Archives

Little did I know when I was writing about my 76mm airline-portable refractor (see the 2020 February Journal, p.37) that

2020 Jul 21 marks the centenary of the death of Fiammetta Wilson, a woman who led a life of some

C/2019 Y4 was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 2019 Dec 28 using a 0.50m Wright–Schmidt

Although the Sun is now at minimum, there have been some coronal holes so several aurora sightings have been made.

The William Herschel Society was founded in the 1970s with the help of Patrick Moore and others, to rescue the

From exoplanet detections to images of the early Universe, an overwhelming flood of astronomical data since the mid-2000s has produced

On 2019 Sep 14, the Lorimer Medal of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh was awarded to Ronald J. Livesey at

On 2020 Feb 11 at 22:02 UT, observers in Newfoundland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the north of England, the Isle of

Over Oct 10–13, the BAA took advantage of another huge outreach opportunity in taking their stand at New Scientist Live