spacer
spacer BAA logo

British Astronomical Association
Britain's leading organisation for observational astronomy

spacer
spacer
Sections PDF Print E-mail

To coordinate members' work, the Association is organised in the following Sections and Groups:

 

Section Director
Asteroids & Remote Planets Dr. Richard Miles
Aurora Ken Kennedy
Comet Jonathan Shanklin
Computing (largely responsible for the Handbook) Sheridan Williams
Deep Sky, (double stars, galactic and extragalactic objects) Callum Potter
Historical Mike Frost
Instruments & Imaging, (including astro-photography) Bob Marriott
Jupiter Dr. John Rogers
Lunar Bill Leatherbarrow
Mars Dr. Richard McKim
Mercury and Venus Dr. Richard McKim
Meteor Dr. John Mason
Saturn (including Uranus and Neptune) Mike Foulkes
Solar Lyn Smith
Variable Star Roger Pickard

 

 

Group Coordinator
Campaign For Dark Skies Bob Mizon
Radio Astronomy Group Paul Hyde

 

Members of the Association are welcome to participate in the work of any of the Sections, no formal qualifications are required. The Section Directors are there to help you with your observations, so if you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch. They will also be pleased to receive any observations you make. Some Sections charge a small amount for members to receive Section newsletters or other publications.

 
Copyright © 2012 British Astronomical Association
spacer