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Spectroscopy is now a practical possibility for amateur astronomers motivated to produce scientifically useful observations. The BAA is therefore launching

As described in the previous Journal, Mercury will cross the Sun’s disk on Monday May 9. The timings for the

Where does Mata Hari come into this? The famous exotic dancer and courtesan, executed as a German spy in 1917,

The International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC) first began back in 1969. The camp was the first of its kind, with

On Monday May 9 there will be a transit of Mercury across the Sun’s disk. This relatively rare phenomenon is

This interim report of the 2015/2016 apparition of Neptune is based on observations made by Paul G. Abel (UK), Abdul

In 2012 a satellite took a photograph of the USA at night. This image has become well known to Internet

It is recognised that the equinoxes can produce more auroral activity than other times of the year. This has been

This was the most significant lunar eclipse since 2008 for observers in the UK. It was also visible in Western

Comet 2013 US10 (Catalina) could be a binocular or naked eye object at the beginning of the year. In the