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‘Messenger’ No. 14 published

The March 2024 issue of Messenger (No. 14), the newsletter of the Mercury and Venus section, is now published online

February has been another month of poor weather on Orkney – though I am not sure other parts of the

Denis Buczynski (Tarbatness) and Mark Phillips (Edinburgh) report another small outburst of this comet. First detection was 2024 Feb 29.82.

January has been a poor month for observing in Orkney – I’ve not managed any deep sky observing sessions, and

December has been a poor month for observing here in Orkney. We did have three nights where aurorae were visible,

BAA member Maxim Usatov has developed a remote observatory, called Alnitak, in southern Spain and he has generously offered the

The Geminid meteor shower is expected to reach maximum activity sometime in the afternoon (UK time) of Thursday, December 14

We are delighted to announce a 2024 BAA Astronomical Calendar of BAA member images which can be bought from the

November has not seen great observing weather in Orkney. No deep-sky sessions sadly. We did have some aurorae early in

Each year we see a weak shower of meteors from a broad dust stream associated with disintegrated comet 3D/Biela. This