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From the President: A penumbral lunar eclipse, and BAA ‘Observer’s Challenges’

The recent evening elongation of Venus has attracted much public attention. I lost count of the number of times that

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Launch of the BAA spectroscopy database

To cater for the recent increase in spectroscopic capability and interest within the amateur community, on 2016 November 15 the

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Auroral activity, 2016 Oct 20–Dec 25

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

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Newly discovered planetary drawings by Warren de la Rue and others

In the 2015-’16 Report of the Council (Journal, 126(5), 298 (2016)) the Archivists mentioned a donation from the family of

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The BAA at New Scientist Live, 2016 September 22 − 25

The BAA was happy to be able to share a stand with Peak-2-Valley Instruments at this year’s first ever New

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BAA members’ pages are now live on the BAA website

In recent months, the BAA’s Website Operations Team has been looking for ways to build a greater sense of online

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Jupiter and the Juno mission: the latest developments

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which went into orbit around Jupiter on 2016 July 5, had its first operational close approach (‘perijove’)

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‘End of mission’ for the Rosetta spacecraft

Twelve years after its launch on 2004 March 2 and two years after taking up its orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko,

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Absolute Beginners No. 7: Observing Meteors

Paul Abel explains the basics of meteor spotting

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Enhanced Perseid meteor activity observed

The annual Perseid meteor shower is one of the most reliable of the year, with an average peak ZHR (Zenithal

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