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A light curve plot, showing periodicity but substantial variation in this

Delta Cephei’s companion variables

It is common knowledge that the prototype Cepheid variable star, delta Cephei, was discovered by John Goodricke in 1784 from

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The wooden box of numerous colour slides, open on a table

From the BAA Archives

On 2023 Jun 30, there is the 50th anniversary of a total solar eclipse which has become dubbed as the

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Jenny Shipway

An interview with Dr Jenny Shipway

Jenny was first hooked into astronomy education while working in a small, travelling planetarium. Following further roles in science centres

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BAA members’ research into circumbinary exoplanets published

Four BAA members (David Pulley, John Mallett, Sebastian von Harrach and myself), have recently had our research published in the

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Two female pioneers honoured with minor-planet names

The latest batch of International Astronomical Union (IAU) minor-planet names was released on 2023 Mar 20. The list includes two

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Comparing similar ED & standard-glass refractors

  I have been involved in observational astronomy for more than 60 years. I started with a six-inch reflector in

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Exoplanet Online Workshop, 2022 November 12

  This meeting introduced a new Exoplanet Division project called EXPLORE (EXoPLanet Orbit REsearch) which was described in the 2022

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A planetary ghost in a serpent’s body

  Hydra is the largest constellation in the sky, but also one of the faintest. Apart from its brightest star,

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Official opening of Stowmarket school honouring Alice Grace Cook

  The Orwell Multi Academy Trust (OMAT) celebrated the official opening of Grace Cook Primary and Nursery in Stowmarket, Suffolk

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Report on the 41st Symposium on Telescope Science

The 41st annual Symposium on Telescope Science, organised by the Society for Astronomical Sciences (SAS), took place in Ontario, California

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