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A chance to spot some Leonid meteors

The peak of this year's Leonid meteor shower occurs on November 18, just three days after new Moon.

Dr John Mason, 2020 Nov 16

Observers Challenge - Spot a Variable Nebula

Callum Potter, 2020 Nov 16

National Astronomy Week - On Now!

2020 Nov 12

Observer's Challenge - Uranus 2020

Mike Foulkes, 2020 Oct 18

Supernova 2020uxz in NGC 514

This Type Ia supernova in Pisces galaxy NGC 514 has brightened two magnitudes since discovery on October 5, and will likely brighten further.

Ade Ashford, 2020 Oct 14

Stars 44 Oph and λ Sqr in early evening lunar occultations, Oct. 20-21

A chance for observers in the British Isles to view two lunar occultations of naked-eye stars at similar times on consecutive evenings.

Ade Ashford, 2020 Oct 10

Martian moons at the Red Planet's closest approach

Mars is closest to Earth for this apparition on October 6, so now is the time to seek out its tiny moons.

Ade Ashford, 2020 Oct 03

Venus's close encounter with Regulus, October 2/3

Don't miss dazzling planet Venus at dawn in the eastern sky as it skims by Leo's brightest star.

Ade Ashford, 2020 Oct 01

See the 14-day-old Moon occult 30 Piscium on Sept. 30 / Oct. 1

Everyone throughout the British Isles with a clear sky can view this magnitude +4.4 star hide behind the almost full Moon.

Ade Ashford, 2020 Sep 28

A compendium of Jovian events throughout October 2020

The approaching opposition of Mars may be drawing eyes to the Red Planet, but there are lots of Jupiter events occurring throughout October.

Ade Ashford, 2020 Sep 27

Next BAA webinar - Wed 11 Nov 7pm GMT - Video meteor detection & spectroscopy

BAA autumn webinars

2020 Sep 25

Asteroid 2020 SW making a very close pass of Earth on Sept. 24

Ten-metre-wide asteroid 2020 SW misses Earth by 22,000 kilometres on September 24. At 1:15 UT that morning, see it close to Algenib in the Square of Pegasus.

Richard Miles, 2020 Sep 22

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