The BAA Christmas Quiz 2016 – now with answers!
Test your knowledge, or pit your wits against friends at your local astronomical society with our Christmas quiz!
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Archives
An amateur detection of Uranus’ ring
Marc Delcroix reports that he detected the epsilon ring of Uranus with a 1m telescope and an ASI120MM camera
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Juno back on track with successful perijove-3
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, is now beginning its proper mission, with all seven active instruments having performed
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See the Moon hide Aldebaran – yet again
An early morning occultation in Taurus
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The Moon and Venus together on December 3
Crescent Moon and Venus together in the evening sky
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Launch of the BAA Spectroscopy Database
To cater for the recent increase in spectroscopic capability and interest within the amateur community the BAA is pleased to announce the launch of an online spectroscopy database.
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Jupiter’s new outbreak tracked
The dramatic new outbreak of storms on Jupiter’s fastest jet-stream, predicted over a year ago and discovered at the very
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Showcasing your observing on the BAA website
The BAA is pleased to announce that all members can now showcase their observations on our website
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Jupiter at Juno’s perijove-2: The agony and the ecstasy
On Weds. Oct.19, the Juno spacecraft failed to return any data at its second perijove. But at about the
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Jupiter makes a comeback
See Jupiter, the Moon and Porrima
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