If you have not already done so, would members please find time to sign the online petition – re light pollution, set up by Wakefield Astronomical Society. This should have been sent via email to you already. Here's a link.
Ten thousand signatures are required for the Government to take note, and 100,000 for them to ‘really take note’. The closing deadline is July 22nd. If you know anyone else who would be inclined to sympathise with the cause, get them to sign it too. [Read more about Light Pollution Petition]
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With bright twilight now persisting well into the night, observers of the sky should watch out for a particularly beautiful type of cloud formation seen only at this time of year. 
In this month's edition:
Comet Catalina was discovered on 31 October 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey with their 0.68 meter Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.