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The enigmatic Miss Cicely M. Botley (1902–1991)

Cicely M. Botley was one of the BAA’s most memorable characters, regularly contributing letters and short notes to the Journal

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Backyard lunar mineral prospection, Part I

Knowledge of the lunar surface and its composition has increased enormously in the last six decades thanks to the lunar

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Revisiting the nova-like variable HS 0229+8016 with data from a BAA VSS campaign & TESS

A report of the Variable Star Section. Director: J. Shears We present the light curve of HS 0229+8016 between 2019

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Back to Basics in York – blazing trails for beginners

The BAA, in line with its status as an educational and scientific charity and its remit to promote astronomy and

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BAA members’ research into circumbinary exoplanets published

Four BAA members (David Pulley, John Mallett, Sebastian von Harrach and myself), have recently had our research published in the

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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

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Comparing similar ED & standard-glass refractors

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

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Exoplanet Online Workshop, 2022 November 12

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

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A planetary ghost in a serpent’s body

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

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Sky notes for 2023 April & May

On May 6, the UK marks the first coronation for 70 years, so perhaps it is appropriate to commence these

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