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OSIRIS-REx and the origins of asteroid Bennu

Centimetre-sized particles being ejected from the surface of Bennu, taken by OSIRIS-REx on 2019 Mar 19. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin

Deep Sky Section Annual Meeting 2019

The annual meeting of the Deep Sky Section was held on 2019 Mar 23 at Shurdington Village Hall, near Cheltenham.

Change at the helm of the Variable Star Section

The Variable Star Section Officers gathered on 2019 Aug 10 for Roger Pickard’s final Officers’ meeting, before he stood down

The 53rd BAA Winchester Weekend, 2019 April 5–7

Within a week of the booking information appearing in the Journal, the weekend at Sparsholt College was sold out. I

A planetary challenge in Pegasus

Although Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, is a rather large straggling constellation and not particularly conspicuous, the four

The 2019 Practical Astronomy Show

The new Practical Astronomy Show took Kettering by storm on Saturday March 9. Set up by John Timmins of Peak2Valley

A gem of a lighting scheme

The Welsh Assembly, a pub in Gloucestershire, the M6 Toll Motorway and a tower in Clackmannanshire: these are some of

The deep-sky delights of Hydra

Hydra, the water snake is – rather appropriately – a sprawling constellation of the spring sky, covering almost six hours

Record fade of variable star SV Sge

RCB stars are extremely rare, hydrogen deficient, carbon rich giant stars whose luminosity varies in two ways – small amplitude

BAA Weekend Meeting, Christchurch, Dorset: 2018 September 7–9

The 2018 Autumn weekend meeting was held on September 7−9 at Christchurch Junior School, Christchurch, Dorset. The Wessex Astronomical Society