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The BAA Commission for Dark Skies: thirty years of defending the stars

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

Having previously advised beginners on purchasing a telescope (see the December Journal), it seems appropriate in this new year to

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.

The Association is most grateful to Stephen Swan for his recent donation of a fine telescope and mount. As we

Aurora With no coronal mass ejections and sunspot numbers only just in double figures or at zero, the majority of