News – Page 52 – British Astronomical Association

Rosetta’s comets – amateur & schools’ campaigns

I attended a Royal Astronomical Society specialist discussion meeting on 2019 Dec 13 entitled ‘Cometary science with Rosetta: striking, timely

On 2019 Sep 14, the Lorimer Medal of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh was awarded to Ronald J. Livesey at

On 2020 Feb 11 at 22:02 UT, observers in Newfoundland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the north of England, the Isle of

Supernova news A couple of bright(ish) supernovae have appeared; SN 2020ue in NGC 4363 and SN 2020io in M100. I

Why not try your hand at observing an exoplanet transit in support of the ARIEL Space Mission?

There is a chance to spot a supernova in a remote galaxy over the next few nights.

CBET 4714 announces the discovery of a new comet by Masayuki Iwamoto, Awa, Tokushima-ken, Japan, on two CCD frames taken

It’s not often that variable stars make the mainstream news, let alone the popular press! The current fading of Betelgeuse