Outer Space (rvw.), 297 sion through the Cassini Division in Sat- – Comet 17/P Holmes (ill.), 44 – Winchester Weekend, 2008 April 4–6, 226 urn’s rings (ltr.), 354 – A pair of dumb-bells (ill.), 357 Dymock R. – Forthcoming events on Saturn (news), 294 – Saturn and the ‘opposition effect’ (news), 106 – 100-up for Peter’s asteroid discoveries – Saturn and the ‘opposition effect’ (news), – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ill.), 304 (news), 186 106 Armitage J. – A new Director for the Asteroids and Re- – Sporadic sightings of Saturn’s E-ring? (ltr.), – Astronomical weddings for astronomers mote Planets Section (news), 312 230 (ltr.), 230 – The past, present and future of near-Earth Sky notes, 50, 59, 112, 165, 172, 220, 231, Baum R.M. asteroid surveys (mtg.), 166 299, 359 – Note on an early attempt to correlate visual – & Miles, R. Sky phenomena and UV studies of Venus, 91 – – Robotic telescopes and the BAA; a re- – A circumzenithal arc over the Statue of Lib- Beard D. mote observing proposal (news), 224 erty (ill.), 44 – Total penumbral lunar eclipses, 157 Foote J. et al. Solar Section Berghmans D. – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, – Notes and News, 4, 69, 122, 184, 247, 308 – History of the Sunspot Index (mtg.), 348 149 – The orbital and superhump periods of the Kilburn K. & Miles R. – Alien Volcanoes (rvw.), 313 deeply eclipsing dwarf nova SDSS – Joint Meeting of the BAA and the Society – BAA studies of the Venusian atmosphere J122740.83+513925.9, 288 for the History of Astronomy, Birmingham, (mtg.), 50 Ford, D. 2007 April 21, 101 – Global warming on Earth and Mars (ltr.), 46 – Annual General Meeting, 2007 October 31, Kinder A.J. – Mercury at eastern elongation, 2008 May 218 – Astronomy at Guy’s Hospital (mtg.), 351 (news), 245 – Meeting of the Deep Sky Section, North- – Edward Walter Maunder FRAS (1851– – Messenger at Mercury, 2008 January, 67 ampton, 2007 March 3, 53 1928): his life and times, 21 – Recent BAA studies of Mercury (news), 6 – Ordinary Meetings, 47, 219, 347, 351 – Slides of historical subjects and portraits – The eastern and western elongations of Ve- – Special General Meeting, 2007 March 28, (ltr.), 45 nus, 1999–2006, 131 47 Koff R. et al. – The opposition of Mars, 2007: interim re- Foulkes M.W. – Photometry and astrometry of SS Leo Mi- port (news), 73 – Forthcoming events on Saturn (news), 294 noris during the 2006 October superout- – The opposition of Mars, 2007: second in- – et al. burst, 95 terim report (news), 179 – – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part I, 75 – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, – Towards Mars! Extra (rvw.), 52 – – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part II - Local fea- 149 – Venus near inferior conjunction, 2007 tures and drifts, 203 – Superhump periods in the UGSU-type dwarf (news), 246 Gavin M.V. nova SDSSp J082409.73+493124.4, 199 – et al. – Setting Up a Small Observatory (rvw.), 217 Krajci T. et al. – – The eastern and western elongations of – Two spring novae in Ophiuchus (news), 224 – Photometry and astrometry of SS Leo Mi- Venus, 1991–1998, 254 Gavine D. noris during the 2006 October superout- Meeus J. – Rob McNaught names asteroid for Harry burst, 95 – Centenaries for 2009 (ltr.), 355 Ford (news), 74 – Photometry of the dwarf nova AW Sagittae Mettig H.–J. Gawthrope G. during the 2006 November superoutburst, – Reply on the award of the 2007 Merlin – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ill.), 239 145 Medal, 170 Gay P. – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, – et al. – A web-based ‘Portal to the Universe’ (news), 149 – – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part I, 75 241 Leatherbarrow W. – – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part II – Local fea- Goff W. et al. – Keith W. Abineri (1920–2007) (obit.), 171 tures and drifts, 203 – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, Livesey R. Miles R. 149 – Jay Brausch and the North Dakotan aurora, – Asteroids: past, present and future, 187 Griffin R.F. 1981 to 2006, 270 – Schools use Faulkes Telescope to investi- – Discovery by E.E. Barnard of light diffu- – Some aspects of auroral observing, 1976– gate near-Earth asteroid (news), 119 sion through the Cassini Division in Sat- 2005, 125 – Sky notes (mtg.), 165 urn’s rings (ltr.), 354 Lloyd C. et al. – & Dymock R. Harley– D. – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, – – Robotic telescopes and the BAA; a re- – Sketched vs CCD camera images (ltr.), 111 149 mote observing proposal (news), 224 Harris A. Longshaw N. – & Kilburn K. – The past, present and future of near-Earth – ‘Larrieu’s Dam’: the rediscovery of a sel- – – Joint Meeting of the BAA and the Soci- asteroid surveys (mtg.), 166 dom explored topographical lunar feature, ety for the History of Astronomy, Birming- Harrison, R. 87 ham, 2007 April 21, 101 – The STEREO solar mission (mtg.), 347 – Miyamori’s Valley, in myth and reality: a Mizon R. Heath A.W. et al. re-examination, 335 – Deep Space: the Universe from the Begin- – The eastern and western elongations of Ve- Macdonald L. ning (rvw.), 313 nus, 1991–1998, 254 – British University Observatories 1772–1939 – Eighth European Dark-Sky Symposium, Hendrie M.J. (rvw.), 297 Vienna, 2008 August 22–23 (news), 357 – Comet Holmes in 1892 (ltr.), 45 – Cosmos; An Illustrated History of Astronomy – ‘Sky-friendly’ street lighting in Newport Hetherington B. and Cosmology (rvw.), 314 (news), 186 – Centenaries for 2009, 353 – The Haunted Observatory (rvw.), 104 Mobberley M.P. James N.D. – The Herschel 400 Observing Guide (rvw.), – Comet 17/P Holmes (ill.), 44 – A circumzenithal arc over the Statue of Lib- 52 – Peter W. Foley (1930–2008) (obit.), 228 erty (ill.), 44 Macdonald P. – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ill.), 239 – Appearance of comet 17/P Holmes (mtg.), – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ltr.), 46 Moore S.L. 220 Male M. – A pair of dumb-bells (news), 357 – M81 and M82 (ill.), 43 – Dark Sky Discovery 2009 (news), 244 – A spectacular pairing in Ursa Major (news), 43 – Sky notes (mtg.), 220 Mann C. – Another four supernova discoveries for Tom – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ill.), 237; – The Old Greenwich Observatory (ill.), 177 Boles (news), 245 (news), 239 Marriott R.A. – Dark nebulae in Cygnus (news), 223 – Target Earth: the brief story of asteroid – Index to Journal, Vol.117, facing 32 – M22: the great Sagittarius globular cluster 2008 TC3 (news), 307 Mason J.W. (news), 160 Johnson R. – Meteor showers: a new perspective for 2007 – More supernova discoveries for Ron Arbour – Patrick Moore on the Moon (rvw.), 51 (mtg.), 164 and Tom Boles (news), 71 Johnstone G.F. McCue J. – Observing the Horsehead nebula (news), 293 – A convenient and garden-friendly telescope – A proposed BAA double star group (ltr.), – Observing the ‘Pacman’ nebula (news), 108 cover (news), 296 230 – Seeing double in Perseus (news), 356 – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ill.), 239 McGee H.W. – Sky notes (mtg.), 50 Kaltseis C. – Exhibition Meeting, 2007 June 30, 168 – The 2008 Deep Sky Section meeting (news), – Lagoon nebula (ill.), 305 – Ordinary Meeting, 2007 May 28, 164 11 Kennedy K. – Carry on Cassini (news), 119 – Three in one night again for Tom Boles – Noctilucent clouds (ill.), 117 McKim R.J. (news), 123 Morgan–Taylor M. outburst, 145 – Solar Section Notes and News, 4, 69, 122, – Skybeams and ‘light art’ defined as ‘adver- Robinson A.H. 184, 247, 308, 350 tising’ for planning purposes (news), 10 – Donald Fletcher Hedley Robinson, 1935– – Talking astronomy at Rathillet Primary Morris T. 2007 (obit.), 53 School (news), 72 – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ill.), 239 Rogers G. Staels B. et al. O’Brien R. – M82 (ill.), 1 – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, – A safer propellant for spacecraft thrusters? Rogers J.H. 149 (news), 312 – Jupiter in 2008: Aftermath of the global Starkey D. et al. – End of a modern Odyssey (news), 183 upheaval (news), 242 – The orbital and superhump periods of the Opu N. – Progress of Jupiter’s global upheaval (news), deeply eclipsing dwarf nova SDSS – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ill.), 304 9 J122740.83+513925.9, 288 Parish P.W. – The accelerating circulation of Jupiter’s Stott C. – The sky during totality (ltr.), 111 Great Red Spot, 14 – The History of Astronomy (rvw.), 217 Patterson J. et al. – & Mettig H.–J. Taylor F. – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, – – Influence of Jupiter’s South Equatorial – The Venus Express mission (mtg.), 47 149 Disturbance on jetstream speed, 326 Thorstensen J.R. et al. Peach D. et al. – et al, – Photometry and astrometry of SS Leo Mi- – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part I, 75 – – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part I, 75 noris during the 2006 October superout- – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part II - Local fea- – – Jupiter in 2001/2002: Part II – Local burst, 95 tures and drifts, 203 features and drifts, 203 Tindall R.F. Pickard R.D. Rogers L. – Seeing objects during total eclipses (ltr.), 45 – From the President, 3, 68, 182, 240, 307 – Special report: the inaugural Isle of Wight Turley J. – Hubble: Imaging Space and Time (rvw.), Star Party (news), 163 – Global warming on Earth and Mars (ltr.), 314 Schröder W. 45 – Michael Houchen, 1945–2008 (obit.), 358 – E.W. Maunder and the ‘Maunder Minimum’ Vanmunster T. et al. – & Poyner G. (ltr.), 111 – Superhumps and flickering in V1316 Cygni, – – The VSS long term polar monitoring pro- Shanklin J.D. 149 gramme (LTPMP) (news), 107 – Comet 17/P Holmes surprises us all (news), 3 – The orbital and superhump periods of the – et al. – Comet prospects for 2009 (news), 310 deeply eclipsing dwarf nova SDSS – Photometry of the dwarf nova AW Sagittae – Cometography; A Catalogue of Comets, J122740.83+513925.9, 288 during the 2006 November superoutburst, Volume 3, 1900–1932 (rvw.), 105 Vetterlein J. 145 – Is this an Antarctic meteor fall? (news), 161 – Comet 17/P Holmes (ill.), 44 – The orbital period of the eclipsing dwarf – Update on comet 17/P Holmes (mtg.), 350 – Frequency of aurorae in Germany (ltr.), 355 nova CG Draconis, 343 Shears J. et al. West J. Poort L. – Photometry and astrometry of SS Leo Mi- – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ill.), 239 – Auroral oval (ill.), 117 noris during the 2006 October superout- Williams S. Poyner G. burst, 95 – Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 (ills.), 60, – OJ287; the final word (for now...) (news), – Photometry of the dwarf nova AW Sagittae 237 183 during the 2006 November superoutburst, – Where to go for the 2008 total solar eclipse – & Pickard R.D. 145 (mtg.), 219 – – The VSS long term polar monitoring pro- – Superhump periods in the UGSU-type dwarf – & Cooper, A. gramme (LTPMP) (news), 107 nova SDSSp J082409.73+493124.4, 199 – – Interferometry (ltr.), 111 – et al. – The orbital and superhump periods of the Wilson A. – – Photometry and astrometry of SS Leo deeply eclipsing dwarf nova SDSS – The Eta Carinae nebula (NGC 337) (ill.), Minoris during the 2006 October superout- J122740.83+513925.9, 288 163 burst, 95 – The orbital period of the eclipsing dwarf Winter R. – – Photometry of the dwarf nova AW nova CG Draconis, 343 – M81 and M82 (ill.), 1, 43 Sagittae during the 2006 November super- Smith L.