Historical Section Webinar – 1868 Solar Eclipse – Saturday 14th May 2022 at 2pm BST
Link to watch the webinar: https://youtu.be/XbD3gyQi7UY Please note the webinar is on Saturday 14th May 2022, not 24th May as
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Observers Challenge – The Moon passes the Beehive
On the night of May 7 to 8, the crescent Moon will pass close by to the splendid open cluster
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Deep Sky Update – 2022 April
Supernova SN 2022hrs in NGC 4647 I expect most will be aware of this bright Type Ia supernova that was
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BBC Sky At Night Magazine, Telescopes Masterclass – 27 April
Next Masterclass is: Your next telescope setup, delving deeper into stargazing and astronomy – Will GaterThursday 28 April, 7pm BST
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Recordings from our 2022 Spring Meeting
Recordings are now available for several lectures from our Spring Meeting at the University of Leeds on the theme of
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Observer’s Challenge – Observe the James Webb Space Telescope
As of mid-April, commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope continues without significant hiccough. It is now ‘at’ the place
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Observer’s Challenge – Mercury at Maximum Elongation
Mercury was at Inferior Conjunction on 2nd April but has been moving eastward since then and possibly became visible after
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DeepSky Update – 2022 March
There was very sad news this month, of the passing of Ron Arbour, founder and first director of the Deep
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Comet of the month – 116P/Wild
This faint periodic comet was discovered by Paul Wild on 1990 January 21.98. It was discovered using a 0.40-m Schmidt
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Webinar Recording – The history of silvering telescope mirrors
The recording of this webinar is now available to watch at https://britastro.org/videos/wednesday-webinar-the-history-of-silvering-telescope-mirrors. We are pleased to welcome back US astronomer,
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