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75 years in Burlington House

Let us return for a moment to the London of 1942 April, in order to attend a meeting of the

Highlights of 2017Looking back at 2017 it was perhaps not the most outstanding year for astronomical phenomena, but the highlight

I think the phrase might be ‘small but perfectly formed’. Perhaps not so very perfect, but we did our best

These predictions focus on comets that are likely to be within range of visual observers, though comets often do not

The Sun is getting very quiet very fast and the 11-year cycle seems to be coming to an end, with

It is a singular honour to be elected as President of the Association, and our last president, Dr Jeremy Shears,

As the nights draw in for northern hemisphere observers, two interesting comets will be well placed for observation from the

As shown in this map from NASA, the track of the total solar eclipse of 2017 Aug 21 crossed the

I write this following a most enjoyable BAA weekend at Chester. We were treated to an excellent line-up of talks

On 2017 October 05 Neptune’s largest satellite Triton will occult the 12.7 V-mag star UCAC4 410-143659, as seen from the