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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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter is the season to observe change in a rare group of deep sky objects, the variable nebulae. Suspected variability

Paul guides us through the way the planets move

Howard G. Miles, one of the BAA’s most eminent and respected members, died on 2016 May 20, just a couple

This remarkable object was discovered by post-doctoral researcher Robert Weryk with the 1.8-m survey telescope Pan-STARRS 1 on 2017 October