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Obituary: Rob Moseley (1952–2022)

Rob was a lunar and planetary observer who contributed many observations to the BAA Sections in the 1980s and ’90s.

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Uranus: ‘a rose by any other name…’

Uranus (Yew-ran-us – no smirking at the back…) has endured a 200-year-old PR problem; its name, which (in English) has

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Two interesting variables in Sagitta & Aquila

Very often, the visual variable star observer will find that in the crowded Milky Way areas of the night sky,

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James Webb Space Telescope: a new era

More than 25 years and $10 billion in the making, the release of the first images from the James Webb

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The night side of Venus, imaged by the WISPR instrument on the Parker Solar Probe. (Courtesy NASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Naval Research Laboratory)

Nightside observations by the Parker Solar Probe: implications for the reality of the Ashen Light

The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA mission designed to investigate the Sun’s outer corona. Launched in 2018, it will

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Rohini Devasher, amateur astronomer and Artist in Residence at the Open Data Institute,

One Hundred Thousand Suns: a new artwork

The Open Data Institute (ODI) in London has unveiled a four-channel film installation by Artist in Residence Rohini Devasher, entitled

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The 2022 Joy Griffiths awards in Herschel’s Garden, Bath. A statue of William and Caroline is in the background.

CfDS awards in 2022 April

April was a busy month for the BAA’s Commission for Dark Skies, which presented a series of awards recognising exceptional

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Aurora and noctilucent cloud in a single 20-second exposure, captured on 2013 Aug 5 at 01:38 UT.

Joint meeting of the Radio Astronomy Section and Aurora & Noctilucent Cloud Section, 2022 March 4

This joint meeting was held over Zoom on Friday, 2022 Mar 4. Commencing at 7.30 p.m., it featured presentations by

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Aristarchus and Herodotus, again on 2021 April 24, but with a Wratten 21 filter.

Observing banded lunar craters with optical filters

Here Paul outlines an observing project that does not require elaborate equipment, so is well suited to BAA members who

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The Variable Star Section CCD target list

As outlined in an article on the Section web pages (bit.ly/3rUB1Bo), there are two main aims of the CCD target

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