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In these difficult times during the COVID-19 virus pandemic, I am sure that some BAA members have been using the

During the early part of this year we were treated to spectacular, monthly evening conjunctions between the planet Venus and

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