Unusual Asteroid appears with a comet-like tail
On July 9, Professor Alan Fitzsimmons of the ATLAS survey telescope team in Hawaii reported observations of an unusual “active”
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Observer’s Challenge – Five outer planets in one night
Over the next few weeks it should be possible to view five of the outer planets on the same night.
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BAA Summer Webinar
Please visit the BAA YouTube Channel to watch the recordings. 11:00 Dr Nicolas Peretto –‘The earliest stages of stellar cluster formation’
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BAA Observers’ Challenge: Occultation of a star by Saturn and its rings on 2021 June 27/28
Occultation of a star by Saturn and its rings on 2021 June 27/28
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Bright nova in Hercules
Above image by Nick James (Nick also prepared the PANSTARRS field image shown in the teaser – see his animated
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BAA Summer Webinars
Connect using Zoom – https://us04web.zoom.us/j/548739039 – or via the BAA YouTube channel Cover image: M1 The Crab Nebula by Callum Potter We are
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The Future of the Courtyard Societies at Burlington House
The Future of the Courtyard Societies at Burlington House
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Partial Solar Eclipse 10 June 2021: viewing it safely
A partial solar eclipse. Originally taken on 30 May 1984 when there was a partial eclipse visible from London. It
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VSS Circular for June 2021
The June 2021 Variable Star Section Circular 188 is now available for download. To find out the latest on Nova
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Mercury – the iron planet
An introduction to the solar system’s innermost planet
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