Forthcoming meetings
| Annual General Meeting |
| Friday, June 06, 2014 |
| 19:30 |
| Astronomy for Mapmakers |
| Roy Wood |
| The Mencap Centre, Enborne Road, Newbury |
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| No beginners meetings currently scheduled in the diary. |
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| No observing sessions currently scheduled in the diary. |
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| No special meetings currently scheduled in the diary. |
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| Solar Data |
| Sunspot activity |
Aurora activity |
 Solar disk showing sunspots
Current sunspot image
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 Aurora activity
Current aurora activity
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Aurora Kp index
Current Kp index (strength of aurora)
The Kp index has to be at least 5 to be seen from the UK and above 7 to be seen from the Newbury area |
| Planetary Information |
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Mercury |
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35,983,095 miles (57,909,175 km)
1,516.0 miles (2,439.7 km)
58.646 Earth days
87.97 Earth days
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Venus |
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67,237,910 miles (108,208,930 km)
3,760.4 miles (6,051.8 km)
243 Earth days (retrograde)
224.7 Earth days
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Mars |
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141,633,260 miles (227,936,640 km)
2,111 miles (3,397 km)
1.026 Earth days
1.8807 Earth years
2
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Jupiter |
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483,682,810 miles (778,412,020 km)
44,423 miles (71,492 km)
9.925 hours
11.8565 Earth years
62
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Saturn |
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885,904,700 miles (1,426,725,400 km)
37,449 miles (60,268 km)
10.656 hours
29.4 Earth years
62
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Uranus |
More info... |
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1,783,939,400 miles (2,870,972,200 km)
15,882 miles (25,559 km)
17.24 hours (retrograde)
84.02 Earth years
27
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Neptune |
More info... |
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2,795,084,800 miles (4,498,252,900 km)
15,388 miles (24,764 km)
16.11 hours
164.79 Earth years
13
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Pluto |
More info... |
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3,670,050,000 miles (5,906,380,000 km)
715 miles (1,151 km)
6.387 Earth days (retrograde)
247.92 Earth years
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