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Remembering the legendary BAA astronomer and broadcaster, Sir Patrick Moore

The distant planet Uranus has emerged from its conjunction with the Sun and is slowly becoming well placed for observation.

Jean Meeus drew attention to this appulse back in 2012 October in an e-mail to Paul Abel and myself. Jean

Mars came to opposition on 2014 April 8, and the Director is pleased to report he has been deluged with

A short note about the gibbous phase of the Eastern elongation of Venus in 2013 was published in the Journal.1

2013 DecemberThe southern hemisphere continued to outperform the northern for the eighth consecutive month. A further rise in southern sunspot

Steve Fossey, a tutor at the University of London, was teaching a routine undergraduate class at UCL’s Observatory in Mill

What prompted this spectacular aurora display? Section Director Ken Kennedy tells all!

Asteroid 2014 AA, discovered by Richard Kowalski, collided with the Earth on 2014 January 2