Sky notes for 2024 June & July
(Written for 23:00 BST in the UK on July 1) With the summer solstice on Jun 20, we reach midsummer
Read more(Written for 23:00 BST in the UK on July 1) With the summer solstice on Jun 20, we reach midsummer
Read moreThe Nectarian-aged Crisium basin is characterised by prolonged lunar volcanism ranging from the Imbrian age to the Eratosthenian period. In
Read moreA report of the Variable Star Section (Director: J. Shears) We present a light curve of the 2020 outburst of
Read moreA report of the Jupiter Section (Director: J. H. Rogers) After having been invisible during the previous opposition, late in
Read moreHarry Thornton and Leslie Rae were the Editors of the BAA Lunar Section publication The Moon from 1953 to 1967,
Read moreAs the days become longer and warmer, we approach the ‘silly season’ for UK amateur astronomers, with observing opportunities limited
Read moreA report of the Mercury & Venus Section (Director: P. G. Abel) Analysis of the observations made by Section
Read moreIt is routinely thought that Brorsen discovered the Gegenschein and zodiacal band in 1854. Here, it is argued that priority
Read moreWe report evidence from eclipse timing that two otherwise apparently normal cataclysmic variables have experienced abrupt changes in their orbital
Read moreNo BAA report for Jupiter in 1953–’54 has previously appeared. The apparition of 1952–’53 had been one of great activity,
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