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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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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

This recently discovered comet, announced on CBET 5228, may become a bright object in October next year but it is

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Deep Sky Update – February 2023

February has been a strange month up here in Orkney – we went from 80 mph winds to windless conditions,

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Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo taken from the International Space Station to Twitter on July 19, 2015 with the caption, "Day 114. #Moon #Venus #Jupiter...#Earth Good night from @space_station! #YearInSpace". Credit Scott Kelly/NASA

Venus and Jupiter Conjunction – 1-2 March 2023

Over the past week, you might have noticed two brilliant objects getting close together in the west not long after

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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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Deep Sky Update – January 2023

Well, the first few weeks of January have not been the best weather in Orkney. Although there have been a

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Smartphone capture of Mercury (top) and Venus (bottom) in the Boxing Day evening sky by Pete Lawrence

‘Messenger’ No. 11 Published

The January issue (No. 11) of the Mercury and Venus section newsletter is available online for members to download. The

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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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BAA 2023 Winchester Weekend – Bookings open at 9am on Monday 9th January

6 January 20236 January 2023 Andy Wilson 0 Comments

Booking will open for the BAA Winchester Weekend at 9am on Monday 9th January. Details of the programme and how

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Deep Sky Update – December 2022

Well I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Good New Year. The weather here was not particularly kind

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