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Sky notes for 2023 February & March

  The winter days draw out slowly and reach the vernal equinox on Mar 20, followed by the arrival of

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From the BAA Archives

In my 2022 August ‘From the Journal Archive’ piece [132(4), p.220], I mentioned an occultation of Uranus by the Moon

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RY Sagittarii fades

RY Sgr is a yellow supergiant of the R Coronae Borealis type. As is typical for this class, its light

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Auroral & NLC activity 2022 August 18 – October 18

With coronal mass ejections, sunspot numbers that are regularly in double or even triple figures, and several coronal holes, the

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Solar eclipse of 2022 October 25: Photographs by members

  While a touch of cloud added drama to some observations (see above, by Pauline Phillips from Newbury at 09:50

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The brighter comets of 2019

A report of the Comet Section. Director: N. D. James. This report describes and analyses the observations of the brighter

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The Revd George Fisher (1794–1873) – Arctic Astronomer

The Revd George Fisher (1794–1873) started his career at an insurance company, but came to the attention of Royal Society

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Observations of the first confirmed superoutburst of the dwarf nova DDE 39

We present the light curve of the dwarf nova DDE 39 (= 1RXS J040253.8+435553) between 2011 October and 2021 January,

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The 2018 opposition of Mars & the global dust storm: Part II

A report of the Mars Section. Director: R. J. McKim. In Part I, we described the evolution and behaviour of

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BAA Winchester Weekend 2022

After three difficult years, the 54th Winchester Weekend took place on 2022 Apr 8–10. The number of places was limited

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