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Observer’s Challenge – Photograph the Lyrid meteors

18 April 202318 April 2023 Callum Potter 0 Comments

The April Lyrids bring to an end the long late winter/early spring period when there are no major meteor showers.

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Estimating the Coma Size and Brightness of Comets (Part 2: Imaging)

9 April 20239 April 2023 David Swan 0 Comments

David Swan takes responsibility for any errors in this article, which is an adaptation of content originally developed by Nick

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New evidence for Active Volcanism on Venus

18 March 202318 March 2023 Richard Miles 0 Comments venus, volcanoes

Dr Paul G. Abel, Director, Mercury and Venus Section Scientists believe they have found direct evidence of ongoing volcanism on

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Observer’s Challenge – Mini Messier Marathon – Open Clusters

18 March 202327 March 2023 John Chuter 0 Comments

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

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Capturing Cosmic Rays with a Digital Camera

26 February 202327 February 2023 David Swan 0 Comments BAA, cosmic ray, imaging

22 February 2023 Cosmic Rays are high-energy subatomic particles which fly through the Universe at speeds approaching the speed of

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Observer’s Challenge – The Moon, the Pleiades, and the Hyades – 2023 Feb 26

23 February 202323 February 2023 Deep Sky 0 Comments

On the night of 26th February 2023, the six day old Moon will pass close to the Pleiades and the

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Vacancy: Meetings Secretary

7 February 20237 February 2023 Deep Sky 0 Comments

Do you like meeting people and travelling around the UK? Are you a good organiser? Can you manage a substantial

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Workflow based Guide to using AstroImageJ for Exoplanet Transit Photometry

30 January 20231 February 2023 Andy Wilson 0 Comments AIJ, exoplanet

This tutorial contains two guides written by Richard Lee and associated sample files. Part 1 of the AstroImageJ User Guide

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2022 Election Results

24 January 202324 January 2023 Andy Wilson 0 Comments

The result of the ballot count held on 13th October 2022 was as follows. President David Arditti 457Vice President Alan

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Observer’s Challenge – Conjunction of Venus and Saturn on 22-23 January

16 January 202316 January 2023 David Arditti 0 Comments moon, Observer's challenge, planets

On 22 January a close conjunction of Venus and Saturn will be visible, low down in the western sky after

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