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FtP

From the President

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

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triton

The Triton stellar occultation of 2017 October 05

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

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juno

NASA’s Juno provides spectacular views of Jupiter

NASA’s Juno mission has been proceeding perfectly since the last report in these pages [Journal vol.126(6), p.333 (2016)]. Aficionados of

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mizon

Award for the Cranborne Chase AONB dark skies initiative

The Commission for Dark Skies’ Joy Griffiths Award for 2017 was presented on June 5 to Linda Nunn, Director of

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127-4 pres1

From the President

I know that many members will be heading for the United States to stand in the Moon’s shadow on August

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collage

The BAA Winchester Weekend

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ppt phillips

From the Journal Archive

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Partial solar eclipse

Solar Section

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Mars Antoniadi

The resignation of E.-M. Antoniadi, 1917: A century-old mystery solved.

In the BAA Journal of 1917 September came the surprise announcement that E.-M. Antoniadi had resigned the Directorship of the

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whipps aurora

Auroral activity, 2017 Feb 27 – April 28

With no coronal mass ejections and sunspot numbers only just in double figures or even at zero, all aurora sightings

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