Comet’s Tale 42 published
The Comet Section’s annual journal has just been published online. Comet’s Tale 42 can be found here. It contains 60
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Deep Sky Update – June 2023
Now that we are past the summer solstice, the nights are noticeably getting darker. Although we did not have a
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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
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Comet of the month: C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)
There aren’t any bright comets around at the moment and the skies don’t really get dark at UK latitudes at
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Deep Sky Update – May 2023
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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Observer’s Challenge – The Crescent Moon, Venus and Mars
Look west after sunset on the evenings of 23rd and 24th May, and you may be able to catch the
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Bright Supernova in M101
On 19th May, Koichi Itagaki discovered a supernova in the nearby face on spiral galaxy M101, given the designation SN
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JUICE is on its way – with its radar antenna deployed
The new European Jupiter mission, JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), was launched successfully on 2023 April 14, after a 24-hour
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Deep Sky Update – April 2023
Sorry for another late update, but we are just past Full Moon so there won’t have been much in the
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Pete and Paul’s Observing Challenges for 2023
Pete and Paul gave their popular presentation on Observing Challenges at the 2023 Winchester Webinar. Click here if you would like
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