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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

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

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

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

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

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

Venus has returned to our evening skies once more, and over the next few months it will be well placed

‘This is amazing.’ ‘And we can just do this anytime it’s clear?’ ‘Thank you so much!’ These were some of

The constellation Cancer is another rather faint and indistinct constellation, with no really bright stars. It has one landmark deep-sky

In my 2022 August ‘From the Journal Archive’ piece [132(4), p.220], I mentioned an occultation of Uranus by the Moon