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The bright nucleus of the greenish comet is at lower left, with the diffuse tail stretching from there to the top-right corner. The dense star cluster appears centrally, behind the tail; a symmetrical sphere of countless stars.
Comet and meteor section meeting
4 October 2025

This joint Comet and Meteor Section meeting will take place in Edinburgh, a few minutes’ walk from W

BAA Meeting | Comet Meteor

Variable Star Section Meeting 2025
25 October 2025

A VSS meeting will take place on Saturday October 25 in Northampton. Doors open 10.00 am. Meeting st

BAA Meeting | Variable Stars

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Annual General Meeting 2025
29 October 2025

We will be holding our Annual General Meeting  on Wednesday 29th October from 17:00 to 20:00 at the

BAA Meeting

RAZoom – The detection of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos through their radio signals
7 November 2025

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] This

BAA Meeting | Webinar | Radio

Astronomy Back to Basics – Pontefract
8 November 2025

Curious about the Cosmos? Have an interest in astronomy? Want to know more? The British Astronomical

BAA Meeting | Education & Outreach

The Royal Astronomical Society Christmas Tree. Image courtesy of David Arditti.
Christmas Meeting
6 December 2025

We will be holding our 2025 Christmas Meeting on Saturday 6th December from 2pm at the Institute of

BAA Meeting

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5 September 2025

BAA Autumn Meeting 2025 – Orkney

Aurora over the Standing Stones of Stenness September 2023 by Grant Privett The 2025 Autumn Meeting

BAA Meeting

5 September 2025

EU Conference on Amateur Radio Astronomy

The BAA Radio Astronomy Section with RAL Space are pleased to announce the EU Conference on Amateur

BAA Meeting | External event | Radio

28 June 2025

Webb Deep-Sky Society Annual Meeting 2025

The Webb Deep-Sky Society is holding its Annual Meeting on  Saturday the 28th of June 2025 at the no

Non-BAA Meeting

13 June 2025

Solar Eclipse Conference 2025

From 13 to 15 June, the Belgian (Flemish) Society for Astronomy (Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde or VVS

Non-BAA Meeting | Solar

7 June 2025

Astronomy Back to Basics, Cardiff

Click on the image to download the flier as a PDF The British Astronomical Association (BAA), Cardif

BAA Meeting | Education & Outreach

6 June 2025

RAZoom – Observing Magnetic Fields in space, using Micro-wave Radio Observations

Radio Astronomy Section meeting on Zoom, link by request from Paul Hearn [ paul@hearn.org.uk ] Obser

BAA Meeting | Webinar | Radio

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