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Have your say on the future of the BAA Journal

A new short survey asks for your help in planning the direction of your Journal. It takes just five minutes

There aren’t any bright comets around at the moment and the skies don’t really get dark at UK latitudes at

It’s amazing how light the ‘night’ sky is up here at 59 degrees north currently. And also how quickly the

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Look west after sunset on the evenings of 23rd and 24th May, and you may be able to catch the

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On 19th May, Koichi Itagaki discovered a supernova in the nearby face on spiral galaxy M101, given the designation SN

The new European Jupiter mission, JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), was launched successfully on 2023 April 14, after a 24-hour

Sorry for another late update, but we are just past Full Moon so there won’t have been much in the

Pete and Paul gave their popular presentation on Observing Challenges at the 2023 Winchester Webinar. Click here if you would like

The President and Council were deeply saddened to hear the news of the sudden passing of Bob Mizon on Wednesday,

The April Lyrids bring to an end the long late winter/early spring period when there are no major meteor showers.