John Chuter – British Astronomical Association

Observer’s Challenge: Moon occults Venus on 9 November 2023

On the morning of November 9th the thin waning crescent Moon (15% illuminated) will occult Venus (mag -4.4). The planet

This Month is the ideal Month to try a Mini Messier Marathon

On the 8th December the Moon will occult Mars in the early morning Western sky. It will be obvious where

This month sees the first occultation of Uranus by the Moon in 2022. The second occultation occurs on 5th December.

Mercury was at Inferior Conjunction on 2nd April but has been moving eastward since then and possibly became visible after

In Early January 2022, the Moon takes a tour past several of the planets in the Solar System in the

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Occultation of a star by Saturn and its rings on 2021 June 27/28

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Use Venus as a guide to locate and observe/Image Mercury by the end of May

Uranus is at opposition on October 31. Lying in the constellation of Aries, it will be wellplaced for observation over

Challenge for October : Hunting for Phobos and Deimos