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All about Juno and Jupiter at a pro-am workshop, 2018 May

New posts include the talks from a recent conference, recommendations for amateur imagers, and NASA bulletins about Juno’s mission.

It will be a challenging observation due to midsummer skies and a First Quarter Moon but the periodic comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

This comet was discovered by Giacobini in 1900 and recovered by Zinner in 1913 and it has an orbital period

The ISS is visible in the evening sky

Juno images published today show tight clusters of cyclones: a pentagon at the south pole and an octagon at the north pole.

An opportunity to see Mercury and Venus only 1 degree apart

Mike Hendrie, Director of the Comet Section from 1977 to 1987 died on Februrary 25 at the age of 87.

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Digital membership to the BAA launched

Fantastic opportunity to observer Mira at its maximum brightness

See Mars and Jupiter a few arcmin apart on 2018 January 7