BAA Journal – Volume 134 Number 01 – February 2024

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  • Refereed Papers

  • 33A 6.65-day pseudo-periodicity in OJ 287’s flaring in 2023 Mark Kidger - Mark Kidger
  • 41The opposition of Jupiter, 1953–’54 - Richard McKim
  • 50Evidence of abrupt changes in the orbital periods of - David Boyd
  • 55The tortuous discovery of the Gegenschein, false zodiacal light & zodiacal band – Brorsen vs Jones - Marinus A. van der Sluijs
  • 58The 2022 western elongation of Venus - Paul G. Abel
  • Notes and News

  • 3From the President - David Arditti
  • 4New visual observing milestone for Gary Poyner - Jeremy Shears
  • 4BAA to host major amateur radio conference - Paul Hearn
  • 4Guy Fawkes, STEVE, SAR arc & the aurora: 2023 Nov 5/6 - Sandra Brantingham
  • 4BAA contributes to national astronomy inquiry - Philip Jennings
  • 5Highest angular resolution observations from the ALMA array include variable star R Lep - Indra Bains
  • 5Midnight Mastermind - Helen Usher
  • 6Fight light pollution & protect our dark skies - an appeal from the BAA's CfDS - Howard Lawrence & Richard Miles
  • 7TESS & amateur observers shed new light on nova eruptions - Jeremy Shears
  • 812P Pons–Brooks: an update Nick James - Nick James
  • 10Route de la Belle Etoile – Route of the Beautiful Star - Dan Homer
  • 14Solar Section - Lyn Smith
  • 18Exoplanet transit observations: An imaging project for astronomical societies - Roger Dymock
  • 20Auroral & noctilucent cloud activity, 2023 Oct 15 – Dec 14 - Sandra Brantingham
  • 21A DIY telescope trolley - Mike Davies CBE
  • 24Answers to the BAA Christmas Quiz - Marie-Louise Archer et al.
  • 40Index to volume 133 - Hazel McGee
  • 69Nominations for the Ballot for the BAA Council & Board of Trustees - Bill Tarver
  • 78Meetings diary, notices & small advertisementst 
  • The Archives

  • 23From the Journal archive - John Chuter
  • 63From the BAA Archives: F. M Holborn & his Goodacre Medal - Richard McKim
  • Review

  • 67Toscanoptics 250mm ƒ/16 Dall–Kirkham Cassegrain - Chris Dole
  • 69The Wow! List - allum Potter
  • Letters

  • 64BAA Spring Meeting, 2023 May 13 – Cosmology: galaxies & stars - Alan Dowdell
  • 73Miss Botley & the dew point - Jonathan Shanklin
  • BAA Updates

  • 74Sky notes for 2024 February & March - Nick Hewitt
  • Observers' Forum

  • 70Orion – off the beaten track - Callum Potter
  • 72The total solar eclipse of 2024 April 8 - Peter Macdonald
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