A brace of bright supernovae
Two ‘bright’ supernovae in nearby galaxies are well within the range of most amateur astronomers telescopes.
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Splendid aurora observed on 15th March
Yesterday evening, following much agitation of the Earth’s magnetic field, an aurora (the northern lights) was viewed by many from the north of Scotland.
Read moreBRIGHT FIREBALL ON 3 MARCH 2012
Many reports are coming in of a bright fireball, visible at about 21:40 UT on Saturday, 3rd March 2012.
Read moreBAA Deep Sky Section Meeting – 2012 March 10
This meeting will be held at the Humfrey Rooms, Northampton.
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Maps of Jupiter and its moons
As Jupiter is now high in the evening sky, you may like to look at some recent maps of the planet which we have posted on the BAA Jupiter Section website.
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Comet Garradd close to M92
Over the next few nights comet C/2009 P1 Garradd will pass close by the globular cluster M92.
Read moreFreelance web designer required
Council has decided to ask for expressions of interest from a suitably qualified person to take up a freelance web designer role.
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Spectacular aurorae seen in the last week
The Sun has been very active this past week.
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BAA observations refine asteroids orbit
BAA member Nick James was able to respond to an urgent request for observations of the newly discovered near earth asteroid 2012 BX34.
Read moreComet Lovejoy seen from Australia
Comet Lovejoy survived it’s encounter with the Sun, and is now putting on fine display in the southern hemisphere.
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