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The partial solar eclipse of 2022 October 25

The partial solar eclipse of 2022 October 25 is visible from the eastern strip of Greenland, Iceland, Europe except Portugal

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Occultation of 44 Cap by the Jovian satellite Io on 2021 April 2

The occultation of the star 44 Capricorni (44 Cap) by Io on 2021 April 2 was imaged from Curaçao. Occasional

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The 2018 opposition of Mars & the global dust storm : Part 1

The perihelic opposition that occurred on 2018 Jul 27 at areocentric longitude (Ls) 219° was monitored by 121 observers, yielding

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Sky Notes : 2022 October & November

  The nights lengthen, British Summer Time ends, the centre of our Milky Way galaxy dips into the south-west, and

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Obituary: Rob Moseley (1952–2022)

Rob was a lunar and planetary observer who contributed many observations to the BAA Sections in the 1980s and ’90s.

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Uranus: ‘a rose by any other name…’

Uranus (Yew-ran-us – no smirking at the back…) has endured a 200-year-old PR problem; its name, which (in English) has

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Two interesting variables in Sagitta & Aquila

Very often, the visual variable star observer will find that in the crowded Milky Way areas of the night sky,

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James Webb Space Telescope: a new era

More than 25 years and $10 billion in the making, the release of the first images from the James Webb

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The night side of Venus, imaged by the WISPR instrument on the Parker Solar Probe. (Courtesy NASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Naval Research Laboratory)

Nightside observations by the Parker Solar Probe: implications for the reality of the Ashen Light

The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA mission designed to investigate the Sun’s outer corona. Launched in 2018, it will

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BAA variable star observers contribute to research on quasars & dwarf novae

The lure of the variables is strong. Variable star observers go out whenever the sky is clear to observe ‘their’

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