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Understanding image defects

The ideal image of a star field will have pin-point stars that are round and equally sharp across the entire

Details of those elected as Trustees and Council Members for session 131 of the Association

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BAA autumn webinars