News – Page 72 – British Astronomical Association

Comets 41P and C/2015 V2 meet in April

If we are lucky there will be two comets in binocular range high in the UK sky in mid-April. Comet

Sun shines on the Deep Sky Section meeting 2017

Juno successfully performed its fourth orbital pass low over the planet (perijove-4) on 2017 Feb.2, with all instruments turned on

Mars and Uranus sidle up to each other in the evening sky

Fragment shining 10x brighter than main comet

An amazing animated map of Jupiter’s winds has been released by Peter Rosen and colleagues in Sweden, portraying real observations

Why not try your hand at observing this rare event?

Asteroid 2017 BH30 passes to within 45,480 km of us

Show your neighbours the space station

Despite the difficulties of an Underground tube strike in London that happened to coincide with the day, 27 keen participants