2 May 2020
SPA ‘Starting from Scratch’ astrophotography workshop – Postponed
This SPA workshop covers all aspects of astrophotography at a beginner’s level, whether with DSLR/mi
External event1 May 2020
Mercury and Venus Section Meeting – York – Postponed
This meeting has now been postponed until 2021 This year’s Mercury and Venus Section meeting will be
BAA Meeting29 April 2020
Twilight Tour of the Moon – Webinar
Weather permitting, this week’s Wednesday webinar will be a live Twilight Tour of the Moon from Davi
BAA Meeting25 April 2020
We are pleased to announce a Spring Webinar, with two speakers or were due to present at the postpon
BAA Meeting24 April 2020
A Special Image for the 30th Anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope – Webinar
With kind permission of the ESA/Hubble Public Information Office we are pleased to present this
BAA Meeting22 April 2020
Two Variable Stars in the Northern Crown – Webinar
The subject of this week’s webinar will be Two Variable Stars in the Northern Crown given
BAA Meeting | Variable Stars15 April 2020
Sir Patrick Moore – Early Life, Mentors and Notebooks (Part I) – Webinar
This week’s webinar will be the first of two on Sir Patrick Moore – Early Life, Mentors and Not
BAA Meeting8 April 2020
Weather permitting, this week’s Wednesday webinar will be a live viewing of Venus from David Arditti
BAA Meeting3 April 2020
BAA Winchester Weekend – CANCELLED
Friday-Sunday April 3-5 – BAA Winchester Weekend Sparsholt College, Winchester, SO21 2NF Main m
BAA Meeting1 April 2020
Prospects for C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) – Webinar
Our first weekly webinar will be on the Prospects for C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) given by Nick James, th
BAA Meeting25 March 2020
Special General Meeting and BAA Meeting – Cancelled
This meeting has now been cancelled PLEASE NOTE THIS MEETING WILL BE IN OUR NEW MEETINGS VENUE IN TH
BAA Meeting21 March 2020
Practical Astronomy Show – Postponed to 2020 September 26
We have been advised that the organisers have postponed this meeting to 2020 September 26. The Pract
External event14 March 2020
Deep Sky Section Annual Meeting – Now Postponed
M27 – David FinneganPlease note that due to Coronavirus we have reluctantly taken the decision to po
BAA Meeting25 January 2020
PLEASE NOTE THIS MEETING WILL BE IN OUR NEW MEETINGS VENUE IN THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, 37 Caledonia
BAA Meeting7 December 2019
WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS MEETING IS NOW FULL. If you have booked a place and now cannot come please let
BAA Meeting17 November 2019
Equipment & Techniques Section Meeting
This will be a day-long meeting at Bedford School, De Parys Avenue, Bedford. A hot lunch, tea or cof
BAA Meeting30 October 2019
BAA Annual General Meeting and BAA Meeting
BAA Annual General Meeting and Ordinary Meeting Please note – This is the last Meeting at Burli
BAA Meeting25 October 2019
Back to Basics Workshop, Rickmansworth
Are you new to Astronomy? Then the BAA “Back to Basics” Workshop is for YOU! The British Astr
BAA Meeting12 October 2019
Observers’ Workshop – Solar, Aurora & NLC, and Deep Sky
Organisers: Lyn Smith, Sandra Brantingham and Callum PotterCo-Host Inverclyde SkywatchersFeaturing B
BAA Meeting28 September 2019
Asteroids & Remote Planets Section Meeting
The Asteroids & Remote Planets Section meeting for 2019 will be held at Clanfield Memorial Hall,
BAA Meeting6 September 2019
BAA weekend Meeting, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Our autumn meeting this year will be held in the historic town of Armagh in Nort
BAA Meeting24 August 2019
Spectroscopy Software Training Workshop
Videos from this event ISIS Tutorial by David Boyd: https://britastro.org/videos/isis-tutorial BASS
BAA Meeting22 June 2019
BAA Summer Meeting ‘Astronomy and Space today’
The BAA Summer Meeting is being held on Saturday 22nd June Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, O
BAA Meeting14 June 2019
Webb Deep-Sky Society Annual Meeting, Cambridge
The Webb Deep-Sky Society hold their AGM and Annual meeting with an excellent line-up of speakers. F
External event8 June 2019
Our Historical Section meeting this year takes place on Saturday 8th June 2019, at the Mencap Centre
BAA Meeting29 May 2019
BAA Special General Meeting, Ordinary Meeting & George Alcock Memorial Lecture
Doors will open at 17:00 with refreshments in the lobby. The meeting will start at 17:30 in the lect
BAA Meeting18 May 2019
This year’s Comet Section meeting will be held in York on Saturday, May 18. A lot has happened in th
BAA Meeting27 April 2019
The British Astronomical Association One Day Meeting Saturday 27th April 2019 Doors Open at 10:00 an
BAA Meeting12 April 2019
‘The Astronomer’ magazine Annual General Meeting
All BAA members as well as TA subscribers are welcome to this annual meeting of our sister organisat
External event5 April 2019
The Alfred Curtis Lecture, Exploring the atmosphere of Mars with the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter missi
BAA Meeting27 March 2019
Special General Meeting and Ordinary Meeting
Doors open at 17:00 with refreshments outside the lecture room on the ground floor. The meeting will
BAA Meeting23 March 2019
Deep Sky Section Annual Meeting
The 2019 section meeting will be hosted by the Cotswold Astronomical Society, and will be held at Sh
BAA Meeting9 March 2019
The Practical Astronomy Show is a free one-day event at the Kettering Conference and Exhibition Cent
External event26 January 2019
Doors will open at 14:00 with refreshments served outside the lecture room on the ground floor. The
BAA Meeting8 December 2018
Ordinary Meeting and BAA Christmas Lecture
THIS MEETING IS NOW FULL – WE DO HAVE A WAITING LIST, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE IF YOU WISH TO BE AD
BAA Meeting12 November 2018
Royal Institution – How we’ll live on Mars
A Royal Institution lecture by astronomy author Colin Stuart discusses the first human trip to Mars,
External event31 October 2018
BAA Annual General Meeting and Ordinary Meeting
BAA Annual General Meeting and Ordinary Meeting This meeting is being held at the Royal Astronomical
BAA Meeting29 September 2018
Observers’ Workshop – Variable Stars, Photometry and Spectroscopy.
A workshop to help you get the best from observing the stars, be it visually, with a CCD or DSLR or
BAA Meeting19 September 2018
Over the four days of the festival there will be 140+ speakers including talks by leading astronomer
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