18th September Lecture: Now you see it, now you don’t

The search for Vulcan (not that one!) and other solar system enigmas The history of astronomy is littered with ‘sightings’ of objects that subsequently turned out not to exist.    Some of these observations were from reputable observers.   What was going on?   In this talk, Ann will describe several examples including the famous intra-Mercurial ‘planet’ Vulcan. In this…