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The old Moon and Venus buzz the Beehive at dawn on 14 September

12 September 202015 March 2022 Adrian Ashford 0 Comments

Start the week with a beautiful dawn conjunction of the old crescent Moon, Venus and the Beehive Cluster, M44.

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How to find Triton, Neptune’s largest moon

21 August 202015 March 2022 Adrian Ashford 0 Comments

Neptune reaches opposition on 11 September 2020. Our Track Triton web app shows you where to find the outermost planet’s largest moon.

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A bright new outbreak on Jupiter

An exciting new outbreak on Jupiter has been reported today by Isao Miyazaki in Japan.  He imaged a new, very

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Which side of Mars will I see tonight?

14 August 202022 November 2022 Adrian Ashford 0 Comments

Our interactive Mars Mapper web app helps you identify the Red Planet’s surface features for the 2020-2021 apparition.

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Perseid maximum is here

The weather has been rather variable over the past few days, with very hot and humid days and warm nights

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BAA Ordinary Meeting, 2020 January 25

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Asteroids & Remote Planets Section Meeting, 2019 September 29

Thanks to the support of the local Hampshire Astronomical Group (HAG), the Section was able to stage a most successful

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FROM THE BAA ARCHIVES

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From the Journal archive

This year the BAA has been highlighting the role of its women members. Many of us know that the BAA

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