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Astronomical adventures in India

Little did I know when I was writing about my 76mm airline-portable refractor (see the 2020 February Journal, p.37) that

2020 Jul 21 marks the centenary of the death of Fiammetta Wilson, a woman who led a life of some

C/2019 Y4 was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 2019 Dec 28 using a 0.50m Wright–Schmidt

As announced in a recent BAA Alert email, the dwarf nova PQ And was found to be in outburst at

7 May 20203 March 2022 Callum Potter 0 Comments

The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, is a fine example of a spiral galaxy and has an interesitng history. At the moment

4 May 20203 March 2022 Dominic Ford 0 Comments

A video from Pete Lawrence and Paul G. Abel

Point your telescope to a small patch of sky 3.5 degrees east of the open cluster M44 (The Beehive Cluster)