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The globular clusters of Ophiuchus

Globular clusters are fascinating objects and summer and early autumn, when our southerly view is towards the galactic centre and

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Introducing the Equipment & Techniques Section

At its meeting in 2018 March, Council decided to establish a new BAA Section, called the Equipment & Techniques Section,

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Obituary: John Wall (1932−2018)

John Wall was born in Crayford, Kent on 1932 June 26. Within a year the family moved to Dartford where

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Obituary: Michael J. Hendrie (1931−2018)

With the death of Michael Hendrie at the age of 87, the Association has lost one of the great classical

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The dark nebulae of summer

Although summer nights are short, there can still be great astronomical sights, especially if a dark and more southerly location

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The Radio Astronomy Group in 2017

Figure 1 shows the number of Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances (SIDs) recorded by the Radio Astronomy Group (RAG) each month since

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Exploring the galaxies of Virgo

Perhaps this article should be called Getting Lost in Virgo, because that is often what happens when you start exploring

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Richard M. Baum, 1930−2017

Richard Myer Baum will not have been known personally to many of today’s members, but readers of the Journal will

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BAA members use remote telescopes to probe binary stars for exoplanets

It is well known that two orbiting objects do so around a common centre of gravity, or barycentre. What is

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The Hewitt Camera Archive revisited

Older BAA members will recall that in 1990 the Association took ownership of an archive of approximately 11,000 Schmidt Camera

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