BAA Journal – Volume 127 Number 5 – October 2017
Here is part II of John Rogers’ seminal study of Jupiter’s South Equatorial Belt cycle in 2009-2011. We also show some amazing images by BAA members from the 2017 August 21 total solar eclipse, and Paul Abel’s ‘Absolute Beginners’ tutorial no. 11: ‘Astronomical Seeing’
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 127 Number 4 – August 2017
A bumper issue with five fine observational papers presenting the work of BAA members worldwide; Damian Peach shows how to capture the galaxy’s most remote and obscure globular clusters, and Mike Kretlow from IOTA-ES describes a stellar occultation by Triton in October, observable from the UK, Europe and the eastern USA
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 127 Number 3 – June 2017
Four comets observed from Winchester, full details of the 2009 SEB fade on Jupiter, and a historical note from one of our oldest members…
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 127 Number 2 – April 2017
Amateurs observe a bright spot on Neptune, and BAA observations of Venus & Saturn. And how to see the 2017 solar eclipse from the British Isles! (but only just)…
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 127 Number 1 – February 2017
In this issue we have the 2016 Presidential Address, and a fine historical paper about Eliot Merlin of Merlin Medal fame. And why not have a go at the ever-popular ‘Messier Marathon’?
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 126 Number 6 – December 2016
Next year’s comets, the final resting place of Rosetta, a Europe-wide occultations symposium, a remarkable and ingenious historical telescope… this could be the most varied issue of the Journal yet..
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 126 Number 5 – October 2016
A preliminary report on the 2016 Perseid meteor shower shows the predicted enhanced activity was seen by many observers in the UK on the night of August 11/12
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 126 Number 4 – August 2016
Some good news from Antarctica, and how amateur observers can contribute to NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 126 Number 3 – June 2016
Two superb pieces of historical research, and some state-of-the-art amateur observations which are helping the professionals tease out the mysteries of some of the sky’s most enigmatic objects
Read moreBAA Journal – Volume 126 Number 2 – April 2016
The total eclipse of 2016 March 9, a detailed obituary of variable star observer Albert Jones, and details of how a Ridley Grant from the BAA could help you get started in spectroscopy.
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