‘Messenger’ No. 15 published

The August 2024 issue of Messenger (No. 15), the newsletter of the Mercury and Venus Section, is now published online and available to BAA members. This issue’s contents include a paper by Martin Lewis chronicling his work imaging the night side of Venus during the morning elongations of 2023, and advice from Chris Hooker about observing Mercury during the upcoming April elongation.

If you are not a member, you can access this issue and all issues of Messenger by joining the BAA.

Teaser image: The tail of Mercury, imaged by BAA member Mel Gigg, from Witney using a Canon DSLR with a 300 mm F/2.8 lens and a sodium-line filter, at 19:04 UT on the 29th of March

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