Autumn 2001

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=22 BGCOLOR="#330099" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040000d2erkqrf.gif"> <div> Derby and District Astronomical Society - Aries Magazine</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#333399" TEXT="#080000" background="03fa2c00erkjzj.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aries Astronomy magazine on line From th"><U>HOME</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Autumn 2001</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Safe solar observing"><U>Safe solar observing</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Venus"><U>Venus</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TV listings"><U>TV listings</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="sky_notes37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sky scene November 2001 to February 2002"><U>Sky scene November 2001 to February 2002</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=458 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="06a92963.gif"> <div> <B>Aries Astronomy magazine on line- From the Derby and District Astronomical Society</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04107040.gif" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="askjeeves"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6666" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >If you intend to search the internet for other sites, please use the Ask Jeeves search box below. It costs you nothing but each click through to the Ask Jeeves site will eventually help  to pay for the maintenance of this site. Thanks.</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <IMG SRC="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/serve?bfmid=31103363&siteid=35044309&bfpage=football" BORDER="0" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1" NOSAVE > <FORM ACTION="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click" > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="siteid" VALUE="35044309" > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="bfpage" VALUE="football"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="bfmid" VALUE="31103363" > <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#009900"><IMG SRC="http://www.ask.co.uk/docs/about/questionboxes/questionbox16_a.gif" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="73"></TD> </TR> <TR><FORM ACTION="http://www.ask.co.uk/main/askjeeves.asp" METHOD="GET"> <TD BGCOLOR="#009900" ALIGN="center" BACKGROUND="http://www.ask.co.uk/docs/about/questionboxes/questionbox16_b.gif" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="21"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="ask" SIZE="13"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="scope" VALUE="web"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="origin" VALUE="nnnn"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="qSource" VALUE="n"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#009900"><INPUT TYPE="image" SRC="http://www.ask.co.uk/docs/about/questionboxes/questionbox16_c.jpg" BORDER="0" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="40"></TD> </FORM></TR> </TABLE> </FORM>  </div> <bR> <div> Why not <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BF00BF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="booksales.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book Shop"><U>buy an astronomy book</U></A></FONT> from Amazon whilst you are here. The commission will help me pay for the phone bill to keep this site updated.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A HREF="http://tracker.tradedoubler.com/tracker.asp?code=598849&pid=11"><IMG SRC="HTMLobj-326/en_ilearnto_pid12_static_button120x60.gif" border=0></A>  </div> <bR> <div> Editorial</div> <bR> <div> In this issue, Maurice Batchelor offers a wealth of useful tips for would-be solar astronomers. Most importantly perhaps, he explains how to observe the Sun in safety with simple equipment. For many years, before I acquired a decent telescope, I used a version of the set up described by Maurice based on the use of my pair of cheap (less than twenty quid!) binoculars tied to my camera tripod. Sadly, these met their end when Halley's comet visited us. I rushed round Derby to several of my friends and family to show them the magnificent fuzzy blob. On my last port of call, I did not check the knot and that was that, as they say. The binocs failed to survive the impact with a paving slab, 4 feet below! Oops, I have digressed as usual, also in this issue, you will find astro TV listings, collated by Steve Parkins, a bit about Venus by myself and some rather good observational records drawn by Nick Cowling. Hopefully, we will get more of the same from Nick and perhaps it may inspire others to submit their observations so that the observers section can be continued and expanded. Get out there and observe!</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>