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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Archives
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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‘Messenger’ No. 8 and No. 9 published
The eighth and ninth issues of Messenger, the Mercury & Venus newsletter, are now online. Issue No. 8 (October 2021)
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A few places left on the BAA Winchester Weekend
This event is not being recorded or streamed, so if you want to see the lectures then book now to
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Welcome to the new BAA Website
Welcome to the new look BAA website – we’ve working on this for some time and hope you like it.
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DeepSky Update – 2022 February
I am looking forward to the Section Meeting by Zoom this Saturday (March 5th) – I hope you have it
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Coming soon – the BAA’s new website
Coming soon, to a screen near you, the new BAA website. Due to some delays we are a little behind
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Variable Star Section Circular 191
The March 2022 Variable Star Section Circular can be downloaded in PDF format here. I do hope you enjoy reading the
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Comet of the month – 19P/Borrelly
This comet has been around for a while but it has only recently moved north of the celestial equator. It
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