2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE SPECIAL
MESSAGE OF THE MONTH
This month’s top prize: two Philip’s titles
The ‘Message of the Month’ writer will receive a bundle of two top titles courtesy of astronomy publisher Philip’s: Nigel Henbest’s Stargazing 2024 and Robin Scagell’s Guide to the Northern Constellations
Winner’s details will be passed on to Octopus Publishing to fulfil the prize
Chasing totality
We witnessed the 8 April eclipse from Sherbrooke Airport, Quebec, Canada. We’ve seen a number of total eclipses before, but this was by far the best! A large fall of snow left the air spectacularly clear. Being just off the eclipse centreline, with excellent weather prospects, our location had clearly caught the attention of the flying eclipse-chasing fraternity – more than 50
