BAA Journal – Volume Number – August 2025

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  • Refereed Papers

  • 239Parallel lives in British amateur astronomy: Patrick Moore & Richard Baum - William Sheehan & William Leatherbarrow
  • 253Saturn during the 2010/2011 apparition: Part I - Mike Foulkes
  • 263The 2022–2023 eastern elongation of Venus - Paul G. Abel
  • Notes and News

  • 223From the President - Janice McClean
  • 224In brief - Philip Jennings
  • 224Join citizen-science project to monitor remote spacecraft - Grant Privett
  • 225New sunspot area catalogue sheds light on solar cycles - Indra Bains
  • 225Notice: A change to Royal Mail deliveries - Bill Tarver
  • 225Notice: Nominations invited for the Sir Patrick Moore Prize - Bill Tarver
  • 226Auroral & noctilucent cloud activity, 2025 Apr 11 – Jun 10 - Sandra Brantingham
  • 227The 2025 Practical Astronomy Show - Steve Floodgate, Nick Hewitt & David Grist
  • 227Photograph: NGC 6543 – Cat’s Eye Nebula - Karen Smith
  • 228Solar Section - Lyn Smith
  • 23250 years of V1500 Cygni (Nova Cyg 1975) - Gary Poyner
  • 233A circumstellar disc surrounding the carbon star V Cygni? - Jeremy Shears
  • 234Restoration of a 1960s wooden telescope - Bobby Manoo
  • 262Membership information
  • 278Associazione Astrofili Spezzini - Luigi Sannino
  • 282Sky notes for 2025 August & September - Nick Hewitt
  • 286Meetings diary, notices & small advertisements
  • 287Board of Trustees & Council, Session 2024–2025
  • The Archives

  • 238From the Journal archive - John Chuter
  • 274From the BAA Archives - Richard McKim
  • BAA Updates

  • 276Obituary: Storm Richard Dunlop (1942–2025) - Janice Cowan & Alex Pratt
  • Observers' Forum

  • 281NGC 891 – an edge-on delight in Andromeda - Stewart Moore
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