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  • 31 October 2025 at 2:07 pm #631902
    Mr Ian David Sharp
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    I’m thrilled and proud to report that the ALTAIR Group has successfully published another paper in the MNRAS. The ALTAIR group is made up of 4 members of the BAA – myself, David Pulley, John Mallett and Sebastian von Harrach.

    We specialise in the study of exoplanets that may exists around certain Post Common Envelope binary (PCEB) systems, although we are becoming renowned for showing that previously published models do not hold water for very long!

    The paper is free to read here: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/544/1/24/8268884

    This is the culmination of 3 years of hard work (since our paper in 2022) and 355 new times of minima for the 7 PCEB systems in this study. It is a continuation of the group’s work which has been active since 2010. More information about our work and previous papers are available here on our website: https://altairebsrg.pythonanywhere.com/about

    31 October 2025 at 2:20 pm #631903
    Jeremy Shears
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    Congratulations Ian, David, John & Sebastian – a great result!

    We like to encourage members who publish in a professional Journal to write a short, accessible, summary for the BAA Journal’s news column, highlighting their work and findings. The team has done this previously, iirc, and would be welcome to do so again.

    Do contact me offline if you need additional guidance.

    31 October 2025 at 2:33 pm #631904
    Mr Ian David Sharp
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    Jeremy Shears wrote:

    The team has done this previously, iirc, and would be welcome to do so again.

    Thanks Jeremy,

    We would like to do that again…will be in touch.

    Ian.

    1 November 2025 at 11:32 am #631913
    Richard Miles
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    This is such a great contribution and a well-presented paper in the bargain.
    I welcome having a summary and link published in the Journal Notes and News as suggested by Jeremy.
    It should encourage others to follow suit by publishing in the MNRAS, which does not have page charges and is open-access.

    Nice addition too in the last line of the text: “Lastly, we remember our colleague Americo Watkins who sadly passed away in 2025 June.” I hope to have Eric’s obituary published in the February issue of the Journal.

    1 November 2025 at 1:11 pm #631914
    Mr Ian David Sharp
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    Richard Miles wrote:

    It should encourage others to follow suit by publishing in the MNRAS, which does not have page charges and is open-access.

    Thanks Richard,

    We had to plead poverty to have the charges waived!

    Cheers
    Ian.

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