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A light curve, for illustrative purposes (labels not legible)

A 6.65-day pseudo-periodicity in OJ 287’s flaring in 2023 Mark Kidger

Since they were discovered in the early 1960s, quasars have posed many problems for astrophysics. It is now generally accepted

The Wow! List

The Wow! List by Kevin Quinn & Alan Beech Independently published, 2023 ISBN: 979-8388644060 | Pp 124 | £16.50 (pbk)

Sky notes for 2024 February & March

February to April sees the winter Milky Way’s embedded glories transition into the depths of the universe. The days draw

Photometry of low-amplitude slow rotators: the Hilda-group asteroid (1269) Rollandia

Photometry of images of asteroid (1269) Rollandia taken by seven observers at its 2018–’19 apparition has been performed using Astrometrica

Two black-and-white images of the planet, with the axis or rotation aligned left to right. Belts, including a darker equatorial region, are well seen.

Uranus during the 2016 apparition

A report by the Uranus Coordinator of the BAA Saturn, Uranus & Neptune Section (Director: Mike Foulkes) This report describes

In the centre-band image, filaments and bright plage is more clearly seen; the flare appears bright against the dark umbrae and penumbrae of the active region

Observations of a major solar flare, revisited

Hydrogen-alpha observations of a major flare from 2003 November are revisited. Introduction 2023 November marks the 20th anniversary of

The brighter comets of 2020

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

From the BAA Archives

Towards the end of 2022, the BAA Trustees agreed to fund the development of an Archives website. Its main purpose

The telescope array - appearing as six white telescope tubes on a single mount - are poised towards the sky in twilight

Condor reveals a second eruption shell of the dwarf nova

Z Cam is a cataclysmic variable star whose visual magnitude varies between 10 and 14. This system is the prototype

A new outreach discussion forum

Just launched, AstroMailbox is a new astronomy communicators’ e-mail discussion list which brings together anyone interested in astronomy outreach. It