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Most of the aurora sightings in this report are from Scotland, with the majority caused by coronal holes. There was

It should be obvious to all thinking people that the night sky is both a site of special scientific interest

Something extraordinarily rare was imaged and videoed across the world, during a routine total lunar eclipse on January 21. At

As expected, when the weather cooperated, comet 46P/Wirtanen put on a good show for northern hemisphere observers throughout 2018 December

McNeil’s Nebula, in Orion, lies just south of the well-known reflection nebula Messier 78. It was identified as a nebula

All being well, members who receive their Journal through the post should have noticed something rather different about this issue.

The BAA again took a stand this September at the increasingly popular New Scientist Live event. Over four days in

Comet 46P was discovered in 1948 January by Carl Wirtanen using the 0.5m Carnegie Double Astrograph at Lick Observatory, California.