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The moon and the origin of life
C. R. Benn
Earth is unusual in bearing life, and in having a large moon. A number of authors have suggested a possible connection between the two, e.g. through lunar stabilisation of the eart…
High-redshift QSOs in the FIRST survey
C. R. Benn, M. Vigotti, M. Pedani +4
In a pilot search for high-redshift radio QSOs, we have obtained spectra of 55 FIRST sources (S(1.4GHz) > 1 mJy) with very red (O-E > 3) starlike optical identifications. 10 of the…
1999 Quadrantids and the lunar Na atmosphere
S. Verani, C. Barbieri, C. R. Benn +2
Enhancements of the Na emission and temperature from the lunar atmosphere were reported during the Leonids meteor showers of 1995, 1997 and 1998. Here we report a search for simila…
Adaptive optics at the WHT
C. R. Benn
The WHT is unusually well-placed for exploitation of adaptive-optics (AO) technology. The site seeing is excellent (median 0.7 arcsec), dome seeing is negligible, and preliminary s…