Observer’s Challenge – Saturn 2020
Can you see the opposition effect
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BAA Summer Webinar – Saturday 4th July
Sorry, due to technical problems we have swapped the order of the talks. Colin Snodgrass is speaking this morning, Sandra Brantingham
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Drawing the Planets: some tips and anecdotes
Richard McKim shares tips and anecdotes on sketching the planets
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Results of the CPRE Star Count 2020
Results of the CPRE Star Count 2020
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Observer’s Challenge – Occultation of Venus by the Moon, June 19
The challenge is to make any form of observation of this daylight planetary event
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Dwarf nova PQ And undergoes rare outburst
As announced in a recent BAA Alert email, the dwarf nova PQ And was found to be in outburst at
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Getting started in the history of astronomy
Mike writes about how to start research into the history of astronomy
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BAA Web Content Editor
The BAA is seeking a Web Content Editor for its website britastro.org, commencing in 2020 August. This is a part-time
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Observer’s Challenge – Three Galaxies in Virgo
Three galaxies to observe in Virgo as the nights draw short
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The Whirlpool Galaxy – a video from John Mason
The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, is a fine example of a spiral galaxy and has an interesitng history. At the moment
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