| B1 |
Lunar Features
Produce a series of telescopic drawings and/or photographs
of three lunar surface features.
Use them to show their changing appearance at different
lunar phases.
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| B2 |
Meteor Shower Photography
Use long-exposure photography to obtain photographs of a
meteor shower.
Estimate magnitudes of the meteors. Locate and show the
position of the radiant.
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| B3 |
Photographs of Lunar or Solar Eclipse
Using a suitable method of observation (lunar — direct, solar — projection), produce a series of photographs showing the progress of a lunar or solar eclipse.
WARNING: The Sun must NOT be viewed directly, with or without optical aids.
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| B4 |
Constellation Photography
Produce photographs of three different constellations, recording dates, times, seeing and weather conditions. Use the photographs to identify colours and magnitudes by comparison with reference stars.
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| B5 |
Telescopic Drawings or Photographs of Celestial Event
Produce a series of detailed telescopic drawings or photographs to record the passage of a suitable celestial event, for example a transit, occultation or comet.
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| B6 |
Sundial
On at least three widely-spaced dates, compare the time shown on a correctly-aligned sundial with local mean time. Use these data to determine the accuracy of the sundial used.
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| B7 |
Photographic Measurement of Levels of Light Pollution
Use the magnitudes of the faintest stars visible in long exposure photographs to quantify the effect of light pollution at two different sites.
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| B8 |
Sunspots
Use a small telescope to project an image of the Sun onto a suitable background and observe and record sunspots over a sufficiently long period of time to determine the Sun’s rotation period.
WARNING: The Sun must NOT be viewed directly, with or without optical aids.
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| B9 |
Light Curve of a Variable Star
Use a series of telescopic estimates of the magnitude of a suitable variable star over a sufficient period of time to determine the period of the star.
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| B10 |
Measuring Stellar Density
Use binocular/telescopic observations or original photographs to measure and compare the density of stars in the sky, parallel with and perpendicular to the plane of the Milky Way.
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| B11 |
Drawings of Messier Objects
Use binoculars/telescope/robotic telescope to produce detailed drawings and/or photographs of at least three Messier/NGC objects.
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| B12 |
Measuring the Sidereal Day
Take long-exposure photographs of the circumpolar stars around Polaris or the south celestial pole and use them to determine the length of the sidereal day.
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