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The brightness of stars

24 March 201816 March 2022 David Basey 0 Comments

David introduces the stellar magnitude scale

Finding the way – part 2

4 March 201816 March 2022 David Basey 0 Comments

How to use star charts to locate constellations in the sky.

Mercury and Venus well displayed in the evening sky

28 February 20183 March 2022 Stewart Moore 0 Comments

An opportunity to see Mercury and Venus only 1 degree apart

Finding the way – part 1

10 February 201816 March 2022 David Basey 0 Comments

An introduction to the tools available for finding the constellations.

Nominations for the 2018 Ballot for the BAA Council and Board of Trustees

8 February 20183 March 2022 Andy Wilson 0 Comments

Your chance to serve on the BAA’s Council or Board of Trustees

Digital membership

1 February 20183 March 2022 Dawson 0 Comments

Digital membership to the BAA launched

The Motion of the Planets

17 January 20183 March 2022 Stuart Morris 0 Comments

Paul explains Kepler’s three laws.

Mira a ‘Wonderful’ Maximum

9 January 201816 March 2022 Andy Wilson 0 Comments

Fantastic opportunity to observer Mira at its maximum brightness

Figure 1. The Quickmap home page in its default setting.

QUICKMAP – Latest Version Now Live

3 January 201816 March 2022 Stuart Morris 0 Comments

Given the British climate and the few opportunities we have to view the Moon telescopically, you will all be delighted

A January Mars Jupiter conjunction in the morning sky

1 January 20183 March 2022 Stewart Moore 0 Comments

See Mars and Jupiter a few arcmin apart on 2018 January 7