BAA Journal – Volume 130 Number 1 – February 2020
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Presentation of Edinburgh’s Lorimer Medal to Ron Livesey - David Gavine
Into the Zooniverse – an interview with Prof Chris Lintott - Philip Jennings
Proposed memorial sculpture to honour the father of English astronomy - Gerard Gilligan
The 2018–’19 eastern & western elongations of Venus - Paul G. Abel
The quest for an airline-portable telescope for visual astronomy - Jeremy Shears
An anthology of visual double stars (Argyle, Swan & James) - John McCue
The crowd and the cosmos – adventures in the Zooniverse (Lintott) - Hazel McGee
Record-breaking SU Tauri & faded Betelgeuse keep observers guessing Gary Poyner
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Notes and News
- 3From the President - Alan Lorrain
- 4Asteroid (4) Vesta occults a bright star - Tim Haymes
- 5Protection for the stars of Cranborne Chase - Bob Mizon
- 5Presentation of Edinburgh’s Lorimer Medal to Ron Livesey - David Gavine
- 6Rosetta’s comets – amateur & schools’ campaigns - Helen Usher
- 7Into the Zooniverse – an interview with Prof Chris Lintott - Philip Jennings
- 8Solar Section - Lyn Smith
- 9Proposed memorial sculpture to honour the father of English astronomy - Gerard Gilligan
- 10Are you interested in contributing to the Journal? Jeremy Shears & Philip Jennings
- 10Auroral activity 2019 November 1 – December 31 - Sandra Brantingham
- 11Did David see STEVE in Birmingham in 1905? - Jeremy Shears
- 12Wanted: Marketing Officer to promote the BAA’s objectives - Callum Potter
- 13Equipment for observing the Sun (Part I: broadband) - David Arditti
- 14From the Journal archive - John Chuter
Review
- 15pre-telescopic western reports - John Simpson
- 32The 2018–’19 eastern & western elongations of Venus - Paul G. Abel
- 37The quest for an airline-portable telescope for visual astronomy - Jeremy Shears
- 41Imaging Mars from Curaçao in 2018 - Eric & John Sussenbach
- 45An anthology of visual double stars (Argyle, Swan & James) - John McCue
- 45The crowd and the cosmos – adventures in the Zooniverse (Lintott) - Hazel McGee
- 46The Archives From the BAA Archives - John Chuter
- 47From the BAA bookshelf: The Starry Heavens by Captain Ellison Hawks - Richard McKim
Letters
- 57BAA Weekend Meeting – ‘Comets & other small solar system objects’ Alan Dowdell
BAA Updates
- 52Meeting of the Historical Section, 2019 June 8 - Lee Macdonald
- 54Nominations for the Ballot for the BAA Council & Board of Trustees - Bill Tarver
- 54Melvyn Douglas Taylor – visual observer par excellence - Alex Pratt
- 55Photograph: BAA Council, 2019 May 29
- 55The BAA Awards & Medals for 2020 - Bill Tarver
Observers' Forum
- 48Planetary nebulae in Orion - Owen Brazell
- 50Record-breaking SU Tauri & faded Betelgeuse keep observers guessing Gary Poyner
- 51The discovery of dwarf nova AT 2019vww - Robin Leadbeater
Etc.
- 31Membership information
- 60Sky notes for 2020 February & March - Nick Hewitt
- 62Meetings diary & small advertisements
- 63Board of Trustees and Council, Session 2019–2020