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Observer’s Challenge: penumbral lunar eclipse on February 10/11

Why not try your hand at observing this rare event?

Jeremy Shears, 2017 Feb 06

Latest Near-Earth Asteroid zips past the Earth

Asteroid 2017 BH30 passes to within 45,480 km of us

Richard Miles, 2017 Jan 30

ISS visible again in the evening sky

Show your neighbours the space station

Stewart Moore, 2017 Jan 25

Young Astronomer Awarded the 2016 Sir Patrick Moore Prize

John Mason/Nick James, 2017 Jan 21

A new astronomy publication: Nature Astronomy

The prestigious natural science journal, Nature has just started a new publication entitled Nature Astronomy.

Richard Miles, 2017 Jan 06

Mars gets close to Neptune on December 31

A close conjunction between Mars and Neptune

Stewart Moore, 2016 Dec 23

The BAA Christmas Quiz 2016 - now with answers!

Test your knowledge, or pit your wits against friends at your local astronomical society with our Christmas quiz!

2016 Dec 19

An amateur detection of Uranus' ring

Marc Delcroix reports that he detected the epsilon ring of Uranus with a 1m telescope and an ASI120MM camera

David Arditti, 2016 Dec 17

See the Moon hide Aldebaran - yet again

An early morning occultation in Taurus

Stewart Moore, 2016 Dec 07

The Moon and Venus together on December 3

Crescent Moon and Venus together in the evening sky

Stewart Moore, 2016 Nov 26

Launch of the BAA Spectroscopy Database

To cater for the recent increase in spectroscopic capability and interest within the amateur community the BAA is pleased to announce the launch of an online spectroscopy database.

Andrew Wilson, 2016 Nov 15

Showcasing your observing on the BAA website

The BAA is pleased to announce that all members can now showcase their observations on our website

James Dawson, 2016 Oct 31

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